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Última hora

Bourses hit by Latin American currency concerns

El País Madrid

Ibex 35 back below 10,000 points as Argentinean peso suffers biggest daily fall since the 2002 crisis

Argentina lifts restrictions on dollar purchases

THE PP'S FINANCES

Bárcenas judge zeros in on PP office payment

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Supermarket magnate called in for questioning over donation

THE BLESA CASE

Former Caja Madrid chairman Miguel Blesa was jeered by protesters when he left the court on Friday. / Luis Sevillano

Judge allows former Caja Madrid chief to keep his passport

Francisco Mercado / Agencies

Miguel Blesa hit by protestor’s placard as he leaves the court after testifying in Florida bank purchase case

CABINET MEETING

Government announces plans to slash sales tax on works of art

Ángeles García / Iker Seisdedos Madrid

Cut in VAT rate to 10 percent from 21 percent could be followed by similar measures to promote Spanish culture

Catalonia will charge 0.25 euros for each internet connection

Blanca Cia Barcelona

Money will go towards encouraging and improving the Catalan audiovisual industry

soccer

Barça member may withdraw suit after Rosell resignation

Luis Martín Barcelona

Jordi Cases mulls retracting legal action “out of respect for the club”

FC Barcelona president stands down over embezzlement claim

Ramon Besa / El País Barcelona 1

Sandro Rosell's move comes after judge rules there are grounds to investigate embezzlement claims

Barcelona president asks to be summoned to court

Ramon Besa / Luis Martín Barcelona

Rosell reiterates claim club paid 57.1 million euros for Brazil forward Neymar

BBVA official named as head of new budget watchdog

Agencies Madrid

José Luis Escrivá Belmonte will have an initial three-year mandate as director of the Independent Fiscal Authority

THE BLESA CASE

Judge who jailed banker could be barred from office

El País Madrid

Elpidio José Silva sent former head of Caja Madrid, Miguel Blesa, to jail twice

Victims of Francoism hold a rally in Madrid. / Álvaro García

ETA victims ask for “justice” for those killed under Francoism

Natalia Junquera Madrid

“They deserve the same rights,” says widow of politician murdered by terrorists

LABOR

Spanish economy shed jobs for sixth year in a row in 2013

Manuel V. Gómez Madrid 1

Unemployment as a percentage of the population rises as hundreds of thousands exit the labor market

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Olli Rehn: “It will take 10 years to fix
the Spanish crisis”

Claudi Pérez Brussels

EU economic commissioner denies he is an austerity hawk: “In the North, it’s the opposite; I’m considered too soft”

PUBLIC FINANCES

Portugal comfortably meets 2013 deficit reduction goal

Bloomberg

Shortfall came in better than targeted at 5 percent of GDP

ECONOMY

Spain formally exits bank bailout program in better shape

Claudi Pérez / El País Brussels / Madrid

But Brussels warns challenges still exist in a context of fragile economic recovery and soaring bad loans

Economy grew 0.3 percent in fourth quarter, De Guindos says

A police officer monitors detainees at a Madrid migrant detention center. / GORKA LEJARCEGI

Detained migrants make fresh claims of abuse at detention centers

Manuel Altozano Madrid

Charges filed against three police officers over beating

IMF triples its growth forecast for the Spanish economy

Amanda Mars Madrid 1

GDP to rise by 0.6 percent in 2014, according to Washington-based organization’s new outlook report

PUBLIC FINANCES

Spain’s public debt above euro-zone average for first time ever

El País Madrid

Indebtedness fueled by persistent deficit and bank bailout loan as average in single-currency zone falls for first time since 2006

Judge rejects ex-bullfighter’s request for bail

El País Seville

Ortega Cano was convicted for a traffic accident in May 2011 that claimed a man’s life

crime

Swiss fugitive kills 10-month-old son and attempts suicide after arrest

Ruben Esquitino / Ezequiel Moltó Alicante

Katharina Katit-Stäheli was detained in Alicante after international warrant was issued

Seven security guards killed in Pakistan attack on Spanish round-the-world cyclist

José María Jiménez Gálvez / El País Madrid

Police escort came under fire in volatile Balochistan province

Sacyr group aims for Panama Canal impasse solution by February 1

El País Madrid

Parties agree protocol for negotiations over costs overruns

Panama Canal dispute may delay project by five years

Miguel Jiménez / Ignacio Fariza Madrid / Brussels

Sacyr-led consortium offers to co-finance cost overruns to finish widening the waterway on time while its conflict with the Panama Canal Authority is resolved by international arbitration

