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May 8th, 2006
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish prime minister, is poised to approve labour reforms that aim to promote stable employment and curb the abuse of short term contracts affecting one out of every three salaried workers in Spain.A new law, which Mr Zapatero is expected to sign tomorrow, will limit the ...
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September 7th, 2006
Spain has passed a new land law which will crack down on illegal building scandals which have hit hundreds of British expatriates. The law will force local councillors to declare any business links and incomes in case they are connected with property developers. It follows a succession of corruption scandals across ...
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October 12th, 2006
Parliament on Thursday approved a bill aimed at curbing near out-of-control urban development and spiraling property prices in Spain. The legislation, to come into force in July, was backed by all political parties except the conservative opposition Popular Party. “With the instruments of this law we have to put the brakes ...
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December 20th, 2007
The government of Spain has announced plans for a grant scheme to encourage homeowners to make their properties more environmentally-friendly. Speaking on Monday, Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero promised subsidies of one billion euros to renovate properties for the period from 2008 to 2012, plus another two billion ...
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April 4th, 2008
Following the re-election of the Spanish Socialist Party, Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol (PSOE), led by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, on March 9th, investers planning to buy property in Spain can look forward to a simpler, more buyer-friendly process. As part of the pre-election promises, the PSOE vowed to mke life easier ...
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June 12th, 2008
Rocketing fuel and food costs pushed Spanish year-on-year inflation to a 13-year high of 4.6 percent in May, compounding a severe economic slowdown and raising expectations of higher than forecast euro zone inflation. Spanish consumer price inflation rose from 4.2 percent in April and analysts expected it to soar as high ...
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October 2nd, 2008
Spain unveiled a 2009 budget plan which forecast a narrowing deficit and moderate growth despite fears the economy will be in recession next year. The budget saw growth in the euro zone's fourth largest economy sliding to 1 percent in 2009 from 1.6 percent in 2008 as the central government deficit ...
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December 2nd, 2008
Spanish EU-harmonised inflation is expected to fall to a 14-month low of 2.7 percent in November from 3.6 percent in October due to weaker fuel and food costs and a brewing recession, a Reuters survey showed. That would match October's 0.9 percentage point decline and narrow Spain's damaging inflation gap ...
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December 4th, 2008
Spain will spend an extra EUR 11 billion on public works and other recession-busting measures to fight a spike in unemployment after the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Thursday. "This is a strong arsenal to fight the slowdown in economic activity," he told parliament, adding the ...
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December 29th, 2008
Spain passed its 2009 budget despite fierce opposition to its growth and deficit forecasts that have become unrealistic as the euro zone's fourth largest economy barrels into recession. Spain's ruling Socialists allied with small nationalist parties to win an absolute majority of 178 lower house votes needed to overrule a Senate ...
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