Tag: Mariano Rajoy

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2012 - 16:33 UTC

  Cameron reaffirms to Rajoy 30.000 Gibraltarians right to self determination

  

  Britain will not negotiate with Spain on the question of sovereignty over Gibraltar without the approval of the colony's residents, Premier David Cameron said this week during a visit by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 22:19 UTC

  Euro debt crisis: Moody warns France and Britain’s triple-A rating could be next

  

  Rating agency Moody's announced on Tuesday it had downgraded six European nations including Italy, Spain and Portugal, citing growing risks from Europe's debt crisis, and warned it may cut the triple-A ratings of France, Britain and Austria.

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 00:47 UTC

  Spanish government to unveil drastic reforms to rigid labour legislation

  

  Spain's government will unveil reforms to rigid labour laws on Friday that it hopes will be radical enough to get to grips with sky-high unemployment while not severing links altogether with unions ahead of key regional elections.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 21:46 UTC

  Rajoy and Cameron scheduled to meet 21 February in London, says Madrid media

  

  Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s Prime Minister, is expected to meet with his British counterpart David Cameron later this month. According to Spanish press reports the meeting is likely to take place in London on February 21.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 16:32 UTC

  Spain’s central banks says economy forecasted to shrink 1.5% in 2012

  

  Spain’s economy contracted in the fourth quarter and will shrink 1.5% this year, the Bank of Spain estimated, undermining government efforts to cut the budget deficit amid the second recession in two years.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:16 UTC

  Unemployment in Spain climbs to 4.4 million at end of 2011

  

  Spain ended 2011 with record high unemployment, according to data released Tuesday as the new conservative government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy considers additional austerity measures to reduce the budget deficit.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:39 UTC

  New Spanish government announces draconian measures to balance the budget

  

  Spain's new government revealed on Friday that the public deficit for 2011 would come in at 8% of GDP, well above a target of 6%, and announced income and property tax hikes and a civil servant wage freeze in response.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 03:31 UTC

  Madrid has first woman mayor; promises to bid for 2020 Olympic Games

  

  Ana Botella, the wife of former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, was sworn-in Tuesday as Madrid’s first woman mayor. She succeeds Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, mayor of the capital since 2003, who resigned to serve as Justice Minister in the new Conservative government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2011 - 05:08 UTC

  Orthodox economists will manage the Spanish economy with Rajoy

  

  New Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy named on Wednesday a cabinet of mostly close advisers charged with reviving the sluggish economy while slashing spending to reassure investors the Euro zone's No. 4 economy can stay solvent.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 02:26 UTC

  Congress votes Rajoy PM who anticipates even tougher austerity measures

  

  Spanish lawmakers voted Tuesday to make conservative leader Mariano Rajoy the new prime minister, approving his program of sweeping budget cuts and tough economic reforms.