Mariano Rajoy

Mariano Rajoy

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  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. 

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  Stocks lower ahead of US 'fiscal cliff' talks

  European and U.S. shares traded lower on Friday on waning hopes that U.S. President Barack Obama and key lawmakers would manage to reach an 11th-hour ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

• Spanish state universities protest cutbacks

  Rectors from about 50 state-run universities across Spain protested Monday that government spending cuts were choking third-level education and would ... 

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  Barcelona soccer club defends use of Catalan

  Long a symbol of Catalan identity, Barcelona soccer club added its voice Wednesday to a simmering political dispute between the region of Catalonia ... 

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  Independence drive falters for Spain's Catalonia

  Voters in Spain's Catalonia region favored the right to decide on possible independence but split their ballots between fractious parties, making the ...