InvestEU: Triodos Bank increases support to social enterprises*
Brussels, 31 January 2023 Triodos Bank can provide up to €67 million in loans to...
EU infringements: Financial Stability, Financial Services, and Capital Markets Union
Letters of formal notice Anti-Money Laundering: Commission urges SPAIN and ITALY to apply correctly the...
Spain: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation
January 19, 2023 Washington, DC:On January 18, 2023, the Executive Board of the International Monetary...
Europol: Authorities take substances worth over €40m off the market
The Hague, 19 December 2022 Over 10.5 million medicinal products seized, 349 suspects arrested or...
Spain and Croatia will receive substantial financial support under EMFAF for 2021-2027
Brussels, 29 November 2022 The Commission has adopted the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) programmes...
Spyware inquiry: discussion on the situation in Spain
Brussels, 28 November 2022 Tomorrow, guest experts and MEPs on the Parliament’s Inquiry Committee on...
Spain: €37.3bn to support its green transition and a fair and competitive economy
Brussels, 21 November 2022 In 2021-2027, Spain will benefit from €37.3 billion in Cohesion Policy...
Europol: Spanish authorities disrupt criminal network supporting other criminal groups in Europe
Brussels, 15 November 2022 27 suspects arrested and massive amounts of drugs, cash as well...
NextGenEU: Payment request from Spain for €6bn in grants
Brussels, 14 November 2022 This is Spain’s third payment request and relates to 24 milestones and 5 targets covering...
Balkan route trafficking: 382 arrests during joint actions
Brussels, 4 November 2022 28 European countries join forces to target drug and firearms trafficking,...
Suspect arrested in connection with a million euro investment fraud
The Hague, 20 October 2022 On 6 October, a prolific scammer was arrested in Tenerife,...
RRF/Spain: EU Commission approves €500m to support broadband backhaul networks in rural areas
Brussels, 17 October 2022 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a...
Spain: EU Commission approves €220m to support the production of renewable hydrogen
Brussels, 13 October 2022 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a...
EuroHPC selects six sites to deploy quantum technology
Brussels, 4 October 2022 Today, the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has announced...
State aid: EU Commission approves modifications to Spanish schemes to support companies affected by Russia’s invasion
Brussels, 18 August 2022 The European Commission has approved modifications to five existing Spanish schemes...
Europol: Travelling gang dismantled after robberies in France and Spain
The Hague, 5 August 2022 Law enforcement authorities in Spain, France and Chile, supported by...
EU Commission clears acquisition of sole control of Italian Sisal
Brussels, 29 July 2022 The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the...
EU Commission clears acquisition of Gavilon’s grain and ingredients business
Brussels, 29 July 2022 The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the...
REACT-EU: Additional €274.9m to boost the recovery of Spanish regions
Brussels, 22 July 2022 Spain receives an additional €274.9 million from the 2022 tranche of REACT-EU....
Eurojust: Joint action against cycling team doping in six countries
The Hague, 1 July 2022 Judicial and law enforcement authorities in France, Belgium, Spain, Croatia,...
Spain: EU Commission endorses €12bn NextGenEU disbursement (updated)
Brussels, 27 June 2022 The European Commission has today endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of...
10 arrests for sexual exploitation in France, Spain and Portugal
The Hague, 24 June 2022 The suspects, predominantly of Brazilian origin, managed their victims’ online...
Spain: EU Commission approves aid to companies affected by Russia’s invasion
Brussels, 13 June 2022 The European Commission has approved a Spanish umbrella scheme to support...
EU Commission approves creation of joint venture by Repsol and Telefónica
Brussels, 10 June 2022 The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the...
Algeria: EU and EEAS statement on Algeria’s latest measures against Spain
Brussels, 10 June 2022 The decision taken by Algeria to suspend the Treaty of friendship...
Spain and Portugal: EU Commission approves €8.4bn in electricity state aid
Brussels, 8 June 2022 The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a...
EU Commission approves €10bn Spanish aid to companies affected by Russia’s war
Brussels, 2 June 2022 The European Commission has approved an up to €10 billion Spanish scheme...
EU Commission receives Spain’s 2nd RRF payment request for €12bn
Brussels, 30 April 2022 On April 30, 2022 the Commission received Spain’s second payment request...
Electronic Communications: EU Commission refers 10 Member States to Court of Justice
Brussels, 6 April 2022 The European Commission today has referred Spain, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland, Poland,...
Spain: EU Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map
Brussels, 17 March 2922 The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules Spain’s...
Spain: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2021 Article IV Consultation
February 15, 2022 Washington, DC : on February 14, 2022, the Executive Board of the International Monetary...
Food safety: EU and US resume trade of mussels, clams, oysters, and scallops
Brussels, 4 February 2022 As from the end of this month, trade of molluscan shellfish...
EU Judgment in Case C-788/19 Commission v Spain (Spanish tax residents)
Luxembourg, 27 January 2022 Case C-788/19 Commission v Spain (Obligation to provide tax information): National...
Spain: EU Commission grants €354.8m through REACT-EU for crisis response and repair
The Commission has approved €354.8 million under the 2022 tranche of REACT-EU to support the recovery and to pave...
Spain: IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2021 Article IV Mission
December 22, 2021 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the...
NextGenEU: Preliminary positive assessment of Spain’s €10bn disbursement request
Brussels, 3 December 2021 The European Commission has today adopted a positive preliminary assessment of...
European Semester: Making Europe greener and more digital
Brussel, 24 November 2021 Today, the European Commission has launched the 2022 European Semester cycle...
NextGenEU: EU Commission receives RRF request from Spain for €10bn
The Commission has today received the first payment request from Spain under the Recovery and Resilience...
Truck cartel in Spain: Opinion of the EU Advocate General in the case C-267/20
Truck cartel in Spain: Advocate General Rantos clarifies the temporal scope of the directive on...
Europol: Criminal group behind € 45m money laundering scheme in Spain
26 October 2021 Criminal group has international connections with third countries On 6 October 2021,...
REACT-EU: EU Commission approves €2bn of additional resources for Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, and Romania
The Commission has granted €2 billion to Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and Romania following the modification...
Open data and public sector information: EU infringement procedure against 19 Member States
Today, the Commission decided to open infringement proceedings as part of the regular review of...
UN: Trials of former Spanish judge lack independence, impartiality: landmark case
The UN Human Rights Committee concluded on Thursday that the trials of a former Spanish...
NextGenEU: €9bn disbursed in pre-financing to Spain
Brussels, 17 August 2021 The European Commission has today disbursed €9 billion to Spain in pre-financing,...
EU Cohesion policy: Additional €2.7bn for Spain, Italy, and Cyprus
The Commission has approved the modification of seven Operational Programmes (OP) for the European Regional...
Copyright delays: EU Commission urges Member States to comply with EU rules
The EU Commission has requested Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland,...
Eurojust coordinates dismantling of Serbian marijuana trafficking network
The Hague, 22 July 2021 The Spanish and Serbian authorities have dismantled a large-scale drug...
Opinion of the EU Advocate General in the case C-788/19 (fiscal residents in Spain)
According to Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe, flat-rate fines imposed in the event of non-fulfillment or...
EU Commission welcomes EU Council’s approval of recovery and resilience plans
The European Commission welcomes the Council’s approval of its assessments of the recovery and resilience plans...
Europol: Tobacco products worth over €2m seized in Spain and Portugal
The Portuguese National Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) and the Spanish National Police (Policía National), supported...