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		<title>Valencia cooks up controversy with “bread war”</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2013/04/spain-news-valencia-cooks-up-controversy-with-bread-war/8442</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Hedgecoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “Ikea of bread” offers a low-cost staple for crisis-hit locals. But is it a blessing or a cynical stunt?]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond their ken?</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2013/04/spain-economy-beyond-their-ken/8417</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain's economic problems now form part of such a complex web of cause and effect, action and reaction, that it is getting increasingly difficult for laymen, journalists and politicians alike to get to the core of what is actually happening.]]></description>
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		<title>Do EU migration trends put Spain’s health and pensions system at risk?</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2013/03/spain-economy-migration-trends-8133/8133</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing acknowledgement that economic and social impacts of migrant movements are greater than mainstream thought would have us believe.]]></description>
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		<title>The great Portuguese hollowing out</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2013/02/portugal-news-great-portuguese-hollowing-out/8024</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With every passing day Portugal has less and less economy left, while fewer and fewer people remain to pay down the debt.]]></description>
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		<title>Has Spain’s economic contraction become self-perpetuating?</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2013/01/spain-economy-contraction/7836</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spanish government has so far managed to avoid requesting a sovereign bailout and says growth will return by the end of 2013. But the bad news is that once again, recession still lurks on the horizon.]]></description>
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		<title>Rodrigo Rato: exiting through the revolving door</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2013/01/spain-news-rodrigo-rato-exiting-through-the-revolving-door/7725</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former head of the IMF and Spanish economy minister has just landed a job at Telefónica, despite facing a judicial investigation into mismanagement while he was chairman of failed lender Bankia.]]></description>
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		<title>Businessman’s arrest highlights Spanish corporate failings</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/12/spain-news-businessmans-arrest-highlights-spanish-corporate-failings/7580</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last two decades, Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, the disgraced former head of the employers’ federation, was seen as all that was right about Spain.]]></description>
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		<title>To be or not to be: Catalonia as an independent state</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/11/spain-news-catalonia-independent-state7226/7226</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 06:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The growing distance between Catalonia and the rest of Spain is becoming problematic, and could now be considered one of the most important tail risks facing the euro. When Spain finally asks the EU for a rescue, Europe’s leaders must use the opportunity to promote dialogue and search for viable solutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Juan Luis Cebrián: last man standing?</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/10/spain-news-juan-luis-cebrian-last-man-standing/7185</link>
		<comments>http://iberosphere.com/2012/10/spain-news-juan-luis-cebrian-last-man-standing/7185#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The founder of Spain’s leading daily and the head of the country’s biggest media group stands down next year. His parting act will be to sack a third of the staff of ‘El País’. ]]></description>
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		<title>A slice of Vegas in Spain stirs controversy</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/07/spain-news-a-slice-of-vegas-in-spain-stirs-controversy/6539</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Hedgecoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans by American billionaire Sheldon Adelson to build a massive gambling complex in Madrid or Barcelona have fuelled the rivalry between the two cities. But they have also drawn criticism for the economic model the project would introduce to the winning city.  ]]></description>
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