Latest Spain News
RSS-
Rights group charges Spain blocked probes of civil war disappearances
Amnesty International charged Monday. The lack of official interest in determining if war crimes were committed during the war and afterwards "is a slap in the face" of families of the missing, Esteban Beltran, director of the Spanish branch of the human rights organization, said in a statement. Beltran said Spanish authorities had refused to open an investigation into possible ...
-
Spain emerging from crisis minister
SPAIN is emerging from its financial crisis and may be heading for a "turning point" thanks to strengthened public finances, having narrowly avoided a full-scale bailout in 2012, Budget Minister Cristobal Montoro ...
-
UEFA Under 21 Championship Final Preview Italy v Spain
Spain can seal a second consecutive UEFA Under-21 Championship crown when they face Italy in the final in Jerusalem on Tuesday.The Spanish starlets won the crown in 2011 in Denmark and are aiming to replicate the achievement of the senior side by securing back-to-back European titles, but will have to overcome a strong Italian outfit to do ...
More Spain News
RSS-
Disabled drivers fined for parking in disabled spaces
A recent case saw a driver with a disability who had left his car in a designates space, and had a card to prove his condition, getting a refund on his fine after getting a parking ticket in ...
-
Spain might have found new star striker in Brazil
Shaun Botterill/Getty Images RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Spain has everything else, and now it seems to have a genuine striker - the one thing the World Cup champions have had trouble finding. New No. 9 Roberto Soldado scored with a perfect finish in Spain's 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup opener. The Valencia striker scored both goals in Spain's 2-0 victory ...
-
Roberto Soldado stars for Spain at Confederations Cup
Shaun Botterill/Getty Images RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Spain has everything else, and now it seems to have a genuine striker - the one thing the World Cup champions have had trouble finding. New No. 9 Roberto Soldado scored with a perfect finish in Spain's 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup opener. The Valencia striker scored both goals in Spain's 2-0 victory ...
-
Koscielny a target for Bayern and Barcelona
Koscielny has been in impressive form for Arsenal Reports have linked Koscielny, 27, who had an impressive 2012-13 season and has earned a regular starting place for France, with both European giants, with a potential 15 million fee being mentioned. Stephane Courbis told Eurosport France, in comments picked up by Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo: "There has been no contact at all ...
-
Spains trains cut journey time to the coast
Spain’s economy may be tatters, but its high-speed rail programme remains on track with the opening of the entire line between Madrid and the coastal city of Alicante on Monday. The journey time has been cut by 50 minutes to two hours and 20 minutes. The opening ceremony was attended by Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy with regular services starting on ...
-
UPDATE 1-Spains La Seda de Barcelona files for insolvency
Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:02am EDT MADRID, June 17 (Reuters) - Spain's La Seda de Barcelona, LSB, which makes plastic bottles in Europe, Turkey and North Africa, said on Monday it would begin insolvency proceedings after failing to reach a deal with creditors. A record 2,500 Spanish companies squeezed by a deep recession filed for insolvency in the first three months of this year, hurting lenders ...
-
More than 60 per cent of homes bought in Spain without a mortgage
OVER six in 10 homes in Spain were purchased without a mortgage in the first quarter of this month, suggesting that the housing market is far from on its knees and not everyone has been hit by the ...
-
Report ATT drops $93B bid for Spains Telefonica
Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica SA on Monday denied that it has been the subject of a takeover approach from U.S. telecoms operator ...
-
Two Spaniards have been rescued in Columbia from kidnappers thanks to an informer
El Pas has published the following story. Initially nobody believed the man who walked into a police station in La Guajira, Colombia, on the morning of June 14 to claim his 100 million pesos ( 40,000 EUR ) reward for telling the police where a kidnapped Spanish couple, ngel Snchez and Mara Concepcon Marlaska, were being held after being taken on May 17. He said he wanted the ...
-
Spains Mango takes on retail fashion rivals Inditex HM
1 of 2. Managing Director of Spanish fashion retailer Mango Enric Casi poses at a clothing factory of the company in the industrial town of Palau-solita i Plegamans near Barcelona May 29, ...
