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SPAIN: Government plans to clean up savings banks
The government intends to recapitalise the country's cajas (savings banks) by as much as 30...
SpainSPAIN: Failure to disarm undermines ceasefire claim
ETA, the Basque terror group that has killed 829 people in its four-decade quest for independence...
SpainEU/CHINA: Beijing offers support in euro crisis
China may buy more Spanish bonds depending on market conditions, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang...
EuARGENTINA: Repsol reduces YPF stake
Spanish oil company Repsol announced yesterday that it had sold 3.3% of its Argentine subsidiary...
ArgentinaEURO-AREA: Cost of euro exit outweighs benefit
EU treaties do not allow euro-area member states to receive bailouts, default on their sovereign...
PORTUGAL: Downgrade warning may raise borrowing costs
Moody's today warned that it might again downgrade Portugal's short-term and long-term government...
PortugalSPAIN: Refinancing needs may overtake labour reforms
The OECD warned today that Spain, in addition to cutting its deficit, must reform its labour...
SpainSPAIN: Austerity and reforms race to reassure markets
Spain held its last scheduled bond auction of the year today, a day after Moody's warned that it...
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