Government considering hike in reduced rate of VAT
Spaniards could pay up to 18 percent on goods and services that fall under reduced bracket
Nadal looks for grass roots
Clay-court king to kick off Wimbledon campaign on Tuesday
Soccer world shocked by death of Real Betis player Miquel Roqué
Stars from club and country pay homage to onetime Liverpool defender who suffered from pelvic cancer
Government keeps back 250 million euros for troubled toll roads
Fund to maintain companies extended as minister insists more turnpikes will be built
Ex-directors of intervened bank face embezzlement charges
Novacaixagalicia chiefs accused of taking home illicit payoffs on top of pensions
Rajoy's jump onto the global stage
The PM has attended more international meetings in one week than in eight years
Final decision on site for EuroVegas to be announced in September
Las Vegas Sands Corporation delegation arrives in Spain for new round of meetings Both Madrid and Barcelona still in the running for 27-billion-euro site, say promoters
Lack of nerve for environmental action
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Rio+20 has produced a document full of good intentions, but no commitment
Rajoy warns of “difficult” reforms still to come
Employers association calls for further government action
The injudicious judge
Carlos Dívar resigned over allegations of misusing his expense account The former chief justice was brought down by his failure to gauge the public mood
What now for the legal watchdog?
General Council of the Judiciary needs overhaul to regain public confidence
Rajoy government backed disgraced Dívar to the hilt
Deputy prime minister called on Basque Nationalist Party for support "It is normal for us to talk about strengthening our institutions," says Saénz de Santamaría
Merkel & Lagarde
The articles of the Nobel laureate Paul Krugman have begun to scare me, though I can see his essential point: countries drowning in debt have no chance of recovery
Basque Nationalist Party leader will push Rajoy to speed up plan to end ETA
Iñigo Urkullu will ask Rajoy if the government has a strategy and final deadline for disbanding PNV favors transferring ETA prisoners to a jail in the Basque Country and freeing those who are ill
Hole in accounts of toll-road operators as high as 3.8bn euros
Ministry looking at ways to keep firms from going bankrupt Ferrovial, which operates the R-4 and AP-36 highways, has one billion euros of debt with 20 banks
The judge with an institutional mountain to climb
Chief Justice Juan Antonio Xiol Ríos replaces disgraced Carlos Dívar as head of Spain’s Supreme Court
The krieg of nations
As Greek living standards fall, it is clear that intervention means humiliation. What right do EU leaders have to impose austerity?
Madrid makes formal request for banking-sector bailout
Letter by De Guindos does not specify what the total sum required will be Minister accepts that credit will be channeled to state financing body