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Princess Cristina in court: 182 “I don’t knows” and 55 “I don’t recalls”

EL PAÍS obtains official court transcript of royal daughter’s historic February 8 appearance before an investigating judge

CANAL IMPASSE

Panama Canal work to restart Thursday after preliminary deal

José Meléndez San José (Costa Rica)

Sacyr-led consortium and local authority still have to come up with a definitive solution to the financial conflict

Former PP Madrid number two to leave Senate on Swiss bank exposé

Having a secret account is a crime for a politician, says ex-regional premier Esperanza Aguirre, Granados' onetime boss

BANKING

IMF urges Spanish banks to boost capital in order to able to lend more

Agency recommends dividend payout cap should remain in place

TECHNOLOGY

Illustration photo shows "likes" on WhatsApp's Facebook page displayed on a laptop screen. / MAL Langsdon (REUTERS)

Facebook acquires WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars

Move confirms strategic move to buy services with younger users

ABORTION DEBATE

Rajoy hints at possible U-turn on controversial abortion reform

El País Madrid

Fetal deformities may now be included as grounds for terminating a pregnancy, as was the case in 1985 legislation

ENERGY

Iberdrola to cut Spain investment in wake of energy sector reforms

Chairman says company “feels more British, Mexican and American than Spanish” as earnings fall on regulatory changes

UK accuses Spanish Navy of incursion into waters off Gibraltar

Agencies Madrid

Madrid Defense Ministry denies there was “any incident”

healthcare

Medical negligence leaves 10 Alicante patients with hepatitis

Jaime Prats Valencia

Same saline solution bag was used for several intravenous transfusions

Rosell embraces Neymar on the day of his presentation. / efe

Prosecutor wants Barcelona FC made suspect in Neymar case

Club failed to pay over nine million euros in tax by not declaring all contracts from Brazilian’s signing, says High Court attorney

Valencia and Betis angry at kickoff time changes for teargas tribute

Liga organization rejigs schedule to accommodate special recognition of Villarreal fans’ “civic” behavior during incident

PUBLIC FINANCES

Portugal’s borrowing costs drop to four-year low at bill auction

Debt agency meets issuing target of 1.25 billion euros

IMMIGRATION

Immigration law change in works, interior minister tells the Senate

Fernández Díaz confirms plans to bolster exclave border patrols as Rajoy defends civil guards’ reaction to tragic Ceuta stampede

Brussels denies receiving Spain’s request for border assistance

Luis Doncel / J. Jiménez Gálvez Brussels / Madrid

Melilla chief asks for security forces to be given free rein against migrants to prevent sub-Saharan “pull effect”

terrorism

Captured ETA terrorists had been living quietly in Mexico for 22 years

Jesús Duva Madrid

The couple's children were unaware of their parents's past

crime

Members of ring that forced minors into prostitution given 59 years

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Sixteen-year-old girl died after taking cocaine with gang ringleader

ABORTION DEBATE

“Social criticism requires greater sensitivity than painting flowers”

Yolanda Domínguez encouraged women to register their bodies to protest abortion reform

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

Government hoping to shelve a dozen embarrassing cases

Coca-Cola axes layoff plan and offers buyouts for workers

Iberian Partners bottling company insists it will not change its mind on the closure of four plants, however

Antonio Caño, left, and Javier Moreno. / EL PAÍS

EL PAÍS to name new editor next week

El País Madrid 9

Washington chief Antonio Caño nominated to replace Javier Moreno

Sean Connery denies involvement in Marbella scandal

Esperanza Codina Marbella

Judge shelves proceedings against James Bond star, but his wife remains under investigation after controversial home-sale deal

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

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

regional politics

Corruption rows cause gridlock in Navarre’s regional assembly

Javier Doria Pamplona

Opposition parties gang up on conservative regional premier Yolanda Barcina to prevent legislation from being passed

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

Oil prospectors make Balearic bid

Elena G. Sevillano / Andreu Manresa Madrid / Palma de Mallorca

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

ENERGY

Tariff deficit exceeded four billion euros in 2013

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

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

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

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

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

Más información

Zapatero’s economic advisor dead at 59

David Taguas moved from government to a construction sector lobby during the Socialist administration

David Taguas, pictured in 2009. / Bernardo Pérez

Spain’s new abortion law: will Gallardón push women's rights back 30 years?

Restrictive bill will affect those hardest hit by the country's economic crisis

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Follow EL PAÍS in English on Twitter, Facebook and Eskup

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

LATIN AMERICA

Maduro calls out National Guard to quell Táchira state violence

Venezuelan prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for opposition leader López

Venezuelan opposition leader taken into custody

Leopoldo López says he is turning himself in to an “unfair justice system” but vows not to go into exile

North American leaders agree to work toward easing visa restrictions for transport

Gripes over spying, oil pipeline and migration aired between NAFTA states

Brazil plays with fire as World Cup deadline looms

Cost overruns and strikes prompt many to ask whether country was ready to host tournament

Homophobic ex-officer wants to lead Brazil’s rights panel

María Martín São Paulo

Bolsonaro’s candidacy seen as apathy over human rights issues

FEATURES

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

The 1998 spillage of mineral sludge at Aznalcóllar.

Letting polluters off the hook

Potentially contaminating businesses had to take out insurance to cover cleanup costs. But the government's new reform proposals will let 98 percent of firms opt out

euthanasia debate

“I want to die because I love life”

Terminal cancer sufferer José Luis had to fight the system before he could get access to sedation that would end his suffering

GASTRONOMY

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

Booming are Madrid’s cheesemakers

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

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

The antidoping commandant

The Civil Guard agent who uncovered the massive Puerto blood doping ring is the new head of Spain’s national agency

EDITOR'S PICK

art

A quarter century of being modern

Anniversary show brings out the IVAM museum’s best through 412 works

music

Who tops the Spanish critics’ charts?

A group of sociologists has assembled a list of the top 50 home-grown musicians

WINTER OLYMPICS

“I was an oddball”

Before Javier Fernández came along, painter Darío Villalba was Spain’s only male Olympic figure skater

“I always wanted to be like Starsky or Hutch”

Carlos Fernández has made the Spanish police’s Twitter account the most-followed of its type worldwide

CINEMA

Diego Luna: “A psychiatrist would get a lot out of me”

Mexican actor-director’s latest charts the life of Latino labor leader Cesár Chávez

How does a Spanish movie make money?

With difficulty, it seems. The producer of ‘Family United’ explains his figures

This week’s movie releases

El País Madrid

Robert Redford gets pummeled by the elements in J.C. Chandor's All Is Lost, as Brazil's José Padilha reinvents RoboCop

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Navarre in a pickle

The Socialists cannot succeed in ousting the premier without the support of a radical Basque party

opinion

The deep state

This is a term that, although originally applied to the case of Turkey, has been catching on in general use to denote the internal workings of a country

EDITORIAL

The economic world stands firm

The failure of Mas’s secessionist challenge to business leaders creates a rift in his power base

opinion

Normalizing corruption

The widespread practice is expensive and undermines the trust and confidence with which we ought to be represented. It endangers democracy, and favors a drift toward authoritarian habits

The latest in European science

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

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