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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 ...
Spain's house prices keep tumbling
Spain's ailing property market showed little sign of recovery Friday, with the latest figures showing house prices were down some 15 percent in the ...
Bank aid money arrives in Spain
The Spanish government said Wednesday that the €39.5 billion ($51.3 billion) in bailout funds approved by European authorities for the country's ...
Spain's jobless near 5 million as banks await cash
The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Spain has edged up toward 5 million as the country's recession shows few signs of abating ...
Spain's Catalonia punishes pro-referendum leader
Voters in the economically powerful region of Catalonia on Sunday punished the leader who made a referendum over breaking away from Spain a central ...
Spain: Residency for foreigners who buy houses
Looking for a new place to call home? Spain is hoping to give you a little bit more than a welcome basket of baked goods if you decide to move there.
Glum Spain hosts summit for booming Latam nations
In an historic role reversal, recession-hit Spain and Portugal on Friday courted the Latin American leaders of their former colonies, countries that ...
Spain completes year's financing with $6B auction
Spain's government has met its financing needs for the year after raising €4.76 billion ($6.07 billion) in a bond auction on Thursday. The Treasury ...
Key quotes from ECB head Draghi's press briefing
At his monthly news conference following the European Central Bank's policy-setting meeting, President Mario Draghi on Thursday answered questions ...
Paper claims ECB breaking rules with Spanish loans
A German newspaper claims the European Central Bank is lending Spanish banks billions of euros under conditions more generous than its rules allow.
Spain's Rajoy rules out imminent request for help
Spain has no immediate need to ask for outside aid to help deal with its debts, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insisted Monday. Spain, which is in ...
Crisis, separatism dominate Spanish elections
Voters in Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's northwestern home region of Galicia have given their support to his handling of the economy, but ...
Spain: decision on bailout within weeks
The Spanish government said Wednesday it will decide within the next few weeks whether to ask for outside financial help, noting it might opt for a ...
Moody's confirms Spain's rating, outlook negative
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday confirmed its rating on Spain's government debt but assigned a negative outlook, signaling that a downgrade is ...
Spanish bailout dilemma sharpens
The Spanish government's dilemma over whether to request a European bailout has become more acute following a downgrade of the cash-strapped country's ...
France, Spain: Europe must keep promises in crisis
The leaders of France and Spain said Wednesday that the 17 countries that use the euro already have all the tools they need to solve their debt crisis ...
Malta hosts first Europe-Arab summit in a decade
Terrorism, lawlessness, immigration and the European debt crisis were all discussed Friday at the first Mediterranean summit since the Arab Spring ...