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EuroVegas

Eurovegas not coming to Madrid after company demands rejected

El País Madrid 1

Casino tycoon Adelson wanted guarantees of financial compensation in the event of future legislative changes

CATALAN QUESTION

Catalan ruling party sees elections as only alternative to self-rule vote

Miguel Noguer Barcelona

CiU congressional spokesman Duran i Lleida says referendum will only be held if deemed “legal”

Catalan party leaders agree self-rule referendum questions

Miquel Noguer Barcelona 16

“I will guarantee you that the status vote is not going to be held," says prime minister. Voters to be asked: “Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state?”

Polls differ on level of support for Catalan self-rule

El País Madrid

Most Catalans favor referendum but number of supporters for "yes" vote is less clear

Proposed ballot questions differ from Scotland’s referendum

British and Scottish governments worked together on text to be posed to voters

LAYOFF FUND CASE

ERE case judge, Mercedes Alaya, at the Seville courthouse. / Raúl Caro (EFE)

Seville court quashes ERE case investigation into Socialist leaders

Reyes Rincón Seville

Embezzlement writ failed to explain "what crimes may have been committed"

POLITICS

Banks to be barred from writing off political parties’ debt

El País Madrid

Cabinet approves anticorruption measures

STATE FINANCES

Public debt already just short of goal for the full year

Ratio hits 93.4 percent of GDP in the third quarter

CRIME

Third suspect in Asunta child murder case tells court he was in Madrid on day of crime

Silvia R. Pontevedra / Lola Hierro Santiago / Navalcarnero

Man's semen was found on 12-year-old's clothing, but no one can explain how it got there

WHITE HOUSE VISIT

Obama to meet with Rajoy in Washington next month

Visit was pre-arranged between Washington and Madrid advisors at Mandela's funeral

ECONOMY

Spaniards’ wealth compared to EU partners falls to levels of 1998

New figures reveal that Spain's GDP per capita figures for 2012 are at 96 percent of the EU average

ECONOMY

Economy Ministry official defends merits of wage moderation

Agencies Madrid 1

Secretary of state for trade says consumer spending will pick as labor market recovers

PROPERTY

Home sales continue to decline despite price drops

Buyers finding it hard to secure loans, say experts

Spain at tail end of EU educational mobility ranking

Elisa Silió Madrid

Just half of most disadvantaged citizens improve on parents' level of studies

IMMIGRATION

A Civil Guard officer helps a migrant aboard a patrol boat in Spanish waters. / EFE

Children used by gangs as ‘human passports’ rescued in Melilla

Toñi Ramos / Lola Hierro Melilla / Madrid

Youngsters were sold to migrants who passed them off as their own to enter Spain

Finance Minister goes on offensive over media criticism of Tax Agency

Cristóbal Montoro accuses media of attempting to divert attention from its own tax bills

Tax office chief denies claims of political witch-hunt

Agencies / Agencias Madrid

Finance Ministry number two rejects talk of a crisis in midst of personnel changes at agency

Prosecutor seeks jail for royalties man who spent €40,000 in brothels

Pedro Farré was top aide to SGAE's then-chairman Teddy Bautista

FINANCE

Popular to sell 6-percent stake in bank to Mexicans

El País Madrid

Lender reaches agreement with Del Valle family to acquire 24.9-percent stake in BX+

Private security guards to get powers to arrest people on the street

Legislation approved by PP, CiU and PNV at congressional committee. Law will apply to areas such as bank cash machines and sporting and cultural events

Journalists held hostage by Al Qaeda affiliated group in Syria

El País Madrid

El Mundo reporter and freelance photographer were kidnapped in September

CORRUPTION

Convicted former Balearic premier asks for pardon

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 1

Matas has been ordered to begin serving sentence for influence peddling

Former Popular Party minister found guilty of influence peddling

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Jury rules Matas abused his position as Balearic premier to extract benefits for his wife from a hotel owner

Hodei's father, Pablo Egiluz, speaks to the press accompanied by representatives from Child Focus. / JONAS ROOSENS

Search in Antwerp for missing engineer nears two-month mark

Lola Hierro Madrid

Child Focus launches national poster campaign to find Hodei Egiluz

HISTORICAL MEMORY

Ascensión Mendieta holds a poster with a photo of her parents. Her father is still buried in a mass grave. / ULY MARTÍN

