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An economy ministers upbeat outburst; Germanys banking downer; and money for young talent. Not so fast: Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Passos Coelho want swifter Eurozone banking union. Spanish government borrowing costs continued to moderate this week, the latest consumer price index figures showed a downward trend without being full-on deflationary, andArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/Ebs46WHfAd4/tales-for-tapas-irrational-exuberance_265039.html

The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid became the first top banker to be held in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis, a court said on Friday. A court sent Miguel Blesa, 65, to a Madrid jail and said he must pay 2.5 million euros ($3.2 million) inArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/y18bdbO0nlc/top-spain-banker-in-jail-pending-bail-in-crisis-probe_265111.html

The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid became the first top banker to be held in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis, a court said on Friday. A court sent Miguel Blesa, 65, to a Madrid jail and said he must pay 2.5 million euros ($3.2 million) inArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/y18bdbO0nlc/top-spain-banker-in-jail-pending-bail-in-crisis-probe_265111.html

Spain’s government Friday approved an emergency reform of the crisis-hit education sector, hoping to reduce the number of school dropouts and curb the soaring youth unemployment rate. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said the plan aimed to improve young people’s job prospects at a time when unemployment among thoseArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/8diTh0Gq63M/spain-government-approves-crisis-education-reform_265121.html

May 17, 2013 Franklin Jeovany Torres Torres is a trickster of the cloth. This extremely devout Honduran man claims to be a priest. In 2007, when he was just 20, he crisscrossed the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, knocking onArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/fake-honduran-priest-swindles-nuns-with-promise-of-new-recruits/

Spain’s government Friday approved an emergency reform of the crisis-hit education sector, hoping to reduce the number of school dropouts and curb the soaring youth unemployment rate. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said the plan aimed to improve young people’s job prospects at a time when unemployment among thoseArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/8diTh0Gq63M/spain-government-approves-crisis-education-reform_265121.html

May 17, 2013 Nearly a year ago, in June 2012, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said this was not the right moment to assess Miguel Blesa and Rodrigo Rato’s performance as presidents of Caja Madrid, the regional savings bankArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/blesa-had-no-banking-experience-when-named-head-of-caja-madrid/

The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid became the first top banker to spend time in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis, officials said on Friday. Miguel Blesa, 65, who has links to senior members of Spain’s governing Popular Party, was held overnight in a Madrid jail andArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/DdqeTEFL2HA/top-spain-banker-bailed-in-crisis-probe_265126.html

May 17, 2013 Former Caja Madrid chief Miguel Blesa walked out of a Madrid prison on Friday after his lawyers posted the 2.5-million-euro bail set by a court investigating his mismanagement of the savings bank. Blesa, who headed Caja Madrid betweenArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/ex-caja-madrid-chief-leaves-jail-after-posting-bail/

May 17, 2013 Former Caja Madrid chief Miguel Blesa walked out of a Madrid prison on Friday after his lawyers posted the 2.5-million-euro bail set by a court investigating his mismanagement of the savings bank. Blesa, who headed Caja Madrid betweenArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/ex-caja-madrid-chief-leaves-jail-after-posting-bail/