martes, 22 octubre 2013

Actualizado 20:47 CET

terrorism and the law

Inés del Río (third from right) leaves an A Coruña jail on Tuesday, accompanied by her lawyer and members of her family. / Eliseo Trigo (EFE)

ETA bomber Inés del Río released from jail

Popular Party government moves to avoid backlash from victims over Strasbourg ruling that strikes down so-called "Parot doctrine"

EDITORIAL: Abide by the law, and apply it

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

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

The ECHR ruling (in English)

PP youth branch moves to expel member who issued death threat

Pilar Álvarez / Agencias Madrid

Jaime Mora had posted message in response to IU lawmaker's comments on Strasbourg ruling

The ETA killer who terrorized Madrid during the “Years of Lead”

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Inés del Río was sentenced to almost 4,000 years for attacks carried out in the 1980s

“Our consolation is for the killer to spend as long as possible in prison”

Natalia Junquera Madrid

Sister of one of Del Río’s victims describes the pain her family still endures

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

Última hora

REGIONAL POLTICS

Minister calls on regions to leave “divisions” aside

El País

“The recession will have ended in the third quarter," says Montoro

CYBER-ESPIONAGE SCANDAL

Spanish intelligence believes NSA was also active in Spain

Miguel González / Ignacio Cembrero Madrid

CNI suspects millions of phone calls were tapped, but no politicians were spied on

BUSINESS

Bill Gates becomes second-largest shareholder in builder FCC

El País Madrid 1

Move being interpreted as bet on recovery of crisis-stricken Spanish sector

The San Hermenegildo student residence for the children of military personnel. / PACO PUENTES (EL PAIS)

Army officers who feasted while students “starved” face jail

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

Seville residence funds pillaged by colonels with taste for gourmet food and fine wine

PUBLIC FINANCES

Defiant Madrid signs bank loan without Cabinet’s authorization

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid

Regional premier González thumbs nose at Popular Party colleague Montoro at Finance Ministry

euro zone

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi reacts to a question at a post-meeting news conference in Paris on October 2. / JOHN SCHULTS (Reuters)

Brussels irritated by Draghi’s banking stress test maneuvers

Claudi Pérez Nicosia

European Commission fears that the ECB president may be viewed as attempting to protect Italian lenders

The letter sent by Draghi to Almunia

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

Claudi Pérez The Hague 3

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 2

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

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

Stock market rally helps household wealth recover

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Bank deposits also increase in second quarter

Market recovery helps boost number of Spanish millionaires

Markets already celebrating start of Spanish recovery

Alejandro Bolaños Madrid 1

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’

Javier Martín Madrid

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

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid 5

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

Bárcenas affair augurs internal PP war

politics

Socialists moot complete ban on deputies’ private income

Vera Gutiérrez Calvo Madrid 1

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”

J. A. Aunión / Maribel Marin Madrid 1

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

public finances

Government may decide to lower general corporate tax rate

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid

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

Scientific research agency CSIC feels the ravages of belt-tightening

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?

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

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

Más información

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Tough week for Real and Barça

Rob Train Madrid

First ‘clásico’ of the season comes after Milan and Juve Champions League tests

BRAZIL 2014

Portugal draws Sweden in World Cup playoffs

El País Madrid

The ties will be played on November 15 and 19

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Spaniards of all ages are leaving the country, but just how big is the exodus?

They may have become the second-largest migrant community in the UK

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

gender violence

Laura was abused by her boyfriend when she was 15 years old. She ended the relationship when his parents found out about his violent behavior. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ

A nightmare in shining armor

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid

New data shows that an increasing number of males in Spain are developing violent and domineering behavior toward their partners while still in their teens

Welcome to the Barcelona fight club

Rebeca Carranco

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

new industry

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

Prepare to meet thy Maker Movement

Maria Comes Fayos Madrid

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

POLITICS

Inherited leadership

Gabriela Cañas

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

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

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

Abide by the law, and apply it

El País

Non-compliance with a human rights ruling would be sure to spur the fanatics into action

OPINION

Communicating

Juan Cruz

Young people are celebrating, getting together to communicate and love and like each other, and each and every one of them carries a wonder widget with them

EDITORIAL