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Popular Party moves to fast-track amendment of universal justice law

Fernando Garea Madrid

Government hoping to shelve a dozen embarrassing cases

BUSINESS

Spanish T-bill rates fall to historic lows at tender

El País Madrid

Treasury issues 4.524 billion euros in six- and 12-month paper amid heavy demand in improved financial conditions

Default rate hits new record high at end of 2013

El País / Claudi Pérez Madrid / Brussels

Non-performing loan ratio rises to 13.6 percent in December

Spain wants Tobin tax limited to company shares

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid

Ecofin meeting on Tuesday will debate levy on financial transactions

TELECOMS

Vodafone: Telefónica and Jazztel imposing a fiber-optic “monopoly”

Ramón Muñoz Madrid

British operator asks anti-trust watchdog to force its internet rivals to open up their networks in fair conditions

IMMIGRATION

150 migrants make it across border fence into Melilla

J. Jiménez Gálvez Madrid

Attempt is first since February 6 deaths in Ceuta. Those who made the jump divided into groups and spread out in the city

Opposition asks to see full footage of Ceuta migrant tragedy

Jorge A. Rodríguez Madrid

Attorney’s Office in Spanish exclave also wants Civil Guard to hand over “all the video material” that may exist

30,000 sub-Saharan migrants awaiting border crossing attempt

Jesús Duva Madrid

In wake of Ceuta tragedy police say that immigrants have ability to coordinate mass assaults on exclave security fences

Employers’ groups reject call to weigh in on Catalan secession

EFE Barcelona

Spain's CEOE and Catalonia's Foment del Treball call on politicians for stability and more dialogue

ENERGY

Tariff deficit exceeded four billion euros in 2013

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Government fails in bid to bring down difference between cost of electricity and amount charged to consumers

Longing for Sefarad — but not enough to go back

David Alandete Jerusalem

A government plan could see descendants of expelled Jews get a chance to apply for citizenship. But it is not yet clear how many Israelis could become eligible for Spanish nationality

Chief rabbi calls on Spain to apologize for expulsion of Jews

EFE Jerusalem

Pinchas Goldschmidt says step would be preferable to offer of nationality for those with Sephardic roots

Sephardic Jews hoping to fulfill 500-year Spanish dream

David Alandete Jerusalem

3.5 million Israel citizens could benefit from law change allowing Iberian descendants right of return

JUSTICE

Under the judges' shield

María Fabra Madrid

Citizens are increasingly turning to the courts to change the course of politics

BUSINESS

Businessman Joaquín Rivero. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Spanish businessmen accuse Blackstone fund of fraud

Cristina Galindo Madrid 1

Former Metrovacesa chairman Rivero seeks to recover 31-percent stake in French real estate company Gecina

PUBLIC FINANCES

Spanish public debt ended 2013 at its highest level in a century

Amanda Mars Madrid

Figure has almost tripled in five years to 93.7 percent of GDP

BANKING INDUSTRY

Santander fined 17 million euros over sale of convertible securities

El País Madrid

Bank to appeal the fines for two infractions

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

No more free lunch? Meal tickets now just another part of wages

Cristina Galindo / Manuel V. Gómez Madrid

Employee perks will now be subject to Social Security contributions in the same way as salaries

BUSINESS

Workers at a factory belonging to Spanish firm Gestamp in Jiangsu. / Z. A.

Chinese burned

Zigor Aldama Shanghai

A number of Spanish companies are abandoning China because of the problems that they encounter when doing business there

SEX ABUSE

Social services treated school abuse victim but did not report case

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Madrid regional government says its hands were tied because such crimes are considered a semi-private issue

TOWARDS THE END OF ETA TERRORISM

ETA prisoners announce plans to begin requesting inmate transfers

El País Madrid

Petitions to move to jails closer to home will first be filed for convicts who are ill or over 70

GALICIA TRAIN TRAGEDY

Rail crash judge slams Adif for “playing with people’s lives”

David Reinero Santiago de Compostela

Magistrate says reduction of safety systems on new high-speed track is “suspect of criminality”

CULTURE

Spain’s Cabinet approves “Google tax” on use of copyrighted material

Iker Seisdedos / Tommaso Koch Madrid 1

Levy on reproduction of “fragments” of information retrieved by search engines included in reform of Intellectual Property Law

justice

Murder-for-hire suspect Áurea Vázquez Ríjos testifes before Spain's High Court in December. Her extradition to Puerto Rico was approved. / EFE

Widow fights extradition to face contract killing charge

Martin Delfín Madrid 1

United States assures Spain that Vázquez won’t even be put away for life if convicted of husband’s slaying

