Spain passes pioneering sexual, reproductive health law
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed a sexual and reproductive health law that allows girls aged 16 and 17 to undergo abortions without …
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Cepsa and Repsol say fully cooperating with Spain anti-trust investigation
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s two largest oil companies Repsol and privately owned Cepsa said on Wednesday they were fully cooperating with Spanish anti-trust watchdog on …
‘Magnitsky’ dirty Russian money laundering suspect arrested in Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – A woman has been arrested as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the …
Spain exhumes 53 bodies from Franco dictatorship’s shallow graves
By Vincent West ORDUNA, Spain (Reuters) – Forensic archaeologists have exhumed 53 bodies from shallow graves in the Basque town of Orduna that were dug …
Spain to lend Airbus 2.14 billion euros for miltary programmes
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain will lend Airbus 2.14 billion euros ($2.26 billion) to help the company to develop its military drone and helicopter programmes in the …
Spain to raise 2 billion euros less from bank, energy taxes, De Cos says
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -The Bank of Spain estimates the government will raise a combined 5 billion euros ($5.2 billion) by 2024 from its …
Thousands march in Spain to demand end of violence against women
By Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) – Thousands of people took to the streets in Madrid and Barcelona on Friday evening in marches to mark the …
Spain energy tax to raise 400 million euros less than expected, minister says
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government will collect 400 million euros ($416 million) less than expected from the revised windfall tax bill on energy companies …
Zara workers in Spain start protests to demand higher pay
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) – Dozens of Zara shop assistants protested in Madrid on Thursday outside the global fashion giant’s largest store to demand …
IMF forecasts Spain growth close to zero at turn of year
MADRID (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund expects economic growth in Spain to slow in 2023 on higher prices and flagging demand before rebounding to pre-pandemic …
Moldovan National And Technical Mastermind Of Xdedic Marketplace Extradited From Spain
Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg along with Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Tampa Field Office, and Special Agent in …
Amazon’s cloud computing unit plans to invest 2.5 billion euros in Spain, to support 1,300 jobs
MADRID (Reuters) – Amazon’s cloud computing unit AWS plans to invest 2.5 billion euros ($2.60 billion) in Spain over the coming 10 years, supporting 1,300 …
Thousands rally in Spain to demand pay hikes amid high inflation
By Marco Trujillo MADRID (Reuters) – Thousands of Spaniards packed Madrid’s landmark Plaza Mayor square on Thursday to demand higher pay in the first mass …
Airbus staff in Spain to go on strike from Oct. 31, unions say
MADRID (Reuters) -Airbus staff in Spain will go on an indefinite strike from Monday to demand a pay rise, unions said on Thursday. “The protest …
Telefonica wins 1.32 billion euros in tax dispute with Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s high court has ordered the country’s tax agency to reimburse telecoms giant Telefonica a record amount of 1.32 billion euros ($1.31 …
Amazon files legal complaints in Italy, Spain against fake review brokers
MILAN (Reuters) -U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon said on Thursday it had filed legal complaints in Italy and Spain as it steps up efforts globally to …
Spain arrests Albanian gang involved in smuggling migrants to UK
MADRID (Reuters) – Police have arrested members of a gang linked to a people-trafficking network which smuggled Albanian migrants from Spain to Britain by concealing …
Bank of Spain cuts 2023 growth forecast to 1.4%, lifts 2022 forecast
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -The Bank of Spain on Wednesday significantly cut its GDP growth forecast for next year due to the impact of …
Spain to assess extending bank, energy windfall taxes beyond 2 years
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government will assess whether to extend a windfall tax on Spanish banks and large energy firms beyond the currently proposed …
Hundreds of gig driver jobs under threat in Spain as new rules kick in
MADRID (Reuters) – Hundreds of ride-hailing app drivers in Barcelona and other Spanish cities could lose their jobs on Saturday when a deadline for new …
Spain retail sales unchanged y/y in August
(Reuters) – Spanish retail sales on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis remained unchanged in August from a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said …
Spain aims to increase revenue by 3.14 billion euros with new tax plans
By Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s government hopes to increase its tax take by 3.14 billion euros ($3 billion) next year with a series of …
Spain plans temporary tax on big fortunes for two years from 2023
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government wants to slap a tax on the wealthiest 1% of Spaniards for two years from 2023 as a way …
Amazon halts construction of new warehouses in Spain until 2024 – El Confidencial
MADRID (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has suspended the construction of new warehouses in Spain until 2024, Spanish news website El Confidencial said on Monday, citing …
Carrefour unveils 30 euro shopping basket in Spain after government price cut proposal
