Tag: Spain

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:11 UTC

  Rajoy will outline his austerity plan before EU Conservative summit

  

  Incoming Conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called on all Spaniards to work together to overcome the debt crisis and promised a new economic policy to deal with unemployment that is more than double the European Union average.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:06 UTC

  Gibraltar’s Caruana confident of new Spanish government commitment to “trilateral dialogue”

  

  The leader of the ruling GSD in Gibraltar, Peter Caruana said he was confident Spain’s Partido Popular would remain committed to trilateral dialogue, even if not necessarily to the Trilateral Forum (Gib, UK and Spain) itself in its present form.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 15:38 UTC

  Spanish regions pledge to control spending; unemployment reaches 21.52%

  

  Leaders of Spain’s indebted autonomous regions pledged on Thursday to control spending after meeting incoming Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to discuss their troubled accounts, which are at the heart of the country’s economic crisis.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 00:00 UTC

  UK reaffirms to next Spanish government full support for Gibraltar sovereignty

  

  Just a few days after the Conservative Popular Party swept into power in Spain, the British Government has underscored its long-standing assurance that it will not talk about Gibraltar’s sovereignty against the wishes of its people.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 00:27 UTC

  Spanish Conservative press predicts the demise of the Gibraltar Tripartite Forum

  

  Spain’s Conservative daily ABC diplomatic correspondent is predicting the demise of the Tripartite Forum, involving Spain, UK and Gibraltar, under Mariano Rajoy PP government expected to take office in mid December

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 06:01 UTC

  Spain no longer wonderland: in 2011 more people are leaving than arriving

  

  For the first time since data is recorded the number of people leaving Spain in search of better opportunities will be higher in 2011 than those incoming, according to the country’s stats office, INE.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Head of Spain’s main banking group meets with Brazilian president

  

  The president of Spain’s banking group Santander Emilio Botin described Brazil as “a very interesting market for Spain” following a meeting with Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 00:11 UTC

  Spanish president-elect Rajoy will only say he has mandate for austerity measures

  

  President-elect Mariano Rajoy resisted pressure on Monday to disclose his plans for rescuing Spain from economic disaster, keeping anxious Spaniards and impatient investors on edge following his election triumph.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 03:40 UTC

  Overwhelming victory and absolute majority for Spanish conservatives

  

  The conservative opposition People's Party (PP) won an overwhelming victory in Spain's election on Sunday as voters vented their rage on the ruling Socialists for the worst economic crisis in generations.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 06:02 UTC

  ECB comes to the rescue of Spain; Conservative landslide anticipated Sunday

  

  Spaniards may hand the biggest majority in three decades to the conservative opposition People’s Party leader Mariano Rajoy, as polls suggest Europe’s debt crisis will push a fifth government from power.