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Spain is to include the liabilities of its 'bad bank' - created to take on bad loans from the 2012 financial crisis - in the country's total public debt, raising the debt-to-GDP ratio to around 120% from 117%, a senior government source said on Tuesday.

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Superpedestrian, the startup that makes e-scooters equipped with self-diagnostic software, is upgrading its product as it prepares for a major expansion into 10 new cities within the next two weeks. Considered an up-and-coming player in the micromobility worl…

Manchester City and Real Madrid are on to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals after easing through the second leg of their round-of-16 matchups on Tuesday...

Talking points from the weekend in Spanish football.

Barcelona continued their rampant run of domestic form to beat Osasuna 2-0 away from home on Saturday and move to within two points of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid, with Lionel Messi setting up goals scored by Jordi Alba and teenager Ilaix Moriba.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score at least 20 goals in the last 12 seasons in a top five European league on Tuesday to continue his charge towards sealing one of the few individual awards left for him to win: Serie A top scorer.

Former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato, found guilty of embezzlement in 2018, is close to standing trial again in Spain after a court charged him with corruption, money laundering and tax dodging, a court document said on Monday.

Talking points from the weekend in Spanish football.

In a match that was largely low on quality, it was a standout moment of brilliance that eventually gave Real Madrid a narrow 1-0 win over 10-man Atalanta in the Champions League round of 16.

The Champions League round of 16 continued on Wednesday with two first-leg matchups. Manchester City earned a 2-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach and Real Madrid eeking out a 1-0 win over 10-man Atalanta...

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Chelsea came away as 1-0 winners from the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie with Atletico Madrid on Tuesday at Arena Nationala in Bucharest, Romania...

Spain will regulate rental prices in areas where the demand for homes outstrips those on offer, Treasury Ministry Maria Jesus Montero said on Tuesday, the latest twist in a drawn-out internal spat between coalition partners Unidas Podemos and the Socialists.

The new United States administration seems in no rush to lift the aluminium and steel tariffs imposed by Donald Trump in 2018.

Spain will dedicate 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) of the European Union's coronavirus recovery funds to social housing, the government announced on Wednesday, largely using real estate assets held by Sareb, Spain's financial crisis-era bad bank.

Spain will ease its restrictions on free speech, the government said on Tuesday, in response to a nationwide furore over a rapper ordered jailed over a song and tweets.

Miami tech is in a nascent phase to the outside world, and it allows the locals and newcomers to learn from major tech hubs' mistakes and decidedly do things differently.

In 2016, the agency set up to ensure European Union funds are spent properly complained that the southern Italian port of Taranto was "heavily underused" despite millions of euros of the bloc's money thrown at it.

Cement sales in Spain fell to their lowest level in more than 50 years in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic paralysed almost all construction work for several months, the national industry association said on Wednesday.

Spanish house prices grew 1.6% in 2020 after falling in the previous year, online property portal Fotocasa said on Tuesday, in a sign that demand for real estate remains high despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Investment fund Oakley Capital has agreed to invest 175 million euros ($212 million) in a minority stake in Spanish property portal Idealista, just four months after Sweden's EQT bought the platform for $1.58 billion.

Racial and ethnic discrimination in Spain has worsened in the past few years, especially in housing and education, the Equality Ministry said on Monday, stressing the influence of far-right politicians and fake news.

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