Baroness and son battle over Spanish art treasureMADRID - One of the world’s top private art collections could become the object of a legal dispute as a Spanish baroness is being challenged by a wayward son over his inheritance rights. Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom; Spain ‘did what it had to do’ to free 36 sailors
Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages aboard Spanish trawler taken in early October freed
Somali pirate: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages free Spain’s prime minister says Somali pirates have freed trawler with crew of 36
Spain says pirates freed trawler, 36 crew members Spain to push for Turkey’s EU membership during its presidencyMADRID - Spain will do its best to encourage Turkey’s entry into the European Union during its EU-presidency in the first half of 2010, government sources said Monday. British Airways and Iberia talk up benefits of merger amid opposition
BA and Iberia: merger positive for passengers Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of €16.4 million from year-ago profit
Iberia reports €16.4 million Q3 loss MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of €16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of €30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for air travel. Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of euro16.4 million from year-ago profit
Iberia reports euro16.4 million Q3 loss MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of euro16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of euro30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for air travel. British Airways, Iberia announce agreement on basis for forming new combined company
BA, Iberia agree on basis for combined company Iberia, British Airways agree on mergerMADRID - Spain’s largest airline Iberia and British Airways (BA) have agreed on a merger, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday. Iberia, British Airways approve agreement establishing basis for merger
Iberia, British Airways agree basis for merger British Airways confirms board talks on potential merger with Spain’s Iberia
British Airways-Iberia merger under consideration Telefonica 3rd quarter profits down 0.6 percent on lower revenue
Telefonica profits down 0.6 pct MADRID — Spanish telephone company Telefonica SA said Thursday its 3rd quarter net profit dipped 0.6 percent compared to the same period of last year as the company took in less revenue in a recession-plagued economy. 11 accused Islamic extremists on trial in Spain over alleged plot for suicide attacks
Spain tries 11 over alleged Islamic terror plot Spanish airline Iberia cancels 368 flights because of strike by flight attendants
Strike at Spain’s Iberia cancels flights MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia has canceled 368 flights because of a two-day strike by flight attendants seeking pay increases. Somali pirates target oil tanker with rocket-propelled grenades in longest-range attack so far
Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack Spain rules out freeing pirates as demanded by brigands holding Spanish trawler and crew
Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates Pirates holding Spanish trawler take 3 crew members ashore to Somalia
Spanish hostages’ wives: 3 crew taken ashore Spain’s recovery to start by early 2010, says PMMADRID - Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that Spain’s economy would begin emerging from recession “at the end of this year or the beginning of 2010″, though he acknowledged that unemployment - now nearly 18 percent - would remain high for some time. Spaniards dining out less during recession: StudyMADRID - Amid the worst recession in decades, Spaniards are cooking much more at home instead of frequently going out to restaurants, according to a new study. Spanish judge indicts 7 for helping 2004 Madrid train bombers to flee
7 indicted for helping Madrid bombers flee Spanish economy contracts less sharply in third quarterMADRID - Spain’s gross domestic product contracted again in the third quarter, although the decline relative to the previous quarter was just 0.4 percent compared with a drop of 1.1 percent in the April-June period, the central bank said. Spain’s Iberia to cancel 440 flights due to 2-day cabin crew strike
Strike forces Iberia to cancel 440 flights Recession batters Spain’s tourism industryMADRID - Spain’s tourism industry is forecast to end 2009 down 5.6 percent from last year’s already depressed level, its worst performance in a decade, the Alliance for Tourism Excellence, or Exceltur, said. Spain’s trade deficit plunges 52 percentMADRID - Spain’s trade deficit plunged 52.4 percent during the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period in 2008, authorities said. EU opens probe into UNESCO-honored Spanish wetland that has dried up, is on fire undergroundMADRID — The European Union has launched an investigation into a prized Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources and is now on fire underground, white smoke now rising from areas where fish once swam. Spain arrests 92-year-old drug smugglerMADRID - A 92-year-old woman was arrested at Madrid’s Barajas International Airport after more than four kilos of cocaine were found attached to her body, authorities said. Spanish unions reject Magna offer on Opel plant, to consider calling strikeMADRID — A Spanish labor representative says unions have rejected Magna’s latest offer concerning the future of an Opel plant targeted for job cuts and will vote on calling a strike. Huge crowd rallies in Madrid against bill to ease Spain’s restrictive abortion lawMADRID — A huge crowd rallied in Madrid Saturday against a bill to ease restrictions on abortion — a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive two decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally Roman Catholic country. Spain narrows scope of cross-border justice law that had irked alliesMADRID — Spain’s Parliament approved a law Thursday narrowing the scope of a cross-border justice doctrine which had allowed judges to indict people like Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden. |
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