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European Union to punish Spain for overstating 2011 deficit figures

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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Photo: EFE

European Union to punish Spain for overstating 2011 deficit figures

Reuters

A final decision still has to be made, but the European Commission believes the new government overstated the deficit figures for 2011…

Basque Painting

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum unveils exhibition devoted to Anselmo Guinea

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Anselmo Guinea: The Origins of the Modern in Basque Painting comprises 85 works, more than half of which have never before…

Sports

Spain in the spotlight

Sports minister acknowledges Spain has a problem with doping

Wert says ensuring that Spanish legislation meets world standards is key to Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympics.

Life

State of Florida

Judge rejects to repeat trial to Pablo Ibar, on death row since 2000

Pablo Ibar stands accused of three murders in 1994. On death row since 2000, Ibar has always protested his innocence…

Business

Ratings agency

Moody's downgrades credit ratings on Italy, Portugal and Spain

Moody's also cut its ratings on the smaller nations of Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta. France, Britain and Austria kept…

Politics

Spain

Supreme Court throws out bribery case against Baltasar Garzon

Garzon has faced three legal cases against him, and in the latest, he was charged with accepting fees for lectures he…

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Barcelona

Death of American college student will be treated as an homicide

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Film festival

Basque chef Aduriz's to present 'Mugaritz BSO' Monday at the Berlinale

Life

South Korea

Pastor and wife beat their children to death to cast out demons

Authorities say the couple told investigators they stopped feeding their children and beat them with a belt and a fly…

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Grammy Awards

Adele steals the show with six wins on Whitney Houston's night

Los Angeles

Soul singer Adele won every category in which she was nominated including album of the year for "21" and best record…

World

Austerity measures

Greek parliament passes unpopular package of cuts as Athens burns

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Labor market reforms

Severance pay lowered from 45 to 33 days of pay per year worked

Severance pay lowered from 45 to 33 days of pay per year worked

One of the labor market reforms approved by Spain's new conservative government lowers the severance…
Spain's conservative government passes labor market reforms

The market reforms are deemed crucial to creating jobs to chip away at Europe's worst unemployment nightmare…
Catalan photographer Samuel Aranda wins World Press Photo

The photograph captured a moment in the conflict in Yemen, when demonstrators against outgoing president…
Greeks go on strike against austerity as EU demands more cuts

Euro zone finance ministers said Athens needed to make more cuts to convince them to release a financial…
Customer from grocery store finds hand grenade hidden among potatoes

The hand grenade, which dates from the Second World War, comes from a potato field that was a battlefield…
Garzon could file an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights

"He is completely innocent," Garzon's lawyer said. "We face a long road ahead, but we still have strength."

Custo Barcelona rocks New York

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