-
Brazil Italy and Spain Win First Stages of 2013 Confederation Cup
Ford Crown Victoria P71 Police Interceptors on Sale in the UK Bayern Munich Defeat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley to Lift UEFA Champions League 2013 , The Global ...
-
Isco received offers from Man City and Real Madrid
Real Madrid have approached him over a summer transfer, as speculation surrounding his Malaga future intensifies.Goal revealed in May that Isco headed a short-list of six players, including Jesus Navas and Fernandinho who have already signed for the club, as City eye a 120m spending spree in their quest to reclaim the title.Isco has long been linked with a move away from Malaga and has now ...
-
Spains power industry overhaul to hit companies banks
Reuters © A worker makes adjustments before the inauguration ceremony of a parabolic trough solar thermal power plant in Alvarado, eastern Spain, July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Nacho ...
-
Manchester City target Spain U21 player Isco
Manchester City have made offers to buy him and said he will decide his future after Tuesday's European championships final against Italy. The 21-year-old midfielder, valued at EUR20 million (Dh98m) on website transfermarkt.com, helped Malaga reach the last eight of the Uefa Champions League last season and has caught the eye with several scintillating performances at the Euro U21 ...
-
Spain blocks investigations of Franco-era crimes
The fact that Spain is neither investigating nor cooperating with proceedings relating to crimes committed during the Civil War by both parties to the conflict or under Franco is a slap in the face of all the relatives of those who were abused and disappeared at the ...
-
Spanish attitude to justice a slap in the face for the victims of Franco
A new report from Amnesty International has revealed that the Spanish authorities are routinely failing to investigate crimes committed during the Civil War and Franco ...
-
Brussels has put conditions on the help for youth unemployment in Spain.
Brussels has put conditions on the help for youth unemployment in Spain. It says that the Spanish Government has to improve its active policies on employment. Spain will be getting something under 2 billion EUR to be dedicated to youth unemployment. The European Union wants to bring forward the problem of under 25 unemployment to the next summit. Spain will be one of main beneficiaries of ...
-
RPT-Fitch Launches SME Market Review Series - UK and Spain
Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:27am EDT June 17 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has published the first two reports in a series under the banner 'SME Market Review', which provide an overview of the SME market in key European jurisdictions that are active in the SME securitisation sector. Credit availability for SMEs is fundamental for ...
-
RPT-Fitch Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread
Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:12am EDT (Repeat for additional subscribers) June 17 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate ...
-
Poor Economy Encourages Scientists To Leave Spain
More than 40,000 scientists in Spain have signed a petition calling on their government to freeze budget cuts blamed for an exodus of the country's best and brightest researchers. As the Spanish government struggles to avoid a bailout, it has cut the number of university jobs and research ...
-
Spain start well against Uruguay
Spain's bid to add the FIFA Confederations Cup to their FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship titles got off to a good start with victory against ...
-
Spain win Confederations Cup opener
Spain opened their Confederations Cup campaign with a narrow 2-1 win over Uruguay which the world and European champions dominated for long periods in Recife. Pedro's deflected shot and a fine finish from Roberto Soldado put Spain 2-0 ahead before a late free-kick from Luis Suarez gave Vicente del Bosque's men some nervous moments towards the end. Jordi Alba's cross from the ...
Barcelona Digest
-
Barcelona on the frontline in the cancer fight
Cancer has become the leading killer of the elderly in Europe; it is an awful, painful disease that has become something akin to a pandemic. Progress has been made in its diagnosis, and further progress is being made in its treatment, and Barcelona, by hosting the European Breast Cancer Conference, is playing a major part in the sharing of ideas and knowledge to facilitate improvements and new breakthroughs.
The city of Barcelona will play a significant role in the prevention and promotion of awareness of breast cancer when it hosts the annual European Breast Cancer Conference this year. Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women around the world, and although mortality has begun to drop worldwide, and especially in Europe, there is still much progress that can be made. Read more
News from around our Network
