You search by tag - Spain


	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Economy shrinksSpain’s economy shrank in the fourth quarter, pushing the country toward its second recession since 2009 and undermining government efforts to narrow the budget deficit. Gross domestic product fell 0.3 per
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Spain's example shows limits of EU targets As euro-zone leaders discuss whether to impose penalties on heavily indebted member countries that break certain fiscal limits, Spain's experience shows why more centralized s
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Spain seen as next eurozone victim by analystsSpain may be the next victim of bearish investors in the eurozone bond markets because of its difficulty in meeting deficit reduction targets, weak economy and struggling banks, ac

	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Health service chokes as austerity tightensSpain's treasured public health care system has become the latest victim of the euro zone debt crisis. "We haven't been paid, but there's nothing we can do about it.
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Next PM bares his soulMariano Rajoy, who is likely to become Spain’s next prime minister, has made a number of intriguing revelations in his memoirs, strategically released just a few weeks ahead of the general election
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Billionaire Spanish Duchess of Alba, 85, gives away fortune to marrySpain’s 18th Duchess of Alba is giving away her personal fortune so she can marry a Spanish civil servant, 25 years her junior. With thousands of acres
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Government trails opposition by 14 pointsSpaniards fed up with high unemployment and a sluggish economy would elect the centre-right Popular Party (PP) with a lead of more than 14 percentage points over the governing Socialist
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Spain protesters defy ban to remain in Madrid squareTens of thousands of Spanish protesters have defied a government ban and camped out overnight in a square in the capital, Madrid. The protesters are angry with the government
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter RBS jettisons Spanish assets and loans at a lossTaxpayer-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland sold off a large chunk of its most risky Spanish property loans and assets at a significant loss. The bank said the loans and propertie
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Spain creates Food Security Cofinancing Facility Trust Fund Spain has established a new €300 million fund targeting rural poverty and food security, the country's Foreign Affairs Minister announced today on the occas
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Spain sets new austerity measuresSpain summarized new set of austerity measures Friday to bring its massive budget deficit under control and to relieve investor’s concern on international bailout. The Spanish government
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Pope Longs for Franco on visit to SpainPope Benedict lamented the end of fascist rule in Spain that kept the Catholic Church’s religious beliefs codified, and the Catholic Church running much of the nation as a lapdog fo
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter No Spanish air traffic strike in AugustPassenger fears over a potential strike by Spanish air traffic controllers have been –temporarily – allayed following an announcement by unions. Spanish air traffic controller
	Spanish Report by Euro Reporter Madrid fetes Spain’s World Cup winnersSpain’s triumphant World Cup football team returned home to a heroes’ welcome in Madrid on Monday, amid optimistic predictions that their victory over the Netherlands wou
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Spain could test the euro to its limitNews that the head of the International Monetary Fund was in the country fuelled swirling rumours that Madrid is about ask for help. Spain has been hammered by collapse of its construction
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Mariano Rajoy speaks out against planned VAT increaseThe Partido Popular leader has called on smaller parties to vote against the Government on the matter on Tuesday. The Partido Popular leader, Mariano Rajoy, has put forward
	Spanish Report by Euro Reporter Silence on the hairwavesHairdressers in Spain's north-eastern region of Catalonia have launched a campaign to avoid paying tax for playing the radio in their salons. Hundreds of salons in Barcelona have put up posters asking customers to b
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Central Bank warns on deficitSpain’s central bank warned the government on Tuesday, the country’s rising budget deficit could put pressure on any recovery and that the measures taken involving government spendin
	Basque guilt by Thanos Kalamidas Today I might provoke some people a bit, but hopefully I won’t insult any. But a bomb blast in the heart of Madrid last week makes me wonder what separatist and sometimes nationalist separatist groups are doing in Europe nowadays? I mean, le
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Partido Popular call for Moratinos to cancel his trip to Gibraltar on TuesdayThe Partido Popular has called on the Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, to suspend his planned trip to Gibraltar in Tuesday. The
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Business BriefHouse prices have fallen by 6.8% according to the latest numbers and are now back at levels last seen in 2006. The inter-annual rate has shown price falls in all of the regions of Spain, and increases only in the North Af
	Reflections On the Topic of Slavery - Part 3 by Alexandra Pereira We know that modern slavery continues around the world, through the exploitation of workers and their lives, sometimes even in the most “civilized” countries. There are a number of ways in which people can be trapped and used in benefi
	The Portuguese and Spanish Slave Trade - Part 2 by Alexandra Pereira
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter
	The Portuguese and Spanish Slave Trade - Part 1 by Ana & Alexandra Pereira IntroductionSlavery is a social-economic system under which a person (the “slave”) is deprived of freedom and compelled to work
	Spanish Report by Euro Reporter Unemployed in SpainThe number of registered unemployed in Spain rose to nearly three million people last month as unemployment continued to grow at a faster pace in the country than in the rest of Europe, official data showed Tuesday.
