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PARTY FINANCING

Nearly all parties guilty of financial crimes, Spain’s Audit Court finds

Watchdog’s chief attorney drafts a damning report against national and regional groups, including the ruling PP and the Socialists

Military operations

US wants elite Marine squad permanently stationed in Andalusia

Special operations force at Morón would be in place to respond to crises in Africa. Spanish officials are unhappy at late request for new treaty

ECONOMY

Spanish labor market creates jobs for first time in seven years

El País Madrid

Figures released by Labor Ministry reveal that 417,574 people signed up to the Social Security system in 2014, while registered unemployment fell by 253,627 people

INFRASTRUCTURE

Spain’s AVE high-speed rail system set for record expansion in 2015

Network to grow by a third this election year with new stations and more than 1,000 kilometers of track to open

JUSTICE

Why the New Year will not mean a clean slate for corruption suspects

The king’s sister Cristina and the corrupt Gürtel businessmen will face trial during 2015 as part of 150 ongoing investigations involving 2,000 official suspects

Emergency services tend to the alleged aggressor, who also fell onto the train tracks. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ

Police officer killed in capital after being pushed onto train track

El País Madrid

The 28-year-old was reportedly shoved in front of train while trying to identify a citizen, who was also injured in incident

Madrid’s Atocha train station reopens after false bomb alert

El País Madrid

Authorities confirm that suspect, who told passengers he wanted to commit suicide, was not carrying explosives

Enrique Sánchez and Ana Ruiz during the ill-fated broadcast from Almería.

Andalusian TV executive loses job over New Year’s Eve gaffe

Viewers miss their grape count after commercials interrupt broadcast

Taxi app Uber closes service in Spain in wake of judicial order

Rosa Jiménez Cano San Francisco

Judge had instructed company to cease operations after accepting complaint from Madrid Taxi Association. Support services such as credit card firms had already stopped functioning with the app

Banking scandal

Caja Madrid board was paid an extra €15 million, says audit

At least 80 percent of over-payments were made to 12 top members of the savings bank’s board, including then-chairman Miguel Blesa

Number of abortions in Spain continues downward trend

Figures for 2013 reveal a 3.2% drop compared to previous year. Experts point to demographic changes and wider availability of morning-after pill as reasons behind fall in demand

A collapsed shelf in a courthouse in Vilanova y la Geltrú, Catalonia.

Are Spain’s courts fit for purpose?

Judges and civil servants say working conditions are dangerous and intolerable

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EDITOR’S PICK

Cayetana de Alba in May 2011, with five of her children sitting behind her.

Duchess of Alba’s secret will to be opened this month

Madrid court set to reveal mystery instructions that Spanish aristocrat, who died in November, drafted in 1973

Why working 8am to 3pm is still a dream for most of Spain

Power firm Iberdrola’s timetable has improved productivity, but rest of nation’s private sector is reluctant to change

Life and death in Galicia

Margo Pool’s husband was murdered in Santaolla, but the Dutch widow says that won’t stop her from spending the rest of her days in the abandoned village

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LATIN AMERICA

Mexico’s Peña Nieto to discuss immigration reform with Obama

Two presidents set to tackle most recent policies during White House meeting on Tuesday

What to do about US firms’ Cuba expropriation claims?

Nearly 6,000 companies say the Castro regime owes them more than €7 billion for nationalizing their property

Brazil’s Rousseff begins second term

President believes adjustments are necessary but without affecting low-income earners

Why 2014 is a year for Mexico to forget

The Iguala massacre has been disastrous for Peña Nieto's second year in office

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