Spanish mayor arrested on corruption charges
September 21st, 2012 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Orense (Spain), Sep 21 (IANS/EFE) Francisco Rodriguez, the mayor of this northwestern Spanish city, was arrested Thursday on corruption charges.The leader of the Socialist Party in the Galicia region, Pachi ... 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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No comfort for Spain in latest employment data
November 4th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 4 (IANS/EFE) Last month's "bad" unemployment numbers represent a step backward for a Spanish economy struggling to emerge from recession, the country's labour minister said.Valeriano Gomez spoke Thursday ... Read more...
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Spanish economy stalls
November 1st, 2011 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 1 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish economy did not grow at all in the third quarter compared with the previous three months and expanded only 0.7 percent in the 12 ... Read more...
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Spain to host elements of NATO anti-missile shield
October 6th, 2011 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Oct 6 (IANS/EFE) Spain's Rota naval base will host four US ships deployed as part of NATO's missile-defence system, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said here Wednesday."Spain ... 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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Markets hammer Spanish bonds
August 3rd, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Aug 3 (IANS/EFE) Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero decided to postpone his summer break after the risk premium on Spanish government bonds climbed to a record 400 basis ... 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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Medvedev in China for BRICS summit
April 13th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reached China Wednesday for a four-day visit that will see him attend a BRICS summit and push for Russia's economic integration ... Read more...
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Spanish aircraft launch mission in Libya
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 22 (IANS/EFE) Spanish aircraft have joined the military operation in Libya, the defence ministry has said.Two F-18 fighters and a Boeing-707 refuelling plane took off from the Decimomannu ... Read more...
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Spain sends out fighter jets to intervene in Libya
March 21st, 2011 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Paris, March 21 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said Spain will take part in establishing a no-fly zone in Libya with four F-18 fighter jets that ... Read more...
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Moody’s downgrades Spain’s debt rating
March 11th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 11 (IANS/EFE) Moody's downgraded Spain's debt rating Thursday from Aa1 to Aa2 with a negative outlook, citing high bank recapitalisation costs.Six months after stripping Spain of its highest-quality ... 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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Spanish military takes over air traffic control after strike
December 4th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 4 (IANS/EFE) Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government militarised the air traffic control system following Friday's wildcat strike by controllers that virtually shut down Spain's airspace.Air force officers ... 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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Sagrada Familia Consecrated As Basilica By Pope Benedict XVI
November 7th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Barcelona and consecrated the Sagrada Familia basilica which is considered one of the architectural wonders of the world. Over 5000 ... 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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