Spain to use €60bn of EU funds for bank rescueSPAIN EXPECTS to use about €60 billion of the €100 billion on offer from the European Union for the bailout of its financial …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Spain delays bank reform Bill for further EU analysisTHE EUROPEAN Commission has asked Spain to delay unveiling a banking reform by a week to allow it study the measures in more …Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Spain's Basque region to hold elections in OctoberTHE BASQUE government has announced that the region will hold early elections in October, the first such vote since terrorist…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Activists set up supermarket sweep to feed poorROBIN HOOD-type political activists have sacked supermarkets in the south of Spain in what they say is a symbolic response to…Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Suspected al-Qaeda three held in SpainTHREE SUSPECTED al-Qaeda members who were believed to be planning a terrorist attack in Europe have been arrested in Spain, the…Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Spain and Italy welcome ECB movesTHE PRIME ministers of Spain and Italy said they welcomed the European Central Bank’s announcement yesterday that included a …Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Spaniard charged with Cuban dissident's killingA SPANISH politician who was involved in a car accident in Cuba in which a prominent anti-Castro activist was killed has been…Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
Catalonia cannot pay social and health workers for JulyCATALONIA HAS announced it will not be able to pay thousands of health- and social-sector workers for the month of July, highlighting…Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
Maverick judge to defend Wikileaks founderJULIAN ASSANGE, the founder of Wikileaks, has hired Spain’s best-known and most controversial judge to represent him in his bid…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Rajoy announces austerity plan to save €65bnSPAIN UNVEILED a €65 billion austerity plan to avert the threat of a full sovereign bailout, a move that came amid violence on…Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
Miners arrive in Madrid after 400km march to protest at cutsPLÁCIDO ÁLVAREZ isn’t used to getting blisters on his feetWed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Local mosque row a Spanish problemVillagers have been incensed by local Muslims’ attempts to expand their mosqueTue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Major boost for Rajoy after tough six monthsSPAIN: THE DECISION by EU leaders to allow EU funds to be funnelled straight into troubled banks, rather than via national governments…Sat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Spain's banks may need up to €62bnSPANISH BAILOUT: SPAIN WILL need up to €62 billion to recapitalise its struggling banking sector, according to the results of…Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
'This isn't going to help Spanish families who are suffering'SPANISH REACTION: IN 2008, when the euro zone debt crisis was still just a storm on the horizon, the Spanish prime minister …Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Rajoy says €100bn aid package will stabilise euro zoneIN HIS first public comments since his government requested a bailout of its banking sector, Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Spain to decide on bailout plea 'after bank surveys'SPAIN’S GOVERNMENT played down speculation yesterday that it was about to request an international bailout of its struggling …Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Litany of woes that placed Spain at heart of debt crisis“WHAT WOULD my customers think if I suddenly started charging them €4 instead of €2 for a glass of wine – and then on top of …Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
FARC leaves camps as talks failCOLOMBIA: Guerrillas belonging to Colombia's largest insurgent group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) started…Fri Feb 22 2002 - 00:00
Peace process in Colombia facing collapseColombia's largest guerrilla group was in talks with United Nations and diplomatic representatives late last night, in a final…Tue Jan 15 2002 - 00:00
Ecuador's government gives in to protestersWhile thousands of Ecuadoreans participated in a national strike yesterday, marching through city streets and blocking many country…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Ecuador faces social stalemate over Indians' protestsWhen thousands of poor Ecuadorian Indians arrived in the country's capital, Quito, last Monday, having marched up to 100 miles…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00