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PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Rubalcaba seeks united opposition front in Rajoy censure motion

PP expected to limit extent of Rajoy’s appearance

Socialists to seek censure motion against PM over payments scandal

Fernando Garea Madrid 5

Rubalcaba declares move is required for the “dignity of parliament”

Reconstructing PP ex-treasurer’s
five hours of revelations to judge

Bárcenas provides names, dates and figures relating to alleged illegal party financing

Bárcenas claims PP paid legal costs of Yak-42 tragedy case in cash

Sixty-two military personnel were killed in air disaster and many wrongly identified

Former PP treasurer admits to authorship of secret accounting ledgers

Bárcenas claims he paid 50,000 euros to Rajoy, De Cospedal in 2010. Ex-party money-man hands over information about finances on a pen drive

INDUSTRY

EC vice president and competition commissioner, Spaniard Joaquín Almunia, during a press conference on Wednesday. / OLIVIER HOSLET (EFE)

Brussels orders Spain to recover tax breaks granted to shipbuilders

Claudi Pérez / A. S. Brussels / Madrid

Ruling applies to financial intermediaries for the period 2007-2011

Pescanova chairman tenders resignation

Fernández de Sousa faces charges of falsifying failed seafood processor’s accounts

PUBLIC FINANCES

Public debt passes 20,000 euros per capita for first time

State indebtedness reaches almost 90 percent of GDP

EMPLOYMENT

OECD wants safety nets for long-term unemployed beefed up

Agency expects jobless rate in Spain to climb to close to 28 percent in 2014

FINANCE

IMF sees weaknesses in Spanish banking system

Amanda Mars Madrid 1

Fund calls on banks to both boost capital and increase lending

SGAE copyright agency votes to remove director

Daniel Verdú Madrid

Antón Reixa had been in job for a a year and was facing third confidence vote

NÓOS SCANDAL

Royal son-in-law Iñaki Urdangarin leaves a Barcelona court on Tuesday after a hearing on a private suit. / Andreu Dalmau (EFE)

Urdangarin runs gauntlet of jeering protesters as he returns to court

Jesús García Barcelona

Princess Cristina’s husband seeks to have gag on private emails remain in place

FINANCE

More than 100 Spanish bankers earn over €1 million a year

125 officials in the sector received an average remuneration of 2.4 million euros in 2011

Last post for military tattoos?

Aspiring soldier turned down for having four-centimeter marking on wrist

Gibraltar marks the 300-year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht with a gun salute in John Mackintosh Square. / MARCOS MORENO

Gibraltar: a 300-year-old debate

As the Rock marks its tercentenary, the discussion over its status continues to burn with fishing altercations, tax spats and the UK’s EU membership all in the mix

SPAIN'S FINANCIAL HEALTH

“Recession is in the past,” says economy minister

Spain would have needed a full bailout if it hadn't applied for a bank rescue, argues De Guindos

FIESTAS

Runners do their best to avoid the bulls during the last day of Sanfermines on Sunday. / VILLAR LÓPEZ (EFE)

Sanfermines 2013 closes with safety and sexism at top of the agenda

El País Pamplona

Australian woman in a serious condition after being gored during final run

Jury finds José Bretón guilty of murdering son and daughter

Manuel J. Albert Córdoba

Father put children to sleep before incinerating bodies, says verdict. Prosecution is asking for 40-year sentence

PORTUGAL CRISIS

Portuguese political crisis deepens

Socialists snub president’s call to join coalition government

HOUSING CRISIS

Top court puts Andalusia anti-eviction decree on hold

María Fabra Madrid

Application of regional measure halted until judges can resolve its constitutionality

Woman who lost eye to police rubber bullet urges ban on their use

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Ester Quintana has been on medical leave for eight months, living off her father's pension

Catalan police admit firing shots on night woman lost eye

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Seven Mossos removed from riot squad for witholding information

POWER SECTOR

Electricity sector overhaul to push bills up by 3.2 percent

Agencies Madrid 1

Reform will costs power suppliers 2.7 billion euros

infrastructure

An aerial image of the Chamartín station and railway lines that the urban development project wants to put underground. / ÁLVARO GARCÍA (EL PAÍS)

Operation Chamartín derailed

Madrid building restrictions seem to have put an end to 20-year-old scheme to put railway lines underground and extend road links in the north of the capital

