622,600 jobs lost in Spain during 2020, with 3.7m now unemployed (16.1%)
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) According to data from Spain’s quarterly workforce survey (EPA) and released by the National Institute for Statistics (INE)...
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The Age of Cooperation – women leaders reshaping the world in the face of a pandemic
In April 2020, almost two months into an unprecedented global lockdown triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, a TikTok video showing British National Health Service (NHS)...
BBVA and Banco Sabadell abandon merger plans
Spain’s second-largest bank BBVA and Banco Sabadell have abandoned plans for a merger, as first divulged last week. The two banks had previously announced that they...
G20 leaders vow to ensure ‘affordable, equitable’ vaccine access for ‘all people’
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (7 Dec) Also read: Details of curfews & restrictions for all regions of Spain during ‘State of Alarm’ G20 leaders...
2021 ‘progressive budget’ plans to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (18 Nov) Spain’s left-leaning coalition government presented its 2021 budget plan on Tuesday, with the key points being to raise...
Spain announces its ‘Recovery, Transformation & Resilience Plan’ against recession
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (2 Nov) Also read: Details of curfews & restrictions for all regions of Spain during ‘State of Alarm’ Spanish Prime...
Spain extends its ERTE furlough scheme to 31 January
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (20 Oct) Following hours of last-minute negotiations with employers and trade unions this week, the Spanish government has approved an...
Rodrigo Rato, former head of IMF, acquitted in Bankia trial
The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rodrigo Rato – who was also a People’s Party (PP) finance minister and a deputy prime minister in Spain...
CaixaBank and Bankia merger confirmed
The boards of Spain’s CaixaBank and Bankia have approved a merger plan between the two, which will create Spain’s largest financial institution. The new bank...
Airlines insist on common EU approach to revive travel industry
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (13 Oct) Airlines for Europe (A4E), Europe’s largest airline association and based in Brussels, has urged EU leaders to swiftly...
