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Over six million Spaniards have been out of work in the first quarter, raising the jobless rate to 27.2%, the highest since records began in the 1970s.
Although the overall fiscal picture for the eurozone has improved, data shows that France and Spain have fallen short of their budget deficit goals last year.
Shares of Bankia, the lender in the centre of Spain's banking crisis, tumbled on Monday while the ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating.
Hundreds of Spanish doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers have marched in Madrid against budget cuts and plans to partly privatise medical services.
Spain has pledged €3.5bn to easing mass unemployment among the country's youth, as the government tries to stem a relentless tide of layoffs and jobless queues.
The Spanish government has approved a package of urgent reforms it hopes will create jobs for young people and help slash the country's 26% unemployment rate.
Foreign investors in renewable energy projects in Spain have hired lawyers to prepare potential international legal action against the Spanish government.
Fresh worries plague Spain's finances as the EU warned of missed deficit targets after giving 11 countries the green light on taxes for financial transactions.
Spain's decision to cut value-added tax on some medical products has been ruled illegal and will force struggling health firms
to raise their prices.
Spain has defied markets by averting a bailout but high interest rates could yet force Madrid to its knees as it confronts a €207bn financing problem.
Banking giant Banco Santander says it will absorb its Spanish offshoots Banesto and Banif, closing 700 branches and saving an estimated €520m a year.
The euro zone is turning into a more balanced and potentially more dynamic economy thanks to market pressure, a study shows.
The Spanish Prime Minister rejected a proposal from EU President Herman Van Rompuy to cut the bloc's 2014-2020 budget by €75bn.
Spain's recession has deepened, as a brutal austerity plan hammered public spending and weak local demand piles pressure on the country to seek aid.
The euro is under pressure in Asia as markets fretted over whether debt-ridden Spain would seek a full bailout.
