Walking Next to the Wall (www.walkingnexttothewall.com), is the title of a documentary that is currently being released in several universities and cultural centres in Spain. It has been shot in several cities and towns of Egypt and is a true portrayal of a minority (10 million people) with weight in the Middle East: the Coptic Christians who, from the first century, live in a country that is crucial in the region.
As already mentioned, the external sector of the Spanish economy has recovered during the crisis, but unlike what happened in previous crises, in this case it has not been the result of competitive devaluations undertaken by the Government. The competitiveness gains observed are due other factors, including the positive behaviour of labour productivity.
The good news is that the publication of the comprehensive assessment results conducted by the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority over the last year certifies the successful completion of the restructuring process of the Spanish banking system. An ambitious and complex exercise that has lasted for a year involving more than 6,000 professionals to audit the value of assets (Asset Quality Review, AQR) and measure the resilience of balances (stress tests) of 130 European entities before hypothetical adverse scenarios up to 2016.
The fact that the serious crisis that has hit world economy and which, in line with some forecast economic indicators, such as IFO or ZEW, both referring to German economy, still has some time ahead of it, complicates a recovery of the Spanish economy exclusively relying on domestic demand. Thus, foreign demand and competitiveness are key elements that require special attention.
Sunday November 9 will mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A day earlier, a communication error by Günter Schabowski, spokesman of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED by its acronym in German), had led to the unexpected opening of borders in East Germany, thus ending 28 years of division in Germany's most important city. The GDR was assuming its failure as a collective project, both economically and socially and, unable to maintain their own citizens locked up, it decided to put an end to its short life and manage the end of a regime qualified by many as an "unfair" State (Unrechtsstaat), a term that the president of the Republic, Joachim Gauck, referred to in his speech commemorating the mass demonstration in Leipzig this October 9. This process is commonly...
Cuba hoy: la lenta muerte del castrismo. Con un preámbulo para españoles
11.18.2014. Walking Next to the Wall (www.walkingnexttothewall.com), is the title of a documentary that is currently being released in several universities and cultural centres in Spain. It has been shot in several cities and towns of Egypt and is a true portrayal of a minority (10 million people) with weight in the Middle East: the Coptic Christians who, from the first century, live in a country that is crucial in the region.
11.17.2014. As already mentioned, the external sector of the Spanish economy has recovered during the crisis, but unlike what happened in previous crises, in this case it has not been the result of competitive devaluations undertaken by the Government. The competitiveness gains observed are due other factors, including the positive behaviour of labour productivity.
11.13.2014. The good news is that the publication of the comprehensive assessment results conducted by the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority over the last year certifies the successful completion of the restructuring process of the Spanish banking system. An ambitious and complex exercise that has lasted for a year involving more than 6,000 professionals to audit the value of assets (Asset Quality Review, AQR) and measure the resilience of balances (stress tests) of 130 European entities before hypothetical adverse scenarios up to 2016.
11.11.2014. The fact that the serious crisis that has hit world economy and which, in line with some forecast economic indicators, such as IFO or ZEW, both referring to German economy, still has some time ahead of it, complicates a recovery of the Spanish economy exclusively relying on domestic demand. Thus, foreign demand and competitiveness are key elements that require special attention.
11.07.2014. Sunday November 9 will mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A day earlier, a communication error by Günter Schabowski, spokesman of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED by its acronym in German), had led to the unexpected opening of borders in East Germany, thus ending 28 years of division in Germany's most important city. The GDR was assuming its failure as a collective project, both economically and socially and, unable to maintain their own citizens locked up, it decided to put an end to its short life and manage the end of a regime qualified by many as an "unfair" State (Unrechtsstaat), a term that the president of the Republic, Joachim Gauck, referred to in his speech commemorating the mass demonstration in Leipzig this October 9. This process is commonly...
01.01.1995. Cuba hoy: la lenta muerte del castrismo. Con un preámbulo para españoles