88-year-old seeks justice in Argentina for father's execution

Timoteo was condemned to death in wake of Civil War after being convicted of "aiding the rebellion"

REGIONAL POLITICS

Leftists threaten to break CiU pact over referendum

Catalan premier's ally wants simple "yes or no" question on independence. "Spain against Catalonia" forum riles regional PP

Catalan pro-sovereignty parties seek deal for united ballot front

Maiol Roger Barcelona

ERC will consider joint candidacy for EU parliamentary elections if independence vote goes ahead

BUSINESS

Inditex sales in Spain pick up but earnings depressed by euro strength

Leading fashion retailer posted a net profit of 1.67 billion euros in the first nine months on revenues of 11.93 billion

Pescanova has a negative net worth of 1.487 billion euros

Restated accounts unveil Spanish seafood processor’s losses

BUSINESS

Santander buys 8 percent of Bank of Shanghai from HSBC

Andrew Sim Madrid

Deal also involves cooperation agreement with Chinese lender to develop wholesale banking activities

Mahmud Selma Daf, pictured in Madrid last week. / claudio álvarez

“Morocco said my brother was alive; now we have proof they were lying”

Mahmud Selma Daf's 37-year search for his father and sibling led to a desert grave

NÓOS CASE

Judge mulls targeting princess in Nóos case after receiving tax data

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca 2

Investigating magistrate gives parties involved five days to respond to latest AEAT data showing royal couple’s arrears

The PP chief in Catalonia, Alicia Sánchez Camacho. / JuanJo Martín (EFE)

Court drops inquiry into spying case involving PP head in Catalonia

Jesús García Barcelona

Identity of person who ordered recording of conversation in restaurant remains unknown

INDUSTRY

Minister: energy investors filing complaint want 20-percent returns

AGENCIES Madrid

"That does not happen in any country as the system would go bankrupt,” José Manuel Soria says

Global offensive launched against Madrid’s renewable energy cuts

Two major investment funds take Spanish government’s decision to cut subsidies to World Bank's arbitration agency

JUDICIARY

Conservative judge Carlos Lesmes elected to head up legal watchdog

CGPJ members vote in new president by 16 votes to four

AWARD CEREMONY

Almodóvar seizes stage to berate Rajoy, Merkel for austerity policies

Rocío García Berlin 2

Spanish director’s outspoken performance overshadows fellow European Film Academy award winners

SNOWDEN CASE

Editor of 'The Guardian' newspaper Alan Rusbridger gives evidence to the Commons Home Affairs Committee hearing on December 3, 2013. / AP

‘The Guardian’ falls under the shadow of McCarthyism

The persecution of the UK newspaper over the NSA case shows how Cameron administration has moved away from moderation

Spain laments loss of Mandela, who “helped transform” society

El País Madrid 1

South African leader made five visits to Spain

BUSINESS

Marriage of the canning giants

Crown, the leading manufacturer of metal containers in the world, was attracted to Spain's Mivisa because of its successfully innovative production and marketing techniques

FINANCE

Broader powers for central bank in the works

El País Madrid

Draft law hikes fines against bankers who break the rules

Más información

“People have to realize that mixing the World Cup with protests is a mistake”

Brazil legend Ronaldo backs demonstrations but believes 2014 investment is sound

Ronaldo at the Brazil 2014 World Cup finals draw, in Costa do Sauipe. / NELSON ALMEIDA (AFP)

SOCCER

Valencia soccer club for sale

Cayetano Ros Valencia

Board seeks buyer for cash-strapped Primera side, but with a few conditions

MOTOGP

Jorge Lorenzo pulls “Cribs”-style video after social network backlash

Spokesman says bikini-clad models at mansion were sponsor’s idea

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Follow EL PAÍS in English on Twitter, Facebook and Eskup

Connect with us to get all the latest Spanish news in English

FEATURES

ENVIRONMENT

The energy domes of the Castilla y León regional government's Environment City projected. / L. S.

