https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's labour market reform has helped bring down sky-high unemployment but critics complain the bulk of the jobs it created offer lower salaries and less security. https://www.thelocal.es/20170521/spains-labour-reform-delivers-jobs-but-at-a-cost Sun, 21 May 2017 13:12:48 +0200 spains-labour-reform-delivers-jobs-but-at-a-cost Spain's lower house has approved a 2016 budget designed to ease some spending restrictions after years of austerity, ahead of legislative elections due on December 20th. https://www.thelocal.es/20151021/spain-eases-spending-constraints-ahead-of-elections Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:04:39 +0200 spain-eases-spending-constraints-ahead-of-elections Thousands of people took part in a "march for dignity" in Madrid on Saturday to protest against austerity measures on the eve of a closely-watched regional election in southern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150322/thousands-march-against-austerity-in-madrid Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:44:50 +0100 thousands-march-against-austerity-in-madrid Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Sunday called on his Greek counterpart to get "serious" about his country's debt-wracked economy, after Alexis Tsipras accused eurozone partners of undermining its negotiations with Brussels. https://www.thelocal.es/20150302/rajoy-hits-back-at-greeces-tsipras-in-austerity-row Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:47:00 +0100 rajoy-hits-back-at-greeces-tsipras-in-austerity-row Spain's Budget Minister Cristobal Montoro on Monday rejected any notion of the European Union "changing the rules" over Greece's bailout, noting Spain had respected similar austerity imposed by international creditors. https://www.thelocal.es/20150202/spanish-minister-rejects-easing-debt-rules-for-greece Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:16:00 +0100 spanish-minister-rejects-easing-debt-rules-for-greece A Spanish medical organization has launched a website offering fake health 'bargains' like two-for-one lung surgery to boost awareness of the importance of healthcare spending and the future of the public system. https://www.thelocal.es/20141113/campaign-warns-against-cutting-healthcare-corners Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:47:00 +0100 campaign-warns-against-cutting-healthcare-corners Spain's public debt ratio will top the symbolic level of 100 percent of national output next year, well above European Union guidelines, before it starts dropping in 2017, the government's 2015 budget proposal showed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/spain-public-debt-to-hit-100-percent-budget-gdp-economy Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:37:00 +0200 spain-public-debt-to-hit-100-percent-budget-gdp-economy Spain's public debt has topped €1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) for the first time, the central bank announced on Thursday, despite years of government-imposed austerity. https://www.thelocal.es/20140814/spanish-public-debt-tops-trillion-euro-mark Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:07:00 +0200 spanish-public-debt-tops-trillion-euro-mark Almost every major city in Spain will see thousands take to the streets on Thursday to voice their discontent against the Spanish government and the EU's plans for further austerity cuts. https://www.thelocal.es/20140403/fifty-four-cities-in-spain-to-shout-no-more-cuts-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 13:40:00 +0200 fifty-four-cities-in-spain-to-shout-no-more-cuts-2 The gap between rich and poor has grown faster in Spain during the crisis than in any other country in Europe, but many austerity measures have helped put the brakes on this process, a new IMF report argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20140314/spanish-inequality-is-worlds-fastest-growing Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:06:00 +0100 spanish-inequality-is-worlds-fastest-growing Spain's public debt will rise next year to 99.8 percent of output after hitting 94.2 percent at the end of this year, higher than previously forecast, according to details of the government's 2014 budget published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130930/spains-2014-public-debt-ratio-to-near-100-percent Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:17:52 +0200 spains-2014-public-debt-ratio-to-near-100-percent Spain's government met on Friday to approve a 2014 budget that freezes the salaries of 2.6 million public sector workers for a fourth year running and offers no relief to pensioners. https://www.thelocal.es/20130927/civil-servants-and-pensioners-bear-brunt-of-cutbacks Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:31:00 +0200 civil-servants-and-pensioners-bear-brunt-of-cutbacks Spain will stick to its path of austerity in 2014 with the government due to approve its draft budget for the year on Friday, with pensioners and public workers losing out despite a slowly improving economy. https://www.thelocal.es/20130926/more-austerity-welcome-to-spains-boring-budget Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:07:00 +0200 more-austerity-welcome-to-spains-boring-budget Spain's accumulated public debt soared to a record high at the end of June, the Bank of Spain said Friday, shattering government targets despite a relentless austerity squeeze. https://www.thelocal.es/20130913/austere-spain-racks-up-record-debt-levels Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:53:17 +0200 austere-spain-racks-up-record-debt-levels Spain's unofficial economy is worth about 20 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), with the construction industry among the worst offenders, a Spanish think tank argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20130715/black-gdp Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:22:00 +0200 black-gdp As the economic crisis continues to take its toll on a Spain blighted by unemployment and creaking under the pressure of public sector austerity, some are heading south to Morocco to look for employment opportunities. https://www.thelocal.es/20130714/out-of-work-spaniards-seek-future-in-morocco Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:33:00 +0200 out-of-work-spaniards-seek-future-in-morocco Wearing face masks and wielding sanders, two workers smooth the surface of a massive fan for a wind turbine at the Gamesa factory in Aoiz, a town in Navarre, northern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130714/wind-of-austerity-chills-spanish-turbine-industry Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:10:00 +0200 wind-of-austerity-chills-spanish-turbine-industry The Spanish government, which is struggling to cut one of the eurozone's largest public deficits during a double-dip recession, on Friday raised taxes on tobacco and alcohol, except wine and beer. https://www.thelocal.es/20130629/spain-raises-taxes-on-alcohol-and-tobacco Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:10:29 +0200 spain-raises-taxes-on-alcohol-and-tobacco In blue gloves and goggles, Maria Jesus Vicent's team of young researchers busily mix chemicals in their laboratory, where they work at improving medications for cancer and Alzheimer's disease. https://www.thelocal.es/20130629/financial-crisis-cripples-spains-top-medical-research Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:28:00 +0200 financial-crisis-cripples-spains-top-medical-research Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will arrive in Brussels on Wednesday for a key economic policy meeting of the European Council buoyed by the knowledge that he has the unprecedented backing of over 90 percent of Spain's MPs. https://www.thelocal.es/20130626/spain-unites-for-eu-economic-showdown Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:20:00 +0200 spain-unites-for-eu-economic-showdown