Spain’s AVE high-speed rail network set for record expansion in 2015
New stations and more than 1,000 kilometers of track to open this election year
Spanish government to part-privatize national airport authority
Operation to bring private capital into Aena is the most significant of its kind in 15 years
Brussels turns down Spain’s request to clarify rules for alternatives to taxis
Petition comes day after cab strike brought traffic chaos to Madrid and Barcelona
24-hour strike over online car services leaves Madrid without taxis
Drivers’ associations claim 100 percent support for stoppage, which is also affecting Barcelona
Home repossessions up 10% in 2013
Spanish lenders took back nearly 50,000 properties last year Figures released by Bank of Spain suggest more borrowers are handing back keys in payment
Government announces record fall in unemployed for April
Jobless figures down by 111,565, the best result for fourth month since statistical series began But 4,684,301 individuals still remain on the unemployment rolls
Why the train in Spain is more popular than the plane
High-speed rail network overtakes flights as preferred mode of travel
Bankruptcy-threatened toll road operators offered government bailout
Public Works and Finance ministries want to group nine highways in one state-owned company Proposal would see 50 percent of concession holders' debt canceled
Bank of Spain says wage devaluation much greater than official figure
Supervisor estimates salaries fell by over two percent in 2012
Tariff deficit exceeded four billion euros in 2013
Government fails in bid to bring down difference between cost of electricity and amount charged to consumers
Bourses rise as investors factor in expectations of stronger recovery
Spain may revise upward its 2014 GDP forecast
Public debt already just short of goal for the full year
Ratio hits 93.4 percent of GDP in the third quarter
Lending to households suffers record fall as banks remain parsimonious after bailout
Company credit also slumps to lowest level since 2007
Stock market rally helps household wealth recover
Bank deposits also increase in second quarter
Loan default ratio moves above 12 percent for the first time on record
Outstanding bank credit drops to the levels of 2006
Stock market recovery helps boost number of millionaires in Spain by 13%
Spaniards with wealth measured in seven digits stands at over 400,000 Meanwhile, there are close to six million people in the country without a job
Barajas sees dramatic loss of passengers
Madrid's main airport served 11.7 percent fewer travelers in August, the biggest fall in Europe
R2 becomes last of Madrid’s radial toll-roads to go under
Company holding the operating license calls in receivers
Bank lending to companies falls to lowest levels since 2006
Decline is largest since central bank began current historical series in 1995
Average yields rise slightly at Spanish Treasury auction
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Debt-management agency sells 3.51 billion euros in short-term paper
Key bond yield at 2010 level despite Lisbon budget woes
Japan stimulus program sees investors flock to buy up Spanish sovereign debt
Jobless rate will hit 27 percent, says central bank
Report foresees a return to growth and job creation in 2014
We are not amused; Crown staff members to strike during Easter
Two-day stoppage is to protest enforced changes to working conditions established in collective agreement
Treasury sails through tender of short-term paper
Sells slightly more than its target of 5.5 billion euros
Slush fund scandal pushes up Treasury’s borrowing costs
Debt-management agency exceeds issue target at bond tender Risk premium approaching 400-mark
Spanish corruption scandal hits financial markets
Blue-chip Ibex 35 losses 3.77 percent; risk premium jumps
Leading banks see profits plummet on provisioning
BBVA and Caixabank join Santander in seeing earnings wither in bailout year of 2012