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CRISIS CONSEQUENCES

Spain to explore EC proposals on VAT but Rajoy rules out hike

Francesco Manetto Madrid

Brussels has suggested withdrawing goods and services from reduced rate of tax

UNEMPLOYMENT

Jobless claims fall almost 100,000 in the best month of May since 1997

Manuel V. Gómez / Agencies Madrid

But almost all of the new hiring is on a temporary basis ahead of main tourist season. Number of new permanent contracts at 16-year low

HOMICIDE

Protesters shout during a demonstration against a violent assault on a woman of Nigerian origin in Bilbao on Tuesday. / VINCENT WEST (Reuters)

Kung fu murder suspect suffers from brain tumor, police say

El País Bilbao

Confused Aguilar believes he may have killed a woman last month, investigators say

Kung fu world champion admits prostitute murder after arrest

Eva Larrauri Bilbao

Juan Carlos Aguilar detained after public alerted police to violent assault on woman at Bilbao gym

politics

Congress to vote on pact between PP and Socialists for EU summit

Fernando Garea / Carlos E. Cué Madrid

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Socialist leader Rubalcaba to negotiate document in coming days

TRANSPORT

Technicians inspect one of Jaén’s trams during a testing period in June 2012. / José Manuel Pedrosa

Andalusia’s “streetcar to nowhere”

Ginés Donaire Jaén

Political squabbling is sealing the sad fate of Jaén’s ambitious tramway

Renfe fails to warn passengers about new train route cuts

David Reinero Santiago de Compostela

It was almost impossible to know exactly on Monday what trains were operating around the northwestern region of Galicia

ECONOMY

ILO warns about the risks of pushing down pay

Manuel V. Gómez / Agencies Madrid

UN labor agency warns policy could affect deficit-reduction plans by depressing spending still further

Bank of Spain recommends suspending minimum wage

BANKING SECTOR

‘Troika’ proposes extension to Spain bank bailout period

Claudi Pérez / El País Brussels / Madrid

Financial system’s “risks remain elevated”

The promotional video from the Brunete council of the scheme (Spanish language). / Ayuntamiento de Brunete

Disobedient dog owners in Brunete get a lesson in cleanup

Esther Sánchez Madrid

Town officials deliver pet droppings to residents in the dog house

COMPANIES

Altadis to lay off 10 percent of workforce due to falling sales

El País Madrid

Black market makes big inroads due to economic crisis

crime

Former team owner Evedasto Lifante (front) poses with the players. Ingrid Visser is in shirt number 15. / PEPE RIQUELME

A murder mystery in Murcia

Luis Gómez / Javier Ruiz Murcia

Dutch volleyball star and her husband were killed last month in southern Spain. Police believe that a business deal gone bad is the most likely motive

Three arrested over alleged murder of Dutch volleyball player

Javier Ruiz Murcia

Ingrid Visser and her boyfriend went missing in Murcia

Murdered volleyball player was pregnant

El País Madrid

Police believe the killing of her and her husband were in retaliation for a business deal gone bad

Is foul play to blame for the disappearance of a Dutchman?

Silvia R. Pontevedra Santiago

After 10 years spent in Galicia's Ourense province, Martin Verfondern vanished in 2010

HEALTHCARE

Andalusia takes new step to ease path for terminal patients

Reyes Rincón Seville

Region adds advanced care planning bill to dignified death legislation from three years ago

history

Francisco Franco (center) seen visiting the headquarters of Fecsa, a company owned by the banker Juan March.

“Half a million for that crook Kindelán”

Walter Oppenheimer London

Declassified documents show how London dished out dollars to Francoist officials

POLITICAL CORRUPTION

Court panel backs move to expel PP as private prosecution in Gürtel case

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Party considered to have got involved in order to defend officials accused of corruption crimes

Gürtel ring paid for sound system at Aznar daughter’s wedding

José Antonio Hernández / José Manuel Romero

Court records show alleged graft network spent a total of 34,892 euros at nuptials of Alejandro Agag

POLITICAL REFORM

Lobbies will have to register in order to work in Congress

Fernando Garea Madrid

Groundbreaking move for Spain first of a potential series of measures to emerge from official review of democratic institutions

ETA CEASEFIRE

Balloons shaped like doves are released in Bilbao to mark the end of A Gesture for Peace. / Miguel Toña (EFE)

As silently as it made its debut, pacifist platform dissolves

Mikel Ormazabal / Juan Mari Gastaca / EFE San Sebastián / Bilbao

A Gesture for Peace decides to disband in the wake of an end to ETA violence

Spain’s new security strategy warns of cybercrime and Al Qaeda threats

Miguel González

The 83-page document attributes ETA’s defeat to “the strength of Spain’s democracy"

THE PP’S HIDDEN FINANCES

Judge demands Popular Party reveal all payments to third parties

El País Madrid 2

Ruling conservatives must provide data on finances between 1990 and 2005, as well as data on contacts with corporate donors

Popular Party donation magnates remain silent in court

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Construction businessmen called before judge to explain gifts to conservative grouping

Luxury cars on the streets of Marbella.

