The Balearic Islands have committed to a green future with a new climate change law which will see the islands make a full transition to clean energy.

Megan Rowling · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 19 Feb 2019

Workforce and Employment

Spain will increase their minimum wage by 22%

The increase, due to enter into force in January, was agreed jointly with anti-austerity party Podemos.

Peter Graff, Andrew Heavens , Belen Carreno, and Ingrid Melander · Reuters 14 Dec 2018

Banking and Capital Markets

Labour market flexibility during financial crises: Firm-level evidence from Spain

There are good arguments both in favour and against the idea that more labour market flexibility will deliver benefits to an economy during a downturn.

Luc Laeven, Alexander Popov, and Peter McAdam · VoxEU 11 Dec 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Madrid is banning high-polluting vehicles from the city centre

Madrid has ring-fenced an area of the city in a bid to reduce emissions, improve the health of residents and help tackle climate change.

Kate Whiting 30 Nov 2018

Spain

Spain has a lesson for the rest of the world about organ donation

In Spain policy, infrastructure and systems all combine to give it the highest organ donation rates in the world.

Chris Baraniuk · Mosaic Science 27 Jun 2018

Spain

Barcelona is becoming a more child-friendly city

The Urban Forest plan is renovating and creating new play areas for children across the city.

Sophie Davies · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 01 Jun 2018

Cities and Urbanization

These photos show the world's abandoned cities

These aerial photos of abandoned developments show what happens when cities grow too fast.

Melia Robinson · Business Insider 21 Sep 2017

Financial and Monetary Systems

How strong is Spain’s recovery?

Spain is the eurozone’s latest poster child for austerity and structural reforms. Its economy has expanded for eight consecutive quarters, steadily gaining momentum and easily outperformi...

Simon Tilford 30 Oct 2015

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Catalan independence boost, India’s tech deals and the future of cities

The daily briefing “FirstFT” from the Financial Times. Catalonia’s independence movement won a historic but incomplete election victory on Sunday night, securing a majority of seats in th...

FirstFT 28 Sep 2015

Spain

How would Brazil be affected by big trade deals?

The landscape of international trade negotiations has been undergoing an upheaval. On the multilateral level, after 15 years of unsuccessful attempts to close the Doha Development Round a...

Otaviano Canuto 02 Mar 2015

Spain

Is Spain experiencing ‘good’ deflation?

Spain’s domestic economy is booming, or so the story goes, and in no small part this boom comes thanks to the arrival of what is being termed the “good kind of deflation”, the sort everyo...

Edward Hugh 18 Feb 2015