Tag: Spain

Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 18:00 UTC
Spain top of the list for European pensioners seeking to relocate

Sun, sea and sangria come top of the list for European pensioners seeking to relocate for retirement, a new survey showed this week. The survey by employee management consulting firm Aon Corporation found that one in four Europeans wishing to retire abroad would like to move to Spain, followed by France, Italy and the United States.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:26 UTC
Record unemployment in Spain reaches 20.09%, highest since 1997

Spain’s unemployment rate already the highest in the Euro region rose to the most in more than a decade in the second quarter: 20.09% up from 20.05% in the first quarter, according to the country’s National Statistics Institute. This is the highest since 1997.
Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 23:52 UTC
Spain savings restructure eliminates State Secretary for Ibero-America

The Spanish government approved Friday a sweeping reform of the Ministries of Industry and Foreign Affairs which included the elimination of the State Secretary for Ibero-America.
Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:30 UTC
Spain’s 2010 tourism receipts down for the third year running

For the third year running Spain tourism receipts will fall in 2010 according to the Exeltur, the Alliance for Tourism Excellence which brings together the country’s industry. The latest data indicates that real receipts this year will drop an estimated 2.4% to 37.2 billion US dollars following a 10.6% fall in 2009 and 1% in 2008.
Monday, July 19th 2010 - 00:21 UTC
Spain calls for ‘understanding’ from released Cuban political prisoners

Spanish Foreign Affairs minister Míguel Angel Moratinos called for “understanding” from the released Cuban political prisoners which arrived in Spain and who are complaining about their ‘undefined’ legal status.
Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:32 UTC
Paul, the oracle octopus not for sale Germany tells Madrid zoo

The Madrid zoo made this week a transfer bid for Paul the oracle octopus his aquarium in Germany it would outbid all others and give him a warm welcome in gratitude for predicting Spain’s soccer World Cup win.
Friday, July 16th 2010 - 07:54 UTC
New UK government retakes Trilateral talks with Spain and Gibraltar

The first set of high level Trilateral technical talks involving a UK Conservative-Liberal coalition government are to take place in Gibraltar next week, it was formally confirmed.
Wednesday, July 7th 2010 - 06:19 UTC
Argentina, Brazil, Spain leaders offer to mediate in Middle East conflict

The European Union and Latinamerica could play a crucial role in helping solve the Middle East conflict said Syrian president Bashar al-Assad following an offer from Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to mediate in a Damascus-Israel dialogue.
Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 07:22 UTC
Latinamerica, one of the very few benefiting from Spain’s EU presidency

Spain's ambitious six-month presidency of the EU was eclipsed by the European debt crisis which thrust the country's fragile economy into the global spotlight and weakened the Spanish government, analysts said.
Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 04:24 UTC
Spanish Parliament supports Gibraltar’s bunkering operations

The Spanish Parliament voted Tuesday against a proposal urging a ban on the use of floating storage tankers in Gibraltar. The Popular Party motion before the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission called on Madrid to ask the British Government to force Gibraltar to store all bunkering fuel on land.