Spain announced its intention to eliminate the program known as "golden visas," which grants residency permits to wealthy people from non-European Union countries who invest in real estate.
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Spain Offers to Pay Tech Workers $17,000 if They Relocate to Rural Extremadura Region
Spain will pay digital nomads and remote tech workers up to $17,000 to move to its rural Extremadura region as part of a $2 million effort to combat depopulation.
Tourists Not Welcome: Barcelona Locals Fire Water Guns at Visitors in Anti-Tourism Protest
Locals of the city of Barcelona took to the streets to protest the overtourism reported in the area, with some of them firing water guns at walking tourists.
Spain, France Arrest 5 Members of Chinese Money Laundering Gang That Smuggle Over 1 Million Euros a Day
French and Spanish authorities have arrested five members of a suspected Chinese money laundering network in Spain this week.
Meta's Election Tools Blocked Over Privacy Concerns Ahead of European Parliament Vote
The Spanish Data Protection Agency has suspended Meta's election tools due to privacy concerns, blocking their rollout ahead of the European Parliament elections.
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Ford is considering making a new SUV in Valencia, Spain, aligning with European market trends. Spanish PM welcomes the move, potential job boosts amid trimming Ford workforce, slowing EV sales in Michigan.
Doritos Spain is facing backlash as its announcement of transgender artist Samantha Hudson being its brand ambassador sparked outrage over her past tweets involving a 12-year-old.
Spain and Qatar tie up for a $1 billion Latam investment fund signing in 2017. The countries and the government of both Spain and Qatar hope to sign and manifest early next year an agreement to form a $1 billion joint investment fund that would help the Gulf state invest in Latin America, the Spanish ambassador confirms and was quoted by a Qatari newspaper as saying on Sunday.
For a year some time now Spain had now beaten Italy in terms of Investments. One analyst told an interview that in Europe dominating by political uncertainties, Spain had emerges as the attractive spot for investment.
Commercial banks in northern Europe criticized ECB for its four-year cheap loan policy and stimulus program. The policy was aimed to stimulate growth for banks that struggle in southern part of Europe.
Spain-based Caixabank is planning to buy the stake of Isabel Dos Santos in Portugal's Banco BPI SA. The negotiations over the acquisition are still going on and may be completed soon.
HBO planned its Internet channel in Spain at the end of this year, enabling people in Spain to access HBO streaming service. The company will challenge Netflix at new vanguard of European market.
As it has been going through all the year, the Euro group meeting will entirely be focused and dedicated to Greece only. Indeed, the Greek government expects to adopt all the remaining measures needed to get hold of €2 billion second sub-tranche of the bailout programme.
Facebook unveils animated emoticons, Reactions, to go with the 'like' button. The six emojis will have a pilot test in Spain and Ireland. Alongside the 'like' button, Facebook will pilot the Reactions. In particular, it is a set of emoticons including angry, sad, wow, yay, ha-ha and love, Tech Crunch gives details.
