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Última hora

POLITICAL CORRUPTION

Ex-PP treasurer tells court he paid secretary general bonus in person

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid 4

María Dolores de Cospedal emphatically denies allegations of Bárcenas and withdraws lawsuit against EL PAÍS

Bárcenas affair augurs internal PP war

ECONOMY

Ibex 35 closes above 10,000 points for the first time in over two years

El País Madrid

Benchmark index has improved its high for the year eight sessions in a row

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

Parents of dead Galician girl will stand trial for murder

El País Madrid

Judge finds sufficient reason to raise charge from homicide

Police suspect attempt to fake kidnapping in Asunta inquiry

El País Santiago de Compostela

Rope marks on 12-year-old's body were caused post-mortem, investigators believe

Santiago girl Asunta may have died from drug overdose

El País Santiago de Compostela / Madrid

Investigation focusing on sedatives as semen stain is also found on dead girl’s shirt

Was Asunta killed by her mother?

economy

Government unveils 4-billion-euro fiscal adjustment plan for 2015

El País Madrid 4

Rajoy administration has not confirmed whether personal income tax hike will remain in place

BANKS

Loan default ratio moves above 12 percent for the first time on record

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Outstanding bank credit drops to the levels of 2006

IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

Prince Felipe assures business leaders there will be growth this year

Miguel González / Íñigo de Barrón Panamá / New York

There is money coming in from all directions, says Santander CEO

Witnesses to file complaint over death of man in custody of Mossos

David García Vázquez Barcelona

"We cannot tolerate police brutality in the Raval neighborhood any longer," says a spokesman

Man who died after Mossos arrest suffered blows to head

Jesús García / Rebeca Carranco Barcelona 1

50-year-old Barcelona resident Juan Andrés Benítez was detained in October following a street fight

crime

Watches siezed by the police and the tools used by the gang. / POLICÍA NACIONAL

Suspects in Spain's biggest jewel heist case busted by police

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Watches stolen by the gang in 2012 had a value of 23 million euros

ROYAL INQUIRY

King’s German aristocrat friend won’t be called to testify

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

The petition for Sayn-Wittgenstein to appear was made by Urdangarin’s former business partner

Royal couple’s villa embargoed to cover civil liability

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Barcelona mansion and other properties seized to help cover civil liability bond of 6.4 million euros

Transfer from Nóos firm ended up in account used by princess

“No element in the case” to charge king’s daughter in graft probe

Agencies Madrid

Decision on whether to include Princess Cristina in list of suspects lies with judge in Balearic court

immigration

Kheder Ramadan with his family and other refugees outside the government offices in Ceuta. / Joaquin Sanchez

"We are happy to be alive but for us Ceuta is a prison we can't escape"

Rocío Abad Ceuta

Thirty Syrians are asking Spain to speed up their asylum applications

SOCCER

Casillas at a promotional event on Thursday. / Carlos Rosillo

“If the situation doesn’t change in three months, I will think about leaving”

Rob Train / El País Madrid

Real and Spain captain Casillas moots exit from life-long club

THE CATALAN QUESTION

CiU’s Duran warns of “unilateral independence” risk in Catalonia

Fernando Garea / Carlos E. Cué Madrid

Congressional spokesman for ruling Catalan party urges political deal

Catalonia issues 50-page list of grievances against Madrid

Miquel Noguer Barcelona 5

Mas claims Rajoy government owes region 9.3 billion euros

New regional financing system will not favor Catalonia, Rajoy insists

Francesco Manetto / Carlos E. Cué Madrid

Reform will be addressed in 2014 and not before, as some premiers from ruling party have urged

Basque officers given 18 months in ETA Faisán tip-off case

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

High Court rejects prosecutor’s call for the pair to be charged with collaborating with the terrorist group

ERE CASE

ERE case judge accuses
ex-union boss of insider deal

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

Magistrate alleges former federation chief received juicy layoff package in exchange for information

Strasbourg intervenes to stop eviction of 16 families in Girona

Marta Rodríguez / El País Salt / Madrid

Protestors rejoice in Salt as squatters given reprieve at least until end of the month

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Brussels to pore over Gibraltar’s corporate tax law in response to Spanish complaint

Agencies Madrid 3

EC declared the Rock’s previous system illegal in 2004

Prosecutors slam judge for criticism in case involving minister’s brothers

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

Bid-rigging investigation against Labor chief's siblings dropped

BUSINESS

Basque white goods maker Fagor calls in the receivers

El País San Sebastián

The company has accumulated debts of 800 million euros

business

Former Pescanova chairman Manuel Fernández de Sousa arrives at the High Court. / CLAUDIO ÁLVAREZ

Former Pescanova chief denies "deceit" in false accounting case

Cristina Delgado Madrid 1

Fernández de Sousa says claim is "error of interpretation"

Rubalcaba under pressure to hold primaries with sufficient timeframe

Vera Gutiérrez Calvo Toledo

Party chiefs question Socialist leader's determination to hold out until 2015

EURO ZONE

Brussels sees Spain making a clean exit from bailout program

Claudi Pérez Brussels 1

In political success story scenario, ECB also feels there will be no need to extend rescue loan’s maturity