ETA TERRORISM

London court releases ETA terrorist Troitiño on conditional bail

Agencies Madrid

Author of 20 murders has been in English capital after being mistakenly freed by Spain in 2011

European healthcare scheme could lead to longer waiting lists

Elena G. Sevillano Madrid

Officials consider possibility that Spain could become a cheap option for other countries’ hospital systems

BANKING SCANDAL

Ex-directors of Galician bank may face trial over golden payoffs

Fernando J. Pérez

Novacaixagalicia managers received multi-million-euro packages from ailing lender

Failed lender CAM wants prison for two of its former executives

Manuel Altozano Madrid 1

Bank's lawyer, appointed by the FROB bank bailout fund, accuses former director general and oversight committee chairman of inflating expense accounts and favoring own interests

Inflation at its lowest level in over 50 years on weak domestic demand

El País Madrid 1

Consumer price index up annual 0.2 percent in January

LABOR LAW

Constitutional Court backs three aspects of labor reform

Manuel V. Gómez Madrid

Judges approve reduction of severance in unfair dismissal cases

ABORTION DEBATE

Leading PP politician defies party in abortion reform vote

Anabel Díez Madrid

Deputy congressional speaker Celia Villalobos votes in favor of withdrawal of controversial bill

Abortion bill minister: Voters “punish” divided parties

Agencies Madrid

Congress defeats measure to withdraw controversial reform opposed by several PP deputies in a 183-to-158 vote

Extremadura PP premier wants deal with PSOE over abortion

Francesco Manetto Madrid

José Antonio Monago offers to help Socialists pressure government into changing text of reform

ENERGY investment

Abu Dhabi sues Spain over cuts to renewables

Miguel Jiménez Madrid

Emirate joins other international investors crying foul over Rajoy government’s attempt to reduce clean-power premiums

BUSINESS

Iberia reaches “landmark” productivity accord with pilots

Cristina Galindo / Ramón Muñoz Madrid

Salaries frozen through to 2015 and thereafter linked to profits

CANAL IMPASSE

Panama authority and Sacyr reach “in principle” deal to restart work

Agencias Panama City

The two sides have agreed on a “number of issues” to allow widening project to resume but other matters still pending

ROAD SAFETY

A dead horse by the side of the road near Vigo. The motorist was seriously injured. / sxenick (efe)

If you hit a wild boar, it’s your fault

Patricia R. Blanco Madrid

New draft road safety law is up for debate in Senate as experts warn of “dramatic” consequences

Más información

Oil prospectors make Balearic bid

Residents and politicians are alarmed at plans to start drilling in the Mediterranean

A gas platform in the Ebro Delta. / LLUIS GENE (AFP)

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Barcelona’s Santa Eulàlia: light, gothic fish tanks and a beating paper heart

The city that has it all also gets to pay tribute to two very different patron saints

WINTER OLYMPICS

Ice dance duo place 13th, as fog postpones snowboard

Sara Hurtado and Adrià Díaz are first Spanish figure skating pair to compete at an Olympics

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FEATURES

GASTRONOMY

Semi-mature cheese produced in Colmenar de Oreja, 50 kilometers southeast of Madrid. / SANTI BURGOS

Booming are Madrid’s cheesemakers

Ana Pérez Barredo Madrid 1

Artisanal production is all the rage in capital region, where 11 of its 28 mold-breaking producers have been set up in three years

Spanish pilgrims of Muslim charity

Miguel Ángel Medina

Three women explain how they were able to travel into the heart of Islam thanks to a little help from the United Arab Emirates

PRINCESS IN COURT

The royal couple's wedding on October 4, 1997, in Barcelona. / M. h. de león (AP)

How ideal couple’s life went to hell

Luis Gómez Madrid

The official rose-tinted version of the marriage of Cristina de Borbón and Iñaki Urdangarin was one of an idyllic union. But the Nóos inquiry court papers paint a very different picture

HISTORICAL MEMORY

France’s camp of shame

Miguel Mora Rivesaltes

Near Perpignan, Rivesaltes has housed Jews, Spanish republicans and, more recently, immigrants - Now the place is to become a memorial museum

DISABILITY RIGHTS

Jesús Díez Rodríguez won the right to vote through the courts. / ULY MARTIN

How come I can’t vote?

Marta Fernández Maeso 1

Congress has agreed to lift restrictions on the electoral rights of the 80,000 mentally disabled people excluded from the political process

POLITICS

Vox Popular: PP rebels take a step to the right

Joaquín Prieto Madrid

The launch of a new party appears to reflect the rise of extremism across Europe, but analysts say it has more to do with national issues on turbulent Spanish political scene