| If you experience difficulty viewing this message, you can view it online, please click here  Monday, 24 April 2017 | | | | 21/04/2017 Mariano Rajoy asserts that high-speed travel sets fine "example of infrastructure policies"
At an event which took place at Santa Justa Station in Seville, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the arrival of high-speed rail travel to Spain, the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, underlined that the AVE high-speed train was "a strategic commitment" made by all the governments of Spain because, in addition to doing away with the "traditional infrastructure deficit", it represented "a channel for economic growth". |
| | | 20/04/2017 Mariano Rajoy announces that the 2017 growth forecast for the Spanish economy has risen to 2.7%
During the closing ceremony of the General Assembly of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (Spanish acronym: CEOE), the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, explained that economic data for the first quarter of the year "calls for an upward revision of the growth forecast" for the Spanish economy from the present 2.5% to 2.7%. He also praised the role played by the CEOE and the trade unions in social dialogue, which "has delivered some splendid results". |
| | | 19/04/2017 Mariano Rajoy receives Eduardo Mendoza, winner of the 2016 Cervantes Prize
The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, received the writer Eduardo Mendoza, winner of the 2016 Miguel de Cervantes Literature Award in the Spanish Language, at Moncloa Palace. This prize, awarded by the Minister for Education, Culture and Sport, is the highest recognition of the creative work of Spanish and Hispano-American writers. |
| | | 19/04/2017 President of the Government receives Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico
The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Luis Videgaray, at Moncloa Palace. The visit by Luis Videgaray to Spain is framed within the celebration of the 12th Bi-national Spain-Mexico Commission, which coincides this year with the 40th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries back in 1977. |
| | | 17/04/2017 Mariano Rajoy meets with Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba
The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, met at Moncloa Palace with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodrguez Parrilla. At the meeting, which took place following a request from the Cuban authorities, the two leaders discussed bilateral relations and EU-Cuban relations since the new Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement was signed in December 2016. |
| | | 21/04/2017 Government allocates 180 million euros to boosting Digital Agenda
The call for proposals to extend broadband will be allocated 100 million euros, while another 80 million euros will go to financing R&D projects in the field of digital technologies. The government also authorised subsidies for the production of projected feature films for the sum of 30 million euros. |
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