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 Eurozone finance ministers approved on Friday a third bailout worth up to €86 billion to keep Greece in the single currency in return for an unprecedented package of reforms that Athens had previously rejected. https://www.thelocal.es/20150815/eurozone-approves-greek-bailout-in-return-for-far-reaching-reforms Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:38:23 +0200 eurozone-approves-greek-bailout-in-return-for-far-reaching-reforms Greece on Sunday faced a final EU summit to clinch a deal that would stop Athens crashing out of the euro after divided eurozone ministers halted "very difficult" talks on a new bailout overnight. https://www.thelocal.es/20150712/greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume Sun, 12 Jul 2015 11:57:34 +0200 greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume The European Central Bank said on Sunday it would keep its emergency cash lifeline to Greece at current levels, in a move that may not be enough to help the debt-laden country stave off leaving the eurozone. https://www.thelocal.es/20150628/european-central-bank-offers-greece-hope Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:16:19 +0200 european-central-bank-offers-greece-hope EU finance ministers are "sad" about Greece's decision to put creditors' austerity measures to a referendum on July 5 and say they will not extend Greece's bail-out deal on June 30, in a move which could trigger a banking collapse. https://www.thelocal.es/20150627/greece-referendum-bombshell-causes-euro-havoc Sat, 27 Jun 2015 17:25:04 +0200 greece-referendum-bombshell-causes-euro-havoc Spain posted on Friday a sluggish rise in consumer prices in January as the spectre of deflation hung over the eurozone economies. https://www.thelocal.es/20140214/spanish-prices-edge-higher-amid-eurozone-deflation-fears Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:28:00 +0100 spanish-prices-edge-higher-amid-eurozone-deflation-fears EU officials hailed the strengthening of Spain's banking sector on Monday after it was thrown a €41.3 billion ($56 billion) lifeline last year but warned that a drop in lending and high debt levels pose a risk to the nation's banks. https://www.thelocal.es/20131001/eu-wary-over-spain-debt-risk Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:25:00 +0200 eu-wary-over-spain-debt-risk International accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) is predicting Spain's growth will outstrip that of both Germany and France from 2015 to 2019. https://www.thelocal.es/20130923/spain-set-to-grow-faster-than-germany-pwc Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:43:00 +0200 spain-set-to-grow-faster-than-germany-pwc Almost one in three Spaniards want to leave the Eurozone and go back to using the peseta, a new US study has found. https://www.thelocal.es/20130918/spaniards-look-back-on-pesetas Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:10:00 +0200 spaniards-look-back-on-pesetas The plunge in recession-wracked Spain's industrial production eased in March to a 0.6 percent year-on-year decline, official data showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130510/industrial-output-notches-up-soft-decline-in-march Fri, 10 May 2013 10:37:19 +0200 industrial-output-notches-up-soft-decline-in-march There has been a "surge" in the number of British expats seeking advice about moving funds out of some of the eurozone's most troubled economies following the Cyprus bailout deal, said deVere Group on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130326/expats-fear-cyprus-style-account-raids Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:56:00 +0100 expats-fear-cyprus-style-account-raids Spain's markets fell on Monday afternoon after Eurogroup boss Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the Cyprus bailout agreement was a "template" for the rest of Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20130325/markets-open-strongly-after-cyprus-agreement Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:16:00 +0100 markets-open-strongly-after-cyprus-agreement Major Spanish newspaper El Pais on Sunday retracted a column that compared German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler and apologized for its "inappropriate" content after sparking an indignant internet outcry. https://www.thelocal.es/20130324/el-pais-retracts-column-comparing-merkel-to-hitler Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:00 +0100 el-pais-retracts-column-comparing-merkel-to-hitler