France and Spain confident of Greece deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 18:21

France and Spain expressed confidence Wednesday that a deal would be reached to help prevent Greece possibly defaulting on its debt this week as the Greek prime minister was due to hold last ditch talks.

More than 22% of Spaniards lived in poverty in 2013: Data

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 20:59

More than 22 percent of people in Spain were living in poverty in 2013, the year the country`s recession officially ended, new official data showed Tuesday.

Amazon: Has begun declaring sales in UK, Germany, Spain, Italy

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 14:57

"More than two years ago we began the process of establishing local country branches of Amazon EU Sarl, our primary retail operating company in Europe," the company said in a statement.

No information on black money a/c provided by Switzerland: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 17:23

The governments of Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Spain have not provided details of any black money accounts, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.

Spain records biggest fall in April jobless claims in almost 20 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 16:02

In the third straight month of falling unemployment, jobless claims declined in April by 118,923 to 4.33 million from March.

Only 5% of bank aid recovered: Spain central bank

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 08:30

A total of 53.55 billion euros were provided to Spain`s banking sector via a restructuring fund in the aftermath of the financial crisis, including 2.25 billion euros of contributions from the private sector.

Spain`s economy growth accelerates in first quarter

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 16:37

On an annual basis the Spanish economy, the eurozone's fourth-largest, grew by 2.6 per cent in the first quarter, up from 2.0 per cent in the previous three month period.

Spain rejects extraditing trader in `London Whale` case to US

Last Updated: Friday, April 24, 2015, 00:59

Spanish authorities have refused to extradite a former JPMorgan bank trader to the United States where he faces criminal charges in the massive "London Whale" fraud scandal.

Spain sees slight increase in first quarter jobless

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 12:52

Spain`s already high unemployment rose slightly in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday, in a bleak reminder of the challenges the country faces as it seeks to cement a fragile economic recovery.

Less foreigners in jobless Spain for third straight year

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 00:47

The number of foreigners living in Spain fell in 2014 for the third straight year, official data showed Tuesday as the country struggles with a sky-high unemployment rate.

Spain tax officials search home of ex-IMF head Rodrigo Rato

Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015, 23:34

Spanish tax office agents on Thursday searched the Madrid home of Rodrigo Rato, a former IMF head and ex-economy minister with Spain`s ruling conservative party, who has already been charged in two corruption cases.

Spain government under siege after Andalusia collapse

Last Updated: Monday, March 23, 2015, 19:18

Spain`s government is fighting off a two-pronged assault from new protest parties after it collapsed in a key regional election ahead of this year`s national polls.