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Spanish birth rate hits lowest level since records began in 1941
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since records started in 1941, provisional data from its National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday, with just 322,075 babies…
Spanish police scuffle with farmers, truck drivers on fifth day of protests
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police on Saturday clashed with a group of farmers and truck drivers in Madrid as they tried to access a main road in a bid to block it,…
Army called in to rescue about 600 Spanish motorists stuck in snow
MADRID (Reuters) – Army units were mobilised to help about 600 drivers who were stuck on a motorway in heavy snow as Storm Juan blanketed many parts of Spain, authorities said on…
Spain’s High Court annuls $100 million in fines for four big Spanish banks
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court has annulled 91 million euros ($100 million) of fines imposed on four Spanish banks, including Santander and BBVA, for selling interest rate derivatives to customers above…
Spanish court convicts arbitrator who awarded $15 billion to sultan’s heirs in Malaysia dispute
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish arbitrator who awarded $15 billion to the descendants of a former sultan in a land dispute with Malaysia dating back to the 19th century has been convicted…
JPMorgan buys a 10.6% stake in Spanish defence company Indra
(Reuters) – JPMorgan bought a 10.6% stake in Spanish defence systems maker Indra, the stock market regulator said on Thursday. Following the transaction, JPMorgan has become the second-largest shareholder after Spanish state…
Apollo, JB Capital preparing bid for Vodafone’s Spanish unit, Expansion says
MADRID (Reuters) – U.S.-based buyout fund Apollo Global Management is readying a bid with local fund JB Capital for the Spanish unit of telecom giant Vodafone, the Expansion newspaper reported on Monday…
Spanish factory activity shrinks for sixth straight month in Sept -PMI
MADRID (Reuters) – Factory activity in Spain shrank again in September as market conditions and high prices weighed on manufacturers, who also shed jobs as a result, a survey showed on Monday.…
KKR in talks to buy Spanish fertility clinic company Eugin from Fresenius -report
MADRID (Reuters) – United States-based buyout fund KKR is in exclusive talks with Germany’ Fresenius to buy Eugin, fertility clinics in Spain and Portugal, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Monday citing…
Shakira owes $7 million in second Spanish tax fraud case, prosecutor says
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish prosecutor has lodged a second tax claim against Colombian singer Shakira, accusing her of defrauding the state of 6.6 million euros ($7.0 million) in 2018, according to…
Spanish government urges soccer boss suspension after mild court ruling
MADRID, Spain (Reuters) -Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) urged the country’s Sports Administrative Tribunal (TAD) to provisionally suspend soccer boss Luis Rubiales on Friday after the TAD opened a case against him…
Spanish soccer’s ‘Me Too’ moment was a decade in the making
By Fernando Kallas and Charlie Devereux MADRID (Reuters) – Outrage over a kiss by the man at the top of Spanish football on the lips of a female footballer in front of…
Spanish inflation rises to 2.6% in August on higher fuel prices
By Jakub Olesiuk (Reuters) – Spanish inflation rose to 2.6% year-on-year in August, boosted by higher fuel prices, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday. That was higher…
ECB must gauge digital euro impact on banks before launch -Spanish official
(Refiles to remove extraneous word ‘have’ from final paragraph) By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -The European Central Bank needs to measure the impact of the digital euro on the euro zone’s banking…
Telefonica has approached Vodafone on Spanish broadband deal – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Telefonica has approached British telecoms group Vodafone about a potential deal involving internet broadband networks in Spain, the Spanish company’s chief operating officer told Bloomberg News on Friday. Telefonica had…
Spanish court orders immediate extradition of Venezuela’s ex-spymaster to U.S
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court on Tuesday ordered that global police agency Interpol immediately extradite a former director of Venezuelan military intelligence to the United States, where he is wanted on…
Spanish volcano victims feel forgotten, want change from election
By Borja Suarez LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) – Living in rows of look-alike makeshift homes as hardened black lava covers the once-bucolic valleys where they used to dwell, many residents of the…
Spanish factory output contracts in June for the fourth consecutive month – PMI
MADRID (Reuters) – Factory activity in Spain contracted for the fourth consecutive month in June even though the spending of European Union rescue funds had a positive effect on capital goods, a…
Vodafone hires Morgan Stanley to weigh options for its Spanish unit – Expansion
MADRID (Reuters) – Britain telecoms company Vodafone has hired investment bank Morgan Stanley to evaluate the options for its Spanish unit, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported on Wednesday citing unidentified market sources. The…
Spanish charity rescues 117 migrants sailing from Libya
ROME (Reuters) – Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea.…
Exclusive-Blackstone weighs options for Spanish gambling firm Cirsa -sources
By Amy-Jo Crowley, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – Blackstone is weighing options for Spanish gambling company Cirsa, including an initial public offering (IPO), people familiar with the matter…
‘Macron Is A Disgrace’: Spanish Diplomat Blasts French President For Cozying Up To China
‘Macron Is A Disgrace’: Spanish Diplomat Blasts French President For Cozying With China Lorenzo Prieto on April 27, 2023 French President Emmanuel Macron’s China stance didn’t only cause controversy in the U.S.…
Market stress may pressure Spanish banks despite strong liquidity- cenbank
By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish lenders may feel the impact from rising global risks, such as the higher cost of funding and liquidity stress, though their cash positions remained stable in…
Spanish PM apologises over sexual consent law reform loophole
(Reuters) -Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez apologised in an interview published on Sunday to victims of sexual abuse over a sexual violence law that included a loophole enabling at least 978 imprisoned…
Judge orders bail for Spanish letter bomb suspect
MADRID (Reuters) – A 74-year-old Spanish man accused of sending a series of letter bombs in late 2022 will be bailed under supervision on Friday, after a high court judge concluded there…
Europe cannot turn its back on China, Spanish minister says
MADRID (Reuters) – Europe cannot ignore China’s role as a key trading partner and important geopolitical player that could help put an end to the war in Ukraine, or provide debt relief…
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