Topic: Spain
BERLIN/PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Germany and France on Sunday reiterated their commitment to implementing the decisions of last month's emergency EU summit, in an effort to restore confidence in turbulent financial markets."They stress the importance that parliamentary approval will be obtained ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday called on European leaders to make a powerful response to economic crises rippling across Europe.During a visit to Madrid she also praised reforms by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to revive the ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards began voting on Sunday in local and regional polls expected to deal heavy losses to the ruling Socialists, who are blamed for widespread unemployment that has off a wave of pre-election protests.Tens of thousands of Spaniards demonstrated in ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of young Spaniards camped out in Madrid and other cities on Saturday to protest against high unemployment and austerity, defying a ban on demonstrations in the run up to local elections.The number of protesters, dubbed "los indignados" (the ...
Spain's battered economy expanded by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2011, preliminary data showed on Friday, encouraging news as it fends off debt crisis fears.Growth in Spain's total economic output, or gross domestic product, crept up from a 0.2-percent pace ...
Romance is suffering in Spain as hard-up couples cut back on Valentine's Day gifts due to the economic crisis, according to an opinion poll.A total 48 percent of adults will not be buying any presents for their sweethearts on February 14, said ...
Spain's jobs-scarce economy shrank 0.1 percent in 2010 as the government slashed spending to avert an Irish-style debt crisis, provisional data showed Friday.The economy fared better than the government's grim forecast for a 0.3-percent decline but even as the figures turned positive ...
China is confident Spain will recover from its economic crisis and Beijing will buy Spanish public debt despite market fears of an Irish-style bailout, a top Chinese official said Monday.The comments by Vice Premier Li Keqiang were made in an op-ed piece ...
China is willing to make "positive efforts" to help Spain with its economic recovery, state media on Monday quoted Beijing's ambassador to Madrid as saying, as a top Chinese official prepared for a visit.Vice Premier Li Keqiang will pay a three-day visit ...
Spain's embattled prime minister moved Thursday to reassure the country -- and nervous markets -- over the economy, announcing a return to positive growth in the fourth quarter and a small rise in the minimum wage and in pensions for 2011.In a ...
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