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CORRUPTION

Fifteen years in court, but embezzling former FC Barça chief will walk free

María Fabra Madrid

Top court upholds convictions of Josep Lluís Núñez and Catalan tax inspectors but reduces prison sentences

FINANCIAL SECTOR

Banco Santander’s net profits nearly doubled in 2013

Agencies Madrid

Almost half of the Spanish banking giant’s earnings came from Latin America. Figures also boosted by lower provisioning needs

ECONOMY

Brussels warns of risks to Spain from the crisis in emerging markets

Claudi Pérez Brussels

Report says economic recovery “remains fragile” as Commission expects bad bank to have posted losses last year

Argentina’s reserves drop after exchange controls relaxed

Crisis causes underground economy to flourish in Spain

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid

Study calculates black market operations in Spain were equivalent to almost a quarter of total national output in 2012

MEDIA

Pedro J. Ramírez will no longer head ‘El Mundo’ daily

El País Madrid

Controversial editor to step aside from top job at struggling newspaper he co-founded 25 years ago

SPORT

Racing players and staff announcing their decision to boycott Thursday's match against Real Sociedad. / NACHO CUBERO (DIARIO AS)

Racing players remain firm on King’s Cup clash boycott

El País Madrid

“It’s the only option left,” says one club captain over unpaid wages

AUSTERITY AND WELFARE

Council of Europe slams Spain for healthcare limit for illegal migrants

Lucía Abellán Brussels

Organization's Committee on Social Rights concerned about general slide on basic protection for poor amid economic crisis

HEALTHCARE PRIVATIZATION

Medical staff and other supporters of the anti-privatization campaign celebrate the regional government’s decision. / Sergio Barrenechea (EFE)

Cost of failed Madrid healthcare outsourcing plan remains uncertain

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid 1

Region will avoid paying 280 million euros compensation as it did not sign contracts

New health chief offers staff olive branch after outsourcing U-turn

Jaime Prats / Elena G. Sevillano Valencia / Madrid

Ribera healthcare management says it respects Madrid government's decision to cancel hospital privatization plan

Madrid cancels outsourcing plans for public hospitals

José Marcos Madrid

Regional health commissioner Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, the architect of the proposal, resigns after court rejects petition to lift a cautionary injunction against PP government

Editorial: Healthcare system survives an assault

The body of the youngster lies next to the collapsed swing set. / CARLOS ROSILLO

Collapse of swing set kills schoolgirl in public play park

Felipe Betim Madrid 1

Eleven-year-old could not be revived by ambulance crew after incident in Madrid neighborhood of Rivas Vaciamadrid

EDUCATION

Five regions rebel
against PP’s education reform

Elisa Silió Madrid

Commissioners claim latest overhaul of system is step backward and segregates students for ideological reasons

The municipal storeroom, where Madrid City Hall keeps furniture and other artifacts. / Samuel Sanchez (EL PAÍS)

City Hall’s 200 missing artifacts

Bruno García Gallo Madrid

Madrid says it will find lost paintings and other listed objects but most of the items have not been seen since 2003

PP'S INTERNAL PROBLEMS

Conservative think-tank does Aznar’s talking for him

Carlos E. Cué Madrid

FAES paper on Catalan sovereignty drive stakes out territory Popular Party leader Rajoy should be occupying

Aznar deepens PP split by snubbing party conference

Francesco Manetto Madrid 1

Former PM blames international commitments as divide widens between moderates and hardliners over ETA policies

EDITORIAL: Storm brewing in the PP

PP leader in Europe Mayor Oreja will not stand in next elections

Francesco Manetto Madrid

Veteran spokesman in European Parliament offers no explanation as to why he is stepping down

crime

The Civil Guard rescues a kidnapped businessman / GUARDIA CIVIL

“We’re from the Civil Guard, we’ve come to get you out of here”

