Ciaran Giles

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Spanish daily halts edition with fake Chavez photo

Spanish daily halts edition with fake Chavez photo

Ciaran Giles · January 25, 2013 2:49 am

Spain frees ex-HSBC employee wanted by Switzerland

Spain frees ex-HSBC employee wanted by Switzerland

Ciaran Giles · December 18, 2012 3:14 pm

FILE - In this June 16, 2012 file photo, a demonstrator holds a life saver in front of the headquarters of Bankia bank during a protest against the Spanish bank in Madrid.Spain's economy ministry says euro 39.5 billion ($51.3 billion) in bailout aid approved by European authorities for troubled Spanish banks has arrived. A ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012 the money is now in the hands of a state-run fund set up to help those entities worst hit by the property market collapse in 2008. The funds are part of a euro 100 billion rescue package earmarked for Spain by the other 16 European Union countries that use the euro. The package is designed to ease the pressure on the government so it can concentrate on managing national finances and avoid a full-blown sovereign bailout. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Bank aid money arrives in Spain

Ciaran Giles · December 12, 2012 11:46 am

Spanish state universities protest cutbacks

Spanish state universities protest cutbacks

Ciaran Giles · December 10, 2012 4:04 pm

Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos Jurado, left, talks with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, during the Eurogroup meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Details of a plan for Greeceâs to reduce its heavy debt by buying some of it back at bargain prices will be presented Monday in Brussels to finance ministers from the 17 European Union countries that use the euro. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Spain’s jobless near 5 million as banks await cash

Ciaran Giles · December 4, 2012 5:47 pm

Spain’s bailed-out banks to slash size by 60 pct

Spain’s bailed-out banks to slash size by 60 pct

Ciaran Giles · November 28, 2012 1:41 pm

Spain: Pressure to demand a bailout is easing

Spain: Pressure to demand a bailout is easing

Ciaran Giles · October 31, 2012 3:57 pm

Spanish soprano suffers minor stroke

Spanish soprano suffers minor stroke

Ciaran Giles · October 23, 2012 3:13 pm

Spain raises $6 billion in successful debt sale

Spain raises $6 billion in successful debt sale

Ciaran Giles · October 18, 2012 10:38 am

Spain minister plays down IMF report

Spain minister plays down IMF report

Ciaran Giles · October 9, 2012 3:09 pm

Spain says arrested man planned university attacks

Spain says arrested man planned university attacks

Ciaran Giles · October 4, 2012 2:02 pm

Finance Ministry, tax office and customs employees march in central Athens outside the finance ministry building to protest new austerity measures, on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. As the party leaders conferred Thursday, tax and customs employees, who are on strike until Friday against planned pay cuts, held a peaceful protest in the capital. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Spain, Greece launch austerity plans to secure aid

Ciaran Giles · September 27, 2012 4:00 am