Economics
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 3 weeks ago
The eurozone's recession will be even deeper than previously feared this year, the European commission has warned, as it slashed its outlook for crisis-stricken Cyprus and downgraded the prospects of the bloc's biggest economies.
Financial Markets
4 weeks ago
One of Europe's most powerful bankers, the Santander chief executive, Alfredo Sáenz, has resigned after a long-running row about whether he should be banned from heading the eurozone's largest bank.
Video
by Bloomberg (RSS feed) - 4 weeks ago
Mark Barton reports on Thursday's top headlines.
Economics
by CNBC (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
Spain's banking bailout last year is now a distant memory.
Financial Markets
2 months ago
The UK arm of Spanish bank Santander handed 19 of its bankers more than £1m last year, including its chief executive Ana Botín who received £4m.
Europe
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 3 months ago
Not since the days of Franco has Spain suffered such high unemployment rates. The country was virtually a feudal, agrarian economy the last time almost six million workers were unemployed.
Europe
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 4 months ago
Spain's double-dip recession worsened at the end of last year as the eurozone's fourth-largest economy shrank dramatically in the final quarter, raising doubts over a government-heralded recovery for the end of this year.
Europe
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 4 months ago
His fellow eyewitnesses are dying off, but Alfonso Cánovas, 95, remembers Barcelona becoming one of the first major cities in the world to be subjected to a campaign of aerial bombardment.
Europe
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 5 months ago
Forget, for a moment, the Greek tragedy. The tale of social woe set to play out in Spain this year is both bigger and more important to the world. For the drama of rescuing the euro, or letting it sink, will be played out on Spanish soil.
Europe
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 5 months ago
European leaders watched Italy with a mounting sense of alarm yesterday as renewed political turbulence threatened to end months of relative calm over the euro and spill over into Spain.