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News, November 2011November 30th, recent news round-upBig bounce in markets this week as 'Merkozy' and the central banks have got together to promise stabilisation in the markets - BBC; Catalan finance secretary suggests means testing public health - or rather that over a level of income private health insurance be compulsory - El País; commission reporting on Valley of the Fallen Civil War monument calls for Franco's body to be removed - Telegraph; president elect Mariano Rajoy keeping his head down ahead of the changeover just before Christmas - his election is dependent on the approval of the new parliament once it convenes on 13th December; socialists call February congress to plan future and elect new leader - El País. Other recent news includes: 17th: General Elections this Sunday! Results as they come in here. Alarm as Spanish debt price rises above 7% - BBC, El País, BBC's Robert Peston on the crisis... or football?; broke: Balearic regional government borrows €100 million from Banco Santander to pay immediate bills (and lots left by previous regime) and salaries - El País background; giant sahara solar project to power Spain - El País; 15th: Last week of election campaign - El País editorial, - BBC finance outlook, Rajoy interviewed in El Mundo says he is willing to listen to parties to take hard decisions; medics in Catalonia on strike today and tomorrow 'to protect public health system'; Treasury must today place €3.5 billion at historic maximum price - Telegraph; Spain's worst environmental disaster - 9 years after sinking of oil tanker Prestige off Galicia's 'Death Coast' (on 13th-17th November 2002), court concludes preparation of case to be tried; October inflation (CPI) 3%; 2 Britons die in Mallorca helicopter crash - Telegraph. 11th: Economy officially frozen - 0% GNP growth in Q3 - BBC, INE pdf figures, El País; The Economist likes Spain - for a change- and its efforts to survive the crisis; new undersea volcano continues to affect El Hierro, Canaries, with 4.6 quake today - Telegraph; 10th: EU lowers Spain forecast to 0.7% growth this year, compounding fears of recession, failure to meet debt targets, etc.. - Spain badly hit by Italy jitters, possibly next target for crisis - BBC, El País, Telegraph; 8th: Leadership TV debate sees few ideas to get Spain out of hole - BBC, El País; 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mali -El País; Catalan doctors to strike on 15th and 16th over health service cuts - El País; Bank of Valencia needs rescue - El País; oil major Repsol makes big find in Argentina - BBC; 7th: EU threatens €1bn fine if unemployment not brought down; Ryanair takes last flight out of Reus airport and turns off lights; film maker fined over helmet-free Larry Crowne poster Guardian; El Prado holds hermitage exhibition BBC. 4th: General Election campaign starts with survey forecasting landslide for conservative Partido Popular, currently in opposition - BBC, El País; Lufthansa sells BMI to Spanish based IAG (owner of Iberia and BA), subject to monopoly check - BBC; ; 3rd: unemployment rises again, to 21.5% - El País; Javier Bardem signs as next Bond villain - El País; 2nd: property loans fall almost €5bn to 11% of bank sector capital in first half - but slower than ideal - El País 1st: shepherds take advantage of holiday weekend to exercise right to walk flocks through central Madrid - Telegraph. October 28th: EAPS population survey reveals unemployment in 3rd quarter close to 5 million - EAPS-pdf - only industry bucks the trend to shed jobs - El Pais Earlier news headlines: click here. |