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Última hora

ROCK OF CONTENTION

UK summons Spain’s envoy over Gibraltar for third time

Walter Oppenheimer London 1

London complains about “provocative incursion” in territory’s waters involving scientific research vessel

EU approves Spain’s increased checks at Gibraltar border

Luis Doncel Brussels 5

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

IMMIGRATION

Attorney general orders probe into razor wire on Melilla border

Agencies Madrid

Decision to add formidable obstacle “not in line with the law” says top lawyer Torres-Dulce

Melilla authorities illegally returning immigrants to Morocco

Ignacio Cembrero Melilla 1

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

DEBT AUCTION

One-year bill yield falls to record low at latest Treasury auction

El País Madrid

Demand comfortably exceeds the 4.55 billion euros sold

Markets already celebrating start of Spanish recovery

OECD improves its outlook for Spanish economy

Agencies Madrid

The Paris-based agency now predicts slightly higher growth and lower unemployment for next year

CORRUPTION

Former PP mayor spared jail while Cabinet considers pardon appeal

Ignacio Zafra / Lorena Ortega / Joaquín Ferrandis Valencia / Castellón 1

Hernández Mateo was sentenced to three years for corruption. Majority of ruling party's Valencia deputies sign clemency petition

Opposition accuses Madrid City Hall of causing cleaners’ strike

Bruno García Gallo Madrid

UPyD party says municipal government made a “right mess” of the street-worker stoppage

Madrid street cleaners end their strike as unions reach deal

Pilar Álvarez / Agencies Madrid

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

ARMED FORCES

Military warns of “radicalized” factions inside its own ranks

Miguel González Madrid

Command orders restrictions on those with ideological and criminal leanings. Extremists include Islamists and neo-Nazis

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

ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE

An image of the sunken Prestige taken in 2007 during the last expedition to the wreck. / GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN

Six years without an inspection

David Reinero Santiago

Leaks in the Prestige were detected in 2006 but Spain has not conducted tests

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

French towns consider fresh legal action after Prestige ruling

Paola Obelleiro A Coruña

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

“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

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

El País Madrid 2

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

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

Sweden and Portugal vie for World Cup spot in decisive playoff match

Rob Train Madrid

Spain enjoys trip down memory lane with friendly in stadium where La Roja was crowned champion

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

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

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

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

Más información

Government draft bill moves to quell street protests and anti-social behavior

Fines of up to 600,000 euros to be levied for unauthorized Congress demonstrations

Protestors stage an ‘escrache’ outside the home of Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro in April of this year. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ

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FEATURES

Prisoners in the camp at Montreuil-Baley in 1944.

France’s Gypsies: the first behind wire fences

Miguel Mora Montreuil-Bellay 1

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

PUBLISHING

The subsidies that are on offer for research are so complicated to obtain that it is often not worth the author's effort. / BERNARDO PÉREZ (EL PAÍS)

Time to count the cost of history

Juan Cruz

Spain's biographers and researchers meet with obstacles to their work and extremely scant financial reward

road safety

Should pedestrians be breathalyzed?

Esther Tejedor 2

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

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”

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

LATIN AMERICA

Fernández de Kirchner returns with major reshuffle

F. Peregil / El País Buenos Aires / Madrid

Argentinean leader appoints Repsol expropriator as new economy chief

Bachelet fails to win in first round of voting in Chile

Rocío Montes / Waldo Díaz Santiago

Former president will face runoff with Piñera’s former labor minister

FARC talks enter second year facing thorny issues

Elizabeth Reyes L. Bogotá

Many fear a major attack could still derail the negotiations in Havana

“Looting” is a dirty word for Venezuelan broadcasters

Alfredo Meza Caracas

Government prohibits the use of the term in ransacking reports

Caricom considers ostracizing Dominican Republic

Maye Primera Miami

Calls arise to suspend oil agreement

FORMULA 1

The titanic rebuilding of Ferrari

Oriol Puigdemont Austin

Thanks to some serious investment, the Italian team is hoping to return to glory

Última hora

CINEMA

“When actors perform badly, you see the truth of the film”

Elsa Fernández-Santos Madrid

Gonzalo García Pelayo is releasing his first movie in 30 years

The other Spanish cinema

Gregorio Belinchón Madrid

Makers of less-commercial films are increasingly turning to alternative venues

This week's movie releases

El País Madrid

Woody Allen returns with Blue Jasmine, starring Cate Blanchett, while Robert De Niro riffs on his mobster roles in The Family

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Deferred victory in Chile

El País

Bachelet will win the second round of voting for the presidency, but with less political capital

opinion

Myopia

José Ignacio Torreblanca

Tensions are rising in Europe, especially regarding the role of Germany, which is the target of mounting criticism in terms both of its actions and omissions

EDITORIAL