Constitutional Court puts the brakes on Castilla y León project

The Environment City, to be constructed on protected land in Soria, has already cost 52 million euros, leading opposition to decry "wastefulness" of PP assembly

DEMOGRAPHICS

As well as a fall in the number of births in Spain, life expectancy is expected to rise in the next 10 years. / Carles Ribas

Why a drain in Spain will lead to population shrinkage by 2017

In five years' time, fewer births and more emigration will mean a lower number of inhabitants. Some 2.6 million people are expected to leave the country over the next decade

INTERVIEW

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, pictured in La Moncloa palace. / RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ

“We have reformed Spain; now
we need change at the EU level”

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks to journalists from EL PAÍS and five other newspapers. The Spanish leader insists that the only solution to the crisis is job creation

PROTECTING MINORS

Are you traveling with your folks?

Clandestine migration, divorces and adoption cases reveal extent to which children are still vulnerable to traffickers

  • Immigrant children disappearing after entering Spain
HISTORICAL MADRID

The entrance to a passageway that leads from the Royal Palace to the Campo del Moro gardens on its southern side. / BERNARDO PÉREZ

The city that never sees the light

Hundreds of kilometers of tunnels and bunkers have guarded the secrets of Madrid for centuries. Some of them remain intact under public buildings such as Congress and the Senate

HEALTHCARE

An end to limbo for homeopathic remedies

The Health Ministry is to finally introduce regulations for thousands of products

RTVV CLOSURE

Thousands protested the decision to close RTVV in the streets of Valencia on Saturday. / tania castro

The on-air demise of Canal 9

Thousands call for Valencia premier Fabra's resignation after public TV switch-off

35 YEARS OF SPAIN'S CONSTITUTION

Reform: mission impossible

Spain's major political forces have plenty of ideas on how to update the country's Constitution when in opposition. Only external pressure has produced actual changes

LATIN AMERICA

Energy bill passes Chamber of Deputies

Sonia Corona Mexico City

Mexican lawmakers involved in scuffles before vote

Searching mothers ask Mexico to help find their children

Central American women cross country in search of loved ones

Death toll from lootings in Argentina rises to 12

Fernández de Kirchner government believes unrest was a ploy

Maduro appoints “parallel mayors” in opposition strongholds

Socialists won majority of municipal races but failed to capture major cities

Growing paramilitary force concerns Costa Rica

"National sovereignty is non-negotiable; it must be defended," said leader of the group

Mexico takes first step in opening state-run oil sector

Luis Pablo Beauregard Mexico City

Senate approves Peña Nieto’s controversial energy reform

Uruguay passes sweeping law to legalize marijuana

Elvira Palomo Montevideo

Citizens will be allowed to grow, smoke and buy drug

FARC declares 30-day ceasefire

Colombian government refuses to stop its military offensive

Violence mars World Cup preparations

Marina Rossi São Paulo

Fears grow ahead of Brazil finals after four hospitalized in pitched battle

Del Nido: “I have made a mistake and hurt Sevilla”

Rafael Pineda Seville

Soccer club president bids farewell after conviction for embezzlement is upheld

EDITOR'S PICK

MEDIA

The radio revolution

With 15 percent of listeners now tuning in online, internet stations are finding a niche

PHOTOGRAPHY

Giving a voice to the masters of light

A new archive project aims to tell the story of photography in postwar Spain

CULTURE

“Silence is relegated to religion”

Essayist Ramón Andrés fine-tunes his eclectic themes in a Barcelona convent

LITERATURE

Spaniard wins European Book Prize

Eduardo Mendoza’s latest tale sees an Englishman discovering a Velázquez just before the Spanish Civil War

CINEMA

Taking aim at the Oscars

Tommaso Koch Madrid

Made for 40,000 euros in five days, Spanish child-soldier drama makes Academy Award shortlist

J. A. Bayona to direct Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ sequel

‘The Impossible’ director signs up for zombie franchise

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Steve McQueen tells the true story of a free man sold into slavery in 12 Years a Slave as The Hobbit trilogy trudges on

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Collateral victims

The massive espionage by the US has damaged the freedom of the press and the internet

OPINION

A Syrian solution?

The drift of the Syrian conflict points to a compromise with Iran.

EDITORIAL

Private sector police officers

The ambiguity of a new law giving security guards greater powers puts basic rights at risk

OPINION

Opportunity in Ukraine

Defeated by the Kremlin's nimble footwork and hard-hitting punches, the EU can now trust only to the power of the streets if it is to have a second chance in Ukraine

The latest in European science

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

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