SPAIN THIS WEEK

Monday, 9 January 2017

06/01/2017 Mariano Rajoy attends events to celebrate 'Pascua Militar' ceremony The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, accompanied by the Minister for Defence, María Dolores de Cospedal, and the Minister for Home Affairs, Juan Ignacio Zoido, attended the events to celebrate the 'Pascua Militar' [military parade], which were presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, Felipe and Letizia.

04/01/2017 Mariano Rajoy stresses that recorded unemployment figures are encouraging and affirms that the main goal is to reach 20 million people in work The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, stated that the recorded unemployment and National Insurance contributor figures published on Wednesday are both positive and encouraging. In this regard, he underlined that the number of National Insurance contributors increased by more than half a million people in 2016, as was the case in both 2014 and 2015.

04/01/2017	2016 ends with 390,534 fewer unemployed, the largest decline on record
04/01/2017	Number of National Insurance contributors rises by 540,655 people, the highest figure in a month of December in the last decade