The government says Spain’s unemployment rate rose sharply to 21.3 percent in the first quarter of 2011, leaving nearly 5 million people without work. View full post on All Stories

Spain’s embattled socialist prime minister has announced he will not seek re-election as his country grapples with debt, high unemployment and a faltering economy badly hi View full post on All Stories

Spain and Germany jointly unveiled a recruitment drive in January designed to reduce high unemployment in Spain while supplying Germany’s buoyant economy. Both countries agreed to recognize each others’ academic and training qualifications. View full post on All Stories

By Saturday evening the decree prompted 283 of the 295 controllers scheduled to report for duty to do so, and flights were resuming at an increasing pace at airports packed with bewildered travelers. Spain’s government halted an air traffic control strike by imposing an emergency decree to threaten the disgruntled employees with prison terms under [...]

AHN News Staff Ankara, Turkey (AHN) – In an effort to help Israel control its continuing blaze, which has spread through northern parts of the country, Turkey has offered to put aside its differences and sent firefighting aircraft. European nations such as Greece, Spain and Cyprus have also offered their help. The Turkish help came [...]

AHN News Staff Caracas, Venezuela (AHN) – In what could be the largest joint investment between Italy and Venezuela, energy giants of both countries have signed an agreement to develop crude oil fields and to construct a refinery. The $17 billion deal was signed between Italian energy company ENI and Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petroleos [...]

President Barack Obama praised Spain as a “valuable ally” of the United States in Latin America and said that “a wide range of opportunities” exists for the two countries to “work together to achieve goals we share.” View full post on All Stories

AHN News Staff Dublin, Ireland (AHN) – Representatives from the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank are due to arrive in Dublin on Wednesday to discuss the Irish financial crisis with its government, which has not yet requested any aid. The EU already believes that Ireland needs some kind of [...]

Chancellor vows to help restore stability to Ireland’s banking system as European finance ministers gather for crunch meeting – Ireland bailout live blog: follow the latest here George Osborne pledged that Britain would support Ireland’s attempts to stabilise its banking system today, as experts from the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and EU prepared [...]

Anne Lu – AHN Entertainment Contributor Madrid, Spain (AHN) – Lady Gaga unsurprisingly garnered another honor at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Although the “Alejandro” singer wasn’t able to personally accept her trophies in Madrid, Spain, she appeared via digital screen from Hungary to thank her fans. Gaga’s “Bad Romance” took home the Best Song, [...]

AHN News Staff Lagos, Nigeria (AHN) – Nearly a week after Nigeria detained an U.K.-registered ship, which was apparently carrying toxic waste, the Grand America suddenly has disappeared, prompting local authorities to launch an investigation. Authorities are searching for who released the ship, which had off-loaded seven containers with electronic waste. Two vessels carrying similar [...]