The Spanish government on Friday lowered its 2015 forecasts for unemployment and public debt, bolstering its claims of a surging economic recovery months ahead of a general election.
More good news on the economic front as government data showed that the number of people seeking unemployment benefit fell sharply during the month of May.
The number of children at risk of poverty in Spain has reached a record high since the start of the economic crisis, showing a reality in stark contrast to indications that Spain was well on the road to recovery.
Spain registered its steepest decline in the number of jobless people for April in almost two decades, government data showed on Tuesday, as the eurozone country's economic recovery gathered pace.
Spain's high unemployment rose slightly in the first quarter, official data showed on Thursday, a reminder in an election year of the challenges the country faces as it seeks to cement a fragile economic recovery.
The southern Spanish region had the highest unemployment rate in the entire European Union last year, according to a Eurostat report released on Wednesday.
The number of foreigners living in Spain fell in 2014 for the third straight year, official data showed on Tuesday as the country struggles with a sky-high unemployment rate.
Unemployment figures continued to fall across Spain in March in what was hailed as best results in 13 years, bringing a boost to the ruling PP in an important election year.
Unemployment dropped 0.3 percent in February, according to data released by Spain’s employment ministry on Tuesday, the best monthly improvement for a February since 2001.
Updated: Spain's unemployment rate fell for the second straight year in 2014 to 23.7 percent as an economic recovery gained pace, but remains at one of the highest levels in the European Union, official data showed on Thursday.
A gang of Nigerian drugs traffickers has been busted for recruiting mules from Spanish unemployment queues, as well as for trafficking drugs into Japan disguised as sweets.
Spain's youth unemployment rate is the highest in the European Union, more than seven times the equivalent figure in Germany, official EU figures published on Friday show.
Spain can now expect growth of 1.7 percent in 2015, down from the 2.1 percent originally forecast by the European Commission, while unemployment and public debt levels are set to remain stubbornly high until at least 2017, Brussels said on Tuesday.
Just under 80,000 people signed on at Spain's unemployment offices in October, the lowest increase in a traditionally difficult month for jobs since 2010, official figures released on Tuesday show.
New car registrations surged for a sixth straight month in Spain in October, jumping 26.1 per cent over the same month in 2013, but with total sales still well below pre-crisis levels.
Updated: Over 150,000 Spaniards found work from July to September, Spain's best summer since the country's economic crisis began, official figures released on Thursday show, but youth unemployment remains chronically high.
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There are now 465,000 US dollar millionaires in Spain, 24 per cent more than a year ago, a financial services giant Credit Suisse reveals in a new report which highlights the unequal impact of the country's crisis.
