SPAIN THIS WEEK

                    

                                   Monday, 13 July 2015

                  

12/07/2015 "We have come here with a constructive spirit, striving to ensure Greece remains in the Euro, but it must earn our trust" says Mariano Rajoy The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, made this statement in Brussels before the start of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Eurozone called to tackle the situation of Greece. This summit was preceded by the meetings held on Saturday and Sunday by the Eurogroup.

08/07/2015 Mariano Rajoy underlines that Spain will always be a "staunch proponent" of Peru in the European Union Mariano Rajoy and Ollanta Humala showed their priorities in terms of bilateral relations by signing a joint declaration and various sector agreements on issues of diplomatic and police cooperation, cyber-security and the fight against drug trafficking. The two leaders also highlighted the importance of the agreement to exempt Peruvian citizens from visa requirements, which will come into force towards the end of the year.

07/07/2015 Mariano Rajoy awards Medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit posthumously to Ana María Vidal-Abarca At an ceremony held on Tuesday morning at Moncloa Palace, the President of the Government awarded the Medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit posthumously to Ana María Vidal-Abarca, the driving force behind the Association of Victims of Terrorism (Spanish acronym: AVT), and the first President of the Victims of Terrorism Foundation. Her daughter Ana Velasco collected the award.

07/07/2015 Mariano Rajoy trusts that the situation of uncertainty regarding Greece will be brought to an end on Sunday At the end of the extraordinary European Council held in Brussels called to study the crisis created by the Greek referendum, the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, stated that Greece must present a request for a new programme, the conditions of which will need to be discussed, and that he hopes the interim situation will be brought to an end on Sunday.

06/07/2015 Greece must "negotiate quickly because this impasse is highly negative for everyone", says Mariano Rajoy During an interview on Telecinco, the President of the Government said that, following Sunday's referendum, "the ball is now in Greece's court" and that the European partners "are still willing to support Greece". Furthermore, he stressed that this situation "is going to affect us a great deal less" because of the structural reforms already carried out in Spain.

06/07/2015 Mariano Rajoy receives President of Swiss Confederation The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, received the President of the Swiss Confederation, Simonetta Sommaruga, at Moncloa Palace. The meeting comes within the framework of the trip that the President, in her position as the Federal Councillor for Justice and Police Affairs of the Government of Switzerland, is making to Spain.

06/07/2015 Delegate Commission on Economic Affairs analyses result from Greek referendum The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, chaired a meeting of the Delegate Commission on Economic Affairs at Moncloa Palace to analyse the results from the referendum held yesterday in Greece.

10/07/2015 Government raises growth forecast for 2015 to 3.3%, a year which will close with 602,000 more people in work The government has set the budgetary stability targets for the period 2016-2018, together with the ceiling on non-financial State spending for 2016, which is 4.4% lower. It also approved bringing forward the tax reduction and other measures to reduce the electricity bill.

10/07/2015	Spain obtains significant improvements during renewal of fisheries agreement with Mauritania
08/07/2015	Ana Pastor announces that Luton Airport (London) is now fifth busiest airport within the AENA network
08/07/2015	Two ETA members among most wanted by Spanish and French police arrested in France
07/07/2015	Guardia Civil arrest member of DAESH in Barcelona under international arrest warrant upon return to Europe
07/07/2015	Cristóbal Montoro announces revenue of more than 6.5 billion euros to June from fight against tax fraud, the best first half-year figure on record
06/07/2015	State Secretary for Communication says that intellectual property rights are better protected now