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IMMIGRATION

Melilla authorities illegally returning immigrants to Morocco

Ignacio Cembrero Melilla

Civil guards in North African exclave hand over sub-Saharans via doors in the security fence

JUSTICE

Pedophile mistakenly pardoned by Morocco to serve term in Spain

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Courts uphold appeal against extradition to North African country by Iraq-born Spanish national Daniel Galván Viña

THE CATALAN QUESTION

Catalan Socialists close ranks against nationalist sovereignty plan

Pere Ríos / Àngels Piñol Barcelona

Party’s council votes overwhelmingly to oppose plan to ask Congress to approve holding of status referendum

REGIONAL FINANCES

Galicia premier rejects bilateral talks in the “shadows” on funding

Agencies Madrid

Popular Party’s Núñez Feijóo calls for meeting of regional premiers to discuss issues at stake

POLITICS

Rajoy’s PP suffers painful splits just as the economy perks up

Carlos E. Cué / Francesco Manetto Madrid

Many party chiefs are asking for greater leadership as corruption scandals continue to mount ahead of European elections

BANKING SECTOR

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi. / EFE

ECB won’t include public debt in bank asset quality review

El País Madrid

Supervisor yet to decide on role of such holdings in stress tests

Economy remains main risk to Spain’s banks, EC says

Claudi Pérez Brussels

Lending may also be weak because of funds being diverted to buy government debt, review of bailout compliance concludes

BUSINESS

Start-ups off the beaten track

Fernando Barciela

Spain has seen a surge in technology firms set up in small cities and even villages

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER

Spain’s players pose with South African children in Johannesburg. / AS

A stain on Spanish soccer

José Sámano Madrid

The Federation’s silence over the Equatorial Guinea trip has left the world champions of La Roja out in the cold

Government gave green light for controversial match

LABOR DISPUTE

Madrid street cleaners end their strike as unions reach deal on layoffs

Pilar Álvarez / Agencies Madrid

Workers will be given 45-day furloughs over the next four years. Stoppage lasted almost two weeks

Madrid calls in public firm to clear up mounting garbage

Bruno García Gallo / Pilar Álvarez Madrid

Ultimatum given to striking companies by Mayor Ana Botella expired on Friday evening

FAR-RIGHT POLITICS

Police arrest 300 neo-Nazis in three years amid fears over victim “hunts”

Jesús Duva Madrid

Catalan sovereignty bid fueling latest surge in extremism

HISTORICAL MEMORY

UN demands more support from Spain for Franco victims

Natalia Junquera Madrid 1

Committee on Enforced Disappearances approved report by visiting panel urging government to help relatives locate the dead

ROCK OF CONTENTION

EU approves Spain’s increased checks at Gibraltar border

Luis Doncel Brussels 4

European officials found no wrongdoing during fact-finding mission carried out in September

ECONOMY

Brussels asks Spain for more fiscal adjustment to meet obligations

El País Madrid

Commission believes additional measures worth 35 billion euros will be required over next three years

No more spending cuts needed to meet 2014 deficit target: minister

Luis Doncel Brussels

“The Commission is not asking us to amend the state budget,” says De Guindos

Outstanding Spanish public debt hits new record high in September

El País Madrid

Obligations were equivalent to 93.4 percent of GDP, just under government target for full year

Europe endorses Spain’s exit from bailout program

Luis Doncel Brussels

Minister heralds January end to 18-month banking rescue plan

nóos case

Ex-Valencia leader ducks out of scheduled Nóos court date

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Camps fails to testify at hearing about royal son-in-law Urdangarin and a sports conference in region

Prosecutor bids to pre-empt judge and block princess’s subpoena

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Pedro Horrach pens statement citing “no evidence” of involvement in fraud case.

High Court orders release of 13 ETA terrorists under Strasbourg ruling

María Fabra / F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Chief justice fears “social alarm” as rapists and murderers also turned loose

environment

Repsol plan to prospect for oil raises hackles on the Canary Islands

Txema Santana Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Company chief says work would start in 2014 and would involve 9bn euros of investment

ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

French towns consider fresh legal action after Prestige oil tanker ruling

Paola Obelleiro A Coruña

Councils from Brittany and Landes are joining forces to seek compensation from the Spanish government

Prestige judge finds “no criminal responsibility” for huge oil disaster

El País / Agencies Madrid 1

Galician court absolves Aznar government of blame for Spain’s worst-ever spill

“Just tell them to take it to the middle of nowhere!”

