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immigration crisis

Moroccan forces crossing Melilla border to take back migrants, says NGO

Ignacio Cembrero Madrid

Government delegate says sub-Saharans were caught between barrier fences

Ten migrants jump Melilla border fence despite police presence

Toñi Ramos Melilla

Reinforcements hold back nearly 800 sub-Saharans who made coordinated jump attempt

healthcare

Medical chief calls for fines for patients who “abuse” health services

AGENCIES Madrid

People should be made to pay for not picking up test results, says OMC head

economy

Spain tried to play down IMF fears of real estate bubble bursting

Amanda Mars Madrid

Declassified minutes reveal that analysts were warning in 2007 of the possible consequences of a slowdown and a subsequent crisis

Spain asked IMF not to reveal troubles in banking sector in 2009

Amanda Mars Madrid

Just two weeks after this meeting, the first savings bank was bailed out by the central lender

Anticorruption attorneys want Supreme Court to handle ERE case

Luis Barbero Seville

Judge Mercedes Alaya is asked to transfer a section of her massive investigation into Andalusian embezzlement case

Javier Espinosa and Ricardo García Vilanova arrive in Madrid after being held in Syria for 194 days. / ATLAS

Journalists return home after six-month kidnap ordeal in Syria

Carmen Rengel Jerusalem

Reporter Javier Espinosa and freelance photographer Ricardo García Vilanova reunited with families on Sunday. The men are yet to give any details about their experiences

politics

Anne Hidalgo becomes first female mayor of Paris

El País Madrid

Socialist politician, who has joint French-Spanish nationality, says she will be "mayor for all Parisians"

ECONOMY

Public deficit nearly on target at 6.62% of GDP

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid 1

But declining consumer prices raise the specter of deflation in Spain and Europe. “We have reduced spending in our country, but not by cutting back on elements of social cohesion,” says minister

mortgage crisis

Home evictions averaged 184 per day in Spain last year

José Antonio Hernández Madrid

Number of court-ordered expulsions reached 67,189 in 2013, according to judicial figures

social unrest

Solicitor General’s Office rejects call for ban on protests in Madrid

Bruno García Gallo Madrid

Report from state legal advisor says that Mayor Botella’s request to move demonstrations out of center is unrealistic

Scuffles break out between protestors and police at the Complutense University on Tuesday. / J. ROBLES/ EL PAÍS

Most violent “student” protestors in Madrid not students at all

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Street demonstrations against government’s education cuts have been infiltrated by far-left groups.

Parts of Citizen Safety Law not constitutional, says watchdog

José Antonio Hernández Madrid

CGPJ joins a host of other critics of a government bill aimed at cracking down on street protests

dignity marches

Gabriel Ruiz, pictured in Madrid’s Gregorio Marañon hospital. / M. G-R.

“I heard a shot and then the rubber bullet hit me square on”

Marina Gómez Robledo Ramos Madrid

Young protestor loses his left testicle during rioting at Madrid’s Dignity March.

Why were 1,750 police unable to contain a few violent protestors?

Anabel Díez Madrid 1

Opposition demands answers over “lack of coordination” during March 22 Dignity Marches

Police in full riot gear remove protestors who were camped out in Madrid's Sol square. One man was arrested in the incident.

Government delegate to open probe into “Dignity March”

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

“We are going to start an investigation that will make use of the full reach of the law,” says Cifuentes

Protestor from Dignity March facing attempted murder charge

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Hundreds of people congregate outside Madrid courthouse to demand release of detainees from Saturday's demonstration

ECONOMY

Tourist spending hits 10-year high during first two months of year

El País Madrid

Nearly 6.2 million visitors from abroad who came to vacation in Spain left behind 6.084 billion euros

Canaries air crash false alarm sees emergency services sent to scene

El País Madrid

Government and airports authority were quick to deny false reports. Barge carrying wing appears to have been confused with stricken aircraft

TELEVISION

Supreme Court rules against layoff plan of TV channel Telemadrid

José Marcos / Rosario G. Gómez Madrid

Decision will guarantee survival of public station, but sacked workers will not be rehired. Regional government will have to increase compensation payouts for more than 800 people

economy

Central bank’s growth forecasts
exceed government’s predictions

Alejandro Bolaños Madrid

New figures released by Bank of Spain see economy growing by 1.7 percent next year

BUSINESS

Bankruptcy-threatened toll road operators offered state bailout

Cristina Galindo / Álvaro Romero Madrid

Public Works and Finance ministries want to group nine highways in one public company. Proposal would see 50 percent of concession holders' debt canceled

crime

One of the men arrested in connection with the kidnappings in Bolivia. / EFE

Police rescue two Spanish children in Bolivia

Jesús Duva Madrid

Mother arrested in Spain on drug-trafficking charges

referendum row

Catalan officials downplay sovereignty declaration ruling

Maiol Roger Barcelona

Spokesman lauds decision for leaving door open for referendum

Top court declares Catalonia’s sovereignty declaration illegal

María Fabra Madrid

Vote comes on first day justices gather to begin discussing challenge made by Rajoy

