Tag: Spain

• Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:48 UTC

  Bordering Spanish towns want to improve cooperation with Gibraltar

  

  Spanish towns neighbouring with Gibraltar have said they want to improve cooperation and day to day communications with the Rock. Isabel Beneroso president of the Mancomunidad de Municipios (Commonwealth of municipalities) visited Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Peter Caruana, the second PSOE politician to call within the space of a week.

• Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 17:56 UTC

  Moody’s downgrades Spain’s sovereign debt rating

  

  Moody's Investors Service on Thursday slashed Spain's sovereign debt rating by a notch to Aa2 with a negative outlook, saying it was uncertain about the country's ability to improve its finances.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 - 17:36 UTC

  Unemployment up in Spain: 4.3 million registered as out of a job

  

  The number of people out of a job Spain, which has the highest unemployment rate in the industrialized world, rose further in February reaching a 15 year high, the Labour ministry said Wednesday.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  Spain ‘closely following’ fishing companies difficulties in port of Montevideo

  

  The Spanish embassy is closely following the difficulties faced by Spanish fishing companies in the port of Montevideo, some of which have decided to stop operating in Uruguay.

• Friday, February 18th 2011 - 14:11 UTC

  UK/Spain reaffirm commitment to Trilateral Dialogue on Gibraltar

  

  UK and Spain's foreign ministers reaffirmed Thursday their commitment to the Tripartite Forum (UK/Spain/Gibralar) for Dialogue following a bilateral meeting in London, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2011 - 20:17 UTC

  UK/Spain holds talks on ways to re-launch trilateral dialogue with Gibraltar

  

  The Spanish media revealed that Spain’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez will be in London this coming Thursday to meet with her UK counterpart William Hague for a bilateral meeting on various international issues including Gibraltar.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  Santander, Euro zone largest bank helped by solid results in UK and Brazil

  

  The collapse of the Spanish property prices helped pull annual profit down 8.5% at the Euro zone largest bank Santander. Solid results from Brazil and Britain, which each account for more profit than Spain at the diversified bank, failed to calm fears about exposure to a stagnant domestic economy, struggling to shake off the worst recession in half a century.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 00:11 UTC

  Clinton Praises Spain’s “Important” Role in Latina America

  

  United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised the “important” role Spain plays in Latin America and said the nation is a “great defender” of human rights in the region.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 20:18 UTC

  Spain-China Expand Alliance

  

  Spanish Telefónica and Chinese operator Unicom agreed on Sunday to expand their alliance, both investing a further U$ 500 million in the other. Under the agreement, China Unicom could get a seat on Telefónica.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:45 UTC

  China to the rescue of Europe confirms purchase of Spanish sovereign debt

  

  Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said Beijing is willing to buy about Euro 6 billion worth of Spanish public debt, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government sources.