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April 5th, 2012
Iberia has cancelled 156 flights scheduled for Easter Monday, the first of the 30 days of strikes pilots have called for on Mondays and Fridays from 9th April to 20th July in a continuation of their protest against the creation of the budget airline, Iberia Express. In a statement, Iberia said ...
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April 3rd, 2012
Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Economic Affairs, Olli Rehn, last Friday described the situation in Spain as "very difficult" and asked the Government to continue with their budget adjustments and structural reforms. "Spain is in a very difficult situation, but on the other hand, Spain has much potential ...
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March 28th, 2012
The Ministry of Development and the CCOO and UGT unions have agreed on minimum nationwide transport services for tomorrow’s strike which are nearly equal to those of the general strike in September 2010, but they have introduced some new features like an increase in commuter rail services from 25% to ...
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March 22nd, 2012
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos, said on Tuesday that he is prepared to bring forward to October, direct aid payments to Spain from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to alleviate the effects of the drought "if the situation warrants it" and providing all the required conditions are ...
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March 20th, 2012
The Council of Ministers approved at its meeting on Friday the exploration for hydrocarbons in the waters off the Canary Islands, which will be undertaken by Repsol YPF. Vice President, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria noted that after environmental protection measures had been reinforced, they had now complied with the rules ...
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March 8th, 2012
The European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Olli Rehn, said on Tuesday that the eurozone economy is showing signs of improvement. The growth in 2011, however, was 1.4%, according to data provided yesterday by Eurostat, which represents a slight decrease from the 1.5% forecast in a previous evaluation. "Although the ...
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March 6th, 2012
The pilots' union, Sepla, has called for 24 more days of strikes for Iberia Airlines, to take place during the months of March, April and May, some coinciding with holiday weekends (puentes) and the Easter break (Semana Santa). According to a statement from Sepla, the dates specified are: 16th, 19th, 23rd, ...
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March 5th, 2012
Unemployment continued to climb in January in the eurozone and across the EU, reaching the highest levels recorded since October 1997 and 2000, respectively, according to figures released on Friday by Eurostat. The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point in both the eurozone and the EU over December and reached ...
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February 28th, 2012
Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, announced that the State Budget to be presented by the Government on 30 March "will be realistic and contain a sensible and reasonable revenue forecast". Furthermore, he reiterated that Spain will meet its deficit targets and that he has no intention of raising taxes. Mariano Rajoy ...
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February 24th, 2012
Petrol and diesel prices have maintained their climb this week marking two separate record highs, according to the EU Oil Bulletin. Specifically, a litre of petrol rose above 1.4 euros for the first time and marked a second consecutive week at a record 1.415 euros, after prices increased by ...
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