International Business News - Spain http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says Spain is setting up a 30 billion euros ($41 billion) fund to help the financial sector. Speaking Tuesday, Zapatero said the fund could be extended to 50 billion euros ($68 billion) if necessary. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/spain-sets-up-fund-for-financial-sector.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:16:19 EDT Conservationists working with Google Inc. have unveiled a tool that lets people view protected marine areas with the click of a mouse--a bid to harness the Internet's top search engine to raise awareness of endangered ocean habitats. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146746-spain-world-conservation-congress.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/new-google-tool-reveals-marine-protected-areas.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/new-google-tool-reveals-marine-protected-areas.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:24:15 EDT The Spanish government says it will increase bank deposit guarantees upward from its current European Union minimum of euro20,000 ($27,250). The government gave no details as to what the new base would be pending a meeting beginning Tuesday of EU finance ministers to try to set guidelines for rescuing troubled banks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/spain-to-increase-bank-guarantees.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:09:34 EDT The Basque regional government's president will be tried for meeting members of Batasuna, a party banned for its links to the armed separatist group ETA, a Spanish court said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/basque-regional-president-to-face-trial-in-spain.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:00:28 EDT Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has called a meeting Monday with top representative of Spain's banks to discuss ways of handling the economic crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/spains-zapatero-to-meet-with-bank-chiefs.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:55:46 EDT A bomb exploded outside a court house in Spain's northern Basque region on Saturday, causing considerable damage but no injuries, regional police said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145046-spain-bomb.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/bomb-explodes-in-spains-basque-country.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/bomb-explodes-in-spains-basque-country.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:29:15 EDT German-owned automaker SEAT said Friday it must temporarily lay off 1,250 employees, or 11 percent of its work force, at factories in northeastern Spain because of falling sales. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/automaker-seat-plans-temporary-layoffs-in-spain.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:55:48 EDT The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Spain has shot up to an 11-year high, the Labor Ministry said Thursday, providing yet more evidence of the country's worsening economic woes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/spain-jobless-claims-jump-by-nearly-100-000.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:34:16 EDT Western intelligence agencies have long suspected that elements of Pakistan's spy service have aided the Taliban in Afghanistan, but a Spanish government report leaked to the media appears to be the first published assessment that spells out such cooperation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/spanish-report-links-pakistan-to-taliban.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:14:37 EDT Spanish police arrested 121 people in the country's biggest-ever crackdown on child pornography, seizing discs containing millions of video and photo files shared by a network that distributed them in 75 countries, authorities said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/spanish-police-arrest-121-in-child-porn-raids.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:52:12 EDT Spain may be in the economic doldrums, but tightly controlled policies by its central bank are shielding its financial institutions from the Wall Street turmoil that is spreading to other countries, the finance minister said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/spain-says-rigorous-central-bank-offsetting-crisis.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:57:10 EDT The Turkish film "Pandora's Box" has won the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival. A statement from the festival says the film's Tsilla Chelton also won one of two best actress awards given. The film is called "Pandoranin kutusu" in Turkish and is directed by Yesim Ustaoglu. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140372-spain-san-sebastian-film-festival.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/turkish-film-pandoras-box-wins-at-san-sebastian.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/turkish-film-pandoras-box-wins-at-san-sebastian.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:48:35 EDT Two loud booms rattled windows and frightened residents in southern Spain on Friday and officials said the noise was caused by a plane breaking the sound barrier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/sonic-booms-shake-spanish-city.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:44:11 EDT A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered a cleanup of the site of last month's plane crash in Madrid in which 154 people died, after a newspaper ran photos of clothes and personal effects still strewn on the ground there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/spanish-judge-orders-plane-crash-site-cleanup.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:54:46 EDT Ingrid Betancourt, who spent six years as a hostage of Colombia's FARC guerrillas, said Wednesday she favors dialogue to end terrorism. Betancourt said there are two schools of thought on terrorism: "One says that you don't talk to terrorists. The other, in which I believe, says that precisely because they are terrorists, we must talk." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/ex-hostage-betancourt-end-terror-through-dialogue.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:01:45 EDT Democrat Barack Obama says he would be more than happy to meet with the leader of Spain if he wins the presidency, a session rival John McCain seemed less than willing to guarantee when asked last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/obama-says-he-would-meet-with-spanish-leader.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:18:57 EDT A powerful car bomb exploded Monday in northern Spain, killing an army officer and wounding six other people in the third attack in 24 hours by suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/army-officer-killed-by-car-bomb-after-eta-warning.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:59:21 EDT Spain will pay jobless immigrants to go home under a decree approved Friday, more evidence of how its once-booming economy has quickly gone bust. Labor Minister Celestino Corbacho said the Cabinet approved the measure under a fast-track procedure and it will take effect in about a month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/spain-jobless-immigrants-paid-to-go-home.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:10:46 EDT The Spanish Supreme Court has banned a Basque nationalist party on grounds that it is linked to the armed group ETA, the third ruling this week against pro-independence groups in the troubled region. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/spain-another-basque-party-banned.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:59:26 EDT John McCain either doesn't want to meet Spain's prime minister any time soon or isn't quite sure who he is. In a radio interview broadcast in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries Thursday, the Republican presidential candidate repeatedly dodged questions as to whether he would invite Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House if McCain wins in November. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/jose-luis-rodriguez-who.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:41:36 EDT