CATALONIA'S RIGHT-TO-DECIDE

Catalonia sovereignty declaration stays suspended

María Fabra Madrid

Constitutional Court votes unanimously to uphold central government's appeal

Sex Trafficking

The Paradise brothel in La Jonquera is Europe's largest. / Pere Duran

Disabled prostitute rescued from Catalan brothel

Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

22-year-old woman was forced into prostitution by her mother

Ecological disaster

Judge regrets “missing people” at 2002 Prestige oil disaster trial

Paola Obelleiro A Coruña

Nine months of testimony concludes with sentence expected in November

business

“We will have to see if the Spanish banks require more capital”

Eurogroup president and Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem discusses the restructuring of Spain's financial sector

healthcare

Madrid court orders stay on privatization of regional hospitals

Tribunal to probe last-minute changes made in the conditions of the public tenders

Más información

007 - A license to evade justice?

Sean Connery is refusing to answer calls to testify in Marbella's Goldfinger case

Sean Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger, with Shirley Eaton.

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

More than bear bones: Awesome Atapuerca

If it had not been for an English mining company, Europe's oldest human species would still be undiscovered

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

North Korean ship searched in Panama found to be carrying arms

Cuba claims the material is “obsolete”

End of conflict is near, says chief FARC negotiator

Havana peace talks have been underway for 11 days

Spain issues apology to Bolivia over Snowden spat

Mabel Azcui Cochabamba

“We sincerely regret the incidents the president went through," says ambassador

Brutal leader of Zetas cartel is captured

Luis Prados Mexico

Arrest marks first major success against drug gangs for Peña Nieto

Violence breaks out in favelas ahead of pope visit

Juan Arias Río de Janeiro

Rocinha was thought to have been "pacified" by police

Argentina cuts wheat exports to stop bread price rises

Government of Fernández de Kirchner has decided to dust off a special Supply Law

FEATURES

EMPLOYMENT

Mourners attend a cemetery on All Saint's day to pay their respects. / © Tejederas (EL PAÍS)

Seeking a work-death balance

The right of workers to time off to attend funerals is under the spotlight

LEGAL SYSTEM

All equal before the law?

Lawmakers, judges and policeman have the right to have their cases heard in a wider range of courts than the average citizen

catalan sovereignty

Around 90,000 people attended a concert organized by pro-sovereignty groups at Camp Nou stadium last month. / GIANLUCA BATTISTA (EL PAÍS)

The referendum juggernaut

Politicians and legal experts are calling for talks with Catalonia to find a way to channel the region's desire for a vote on independence

Economy

Spain's reliable tourism miracle

Industry voices talk of a record year in 2013, although accumulated debts and the need to change model provide a cautionary note

Working vacation: A young lifeguard assists a beachgoer in Elche, Alicante. / JOAQUÍN DE HARO

Studying and working at the same time — a tricky balancing act

J. A. Aunión Madrid 2

Spanish students are some of the least likely to hold down jobs, says the OECD

“After so many years, your knees can only take so much”

Timberwolves star Ricky Rubio on coming back from injury

Márquez takes second MotoGP win

Simon Hunter Madrid

Rookie rides to spectacular victory in Germany after accident-strewn weekend

EDITOR'S PICK

Sour notes over public music school

Madrid withdraws funding from institute as war of words over director's role grows

“Dear Father: I want you to come soon. I’m in the USSR”

Ezequiel Moltó Alicante

Children's drawings from the Civil War are currently on display in Alicante

Culture

New Ribera offers clues to his youth

'Saint Jerome Writing' helps clear up doubts about the painter's early years

Local visionaries

"We can learn from how Indians use public space"

Architect infuses Spanish capital with Asian influences

CINEMA

13 hours to shoot a thriller

TV station Calle 13 teams up with web experiment #littlesecretfilm to deliver quick-shot suspense movies

Film producers chief Pedro Pérez steps down

Skilled negotiator has headed the FAPAE association since 2003

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

All crime becomes legal for 12 hours a year in horror thriller The Purge

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

The king returns

In Morocco, Juan Carlos has resumed his work of solid support for Spanish diplomacy

opinion

Cards of privilege

The Gürtel case is the archetype of a process conditioned by parliamentary privilege

EDITORIAL

An explanation is still pending

For Rajoy, it is pointless to buy weeks or months of political time by refusing to address accusations

opinion

The myth of consensus

The Transition did not emerge from agreement between the regime and opposition

The latest in European science

Atomium brings together universities, newspapers and businesses to boost the movement of knowledge

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