Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega

Barceló unveils UN "Sistine Chapel" in Geneva

According to the artist, the work is like a "cave and sea in perpetual movement" (Agusti Torres/ONUART) The Spanish abstract artist Miquel Barceló has unveiled his spectacular new artwork at the United Nations headquarters in...

Spain in row over expensive UN artwork

Spain is embroiled in a deepening row over an expensive artwork at the UN headquarters in Geneva that is being paid for by Spanish taxpayers from the overseas aid budget. The Spanish government is contributing €8m (£5.3m) from...

Spanish plan to buy bank assets wins EU approval

Spain won EU approval Monday for its plan to spend 30 billion euros ($41 billion) buying assets from banks starved of liquidity. The European Commission said it was initially reluctant to allow EU governments buy assets from...

Spain to extend nationality eligibility

01-Nov-2008

Around 500,000 descendants of people who fled Spain's 1930s civil war and subsequent dictatorship of Francisco Franco could be eligible for Spanish nationality following a rubber-stamping of the measure. The El Pais newspaper,...