Unemployment hits record high

The Eurozone's jobless rate went up in January to a record from 11,9%. The highest is in Spain, where unemployment is now 26,2%. More than half Spaniards under 25 years haven't got a job.

Iberia cancels flights

The Spanish airline, which plans to cut 3807 jobs, says about 1300 flights will be cancelled this week as strikes begin again to protest the loss-making airlines' plans to fire a fifth of their workers. The first demostration was held at Madrid yesterday.

Juan Carlos gets surgery

Spain's king had succesfully surgery for herniated discs in his lower spine done at an hospital in Madrid on Sunday 3th of March. The operation, which took about three hours, "proved entirely satisfactory", as the palace said. The doctor who performed the operation said it would take between two and six months for Juan Carlos to recover.