Tag: Spain

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 23:34 UTC

  Gibraltar willing to enter a double taxation treaty with Spain

  

  Gibraltar said it complies with European Union and OECD regulations regarding finance centres and also indicated that it was willing to enter a double taxation treaty with Spain.

• Friday, October 26th 2012 - 21:30 UTC

  Spain unemployment and economic situation only comparable to Franco’s days

  

  Spain's unemployment rate hit a record high in the third quarter, with one in four out of work and more expected to lose their jobs in 2013 as the next phase of government cutbacks kicks in.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 19:06 UTC

  Santander quarterly profits plummet 90%; property losses provision of 3.5bn euros

  

  Spanish bank Santander has said its quarterly profits fell by more than 90% after taking provisions for bad property loans in its local market. Net income fell to 100m Euros in the third quarter from 1.8bn Euros in the same period last year, it said.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 21:20 UTC

  Gibraltar, a ‘smokescreen’ to distract Spain’s austerity cuts claims political party

  

  The Spanish leftwing political party Izquierda Unida [IU] has tabled questions in Spain’s parliament asking why Gibraltar continues to be a priority matter for the central government in Madrid.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 03:11 UTC

  Spain wants to ban photos and filming of security forces ‘on exercise of their functions’

  

  The Spanish government challenged by growing protests and street demonstrations and a possible national strike next month is considering a ban on photographing, filming or reproducing images of police and state security forces that are on duty, according to officials.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 03:04 UTC

  Landslides for Rajoy in Galicia but Basques raise the question of ‘independence’

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy conservative Popular Party on Sunday retained power in his home region of Galicia despite recession and biting austerity measures, official results showed.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 18:32 UTC

  Gibraltar admitted to UEFA junior football and Futsal competitions

  

  Gibraltar Football Association President Gareth Latin announced that Gibraltar has been invited to participate in UEFA Under 17, Under 19 and Futsal competitions, commencing in September 2013, despite Spain’s “outright objection”.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 05:03 UTC

  UK tells Spain border checks and delays in Gibraltar border are ‘unacceptable’

  

  Britain this week raised the issue of disproportionate Gibraltar border checks and delays “at the highest level” with the Spanish Government. The issue was revealed in Parliament by Europe Minister David Lidington who was responding to a question in an emergency debate instigated by the all party Gibraltar group.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 22:17 UTC

  Spain has lost a million people since January 2011 because of the recession

  

  Condemned by recession, almost a million persons have left Spain since January last year according to a report from the country’s National Statistics Institute, INE, which also points out that the trend has intensified in the first nine months of this year.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:39 UTC

  Gibraltar condemns Spanish policy of deliberate delays at the border crossing

  

  The Gibraltar Government strongly condemned the lengthy and deliberate delays to cross the frontier into Spain which have been experienced by Gibraltarians and visitors to Gibraltar. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, currently in London has already been in touch with the UK Government and urged them to take up the matter with Spain at the highest level