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MINING DISASTER

Family members gathered at the Pozo Emilio del Valle mine to await news of their loved ones. / J.Casares (EFE)

Six dead after country’s worst coal-mining disaster for 18 years

Emergency services evacuate further five workers to hospital, all in a serious condition, after methane gas leak at León facility

EURO-ZONE ECONOMY

Eurogroup chief calls on Spain to work more, adopt new labor reforms

Agencies Madrid 1

Dutch Finance Minister Dijsselbloem believes country's huge unemployment problem warrants retirement age increase

CYBER-ESPIONAGE SCANDAL

US Ambassador to Spain James Costos arrives on Monday morning at the Foreign Ministry's Santa Cruz Palace in Madrid. / BERNARDO PÉREZ (EL PAÍS)

“Climate of trust” could be broken if US spying allegations are true, warns minister

El País Madrid 1

Review will determine what intelligence should be collected, says United States

NSA revelations: Spain also a victim of US espionage

Miguel González Brussels 1

The agency tracked communications from government members but officials hint that spying took place during Zapatero era

BUSINESS

Brussels calls on telecoms regulator to change Telefónica price proposal

Luis Doncel / Ramón Muñoz Brussels / Madrid

Commission also demands more measures regarding operator’s wholesale broadband

FINANCE

“Bankia has helped to improve Spain’s image”

Nationalized banking group earned 648 million euros up to September after closure of a third of branch network

EUROPE

Rajoy on the frontline of power struggle in Brussels

Claudi Pérez Brussels 1

Spain, France and Italy to lead coalition in an attempt to prevent European Commission from obtaining more power

terrorism and the law

Thousands turn out at Madrid march to protest Strasbourg ruling

El País Madrid

PP government sends representatives to demonstration, despite anti-Rajoy jeers

Second jailed ETA member freed after Strasbourg ruling

Juan Manuel Píriz released after 29 years in prison

Rajoy: European ETA prisoners ruling is “unfair and wrong”

Popular Party will finally attend terrorism victims’ rally in Madrid on Sunday, but Cabinet will not be represented

REGIONAL POLITICS

PP officials harass regional leader over unpaid bills

Andalusian premier Susana Díaz approached in Málaga at official ceremony

POLITICAL CORRUPTION ON TRIAL

Castellón “cacique” used “textbook money-laundering method”

Tax expert tells court how Popular Party baron Carlos Fabra paid off series of unnecessary bank loans with dirty cash

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

An empty platform at Madrid's Chamartín station on Monday. / EFE

Week of rail strikes begins in Spain

El País Madrid

Minimum services will be guaranteed on all networks, with a 24-hour stoppage planned on Thursday

WINTER SPORTS

Barcelona opts against bid for 2022 Winter Olympic Games

Camilo S. Baquero Barcelona

Mayor puts decision down to lack of consensus

effects of the crisis

A total of 14 politicians turned up to the inauguration of this roundabout in Alhendín, Granada on October 17.

Why the party is over for politicians seeking inauguration photo-ops

Luis Gómez Madrid

The construction crisis means a need to seek other ways of appearing in the press

BANKING SECTOR

CaixaBank Chief Executive Juan María Nin. / (efe) / felipe trueba (EFE)

Main Spanish lenders post big gains in earnings through to September

El País / AGENCIES Madrid

BBVA cuts cash dividend payment in line with central bank recommendation

Santander’s net income up 77 percent in first nine months

Andrew Sim / Agencies Madrid

Earnings boosted by lower balance clean-up costs But bad loans continue to advance, while interest income falls

CONFLICT OVER EDUCATION

Students demonstrating against public education cutbacks and the government's reform plans in Murcia. / Marcial Guillén (EFE)

Cutbacks and PP government’s reform plans fuel students’ strike

Unions say vast majority of teachers stayed away but Education Ministry calls protest a failure based on “simplistic” slogans

Spain bad bank reorders property sale as bids fall short: sources

Bloomberg Madrid

Sareb received over 30 offers for commercial real estate

TRAVEL

Ryanair passengers currently have to pay 40 euros to have their boarding pass reprinted at the airport. / PERE DURÁN

Court throws out clauses in Ryanair ticket terms

Judge rules that 40-euro fee for reprinting of boarding pass breaches consumer protection laws

‘Y viva España’ singer dies at age 82

El País Madrid

Manolo Escobar starred in string of movies but remained best known for sing-along party favorite

LABOR MARKET

Unemployment falls due to temporary hiring for summer

El País Madrid

Number of people out of work declines by 72,800 as the jobless rate drops just below 26 percent

Bank of Spain estimates economy grew 0.1 percent in third quarter

Andrew Sim / Agencies Madrid

Country emerges from recession after more than two years

Foreign tourist numbers hit yet another record in September

Andrew Sim Madrid

Overseas arrivals climbed 4.7 percent from the same month in 2012 as Madrid regains its luster

Two videos reveal blows dealt to suspect by Mossos d'Esquadra.

