Spain’s decision to grant residency permits to undocumented migrants is reshaping its labor-market data, bringing more workers onto formal payrolls while simultaneously pushing up the number registered as jobless.
Spain’s decision to grant residency permits to undocumented migrants is reshaping its labor-market data, bringing more workers onto formal payrolls while simultaneously pushing up the number registered as jobless.
Greece’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in May, the lowest level since November 2008, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority. That compares with a revised reading of 9.1% in April.
Greece’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in May, the lowest level since November 2008, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority. That compares with a revised reading of 9.1% in April.
Workers at a construction site near Athens, Greece. Photographer: Nick Paleologos/Bloomberg
Spain’s airports handled 24.76 million passengers in March 2026, up 3.9% from a year earlier, according to provisional data from Aena published Monday.
Spain’s airports handled 24.76 million passengers in March 2026, up 3.9% from a year earlier, according to provisional data from Aena published Monday.
Travelers at Palma de Mallorca Airport in Palma, Spain. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
Spain’s business confidence fell 2.3% in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, the biggest decline since the end of 2022, according to data from the Spanish statistics office.
Spain’s business confidence fell 2.3% in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, the biggest decline since the end of 2022, according to data from the Spanish statistics office.
Business confidence in transport and hospitality suffered the biggest decline.
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