El País Santiago

Authorities release video of rescue of kidnapped businessman

BUSINESS

Galician shipyards win orders for floating hotels from Pemex

Mari Luz Peinado

Contracts for two floating hotels worth 298 million euros each

BANK STRESS TESTS

Spanish banks drastically cut exposure to sovereign debt

Agencies Madrid

Sector sold 22.4 billion euros in government bonds in December ahead of ECB stress tests later this year

Unicaja poised to close deal to purchase Caja España-Duero

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Long-awaited operation expected to involve 400 million euros from the Orderly Bank Restructuring Fund

Mondragón splits in two

Mikel Ormazabal San Sebastián

Basque cooperative conglomerate is struggling to decide on how to restructure its business structure

NEYMAR CASE

Barcelona goes on the attack against old enemy Real

El País Madrid

New president Bartomeu claims Madrid club plot lurks behind Neymar corruption case in High Court

Blas Piñar speaking in Madrid in 2007. / MANUEL ESCALERA

Spanish far-right leader Blas Piñar dies at 95

Joaquín Prieto 2

Fuerza Nueva politician styled himself as the successor to Franco but failed to rise from obscurity

UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION

“This reform is the work of a subservient government”

Marina Gómez-Robledo Madrid

Family of TV cameraman killed by US artillery in Iraq outraged by Spain's plan to cut back on universal justice cases

Human rights cases to be shelved under judicial reform

Miguel González / Fernando Garea Madrid 1

Popular Party bill to limit universal justice is aimed at appeasing Beijing after Socialist government took first steps to clip Spanish judiciary’s wings in 2009

ABORTION DEBATE

Justice Ministry circular states abortion law will “benefit economy”

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid 1

Document also claims number of terminations has not fallen under current legislation, despite figures showing the contrary

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

Royal scandal

Princess Cristina. / EFE

State and judiciary team up to manage princess’s court date

Luis Gómez / Andreu Manresa Madrid / Palma de Mallorca

Royal Household decided it was best not to appeal summons

international crime

Alleged cyber money-launderer says he is victim of “witch hunt”

El País Madrid

Budovsky tells High Court extradition hearing that the US wanted to break his business

US money-laundering fugitive faces extradition hearing

El País Madrid

Liberty Reserve founder used internet payment processor to shift alleged $6 billion in proceeds from different crimes

TENNIS

Injured Nadal to decide whether to play in Buenos Aires

El País Madrid

Number one’s Australian Open back problem being treated before start of clay-court tour

Más información

The new face of the Bernabéu

Real Madrid chooses German studio GMP Architekten to remodel stadium ahead of bids from Norman Foster and Herzog & de Meuron

The design for a new Bernabéu stadium by GMP Architekten and the studios L-35 and Ribas&Ribas.

INTERVIEW

“The Dakar is made for suffering, whether you’re a man or a woman”

Motorcycle racer Laia Sanz discusses the challenges of the world's toughest rally

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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FEATURES

HEALTHCARE

Patients lie in the corridor of an emergency ward at a Madrid hospital.

Dishonorably discharged?

Jaime Prats Valencia

The lack of places at mid-term care centers is blocking up thousands of hospital beds

tHE WAR IN SYRIA

An operation against suspected jihadists in Ceuta last June. / FIDEL RASO

The martyr who changed his mind

José María Irujo

Sadik Mohamed left Ceuta to fight in Syria, where he was trained by Al Qaeda. He decided to return to Spain when he realized he was to be used in a suicide mission

LITERATURE

Lost Lope de Vega play resurfaces

Daniel Verdú Madrid

Prolific Golden Age playwright included ‘Women and menservants’ on a list of his comedies, but it had been gathering dust until 2010

DRUG POLICIES

Catalonia has some 400 cannabis clubs. / CONSUELO BAUTISTA

Marijuana on the move

Pol Pareja Barcelona

Spain is bucking a global trend with its plans to crack down on use of the drug. Portugal celebrates different approach with cannabis having been decriminalized on the quiet

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

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