Topic: Miguel Sebastian

Spain presses for labor market reform deal

AP News - 626 days ago
Spain warns it will impose labor market reforms if unions, businesses fail to reach agreementThe Socialist government pressed unions and management on Monday to agree this week on labor reforms so Spain can resurrect its moribund economy and reassure markets worried about ...

Europe faces challenges to electric car industry

Reuters Environmental Online Report - 736 days ago
SAN SEBASTIAN (Reuters) - The European Union faces challenges of safety, cost, competitiveness and technological harmonization in its plan to successfully develop its electric car industry, EU presidency holder Spain said on Tuesday.and cost," Spain's industry minister Miguel Sebastian said at ...

Spain's new-car subsidies 'to expire in mid-2010'

AFP Global Edition - 780 days ago
The Spanish government's subsidies on new cars -- credited with reversing a slump in sales -- will expire in mid-2010 and will not be renewed, the industry minister said Monday.If sales continue at their current level the amount allocated will expire in ...

Spain to extend new-car subsidies into 2010

AFP Global Edition - 845 days ago
Spain is extending its subsidies for new-car purchases -- credited with reversing a slump in sales -- for the rest of this year and into 2010, Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian said Saturday.The government will provide an extra 40 million euros (60 million dollars ...

Opel rescue dogged by European divisions

AFP Global Edition - 859 days ago
Tempers are rising in Europe over Germany's promise of billions of euros (dollars) in state aid to support the sale of General Motors' loss-making European unit Opel/Vauxhall.In a preliminary deal announced in Berlin with great fanfare on September 10 ...

Spain expects 10 percent drop in foreign tourists this year

AFP Global Edition - 936 days ago
Spain expects foreign tourist arrivals to drop by up to 10 percent this year due largely to the global economic downturn, Industry and Tourism Minister Miguel Sebastian said Saturday. "Our forecast is that the end of the year will be better than ...

Spain tourist arrivals to drop 10 pct in 2009

Reuters Life! Online Report - 936 days ago
MADRID (Reuters) - The drop in tourist arrivals in 2009 will be no more than 10 percent, Industry and Tourism Minister Miguel Sebastian said on Saturday. "The decline in tourist arrivals at the end of 2009 will be no more than 10 percent ...

Spain expects 3,000 MW in solar plants by 2010

Environmental News Network - 1238 days ago
Thomson Financial News Super Focus, September 25, 2008 Thursday 12:56 PM GMT - Spain's government said its new and less generous subsidy scheme, due to take effect shortly, foresees solar power plants reaching a capacity of 3,000 megawatts by 2010 ...

Spain to Put 1 million Electric Cars on the Road

Environmental News Network - 1296 days ago
Spain intends aims to put 1 million electric cars on the road by 2014 as part of the Zapatero government's plan to save energy and boost energy efficiency, minister of industry, business and tourism Miguel Sebastian said Tuesday. The Plan, which ...

New solar thermal plant buoys Spanish investors

Environmental News Network - 1304 days ago
Spain's Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian buoyed hopes in the country's solar power industry on Monday just days after announcing a dramatic cut in subsidies.. Sebastian's comments buoyed hopes among investors, some of whom expect Madrid to cut support for ...