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France's Mbappe, Spain's Morata, and Argentina's Messi are the leading scorers at this months World Cup Soccer.

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Small signs of an upturn in the job market in Spain in early 2014.

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Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp wins in straight sets against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the early rounds of the US Open Tennis championship.

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Laurence Peter of the BBC News describes a meeting of EU leaders in December 2016. The new Europa building with its space egg shape will be the location of the next summit in 2016, adding to a sense of history that the EU idea has witnessed since the 1950's, even optimism about far it has come at a time of a few setbacks.  He points out that Theresa May was not without persons to talk to at the meeting, though some video clips showed her looking lonely. EU president Martin Schulz said he was emotional seeing students crying after the Brexit vote, but that it was time to find solutions and not be emotional today. Lunch was offered at the meeting by Spain and Portugal, to mark the 30 years since they joined. People forget how much the European Community meant to the two countries after decades of suffering under fascist dictatorships- it meant new hope and an opportunity to set things right. Problems facing the EU today include, the frustration at the carnage in Aleppo, Syria, how to deal with Britain and Brexit, setting up an asylum system that will work, dealing with Ukraine and Russia without making the situation worse, and remaining concerns about the Greece debt crisis. ...

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Public sector layoffs in Spain in 2012-2013 under the governments deficit reduction plan- as mandated under fiscal compact rules agreed to in the December 2012 eurozone meetings- will worsen Spain's severe unemployment rate of 25%. These public sector layoffs are only now taking place. Upto now local governments had helped offset rising layoffs in the private sector by preserving employment. The result will be a further increase in unemployment in Spain, creating a crisis of large proportions.

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Chloe Kelly, English soccer player Interview in The Times- Kelly scored the winning penalty against Spain in 2025. She also scored the decider against Germany in Euro Cup 2022. She whopped off her shirt to celebrate in a Nike Sports bra, says The Times about the event in 2022.  

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In the bronze medal game at Paris Olympics Sreejesh played amazing hockey to prevent Spain from attacking the Indian goal. India win the game.

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Recent trade data show improvements in the current account deficit of Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Ireland is in surplus since the second half of 2010. Spain has reduced its deficit to 3% with a 12.5% increase in exports. Deutsche Bank reports show the aggregate current account deficit of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy going from a weighted average 10.9% of GDP in the 2nd quarter of 2008 to 4.3% by the 3rd quarter of 2011. This provides a ray of hope that the rebalancing needed in Europe can happen without putting a large burden on falling wages relative to Germany.

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Footballers from Ghana, Nigeria and West Africa excel in 2024 at Euro Cup in Germany. Saka plays for England, Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal for Spain.

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Are there constituent "nations" or "nationalities and regions" in Spain? Seven people drafted the Spanish Constitution that was signed by King Juan Carlos I of Spain in 1978. Two from Catalan region wanted the word "nations" instead of "nationalities and regions" instead the pro-Spain supporters including aformer minister in the Franco government wanted to keep the words "nationalities" to limit the interpretation of self-government to one that would be within Spain. Today a far right party wants to se the clauses that give self government to regions and nationalities removed from the Constitution. Catalan independence supporters say the Constitution allows the right to call a referendum. Left parties see the promises for housing, healthcare and pensions as too vague in the Constitution. What was seen as a huge advance in the early years of democracy in Spain are now seen as creating room for dissension and strife in Spain, with a fragmentation in the political parties and loss of confidence in the two main parties.   ...

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The underground economy in Cadiz, Spain, and how "chapus" or odd jobs in plumbing or construction help support many people who are unemployed.

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As the heat wave in Spain, in western Canada and in other parts of the world shows, the situation is not getting better. Climate change action needs a new urgency.

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This Wall Street Journal editorial calls for more transparency in disclosing bad debt problems at Spanish and other European banks. It faults recent and upcoming stress tests of EU banks for not being stringent enough and taking into account adverse scenarios. While Spain's central bank says only 20 billion euros are needed to recapitalize the cajas savings banks, other estimates are much higher. Moody's country report says Spain could need upto 120 billion euros to recapitalize its banks. A big problem is European banks exposure in Spain which is over 700 billion euros as of September 2010- Spanish banks have high exposure in Portugal and German banks have high exposure to Spain.

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A difficult period for the monarchy in Spain after a number of scandals affected the reputation of King Juan Carlos. His son has a graduate degree in international relations from Georgetown University. He has distanced himself from the scandals, brings a youthful look at 46, aand was groomed by his parents for the job. Though Juan Carlos has seen his repuation tarnished in recent years, especially with the continuing economic hardships of high unemployment in Spain, he played a large part in Spain's transition to democracy after the Franco years. Even with such difficulties just over half of Spaniards respect the monarchy down from much higher numbers before the economic crisis, when Juan Carlos was seen as a modernizer for Spain. Because of Spain's history of Republicanism at odds with a conservative culture and the Franco years of division accompanied by great distress, the monarchy's role requires a special touch- a feeling for the needs of the people which Carlos showed in the early years, and for which Felipe was trained....

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Southern Turkey is hit by a powerful earthquake centred around the city of Gaziantep, southeastern Anatolian region. The European Union countries including Germany and Spain send rescue teams and other aid.

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Storm interrupts the Germany Denmark game 2-0 in first half for 25 minutes. Germany overcomes adversity to get into the quarter finals of Euro 2024 to meet Spain or Georgia.

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Jose Maria Aznar, former prime minister of Spain, describes the political legacy of King Juan Carlos of Spain in putting Spain on the track of democracy, free elections, consensus, and modernization, after the traumas of the civil war and the period under General Franco.

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France, Spain, Austria and Belgium are seeing a second wave of the coronavirus.

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Industry will bear the brunt of cuts under a gas rationing plan approved by EU nations. EU nations will reduce gas usage by 15% with some flexibility granted to Spain, Portugal and Hungary.