
Spain, Italy team up to demand crisis relief
The premiers of Spain and Italy teamed up Monday to push the eurozone to focus more on spurring economic growth instead of just reducing debt — a move ...

Spain slashes forecasts and delays deficit targets
Spain slashed its economic forecasts Friday and said it would take two years longer than promised to cut its swollen deficit in an acknowledgement ...

Spain's jobless above 6 million for first time
With more than 6 million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain's jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the ...
Spain plays down IMF negative forecast
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has brushed off dismal economic predictions from the International Monetary Fund that the country's economy will ...
Spain PM says economy will grow in 2014
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says Spain's recession-hit economy will return to growth in 2014 and begin creating jobs again. Rajoy said Wednesday that ...

A look at the eurozone's 5 bailouts
Cyprus' bailout deal is the fifth agreed on so far in the 17-strong group of European Union countries that use the euro since the debt crisis began ...

IOC begins 4-day inspection of Madrid's 2020 plans
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told IOC inspectors Monday that much of the infrastructure needed for Madrid's 2020 Olympic bid is already built, ...
Spanish government approves new anti-doping law
Spain's government on Friday approved tougher anti-doping laws to come into line with World Anti-Doping Agency standards and bolster Madrid's bid for ...

Spain to fight Catalonia sovereignty declaration
The Spanish government says it will challenge a recent declaration by lawmakers in Catalonia that the region is a sovereign entity. Deputy Prime ...

Rajoy says 'Spain's head out of the water'
Spain is on the mend, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy claimed Wednesday as he revealed a drop in the government's budget deficit. The government has been ...
PM says Spain cut deficit for 2012 to under 7 pct
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says the country's government deficit for 2012 has fallen to less than 7 percent, down from nearly 9 percent a ...

Spain's premier publishes tax returns amid scandal
Spain's prime minister has published a summary of his income and tax returns in a bid to defuse a corruption scandal engulfing his government after ...

Corruption scandal new worry for hard-hit Spain
It's not as though Spain doesn't have enough to worry about— two years of recession, harsh austerity programs, sky-high unemployment and an unstable ...

Spanish ex-party treasurer quizzed over accounts
Protesters jeered the former treasurer of Spain's ruling Popular Party on Wednesday after prosecutors questioned him about documents that allegedly ...

Spanish PM rejects corruption allegations
Spainish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says newspaper allegations of wrongdoing against him are "completely false" and vowed that his government will ...

Spain's opposition calls on premier to resign
Spain's opposition leader has called on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign and allow another person to lead the government in the wake of an ...

Spanish ruling party denies reports of backhanders
Spain's governing Popular Party was battling Thursday to defend its honor by denying fresh newspaper reports of regular under-the-table payments to ...

Pressure on Spanish PM to explain Swiss bank money
Pressure piled up Tuesday on Spanish conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, with opposition parties demanding he appear before Parliament to ...

Spain ruling party pressed over alleged corruption
A former Spanish ruling party treasurer amassed €22 million ($29 million) in Swiss bank accounts, a court said, prompting a barrage of questions ...

Large protest for return of Basque prisoners
Tens of thousands of Basque separatist sympathizers marched in downtown Bilbao on Saturday calling for an amnesty that would allow ETA prisoners to ...
Spanish government borrowing rates keep dropping
The Spanish government's borrowing rates have continued to drop as it raised €5.8 billion ($7.7 billion) in the first debt auction of the year.

Bolivia expropriates Spanish energy subsidiaries
President Evo Morales nationalized the Bolivian electricity distribution subsidiaries of the Spanish energy company Iberdrola in a public ceremony ...

P.M. Rajoy says Spain faces tough year ahead
Spain faces another tough year as it grapples with recession, a deep financial crisis and 25 percent unemployment, its prime minister said Friday.

Spanish PM defends year of austerity amid protests
Spain's prime minister defended his conservative government's imposition of austerity measures during its first year in power on Monday, even as ...