Spain’s unemployment rate shot up to a record 27.2% in the first quarter of 2013, official figures show.

Spain's unemployment rate has shot up to 26.02% with nearly six million people now out of work.

Spain’s economy has shrunk for the fifth quarter in a row, official figures showed today.

Suicide rates in Catalonia, the region in the north-east of Spain where the tragic Sant Andreu graveyard deaths occurred, have increased by 10% in one year alone and reflect a nationwide trend. Spain is slipping into despair as unemployment rates in the under 25s reach 52%. Overall unemployment is twice that of Ireland’s. Richard Fitzpatrick reports from Barcelona

The Spanish economy remains mired in recession after contracting 0.4% in the second quarter of the year compared with the previous three-month period, the National Statistics Institute said today.

Spain’s National Statistics Institute confirmed today that the country’s economy shrank 0.4% in the first quarter, placing it back in recession.

SPAIN’S parliament has approved the new conservative government’s first austerity measures, which aim to rein in the country’s swollen deficit with €8.9bn in spending cuts.

Spain’s economy stagnated in the third quarter of the year following two quarters of modest growth, official figures showed today.

Spain’s unemployment rate has risen more than half a percentage point in the third quarter to 21.5%.

Spain's gross domestic product grew by 0.2% from April to June on a quarterly basis, according to preliminary data from the country's National Statistics Institute.

Madrid: Spanish home sales declined the most in almost two years in April as the highest unemployment rate in Europe and the end of a tax rebate discouraged buyers.

Lisbon: Portugal’s economy shrank for a second quarter in the three months through March, putting the country back into recession as the government tries to cut spending and raise taxes to narrow its budget deficit.

PORTUGAL’S financial plight has deepened after official figures showed its budget deficit last year was 8.6% of GDP — way above the government target of 7.3% intended to ease market fears.

Portugal’s financial plight has deepened after official figures showed its budget deficit last year was 8.6% of GDP – way above the government target of 7.3% intended to ease market fears.

Portugal's disgruntled Facebook generation, inspired by a pop song, marched in a dozen cities today to vent its frustration at grim career prospects amid an acute economic crisis that shows no sign of abating.

Spain's jobless rate has exceeded 20% for the first time in more than 10 years, the country's government said today.

Spain’s unemployment rate hit 18.8% at the end of 2009.

THE normal rules don’t apply in football. The global economy may be mired in the worst recession in living memory, but transfer records can still be smashed.

Mexico’s trade deficit has risen by 17% in the first nine months of the year as compared to the same period of 2007, largely due to a spike in imports and a decline in oil export revenues.

Spain posted its largest population increase last year, gaining more than 900,000 residents in a surge due almost exclusively to immigration, the government said.