Topic: Spain
Spain holds 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery, spreading euro2.3 billion ($3 billion) in winningsSpain's beloved Christmas lottery sprinkled euro2.3 billion ($3 billion) in holiday cheer across the country Wednesday, winnings eagerly welcomed by a nation facing 20 percent unemployment.The lottery billed as the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spain will ward off the worst of a European debt crisis without needing a rescue and there is no threat to the euro currency's existence, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.Dominique Strauss-Kahn, interviewed at a ...
MADRID (Reuters Life!) - There may be a gulf between their incomings and outgoings and a debt crisis sweeping through Europe, but that won't stop Spaniards from making the most of the "puente" this long pre-Christmas holiday weekend.Despite news of tax rises, ...
LISBON (Reuters) - As Portugal struggles through an economic crisis, a mood of "saudade" is gripping many of its people.The sentiment is a national characteristic -- a feeling of melancholy and resignation and a nostalgia for a past that always seems better ...
Spain's borrowing costs have soared in a sale of 3- and 6-month bills amid fears the country could be affected by the spreading debt crisis.. The auction Tuesday came as Madrid's Ibex 35 bourse dipped for the second day in a row ...
As debt-stricken Ireland heads for a Greek-style EU bailout, Spain is desperately trying to avoid being lumped in the same basket but analysts warn it will have to do more to keep investors happy.There is "absolutely no reason" to compare Spain with ...
Spain's timid economic recovery ground to a halt in the third quarter as government cut-backs began to bite, official data showed Wednesday, feeding recession fears.Total economic output, or gross domestic product, showed zero growth in the three months to September compared to ...
Spain's timid economic recovery stalled in the third quarter amid tough austerity measures, official data showed on Wednesday.Gross domestic product showed zero growth in the three months to September 30 from output in the previous quarter, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said ...
Gross domestic product showed zero growth in the three months to September 30 from the previous quarter, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said in a preliminary estimate.It followed growth of 0.2 percent in the second quarter and 0.1 percent in the first ...
For 10 years Philip IV's widow, Maria Anna of Austria, acted as regent for Charles II (1665-1700). The last years of the childless and clearly dying Charles II were occupied by the maneuvers of the European powers for the Spanish succession or, ...
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