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PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

“Circumstantial” evidence exists that PP kept parallel accounts, High Court says

Undeclared payments to architect recorded in ex-party treasurer’s secret ledgers correspond to bills seized from architect’s office

DIPLOMACY

Spain’s government fears full-blown China crisis over Tibet court case

Diplomats hoping arrest warrants will not harm business relations

How a Tibet probe threatens Spanish business drive in China

Jose Reinoso / Fernando J. Pérez Beijing / Madrid 1

Madrid has rolled out major charm offensive to build economic ties with a series of bilateral events

INTERNET PIRACY

First arrest made in Spain for leaking music online

Tommaso Koch Madrid

Pirate copy of album by heavy rock band Extremoduro appeared on the web one month before planned release

BUSINESS

Santander agrees to sell real estate unit to US fund

Spanish leader becomes latest lender to offload property divisions in recent months

LEGISLATURE'S HALFWAY POINT

Rajoy mulls strike law reform to guarantee minimum services

Carlos E. Cué Madrid 1

PM says Popular party has “made mistakes” in handling of Bárcenas corruption affair but defends reforms and says education minister “has complied with electoral program”

Government is aiming to cut personal income tax, says Rajoy

PM rules out more major fiscal adjustments

Government improves its pension reform offer

Annual appreciation in times of bonanza could be raised to 0.5 percent plus inflation, Rajoy administration announces

immigration and security

Government makes no move to remove razor wire on Melilla fence

El País Madrid

Report on anti-immigration measure sticks to technicalities

Attorney general orders probe into razor wire on Melilla border

Agencies Madrid 1

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

Melilla authorities illegally returning immigrants to Morocco

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

Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, pictured on Thursday in Marinaleda. / julián rojas

“Robin Hood” mayor sentenced to seven months in prison

EFE Granada

Sánchez Gordillo found guilty of trespass and civil disobedience

GASTRONOMY

Three-star club gets new member

Rosa Rivas Bilbao

David Muñoz's restaurant DiverXo brings Michelin Guide's highest honor back to Madrid after two decades

elBulli gets go-ahead from region to build foundation

Ana Pantaleoni Barcelona

Super-chef Ferran Adrià’s project needed government approval as it is situated in a protected area

HEALTH OF THE KING

Surgeon “extremely optimistic” over king’s hip operation recovery

Juan Carlos may be able to attend military reception on January 6 with the help of crutches

crime

Mystery surrounds contamination of evidence in Asunta investigation

Semen found on youngster’s clothing was traced to a suspected rapist in Madrid

Asunta judge accuses parents of planning daughter’s death

Lorena Bustabad / El País Santiago / Madrid

Magistrate rules out any third-party involvement in alleged murder of adopted child, who was found dead in September

BUSINESS

Cemex probe creates a storm in the Tax Agency

An inspector handling the audit of the giant cement maker was sacked on the spot last week. The firing prompted the resignation of her boss

MEDICINE

Thalidomide pharmaceutical firm ordered to compensate victims

Jaime Prats / Agencies Valencia / Madrid

Drug was not properly tested by German company, Madrid judge rules, causing serious disabilities in Spanish babies

FOOD REGULATIONS

Oil pourers like the ones pictured above are a common sight in Spanish restaurants, but will be banned from January onwards. / Santi Burgos

A ban on tabletop oil pourers, as government tries to boost exports

Restaurants and bars will have to serve product in non-refillable, tamper-proof bottles or capsules

JUDICIARY

Cross-party pact balances membership of legal watchdog

But conservative expected to be chosen as president of CGPJ

ECONOMY

Spanish exports gather pace in September and hit record levels

Andrew Sim Madrid

Imports also pick up indicating a possible revival in domestic demand after recession

OECD improves its outlook for Spanish economy

Agencies Madrid

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

BUSINESS

Pemex airs its complaints about poor benefits from Repsol stake

Sonia Corona / Miguel Ángel Noceda Mexico City / Madrid

Mexican firm reportedly exploring alternative to current management

UK summons Spain’s envoy over Gibraltar for third time

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

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

Government draft bill to quell protests and anti-social behavior

Jesús Duva Madrid 3

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

noós case

Royal couple failed to pay €281,109 in corporate taxes, report reveals

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

More details of business dealings of king's son-in-law Iñaki Urdangarin emerge. “We don’t know why he was hired," Altadis board member told investigating judge

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.

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

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

ARMED FORCES

Military warns of “radicalized” factions inside its own ranks

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

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

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

Más información

No Zlatan, but still worth a watch

Four derbies mark Liga week 14 as Barcelona and Real Madrid patch up injury-hit squads

Cristiano Ronaldo takes part in a training session on Friday. / GERARD JULIEN (AFP)

FORMULA 1

Alonso takes stock: “We have to work and talk less”

Oriol Puigdemont São Paulo

Ferrari man proud of second place in “seventh- or eighth-best car”

TECHNOLOGY

iPad mini Retina, compressed power

The small tablet is the most affordable way to get a powerful Apple processor

Turrón, and on and on

A delicious, sticky treat or dentists' delight? Either way you know Christmas is close when those bars are piled high

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

ART IN THE STREET

Víctor González poses under the blown-up photograph of him by Luis Montolío. / MÓNICA TORRES

Portrait of a terror tamed

Ferran Bono Valencia

At 14 he robbed banks and smoked heroin. Today, Víctor González is a popular resident of El Carmen, Valencia, where his image is now part of an art installation

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CATHOLICISM

Cardinal Antonio María Rouco (center), flanked by bishops. / carlos rosillo

New era beckons in Church as Pope Francis weighs his options

Juan G. Bedoya Madrid 1

Ultra-conservative and abrasive Archbishop Rouco to stand down early next year

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

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

LAW & ORDER

A few bad apples..?

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

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?

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

LATIN AMERICA

Maduro passes decrees to increase control of economy

Venezuelan president makes first use of new special powers

Santos faces apathy but lacks serious rival in re-election bid

President comfortably ahead in the poll as predecessor Uribe rallies forces

Argentina’s “statistics manipulator” resigns

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

Moreno was admonished by the IMF

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

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

“It’s sad. They’ve said to my face: ‘You’re doping’

Spain's only female Olympic track & field medalist, María Vasco, retires from racewalking

EDITOR'S PICK

PHOTOGRAPHY

Epic cinema seen through the camera lens

A new exhibition is showing the work of photographer Mary Ellen Mark

ART

Painting in Transition

Five post-Franco artists in search of a strategy

The ultimate translation challenge

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’

CINEMA

“I always cry, whatever it is I’m doing”

Actress Inma Cuesta has become a talisman for Spanish cinema

Spain's cinema chains declare price war

Cinesa and Yelmo Cineplex are offering reduced weekday tickets at 3.50 euros

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

The Hunger Games trilogy continues with Catching Fire, as De Niro, Douglas, Freeman and Kline unite for Last Vegas

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OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Rajoy, part II

Prime minister keeps mum on sacrifices to be asked of the public and his economic plans

OPINION

The ghost in the palace

Under fire at home, Hollande seeks solace in the vestiges of France’s international power

EDITORIAL

Lower quality of democracy

Electoral changes in Castilla-La Mancha would render the system less representative and plural

OPINION

Spaniards and roots

I am surprised at how we combine a habitual disgruntled attitude to our country, and unbearable homesickness when we're somewhere else

The latest in European science

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

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