viernes, 20 septiembre 2013
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ROYAL'S HEALTH

King to undergo more surgery to treat infected artificial hip

Monarch will need eight weeks to six months to recover. Doctors stress that this kind of condition is “normal” with such a prosthesis

LEGAL SYSTEM

Penal code changes call for strict penalties for public corruption

El País Madrid

Stiffer jail sentences will be handed down for public embezzlement

historical memory

Lawyers demand arrest of four ex-Franco officials wanted in Argentina

Alejandro Rebossio / El País Buenos Aires / Madrid

Victims celebrate decision, although government unlikely to order detention of men. Associations say they are seeking justice in Argentina after being unable to find it in Spain

UN to investigate whether Spain is helping Franco regime victims

El País Madrid

Rights and memory groups will present the experts with the names of 130,000 disappeared people

POLITICAL CORRUPTION

Bárcenas judge sees possible crime in hard disks' destruction

Popular Party had argued that the wiping of the drives is standard practice

Prosecutors will not probe destruction of PP treasurer’s disks

Camera used to film Bárcenas in jail found by authorities as TV channel is accused of “frivolity” by Interior Ministry

THE CATALAN QUESTION

Mas confident independent Catalonia would keep EU status

Maiol Roger / Mercè Pérez Pons Barcelona / Tortosa

“We will be in Europe whatever Catalans decide,” regional premier declares despite warnings from Brussels

Rajoy softens approach as he plays for time over self-rule imbroglio

Prime Minister saves jeers for Socialist leader's proposal of constitutional reform to resolve dispute

Funding for BCN World would be pulled if Catalonia leaves EU

Clara Blanchar Barcelona

“Uncertainty adds difficulty,” explains president of macro-casino project

BUSINESS

Troika queries Spanish banks on lack of lending to small companies

Lenders attribute problem to low demand and new regulations

ECONOMY

Fed lends unexpected hand to the markets

El País Madrid

US Reserve’s decision to continue quantitative easing program helps Spanish Treasury exceed bond issue target

INTERNET PIRACY

Spain plans prison terms for providers of pirated web content

Administrators of download-access sites may face up to six years in jail under penal code reform

Carlos García de Mata is still an exceptional case. / francisco seco

Senior holds up bank to get prison bed in crisis-hit Lisbon

More Portuguese inmates remaining in jail due to harsh economic conditions on the outside

social security

Reform to cut value of annual pension by 1,500 euros in five years

El País Madrid

Assumption of annual inflation of 1 percent will reduce spending power, but projections indicate rate will be higher

Eurovegas project at risk, says Madrid premier

El País Madrid 3

PP official blames prime minister for dragging feet on tobacco law change. Financing also an issue for macro-casino project

train crash

An Alvia train passes the wreckage of the Santiago crash. / PABLO BLÁZQUEZ (GETTY IMAGES)

Rail authorities signal 44 potential black spots in wake of Alvia disaster

David Reinero Santiago de Compostela

Signs warning drivers of need to reduce speed installed on high-speed lines

INFRASTRUCTURE

R2 becomes last of Madrid’s radial toll-roads to go under

Álvaro Romero Madrid 3

Company holding the operating license calls in receivers after traffic volumes go from disappointing to dismal

BUSINESS

Inditex first-half earnings beat forecasts at 951 million euros

Fashion giant posts 6-percent sales boost despite drop in Spain

No dough: baker Panrico “suspends workers’ payments” this month

Lluís Pellicer Barcelona 2

Loss-making firm wants liquidity to pay suppliers as it faces up to pressure from cheaper generic brands

Top court throws out Catalonia’s claim of bias against chief justice

María Fabra Madrid 2

Only two out of 11 of Pérez de los Cobos’ peers deemed his membership of a political party was incompatible with his role

syrian conflict

Civil Guard officers arrested eight suspected terrorists in an operation in Ceuta last June. / CIVIL GUARD

A one-way ticket to martyrdom

The number of Spanish residents fighting the Assad regime in Syria has already eclipsed that which answered the call to jihad in Iraq, Mali and Yemen

BANKING

Santander hires ex-Bankia chief Rodrigo Rato

Former IMF managing director was chairman of lender shortly before it was nationalized

The photographer Pedro Armestre is knocked to the ground by the bull in Tordesillas. / PABLO BLÁZQUEZ (GETTY IMAGES)

Photojournalist gored at controversial bull hunt

María Sosa Troya Tordesillas 2

One other person also treated at event condemned by animal rights activists

PUBLIC FINANCES

Spain already close to deficit target for the full year

Rajoy administration still insists that European bailout extension will not be required

European Union will wait to rule on bailout extension for Spain

Claudi Pérez Vilnius 1

Rajoy administration hopeful of leaving rest of funds untouched but finance ministers say it will depend on deficit target being hit

The results of the investigation into the Altxerri B site in Gipuzkoa have been published in the Journal of Human Evolution. / Europa Press

Altxerri cave paintings confirmed as oldest known in Europe

EFE San Sebastián

Team of scientists dates wall art at 39,000 years old

EDUCATION

Children with new books for this school year in Las Tablas, Madrid. / Ángel Díaz (EFE)

