Faisal Islam
Spain: the Brussels budget ‘suicide pact’
As Easter approaches in Andalusia, Faisal Islam visits the Eurozone’s biggest headache.
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‘Future of euro in Spain and Italy at stake’
Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos issues a dire warning about the future of the euro, as new figures show 66bn euros ($82bn) of money left the country in March.
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Spain ‘should have acted earlier over Bankia’
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, criticises Spain for underestimating the problems faced by Bankia, the troubled nationalised bank.
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Spain-ting by numbers
Business correspondent Sarah Smith gives a numerical guide to just how bad the Euro-crisis looks in Spain.
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Spain rescues bank as spectre of Irish property crash looms
Spain partially nationalised banking giant Bankia SA after concerns about its real estate exposure in a scenario reminiscent of the Irish crisis following the 2008 implosion of Lehman Bros.
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Spain could hold fraudster Michael Brown for months
Multi-millionaire fraudster Michael Brown could remain in Spain for at least six months while Spanish authorities organise his UK extradition hearing and any appeals, lawyers say.
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King Juan Carlos ‘sorry’ for holiday as Spain struggles
Spain’s King Juan Carlos apologises for an elephant-hunting trip to Botswana – a jaunt that has caused outrage in a country suffering from an economic crisis.
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Spain announces ‘most austere’ cuts ever
Spain sets out deep budget cuts which its treasury minister has called ‘the most austere’ in the country’s democratic history, despite fierce popular resistance.
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Faisal Islam
Spain’s ‘indignado’ youth now angry at attempts to help them
Overqualified, no jobs, and the worst economic year since world war two. What now for Spain’s young?
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‘State of fear’ pushes Spain to 24-hour strike
As Spain begins a general strike in protest at pro-business labour reforms, Spanish journalist Roman Orozco warns that austerity is turning the country from a welfare state into a state of fear.
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Faisal Islam
‘No growth Britain’ looks concerning even from pained Spain
In other words, taking into account, alternate upswings and downswings, the UK has not grown since October 2010, also the month of the Spending Review. That’s right, ZERO growth in 5 quarters, 15 months, for which the Coalition’s original deficit reduction plan had pencilled in three per cent.
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Spain’s talismanic coach says he admires English football
Spain’s World Cup-winning football manager Vicente del Bosque has shared some of the secrets of his team’s success in an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News.
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Will victory be a poisoned chalice for Spain’s new PM?
Over the weekend, Spain will become the latest troubled eurozone country to vote in a new premier. Channel 4 News profiles the man tipped to take over at the top, Mariano Rajoy.
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Blair offers to advise Spain as Eta lays down arms
Spain’s prime minister welcomes the laying down of arms by the Basque separatist group Eta as Tony Blair offers his personal help to bring about “irreversible” peace in the country.
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Spain downgraded by credit agency
Standard & Poor’s cuts Spain’s credit rating because of an unpredictable financial climate and slow growth.
