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Top Spain banker bailed in crisis probe

Friday, May 17, 2013

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Miguel Blesa is pictured at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on October 6, 2008 in Madrid

The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid became the first top banker to spend time in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis, officials said on Friday.

Spain’s ‘indignants’ retake streets on second anniversary

Sunday, May 12, 2013

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Spain's 'indignants' protesters demonstrate in Madrid on May 12, 2013, to decry economic injustice

Thousands of Spaniards on Sunday gathered to mark the second anniversary of the "indignants" movement formed to protest economic inequality as unemployment in the debt-ridden country last month hit record levels.

Spain says headline jobless queue shrinks

Monday, May 6, 2013

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People wait in a government employment office in Burgos on February 4, 2013

The masses of people registered at unemployment offices in Spain shrank slightly in April to fewer than five million, raw data showed Monday, a result hailed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government.

Spain economy shrinks 0.5% in first quarter 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures during a joint press conference in Granada on April 28, 2013

Spain's economy shrank 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2013, official data showed, as a job-destroying recession gripped the struggling nation.

Spanish minister sees deeper contraction in 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

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Spanish protesters take part in a demonstration against budget cuts in Madrid on April 21, 2013

Spain's economy will shrink by between 1.0 percent and 1.5 percent this year, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said in an interview published Monday in the Wall Street Journal.

Spanish deficit at 10.6% of GDP: EU

Monday, April 22, 2013

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A Spanish protester demonstrates at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, on October 15, 2011, against cutbacks

The European Commission released on Monday final deficit and debt data for eurozone and EU states that was in line with upward revisions announced in late March by key countries such as Spain and France.

In Spain anti-capitalist nun gets into politics

Friday, April 19, 2013

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Spanish Benedictine nun Teresa Forcades, pictured at the convent of St. Benet, in Montserrat, on April 17, 2013

From her small convent in the mountains near Barcelona, Sister Teresa Forcades, a Harvard-educated Catalan nun, has emerged as a leading advocate of Spain's "indignant" protest movement against the excesses of capitalism.

Spanish banks see profits after ‘horrific’ 2012

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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A general view of Madrid taken from the Casa de Campo park on January 11, 2010

Spain's battered banks predicted Thursday they will turn a profit this year after a "horrific" 2012 in which the overall industry recorded losses for the first time in its history.

Spain raises 2012 deficit figure to comply with EU rules

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Spaniards protest against the austerity measures during a rally in Madrid, on September 15, 2012

Spain revised its public deficit figure for 2012 higher on Wednesday to 6.98 percent of economic output from the 6.74 percent figure it posted last month, to comply with a request by the EU's statistics office regarding Madrid's calculations of tax refund claims.

Spain banks to pay up to 2.0 bln euros to reimburse investors

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Spain's Finance Minister Luis de Guindos gives a press conference at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid on February 1, 2013

Spain will ask private banks to contribute 1.5-2.0 billion euros to help reimburse investors who bought risky savings products that have lost most of their value from unlisted lenders which have since been nationalised, the government said Friday.

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