Tag: Spain

• Tuesday, February 15th 2011 - 20:17 UTC

  UK/Spain holds talks on ways to re-launch trilateral dialogue with Gibraltar

  

  The Spanish media revealed that Spain’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez will be in London this coming Thursday to meet with her UK counterpart William Hague for a bilateral meeting on various international issues including Gibraltar.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  Santander, Euro zone largest bank helped by solid results in UK and Brazil

  

  The collapse of the Spanish property prices helped pull annual profit down 8.5% at the Euro zone largest bank Santander. Solid results from Brazil and Britain, which each account for more profit than Spain at the diversified bank, failed to calm fears about exposure to a stagnant domestic economy, struggling to shake off the worst recession in half a century.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 00:11 UTC

  Clinton Praises Spain’s “Important” Role in Latina America

  

  United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised the “important” role Spain plays in Latin America and said the nation is a “great defender” of human rights in the region.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 20:18 UTC

  Spain-China Expand Alliance

  

  Spanish Telefónica and Chinese operator Unicom agreed on Sunday to expand their alliance, both investing a further U$ 500 million in the other. Under the agreement, China Unicom could get a seat on Telefónica.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:45 UTC

  China to the rescue of Europe confirms purchase of Spanish sovereign debt

  

  Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said Beijing is willing to buy about Euro 6 billion worth of Spanish public debt, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government sources.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 12:42 UTC

  Future Chinese PM promises full financial and economic support for Spain

  

  China has confidence in the Spanish financial market and will continue buying bonds issued by Spain’s government, Beijing’s Deputy prime minister said in an op-ed published in Madrid daily El Pais.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 11:10 UTC

  As with Greece and Portugal, China comes to Spain’s rescue; 7.5 billion deals

  

  China and Spain signed this week business deals worth 7.5 billion US dollars, a welcome boost for Spain's recession-hit economy. Visiting Vice-Premier Li Keqiang also vowed to help Europe overcome its debt crisis (and support the Euro), as he started his three-nation European tour.

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 23:27 UTC

  US warships try to avoid docking in Gibraltar to keep strong relation with Spain

  

  Secret US document newly released by Wikileaks underscores the critical importance of Spain as a strategic logistics hub for the US military. The document details the importance of bases such as Rota, just a short drive from Gibraltar.

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 21:27 UTC

  Spain will only discuss Gibraltar sovereignty issues with the UK

  

  Spain will not discuss any issue that affects Gibraltar’ sovereignty within the context of the Trilateral Forum, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said in an interview over the Christmas break and some its extracts collected in the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  OECD says Spain needs urgent labour market and tax reforms

  

  Spain is slowly emerging from recession but needs to cut spending further and introduce labour market reforms, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said.