Spain’s PM-elect vows to slash deficit, boost pensions
December 20th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 20 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister-elect Mariano Rajoy Monday unveiled the general policies of his government, including reducing the public deficit by 16.5 billion euros ($21.4 billion) in 2012 ... Read more...
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Spain’s king warns of hard times to come
December 14th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 14 (IANS/EFE) Spain's King Juan Carlos said Tuesday that his country is facing "very hard times", calling on Spaniards to "win the battle" against high unemployment and consolidate ... Read more...
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Spanish troops to start leaving Afghanistan in January
December 7th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 7 (IANS/EFE) Spain's defense minister said Tuesday that the withdrawal of Spanish troops from Afghanistan will begin in January, once Afghan President Hamid Karzai decides his government's forces ... Read more...
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Spanish Senate approves constitutional cap on deficit
September 8th, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 8 (IANS/EFE) Spain's Senate has approved a constitutional amendment aimed at ensuring budgetary stability.Members of both chambers will now have until Sep 22 to request a referendum on ... Read more...
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Afghanistan mission won’t get easier as end nears: Spain
June 28th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Herat (Afghanistan), June 28 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon said here Monday that while the mission in Afghanistan has entered its "final phase", it remains perilous.The minister made her ... Read more...
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Spanish troops to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014
June 25th, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, June 25 (IANS/EFE) Spain will withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said.Zapatero made the announcement following ... Read more...
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Spain touts major deficit reduction
June 1st, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 1 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish government accumulated a deficit of 2.45 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in the first four months of the year, a reduction of 53 percent from ... Read more...
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Spain’s defence minister resigns to vie for premiership
May 27th, 2011 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 27 (IANS/EFE) Defence Minister Carme Chacon said Thursday she is stepping down from the Spanish government to seek the ruling Socialist party's nomination for prime minister in the ... Read more...
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Spain offers financial aid to Tunisia
March 3rd, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Tunis, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has offered his country's help in the transition process in Tunisia, offering a 300 million euro ($415.8 million) credit ... Read more...
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Spanish PM visits UAE food exhibition
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:43 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, March 1 (IANS/WAM) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Tuesday visited the annual food exhibition in the United Arab Emirates.The exhibition, Gulfood 2011, hosts 3,800 exhibitors and 81 international ... Read more...
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Qatar pledges to invest $4 bn in Spain
March 1st, 2011 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Doha, March 1 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero left Qatar Monday with pledges from the emirate's government to invest 3 billion euros ($4.14 billion) in Spain's economy, including 300 ... Read more...
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Spain posts positive revision of 2010 GDP figure
February 12th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 12 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish economy shrank 0.1 percent in 2010, a better showing than the 0.3 percent contraction forecast by the government, said the National Statistics Institute, or INE.The INE's ... Read more...
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Spanish PM expresses support for democracy in Arab world
January 31st, 2011 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Zaragoza (Spain), Jan 31 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero expressed hope that the Arab countries where there have been anti-government protests in recent weeks will achieve "democratic reforms, freedom, ... Read more...
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Spain posts lower than expected budget deficit
January 26th, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 26 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish government ran a budget deficit equal to 5.1 percent of gross domestic product in 2010, better than the official forecast of 5.9 percent of GDP, a ... Read more...
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Spanish PM expects weak economic growth in fourth quarter
December 31st, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 31 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish economy will grow in the fourth quarter of this year, but it will be a "slow and weak" growth, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said ... Read more...
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Joblessness climbs in Spain
December 3rd, 2010 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 3 (IANS/EFE) Spain's jobless rolls expanded by 24,318 last month to more than 4.11 million people, an increase of 0.6 percent from October, the Labour and Immigration Ministry said Thursday.It ... Read more...
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Spain to cut taxes on small business
December 2nd, 2010 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 2 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced Wednesday a new set of measures to boost the economy while also curbing public spending, such as a tax cut ... Read more...
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Spain to start pulling troops out of Afghanistan in 2012
November 18th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by BNO News
MADRID (BNO NEWS) -- Spanish troops could start its pull out from Afghanistan in 2012, Spanish media reported on Thursday quoting NATO sources.According to El Pais newspaper, NATO expects Spain to begin ... Read more...