Catalan premier to miss debate on status vote petition

Miquel Noguer / Maiol Roger Barcelona

Regional government will be represented by Mas's official spokesman and the agriculture commissioner

The fourth floor of the building in El Vendrell, Tarragona, where four children lost their lives in a fire Tuesday night. / Jaume Sellart (EFE)

Four children die after fire rips through their home in Tarragona

Mercè Pérez Pons Tarragona

Cause of Tuesday night's blaze is still unknown

death of the FATHER OF SPANISH DEMOCRACY

More than 30,000 turn out to say farewell to Adolfo Suárez

El País Madrid

Funeral procession is extended to Cibeles due to massive attendance by members of the public outside Congress

Barajas Airport to be renamed in honor of former PM Suárez

Public Works Ministry agrees to government request, one day after passing of man who guided Spain through the Transition

1,670 days that changed Spain

José Manuel Romero Madrid

Suárez built a broad consensus that enabled legal, political, social and economic reforms in just a few years

PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Rosalía Iglesias leaves the High Court on June 27 last year. / efe

Judge orders search of bank branch to find Bárcenas papers

María Fernández Madrid

Documents relate to suspicious transactions carried out by former PP treasurer’s wife

Case dismissed against female army captain who was sexually harassed

Miguel González Madrid

After getting her colonel jailed, Zaida Cantero had also faced prison for allegedly altering a document

crime

Civil Guard busts members of notorious El Salvador street gang

Rebeca Carranco / El País Barcelona / Madrid

The Salvatruchas were trying to take root in Spain, say sources

HEALTHCARE

Raquel Moreno in Madrid. / uly martín

Madrid hospital staff shortages causing operations to be canceled

Elena G. Sevillano

One patient's surgery was postponed due to the lack of an available anesthetist. Health service has lost 53,000 personnel in last two years

transport

Madrid Metro to close 24 stations for work this summer

Pilar Álvarez Madrid

About 80,000 passengers will be affected over three months

ECONOMY

Finance minister rules out new value-added tax hike

El País Madrid

Cristóbal Montoro ignores advice from panel of experts on government's planned tax reform

Government’s panel of experts recommends reducing income tax

El País Madrid

Report drawn up by so-called “wise men” advocates increasing VAT and other indirect levies to compensate

Madrid traffic officers fine two official cars in 2008. / Uly Martín

Chauffeurs claim officials are forcing them to break traffic regulations

Spike seen in fines for luxury cars carrying ministers, judges and MPs

corruption

Gürtel ringleaders refuse to give evidence before the High Court

Fernando J. Pérez Madrid

Investigation into kickbacks-for-contracts case about to end after more than five years

REFERENDUM ROW

Register of Catalans abroad seeks to broaden referendum voter base

Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Move seen as undercover step toward regional independence

Law experts question Catalan group’s roadmap to independence

Maiol Roger / Miquel Noguer Barcelona 1

ANC wants sovereignty for Catalonia by April 23, 2015, no matter what

Rajoy: “I don’t want to see a poor Catalonia outside the EU and UN”

Anabel Díez / El País Madrid 1

Catalan Republican Leftists tell PM to call referendum in which all Spaniards can participate

Más información

Civil Guard reveals list of Spain’s 10 most wanted criminals

Law enforcement agency issues a rare call for international help to find fugitives

Spain's 10 most-wanted fugitives. / CIVIL GUARD

EDITOR'S PICK

Basque-ing in box-office glory

With record takings and applause after each showing, ‘Ocho apellidos vascos’ has become a movie phenomenon

A 19th-century institution jumps straight into the 21st

Tommaso Koch Madrid

The National Archeology Museum's six-year facelift is finally complete

A tale emerges from tragedy

Simon Hunter Madrid

Former BBC correspondent Danny Wood has drawn on his experiences in Madrid for his first novel

HIGHWAY SAFETY

Why pedestrians can no longer drink and jaywalk

Recent reforms mean that road users will need to remember 20 new rules

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

Rio police win back notorious drug district

Francho Barón Rio de Janeiro

Armed forces move into Complexo da Mará without firing a shot

Maduro sends in troops to “liberate” opposition city

Ewald Scharfenberg Caracas

Lawmakers claim Venezuelan citizens’ rights were violated during raid

Inmates in Mexico hold government hostage

Inés Santaeulalia Mexico City

Extortions and kidnappings are planned from jail cells

Struggling Argentina cuts gas and water subsidies

Alejandro Rebossio Buenos Aires

Many Buenos Aires consumers will see rates hiked by 400 percent

Brazilians scramble to uncover their Sephardic roots

Thousands rush to examine family trees in wake of Spain's proposal to grant nationality to expelled Jews

