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RTVV CLOSURE

RTVV director resigns and accuses Valencia PP of lying over shutdown

Ferran Bono Valencia

Public broadcaster dedicates on-air schedule to direct attacks against regional government of premier Fabra

Valencia television closure “not negotiable,” says PP premier Fabra

Joaquín Ferrandis / El País / Rosario G. Gómez Valencia / Madrid

Court order to reinstate 1,000 workers leads to closure of RTVV. Madrid leader suggests similar action may occur at Telemadrid

Valencia public broadcaster to close after court layoff ruling

Ferran Bono / Sara Velert Valencia

Region says it cannot afford to reinstate workers at RTVV after magistrates declare sackings null and void

TENNIS

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates beating Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka during their group A singles match. / BEN STANSALL (AFP)

Nadal sees off Wawrinka to retain number-one spot until 2014

Rob Train Madrid

Spaniard beats Swiss 7-6, 7-6 at World Tour Finals in London

CNI intelligence chief answers to Congress over NSA spying ops

Miguel González Madrid

General Sanz Roldán says he is “99.9- percent sure” Rajoy was not wiretapped by US espionage agency

Spain’s spy agency under NSA spotlight

Miguel González / Ignacio Cembrero Madrid

CNI chief due to report to Congress after claims of massive message monitoring

Spanish intelligence turns over millions of messages to NSA

Ignacio Cembrero / Miguel González Madrid

Telephone metadata and other communications are given to US experts for deciphering despite prohibition of network trawling under country's laws

BANKING

High Court judge orders arrest of former CAM savings bank directors

Fernando J. Pérez / Ezequiel Moltó Madrid / Alicante 1

Managers allegedly committed series of irregularities in management of failed lender

Doubtful loans surface rise by 21 billion euros after reclassification

El País Madrid

New criteria applied to refinanced loans show that only about a quarter are serviced on time

BANKING SECTOR

Minister gets his way as banking lobby’s choice turns top job down

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Former Bank of Spain official opts not to become AEB chief as it would be counterproductive to go over De Guindos’ head

EDUCATION CUTS

Party pressure forces Wert to go back on Erasmus decision

El País Madrid

Education minister says all exchange students will keep grants for this year as controversial cutback plan is ditched

State Erasmus grants to be slashed for most students

J. A. Aunión / Elisa Silió / Manuel Planelles Madrid 1

Only those with lowest economic means to continue receiving 180-euro monthly contribution

historical memory

María Delgado carries a casket during the ceremony in Aranda de Duero involving the remains of one of 129 people executed by the Falange. / ELOY ALONSO (REUTERS)

A 77-year wait to lay the past to rest

Natalia Junquera Madrid 1

The families of 129 people executed during the Civil War finally say goodbye. DNA identification was impossible due to government's funding squeeze

CATALONIA

ERC leader Oriol Junquera (l) converses with Catalan premier Artur Mas. / ALBERT GARCÍA

CiU gives ground on budget as ERC emerges as leading political force

Miquel Noguer / Maiol Roger / Lluís Pellicer Barcelona

New survey shows 46 percent voting in favor of Catalan region’s independence, falling to 30 percent if more powers were devolved to Barcelona

Catalan independence debate takes fizz out of cava producer

AGENCIES Madrid 1

Freixenet president admits his personal views on secession have led to boycott within region

EURO-ZONE ECONOMY

Brussels lowers its forecast for Spanish growth in 2014

Claudi Pérez / Andrew Sim Brussels / Madrid

Country's GDP now seen expanding by just 0.5 percent, way down on earlier estimate of 0.9 percent

Bank of Spain estimates economy grew 0.1 percent in third quarter

EMPLOYMENT

Jobless claims rise in October but fall on a seasonally-adjusted basis

El País Madrid

Social Security affiliation also increases in the month

Garbage piles up in the district of Atocha in the center of Madrid as street cleaners go on indefinite strike to protest layoffs. / Álvaro García

Striking street cleaners raise a stink in Madrid

Patricia Peiró / Pilar Álvarez Madrid

Indefinite stoppage continues in protest at planned layoffs

royal scandal

Nóos judge seizes duke and duchess of Palma’s €10m Barcelona mansion

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 4

Sixteen other properties also frozen by court. Valencia mayor and former regional premier summoned as witnesses

Catalonia suspends eight police officers targeted in death inquiry

Jesús García / Rebeca Carranco Barcelona

Judge exonerates Moroccan man who had previously fought with arrested businessman Juan Andrés Benítez

Videos capture violent arrest that ended in death of suspect

Tragedy in galicia

Appeal by rail chiefs over fatal Santiago crash upheld

David Reinero Santiago

Five employees of state rail infrastructure company Adif will not be officially named as suspects

MELILLA KILLINGS

Thousands attended the funerals of two young men shot dead by Moroccan forces last week.

