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MISTAKEN PARDON

Child sex abuser jailed ahead of Moroccan extradition request

Bilateral treaty does not allow Spain to send citizens to Morocco. Courts studying how to prevent impunity after royal pardon revoked

Moroccan riot police violently quell protests in Rabat after Galván’s release. / FADEL SENNA (AFP)

The administrative blunder that almost led to a diplomatic incident

Sources reveal the chain of events that led to release of convicted pedophile Daniel Galván

Police capture convicted pedophile who was wrongly pardoned

El País Madrid 1

Daniel Galván Viña was released after list mix-up by Moroccan authorities

PUBLIC FINANCES

IMF urges early crackdown on Spain’s fiscally slack regions

Agency calls for “red card” system for deficit goal failures leading to intervention by central government

Catalonia to fight “illegal” deficit-reduction burden on regions

Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Premier Artur Mas to roll over 2012 budget for region while railing against unfair financing system

economy

BBVA believes Spanish economy is starting to recover

Agencies Madrid

Bank’s research arm sees tepid growth in second half of year

LA LIGA

A Times Square billboard of Gareth Bale advertises NBC's coverage of the Premier League. / D Dipasupil (AFP)

Real closes in on Gareth Bale

Rob Train Madrid

Tottenham star predicted to become world’s most expensive player this week as Florentino Pérez prepares to splash more cash

Match-fixing

Investigators begin match-fixing probe of nine Liga games

El País Madrid

Levante and Racing among those being investigated, following allegations of irregularities in Primera and Segunda división

ATHLETES' HEALTH

Vicente Calderón (left) and Pepita Márquez at the bedside of José Miguel Mártinez / DIARIO AS (DIARIO AS)

Mártinez, a case apart

Atlético Madrid soccer player's untimely death led to more stringent health checks in the game

Radical nationalist Basque party
calls on ETA to hand over its arms

Sortu confident that terrorist prisoners will seek social rehabilitation

Archeology

A flint knife found at the Atapuerca site is estimated to be 1.4 million years old. / Santi Otero (EFE)

Atapuerca dig yields new find

A flint knife uncovered near Burgos, believed to be 1.4 million years old, is the oldest evidence so far of hominid presence at the site say archeologists

Archeological discovery uncovered at family home in León

Lola Hierro Madrid

Grave of child over 1,000 years old uncovered in garden during construction of a greenhouse

BANKING SECTOR

Banks ignore over 80% of regulator rulings in favor of customers

Bank of Spain sided 2,838 times with complainant in 2012, but only 519 cases were subsequently resolved

FROB director general Antonio Carrascosa. / Bernardo Pérez

Bank bailout fund admits losses have reached 36 billion euros

FROB reveals it has lost almost all of the 52 billion the state has given it

ECONOMY

IMF advises Spain to cut wages by 10 percent

Fund calls for major social pact to boost jobs and stimulate growth

TRAGEDY IN GALICIA

Socialists pledge not to muddy political waters over train crash

Anabel Díez Madrid

Plural Left, Galician regional party want investigative committee

“I don’t feel responsible for crash,” says conductor who made call

El País Santiago

Telephone conversation ended 11 seconds before fatal Alvia train accident

Conductor Antonio Martín Marugán, right, observes rescue efforts. / X. A. SOLER (AFP)

Judge will not prosecute conductor who made call

Xosé Hermida Santiago de Compostela

Renfe worker will appear in court on Friday to testify as a witness in the investigation

“I am not that crazy to not pull the brakes”

José Precedo Santiago de Compostela

Francisco José Garzón tells court he drank only coffee day before fatal accident

“Every day we have 4,600 trains running that are completely safe”

Renfe chief Julio Gómez-Pomar answers questions about the fatal accident in Galicia

High-speed miracle questioned

Ramón Muñoz Madrid

The train disaster in Santiago has dealt a hard blow to the local railway industry, leaving Spain’s participation in several international projects up in the air

Government moves to facilitate labor force reduction plans

New decree aims to speed up the process and afford more “legal securities”

BUSINESS

The Hotel W in Barcelona. / JOAN SÁNCHEZ

Attracting foreign investment

Sovereign wealth funds take a bigger share of Spain’s leading companies

Scientific research agency CSIC feels the ravages of belt-tightening

Economy Ministry to advance 44 million euros assigned for ongoing projects

Mireia Belmonte celebrates silver in the 400m individual medley. / PATRICK B. KRAEMER (EFE)

Belmonte adds to water polo gold

Luis Martín / El País Barcelona 1

Badalona-born swimmer gains third medal after Spain beats Australia

ENVIRONMENT

Tropospheric ozone - an invisible summertime danger

Elena G. Sevillano Santiago de Compostela

Experts say government should do more to warn people about levels of pollutant

LABOR DATA

Jobless figures drop for the fifth straight month

El País Madrid

Doubts remain whether trend will continue after summer season.

