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ECONOMY

Spanish economy no longer “in the news” at latest G20 summit: Rajoy

Carlos E. Cué / Alejandro Bolaños Saint Petersburg 4

Prime Minister says leaders of the group acknowledge “overall improvement” and pledges to reverse public debt trend

Obama and Rajoy meet at the G20 / Atlas

Obama lauds Rajoy’s reforms, says Cabinet spokesman

Carlos E. Cué Saint Petersburg

Administration officials are still yet to set up a private meeting between the PM and Obama. Spanish officials want study reports by UN inspectors before taking a position on Syria

THE CATALAN QUESTION

Rajoy and Catalonia’s Mas in talks on self-rule impasse

Carlos E. Cué Saint Petersburg 1

Popular Party prime minister talks of his frequent contact with pro-sovereignty regional premier

SANTIAGO RAIL DISASTER

Alvia train fail-safe brake was activated twice before fatal crash

David Reinero / José Precedo Santiago de Compostela

So-called dead man's switch triggers to halt the train if 30 seconds pass without the driver activating it

BUSINESS

Pescanova chief tried to transfer funds to China after being indicted

Operation thwarted by Portuguese authorities

ECONOMY

Strong export growth helps Portugal emerge from recession

Output rose 1.1 percent on a quarterly basis in the second quarter

BAD BANKING

Prosecutor eyes “disproportionate” pay-off packages at failed bank

El País Barcelona

Barcelona anti-corruption chief accuses ex-Caixa Catalunya bosses of handing themselves huge remunerations

UNIVERSITY COSTS

“Adopt-a-student” scheme floated to pay spiraling college fees

Manuel Planelles / J. A. Aunión Seville / Madrid

Málaga University president proposes new funding aid but others cautious about shifting burden to private sector

political espionage

Catalan Socialist resigns from party executive over spying case

Pere Ríos Barcelona 1

José Zaragoza provisionally steps down from federal committee after Rubalcaba expresses “repugnance” at political espionage in region

ANDALUSIAN ERE CASE

Incoming Andalusian premier vows to fight corruption “on all fronts”

Lourdes Lucio Seville

New leader of government tarred by ERE scandal suggests politicians’ partners declare earnings

Tennis dad John Tomic found guilty of Madrid broken-nose assault

El País / R. T. Madrid

World number 52 player’s father handed eight-month sentence for May attack on son's hitting partner

“Endoscopy gang” caught with equipment worth €300,000

Four men arrested after spate of hospital robberies

Encarna Pérez with members of her family. / MÒNICA TORRES

The pensioner facing eviction because of a simple clerical error

Joaquín Gil Valencia

Encarna Pérez, 75, may be thrown onto street due to house number mix-up

SOCIETY

Minimum age of consent to rise from 13 years to 16

At the discretion of the court, no offense will deem to have been committed when the adult is “close in development or maturity” to the minor

Lionel Messi during a training session with the Argentina squad in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, on Tuesday. / JUAN MABROMATA (AFP)

Last-minute penalty? Messi pays €5 million in fiscal fraud case

Jesús García Barcelona

The amount was due on undeclared income from image rights paid by companies in offshore tax havens

economy

Services sector enjoys return to growth for first time in 26 months

Andrew Sim Madrid

Figures add weight to expected exit from long recession in the third quarter

CRIME

Mugshots of the 10 individuals still on the Operation Captura list.

Last 10 most-wanted British fugitives in Spain. Have you seen them?

El País Madrid

Police issue call to find individuals accused of murder, drug trafficking and sex crimes, among other charges

AUTOMOBILE SECTOR

Anti-trust watchdog probes suspected automobile sector cartel

El País Madrid

CNC’s investigation covers vast majority of manufacturers and several distributors of their brands

REAL ESTATE

Foreigners bring some relief to still-grim housing market

El País Madrid

Purchases by non-Spaniards reach a record 17 percent of total transactions in second quarter

PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Former PP manager admits getting cash from undeclared donations

Socialist leader says Páez’s statement to judge shows that Rajoy also received under-the-table payments from former PP treasurer Bárcenas

Socialists want judge to probe data wipe from Bárcenas’ computers

El País Madrid 1

Popular Party may have broken law in deleting hard drives, opposition claims after evidence blank drawn in court

Ángel Carromero leaves a correctional facility in Segovia in a photo from January 2013. / Alvaro Garcia (EL PAÍS)

Court sees no reason to pardon PP youth leader convicted in Cuba

Judges link Ángel Carromero’s sentence with traffic violations committed in Spain

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Gibraltar remains “national priority” for Spain: foreign minister

El País Madrid 20

García-Margallo insists Socialist policy of holding out olive branch to the colony was an “immense error”

crime

Police stand guard over several of the gang of 10 thieves, who were arrested after robbing a bank via the sewer system. / EFE

Great drain robbery: police bust gang who used sewers to rob banks

Father-and-son team would break in through tunnels and then lie in wait

EMPLOYMENT

Jobless claims fall in August for first time in 13 years but by only 31

El País Madrid

Registered unemployment declines for sixth month in a row based on temporary summer hiring

