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After adopting the euro, the Spanish economy initially benefited from sharply lower interest rates, spurring a property bubble. However, with the onset of the global financial crisis, property prices collapsed, causing widespread layoffs, and pushing unemployment to more than 26 per cent by the end of 2012. Spain received a bank bailout from the European Central Bank in 2012.
Kiss for player after Spanish Women’s World Glory has turned into a crisis and become a #MeToo moment for the sport.
The complicity and silence of Western governments in Spain’s crackdown on Catalonian secessionists have exposed not just their hypocrisy but ill intentions behind their reactions over Hong Kong.
Last week, the 52-year-old said he was thinking about resigning after a judge opened a case alleging influence-peddling against his wife Begona Gomez.
New facility to open in September following summer recruitment camps in Australia and New Zealand.
The prime minister has cancelled public appearances through the weekend, paralysing the country’s political system and raising the possibility of a new election.
Chew Shou Zi, chief executive of the popular app, says the platform will continue to operate as it challenges the new legislation in court.
A grey Nissan Qashqai rented by Mitchell Ong was reportedly caught on CCTV in the same area where Audrey Fang’s body was found.
Spanish police have sent a sample of the soil embedded in the soles of the Nike shoes for a lab analysis to determine if it matches the soil found on the body of Audrey Fang.
Richard Gere, 74, just made a rare public appearance with his 41-year-old wife, Alejandra Silva, at the 2024 City Harvest Gala in New York City – John Legend and Chrissy Teigen were there too
A Singaporean man was arrested in connection with the death of Audrey Fang, who has been missing since April 9.
Spain’s Canary Islands, off northwest Africa, are drafting a strict law to curb short-term holiday lets via platforms like Airbnb and Booking.com as residents protest against overtourism.
Carmakers like Dongfeng, Chery and BYD are eyeing production sites in Europe to assemble the next generation of electric vehicles as a foil against the EU’s protectionist tariffs as a brutal price war at home drives more producers offshore in search of fresh markets.
Soaring house prices have long been a major problem for many Spaniards, particularly in the country’s major cities.
Quito’s security forces stormed the Mexican embassy on Friday to capture fugitive former vice-president Jorge Glas, who took refuge inside to avoid arrest for alleged corruption.
The Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens continues on Saturday with group and knockout matches. Here’s everything you need to know on day 2.
Brazil will host the COP30 United Nations climate talks in Belem in the Amazon rainforest in 2025, and hopes the summit will boost its eco-tourism credentials and show it has more than beaches to offer.
Authorities say 69 Bolivians are not being allowed to leave the MSC Armony because they lack valid documents to enter the European Union’s border-free Schengen area.
Prosecutor charged Rubiales with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions in aftermath of kiss, offences carrying jail terms of one year and 18 months, respectively.
‘Plenty of people would think it’s unusual, because they’ve never seen it. But you know, it’s not a sin to drink a beer,’ said Miami-born Sister Guadalupe at the bar outside the Basque city of Vitoria.
Homes in England are more cramped than those in New York City, according to new analysis that showed UK property offers the worst value for money in the developed world.
West Kowloon Court hears money was to be used to help set up US trust fund to back international campaign against mainland China.
Winemakers around the world are ripping out vines in the face of higher production costs, reduced demand and falling prices, and replacing them with alternative crops.
Women have come forth to share their experiences of rape and harassment in India, denouncing the culture they say continues to allow it.
The couple were travelling by motorcycle through the nation’s remote east, local media said, and stopped to camp for the night in a tent.
Beijing resumes lending bears to US zoos in a soft-power bid to improve ties with Washington.
Huawei is expanding cloud services to Egypt in March and will soon open an AI cloud computing centre in Hong Kong, its first outside mainland China.
Hilaria Baldwin is being blasted on social media for letting her 10-year-old daughter wear a full face of make-up – while some fans have defended the mother, others aren’t impressed
The blaze that appeared to begin in one home on Thursday afternoon engulfed the rest of the 14-story block of flats in less than an hour.
Cooperation deal with San Diego Zoo marks China’s latest effort to improve relations with the West.
One of the world’s most decorated footballers with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Alves, 40, is found guilty of raping woman in nightclub in December 2022.