SPAIN THIS WEEK

Monday, 15 January 2018 10/01/2018 Mariano Rajoy advocates extending Economic and Monetary Union, and complete the internal market The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, asserted at the 4th Summit of Southern European Union Countries that the main priorities for the coming years are growth and job creation, the social welfare system, immigration and the fight against terrorism.  09/01/2018 "We export one third of our GDP", says Mariano Rajoy At the inauguration in Madrid of the 8th Spain Investors Day Forum, the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, explained that "the leading role of our foreign trade sector" not only "provides guarantees of the sustainability" of our economic growth, but will also allow "further progress to be made in raising our levels of revenue, productivity, salaries and, in short, in improving our well-being". 03/01/2018 Mariano Rajoy stresses that "the quality of jobs is improving" since "a great many permanent employment contracts were signed" in 2017 At the inauguration of the works to extend the capacity of the AP-9 motorway along the stretch through Santiago de Compostela, the President of the Government stressed that the employment and National Insurance contributor figures for 2017 are "pleasing" and "encouraging". The goal, he said, is to ensure "20 million Spaniards are working" by the end of 2019. 12/01/2018 Government develops regulation on marketing of audiovisual rights of football clubs The government amended the operation of the State Watchdog for Co-existence at School, with the aim of avoiding new forms of harassment, and approved a programme to support the wine sector for the period 2019-2023. 02/01/2018 Spain begins its mandate as member of Human Rights Council for period 2018-2020 08/01/2018 Treasury reduces net issue in 2018 to 40 billion euros 08/01/2018 Oviedo will host WTO 2nd World Conference on Smart Destinations in June 10/01/2018 Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport calls for proposals for 12 grants to study a Master's Degree at universities in the United States 10/01/2018 Spain posts record number of 82 million inbound tourists in 2017 11/01/2018 "Spain continues to break records and is once again the global leader in organ donation and transplantation", says Dolors Montserrat 11/01/2018 Iñigo de la Serna welcomes IATA decision to choose Madrid as headquarters for its largest operations centre 12/01/2018 Inflation slows to 1.1% due to decelerating energy prices