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FRAUD SCANDAL

UGT head in Andalusia steps down as fraud inquiry grows

Javier Martín-Arroyo Seville

Regional government investigates whether labor union illegally received 7.5 million euros

RTVV CLOSURE

Valencia TV signs off with police eviction of workers

Ferran Bono / Pilar Almenar Vara / Joaquín Ferrandis Valencia / Burjassot

Broadcaster’s staff had pledged to stay on air

SAFETY LAW CONTROVERSY

Safety bill calls for 30,000 euro fines for “offenses against Spain”

Carlos E. Cué Madrid 2

Cabinet sends proposed citizens’ security law to Congress for debate

Popular Party officials tone down draft “anti-protest law”

Interior minister will present bill to Cabinet on Friday

Government draft bill to quell protests and anti-social behavior

Jesús Duva Madrid 6

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

Princesses’ secretary will remain in Nóos inquiry, rules review court panel

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Nóos investigating judge is looking into cash movements in an account held by royal son-in-law

FRANCO ERA CRIMES

Extraditions of ex-cops to Argentina may go forward

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Argentinean judge is investigating two former officers for torture

BANKING SECTOR

Reform saves Spanish banks 30 billion euros in capital requirements

Agencies / Agencias Madrid

Cabinet to allow lenders to transform deferred tax assets into state-backed tax credits

PUBLIC FINANCES

Spain’s rating outlook raised by S&P as growth returns

Bloomberg Madrid

Rating firm predicts that Spain's economy will shrink this year

Consumer price figures for November dispel fears of deflation

El País / Agencies Madrid

Household spending picked up again as Spain emerged from recession

PUBLIC FINANCES

State auditor finds irregularities in accounts of National Parks agency

El País Madrid

Report laments lack of inventory control over the its extensive assets

EDUCATION LAW

Education reform passes with only the PP’s support

J. A. Aunión / Elisa Silió Madrid 1

Opposition in Congress votes against “Wert law” while UPyD abstains

CRIME

Police rescue children being held to force moms into prostitution

Jesús Duva Madrid

Nigerian women were working in the sex trade in France, while youngsters were held captive in Toledo

CRIME

Juan José Cortés (right) with former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in 2008. / GORKA LEJARCEGI

Father of Mari Luz faces jail
on attempted murder charge

Lucía Vallellano Huelva

Juan José Cortés was hired as PP advisor after campaign over daughter's killing

OIL PACT

Repsol’s board backs chairman with opposition of Pemex

Miguel Ángel Noceda Madrid

Mexican firm’s alliance up in the air as it moves toward accord with YPF

Repsol’s board approves deal on YPF compensation

El País Madrid

Talks to flesh out details on post-expropriation package to start soon as Spanish company demand payment “guarantees”

EDITORIAL: Negotiated solution for YPF

THE CATALAN QUESTION

Rajoy uses Scotland to warn Catalonia about separatist regions

Carlos E. Cué Madrid

“Any region that becomes independent also becomes a third country, and that leads to many consequences, such as currency issues and border controls.”

Catalan lenders could fail if region leaves Spain, central bank head says

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Governor Linde says such a rupture would cause suffering for both large and small territories

Catalonia premier Artur Mas “inspired by Gandhi” for independence drive

Miquel Noguer New Delhi 1

On New Delhi visit, regional leader praises movement in India which led to creation of a “new state”

AIDS activists hold a protest outside the Health Ministry earlier this year. / Samuel Sánchez

Cuts to HIV programs hindering efforts to combat new infections

Elena G. Sevillano / Jaime Prats Madrid / Valencia

Spain has one of the highest incidence rates in Europe, say health professionals

PAROT DOCTRINE

Killers walk free after European ruling as lawyer bids to keep teen murderer in jail

Joaquín Gil / El País Valencia / Toledo

Emilio Muñoz was serving 43 years for the kidnap and murder of young Madrid woman Anabel Segura in 1993

immigration

Disabled Ecuadorian who couldn't name PM denied citizenship

EP Almería

Lack of knowledge demonstrates "insufficient degree of integration" the High Court rules

PARTY POLITICS

Madrid Socialist leader resigns Senate seat over PP-linked judge

Vicente G. Olaya / José Marcos / Pilar Álvarez Madrid

Gómez stages “act of rebellion” against privatization of public healthcare and carve-up of legal watchdog’s membership

UGT union calls emergency meeting over fraud claims

Javier Martín-Arroyo / Lourdes Lucio Sevilla 1

Leader Cándido Méndez has ordered full investigation into Andalusia branch

MEDIA

EL PAÍS editor Javier Moreno speaking in São Paulo on Tuesday. / bosco martín

EL PAÍS launches Brazilian website

María Martín / Beatriz Borges / El País São Paulo 1

New online edition is “a very big step for our country,” says President Dilma Rousseff at São Paulo inauguration

