SPAIN THIS WEEK

Monday, 24 July 2017

21/07/2017 President of the Government receives tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, received the tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza at Moncloa Palace to congratulate her personally on her victory at Wimbledon. Mariano Rajoy had already congratulated her through the social media and by way of telegram.

20/07/2017 Mariano Rajoy argues that tourism is "a key industry" representing 10% of GDP The Lleida Tourism Parador, inaugurated on Thursday, 20 July, is the result of collaboration between different tiers of government and represents, according to Mariano Rajoy, a "vivid image of how much and how well we can do things together" and of the idea that the best commitments are those that draw us closer together.

18/07/2017 Mariano Rajoy stresses that mission in Latvia shows Spain's "tremendous degree of commitment" to NATO The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, during his visit to the troops deployed at Ādaži military base in Latvia, described this mission as "historic", since it is the first time that "Spain has sent armoured units beyond our borders".

17/07/2017 Mariano Rajoy highlights work of Spanish contingent deployed in Estonia The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, visited the Spanish servicemen at Ämani Air Base (Estonia), whom he thanked for their work because "they contribute to an increasingly safer Europe and Spain".

21/07/2017 Government sets amount of grants for academic year 2017-2018 and the requirements to apply for them The government has increased the budget for grants to a total sum of 1.42 billion euros while maintaining the income and asset thresholds for access to them.  The government was also presented with the agreement, adopted by the Government Delegate Committee for Economic Affairs, that seeks to prevent the Regional Government of Catalonia from authorising expense items to finance the illegal referendum on 1 October.

21/07/2017	Exports grew by 10.9% to May and continue at historic highs
20/07/2017	​Spain takes in 204 Syrian refugees from Lebanon
20/07/2017	Average number of foreign citizens registered with Spanish Social Security system stands at 1,875,413 in June
20/07/2017	Spain and Senegal agree to strengthen bilateral cooperation on fighting terrorism, organised crime and drug trafficking, and to enhance management of migratory flows
19/07/2017	Spain takes in 24 refugees from Italy, 23 Eritreans and one Syrian
19/07/2017	Ministry of Public Works announces funding to finance Spanish Historical Heritage conservation projects under the 1.5% Cultural Programme
18/07/2017	Companies' export prospects at 12 months and for new hirings improve
17/07/2017	Guardia Civil arrest member of terrorist group ETA, Liher Aretxabaleta Rodríguez, in Bilbao
17/07/2017	Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environmental Affairs sends high-capacity aircraft to fires that broke out in districts of La Guarda and Vila Real in Portugal