Spanish PM for higher taxes on the rich
May 27th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 27 (IANS/EFE) Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that his government will unveil "in the coming weeks" the details of a proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest ... Read more...
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Spain reduces pay of lawmakers, judges
May 26th, 2010 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 26 (IANS/EFE) Spain's lower house of parliament has agreed to cut the pay of the speaker, lawmakers, judges, mayors and municipal officials in an effort to reduce the country's budget ... Read more...
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Spain to overhaul savings banks
May 6th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 6 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and opposition leader Mariano Rajoy have agreed to overhaul the law regulating savings banks and to promote mergers aimed at consolidating ... Read more...
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Spanish public sector set to shrink
May 2nd, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 2 (IANS/EFE) Spain will cut the number of high-level positions in the public sector and reduce the number of state-run companies, a move that will save the government 16 million ... Read more...
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Spain asks Israel to foster peace talks
April 9th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 9 (IANS/EFE) Spain has asked Israel to take "necessary steps" to begin a dialogue with the Palestinians as soon as possible, even as Lebanon warned of an "implosion" in the ... Read more...
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Spain plans $23 bn investment in rail, road projects
April 8th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 8 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish government plans to launch transportation projects valued at 17 billion euros ($22.7 billion) over the course of this year and 2011, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez ... Read more...
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Spain sets $789 mn budget for electric vehicles
April 7th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 7 (IANS/EFE) Spain has presented a 590-million euro ($789 million) budget to promote electric vehicles in the country and is set to register more than 70,000 all-electric and hybrid cars ... Read more...
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Thousands protest abortion law in Spain
March 8th, 2010 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 8 (IANS/EFE) Thousands of people took to the streets in nearly 100 cities Sunday to protest against abortion and demand the nullification of the new law recently approved in Spain ... Read more...
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Spain solvent, nearing end of recession: PM
February 11th, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 11 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that Spain was "on the verge" of coming out of recession. He defended the solvency of the country's economy, ... Read more...
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Spain will meet EU-mandated budget deficit target: Zapatero
January 29th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Davos, Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) Spain said it will adopt austerity measures to achieve its annual budget deficit target of 3 percent by 2013 as mandated by the European Union's pact on financial ... Read more...
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Spanish hostages are fine: Al Qaeda
January 26th, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Barcelona, Jan 26 (IANS/EFE) The three Spanish aid workers kidnapped nearly two months ago in Mauritania are in good health, says a leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) that ... Read more...
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Wildlife photographer stripped of top award
January 21st, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 21 (ANI): Reports indicate that the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award has been disqualified after judges ruled that the featured wolf in the photograph was probably ... Read more...
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EU needs grand social pact to emerge from recession: Spain
January 21st, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Strasbourg (France), Jan 21 (IANS/EFE) The European Union needs a "grand social pact" between business and labour to ensure recovery from the recession, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said ... Read more...
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Spaniard threatens to sue FBI over Osama picture
January 17th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 17 (IANS/EFE) A Spanish politician has threatened to sue the FBI for using his face in a digitally morphed picture of dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden posted on the website ... Read more...
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Meet Mr. Bean, the Spanish President, courtesy hackers!
January 5th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 5 (ANI): A smiling Mr Bean picture was posted on Spain's official EU presidency website by hackers.Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has often been said to look like the ... Read more...
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Climate summit: Spanish PM asks US, China to rise to occasion
December 18th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has asked the US and China not to let other countries down "on this historic occasion" of the climate summit in ... Read more...
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Save Havana’s architecture: Experts
December 13th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Barcelona, Dec 13 (EFE) Cuban and Spanish architects in Barcelona have expressed the need to save both the colonial and modern architecture of Havana as they warned that several modernist buildings were ... Read more...
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Spain to send 200 more troops to Afghanistan
December 2nd, 2009 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 2 (DPA) Spain may send about 200 more troops to join its contingent in Afghanistan, bringing the total to more than 1,200 soldiers, the daily El Pais reported Wednesday.
Prime ... Read more...
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Spain’s recovery to start by early 2010, says PM
November 4th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 4 (EFE) Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that Spain's economy would begin emerging from recession "at the end of this year or the beginning of 2010", though ... Read more...
