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Spanish PM Rajoy Announces Spanish-Algerian Business Summit for March
January 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Thursday that business leaders from his country and Algeria will gather here in March for a summit to explore investment opportunities. continue reading »
EU Must Adopt Minimum Wage, Says Eurogroup
January 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The EU should adopt a minimum wage and other measures of solidarity to ensure that the European Union's "social dimension" does not disappear amid a bloc-wide austerity drive, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday. continue reading »
SPAIN: Deputy Mayor Resigns As a Result of 2012 Halloween Party Tragedy
January 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Madrid Deputy Mayor Miguel Angel Villanueva resigned Wednesday, two months after the Halloween party tragedy that resulted in the deaths of five young women in a human stampede, officials told Efe. continue reading »
Spain’s Repsol Begins Oil Production at “Megafield” in Brazil
January 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish oil major Repsol has begun commercial production at the pre-salt Sapinhoa "megafield" after connecting a producing well to an FPSO with the capacity to extract 120,000 barrels of oil per day. continue reading »
Famed Spanish Journalist Enrique Meneses Dead at 83
January 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Journalist Enrique Meneses Miniaty has died at Hospital La Paz in Madrid, Spanish daily El Pais said Monday in its Web edition. He was 83. continue reading »
American Tourist Dies While Sightseeing in Spain
January 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A tourist of U.S. nationality died Friday while he and his family were making a tourist visit to the New Cathedral in Salamanca, Spain, police officials told Efe. continue reading »
Spanish Man Confesses to Slitting Ex-Girlfriend’s Throat
January 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A 39-year-old man turned himself over to the police and confessed he had slit his ex-girlfriend's throat the night before on a street in the eastern Spanish town of Benaguasil. continue reading »
King Juan Carlos Urges Spaniards to Regain Confidence
January 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's King Juan Carlos expressed his concern about the lack of jobs in his country and the fact that many youths have to look for work abroad, but expressed confidence that Spaniards can regain their confidence and overcome the crisis. continue reading »
New House Prices in Spain Down 33.5% Since 2007
January 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Prices of new Spanish houses fell another 6.9 percent in 2012 and have now plunged by more than a third since their peak in 2007, an appraisers' association said Wednesday. continue reading »
Spanish Utlity Company Sells 32 Wind Farms in France
January 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish utility company Iberdrola said Monday it sold 32 wind farms in France to U.S.-based General Electric, Meag and France's EDF for 400 million euros (nearly $528 million). continue reading »
Spanish Prime Minister to Visit Peru, Chile, Algeria, Panama in 2013
January 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy plans to visit Chile, Peru, Panama and Algeria during 2013, and his agenda of international travels also includes a meeting at the White House with U.S. President Barack Obama. continue reading »
Bolivian Government Takes Over 4 Spanish-owned Firms
December 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Evo Morales announced Saturday the nationalization of four Bolivian units of Spanish utility Iberdrola, including the main electricity distributors in La Paz and Oruro provinces. continue reading »
2013 Will be “Tough Year” for Spain, Says PM
December 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Friday that economically ailing Spain has "a very tough year" ahead of it in 2013. continue reading »
Brand Spain, Spanish Public Broadcaster to Promote Spanish Image
December 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The government's high commissioner for Brand Spain and the head of public broadcaster RTVE signed an agreement here Thursday to cooperate in promoting the image of the Iberian nation. continue reading »
Spain Became a Democracy After 40 Years of Dictatorship in 1978
December 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, Spain became a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship in 1978. Following the Spanish constitution's approval in a national referendum, King Juan Carlos ratified Spain's first democratic constitution in nearly five decades. continue reading »
Spanish Bakery Makes World’s Largest Pastry
December 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Spanish pastry bakery created a "polvoron" - a type of shortbread - calculated to be the largest in the world and distributed it on Wednesday among 10,000 people at a mall in this southern city. continue reading »
Exports of Spanish Arms and Defense Sector Drop 44 Percent in Spain
December 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's arms exports fell 43.7 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2011, the Industry Ministry said in a report released Wednesday. continue reading »
Spain’s King Juan Carlos Speaks of Economic Crisis in Christmas Message to Country
December 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's King Juan Carlos on Monday defended the idea of making austerity compatible with economic growth and emphasized that the country is "part of the solution to the global crisis." continue reading »
Spain Revokes Asylum Status for Pakistani who Directed Anti-Muslim Video
December 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish authorities have revoked asylum for a Pakistani citizen, who filmed a defamatory video about Mohammed, for "putting the security of the Spanish state at risk," Interior Ministry officials told Efe on Saturday. continue reading »
Spanish Engineering Firm to Benefit from $100 Million Loan From IDB
December 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish engineering and consulting company Isolux has received a $100 million corporate loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to finance renewable energy and energy infrastructure projects in Peru and Brazil. continue reading »
