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Europe at odds over next steps to banking union
European leaders are increasingly at odds over how to create a full-fledged banking union, the bloc's key project to stabilize its financial system ...
Spain, Portugal demand quick action on bank union
The leaders of Spain and Portugal on Monday demanded that the 17-nation eurozone speed up efforts to create a banking union and complained that credit ...
Spain claims reforms beginning to pay off
The Spanish government claims its austerity measures and reforms are paying off. Conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told Parliament on ...
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'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 ...
Interest rates down again in Spanish auction
Spain's slow progress on its road to a more balanced economy continued Thursday as it successfully raised 4.7 billion euros ($6.2 billion) in a sale ...
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 ...
Pope's soccer habit a perfect fit for papal gifts
Soccer-mad Pope Francis is building quite a collection of team jerseys. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gave Francis a national jersey signed by ...
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 ...
EU agency obliges Spain to correct deficit figure
Spain's finance ministry says the European Union's statistics office, Eurostat, has obliged it to revise its deficit figure for 2012 upward — from 6.
ECB, Eurogroup at odds over Cyprus rescue as model
Europe's leading institutions clashed in a rare sign of public discord Tuesday over what shape future financial rescues will take following the ...
Spanish central bank offers grim economic forecast
Spain will sink deeper into recession and unemployment will worsen this year as the country struggles under the weight of austerity measures taken to ...
Crisis in Cyprus threatens EU role and legitimacy
By rejecting an EU bailout and turning to Russia for help, Cyprus has exposed the growing frustration and dwindling solidarity within the European ...
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, ...
Madrid hopes frugal Olympic bid will win over IOC
With Spain mired in recession and buckling under deep austerity cuts, Madrid faces the tough task of convincing the IOC that it has the resources to ...
European court says Spanish eviction laws illegal
The European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that harsh property repossession laws in Spain that have led to hundreds of thousands of evictions during ...
Spanish court to probe slush fund allegations
Spain's National Court has opened a probe into allegations of slush fund payments by the ruling Popular Party's former treasurer to leading members, ...
Spain's 2012 deficit falls, but not to level hoped
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has conceded that the government just failed to reduce its budget deficit in 2012 to the level it promised ...
Spain: Corruption scandal suspect is a flight risk
A judge has ordered the former treasurer of Spain's ruling party to surrender his passport and stay in the country. Judge Pablo Ruz issued the order ...
Spain anti-austerity marches attract thousands
Tens of thousands of people marched on Spain's parliament on Saturday to protest austerity measures, a demonstration that came on the 32nd anniversary ...
Spanish king's son-in-law makes court appearance
Protesters jeered the Spanish king's son-in-law before he was questioned Saturday by a judge about allegations he and a partner funneled away millions ...
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 ...
Spaniards protest against evictions
Demonstrations were held across Spain on Saturday to protest harsh repossession laws that have led to hundreds of thousands of evictions during the ...
ECB's Draghi: Spain is 'on the right track'
Spain has succeeded in stabilizing a banking system that almost collapsed last year and is well-positioned for better economic times going forward, ...