How royal’s inside track led to multi-million-euro contracts
Royal son-in-law Iñaki Urdangarin directly negotiated a slew of personal consulting contracts with Spanish and foreign firms, which brought him in more than 200,000 euros annually, according to court papers. More...
Madrid Metro’s "More for less" advertising campaign sparks backlash from public
In August of last year, the cost of a single ticket on the Madrid Metro was raised by 50 percent: from one euro to 1.50. Four months later, when initial complaints by users and consumer associations had died down, More...
U3A FUENGIROLA WINTER ENROLMENT
On Friday 6th January 2012 we will be enrolling new members for courses and Monthly lectures the period from January till May 2012 for only 15 Euro's. The enrolment will take place at the Ark Christian Fellowship More...
It’s official: purchasing power has taken a big euro-era hit
Official figures are confirming what Spanish citizens had suspected for years: that adopting the euro caused a general price rise that has not been matched by a similar wage hike. As the 10th anniversary of the More...
Unnim posts 107-million-euro loss as bad loans jump
Unnim, the Spanish lender that has been taken over by the Bank of Spain, posted a loss in the first nine months of the year of 107 million euros due to a jump in non-performing loans, a deterioration in the value More...
Zapatero satisfied with EU summit agreement to strengthen euro
The Spanish delegation participating in the EU's emergency summit in Brussels said it was satisfied with the intergovernmental pact reached in the early hours of Friday, even though Spain failed to obtain power More...
Iniesta throws 420,000-euro lifeline to indebted Albacete
As much as he has attracted attention on the pitch, become a gold mine for sponsors, won a string of titles and scored Spain's winning goal in 2010 World Cup final, Andrés Iniesta has not forgotten his roots. The More...
Rajoy and Zapatero back EU Treaty change to save euro
Spanish Prime José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his successor Mariano Rajoy said Tuesday they support a French-German initiative to change the European Union Treaty aimed at rescuing the euro. More...
DELAYS CAUSE BRUSSELS TO CUT CUCUMBER COMPENSATION
The European Commission (EC) has penalized Spain by reducing the amount of compensation awarded to those who suffered in the recent “cucumber crisis”, because Spain has failed to pay the money directly More...
DELAYS CAUSE BRUSSELS TO CUT CUCUMBER COMPENSATION
The European Commission (EC) has penalized Spain by reducing the amount of compensation awarded to those who suffered in the recent “cucumber crisis”, because Spain has failed to pay the money directly More...
Architects on the bread line
The architects at the Sabadell H Arquitectes Studio have the work and they have the recognition. What they are lacking is the money. Although they recently won the Enor Award for young architects, with a prefab More...
Tom Hanks film poster incurs fine from Spanish traffic bureau
If riding a motorcycle without a helmet can cost you a 150-euro fine, promoting it through publicity can result in a higher penalty. That is what the DGT traffic bureau ruled when it imposed a 30,000-euro fine on More...
QUIZ WITH A DIFFERENCE.
Once again Help Murcia Mar Menor held a very successful Quiz with a difference on Thursday night. This time it was at the El Carmoli Restaurant on the mountain El Carmoli. About 70 people attended a full evening More...
Spanish firms win mega-deal to build Saudi high-speed line
The Saudi Railways Organization on Wednesday said it had approved the award of a multi-billion-euro contract to a Spanish-led consortium to build a high-speed lane linking the holy cities of Mecca, and Medina, as More...
Disgraced former head of SGAE files 800,000-euro lawsuit over dismissal
Eduardo Bautista, the former president of the SGAE Society of Authors and Publishers who was arrested on July 1 as part of an investigation into misappropriation of funds, has launched an unfair dismissal suit against More...
Government reveals 4 billion-euro margin to deal with deficit
The Spanish government has a cushion of some 4 billion euros that will allow it to meet its budget deficit target for this year despite the decision to freeze privatizations and the chance the regions might fail More...
Government reveals 4 billion-euro margin to deal with deficit
The Spanish government has a cushion of some 4 billion euros that will allow it to meet its budget deficit target for this year despite the decision to freeze privatizations and the chance the regions might fail More...
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3bn euro auction helps ease fears over Spanish debt
INVESTORS bought all €3bn of 15-year bonds offered by Spain, with demand strong enough to ease concern that the country would struggle to cover debt payments after Greece´s bailout. “The Spanish auction More...