Cuba opens more doors to foreign investors

Maye Primera Miami

Assembly is expected to approve new investment plan at a special session

Planeta Futuro

PLANETA FUTURO

María Sanabria holds up a picture of her son, Jaime Estiven Valencia, who was killed aged 16 in 2008. / Pablo Tosco

How to fabricate a dead guerrilla

Ander Izagirre Bogotá

The Colombian army and government stand accused of covering up the killing of hundreds of innocents. Victims were reportedly passed off as slain terrorists so soldiers could collect secret state rewards

Welcome to Planeta Futuro

EL PAÍS is launching a new portal focusing on sustainable global development, with the collaboration of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Young refugees find a focus

Laura J. Varo

Displaced Syrian children in Lebanese camps are being given a taste of photography

“We would all rather save lives than sell cars”

Jorge Martínez is the creator of the most successful promotional campaign ever run by a Spanish non-profit

My body, not the state’s

Alejandra Agudo Madrid

NGOs are campaigning to put sexual and reproductive rights on the agenda for development goal talks. They cite changes to Spain's abortion law as retrograde

Last stop Tangier

Luis Gómez

Morocco has taken on the role of guarding Europe's southern border, holding back those whose only dream is to make it into Europe by reaching Spanish soil

Missing the big picture

The movements of people who leave their home countries to seek a new life are changing direction, and Europe’s closed-doors policy could be a big mistake

“Everyone steals from you”

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 or get back home

features

HEALTH

A sedentary lifestyle is the fourth biggest cause of death in the world. / HERIK SORENSEN (Getty Images)

The north-south exercise divide

Jaime Prats / María R. Sahuquillo Valencia / Madrid

A new EU report shows that almost half of Spaniards do no kind of sporting activity. Experts pin the blame on a “hostile urban environment” and call for better infrastructure

DISABILITIES

Tandem Team president Francesc Granja. / M. Minocri

“We’ve been viewed as sexless little angels”

Sex assistants are helping disabled people who do not wish to be seen as asexual

HEALTH

Alzheimer’s disease affects over 600,000 Spaniards

Emilio de Benito Madrid

Illness that took Spain’s first democratic premier, Adolfo Suárez, is on the rise due to ageing population

Town that built network of illegal tunnels faces one-million-euro fine

José Marcos Madrid

Navalcarnero claims cellars were constructed 350 years ago, but experts say they are no older than a decade

GENDER VIOLENCE

Decade of male-on-female abuse leaves tragic total of 658 dead

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid

The killing of five women in as many days has highlighted an issue that refuses to go away. The problem has been aggravated by cuts to programs to combat domestic violence, say experts

culture

EXHIBITION

El Greco's 'The Crucifixion' at the show in the Museo de Santa Cruz in Toledo. / Gorka Lejarcegi

El Greco: a multimedia artist

Iker Seisdedos Toledo

Toledo is marking the 400th anniversary of the death of its most famous painter with a huge exhibition and other major events

COMEDY

Eddie Izzard to perform Madrid stand-up gigs

British comedian to appear over six nights at intimate venue in Spanish capital

MUSIC

Rolling Stones to play Real Madrid stadium on June 25

Santiago Bernabéu gig will be group’s only Spanish stopover on 14 On Fire tour

PREHISTORIC ART

With a copy this good, who needs the original?

Visitors let in to see Altamira's cave paintings say they were not that different from the replicas in the nearby museum

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Time to visit, or switch on, the Prado?

A technological revolution that goes beyond cellphone apps is underway in the world's major museums

cinema

Tearing up Spain’s movie distribution rulebook: part II

The sequel to Paco León's 'Carmina o revienta' is aiming for an equally unconventional release

This week’s movie releases

Robert Redford joins the Marvel Universe in 'Captain America’ while Jake Gyllenhaal sees double in 'Enemy'

history

For God, for Spain... and for Tejero?

Controversial dinner for coup plotter highlights sense of entitlement among Civil Guard’s top brass

TELEVISION

TV networks are keeping children up past bedtime

Kid’s version of ‘The Voice’ talent show is shown between 10pm and 1.25am

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OPINION AND EDITORIAL

opinion

Peace and social movements

Josep Ramoneda

The growing strength of citizen action is underscoring the reason for its success: there is a crisis in Spain’s system of representation

EDITORIAL

The power of a symbol

El País

The farewell ceremony for Adolfo Suárez underscores society's desire for a new, cleaner approach to politics

OPINION

Zero tolerance for violence

El País

Any adult who assaults a youth at an under-eights soccer game deserves a red card

BLOG / ATOMIUM CULTURE

The latest in European science

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

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