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SNOWDEN AFFAIR

Tensions mount over Spain’s role in Morales airspace fracas

El País Madrid

“Apology is not enough,” says Bolivian president. Spanish envoy in Austria accused of trying to search presidential plane

US washes hands of airspace episode that grounded Morales

Eva Saiz / El País Washington / Madrid

“Those decisions were taken by Spain, France, Portugal and Italy,” says State Department as Bolivian leader slams “provocation” against Latin America

Editorial: Intolerable treatment

Spain gives Bolivian leader airspace clearance after standoff

El País Madrid 3

Presidential plane finally makes stopover in the Canary Islands after rumors surfaced that Evo Morales may have been smuggling whistleblower Edward Snowden

Opinion: Asylum for Snowden

ERE FUND SCANDAL

Andalusia chiefs’ scandal targeting “appealable,” says premier

Vera Gutiérrez Calvo / EFE Madrid

Socialists concerned by timing of ERE judge’s decision

Former Socialist minister targeted in Andalusia layoff case

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

Judge holds ex-Public Works chief responsible for “laying down the rules” for allegedly illicit budget transfers

MONARCHY

King Juan Carlos spent €2-million inheritance paying father’s debts

Natalia Junquera Madrid 5

Palace says monarch has not had a Swiss bank account since 1995 and he believes he paid tax on legacy

Repsol admits to lowering gas-pump prices on Mondays

Cristina Delgado Madrid

Spanish oil firm denies practice is aimed at skewing official statistics and makes new low-price offer to drivers

LA LIGA IN CRISIS

Administrators give Deportivo La Coruña 15-day ultimatum

Juan L. Cudeiro A Coruña

Historic Galician soccer club faces extinction unless last-ditch agreement with creditors is reached

EURO CRISIS

Portuguese president summons party chiefs to resolve coalition crisis

Agencies Lisbon

Markets wobble and risk premium spikes due to ministerial resignations and government rift

European Union

European Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia on Wednesday / OLIVIER HOSLET (EFE)

Brussels gives Spanish shipyards room for maneuver

El País Brussels

Sector may have to return nearly €3bn of tax deductions

MARKETS

Ibex 35 falters on doubts over banks and crisis in Portugal

El País Madrid

Latest Moody’s report sees banking sector lead downward surge in stock market as risk premium also rises

Applicants for elementary school posts taking the exam in Madrid on Tuesday. / Samuel Sánchez

“Name three Spanish 20th-century novelists, and who was Columbus?”

Pilar Álvarez Madrid 1

Almost 12,000 would-be teachers take pot luck in official exams for 350 Madrid region postings

MUSIC

A motorcyclist runs rings around the FIB logo, at the festival site in Castellón. Work has not yet begun to set up this year's edition. / Domenech Castelló (EFE)

Benicàssim Festival will go ahead this year, say organizers

Simon Hunter / Ferran Bono Madrid / Valencia

Rumors of money problems and unhappy suppliers had ticket-holders fearing the worst

POLITICAL ESPIONAGE

Who spied on the Catalan PP chief? Attorneys ignore out-of-court deal

Jesús García Barcelona

Sánchez-Camachi withdrew complaint after being bugged, but prosecutors consider case to be in “public interest”

GÜRTEL CORRUPTION SCANDAL

Former Valencia parliament speaker to face Gürtel trial

Ignacio Zafra Valencia

Eleven other PP officials and bribery-ring businessmen also due to take stand on influence-peddling and embezzlement charges

politics

Why Castilla-La Mancha is now the PP's experimental laboratory

Francesco Manetto Madrid

Many of the cutbacks the Cabinet wants are tried and tested in this region first

DRIVING

A GPS device on the windshield of a car. / GETTY IMAGES

Kings of the road apps

Patricia R. Blanco Madrid

There are dozens of cellphone programs aimed at making drivers' lives easier, warning about speed cameras or just telling you where you parked your car

Police officer jailed after taking revenge on tow trucks

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Francesc C. levied unjustified fines after his own vehicle was impounded twice for illegal parking

The mystery of a skeleton inside a wetsuit; body found off coast

Jesús Duva / Ezequiel Moltó Madrid / Alicante

Police say dead man may have been a Moroccan migrant who tried to swim across to Spanish shore

POLITICS

Socialist Party allows Andalusian branch to stage express primary

El País Madrid / Seville

Party leader Rubalcaba will not hold up selection process on the condition that regional chief stays out of national process

Andalusian premier’s bow-out decision hampers Socialists' plans

Giovanni Carenzio with Mónica Cembro (left) and Elisabetta Caltagirone at a dinner he organized in 2007.

