Madrid - As jobless numbers swell in a Spain sinking into a deepening recession, the opposition could be expected to have a heyday lambasting the government.
Instead, however, the main opposition conservative People's Party (PP) is getting bogged down with a mysterious internal spying scandal apparently linked to a ruthless power struggle.
Madrid- Spain's second-biggest bank BBVA saw its net profit plunge by 18 per cent to 5.02 billion euros (6.5 billion dollars) in 2008, the bank said Wednesday.
Recurrent profit, however, rose by 0.2 per cent, despite the global financial crisis.
The result was influenced by factors including early retirement payments at its Spanish operations valued at 602 million euros and losses caused by alleged Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff valued at 302 million euros, BBVA said.
Madrid - Spanish police have detained two of the leaders of the Neapolitan Camorra criminal organization, police said Tuesday.
Antonio Caiazzo, a historical leader of the Camorra's Volmero clan, and his right-hand man Francesco Simeoli were held in Majadahonda near Madrid as they were leaving a restaurant by car on Monday evening.
The men, both of whom are 50 years old, did not resist arrest, police said.
Caiazzo went on the run in March 2007 after being sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Naples court.
Madrid - A United Nations conference on Tuesday launched plans for a "global partnership" against hunger, with UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon urging donor countries to release more funds to guarantee food security despite the economic crisis.
"We must all do more," Ban said on closing the two-day meeting on food security in Madrid, hosted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Spain.
Madrid - Heavy rains sparked flooding Tuesday in northern Spain, while another death increased the number of fatalities claimed by storms to 16, officials and hospital sources said.
A 53-year-old man died at a Tarragona hospital on Monday after a wind gust pulled him down from his balcony on Saturday, hospital sources said.
The death toll thus climbed to 16 since Friday for the entire country.
Madrid - Barcelona will be looking for their ninth successive league win on Sunday, away to unpredictable Racing Santander.
Madrid - As jobless numbers swell in a Spain sinking into a deepening recession, the opposition could be expected to have a heyday lambasting the government.
Madrid- Spain's second-biggest bank BBVA saw its net profit plunge by 18 per cent to 5.02 billion euros (6.5 billion dollars) in 2008, the bank said Wednesday.
Madrid - Spanish police have detained two of the leaders of the Neapolitan Camorra criminal organization, police said Tuesday.
Madrid - A United Nations conference on Tuesday launched plans for a "global partnership" against hunger, with UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon urging donor countries to release more funds to guarantee food security despite the economic crisis.
Madrid - Heavy rains sparked flooding Tuesday in northern Spain, while another death increased the number of fatalities claimed by storms to 16, officials and hospital sources said.