Spanish one-year T-bill yield under one percent for first time since 2010

El País Madrid

Spanish debt-management agency close to completing issue target for the whole year

PUBLIC FINANCES

Galicia joins other PP-controlled regions in cutting income tax

Xosé Hermida Santiago de Compostela

Following on the heels of Extremadura, the symbolic reduction will apply to those earning less than 17,700 euros a year

EVICTIONS

Andalusia carries out first expropriation of private residence

Reyes Rincón Seville 1

Region embargoes mother-of-two’s home to prevent her eviction

BANKING SCANDAL

Ex-directors of bust bank named as criminal mismanagement suspects

Agencies Madrid

Managers approved loans that allegedly undermined the financial health of Caja Castilla La Mancha

Some of Spain's Thalidomide victims in court on Monday. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ

Fifty years later, Spain’s Thalidomide victims still await justice

El País Madrid

Victims association says drug was still being sold after 1961

UNIVERSITY LIFE

Students who fail to pass half of their subjects and attend less than 80 percent of classes will have to pay back their grants. / uly martín

Give us back your grant

Pilar Álvarez / Elisa Silió Madrid

The government is demanding failing students return state aid

Basque nationalist snatched from behind “human wall” in Pamplona

Javier Doria / Agencies Pamplona / Madrid

Batasuna youth wing member due to start serving six-year sentence for membership of an illegal organization

Más información

Marc Márquez: riding and smiling

The rookie MotoGP star could win the title in his first season on Sunday

Marc Márquez during a press conference ahead the Australian Grand Prix. / PAUL CROCK (AFP)

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

A dish served cold

"Good wolves" are apparently back in Madrid. But doesn’t a "good wolf" sound a bit too much like a "pleasant panther" or a "gracious grizzly"?

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

environment

A view of the pollution over the Madrid skyline, which obscures the surrounding mountains. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Pollution is making Europe ill

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid

90 percent of the continent's urban population is breathing harmful air. Experts are calling on Brussels to toughen legislation

environment

Is Spain ready to bank on nature?

Juana Viúdez Madrid

Developers may pay to offset environmental damage by boosting a habitat elsewhere under a new credit system

after gaddafi

A Tuareg from the Sahara Brigade guarding an oil well near the Algerian border. / ÁLVARO CÁNOVAS (CONTACTO)

Libya: the chaos continues

Maite Rico Tripoli

Two years after the dictator's demise, EL PAÍS finds that it is still hard to know who runs the country. There is no army or police, and the jihadist threat is ever present

IMMIGRATION AND EUROPE

“This has to stop”

Ana Carbajosa

Recent mass drownings off the coast of Italy have reopened the immigration debate at a time when European voters are more concerned about their own problems

city life

A passer-by navigates the beer bottles and other trash left behind by soccer fans in Madrid's Plaza Mayor. / Bernando Pérez

The Spanish capital not only lost its Olympic bid, but is also losing tourists. Critics of the city say it is dirty and lacks investment and culture. They also point out that it is has nearly € 7.4bn of debt

PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS

Placing the detectives under surveillance

Rebeca Carranco

New legislation governing the world of private detection will either legitimize or hamper this growing sector, experts say

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 2

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

LATIN AMERICA

Peña Nieto wins major battle over tax reforms

Conservative PAN voted against the proposal, which imposes higher taxes on top income earners

Leaders sit out Ibero-American Summit

Eva Saiz Panama City

Many empty chairs in Panama City due to health issues and schedule conflicts

Colombia to award compensation to one of Pablo Escobar’s victims

Elizabeth Reyes L. Bogotá

Opera tenor's family wins legal battle

Cuban press moves to open up, but crackdowns continue

Castro government officials announce major policies for media but dissidents remain unconvinced

Argentinean leader slowly begins reassuming control

El País Madrid

Video of traffic altercation mars congressional campaign

Violence breaks out at teachers’ march in Rio

Maria Martin Río de Janeiro

Hooded protestors battle with police during rally

Guyana objects to seizure of research ship by Venezuela

Officials from both countries will meet in Trinidad to resolve dispute

WORLD CUP 2014

High drama in World Cup deciders

Rob Train Madrid

Mexico gets unlikely hand as Spain tops group and Portugal faces playoff

MOTOR RACING

María de Villota's last message

Mábel Galaz Madrid

A book written by the former racing driver, who died last week, is now on sale

Última hora

CINEMA

“The government is messing up Spanish film”

Gregorio Belinchón Sitges

Actor Elijah Wood unveils his new Spain-made thriller at Sitges

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Tom Hanks faces Somali pirates in Paul Greengrass's Captain Phillips

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

The need to support Libya

El País

The international community cannot turn its back on the grave situation in the Arab country

opinion

Sleepwalkers

José Ignacio Torreblanca

An immigration policy worthy of the name ought to include a series of strategies aimed at some comprehensive means of dealing with the migratory phenomenon

EDITORIAL

A sensible ruling

El País

Two police officers have been found guilty of giving a tip-off, aimed at extending the truce called by ETA

opinion

The secular language

A surge of enthusiasm is prompted by the charter for schools, that admirable declaration of republican principles that is in every one of the 55,000 public schools in France

BLOG / ATOMIUM CULTURE