Zapatero: On credit support, rehabilitation and employment (Video)

The Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, announced Friday that the government is finalizing a "document summary" to pass a decree law by urgent credit support, rehabilitation and employment.

In a press conference in Seville, following the conclusion of the Council of Ministers, Zapatero said that next week will send this document to political groups and waited for the "ultimate contest of wills and the best position to pass this first government decree on measures urgent. (more...)

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Social Security achieved a surplus of 4.602 million in February-Video

The average membership of foreign workers at the end of February stood at 1,817,985 occupied in the month after winning a total of 11,112 contributors, according to data released today by the Ministry of Labour and Immigration.

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Loss of competitiveness, increase in VAT and beyond recovery

Impressive end of the week that has lived in the Spanish economy after the impact of the complaint on higher bank fees from the union and the statements of the IMF on the urgent need for labor reform, met the new data loss competitiveness caused by declines in innovation, an innovation that seems to go better if we consider that will reduce the investment budget for 2010 over 20%. In terms of competitiveness, we advance countries such as India, Cyprus and Paraguay. Read the rest of this entry »

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