Opinion: Paulo Coelho. "The mysterious Mr Lee"

ROCK OF CONTENTION

UK takes Spain to task over diplomatic bag tampering

El País Madrid 9

Spanish government assures Britain there will be no repeat of incident on Gibraltar border

ECONOMY

Recovery continued at start of fourth quarter, Bank of Spain says

Agencies Madrid

Spanish export sector remains buoyant with some signs of an improvement in domestic demand while salaries flatline

CORRUPT POLITICS

Convicted ex-Castellón chief reflects on jail and those “who love me”

Lorena Ortega Castellón

Fabra hopes to escape prison but won’t seek a pardon

Fabra sentenced to four years for tax fraud

Lorena Ortega Castellón 3

Court convicts Fabra for failing to declare two million euros of income, but former provincial leader pleased not to have been found guilty of “corruption”

EDITORIAL Limited justice

IMMIGRATION

Immigrant children disappearing without trace after entering Spain

Ignacio Cembrero Madrid

DNA tests reveal adults are traveling with minors who are not their own. Sexual and economic exploitation suspected

Government to keep razor wire on Melilla fence

Carlos E. Cué Madrid 2

Ministry report plays down danger of measure, aimed at preventing recent mass attempts to scale Spanish exclave's border with Morocco

Closer cooperation with Morocco brings results

Ignacio Cembrero Madrid

Spain also working with West African nations Senegal and Mauritania in an attempt to stem flow of migrants

BUSINESS

Panrico agrees 745 layoffs with some worker representatives

Clara Blanchar Barcelona

Dissenters may take legal action to overrule accord

RTVV CLOSURE

Valencia TV told to pay 13.5 million euros over F1 contract breach

Ferran Bono Valencia

RTVV faces second legal front with FI’s Ecclestone in Britain

CORRUPTION

PP secretary general claims all accounting books are legitimate

Francesco Manetto Madrid 3

Ruling party will ask prosecutors to examine finances, De Cospedal announces. Architect’s fees for remodeling headquarters are included in bookkeeping, PP claims

High Court says evidence exists that PP kept parallel accounts

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid 2

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

HEALTH OF THE KING

King Juan Carlos leaves hospital five days after hip surgery

Natalia Junquera Madrid

Monarch had temporary prosthesis replaced with permanent one following infection in the joint

TECHNOLOGY

PayPal CEO David Marcus.

“In the future, money will be invisible”

Ana Pantaleoni San Francisco

PayPal chief David Marcus explains to EL PAÍS where cashless payments are headed

Más información

Will the classical music produced today still be played tomorrow?

Artistic promoters and conducters warn of a black hole in the future

A scene from the opera Written on Skin by British composer and conductor George Benjamin.

REGIONAL POLITICS

A bitter harvest in Marinaleda

Jerónimo Andreu Marinaleda

Crusading mayor of Andalusian rural utopia gets a jail term

the church

Losing the threads?

A dispute between the archbishop of Madrid and an association for abused women over 23 valuable tapestries has reached the Supreme Court

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

JUSTICE

(Left to right) Josu Naberan, Alberto Gabikagogeaskoa, Juan Mari Zulaita and Julen Kalzada. / Txetxu Berruezo

The great priest escape

Natalia Junquera

A group of clerics is seeking justice in a court action against the crimes of former Spanish dictator Franco

David Álvarez (seated, second from right) with his seven children in their last full family photo taken in 2005.

‘Falcon Crest’ at Spain’s top winery

Mábel Galaz

Feud divides Vega Sicilia-owning family as father fights to hold on to reins of business empire

AIRLINE INDUSTRY

Iberia has been hit by the fall off in traffic through Madrid's Barajas airport. / ULY MARTÍN

Putting Spain’s flag carrier back on course

Cristina Galindo

Iberia’s management says its restructuring program will see the troubled airline return to profit in 2014, after five years of losses

interview

Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who was in power from 2004 until 2011. / LUIS SEVILLANO (EL PAÍS)

“Talks must go as far as they can. Spain needs Catalonia; Catalonia needs Spain”

José Manuel Romero / Vera Gutiérrez Calvo 1

Former PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero defends the budget deficit cap his government passed, and downplays the need for a revision of the agreements that cover the Catholic Church

ENVIRONMENT

Is something murky lurking in Sanabria?

Regional authorities defend good quality of Spain's largest glacial lake while Civil Guard investigates sewage dumping

INTERVIEW

“My mistake was to stay on during Zapatero’s second term”

Carlos Yárnoz

Life-long public servant Pedro Solbes, who rose to become European commissioner and deputy prime minister, talks frankly about the conflictive situation he endured as a key member of Zapatero's Socialist government when the crisis first struck

ART IN THE STREET