A labor advocacy group said 4,000 Filipinos urged the Philippine government through Facebook not to close down its consulate in Barcelona.

As Europe faces a turning point in its collective economy, Germany ended 2011 with its lowest unemployment rate in 20 years.

The Philippines received a prestigious award in Spain for playing a significant role in first documented circumnavigation of the world — Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián El Cano’s expedition from 1519 to 1522.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said some 127 Filipino delegates to the recent 26th World Youth Day (WYD) celebration are still in Madrid, Spain.

A Filipino scholar graduated summa cum laude at a university in Madrid, Spain, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday warned Filipino jobseekers against falling for scams claiming to offer jobs in Spain.

At least 50 Filipino youths and 20 facilitators will join the Asian Youth Gathering (AYG) in Madrid, Spain on August 17, during the World Youth Day (WYD) 2011 celebration.

A historic hotel in Barcelona, Spain may become part of a planned travel tour for Filipinos because of its special connections to Philippine-Spanish history, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Philippine items and artifacts are now part of the permanent collection of the prestigious Barcelona Ethnology Museum (“Museu Etnològic” in Catalan), one of the largest in Spain and the whole of Europe.

Catholic Church officials are screening would-be delegates to this year’s World Youth Day (WYD) in Spain to make sure none of them end up as illegal aliens.