EDITORIAL: Negotiation over the canal

Sacyr consortium won’t halt work on Panama Canal project

El País / EFE Madrid / Panama

Spanish constructor had threatened to stop construction on Monday due to cost overruns. Mediation of European Commission may see negotiation period extended

Spanish car production rises last year for first time since 2010

Cristina Delgado Madrid

Output rose by 9.3 percent last year to 2.16 million units

BUSINESS

Santander reaps 740 million euros from IPO of US unit

Sandro Pozzi / El País New York / Madrid

Spanish bank sold four percent of Santander Consumer USA

CORPORATE EARNINGS

Bankinter’s earnings up 73 percent

El País Madrid

Spanish medium-sized bank earns 215.4 million euros in 2013, its best result in four years

750 jobs to go as Coca-Cola’s Spanish bottler shuts four plants

Cristina Delgado Madrid

Move comes as a result of merger between seven independent companies to form Iberian Partners

ABORTION DEBATE

Rajoy looking for consensus on “sensitive issue” of abortion

Anabel Díez Madrid

Justice chief Gallardón goes on the attack against Socialists but prime minister promises to hear out all sectors of society

CHINALEAKS »

China blocks EL PAÍS website after report on use of tax havens

El País Madrid

Investigation undertaken by a team of international journalists, revealing Chinese officials links to offshore companies in British Virgin Islands, prompts move by Beijing

GRANT CONTROVERSY

Students protest outside the European parliament against the cut in grants from the Spanish government. / A. LÓPEZ CALBACHO (EFE)

Length of Erasmus stays to be reduced by half after budget cut

Elisa Silió Madrid

Time Spanish exchange students spend abroad will drop from eight to less than five months as government reduces funding

Red tape sees Spanish engineers undervalued abroad

Elisa Silió Madrid

Degree mix-up due to Bologna university system framework hinders qualified nationals’ prospects

TOURISM

Spain displaces China as third most popular tourist destination in world

El País Madrid

Industry Ministry figures confirm that over 60 million foreign visitors flocked to Spanish shores last year

Bumper year for foreign tourism

Cristina Delgado Madrid

Number of visitors in first 11 months was 57.6 million. But only beach-holiday segment prospering, with rural tourism still feeling effects of weak demand

rail tragedy

Demonstration held on January 3 in support of the Valencia metro victims. / josé jordán

Valencia court reopens 2006 metro train crash inquiry

Ignacio Zafra Valencia

Prosecutors claim they have new evidence that was overlooked before the case was shelved

MADRID BOMBINGS

“We knew it wasn’t ETA from the start”

Jorge A. Rodríguez Madrid

March 11 police bomb disposal head publishes book defending handling of 2004 Madrid train bombings

Más información

Saint “might help Spain out of crisis,” says interior minister

Jorge Fernández Díaz says he is convinced 16th-century nun is “interceding” “during harsh times”

Minister Fernández, during the presentation at Fitur. / ULY MARTÍN

tennis

Nadal outclasses Federer to reach Australian Open final

El País Madrid

World's number one player will face Stanislas Wawrinka in the final

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Bunny blessing at the feast of San Antonio de Abad

"Receive this blessing," declared the white robed priest as he showered holy water onto me and Coco

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

Iberian pure-breed pigs grazing in an orchard in Extremadura. / RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ

Spain acts to protect ham legacy

Raquel Vidales / Vidal Maté Madrid

Under new law, pure-breed ‘bellota’ pigs must be listed to be classified as ‘pata negra’

BUSINESS

An employee cleans the Apple symbol at one of its Spanish stores. Apple is said to have discovered “the Holy Grail of tax avoidance.” / TEJEDERAS

Tech giants taunt the taxman

Miguel Jiménez Madrid

Thanks to fiscal engineering, the main affiliates of Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Microsoft and Yahoo paid Spain’s revenue agency just 1.2 million euros in 2012

CONSERVATION

Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?

Juana Viúdez Madrid

Agriculturalists and conservationists differ on the foothold the Iberian wolf has on the peninsula. No coherent management plan exists to promote coexistence

PLANETA FUTURO »

Young Africans trying to make their way to Europe head back on board a bus bound for Gao in Mali after a stop. / ALFREDO CÁLIZ

“Everyone steals from you on the way”

José Naranjo

Each year thousands of Africans try to cross the Sahara to reach Europe. En route, many die and many just get trapped, unable to go on and unable to get back home