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After adopting the euro, the Spanish economy initially benefited from sharply lower interest rates, spurring a property bubble. However, with the onset of the global financial crisis, property prices collapsed, causing widespread layoffs, and pushing unemployment to more than 26 per cent by the end of 2012. Spain received a bank bailout from the European Central Bank in 2012. 

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The complicity and silence of Western governments in Spain’s crackdown on Catalonian secessionists have exposed not just their hypocrisy but ill intentions behind their reactions over Hong Kong.

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  • The European Commission’s top tech enforcer says the investigation over mental health risks will continue, stating: ‘Our children are not guinea pigs’
  • There are concerns that the feature, which rewards users for watching videos, could lead to addiction among users
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Spanish police have sent a sample of the soil embedded in the soles of the Nike shoes for a lab analysis to determine if it matches the soil found on the body of Audrey Fang.

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Richard Gere, 74, just made a rare public appearance with his 41-year-old wife, Alejandra Silva, at the 2024 City Harvest Gala in New York City – John Legend and Chrissy Teigen were there too

Spain’s Canary Islands, off northwest Africa, are drafting a strict law to curb short-term holiday lets via platforms like Airbnb and Booking.com as residents protest against overtourism.

Carmakers like Dongfeng, Chery and BYD are eyeing production sites in Europe to assemble the next generation of electric vehicles as a foil against the EU’s protectionist tariffs as a brutal price war at home drives more producers offshore in search of fresh markets.

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Quito’s security forces stormed the Mexican embassy on Friday to capture fugitive former vice-president Jorge Glas, who took refuge inside to avoid arrest for alleged corruption.

Brazil will host the COP30 United Nations climate talks in Belem in the Amazon rainforest in 2025, and hopes the summit will boost its eco-tourism credentials and show it has more than beaches to offer.

Authorities say 69 Bolivians are not being allowed to leave the MSC Armony because they lack valid documents to enter the European Union’s border-free Schengen area.

Prosecutor charged Rubiales with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions in aftermath of kiss, offences carrying jail terms of one year and 18 months, respectively.

‘Plenty of people would think it’s unusual, because they’ve never seen it. But you know, it’s not a sin to drink a beer,’ said Miami-born Sister Guadalupe at the bar outside the Basque city of Vitoria.

Homes in England are more cramped than those in New York City, according to new analysis that showed UK property offers the worst value for money in the developed world.

Winemakers around the world are ripping out vines in the face of higher production costs, reduced demand and falling prices, and replacing them with alternative crops.

Hilaria Baldwin is being blasted on social media for letting her 10-year-old daughter wear a full face of make-up – while some fans have defended the mother, others aren’t impressed

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One of the world’s most decorated footballers with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Alves, 40, is found guilty of raping woman in nightclub in December 2022.

It grows in salt water and its grains are packed with protein and vitamins – eelgrass could be the most sustainable supercrop yet, says Ángel León, a chef dedicated to developing novel natural foods.

China’s top diplomat will try to find openings for Beijing’s interests amid continent’s panic over ex-American leader’s possible return, analysts say.

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