Tag: Spain
EU finance ministers play up aid for Spain, press ahead
Eurozone finance ministers claimed new progress in fighting the debt crisis on Tuesday, saying measures agreed to help Spain and its stricken banks put...
ETA vows to abide by end to violence
Armed Basque separatist group ETA vowed Monday to stick by a decision last October to abandon violence, but accused Spain and France of blocking...
Straggling bull skewers runners in Pamplona
A straggling half-tonne fighting bull skewered two Britons and an American on Monday as it turned its horns on panicked runners in Spain's Pamplona...
Centurion Alonso sends Spain into Euro semi-finals
Spain moved a step closer to an unprecedented treble of consecutive major international honours by beating France 2-0 in Donetsk on Saturday to reach...
Spaniards stomp their heels at bailed-out bankers
A flamenco troupe bursts into a bank branch in Seville in southern Spain, lampooning bankers in dance and song. Further north, in Galicia, 50...
Spain’s borrowing costs soar in gathering euro storm
Spain saw its borrowing costs soar Tuesday as it tapped markets for the first time since Greek elections, feeding fears it could be the...
Oil prices fall on Spain debt concerns
World oil prices dropped on Tuesday, with Brent crude briefly hitting a 17-month low point on Spanish debt concerns, analysts said.
New York's main contract,...
Asian shares slip as Spain woes come into focus
Asian markets slipped on Tuesday as Spain's surging borrowing costs replaced the previous day's optimism over Greece's election, while leaders at a G20 summit...
Spain PM pleads for political, fiscal unity in Europe
Saying Spain's business, banks and regional governments were struggling to finance themselves at current high borrowing costs, he urged Europe to integrate its banking...
Spain steps up pressure on ECB to calm crisis
Spain stepped up pressure on Wednesday on the EU's central bank to intervene urgently to calm a eurozone storm, which has intensified despite a...
Wall Street ends best week of year as aid for Spain’s...
If the scenario unfolds as expected this weekend, Spain would become the fourth country to seek aid since Europe's debt crisis began. That could...
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Five senior EU and German officials said deputy finance ministers from the single currency area would hold a conference call on Saturday morning to...
US and UK urge Europe to move quick on crisis
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron called on Europe to come up with an “immediate plan” to resolve the eurozone...
‘Big Four’ to audit Spain’s banking sector
The review, which should take a few months, will complement an ongoing exercise to stress test Spain’s banking sector by consultors Oliver Wyman and...
Spain wants euro zone fiscal authority
Spain called on Saturday for a new fiscal euro zone authority which would harmonize national budgets and manage the block’s debts. Prime Minister Mariano...
EU throws Spain two potential lifelines
Spanish government borrowing costs lurched higher and the Madrid stock market hit a nine-year low with investors rattled by the parlous state of its...
Spain’s Bankia eyes stake sales after record bailout
Spain's fourth biggest lender, Bankia, on Saturday prepared to sell stakes it holds in companies to meet European competition rules after a state rescue...