Drop in government schoolbook subsidies sees parents scramble

Elisa Silió Madrid

Central budget for grants slashed by 80 percent in just two years

Valencia PP speaker to be probed over Bankia loans

El País Madrid / Valencia

Bancaja transactions include 35-million-euro credit line to company in which politician Juan Cotino has participation

IMMIGRATION

Police grappling with immigrants on Ceuta's beach after a mass attempt to swim onto Spanish soil. / reduan (efe)

Ceuta and Melilla buckle under mass attempt to enter Spain

El País Madrid 1

Hundreds of immigrants simultaneously overwhelm security forces on land and by sea in two exclaves

immigration

Ica Tomi, of the Federation of Romanian Associations of Spain, has been in the country for 10 years. / LUIS SEVILLANO

The changing face of Romania

Cristina Pop Madrid

Immigrants from the Eastern European country are the Madrid region's largest foreign community. Many are defying stereotypes and integrating into society

REGIONAL TENSIONS

Basque Bildu wants to mimic Catalan sovereignty strategy

Radical grouping wants region's parties and civil society to join push for independence referendum

Más información

Soldier who filed sexual harassment report faces disciplinary measures

Defense Ministry admits 62 similar complaints made since 2003

Captain Zaida Cantero (above) is facing disciplinary proceedings after reporting a superior for sexual harassment.

Alonso plays down talk of clash with Raikkonen

S. H. Madrid

"My opinion was that Kimi was the best out there in the market," says Ferrari driver

Messi homes in on Raúl’s record

Rob Train Madrid

Hat-trick brings Argentinean to within single figures of history

EUROBASKET 2013

Spain reaches Eurobasket semis after sweeping away Serbia

Sergio Rodríguez leads scoring in convincing 90-60 victory

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

TECHNOLOGY

Dr Pedro Guillén wearing his Google eyeglasses during the operation at Clínica Cemtro. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ

Inside the global operating room

Google Glass and other innovations allow the teaching of medical procedures to thousands at a time

a better life abroad?

Arantxa Cayón, above, moved to Washington DC in 2011.

Sheltering in the States

Carolina García Washington

Crisis-hit Spaniards are increasingly finding that America is still the land of opportunity, but only the well prepared will find all that they desire

No luck in paradise

Juan Gómez Berlin

Thousands of Spaniards are making the move to Germany in search of work, attracted by reports of huge labor shortages in the country

A chaotic but welcoming option: Mexico

Javier Molina Mexico City 2

More than 8,000 Spaniards have moved to the country in the past four years

China, land of opportunity

Lina Yoon Beijing

After the collapse of Spain's property market, young architects are heading to cities like Beijing and Shanghai with their sustained growth in infrastructure

TRANSPARENCY

Manifestaciones en Liubliana contra el exprimer ministro por su implicación en un caso de corrupción. / Srdjan Zivulovic  (Reuters)

Is this a true step toward open government?

Outsiders are amazed to discover that Spain lacks a transparency law in 2013. But many doubt that the country's new legislation will live up to that abroad

capital flows

Spain: for sale

The vultures are circling: dozens of foreign investment funds are moving in to pick the bones of the country's moribund property sector clean

LATIN AMERICA

Prison violence in Venezuela spins out of control

Alfredo Meza Caracas

The Maduro administration cannot regain authority of the penal system

Caricom to seek slavery reparations from Europe

Maye Primera Miami

Caribbean bloc wants compensation in terms of economic aid

Brazilians lose confidence in judiciary

Francho Barón Río de Janeiro

Top court issues ruling to retry convicted politicians

Rousseff says “no” to Obama and cancels visit over spying revelations

Brazilian leader’s stance may earn her more support for a second run next year

Rivers of mud fill Mexico’s disaster areas

Paula Chouza Chilpancingo

Death toll from torrential rains stands at 57 on late Tuesday

Nicaragua takes Colombia to court again over water rights

Carlos Salinas Managua

Managua asks The Hague to map out Caribbean boundaries

Cristiano Ronaldo handed new contract by Real Madrid

Deal said by club to be worth close to 20 million euros a year for player

First taste of Bale for new-look Real

Villarreal well worth a point against experimental Madrid side as Atlético joins Barcelona at top

EDITOR'S PICK

arts

Elephant on parade

José Saramago street spectacular packs trunk for Madrid

OBITUARY

Adieu to literature’s errant knight

Philologist and 'Don Quixote' expert Martí de Riquer dies at 99

CULTURAL HISTORY

On the trail of Luis Buñuel

Biographer Ian Gibson has spent seven years reconstructing the first half of the life of the great surrealist filmmaker

theater

The Mecano musical, rebuilt

Tommaso Koch Madrid

Stage show based on 1980s songs returns to Gran Vía

CINEMA

Antonio Banderas’ one-knight stand

The actor is going it alone on the promotional trail for his new animation

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Ron Howard's Rush recreates the race between James Hunt and Niki Lauda for the 1976 F1 crown

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Merkel III

El País Madrid

If the Social Democrats replace the liberals, there will be no major shift in government policy

opinion

Multipolarity

Moscow and Washington used to share a world hegemony called bipolarity. But lately, lacking one of the two Atlases that sustained it, the system has become inherently unstable

EDITORIAL

Loan freeze

The troika’s concern about the credit drought suggests that bank restructuring will be delayed

OPINION

Search me

No one is ever to blame for the fraud and mismanagement that has exacerbated Spain’s crisis

The latest in European science

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

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