SPAIN THIS WEEK

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

08/10/2015 Mariano Rajoy hopes new regional financing model can be approved "unanimously" during first half of 2016 At the opening ceremony for the San Salvador Reservoir in Huesca, the President of the Government stressed that this new infrastructure project - of "key importance" to Aragon and Catalonia - is a fine example of solidarity. "We are all called upon to show solidarity because, at the same time, we are all the beneficiaries of the solidarity shown by others", he said.

07/10/2015 "Spain has a great future and we have an exciting shared project", says Mariano Rajoy While speaking at the South Summit 2015, a meeting between entrepreneurs and investors that began in Madrid on Wednesday, the President of the Government said that, in order to create two million jobs over the next years, "we will maintain our economic policies, lower taxes and make things easier for entrepreneurs" because they are "responsible for generating wellbeing, wealth and jobs".

07/10/2015 Mariano Rajoy stresses that, with the opening of the final section of the A-7 motorway, it is now possible to travel from Algeciras to France on high-capacity roads At the opening ceremony of the section to complete the A-7 Motorway, Mariano Rajoy said that infrastructure projects are fundamental to generating well-being and wealth. He said that the Spanish State has invested close on 6 billion in Andalusia over the last four-year period.

06/10/2015 Mariano Rajoy claims that Spain is now "a country enjoying growth and in a position to initiate a long period of prosperity" The President of the Government, at a lunch-Q&A session organised by the ABC Forum, attributed the structural change that has taken place in this term of office to the reforms and the "tremendous collective effort" made by the people of Spain. He also underlined that he will always be open to dialogue, "but not to tearing down national sovereignty".

09/10/2015 Government approves regulation of electricity self-consumption The aim of the Royal Decree is to establish a framework that guarantees the sustainability of the electricity system and boosts the use of renewable energies. Moreover, the Council of Ministers approved a Plan to Promote Women in the Rural Environment 2015-2018 and updated the legislation on occupational risk prevention services.

10/10/2015	Guardia Civil and Guardia Costeira rescue 523 immigrants off coast of Libya
09/10/2015	Launch of ERDF Operational Programme for Sustainable Growth will lead to mobilisation from today of 5.52 billion euros throughout Spain
09/10/2015	Council of Europe recognises role played by ER and ICU doctors in organ donation
06/10/2015	Spanish Presidency of Security Council
06/10/2015	Home Affairs Ministers of France and Spain congratulate police on arrest of one of the main leaders of the political wing of ETA
06/10/2015	Pedro Morenés and Ashton Carter attend joint exercise between Spanish and American forces
06/10/2015	Spain arrives at Climate Change Summit in Paris in undeniable position of strength", says Isabel García Tejerina
05/10/2015	United Nations High-Level Meeting on Libya
05/10/2015	Ana Pastor chairs meeting of Infrastructure and Transport Ministers of SICA (Central America Integration System) and Spain
05/10/2015	​Vice-President of the Government inaugurates first world summit on shopping tourism