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Spaniards believe economic situation has worsened: Survey
November 6th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 6 (IANS/EFE) Seventy-seven percent of Spaniards say their country's economic situation is bad or very bad and nearly 54 percent think things have worsened over the past year, a survey ... Read more...
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Spanish royal family’s budget reduced to $11.5 mn (Lead)
October 1st, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Oct 1 (IANS/EFE) The annual outlay for the Spanish royal family has been reduced from over $12 million to $11.5 million for 2011 as part of an austerity measure to save ... Read more...
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Spanish royal family’s budget reduced
October 1st, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Oct 1 (IANS/EFE) The annual outlay for the Spanish royal family has been reduced by 5.2 percent this year as part of an austerity measure to save the country's recession-hit economy.The ... Read more...
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Economy improving, says Spanish premier
September 24th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 24 (IANS/EFE) Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that Spain's housing prices have bottomed out and that the nation's economy will continue to improve.
"The price of housing ... Read more...
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Spain will stay in Afghanistan ‘as long as necessary’
September 16th, 2010 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 16 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said the country's troops will remain in Afghanistan "as long as necessary".
"We must remain in Afghanistan, assuming the current responsibilities, ... Read more...
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Spanish miners stay underground to demand pay arrears
September 9th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 9 (IANS/EFE) Two groups of Spanish coal miners are staging protests by refusing to surface from mines to demand payment of back salaries and a lasting solution to the problems ... Read more...
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Spain’s Catalonia approves bullfight ban
July 29th, 2010 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Barcelona, July 28 (DPA) The north-eastern Spanish region of Catalonia Wednesday adopted a ground-breaking bullfighting ban that is dividing opinions in the rest of the country.
Movie director Agustin Diaz Yanes described the ... Read more...
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Michelle Obama, daughter to tour Spain
July 27th, 2010 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
Washington/Madrid, July 27 (DPA) US First Lady Michelle Obama and one of her two daughters will take a summer break in Spain next week, the White House said Monday.
The first lady ... Read more...
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Spanish daily launches probe into sex trafficking-prostitution ad link
July 23rd, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): A Spanish daily, which has refused to accept lucrative prostitution ads, has launched a three-day front-page investigation linking the ads to sex traffickers.The publication -- 20 Minutos -- ... Read more...
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Spanish govt to ban sex ads from national newspapers
July 17th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): The Spanish government has announced that it wants to ban adverts offering sexual services from national newspapers.President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said during a state of the nation ... Read more...
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Brazil to launch bullet train soon
July 15th, 2010 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 15 (IANS/EFE) Brazil will soon start a bullet train and companies from Japan, South Korea, China, France, Austria, Spain and Germany have expressed interest to build and operate ... Read more...
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World Cup squad returns to Spain in triumph (Lead)
July 13th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 12 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish royal family and government welcomed the country's World Cup-winning soccer team home Monday and emphasised that the players' work projects the best image of Spain.
The Royal ... Read more...
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King, PM welcome Spain’s World Cup heroes (Second Lead)
July 13th, 2010 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 12 (DPA) Spain's World Cup heroes were formally received Monday by King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, ahead of a triumphant bus parade through Madrid's euphoric ... Read more...
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Spain World Cup heroes fly in, prepare for celebrations(Lead)
July 12th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 12 (DPA) Spain's World Cup heroes flew into Madrid Monday, carrying with them the World Cup won with 1-0 victory against the Netherlands Sunday.
The Spanish victory flight from Johannesburg had ... Read more...
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Spain’s new abortion law comes into force
July 6th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 6 (IANS/EFE) Spain's controversial abortion law, which allows girls at 16 and above to terminate a pregnancy in the first 14 weeks without informing their parents, has come into force. ... Read more...
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Spanish senate calls for nationwide burqa ban
June 23rd, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 23 (DPA) The Spanish senate Wednesday approved a motion urging Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government to ban Islamic all-body veils in public places.
The government needed to take legal ... Read more...
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Spanish unions call general strike over austerity plan
June 16th, 2010 - 5:00 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 16 (IANS/EFE) Spain's two main unions have called for a general strike Sep 29 to protest the Socialist government's austerity measures and proposed overhaul of labour law.
Candido Mendez, head of ... Read more...
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