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Draghi waits at the altar as Rajoy dithers on bailout decision

El País Madrid

ECB president says conditions of bailout need not be “harsh”

Bank of Spain says deficit target for this year may be missed

El País Madrid

Linde says government should ready additional measures and that overspending regions should be fined

Euro zone considering bond insurance for Spain: sources

Reuters Madrid / Paris

Plan would cost about 50 billion euros for a year

Student planning Columbine-style massacre arrested in Mallorca

Jesús Duva / Andreu Manresa Madrid / Palma de Mallorca 1

Spaniard, 21, taken into custody after receiving delivery of bomb-making chemicals

CONGRESS PROTEST

Elena Martinez (r), one of the protestors against who charges were dropped Thursday, is greeted by supporters outside the High Court. / Emilio Naranjo (EFE)

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

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

Police actions during September protests to be investigated

El País Madrid

Videos show officers storming rail station with batons and firing smoke pellets

Madrid delegate seeks to “modulate” right-to-protest law

El País Madrid

Official complains at high number of demonstrations in the capital and defends police from violence accusations

STOLEN CHILDREN

Charges can still be filed in 1978 baby-snatching case, court rules

Jesús Duva Madrid

Madrid nun identified as “Sister Maria” told parents that newborn had died although the body was never revealed

EURO CRISIS

Portugal will hike personal income tax to meet deficit target

Agencies Madrid

Rise included in “restrictive” 2013 state budget after massive protests caused government to rethink social security plan

BANKING SECTOR

Bulk of bad bank should be in private hands, says government

Guindos wants 55 percent of entity to be non-state owned

Spanish banks need over 50 billion euros to clean up balance sheets

A. S. Madrid 1

Oliver Wyman stress tests show seven banks do not need any further funding; Bankia requires 24.743 billion euros and Popular 3.223 billion

PUBLIC DEBT

Treasury gets through first tender hurdle in a challenging month

Debt-management agency sells close to four billion euros in bonds

The door of one of the flats in the El Quiñón neighborhood, which was ransacked by squatters. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Squatters take over Madrid neighborhood

Empty flats in of El Quiñón are being targeted in what local mayor calls "an organized occupation"

DIPLOMACY

Spain uses summit to praise Morocco for fair trade winds

Prime Minister Rajoy’s visit to counterpart in Rabat focuses on business opportunities and not political strife

PUBLIC FINANCES

Madrid agrees to share Brussels deficit leeway with the regions

El País Madrid

Rajoy denies request for second bailout is imminent. Mas stays mum on fiscal pact and avoids group photo

PP barons at odds over budget ahead of regional leaders’ summit

Rajoy facing tough questions about austerity burden. Conservatives also to vent anger at Catalan separatist moves

A new battle for Rajoy

The conservative prime minister is already fighting on several fronts Now he faces an unprecedented crisis as his former ally in Catalonia sticks the knife in

BUSINESS

Spanish shareholders of French property firm Gecina seek bankruptcy protection

Syndicated loan called in after French bank refuses to extend it

Business

Telefónica to sell Gulfstream jets as part of cost cuts: sources

Company embarked on austerity drive to reduce debt

DRUGS THEFT

Gang snatches 290 kilos of cocaine from under noses of authorities

Security was “good, but not good enough,” Andalusia police chief admits after robbery

ENVIRONMENT

A cloud of polluted air hangs over the city of Madrid. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Ninety-four percent of Spaniards breathing polluted air

El País Madrid

Ecologists in Action report says that 10.4 million people are breathing air that exceeds European legal pollution limits

Spain's two-party influence must change, warns corruption watchdog

Popular Party and Socialists need to loosen grip on state organizations, says Transparency International

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REVIEW

Cristiano Ronaldo (second right) celebrates scoring against Ajax in Real’s 1-4 win in Amsterdam. / ROBIN UTRECHT (AFP)

Real and Málaga lead clean sweep

Rob Train Madrid

La Liga teams claim maximum points in round two of Europe's elite competition

SOCCER

Puyol out of action for two months

Rob Train Madrid

Defender dislocates elbow in comeback game, leaving Barça short for clásico

SOCCER

“Without my teammates I would be nothing”

Ramon Besa / Luis Martín Barcelona

In a rare in-depth interview, Lionel Messi opens up about impending fatherhood, fame and José Mourinho

GOLF

Olazábal rules out 2014 rerun

El País Madrid

Triumphant Europe Ryder Cup captain says nailbiter finish was “torture” and he will not lead the team at Gleneagles

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Uefa grants Gibraltar international soccer status on provisional basis

El País Madrid

Colony’s full membership must still be ratified by congress as Spain expresses direct opposition to move

PUBLIC FINANCES

Government studying “formulas” to compensate pensioners for inflation

El País Madrid

Social Security official acknowledges topping up pensions would represent “extra burden” for state coffers

Rajoy playing politics with pensions, says Socialist Party

Prime minister accused of waiting for regional elections before deciding on inflation-linked rises

Más información

Cycling through the jungle

Spain has Europe's highest rate of accidents involving cyclists. Experts point to a lack of rules on road use and accuse drivers of a lack of respect

Members of the Catalonia Bicycle Club mourn the loss of a bike lane. / GIANLUCA BATTISTA (EL PAÍS)

LATIN AMERICA

Venezuelans head to the polls

El País / Luis Prados / Maye Primera Madrid / Caracas

Opponent Capriles gains momentum with massive rally turnout

Argentina ups battle with media group

Francisco Peregil / El País Buenos Aires / Madrid

Conglomerate ordered to divest holdings

Mexican authorities bust ruthless Zetas leader

El País Madrid

Arrests may worsen cartel's internal leadership struggle

Brazil court hands down corruption convictions

Juan Arias Río de Janeiro

Supreme Court finds 12 members of four political parties guilty

FEATURES

GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS

Independent journalist Tim Pool, who covered last week's protests in Madrid via livecasts and videos later posted to YouTube. / CLAUDIO ÁLVAREZ (EL PAÍS)

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

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

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

ENTERPRISE

The reluctant entrepreneurs

Unemployment, pay cuts and the disappearance of whole sectors of the economy are prompting more Spaniards to start up companies

ANALYSIS

Deputies in a near-deserted Congress listen to Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

Theory of Spain’s political class

In 2013, César Molinas will publish ¿Qué hacer con España? (or, What to do with Spain?). This text is an excerpt from one of the chapters, in which he analyzes some of the causes at the root of the country's current problems

EDITOR'S PICK

ARCHITECTURE

Mallorca cathedral restores chapel to mark 666th year

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Temple renovated by Gaudí and Barceló

ART BUSINESS

Spain’s art market takes a turn for the worse

New report highlights recent slide

DESIGN

A cauldron of creativity

Ana Marcos Segovia

Olympic torch designer brings his bright ideas to the Hay Festival Segovia

TELEVISION

Spain gets its ‘Jersey Shore’

Lino Portela Gandia

Politicians and locals in tourist resort of Gandia object to presence of reality show

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

Up a dead-end street

The surge in unemployment threatens the budget stability targets agreed with Europe

OPINION

Historian, not prophet

Eric Hobsbawm, like Edward Thompson, Christopher Hill and Rodney Hilton, was an upholder of the tradition of British radical historiography

EDITORIAL

Consensus on regional affairs

The summit of premiers presents a minimal pact to Spain and the rest of the European Union

OPINION

Spain and Germany

If Spanish liberals saw their political star in Britain in World War I, conservative Spain inclined toward Germany

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