A Spanish court on Friday ordered former IMF head Rodrigo Rato to stand trial for fraud over the failed 2011 listing of Bankia, a bank he led which later needed rescuing by the state.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday lifted his government's economic growth forecast for 2017 to 2.7 percent from 2.5 percent due to a stronger than expected performance in the start of the year.
Rodrigo Rato, the ex-head of the International Monetary Fund has been summoned by a judge for questioning over alleged money-laundering, the latest in a string of court cases targeting him.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis accused Athens' creditors of "terrorism" in an interview published on Saturday, a day before Greeks vote in a high-stakes referendum on their bailout.
Spanish tax office agents on Thursday searched the Madrid home of former IMF head Rodrigo Rato, who has already been charged in two graft cases, as part of a new money-laundering probe.
Spain has emerged from a devastating crisis and entered a "virtuous circle" with faster growth than its neighbours, but the IMF warns that high unemployment and the rise of populist parties still threaten the recovery.
The head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde was one of several high-profile figures to laud Spain's economic recovery at a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.
Spain's ruling conservative Popular Party went into damage limitation mode on Monday, saying it had expelled ex-IMF head Rodrigo Rato and all other party members under investigation for allegedly misusing credit cards for personal spending while working at a bailed-out finance group.
Spain will grow faster than any other country in 2015 in the European Union but unemployment will remain stubbornly high, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had revised up its 2014 growth forecast for Spain to 1.2 percent, double the figure touted by the organization six months ago.
The International Monetary Fund declared on Tuesday that Spain's economic recovery is here to stay, hailing a return to growth and job-creation despite the nation's 26-percent unemployment rate.
The IMF on Tuesday fingered Spain as the only country in the eurozone at "high risk" of deflation, calling on the European Central Bank to do more to battle the problem.
The gap between rich and poor has grown faster in Spain during the crisis than in any other country in Europe, but many austerity measures have helped put the brakes on this process, a new IMF report argues.
Angry demonstrators took to the streets in the Spanish city of Bilbao on Monday to protest the presence of an economic conference during which IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Spain's economy had "turned the corner".
The International Monetary Fund has asked Spain to further reduce salaries even though it has already slashed average wages by 20 percent over the past two years - the fastest drop in the country's democratic history.
Spain's economy is set to grow by "nearly 1.0 percent" in 2014, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday as the euro nation's struggling recovery gains traction.
The International Monetary Fund has revised up its 2014 growth forecast for Spain to 0.6 percent, or more than triple the figure it forecast in October last year, but still very modest.
International creditors who rescued Spain's tottering banks said on Monday the sector was on the way to recovery but warned Madrid to be vigilant as the bailout winds up.
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised on Tuesday its 2013 Spain growth forecast, but said recovery remained tepid and that the eurozone bloc was only "crawling out of recession".
Spain's government says the country has turned the corner on unemployment but analysts are warning it's far too early to jump up and down about the prospect of much shorter jobless queues in the country.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it will begin its fourth audit of Spain's banking sector reform next week, part of a European bailout of the sector last year.
Recent comments by the European Commission's Vice President about a possible 10 percent wage cut in Spain were misinterpreted, sources at the Commission told have The Local.
Spain's economic and political heavyweights have attacked a European Commission official with a six-figure salary for backing a proposal to slash Spanish wages by 10 percent.
The European Commission's Vice President has come out in favour of an International Monetary Fund plan to slash Spanish salaries in a bid to spur jobs growth in the crisis-hit country.
