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If re-elected as Greece's prime minister, Tsipras can turn his economy around in 100 days by making these tough decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Greece's prime minister has proven to voters that he is humble and isn't afraid to make tough decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

He is expected to make a televised state address on Thursday evening, report says. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It's time for you to step up and fix the world's problems—Greece, the Middle East. This is not a drill. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Greece may be dealing with a debt crisis, but the average U.S. household may have more to lose. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Whether or not Greeks favor staying in the European Union, few, if any, Greeks believe that European partners care about restoring growth and rebuilding a more competitive country. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Before allowing Greece to collapse, Europe should heed lessons from the 1998 financial crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The debt-troubled nation must grasp the only lifeline left and negotiate with creditors now to save itself. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Negotiations will likely have to break down before the debt-troubled nation and its lenders have the incentives and political rationale to agree on a plan to turn the economy around. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In just two months since it was created, the leftist party pushing for an end to austerity in debt-troubled Spain has won 8% of the vote in Europe’s parliamentary elections. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses Spain's largest bank Banco Santander (SAN) as of Janaury 2014, focusing on a report which claims that the financial institution has failed to reach the growth targets that its chairman Emilio Botín had set for the bank. According to the article, SAN spent 650 million dollars to purchase an eight percent stake in the Bank of Shanghai in December 2013. Rising interest rates and Spain's economic troubles are mentioned, along with SAN's business dealings in Brazil.

The article discusses the growing strength of protest movements in Spain. In the country's Catalonian region the Procés Constituent political organization, founded by nun Teresa Forcades and economist Arcadi Oliveres, advocates for the nationalization of energy companies and banks and has at least 40,000 supporters. Polling data suggest that in late 2013, neither of Spain's two major political parties could win a majority in Congress.

The article discusses a lock-in by employees of the the Edesa appliance factory in Basauri, Spain as of December 2013, with a focus on the bankruptcy of parent company Fagor Electrodomésticos, a household appliance maker. Topics include Spain's economic crisis; the worker-owned cooperative conglomerate Mondragón; and the management of worker co-operatives. Comments from Edesa employee Ernesto Pérez and former Mondragón executive Adrián Zelaia are included.