MADRID (Reuters) – Supermarket chain Carrefour will sell Spanish consumers a basket of 30 basic goods for 30 euros, the company said on Wednesday, days …
Spain launches free rail travel passes to fight inflation
By Marco Trujillo and Christina Thykjaer MADRID (Reuters) – After struggling a bit with the ticket machine at Madrid’s grand 19th century Atocha railway station, …
Spain to spend 1.9 billion euros on housing renovation
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government approved a 1.9 billion euro ($1.89 billion) plan to subsidise housing renovation to make homes more energy-efficient, Housing Minister …
Spain reports second monkeypox-related death in Europe
By Joan Faus MADRID -Spain reported its second monkeypox-related death on Saturday, in what is thought to be Europe’s second death from the disease and …
Spain raises inflation forecast for 2022, lowers GDP growth target for 2023
MADRID – Spain raised its inflation forecasts for 2022 and 2023 and lowered its economic growth target for 2023, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on …
Spain says ECB’s tool to control government bond spreads are ‘appropriate’
MADRID – Spain’s Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said that the European Central Bank’s tools to try to keep government bond spreads down are adequate. “The …
Spain expects its economy to continue growing in 2023 – minister
MADRID – Spain’s government expects the Spanish economy to continue growing next year despite the impact of rising inflation and the war in Ukraine, Finance …
Spain leads EU pandemic funding race, but obstacles remain
MADRID – Spain, which was the first European Union country to receive a first tranche of pandemic recovery funding, on Monday was also the first …
Spain approves $9.5 billion aid package for vulnerable families
MADRID – Spain announced a 9 billion euro ($9.50 billion) package of measures on Saturday to help its most vulnerable households cope with soaring energy …
Moderna to invest 500 million euros in Spain, PM Sanchez says
MADRID – Moderna plans to invest around 500 million euros ($520.60 million) in a new laboratory in Spain to boost its production of vaccines, Spanish …
U.S. in talks with Spain, Canada about taking more refugees -sources
By Matt Spetalnick and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is in talks with Spain and Canada about taking more Western Hemisphere refugees for …
Spain retail sales rise 1.5% y/y in April
(Reuters) – Spanish retail sales rose 1.5% in April from a year earlier on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, after falling 4.1% in March, the …
Former king to visit Spain after 2020 departure amid scandal
MADRID – Spain’s former King Juan Carlos will travel to his country this weekend for the first time since leaving for the United Arab Emirates …
Bank of Spain sees moderate immediate risk to banks from climate policies
By Jesús Aguado MADRID – Spain’s transition to cleaner energy could bring more notable risks to sectors with higher CO2 emissions, such as transport, manufacturing …
Money Launderer Previously Extradited from Spain Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced on Friday, April 8, 2022, in federal court in Boston for his role in a money laundering conspiracy. …
Bank of Spain urges banks to monitor risks, keep provisions amid Ukraine conflict
MADRID – The Bank of Spain told lenders on Thursday to adequately monitor credit risks of some of their customers most exposed to the economic …
Spain to launch financial consumers’ protection authority
MADRID – Spain is planning a consumer protection authority which aims to ensure banks and other financial institutions meet obligations towards customers, responding to complaints …
$90 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg Seized by Spain at Request of United States
WASHINGTON – Spanish law enforcement today executed a Spanish court order freezing the Motor Yacht (M/Y) Tango (the Tango), …
Spain expects Easter bounce to lift tourism to 80% of pre-COVID levels
MADRID – Spain expects international tourist arrivals to reach 80% of pre-pandemic volumes in the second quarter as northern Europeans shrug off concerns over the …
Spain March car sales slump as trucker strike adds to industry woes
MADRID – New car registrations in Spain fell more than 30% in March as a partial trucker strike delayed deliveries of vehicles and parts and …
Spain consumer goods sales rise on worries over supply amid Ukraine war
MADRID – Sales of consumer goods rose 13% in Spain in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as supply concerns, exacerbated by a partial …
Spain allows rationing products in case of market stress to prevent shortages
MADRID – Spain temporarily authorised stores on Wednesday to limit the sale of some products to prevent sell-outs when markets are under stress, days after …
ArcelorMittal idles three plants in Spain after truckers strike disrupts supplies
MADRID – Steel giant ArcelorMittal said on Tuesday it had idled three steel mills in Spain and partly closed two others after a two-week truckers …
Truckers’ strike in Spain disrupts food industry
MADRID – A truck drivers’ strike for better working conditions has caused disruption at some supermarkets and certain industries in Spain, with dairy food producers …
Spain set to approve emergency U.S., Argentina corn buying
MADRID – Spain expects “in the coming hours” to approve emergency purchases of corn from Argentina and the United States for animal feed after supply …
Conservative Politicians In Spain Attack Biden After Indigenous Peoples’ Day Proclamation
Right-wing politicians in Spain criticized President Joe Biden’s proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday and refused to apologize for the atrocities committed when the …