Palestinian President Abbas in Spain for talks
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- Palestinian President Abbas in Spain for talks
- Why Spain’s Economic Crisis Is More Than Just a Housing Slump
- Spain jobless hits 12-year high
- Spain ex-leader ripped for Barack bama comment
- 4 EU nations ease work restrictions on new members
- EU Unemployment Rate up to 7.8%
Palestinian President Abbas in Spain for talks
Jerusalem Post Israel
He was also scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at lunchtime and would see the king later in the evening. Abbas arrived in Spain on Thursday after a visit to the United Nations in New York. The king and Zapatero this week called for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Why Spain’s Economic Crisis Is More Than Just a Housing Slump
Seeking Alpha NY
5% (year on year) in December 2008 according to the flash estimate issued by the stats office [INE] earlier this week. This number only offers us an initial glimpse of the final HICP reading but if confirmed it will mean Spain’s annual rate of inflation has dropped 0. 9% (nearly one full percentage point) in the space of just one month – since in November the annual rate was 2.
Spain jobless hits 12-year high
BBC News UK
The construction sector which had been booming has been especially hard hit. Meanwhile separate figures for the eurozone as a whole showed the jobless rate edged up in November. Signs of rising unemployment have reinforced expectations of another cut in the eurozone interest rate when the European Central Bank meets next week. n Thursday the Bank of England reduced UK interest rates to 1.
Spain ex-leader ripped for Barack bama comment
Chicago Sun-Times United States
Aznar was asked by a journalist from the Spanish edition of Vanity Fair magazine about the election in November of the first black president of the United States. “A historic exoticism and predictable economic disaster” replied the conservative former leader. “bama is a person of black race who managed to become president of the United States which is an extraordinary change for them” he said without indicating whether he was referring to the people of the United States as a whole or just black Americans. But Aznar a close ally of outgoing US President George W.
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4 EU nations ease work restrictions on new members
The Associated Press
The four join 10 EU nations that already allow people from the newest members to work. Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007. The EU executive appealed to other members Thursday to also lift restrictions preventing Romanians and Bulgarians from working legally. Eleven EU states have notified the EU they will continue to restrict Romanian and Bulgarian workers this year meaning they’ll have to apply for work permits.
EU Unemployment Rate up to 7.8%
123Jump.com FL
Compared with November 2007 unemployment went up by 1 134 000 in the EU27 and by 1 059 000 in the euro area. These figures are published by Eurostat the Statistical ffice of the European Communities. Among the Member States the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in the Netherlands (2. 9%) and the highest in Spain (13.
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