Tag: Spain

• Thursday, November 4th 2010 - 15:49 UTC

  Spain wants to renew bilateral talks with UK on Gibraltar’s sovereignty

  

  New Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez has declared that her objective in respect of Gibraltar is “to generate enough confidence to renew bilateral talks about Gibraltar’s sovereignty with the British Government.”

• Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:13 UTC

  Chavez rejects claims Spanish ETA terrorists were trained in Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez dismissed claims from Spain that two members of Basque separatist group ETA were trained in Venezuela as part of an international campaign to besmirch his government.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 04:52 UTC

  Spain presents draconian budget with unemployment remaining above 19%

  

  Spain presented a tough 2011 budget, deepening an austerity drive and taxing the rich more heavily as it seeks to boost confidence in a fragile economy ahead of a general strike.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:22 UTC

  Gibraltar apologizes to Madrid for illegal police search in Spain

  

  The Gibraltar Government made public an apology to Spain at the weekend after a Madrid newspaper revealed that two Gibraltar policemen illegally searched a house in Alcaidesa and seized evidence without first informing the Spanish authorities.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 23:26 UTC

  Spanish toll on Gibraltar traffic reaches the European Commission

  

  The controversy over a Spanish town Mayor proposal for a toll on traffic to neighbouring Gibraltar has reached the European Union. Ashley Fox, Gibraltar’s Tory MEP, has asked the European Commission to state whether the proposal would breach EU rules on freedom of movement.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:49 UTC

  Spanish congress approved labour market reforms; protest strike Sept. 29th

  

  Spain's lawmakers gave their final approval to a package of government-proposed labour market reforms aimed at cutting down the country's high unemployment rate and reviving the economy.

• 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.