Marbella, always Marbella!

Diego Narváez

For foreigners who are not willing to spend less than two million euros, the Costa del Sol resort has not lost its appeal

No Mickey Mouse gifts for minister

María Fabra / El País Madrid

Gürtel ring allegedly paid for PP health chief Ana Mato’s Eurodisney trip and other jaunts

Surgeon lauds “remarkable” recovery of King Juan Carlos

El País Madrid

Monarch took part in military event at weekend

CRIME

Police bust sex ring that used Strait of Gibraltar as entry point

El País Madrid

Six arrests in connection with prostitution racket

business

Manchego wine goes global

Vidal Maté

With a foothold in China since 1998 and successful market presence in Japan, Félix Solís is opening wineries in the United States, Chile and Brazil

politics

Labor and education will not be part of national pact, says Rubalcaba

Inés P. Chávarri / Antonio Jesús Mora Caballero Durango / Seville

"Our position is different from that of the PP," says opposition leader

PM confident over new job and social security figures

Carlos E. Cué Sitges

Rajoy promises at annual economic conference to drop income taxes in 2015

DRUGS

Catalan town’s plans to grow marijuana go up in smoke

EFE Tarragona

Judge’s ruling is a blow to cash-strapped Rasquera

HISTORICAL MEMORY

Dwindling Franco-era victims plead for "last hope" truth commission

Natalia Junquera Madrid

"History and reason is on our side. The institutional omission is as clamorous as it is shameful"

ART

Lara Almarcegui's exhibit inside the Spanish pavilion in Venice. / Domenico Stinellis (ap)

Rubble trouble at the Biennale

Amelia Castilla Venice

Artist Lara Almarcegui’s four-meter, 400,000-euro mountain of bricks piled up in the Spanish pavilion at this year’s Venice art expo is causing a stir

Más información

Police may be given powers to install spyware under terms of draft bill

Justice Ministry mulling measure to combat terrorism and organized crime

Experts say that judicial authorization to search a machine will lay out what police can and cannot do. / JULIÁN ROJAS

FRENCH OPEN

Ferrer fast-tracks to semifinals

Rob Train Madrid

Fourth seed will play home hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in final

REAL MADRID

“I want more, like Bernabéu, who was insatiable”

El País Madrid

Florentino Pérez invested once more as president after unopposed election

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

effects of the crisis

A group of workers from the Cubigel factory in Sant Quirze del Vallés (Barcelona) protests against job cuts. / MASSIMILIANO MINOCRI (EL PAÍS)

When being in employment is no guarantee of taking home a wage

Amanda Mars

As firms struggle to survive, more and more workers are not being paid

ENTREPENEURS

Students from Veracruz University, the third-biggest in Mexico. / KEITH DANNEMILLER (CORBIS)

Mexico, the land of technology startups

Juan Diego Quesada 2

Emerging country's entrepreneurs are today bringing in 536 million euros a year, more than double the figure of six years ago

PROPERTY

The challenges that are facing Spain's toxic bank

Rafael Méndez Madrid

Sareb was set up to dispose of more than 70,000 new and unfinished properties owned by the failed savings banks. The lender is facing an uphill task

economic hardship

For many households, working out how to pay the bills has become a major headache. / SANTI BURGOS (EL PAÍS)

Making it through the crisis

Miguel Ángel García Vega

With the current situation in Spain, it has never been more necessary to save money. Many have sought new ways to earn a little extra cash to keep the wolf from the door

politics

Could the popularity of a pair of minority groups spell the end of Spain's two-party system?

Francesco Manetto Madrid

Opinion polls suggest that the public has had enough of the Popular Party and the Socialist Party

IMMIGRATION

Brazilians Rosemeri Bastos and Francisco Andre Teixeira with their two daughters in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. / CONSUELO BAUTISTA (EL PAÍS)

Spain: land of equal opportunity?

Alejandra Agudo Madrid

Most of the 11 percent of the Spanish population who are immigrants have integrated well, but education cuts are starting to slow the process

war atrocities

On March 17 EL PAÍS released a video in which Spanish soldiers were seen kicking two detainees at the Diwaniya base. The images made a strong impression, and for the first time in Spain, a military court opened an investigation into prisoner abuse