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Ask Europeans to take Guantanamo detainees, US tells Spain
October 29th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 29 (EFE) The US has asked Spain to persuade other European countries to accept Guantanamo detainees, Spanish Justice Minister Francisco Caamano said here.
Spain is among a handful of European nations ... Read more...
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Zapatero, Obama discuss closing Guantanamo
October 14th, 2009 - 2:23 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 14 (DPA) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero assured US President Barack Obama that Spain is willing to take some detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in a sign ... Read more...
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Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero Persuading The National Press From Publishing Daughter’s Photo
September 29th, 2009 - 7:43 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the most highlighted incident regarding the meeting of the nation premiers of America and Spain has been a group photograph that was taken during ... Read more...
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Argentine who stabbed girlfriend 75 times gets 5-year sentence
September 13th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Sep 13 (EFE) A court in southern Argentina sentenced a man to five years in jail for killing his girlfriend by stabbing her 75 times and beating her with a ... Read more...
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Spain backs African bid for UN Security Council seat
June 24th, 2009 - 4:24 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, Jun 24 (EFE) Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said around 30 percent of the issues discussed in the UN Security Council are related to Africa, and yet no country ... Read more...
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Barcelona players celebrate ‘incredible season’
May 28th, 2009 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
Rome, May 28 (DPA) Barcelona players were on cloud nine Wednesday after winning the Champions League to seal a historic treble.
"It has been the perfect end to an incredible season," said Barcelona ... Read more...
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India, Spain call for stronger financial institutions
April 23rd, 2009 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 22 (DPA) India and Spain Wednesday agreed on the need to reinforce multilateral financial institutions and to increase the contributions of their member countries, Spanish government sources said. Spanish ... Read more...
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President Patil boosts ties with Spain in historic visit (Lead)
April 21st, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 21 (DPA) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday stressed India's interest in boosting relations with Spain, where she became the first Indian head of state to make an official visit.
Bilateral trade ... Read more...
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President Patil meets Spanish king at start of historic visit
April 21st, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 21 (DPA) Indian President Pratibha Patil was Tuesday welcomed by Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia after arriving Monday for the first official visit by an Indian head ... Read more...
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Spain ready to aid US rapprochement with Muslim nations
April 8th, 2009 - 4:32 am ICT by IANS
Istanbul, April 8 (EFE) Spain Tuesday announced that it was ready to help the US in reaching out to Muslim countries that President President Barack Obama announced in his speech to ... Read more...
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Spain to send 450 troops to Afghanistan during polls
April 5th, 2009 - 7:34 am ICT by IANS
Strasbourg (France), April 5 (EFE) Span has announced to send a contingent of 450 soldiers to Afghanistan to help maintain security during the general elections in August this year.
Speaking at a ... Read more...
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Spain says ‘open’ to accepting Guantanamo detainees
February 6th, 2009 - 8:30 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 6 (IANS) Spain has expressed its willingness to consider accepting detainees of the controversial US military camp in Guantanamo, Cuba, on a case-by-case basis within the context of a European ... Read more...
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Spying scandal rocks Spanish opposition
January 22nd, 2009 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 22 (DPA) An alleged spying scandal Thursday rocked Spain's main opposition conservative People's Party (PP) against a backdrop of underlying power struggles.The Madrid regional government used former police officers to ... Read more...
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Spain offers to help Obama in closing Guantanamo
January 22nd, 2009 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 21 (DPA) Spain Wednesday offered to help US President Barack Obama in closing the prison camp in Guantanamo in Cuba.Spain would, however, first want to be informed in detail about ... Read more...
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Spanish PM sees ascent of Obama as opportunity for peace
January 21st, 2009 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 21 (IANS) The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the US "opens an opportunity that we will not squander," Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has ... Read more...
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Spain refuses to receive Guantanamo prisoners
December 27th, 2008 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Spain has refused to accept any inmate from the Guantánamo prison, saying that would create serious legal problems.In a press conference here, Spanish President Luis Rodriguez Zapatero ... Read more...
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