europenews.expatlifespain.com2012-05-18T21:43:13Z2012-05-18T21:43:13Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410595/spanish-bank-debt-to-be-downgraded//

(Source: By Rob Davies Daily Mail, London — THE storm clouds hovering over Spain grew darker as shares in part-nationalised lender Bankia plunged 30pc and ratings agency Moody�s prepared to downgrade the debt of 21 banks. Continuing anxiety over the ...See all stories on this topic »

2012-05-18T21:43:13Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410596/college-lessons-in-attracting-foreign-students//

By Zhang Yue (China Daily) Nankai University, one of China's most prestigious universities, will have some of its most popular degree courses taught in English in the coming semester to attract more foreign students. The courses are about Chinese ...See all stories on this topic »China Daily

2012-05-18T21:43:13Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410597/us-and-european-democracies-cater-to-popular-impulse//

European welfare states go broke trying to deliver these impossibilities. The European ruling classes once had their power checked through daily contact with the tumble of national politics. But now those ruling classes have built a technocratic ...See all stories on this topic »

2012-05-18T21:43:13Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410598/greek-party-most-extreme-of-europes-far-right//

Twenty-one members of Golden Dawn were sworn into Greece's Parliament Thursday, making it arguably the most far-right party to enter a European national legislature since Nazi-era Germany. Europe's financial crisis is changing the tone across the ...See all stories on this topic »The Daily Star

2012-05-18T21:43:13Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410599/stocks-slump-on-europe-risk-tepid-facebook-ipo-daily-markets-wrap//

European stocks ended their worst week in almost eight months, with the Stoxx Europe 600 falling 1.1 percent to 238.88, its lowest close since Dec. 21. Asian markets also fell heavily, with Japan, Australia and Hong Kong all hitting four-month lows.See all stories on this topic »International Business Times

2012-05-18T19:04:48Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410593/video-tension-over-spanish-bank-debts//

The Spanish government has announced that the level of bad loans held by the country's banks is at an 18-year high.

2012-05-18T17:41:11Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410509/merkel-suggests-greek-euro-vote//

German leader Angela Merkel suggests Greece could hold a referendum on the euro alongside national elections next month, Greek officials say.

2012-05-18T17:24:44Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410511/friday-charts-student-debt-the-almighty-dollar-blame-europe-and-beware-of//

This week, I'm confirming the source of the next debt crisis (hint: it's not a European nation), raising another objection to Facebook's IPO, helping you shuck responsibility – a new American pastime – about the current stock market selloff and, ...See all stories on this topic »

2012-05-18T17:24:44Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410512/market-comment-europe-stocks-lower-on-debt-china-fears//

A report in Spanish daily Cinco Dias said Spanish banks were going to ask regulator CNMV to reinstate a ban on short-selling of domestic banks. A spokeswoman for the regulator said there had been no changes. A spokesman from the European Securities and ...See all stories on this topic »

2012-05-18T17:24:44Ztag:europenews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410513/binary-options-daily-analysis-crude-oil-slumps-during-friday-morning-trading//

This is due to the situation in Europe getting worse each day. The EUR/USD pair is lower this morning by 18 pips at $1.2682. The AUD/USD pair has dropped 45 pips to $0.9840. The dollar has also gained a lot of ground versus its other main currency ...See all stories on this topic »