martes, 8 octubre 2013

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ECONOMY

IMF improves growth forecasts for Spain but raises jobless estimate

Amanda Mars Washington

Agency sees GDP contracting 1.3 percent this year, but predicts growth of only 0.2 percent in 2014, 0.5 points less than the government

ANDALUSIAN ERE CASE

Judge accuses former Socialist minister of misappropriation

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

European Investment Bank number two Álvarez formally named in Andalusia severance payment fund case

Prosecutor queries writ naming former Andalusian premiers in ERE fraud case

RULES OF THE STREET

A prostitute working in a street in southern Madrid. / LUIS MAGÁN

Madrid to fine prostitute users, drug taxis and camp-out protestors

Bruno García Gallo Madrid 4

Begging outside shopping malls or selling Kleenex also to be banned under plans for new city bylaw

environment

Gas-storage project will not restart until “safety of citizens guaranteed”

Elena G. Sevillano / Pilar Almenar Vara Madrid / Valencia

Industry Minister José Manuel Soria makes visit to plant, which is thought to have caused earth tremors

State institute gave green light to controversial gas plant

Elena G. Sevillano / Mercè Pérez Pons Madrid / Tarragona

Report from 2007 makes no mention of possible increase in seismic activity. The Castor Project is thought to have caused hundreds of tremors

Thousands march to demand closure of gas-storage plant

Mercè Pérez Pons Alcanar

Between 3,000 and 6,000 protesters filled the streets of Les Cases d’Alcanar under the slogan: “We don’t want it”

The Beade town hall in Ourense, Galicia after Monday’s bomb attack. / Nacho Gómez

Francoist Galicia mayor: “Nobody will change my ideas with bombs”

Pablo Taboada Ourense

Popular Party official, 74, remains defiant after attack leaves town hall in ruins

OBITUARY

Pete Cenarrusa, the tenacious
leader of the US Basque lobby

Xabier Irujo Madrid 1

Former cattle baron, who has died aged 95, served as secretary of state of Idaho

MALAYA CORRUPTION CASE

The fake Miró, the chopper and the ranch: How much is Roca worth?

Luis Gómez Madrid

Details of Marbella corruption kingpin’s vast empire emerge after last week's Malaya case ruling

Marbella property corruption mastermind Roca jailed for 11 years

An aerial view of Marbella's famous harbor from 2007. / Julián Rojas

Marbella battles to pay off its debts and recover its once-glittering lure

Esperanza Codina Málaga

Southern city has an uphill struggle to clean up the mess left by corrupt leaders

THE CATALAN QUESTION

PP throws cold water on Catalan branch leader’s new revenue plan

Francesco Manetto Madrid

Party number two De Cospedal stresses that changes to the financing law should be hammered out by all regional barons

Catalan PP leader to present new financing plan for region

MILITARY SALES

Spain lifts temporary ban on sale of aircraft to Egypt

Miguel González Madrid

“Cautionary measure” overridden as planes, parts and radar equipment return to list of possible trade items

Iberia planes at Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas. / SUSANA VERA (REUTERS)

Barajas sees dramatic loss of passengers

Álvaro Romero Brussels 1

Madrid's main airport served 11.7 percent fewer travelers in August, the biggest fall in Europe

POLITICS

PP hits new low in polls, but would still win elections

Fernando Garea Madrid

Socialists’ bump flattens as revelations of governing party’s corruption allegations die down

TECHNOLOGY

Joe Fernandez. / R. J. C.

Klout, the king of social influence

Rosa Jiménez Cano San Francisco

This online "influence meter" sets a price on your head, and if you’re good at what you do, you might even get a reward

Woman knifes husband to death after drugs argument

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Stabbing incident brings violent killing count to 28 in Madrid region so far this year

POLITICS

A Communist Party member at a march organized by the PCP in Lisbon in July. / Francisco Leong (AFP)

Red revival: why communism is alive and well in crisis-hit Portugal

Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisbon

As it flags elsewhere in Europe, Communist Party gains ground in local elections

INTERVIEW

Xavier Adserà, chairman of the BCN World project, photographed in Barcelona. / Massimiliano Minocri

"Eurovegas and BCN World should be marketed together"

Clara Blanchar / Dani Cordero Barcelona

The chairman of the planned complex in Barcelona, Xavier Adserà, explains the details of the project

Funding for BCN World resort would be pulled if Catalonia leaves EU

ROAD SAFETY

Government reform paves way for 130km/h speed limit on roads

Patricia R. Blanco Madrid 1

Tougher sanctions will be introduced for driving under the influence of alcohol or with traces of drug use

