Tag: Spain

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 05:58 UTC

  Italy and Spain pass austerity measures to control budgets and debts

  

  Italy and Spain have passed new austerity measures as they battle to control their debts. Italy's upper house of parliament approved an austerity package which should cut its deficit by some 54 billion Euros over three years.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 04:35 UTC

  Spain’s conservative opposition extends lead over Socialists to 15 points

  

  Spain’s conservative opposition People’s Party (PP) has extended its lead over the ruling Socialists and is on course to win a parliamentary majority in the November 20 elections, according to an opinion poll on Sunday.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:04 UTC

  Gibraltar territorial waters dispute postponed at least until after November

  

  Spain’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenz has confirmed that there will be no further tripartite talks regarding Gibraltar whilst the dispute on issues related to sovereignty of Gibraltar territorial waters continues.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 11:28 UTC

  European Central Bank expected to buy Italian and Spanish bonds

  

  The European Central Bank has said it will buy Euro zone bonds, following emergency talks on the debt crisis. ECB did not say which bonds it would buy but analysts expect them to be from Italy and Spain.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 - 21:29 UTC

  Emergency bells ringing in Europe: Italy and Spain in the Euro danger zone

  

  Financial market pressure on Italy intensified on Tuesday, sucking Europe's second biggest debtor nation deeper into the Euro area danger zone and prompting emergency consultations in Rome and among European capitals.

• Friday, July 29th 2011 - 18:50 UTC

  Rodriguez Zapatero calls early election; Spanish opposition leads opinion polls

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced Friday an early general election in November, four months early than scheduled, looking to capitalize on a slight upturn in opinion poll ratings.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 01:59 UTC

  Weak Spanish government conditions enthusiasm for an EU/Mercosur deal

  

  The Spanish government's enthusiasm for an European Union free-trade agreement with Mercosur remains solid and Madrid seems willing to put some sectors of agriculture at risk in exchange for access to new markets for the country's multinationals.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 20:46 UTC

  Royal blessing for Gibraltar priest to head leading Catholic college in Valladolid

  

  The King of Spain will approve the appointment of Father John Pardo as head of the Catholic college in Valladollid.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 05:36 UTC

  Spain next candidate to request major aid package, say London bookies

  

  Following the second rescue of Greece, Spain is the next candidate to request a major financial aid package according to William Hill one of the largest bookmakers in the United Kingdom.

• Sunday, June 19th 2011 - 22:46 UTC

  Greece and Spain react to the Euro-pact of painful economic reforms

  

  As the Euro crisis debt crisis expands, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou appealed to parliament to support a new cabinet appointed to push through painful economic reforms, saying a debt default would be catastrophic for the country and the European Union.