	The truth about nationalisms in Spain by Newropeans-Magazine The definition of nationalism is as follows The term 'nationalism' can refer to an ideology, a
	The cleric satellite by Thanos Kalamidas Please don’t tell me that anybody was surprised out there with the news that the dictators of Iran became space clerics nowadays and please don’t expect me to believe that it was a satellite to help them in better communication with Al
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Conspiracy theoriesThe Spanish newspaper El Mundo leads with the Boric Acid case verdict where four police technicians have been found not guilty of a crime when they allegedly changed reports on the Madrid train bombings whic
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Lesbian wins right to adopt her partner's child Vanesa de la Heras started legal ac
	3,000 Portuguese enslaved in Spain and the Basque Country by Alexandra Pereira Spanish authorities estimate that the organized group that was recently dismantled in a combined operation of the Portuguese and Spanish polices must have enslaved 3,000 Portuguese in the areas of La Rioja, Navarra,
	Spanish Reporter by Euro Reporter Surgeons in Dénia operate on the wrong knee, and then lose the patients notes The error happened at the Marina Al
	Spanish report by Euro Reporter Alicante murder suspect made TV plea for his ex to take him backHe appeared on a popular talk show broadcast just days before his ex girlfriend was fatally stabbed. It’s been revealed that the man in custody for the murd
	Finlandia siÂ, pero con respeto mejor by Antonio Diaz Tras los terribles hechos sucedidos en el instituto de Tuusula, mi primera reacción, como supongo que sucedió con la mayoría, fue de rabia e impotencia. Quería escribir algo lleno de furia ante lo que difícilmente puede se
	Please ...shut up! by Thanos Kalamidas In the end it took a …king to say exactly what I have wanted to say for long a long time now. Let me make this a bit clearer: an Iberia-American summit took place last week in Santiago, Chile, and the often-interrupting Venezuelan leader Hug
	Newropeans / La lucha contra la inmigracion ilegal by Newropeans-Magazine Si existe la obligación de ofrecer protección internacional para refugiados, de igual modo, no existe ningún derecho fundamental de inmigración establecido en convenciones internacionales. Esta afirmación no implica jui
	It's hard to say sorry by Thanos Kalamidas The Romans used to say that is not enough for the Caesar to be honest, but the wife of the Caesar must also be honest. I remembered that while reading the news that Spain has issued an international warrant for three US soldiers accused of causing
	Paco, el camarero by Antonio Diaz Recuerdo los años de Instituto como algunos de los más felices de mi vida. Una época que yo tacharía de bastante inocente por mi parte, aunque ya no fuera tan niño y el vello púbico no solo asomara ya, sino que se hab
	Start of the Spanish Civil war by Thanos Kalamidas The best way to sense what happened during the Spanish Civil War is to read Ernest Hemingway’s novel, For whom the bell tolls. In the book, an American ideologist and expert in explosives finds his way