El País Madrid 1

Government reactions to the Prestige disaster ranged from trusting the sea to bombing the tanker before it sank

“This is carte blanche for the mismanagement of a disaster”

Paola Obelleiro / Sonia Vizoso / Xosé Manuel Pereiro A Coruña / Muxía

Locals react with resignation to long-awaited court ruling on Prestige oil spill

BUSINESS

Bank of Spain may revise incompatibility criteria

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Decision follows row over nomination of former central bank director general to a private financial sector institution

HISTORICAL MEMORY

“I will never forget the screams of the executed”

Ferran Bono

Josep Almudéver is one of five survivors of the International Brigades

ECONOMY

Portuguese economy grows for second quarter in a row

Antonio Jiménez Barca / Andrew Sim Lisbon / Madrid 1

GDP rises 0.2 percent in the period July-September as the IMF suggests the need for yet more wage cuts

SOCIAL POLICY

Andalusia to pay electricity and water bills for poorest citizens

Lourdes Lucio / J. A. Aunión Seville / Madrid

Socialist-United Left regional government has already approved eviction-blocking law and pays unemployed a “social salary”

DIPLOMACY

Artur Mas at the Western Wall in disputed East Jerusalem on Tuesday. / JORDI BEDMAR (EFE)

Catalan premier ruffles feathers on Israel trip by visiting Old City

Miquel Noguer Jerusalem

Artur Mas accused of “legitimizing occupation” after snubbing Palestinian leadership

BUSINESS

Mexico’s Sigma launches takeover bid for Campofrío food company

Andrew Sim / Agencies Madrid

Mexican group has already agreed the purchase of 45 percent of the Spanish meat processor from leading shareholders at 6.8 euros per share, valuing the company at 675 million euros

Senior politicians condemn insults directed at ex-Bankia chief Rato

El País Barcelona

Former IMF chief threatened and maligned by leftist deputies in Catalan parliamentary hearing into banking crisis

EDUCATION

Brussels slams Spain's latest claims on Erasmus funding as "rubbish"

Luis Doncel / J. A. Aunión Brussels / Madrid 3

EC dismisses Minister Wert's announcement that new budget for exchange program will see fall in students

Party pressure forces Wert to go back on Erasmus decision

El País Madrid 1

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

Más información

France’s Gypsies: the first behind wire fences

Even before the Nazis arrived, many of nation’s Roma were rounded up in a concentration camp

Prisoners in the camp at Montreuil-Baley in 1944.

CENTENARY OF SWANN'S WAY

The ultimate translation challenge

Flor Gragera de León Madrid

Translators recount their experience of converting Proust's prose to Spanish

A tribute to a world literature classic

France is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first volume of Proust’s ‘In Search of Lost Time’

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

TOWARD THE END OF ETA

Maixabel Lasa, the widow of Socialist politician Juan María Jáuregui, holds a photograph of herself with her husband. / Julián Rojas

Forgiving the unforgiveable

Luis Gómez Madrid

A decade after murdering Juan María Jáuregui, Luis Carrasco met the politician's wife in a groundbreaking attempt at reconciliation

“We must help victims get over feelings of being a victim”

road safety

According to a report by the Mapfre Foundation, from 2005 to 2010 a total of 3,327 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in Spain. / c. rosillo

Should pedestrians be breathalyzed?

Esther Tejedor

Draft legislation sent to parliament would see passersby subject to the same drink and drugs tests as motorists, even if they have not been involved in an accident

LAW & ORDER

A few bad apples..?

Rebeca Carranco / Jesús García Barcelona

The death of a Barcelona businessman has once again raised the issue of brutality within the Catalan regional police force

RTVV CLOSURE

RTVV staff showed support for the news team during a Canal 9 broadcast after the Valencia premier had announced the network's closure.

How politics has blighted Spain’s regional broadcasters

Rosario G. Gómez

The Valencia government’s decision to close down Canal 9 has highlighted the weaknesses of a publicly funded media model that has systematically failed to meet its remit

GLOBALIZED CAPITALISM

The invisible empire

Heriberto Araújo / Juan Pablo Cardenal 1

The Chinese business community is growing stronger and more visible around Europe, yet it has earned a reputation for tax evasion and labor exploitation

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