January 11, 2013

This Is a Flash Mob Playing ‘Here Comes the Sun’ In a Spanish Unemployment Office


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September 10, 2012

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Art on Wheels: Spectacular Skateboarding Tricks

Filmmaker Juan Rayos follows Kilian Martin as he skateboards through an abandoned station in his hometown of Madrid. 

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July 9, 2012

In Focus: The Running of the Bulls

[Images: AP, Reuters]

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June 6, 2012
What Country Has the Worst Youth Unemployment? Not Spain or Greece… The big loser is Turkey. Despite the horror stories you may have heard about over half of Greek and Spanish youths being out of work, the reality is a bit more complicated. The above chart courtesy of the OECD (via Alan Beattie of the Financial Times) gives us a more accurate picture of youth joblessness. Instead of counting everyone under 25 who isn’t working as unemployed, it only counts everyone under 25 who isn’t working and isn’t in schol or a training program as unemployed. Things are still bad, but not nearly as bad as the headlines suggest. Read more.

What Country Has the Worst Youth Unemployment? Not Spain or Greece…

The big loser is Turkey.

Despite the horror stories you may have heard about over half of Greek and Spanish youths being out of work, the reality is a bit more complicated. The above chart courtesy of the OECD (via Alan Beattie of the Financial Times) gives us a more accurate picture of youth joblessness. Instead of counting everyone under 25 who isn’t working as unemployed, it only counts everyone under 25 who isn’t working and isn’t in schol or a training program as unemployed. Things are still bad, but not nearly as bad as the headlines suggest.

Read more.

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Filed under: Jobs Economy Europe Euro zone Spain Greece Charts 
April 20, 2012
Why the Euro Isn't Worth Saving

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Filed under: Euro Business Europe Spain Germany Euro crisis 
July 8, 2011
The Running of the Bulls Every year, the Festival of San Fermin attracts thousands of visitors to Pamplona, Spain. Over the course of nine days, the festival hosts many bullfights, a carnival, fireworks, and of course, the encierro, or “running of the bulls.” Held since 1591, San Fermin remains a popular, if also dangerous and controversial event: Several people have been gored already this year, and the festival continues until July 14th. Collected below are some scenes from the first few days of this 2011’s Festival of San Fermin. Above: A man tries to avoid a steer that broke away from the pack of fighting bulls during the second day of the San Fermin running-of-the-bulls on July 7, 2011. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images) See more awesome photos at In Focus

The Running of the Bulls

Every year, the Festival of San Fermin attracts thousands of visitors to Pamplona, Spain. Over the course of nine days, the festival hosts many bullfights, a carnival, fireworks, and of course, the encierro, or “running of the bulls.” Held since 1591, San Fermin remains a popular, if also dangerous and controversial event: Several people have been gored already this year, and the festival continues until July 14th. Collected below are some scenes from the first few days of this 2011’s Festival of San Fermin.

Above: A man tries to avoid a steer that broke away from the pack of fighting bulls during the second day of the San Fermin running-of-the-bulls on July 7, 2011. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

See more awesome photos at In Focus

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May 20, 2011
A Defiant “Spanish Revolution” Ever since Sunday, May 15th, residents from many cities around Spain have been demonstrating against the country’s ongoing financial crisis, its politicians, and its bankers. The spontaneous protests are the largest since the country plunged into recession in 2008, and they’re made up mainly of young people who have set up camps in main squares across the country. Called “los indignados” (the indignant), the May 15 Movement, or simply 15-M, they are fueled by frustration with austerity measures, apparent indifference from politicians, and serious joblessness. Spain’s unemployment rate for those under 25 stood at 43.5 percent as of February — the highest youth unemployment rate in the 27-nation European Union. See more stunning photos at In Focus [Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images]

A Defiant “Spanish Revolution”

Ever since Sunday, May 15th, residents from many cities around Spain have been demonstrating against the country’s ongoing financial crisis, its politicians, and its bankers. The spontaneous protests are the largest since the country plunged into recession in 2008, and they’re made up mainly of young people who have set up camps in main squares across the country. Called “los indignados” (the indignant), the May 15 Movement, or simply 15-M, they are fueled by frustration with austerity measures, apparent indifference from politicians, and serious joblessness. Spain’s unemployment rate for those under 25 stood at 43.5 percent as of February — the highest youth unemployment rate in the 27-nation European Union.

See more stunning photos at In Focus

[Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images]

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