Spain’s Government to Pass Law Requiring Spanish Test for New Citizens
The Spanish government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is saying they intend to pass a new law requiring all potential new Spanish […]
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Spain’s Royal Palace Workers to Go on Strike in March Over Austerity
As if it is not bad enough public transportation staff and government offices have gone on strike in Spain in recent months, […]
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Luis Bárcenas Wife Questioned over 600,000 Euros Deposited in Spanish Bank
As Spanish anti-corruption prosecutors continue to try to figure out how former Popular Party (PP) treasurer Luis Bárcenas ended up with […]
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Spaniards Become Self-Employed to Solve Spanish Unemployment Problem
More and more Spaniards are becoming self-employed in recent years when they discover, once unemployed from jobs they have held for a […]
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FC Barcelona Hired Metodo 3 Agency to Spy on Gerard Piqué and Shakira (Video)
FC Barcelona has been implicated in a spy agency scandal after it’s being reported that owners of the football club hired […]
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Jerez Most Indebted City in Spain: Owes €4,600 Per Inhabitant (Video)
Jerez is officially Spain’s most indebted city. The city government owes €4,600 for each of its inhabitants and is cutting services and […]
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Mass Austerity Protests in Spain Call for Resignation of Mariano Rajoy
It seems austerity protests in Spain are getting larger and more frequent, if Saturday’s mass austerity protests in cities like Madrid and […]
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Mariano Rajoy’s ‘State of the Nation’ Won’t Be Addressing Cash Payment Scandal
When Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain, gives his ‘State of the Nation’ address later today, you can bet he won’t be […]
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Bankia to Close 1,100 Branches and Layoff 4,500 People in 2013
The Spanish banking industry is not looking much more stable than at once a couple of years ago, at least as far […]
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Can Mariano Rajoy Survive Payment Scandal? No, and Here’s Why
With Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy getting ready to give a press conference about the Luis Bárcenas scandal he and other Popular […]
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Socialist Leader Rubalcaba Tells Rajoy Explain Payment Scandal “Now”
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s name seems to be mud in Spain these days and it’s not surprising. Yesterday, El Pais listed […]
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Mariano Rajoy Took 25,000 Euro Kickbacks Every Year for 11 Years?
If a new story in El Pais is anything to go by, it may just be that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano […]
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Spanish Government Clueless About Youth Unemployment Fixes?
If Spain’s economy wasn’t in such tragic shape, you’d have to laugh every time you read about any new ‘fix’ the […]
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Spain’s Plan PIVE Car-Purchase Subsidy Scheme Renewed, But Is It Working?
In an effort to boost the Spanish economy, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has agreed to renew and even increase Spain’s car-purchase […]
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Bank of Spain Blames Mariano Rajoy Government for Worsening Recession in 2012-2013
Well, it is official. According to the Bank of Spain, the Mariano-Rajoy headed government has caused the recession to get worse. The […]
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Spain’s Jobless Rate Rises to Record 26%: 5.97 Million People Unemployed (Video)
It doesn’t look like 2013 is going to be any better for Spain’s economy than 2012 was. According to Reuters, the […]
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Spanish Boy Fakes Kidnapping as Doesn’t Want Parents to Go to School Parents Day
One Spanish police officer must be incredibly embarrassed today and desperately wanting to kill his 11-year-old son after he faked his own […]
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Carrefour, Ikea, Alcampo Cutting Salaries and Increasing Hours of Employees?
When Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, brought in new labor laws last year that were beneficial to companies and detrimental to […]
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Spanish Policeman Saves Woman Who Faints onto Madrid Train Tracks (Video)
A 51-year-old woman in Madrid, Spain may not still have been with us today if it wasn’t for the quick thinking […]
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Jorge Trias Sagnier Says “Yes, Cash-Stuffed Envelopes” for PP Leaders Did Happen
Although Spain’s Popular Party and Mariano Rajoy, Spanish prime minister, have denied that envelopes full of cash were paid to top […]
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