Videos capture violent arrest that ended in death of suspect

Residents recorded Catalan police force attempting to subdue 50-year-old businessman

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Gibraltar sidesteps Spanish import embargo for land reclamation works

Cándido Romaguera Algeciras 2

Rock contracts a Portuguese company to deliver 40,000 tons of building material for controversial resort project

Más información

Youzhny beats Ferrer to lift Valencia Open 500 trophy

Rob Train Madrid

Local favorite defeated for the sixth straight time in a final

Vettel storms to fourth championship win in India

Simon Hunter Madrid

Alonso only manages 11th, leaving Red Bull driver to sew up title

Title fight to go down to wire after Lorenzo wins in Japan

Simon Hunter Madrid

Márquez finishes second, while Espargaró takes Moto2 championship

LA LIGA

Real laments decision as Barça wins clásico

Rob Train Madrid

Controversy surrounds refereeing performance at Camp Nou

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

city life

The entrance to one of Madrid's down-at-heel arcades, which have suffered due to a change in consumer habits. / Álvaro García

Madrid's lost arcades

These old commercial cloisters were once the life and soul of the Spanish capital, but are now mostly closed or in decline. A new movement is afoot to revitalize the shopping galleries

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INTERVIEW

“I knew that I would beat leukemia and sing again”

Opera star Josep Carreras was at the height of a magnificent career when he was diagnosed with the illness in 1987. Now he divides his life between music and fighting to find a cure

Aid workers Blanca Thiebaut (left, in a white skirt) and Montserrat Serra (right, in beige pants) return to Spain in July after their kidnapping. / MEDICOS SIN FRONTERAS

Aid workers under threat

Increasing numbers of attacks against NGOs have reopened debates about safety

gender violence

A nightmare in shining armor

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

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

Welcome to the Barcelona fight club

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

LATIN AMERICA

“Kirchnerites” lose in half of Argentina’s provincial legislatures

Victory for dissident Peronist Massa opens way for a possible tilt at presidency

No relief from terror in Mexico’s Michoacán state

Paula Chouza Mexico City

Drug traffickers and vigilantes continue to up the ante in cities

Venezuela believes happiness should be in national interest

Maduro creates office to supervise Havana's social programs

Brazil wants to store all data by internet users

Juan Arias Río de Janeiro

Rousseff introduces bill in answer to alleged US spying activities in her country

Officials fear cholera has spread to American continent

Maye Primera Miami

Mexico reports 171 cases of infectious disease

EDITOR'S PICK

Laureates at large

The 2013 Prince of Asturias Award winners have been out in Oviedo in the run-up to the ceremony

“Spain is a great nation and worth fighting for,” Felipe tells ceremony

Photographer Annie Leibovitz among Prince of Asturias winners in Oviedo

ART

Driven to abstraction

Sergio Mellado Málaga

Remembering Hilma af Klint, the woman who pioneered modern art

PHOTOGRAPHY

Magnum's lost treasure

Madrid space recreates the famous photo agency's first show of 52 years ago

CINEMA

Big screen, small prices

The success of the nationwide Fiesta del Cine event has reopened the debate on cinema ticket costs

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

‘Grand Piano’ stars Elijah Wood as a star musician making a comeback from a breakdown

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OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Excesses followed by lies

The death of a businessman in custody has cast a shadow on the procedures of the Catalan police

opinion

Aznar vs Madrid

It all began with the megalomaniac T-4 airport terminal at Barajas in Madrid, planned in 1996 as soon as the new prime minister got his hands on the purse strings of power

EDITORIAL

Victims and politics

The government must not bow to those who reject an independent, European court

opinion

No more manly kissing

When I was a teenager, Argentinean men simply shook hands. But about 20 years ago, the fad for kisses started

The latest in European science

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

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