by Gregor Gall Was that it? Well, maybe. While France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain have been rocked by numerous general and public sector-wide strikes over the past few years, in Britain we have had just the two one-day strikes over pensions reform, on 30 June and 30 November last year. Apart from these, large-scale

With Greece and Spain owing billions of euros to pharmaceutical groups and arrears slipping again larger groups are taking remedial measures

The newly agreed 'fiscal pact' in reality provides no kind of fiscal solidarity between the signing countries and it will not deliver unless the EU moves from European governance to European government, writes Joan Marc Simon from Democracia Global in Spain. More »

A slowdown in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy makes it unlikely Madrid will be able to hit deficit targets

Agency cuts the sovereign credit ratings of Italy, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia and Cyprus and indicated the possibility of further cuts

Michael Portillo attacked the British film industry for trading on nostalgia - calling it "cosy, safe and unambitious" - and said it was pale when compared to the edgy and commercial work from Spain.

Bonds fell below the 6% level before edging back up in the so-called LTRO rally which has also led to sharp falls in Spain, Greece and Ireland

Under my proposal, the ECB and the EFSF could do what the ECB cannot do on its own: act as a lender of last resort, writes George Soros

Tony Blair wanted to hand Gibraltar over to Spain because it was an "obstacle" to Britain's closer relationship with the European Union, according to a former minister.

Netherlands concerned at Spain’s attempts to keep a countryman on the bank’s top management team. This follows last year’s disputes over choice of executive board