The Park of History and the Sea, in San Fernando de Cádiz, which costs 150,000 a year to maintain, despite being empty. / ROMÁN RÍOS

City's 10-million-euro bill for an aquarium completely free of fish

San Fernando de Cádiz's Park of History and the Sea has stood empty since 2007

REFORMS

Minister softens pensioners’ blows, guaranteeing annual hike

El País Madrid

Changes involving life expectancy will not come into play until 2019, according to government's latest proposal

NÓOS SCANDAL

King lent Princess Cristina €1.2m
to renovate mansion

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 1

Transfer shows up in analysis of accounts ordered by judge investigating Urdangarin scandal

Más información

It’s time for Madrid, says Olympic bid team

Spanish contingent gets boost from sports stars as final presentation and vote nears

Left to right: Miguel Carballeda, Jose Ignacio Wert, president of the Madrid 2020 bid committee Alejandro Blanco, Mayor of Madrid Ana Botella and Madrid regional premier Ignacio Gonzalez during a Madrid 2020 Bid Committee press conference in Buenos Aires. / Scott Halleran (Getty Images)

Unprecedented legal victory as health service is made to cover gender reassignment

Charlotte Goiar had been repeatedly denied treatment by local authorities

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

“Vengeful” murderess scares off bus drivers in Mexico

Paula Chouza Mexico City

“Diana, the hunter” claims to be punishing those who rape women

Chile’s judges apologize for Pinochet dictatorship role

Rodrigo Cea Santiago

Unprecedented statement comes days before 40th anniversary of bloody coup

Brazil demands letter from Obama about spying

Juan Arias / El País Río de Janeiro

New revelations emerge that US intelligence tapped Rousseff’s calls

Morales holds no grudges against Spain

Bolivian president meets with Prime Minister Rajoy

US jails ex-officer who faces charges for Jesuit murders

El País Madrid

Former official lied when he applied for temporary refugee status

“Ríos Montt supplied the tactics for the genocide”

Human rights lawyer Almudena Bernabéu has been involved in some key cases in Latin America

FEATURES

REPORTAJE

Work on the Peineta Stadium, which forms part of Madrid's bid, has stalled. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ (EL PAÍS)

Madrid 2020: Be careful what you wish for

The Spanish capital is desperate to host the Olympics, but would it benefit the city?

HISTORY

The ruins of the interior of the theater. / Carlos Rosillo

The Cervantes rots in Tangier

Spain and Morocco cannot reach an agreement on the restoration of what was once the biggest theater in Africa

LOW-WAGE ECONOMY

From the jobless line to virtual slavery

Joaquín Gil Valencia

Spain's tourism sector is having a good year, providing a boost to employment. The bad news is that many of these posts are simply a pretext for exploitation

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. / ULY MARTÍN

Rajoy’s new risk premium

As the prime minister embarks on the second half of his mandate, the Bárcenas scandal looks unlikely to go away, while the economy is yet to show signs of recovery

PROTESTS

Streams of social justice

Protesters are making the most of new technologies, such as live video feeds of demonstrations, to help get their message across and gain support

AIRLINE INDUSTRY

Passengers making their way through El Prat's Terminal 1 last week. / gianluca battista

Terminal wars: a case of high cost versus low cost?

After years in the shade Barcelona's El Prat is catching up with Madrid Barajas. New rivalry reflects a change in the airline industry as Vueling threatens Iberia

Fernando Alonso rides to the rescue of Euskaltel

El País Madrid

Formula 1 driver to buy out cycling team's ownership, guaranteeing its survival

EDITOR'S PICK

STREET ART

Lisbon’s street-smart art

A thriving graffiti scene is revitalizing rundown districts

culture

"If the government imposes someone, I'm leaving"

Gerard Mortier, head of Madrid's Teatro Real opera house, has named six foreign candidates to succeed him

MUSIC

Crystal Fighters in the caves

Xavi Sancho Zugarramurdi

Anglo-Spanish band ventures into Navarre village famous for its witch hunt

ARCHITECTURE

Gran Vía gets a blast of modernity

The first new building for 70 years opens on Madrid’s main thoroughfare

CINEMA

Witchfinder general

As he jumps on his broomstick for new film 'Witching & Bitching,' Alex de la Iglesia says he's learnt the key to directing

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Cop and robber Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling cross swords in The Place Beyond the Pines

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Madrid deserves it

The city has presented a balanced and coherent project to host the 2020 Olympic Games

OPINION

Memories of Syria

Simplicity, as the Americans have been learning, is a quality not often found in Middle Eastern political problems

EDITORIAL

Fallen giant

The purchase of Nokia by Microsoft symbolizes the difficulties Europe has competing globally

ANALYSIS

The great traitor

Microsoft’s Elop has hollowed out Nokia from within the heart of the Finnish former giant

The latest in European science

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

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