Spanish Economy

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  Study How India Handled 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: Centre To Universities

  The Education Ministry has asked universities to study how India handled the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and what measures were taken to boost the economy.

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  Barcelona Under Fire As Men's Team Fly Business Class, Women Go Economy

  The Spanish giants posted photos and videos of the two teams boarding the Portland-bound plane together but photos posted by the female players online showed they were flying in economy.

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  Railways Considering Introduction Of Talgo Type Trains

  After the successful trial of Spanish made Talgo train, Railways is considering introduction of light weight aluminium coaches in the rail network to reduce the travelling time between metropolis.

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  Government Appoints Foreign Firms for High-Speed Rail Studies

  The government has appointed Chinese, French and Spanish firms to conduct studies into building three high-speed rail lines linking its major cities, the Railways Ministry said on Wednesday.

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  Spanish Election Likely on December 20: Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

  Spain will probably hold national elections on December 20, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said today, leaving him less than four months to persuade Spaniards an economic recovery is good enough to warrant giving him a second term in office.

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  Social Spending Key to Lifting National Income Levels: World Bank Head

  Middle-income economies must increase social spending if they wish to reach the income level of developed countries and end extreme poverty, the president of the World Bank said in an interview published today.

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  Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to Seek Re-Election in 2015 Spanish National Polls

  Spain's conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said today that he will seek re-election in this year's national polls, despite facing criticism after his party was trounced in a key regional vote last month.

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  Spain Says Funds For Greece Only After Reforms: Report

  Greece will not receive money from the Eurozone rescue fund until it implements all of its proposed reforms, the Spanish economy minister told the Financial Times on Sunday.

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  Women's Theatre Sells Porn to Bypass Spanish Tax Hike

  An all-women theatre group has found an ingenious way around a sales tax hike that is crippling Spanish theatres- by selling pornography.

• Fearful for their jobs, Spaniards take deep wage cuts

  Fearful of joining the one in four workers out of a job, Spanish employees are accepting ever deeper salary cuts as they pay the price of the economy's growing competitiveness.

• Moody's cuts debt ratings of 28 Spanish banks

  The downgrades reflect Moody's view on the ability of the 28 banks to repay their debts.

• Spanish short-term debt costs reach alarm levels

  The soaring borrowing costs showed that a euro zone deal to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($126 billion) for its banks had not solved the country's problems.

• Moody's slashes Spain debt ratings to lowest investment grade level

  The credit ratings agency cut its rating on Spanish govt saying the plan to save banks will increase debt.

• Asian markets fall on Spanish debt concerns

  Asian markets reversed the previous day's hefty gains on Tuesday as a European bailout for Spain's debt-stricken banks failed to convince investors.

• Spanish bailout could reach 100 bn euros: Sources

  One of the sources also said that Spain did not want IMF involvement in the package for its banks.