Tag: Spain

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 08:18 UTC

  Gibraltar demands action from UK, after latest incident with Spain’s Guardia Civil

  

  The Gibraltar government has told the UK that 'the time has now come for action, not simply written protests from London to Madrid' in defence of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, following the latest incident where a Gibraltar vessel was boarded by the Guardia Civil in Gibraltar waters 'and forcibly conveyed' together with its occupants to Algeciras 'at high speed and without navigational lights.'

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 04:06 UTC

  EU parliament president warns economic crisis could spark “social explosion”

  

  European Parliament president Martin Schulz warned this weekend that Spain's economic crisis could spark a “social explosion” across the continent.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 18:14 UTC

  Police and Civil Guard members join massive spontaneous protests in Spain

  

  The protest movement against the conservative Spanish government's latest austerity measures swelled on Thursday as public sector workers stepped up demonstrations in Madrid and around the country after more than a week of spontaneous action.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 09:03 UTC

  Argentina will attend Ibero-American summit next November in Spain

  

  Argentina will be attending the Ibero-American Summit to be held November 16/17 in the Spanish city of Cadiz confirmed the International Cooperation Secretary of State for Ibero-America, Jesús Gracia Aldaz.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 07:41 UTC

  Spain, Argentina and Brazil the strongest football tournaments in the world

  

  Argentina's First Division is second strongest tournament in the world after Spain, according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) July release.

• Monday, July 16th 2012 - 03:21 UTC

  Merkel confident Bundestag will support aid package for Spanish banks

  

  Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was confident that a majority of German lawmakers would back aid for Spain's ailing banking sector at a special sitting of the lower house Bundestag set for Thursday.

• Thursday, July 12th 2012 - 19:59 UTC

  Gibraltar says UK/Spain bilateralism is “dead and will never ever be revived”

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has declared that UK-Spain bilateralism is “dead and will never ever be revived under any circumstances” regarding the Rock’s future.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 22:28 UTC

  Rajoy raises VAT to 21% and drastically cuts benefits and other perks

  

  Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced a swathe of new taxes and spending cuts designed to slash 65 billion Euros from the budget deficit by 2014 as recession-plagued Spain struggles to meet tough targets agreed with Europe.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 22:16 UTC

  Germany expected to grow 1.9% in 2013 because of Euro crisis

  

  Germany's DIW economic research institute slashed its 2013 forecast for Europe's largest economy by 0.5 percentage points to 1.9% on Wednesday, saying the Euro zone debt crisis would have a bigger impact than it had originally expected.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 05:21 UTC

  Spain applies further budget savings and is granted another year to reach targets

  

  Euro-zone ministers agreed early on Tuesday to grant Spain an extra year until 2014 to reach its deficit reduction targets in exchange for further budget savings and set the parameters of an aid package for Madrid's ailing banks.