Thousands protest in Melilla after Moroccan navy shooting deaths

Ignacio Cembrero Madrid 1

Exclave unites to demand investigation into killings of Spaniards

GÜRTEL CASE

Corruption suspect claims PP got bribes from companies for contracts

El País / Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Former PP treasurer Lapuerta declines to speak to judge due to "memory problems"

PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Bárcenas controlled PP accounts until 2011, court papers show

María Fabra / María Fernández Madrid

Filings by tax office with investigating judge contradict party’s version under which ex-treasurer had resigned two years earlier

politics

Leftist figures unite with PSOE to seek “alternative to PP hegemony”

Fernando Garea Madrid

Group backed by former Judge Baltasar Garzón and dean of Complutense University

CRIME

House vandalized in wake of Gypsy shooting in Girona

Marta Rodríguez

Police believe that murder suspect’s home was attacked by victim’s relatives in anger over crime

Members of the Figueres local police force watch over the body of the man killed Friday at the cemetery. / cadena ser

Argument between Gypsy clans ends in cemetery shootout death

Marta Rodríguez Girona

30-year-old man was killed in a gunfight on All Souls Day

TELECOMS

Telefónica sells Czech unit to PPF for 2.5 billion euros

Andrew Sim Madrid

Spanish telecoms giant to use proceeds to reduce financial debt

Beer makers ordered to post bond of 764 million euros

El País Madrid

Damm patriarch Carceller and son may face tax fraud charges

HOUSING MARKET

S&P sees Spanish house prices continuing to fall into 2016

El País Madrid 1

Agency believes Sareb bad bank will find it difficult to meet home sales target

ECONOMY

Crisis wipes 80,000 Spanish households off the map

Amanda Mars Madrid

Immigrants leaving the country and young people moving back home considered prime reasons

New car sales remain buoyed by subsidy scheme

Cristina Galindo Madrid

Purchases in October climb an annual 34 percent after further extension of government aid to the industry

business

A customer outside a Costco outlet in Hackensack, New Jersey. / RON ANTONELLI (BLOOMBERG)

Wholesale expansion

Sandro Pozzi

Costco is preparing to enter the Spanish market. The giant American discount chain will be opening outlets in Seville and Madrid next year

Más información

Spain’s most active graffiti artist arrested

David S. E., known as "LOSE," is considered a leader by other practitioners

An image from a police video showing David S. E. and other graffiti artists at work.

SMARTPHONES

Spain and Latin America turn their backs on the iPhone

Javier Martín Madrid

Two regions have lowest market share of Apple devices, says report

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

surrogacy

José Hernando and Javier Herraiz with their daughters, who were born via a surrogate in the US. / S. Sánchez

The prospective parents in search of a law

Vicenta Cobo Los Ángeles

Legislation prohibits Spaniards with fertility issues from using a surrogate. To get around this, couples are turning to services in the US. But even then there are legal obstacles back home to overcome

PRISON TRANSFERS

Francisco “Paco” Larrañaga saw his life sentence changed to the death penalty before he was transferred from the Philippines to Spain, where he is currently in prison. / uly martín / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Coming home to jail

Martin Delfín

Despite some high-profile transfer cases, many convicts incarcerated abroad are not aware of their rights. Spanish prisoners do get support from their government

real estate

Time to swing the wrecking ball on Spain's vacant homes?

Lluís Pellicer 1

In the wake of the crisis, the country has been left with 800,000 unsold properties. Demolishing unfinished buildings might be the only solution, say experts

consumer affairs

Pablo Camacho, abogado defensor del morosos. / Bernárdo Pérez

Debt collectors feel public backlash

Techniques used by agencies hired by service providers over small defaults are coming under increasing scrutiny

JUDICIAL PROBE

A year on from Madrid’s Halloween tragedy, answers remain elusive

The anniversary of the deaths of five young women at a massive party is looming, but the court investigation has made little progress

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

Sergio C. Fanjul Madrid 1

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

Empty promises abound in the capital, but who wants them?

INTERVIEW

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

Jesús Ruiz Mantilla

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