Ana Botella

MADRID, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Ana Botella looked to highlight the importance of Madrid's bid to host the Olympic Games after the city was officially named as a "candidate city" by the International Olympic Committee in the Canadian City of Quebec. Botella was ...  

Spain is frantically trying to reduce its debts. While conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is doing so at the national level, Ana Botella is slashing away at spending in Madrid, Spain's most heavily indebted city. In the process, the mayor is blazing her own path.  

Spain is frantically trying to reduce its debts. While conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is doing so at the national level, Ana Botella is slashing away at spending in Madrid, Spain's most heavily indebted city. In the process, the mayor is blazing her own path. When Ana Botella looks up from the files in her office on the fifth floor of Madrid's city hall, she sees the crown of a fertility goddess. The marble statue of Cibeles...  

BBC NewsSpain bad bank idea mulled but no plans yet: EU officialsChicago TribuneWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spain is considering the idea of creating a "bad bank" to take over non-performing real-estate loans from Spanish banks to help clean up the sector, but so far there are no plans for such an institution, European officials said ...Spain to restore border checks for ECB meetingBusinessWeekSpain considers creating 'bad bank', but no plans...  

gulfnews.comAssessing the Pain in SpainBarron'sSpain's economic plight is getting worse, but don't expect it to go the same way as Greece. The euro zone's fourth-largest economy will do everything it can to avoid the stigma of a bailout program like those of Greece, Ireland, and neighboring ...Unemployment From Italy to Spain Fuels Debt CrisisBusinessWeekEuroCrisis, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain More Defaults CertainInternational Business...  

Kansas City StarLorenzino Says Argentina Won't React to Any Spain Biofuels BanBloombergArgentina's Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino said Spain has the right to respond to the nationalization of oil producer YPF SA (YPFD) as it sees fit and the government has no plans to respond to a possible import ban on Argentina biofuels.Spain-Argentina oil spat jeopardizes special, century-old relationship, could ...Washington PostSpain to cut Argentine...  

PakistanToday.com.pk4 Things to Watch for in SpainMorningstar.comSpain is unlikely to face a Greeklike implosion in the near term, but things could continue to get worse for the country. By Bearemy Glaser | 04-22-12 | 06:00 AM | Email Article Once again, the flood of mostly decent earnings this week was mostly ...Spain bad bank idea mulled but no plans yet: EU officialsChicago TribuneSpain to restore border checks for ECB...  

Moneycontrol.comTriathlon-Spain's Gomez wins European title in EilatReutersNicola Spirig of Switzerland also won a third women's title, winning her race on Friday in 2:07:11, nine seconds ahead of Spain's Ainhoa Murua. Emmie Charayron of France was third. (Reporting by Ronen Zvulun, Writing by Ori Lewis in Jerusalem)Gomez wins European ChampsSlowtwitchall 5 news articles »  

EU's Rehn: Spain Making 'Determined Efforts' To Meet 2012 Deficit TargetsWall Street JournalBy Ian Talley and Costas Paris Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Spain is making "determined efforts" to meet its 2012 budget deficit targets and Italy is expected to deliver a balanced budget next year, the European Union's top economic ...and more »  

Telegraph.co.ukSpain Retaliates Over Move by Kirchner to Grab Oil FirmWall Street JournalBy ILAN BRAT MADRID—Spain's first economic response to Argentina's seizure of Repsol YPF SA's local unit will be a reprisal affecting its biodiesel exports, the government said Friday. The measure, which the Spanish government announced after a weekly ...Spain targets Argentine biodiesel in YPF reprisalReutersSpain Stings Argentina Over Oil Company...