Arrested Vatican broker has scores of pending fraud cases in Canaries

Pedro Murillo Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Giovanni Carenzio embezzled 20 million euros from archipelago's high society

ECONOMY

Number of registered unemployed sees biggest June fall on record

El País Madrid

But the amount of people signing up with the Social Security system has barely grown. Seasonal effects of tourism sector mostly behind positive figures

Human Trafficking

El Cielo y el Mundo night spot in Parla, which attracted the attention of the authorities. / CARLOS ROSILLO (EL PAÍS)

Police bust gangs forcing Chinese women into brothels

El País Madrid

Criminal networks promised victims high-paying jobs in Europe

Murder-for-hire suspect busted in Madrid could face death penalty

Martin Delfín Madrid

US will have to convince Spain it won’t seek capital punishment in extradition hearing. Woman accused of paying $3 million to a hitman has been a fugitive since 2008

TECHNOLOGY

sciammarella

Why Google refuses to forget

Antía Castedo Barcelona

The Spanish Data Protection Agency is backing people calling for links to information they believe is damaging to be deleted

Public TV show resurrects ETA link to Madrid train bombings

El País Madrid

Program includes photos of 2004 Al Qaeda-inspired attacks in sequence condemning Basque terrorists

justice

Murder suspect José Bretón looks on as the police officer testifies on Monday. / Rafa Alcaide (EFE)

Police officer testifies against father accused of murder of two children

Manuel J. Albert Córdoba

Agent tells court of Bretón's erratic behavior and the emotional confession he would later retract

Child Abandonment Scandal

Destitute couple says social services “snatched” their two children

Alejandra Agudo Talavera de la Reina

The boys, aged 11 and two, are currently in a juvenile center in Toledo as parents face police complaint

Más información

Guide to Madrid Gay Pride

Everything you need to know about the week of celebrations in the Spanish capital

The festivities get underway in Madrid's Plaza de Chueca. / Kote (EFE)

PHOTOGRAPHY

Sunshine in a can

Antonio Nieto Moreno Madrid

The art of ‘solargraphy’ beams into a brand-new Madrid exhibition

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

A view of La Almoraima. / FITO MENDI

Uncorking some prime real estate

Rafael Méndez Madrid 1

Government wants to sell huge Cádiz oak forest; opposition parties and local farmers seek a sustainable alternative

cutbacks

The former home of state broadcaster RTVE in Madrid. / CRISTÓBAL MANUEL (EL PAÍS)

Government resorts to real estate portfolio in bid to raise cash

María Fernández / Lara Otero Madrid 1

The Spanish state is aiming to offload 27 percent of its current assets

Big Exhibitions

Dalí, and the other visionaries who drive art crowds crazy

Iker Seisdedos

A Reina Sofía exhibition dedicated to the surrealist master has been a phenomenal success. The sell-out show begs the question: what makes some artists smash-hits with the public

archeology

Archeological excavation at the Visigothic site at Los Ahijones. / KIKE PARA (EL PAÍS)

Just a pile of stones, or a priceless window on to the past?

Pilar Álvarez / Esther Sánchez Madrid

The discovery of Paleolithic flint quarry at housing development in Madrid has raised the question of how best to preserve historical sites such as these

In search of the lost city

around town

Tongues too loose in Madrid’s Latin quarter

Rodrigo Casteleiro García

Residents of trendy district complain about noise from bars and street drinking

gender violence

Experts believe that half of sexual assaults go unreported. / GETTY IMAGES

CONFEDERATIONS CUP FINAL

Spain outshone in Maracanã dress rehearsal

James Badcock

Brazil too strong as world champion surrendersl control of midfield

Última hora

CINEMA

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

editorial

Intolerable treatment

El País

The diversion of Evo Morales’ plane reveals European weakness in the face of US pressure

opinion

Not the solution

Luz Gómez García

The overthrow of Morsi will serve for nothing: any real exercise of democracy will put the Islamists back in power. Egypt will not progress until it puts the army in its place

EDITORIAL