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JUSTICE

Paparazzi could face prison under new criminal code reform

El País Madrid

Publishing personal images without permission could lead to jail as violent criminals face harsher punishment, including extension of sentences to keep them behind bars

Urdangarin gives up Brazil Telefónica post

El País Madrid

King’s son-in-law already on leave of absence from Spanish telecoms group in wake of corruption accusations

REGIONAL DEBT

Catalonia taps bailout fund for additional aid

El País Barcelona

Cash-strapped region asks for 410 million euros to cover healthcare and education costs

ECONOMY

Spain takes umbrage at Standard & Poor’s downgrade

El País Madrid

Economy Ministry official says near junk-status ratings cut fails to factor in impact of reforms on growth

IMF says Spain, Portugal should be given more time to trim deficits

Lagarde calls on “creditor countries” to facilitate bailouts for countries that need them

Rajoy and Hollande to lobby for fast implementation of banking union

Miguel Mora Paris

Spanish leader remains coy over whether Spain will seek second bailout

ECB bond purchasing needs to be seen as “real” to work: IMF

Agency says it is Spain’s call on bailout but warns of risks of not seeking aid

Spanish bank borrowings from ECB fall for the first time in a year

Lenders tapped 378.2 billion euros from supervisor in September

German politicos lend ear to Spanish 15-M ‘indignados’

“We ask for your help. Our government doesn’t listen to us,” activists tell visiting parliamentarians

BASQUE ELECTIONS

Basque leaders play cagey game in shadow of Catalan sovereignty push

Javier Rivas Bilbao

Non-nationalist parties try to draw out PNV candidate on post-election plans for the region

REGIONAL UNREST

Three quarters of Catalans want independence vote

El País / Agencies Barcelona / Madrid

Education minister says government wants to “Hispanicize” region’s students

A diver shows the damage down to posidonias in Ses Salines.

More than 800 yachts dropped anchor on protected sea grass

Posidonia takes decades to grow and is protected under EU regulations

CRIME

Call to tackle “alarming” number of children being whisked abroad

In 2011, 136 minors were taken out of Spain without consent of one of the parents, according to judiciary chiefs

Police arrest 16-year-old girl for arranging hit on her brother

El País Madrid

Initial police investigations suggest a drugs link

“My son is back; it could have been worse,” — mother after kidnap case

Boy spent three nights and two days with his hands tied inside an apartment in Barcelona

SOCCER

Why ‘La Roja’ fans won’t watch world champion’s next match

El País Madrid

Friday’s Belarus-Spain qualifier fails to seduce Spanish broadcasters who say the price is too high

De Villota: “I won this race because I am still alive”

El País Madrid

Former Formula 1 test pilot talks publicly for first time about accident in which she lost an eye

REGIONAL DEBT

Galicia premier denies cooking the books to meet deficit target

El País Madrid

Socialist electoral candidate accuses region’s PP government after audit court detects irregularities

CHARITIES

Red Cross staff hand out parcels at a food bank in Tres Cantos, Madrid. / EL PAÍS

Red Cross issues first appeal in Spain to help those affected by crisis

El País / EP Madrid

Organization wants to provide aid to 300,000 people in dire straits

Spain shoots up the wealth disparity charts

El País Madrid

Gap between rich and poor exceeded only by Lithuania in EU

ENVIRONMENT

The erosive effect of the ships that ran aground off the coast of Valencia

The difficulty of refloating the vessels is damaging the nearby beaches

Payments of €5.9m to Julio Iglesias were hidden by ex-Valencia premier

El País Madrid

Singer picked up fees paid with public money in exchange for promoting tourism in Valencia

TERRORISM

A photo supplied by the police of the explosive materials found in a Madrid hostel. / EFE

Police arrest bombing suspect at downtown Madrid hostel

El País Madrid

Detained man had maps of a Boadilla industrial complex and embassy addresses. Manager at inn alerted police when he found explosives stored inside his room

Pharmacist who kissed female staff acquitted of sexual harassment

El País Madrid

Provincial High Court overturns ruling, saying there was abuse rather than the original charge

REAL ESTATE MARKET

Homes sales break a 17-month downward trend

Purchases climb three percent in August from a year earlier as buyers anticipate tax hike

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Metro Madrid to halve number of trains in service after 11pm

Fresh cutback move comes as company considers earlier shutdown of service four nights a week

DEMONSTRATIONS

National Police riot officers maintain a cordon around Congress. / BERNARDO PÉREZ

A glimpse behind the visors — How Spain’s riot police operate

Violent actions against protestors outside Congress have put the UIP force in the spotlight

