The slowing pace of employment destruction
The deterioration is less acute than in recent years — it’s a welcome sign, but no cause for celebration
Yield on 10-year government bond falls to three-year low at auction
Treasury hits issue target of 3.4 billion euros
Finance Ministry corrects public debt projection figure for 2014
Estimate is now 98.9 percent of GDP instead of 99.8 percent
Prosecutors ponder legality of Alianza far-right group
Ultra-nationalist organization planning to hold Catalan-flag-burning rally in Barcelona on October 12
Catalan not needed for Balearic civil service posts, rules top court
Constitutional justices reject appeal against PP reform downgrading knowledge of language to a mere advantage
Blackmailed into shutting down
Obama and the Republicans fail to settle their differences, jeopardizing economic recovery in the US
US retaliates for diplomat expulsions by kicking out three Venezuelans
Maduro claims embassy officials were plotting to wreak havoc on state-run industries
Jobless claims rise in September after end of summer tourism season
The increase in the month was the lowest since 2007 Rajoy hails best figure for years
Little room for maneuver
The state budget for 2014 is more realistic and adheres to the limits imposed by the crisis
Civil Guard round up members of pro-ETA inmates group
Minister calls Herrira "an arm" of the terrorist organization
A government held hostage
Italy, lurching from crisis to crisis, cannot afford to keep Berlusconi within its political workings
Azahara Muñoz wins Open de France by a single stroke
Málaga golfer has now won three professional titles
Next year’s budget sees public debt matching GDP
Pensioners to receive minimum hike of 0.25 percent set in Popular Party reform Public investment cut once more Royal Household gets less money as government salaries stay frozen
The quality of democracy
Reducing Spain’s parliament to a spectacle of vetoes and shouting undermines political stability
Dead Galicia girl’s parents both jailed in homicide probe
Questioned by judge, mother maintains that she did not kill daughter, who had been drugged with diazepam
Futurism is already here
Fortunato Depero revival is a taste of things to come
Cash registers in the hospital
Health Ministry launches a new copayment scheme without demonstrating its advantages
Cabinet approves “recovery” state budget for next year
Austerity drive to continue but with no new tax hikes and the expectation of job creation for the first time since the start of the crisis
Soccer, slaughter and the Beatles
Films about foosball, cannibals and John Lennon are lighting up San Sebastián
This week’s movie releases
From Spanish ‘Witching and Bitching’ to a frothy return to France for Michel Gondry
Bloomberg subjects Rajoy to rare grilling about Bárcenas slush fund case
Prime minister’s office subsequently tried to persuade US network to pull compromising sections of interview
Mortgages granted in July drop to new record lows
Rampant unemployment and tougher conditions from banks see home loans slow to a trickle
Excessive optimism
The prospect of record tourism figures and revenues should not mask the need for a new model
Search continues for evidence linking parents to murder of 12-year-old
Body of Asunta was found just five kilometers from family’s country property
Bernabéu to get company
Real Madrid to fund remodeling of stadium by putting sponsor’s name on wall
A worrying issue
Greater caution is needed when members of the armed forces fail to respect political neutrality
Las Vegas Sands knocks the ball into the government’s court
Gaming empire calls on Spain to guarantee “legal framework” for Eurovegas casino complex
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