The Local Spain 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 Andalusia is worst region in EU for unemployment The southern Spanish region had the highest unemployment rate in the entire European Union last year, according to a Eurostat report released on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150422/andalusia-worst-for-unemployment-in-eu Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:15:48 +0200 andalusia-worst-for-unemployment-in-eu Unemployment at lowest rate since 2012 Spain's unemployment rate sank 0.2 percent between January and February, to its lowest rate since January 2012, according to new EU figures. https://www.thelocal.es/20150401/spain-unemployment-rate-drops-but-remains-high-in-eu Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:44:19 +0200 spain-unemployment-rate-drops-but-remains-high-in-eu Spanish house prices notch up slight rise House prices in Spain rose very slightly in Spain in the second quarter of 2014 but the increase was below European Union averages and far behind the surges seen in countries like Ireland and the UK, new EU figures show. https://www.thelocal.es/20141009/house-prices Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:28:32 +0200 house-prices Spain's employment rate third worst in EU Only 58.2 percent of people in Spain aged 20 to 64 were working in 2013, the third lowest figure in the European Union, figures released on Monday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140519/spains-employment-rate-third-worst-in-eu Mon, 19 May 2014 18:55:28 +0200 spains-employment-rate-third-worst-in-eu 576,900 jobseekers in Spain have never worked One in ten jobseekers in Spain have never been able to get their foot in the door, making it 576,900 people who are trapped in the vicious circle of no work – no experience. https://www.thelocal.es/20140313/more-than-half-a-million-spaniards-have-never-worked Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:37:00 +0100 more-than-half-a-million-spaniards-have-never-worked Spanish youth worst in class for school dropouts Young Spaniards have the highest school dropout rate in the whole of the EU, according to new figures published by the official European statistics body Eurostat. https://www.thelocal.es/20130415/spanish-youth-come-top-in-eu-school-dropout-rate Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:13:00 +0200 spanish-youth-come-top-in-eu-school-dropout-rate