FRAUD CASE

Prosecutors demand Damm brewery owners face fraud trial

EP Madrid

Beer brand’s former chief and his son accused of defrauding government of some 42 million euros

SANTIAGO CRIME

Toxicology report shows Asunta died from sedatives overdose

Silvia R. Pontevedra / Jesús Duva Santiago de Compostela / Madrid

Investigating judge keeps mother in jail stating that her involvement in the child's killing is “clear”

Rosario Porto during her testimony before an investigating judge. / ÓSCAR CORRAL

Was Asunta killed by her mother?

Xosé Hermida / Silvia R. Pontevedra Santiago de Compostela

Strange incident when child went to school dizzy from pills emerges

BUSINESS

Santander may buy stake in El Corte Inglés finance operations

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Deal would allow department store chain to reduce debt on its books

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Shareholders to fix salaries for board members at listed firms

David Fernández Madrid

Panel of experts will recommend AGMs approve remuneration policies

PUBLIC FINANCES

Bank of Spain chief sees “risk” of failing to meet deficit target this year

El País Madrid

Linde says budget execution needs to be very strict in the second half at all levels of government

Administration saves €950 million by paying off loan early

Amanda Mars Madrid

Plan is to return part of 27-billion-euro credit taken out to help regional and local governments pay their suppliers

EURO-ZONE CRISIS

Portugal gets pass mark from bailout providers

Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisbon

Deputy PM Portas: We are three inspections by the troika away from recovering our sovereignty”

AVIATION INDUSTRY

Airbus Military's A-400M assembly line in Seville. / Julián Rojas

First A-400M aircraft rolls off production line in Seville

Raúl Limón Seville

Orders to seven countries seen generating 53,000 jobs

PP’S HIDDEN FINANCES

Tax office says PP’s illegal funding not subject to levy

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Surprising interpretation of the law on donations brings party’s infraction for 2007-08 period under criminal threshold

PP paid for refit of Madrid headquarters in black money

Más información

Argentina’s leader undergoes “successful” surgery to drain clot

Spokesman says president is in good spirits following the procedure. Fernández de Kirchner reportedly gave orders to keep her condition secret

Supporters of President Fernández de Kirchner gather outside the Favaloro Foundation Hospital in Buenos Aires on Monday night. / Martín Quintana (EFE)

PEOPLE

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker’s other cross to bear

El País / Mábel Galaz Madrid

Spain captain and parents in dispute over company managing player's assets

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Culture and crisis: A changing landscape

Is there still a place for the museum in an increasingly virtual world, and who gets to pay for it?

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FEATURES

JUSTICE FOR DICTATORSHIP VICTIMS

The prime minister of the time, Adolfo Suárez (front right), leads the applause in Congress after the Amnesty Law of October 14, 1977 was passed. / Chema Conesa

Spain stonewalls on Franco-era abuses

Natalia Junquera Madrid

The government, Congress and the courts are ignoring the UN's demand for action

business

Productivity has risen in the Spanish workplace, but at the cost of job destruction. / Samuel Sánchez

Unproductive Spain

Amanda Mars

Competitiveness has improved, but it has been at the cost of jobs. The country needs to increase investment in new technology, say experts

Road where the postman won’t even ring once

Rodrigo Casteleiro García Madrid

Residents are cut off from Madrid services due to proximity of a drug-dealing point. Mail isn't delivered and trash pickup occurs twice a month because of insecurity

HEALTHCARE

Houssnia el Khadiri with her children Fouad and Fadwa at home in Quijorna, Madrid. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Austerity can kill: public health authorities obstruct new treatments

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid

Spanish patients and families are being denied access to expensive drugs. Medicines are approved but hospital authorities resort to bureaucratic ploys

doping in sports

Getting away with it, still

Rafael Méndez

Operation Cursa is the latest probe into doping, but its results have been disappointing. Madrid's failed Olympic bid may have been damaged by Spain's tarnished reputation

work-life balance

Spain: out of time

Raquel Vidales 4

Congress is mulling whether to turn the country's clocks back to GMT after a commission recommended it among changes to bring Spanish working hours more in line with the rest of Europe

PROPERTY

Up against a brick wall

Juana Viúdez Madrid 4

During Spain's decade-long property boom, thousands of buildings were illegally constructed in protected areas. But getting them demolished is proving a challenge