SPAIN THIS WEEK

Monday, 16 January 2017

12/01/2017 Spain and Ireland will work to maintain the best possible relations with the United Kingdom The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, stated, after meeting with the Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, that Spain and Ireland will not renounce the essential principles of the European project and their pro-European vocation. They will also continue to back the economic and political integration of the European Union.

13/01/2017 Government observes how recovery in Spain translates into job creation The Council of Ministers analysed a report that underlined the record decline in unemployment in 2016. It also approved filing a conflict of functions before the Constitutional Court to guarantee the government's right to veto parliamentary initiatives that seek to alter the budget framework. Furthermore, it agreed to relieve Federico Trillo, at his personal request, from his post as Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

13/01/2017	Inflation at year-end 2016 stands at 1.6% due to higher energy prices
13/01/2017	Guardia Civil arrest two individuals associated with the terrorist group DAESH in Ceuta
12/01/2017	"The fight against gender-based violence will be my main priority", says Dolors Montserrat
12/01/2017	Dismantling of criminal organisation and seizure of 8,000 military weapons for sale on international black market to terrorist groups and organised crime
12/01/2017	Íñigo de la Serna highlights Spain's commitment to Latin America during inauguration of new Inter-American Investment Corporation of IDB Group
12/01/2017	Number of visitors to State Museums managed by General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage up by 8.7%
12/01/2017	Spain sets new all-time record of inbound tourists, with 75.3 million arrivals in 2016
11/01/2017	Spain is world leader in organ donation and transplantation for 25 straight years, smashing its own record and reaching 43.4 donors per million population
11/01/2017	Spain takes in 81 Eritrean refugees from Italy
10/01/2017	"Economic growth, employment and solidarity are the guarantees for maintaining pensions", says Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
10/01/2017	"Collaboration between Spain and France in the fight against the terrorist group ETA is vitally important for ensuring its definitive dissolution", says Juan Ignacio Zoido
10/01/2017	María Dolores de Cospedal conveys to the Association of Relatives of YAK-42 that the Ministry of Defence will follow the opinion given by the Council of State
10/01/2017	Government will hold new auction of renewable energies on Spanish islands
10/01/2017	According to Isabel García Tejerina, the Code of Good Mercantile Practices represents a decisive step in improving the efficiency of the Spanish agri-food sector
10/01/2017	Dolors Montserrat commits to pushing through policies to benefit the elderly
09/01/2017	Average wage rise agreed in collective bargaining agreements at end of 2016 stands at 1.06%
09/01/2017	Public Treasury maintains net issue at 35 billion euros in 2017
09/01/2017	Juan Ignacio Zoido highlights the need for UNESCO to "start work on drafting the International Legal Statute on Victims of Terrorism"