Spain’s CaixaBank planning over 8,000 job cuts in banking’s biggest staff reduction
The move, described as “savage” by the unions, would also close 1,534 branches following the lender’s merger with Bankia
Real Madrid president: ‘We are creating a European Super League to save soccer, the situation is dire’
Florentino Pérez, who will be the new chairman of the breakaway project, said last night that it is aimed at giving the sport an economic boost after the financial losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic
Germany starts demanding first fiscal adjustments from Spain
In a recommendation to the OECD, Berlin asks for cuts “sooner rather than later” despite widespread global support for continued stimulation of coronavirus-hit economies
Nicaragua’s political dynasty: heirs in a golden cage
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have nine children, eight of whom work in the family business. They serve as government advisors, oversee an oil distribution business and run most of the country’s television channels and advertising companies benefiting from state contracts. But their movements are restricted, and they must respond at all times to the orders of their mother, the vice president
Spain’s Health Ministry to consider delaying second Covid-19 vaccine shots in order to speed up campaign
The measure would involve increasing the gap between the two doses of the Pfizer and the Moderna medications to eight weeks for the under-80s. A decision is still pending on whether the under-60s should get their second injection of AstraZeneca
Rise of fourth coronavirus wave in Spain begins to slow: ‘We’ve been able to respond’
The incidence rate, however, continues to increase in Madrid and the Basque Country, which are currently two of the worst-affected regions in the country
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El Roto cartoon, April 20, 2021
How people-smuggling mafias are gaining ground in Spain
According to police, drug-trafficking networks are being used to send migrants from the Canary Islands to the mainland