“No evidence” of crimes in Congress protest, judge rules

High Court magistrate Pedraz berates police for exaggerating demonstration's risk element

Socialists call for investigation into rape joke made by PP official

José Manuel Castelao said at a work meeting that laws and women were "there to be violated"

SPORTS

Marcelo Bielsa on the touchline during Athletic's match against Sparta Prague. / JUAN FLOR (DIARIO AS)

“You are premature millionaires”

El País / Rob Train Madrid

Leaked transcripts reveal wrath of Athletic coach Marcelo Bielsa after cup final loss

SOCCER FINANCES

Too old for a 900,000-euro contract

El País Madrid

Former Rayo midfielder had agreement slashed by a court at club’s behest

Más información

Basketball team “trashed apartments” — Olympics chief

Defeated finalists caused five-figure amount of damage in Olympic Village

Members of the Spanish basketball team on arrival at Madrid's Barajas airport. / SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ

Human castles — a metaphor for the Catalan spirit

Muscular tradition more popular than ever as region fights to decide its own future

LATIN AMERICA

Mexico takes down top Zetas leader

El País Madrid

Armed gunmen storm mortuary and steal body of drug cartel's notorious boss

Venezuela's Chávez celebrates win

Leftist leader said his victory over Capriles was a defeat of "colonialism"

Lula da Silva's right-hand man convicted

Juan Arias Río de Janeiro

Dirceu was once Brazil's second-most powerful politician

Chevron loses US battle to block Ecuadorian judgment

El País Madrid

Oil giant ordered to pay 13.4-billion-euro pollution fine

FEATURES

DEMONSTRATIONS

Protestors on a recent march make their way through Madrid. / SANTI BURGOS (EL PAÍS)

What to make of the "silent majority"

Many are outraged at Rajoy's attempts to speak on behalf of those who don't come out to protest

GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS

The Surround Congress protests, according to Tim

Tim Pool has spent the last year live-streaming protest movements to the world. His footage from the Madrid demonstrations has been seen by thousands

TOWARD THE END OF TERRORISM

A march in San Sebastián in 2010 against the alleged torture of ETA members by the Civil Guard. / REUTERS

The torturous process of proving ETA mistreatment

Spain is accused of not investigating accusations of police brutality against terror suspects. Part of the problem lies in a lack of transparency: detainees are held incommunicado

ENVIRONMENT

Spain's air: in need of radical clean-up

Successive governments have done nothing to combat excessive pollution levels

BANKING CRISIS

Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordoñez and Rodrigo Rato. / CLAUDIO ÁLVAREZ (EL PAÍS)

Directors accused Bankia's auditor of keeping a lid on ruinous accounts

"No one has told us about any shortfall over the past 18 months," say executives. "It is unusual to formulate accounts without an audit report," says chairman

EMPLOYMENT

For changing circumstances, Spaniards are changing places

Due to the crisis, the option of moving to another city or even abroad in search of work is becoming a must for many

EDITOR'S PICK

ARCHEOLOGY

The Troy of Murcia

Jacinto Antón Barcelona

Archeologists unearth Bronze Age fort "with a design from the East"

ART

Gauguin’s South Sea adventures

El País Madrid

New show on the influential French artist

The coastline restorers

No trace remains of a tourism complex that during four decades sat atop the spectacular cliffs at Tudela-Culip

Half a century later... Barcelona

Gritty photos of the city that were rejected by a publisher see the light of day

ART

Picasso’s shades of gray

Shows in Madrid and New York uncover nuances of ‘Guernica’

LITERATURE

Reading for free in Madrid

New project offers books for nothing

CINEMA

More ghosts, less gore

Brain surgeons, Bruce Willis and a new ‘E.T.’ star at this year’s Sitges film fest

Andalusia offers ray of light for film sector

Sergio Mellado Málaga

Producers still flocking to shoot in region

This week’s movie releases

Nick Funnell Madrid

Channing Tatum reveals all in Steven Soderbergh's 'Magic Mike,' while Liam Neeson cracks more skulls in 'Taken 2'

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

A referendum without tension

Westminster and Edinburgh agree terms of vote on Scotland’s exit from the United Kingdom

OPINION

The Europe of debt

Spain was not Greece when the crisis began, but four years later the similarities are growing

EDITORIAL

A whiff of the past

The Madrid High Court’s interpretation of sexual harassment leaves women defenseless

OPINION

Rota, for nothing

When Franco died, the Spanish gave the world a surprise. Our various political forces sat down and worked out reasonable, dispassionate solutions

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