Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, was forced to defend his controversial new property tax on home sales to non-resident/non-European Union buyers at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. The tax will principally hit British and American property buyers in Spain as they are some of the biggest buyers of Spanish property but obviously from outside the European Union and in some cases non residents in Spain.
Psychologist Steven Pinker, a guest speaker at the World Economic Forum, insisted that the world isn't as bad as it seems on social media.
During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez criticized social media platforms for eroding democracy through misinformation. He proposed holding platform owners accountable,
Telecoms group STC, which is majority owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, said on Friday that it had executed a long-standing plan to raise its Telefónica stake to 9.97 per cent. It also said it wanted a seat on the 15-member board.
As delegates gathered for champagne at a US stock market hub on the Davos Promenade to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, there was a frisson of excitement.
Spain is a "reliable partner" in NATO, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticised Madrid for falling short on its financial contributions to the defence alliance.
Tourism is booming in Spain, helping the economy rival even healthy US growth. It will also be a buffer against Trump’s tariffs.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday proposed ending anonymity for social media users and forcing tech tycoons to provide accountability if their platforms "poison society".
A grab bag of leaders from smaller countries — Spain, Ireland ... both via its annual Davos gathering of global elites — including an increasing presence of pop cultural figures like the ...