Catalonia's

Catalonia's financial support of Spanair was part of an effort to develop Barcelona's El Prat Airport as a regional hub.

Spanair Files for Bankruptcy Protection Ana Garcia 2012

According to one person familiar with the situation, meeting payroll and fuel payments due at the end of the month had become a challenge for the company, at a time Catalonia's government is facing drastic budget cuts amid an unprecedented economic slump.

Spanair Files for Bankruptcy Protection Ana Garcia 2012

Investors are worried that there will be "a repeat of Catalonia's elections five months ago when debt figures were revised higher."

Euro Sinks on Debt Worries Javier E. David 2011

Andreu Mas-Colell, Catalonia's finance chief, said he was "very satisfied" with the government's new measures to boost the regions' liquidity.

Madrid to Curb Spending by Powerful Regions Jonathan House 2012

Felip Puig, the spokesman for Catalonia's regional Interior Ministry, said 84 protesters and 37 police were injured.

More than 100 hurt as Spanish police clash with protesters 2011

Catalonia's regional government, which is implementing deep budget cuts and seeking to sell assets amid an economic slump, had been in talks since December with U.K.-based Moor Park Capital Partners and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC of the U.S. to sell 27 office buildings in downtown Barcelona.

Worry Over Euro Collapse Derails Catalonia Office Deal Pablo Dominguez 2012

MADRID—A €500 million $657.2 million Spanish property deal between Catalonia's regional government and foreign money managers collapsed, in part because of disagreements over terms linked to a potential breakup of the euro, a senior government official said Tuesday.

Worry Over Euro Collapse Derails Catalonia Office Deal Pablo Dominguez 2012

Let's go even further down this road and assume that Spain, under new leadership—Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will not stand for re-election in March 2012—avoids hitting the buffers, even though regional governments such as Catalonia have announced that they have no intention of making what Catalonia's premier, Artur Mas , calls the "destructive … mad" austerity cuts demanded by central government.

Beyond the EU Policy Makers' Dream Irwin Stelzer 2011

"Catalonia's government is unwilling to cross some red lines," Jacint Boixasa , director of assets for Catalonia's government, said in an interview.

Worry Over Euro Collapse Derails Catalonia Office Deal Pablo Dominguez 2012

Created in 1986 with SAS as top shareholder, Spanair was purchased in 2009 by a group of local investors led by Catalonia's regional government, moving Spanair's headquarters from the Balearic Islands to Barcelona.

Spanish Airline Shutdown Ripples Through Region David Roman 2012