PP's HIDDEN FINANCES

Rajoy says he won’t resign or call elections over Bárcenas case

Anabel Díez Madrid 1

PM admits “mistakes” in trusting the former treasurer of the ruling Popular Party as Socialists reiterate their threat to file a censure motion against prime minister

Judge fixes civil bail of 6 million euros for wife of ex-PP treasurer

Amount will serve as compensation in event Bárcenas' spouse is found guilty

PP secretary general told to appear in court in Bárcenas case

Judge also subpoenas two former party chiefs

Más información

Saber-rattling and hell freezing over

The latest dispute between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar is just the latest of many diplomatic altercations in a saga that has been running for 300 years

Pedestrians and drivers cross the tarmac of the Gibraltar airport in front of the Rock. / JON NAZCA (REUTERS)

Hardening relations: the politics of concrete blocks

Luis Gómez Madrid

The Rock's artificial reef is similar to one built by Spain in 2006

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FEATURES

A copy of the first Castilian grammar book, compiled by the Royal Academy of Spanish Language and published for the first time in 1771. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ

Three hundred years of fine writing

Spain’s Royal Academy of Language is celebrating its tercentenary

IMMIGRATION

Lucía Navarro is 26 and hails from Madrid but now works for a charity in London. / Jordi Adrià

London calling

With no job prospects or an end to the depression at home in sight, growing numbers of Spaniards are trying their luck abroad

“In Spain you can be a mobster but still merit full approval”

Mortgage Victims Platform spokeswoman says Spain is mishandling evictions

FAMILY

A family visit at one of the country’s meeting points. / Gorka Lejarcegi

Joint custody — a pipe dream?

The government wants to bring Spain’s divorce laws in line with the rest of the European Union but the system lacks the necessary resources, say legal experts

TRANSPORT

Madrid's pirate cabbies

The capital's taxi owners are fed up with unlicensed drivers taking their custom, and aren't afraid to get violent with repeat offenders

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

Piñor Mayor Francisco Fraga (l) says that the central government “has no idea about the reality on the ground.” / NACHO GÓMEZ

The local councils that are running the risk of bankruptcy

During the good times in Spain, many small towns and villages overstretched themselves financially. Now many are having to seek urgent solutions to stay afloat

LATIN AMERICA

Mexican cinema brings narco-terror to screen

Javier Molina Mexico City

‘Heli’ uses drug violence backdrop to tell story of hope

Learning Quechua in Peru to better serve citizens

Jacqueline Fowks Ayacucho

The lessons in language

Mexican authorities silent after three days of violence

Raquel Seco Mexico City

Newspapers agree not to publish stories about clashes between drug gangs

New Brazilian law offers rape victims right to abort

Juan Arias Río de Janeiro

Religious leaders say women will misuse measure

Peña Nieto vows to take control in Michoacán

Inés Santaeulalia Mexico City

Security forces are expected to comb neighborhoods

Achtung draws unwanted attention

“Miracle” Gran Premio de Madrid-winning horse tainted by doping charge

“The last part of a race you swim with your heart”

Diego Torres Barcelona

Melani Costa broke the Spanish record during the 200m freestyle heats

EDITOR'S PICK

War makes for strange bedfellows

An exiled Spanish Socialist tells how he warmed to his Nazi boss in Argentina

Zala, General Franco’s Jewish buddy

The dictator invited the flamboyant businessman into his circle of friends

The tall tale of Agustín Luengo

The 2.35-meter Spaniard agreed to sell his body to the Museum of Anthropology

CINEMA

All back to Buñuel’s house

Javier Molina Mexico City

Friends unite at director’s home to commemorate 30th anniversary of his death

‘The Impossible’ boosts Spanish cinema’s share

J. A. Bayona's drama accounted for third of tickets sold for homegrown movies last year

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Brad Pitt trots the globe to save humanity from a zombie apocalypse in World War Z

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Waters of Gibraltar

The tough line on the Rock aims to spark fresh dialogue with London, but its effects are uncertain

OPINION

The cost-free bailout

The government’s legitimacy in propping up banks depended on its financial neutrality

EDITORIAL

Unblocking the Catalan question

Rajoy should open the door to dialogue while Mas should eschew unilateral action

OPINION

Democratic illiteracy

Creating stability counted for more than creating a democratic culture during the Transition. The result: an opaque regime that is growing ever more so

The latest in European science

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

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