lunes, 21 octubre 2013
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TERRORISM AND THE LAW

ETA terrorists poised to walk free as court strikes down “Parot doctrine”

Miguel Mora / María Fabra / Fernando J. Pérez Strasbourg / Madrid 2

Justice Minister Gallardón argues ruling "only affects the appellant" in this case after ECHR calls Spain's sentence calculation method “illegal detention”

A montage of the ETA inmates who could benefit from the ECHR decision, with Inés del Río second-left on the top row. / EFE

Abertzale hails ECHR decision as “very good news on a human level”

El País Bilbao

Lawyers to file for a further 55 ETA inmates to be freed

ECONOMY

“Spain’s banks are better off than those of many other EU countries”

Claudi Pérez The Hague 2

Eurogroup president Dijsselbloem insists there are many reasons for optimism over country’s economic future

BANK BONUS SCANDAL

Former Caixa Catalunya chairman Narcis Serra attends to the press after a court appearance on criminal mismanagement case. / TONI GARRIGA  (EFE)

Ex-Caixa Catalunya chief defends director bonuses at failed bank

Jesús García Barcelona 1

Former Socialist government minister Serra says salaries and extra payments were legal and “fair”

PENSION REFORM

Retirement age should be raised to 70, says think-tank

aGENCIES Madrid 1

Number of years of Social Security contributions to get full pension should also be raised, IEE says

Stock market rally helps household wealth recover

Bank deposits also increase in second quarter

Markets already celebrating start of Spanish recovery

Backed by investors, country is seen as emerging from the dark days of its most prolonged recession in modern times

prostitution

Spain grants trafficked woman asylum in legal first

El País Madrid

Red Cross describes “case of hope” for other victims

TECHNOLOGY

The Apple Inc logo sits on display outside the company's store in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. / JASPER JUINEN (BLOOMBERG)

From ‘Apple Computer’ to ‘Apple Lifestyle’

New exec Angela Ahrendts opens the door to a collection of luxury accessories bearing the bitten apple logo

POLITICAL CORRUPTION

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

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

politics

Socialists moot complete ban on deputies’ private income

Vast majority of Congress representatives currently obtain leave to work outside of their parliamentary duties

DEPORTATION CONTROVERSY

Leonarda Dibrani, the 15-year-old schoolgirl whose deportation from France sparked a huge outcry. / ARMEND NIMANI (AFP)

“I only want to go back to school and see my friends and teachers”

Miguel Mora Mitrovica / Paris 3

Leonarda Dibrani, the Gypsy girl expelled from France on a school trip, was born in Italy. Family “attacked by unknown individuals” in Mitrovica on Sunday

INTERVIEW

“The education law is not a Wert law”

Education Minister José Ignacio Wert discusses his reforms to the Spanish system

public finances

Government may decide to lower general corporate tax rate

Agency chief defends last year’s fiscal amnesty, which only brought in half of what was targeted

SCIENCE FUNDING

Government completes €95m bailout of CSIC research institute

Alicia Rivera Madrid 1

Spanish state science agency was facing the need to call in the receivers due to mounting debt and flatlining budget

ENERGY

Abengoa's Solúcar solar plant in Seville province. / alejandro ruesga

Abengoa sues government over solar premium cut in energy reform

Sandro Pozzi New York

Company accuses Rajoy administration of "expropriation"

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

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

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

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

Man who died after Mossos arrest suffered blows to head

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

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

“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 1

Thirty Syrians are asking Spain to speed up their asylum applications

Más información

Welcome to the Barcelona fight club

A scrap metal dealer is training young men to compete in brutal no-holds-barred bouts

Scrap metal merchant Javier García Roche (above) organizes his own fight club on the outskirts of Barcelona. / Aitor Sáez

BRAZIL 2014

Portugal draws Sweden in World Cup playoffs

El País Madrid

The ties will be played on November 15 and 19

Disqualified Márquez blows big chunk of his title lead

With surprise result, Lorenzo sees championship chances improve to “20-30 percent”

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

new industry

The makers from Estudio Buenos Días, in downtown Madrid. / Luis Sevillano

Prepare to meet thy Maker Movement

A global network of small-scale artisans, combining cutting-edge technology with design, is attracting followers in Madrid

POLITICS

Inherited leadership

Politicians who make the step up when their mentors step down face skepticism from the public, who didn't vote for them

environment

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

Pollution is making Europe ill

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

JUSTICE FOR DICTATORSHIP VICTIMS

Spain stonewalls on Franco-era abuses

The government, Congress and the country's courts are ignoring the United Nation's demand for action to help victims

LATIN AMERICA

Ruling could declare some 500,000 Dominicans illegal

Maye Primera / El País Miami / Madrid

Rights activists believe the action is aimed at ethnic Haitians

US broke into ex-Mexican leader’s emails, says report

Mari Luz Peinado / El País Mexico City / Madrid

‘Der Spiegel’ claims NSA targeted Mexico

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

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

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

EDITOR'S PICK

CULTURE

Panoramas of disaster

Blanca Cia Lleida

Wim Wenders’ photography show captures Ground Zero and Fukushima

culture

Surreal Madrid

Two shows celebrate the art movement in the capital, paying special attention to works by women

people

The artful dodger

Leonardo Patterson started selling fake indigenous art from a restaurant and ended up exhibiting with Yoko Ono

Madrid to license street musicians

Aspiring performers will have to pass auditions

CINEMA

“The government is messing up Spanish film”

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

Two years and a day

The vein of fanaticism in the subculture of ETA can now be fought with political means

OPINION

The new Le Pen

Faced with imitative xenophobic policies by centrist governments, voters might prefer the McCoy

EDITORIAL

Another blunder by the PP

Ruling party’s response to corruption accusations is scattered and unfocused

OPINION

In defense of Madrid

The capital does not demand citizens’ undying allegiance but it does offer storytellers bounteous material

The latest in European science

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

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