Malta-Spain to boost economic ties
King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain will arrive in Malta today for a two day State visit, during which Malta and Spain are to boost economic and social ties.
The unemployment rate in a time of a crisis on the labor markets in Europe varies from 3.5% in The Netherlands to 18.9% in Spain, Sonny Portelli, Chairman of Malta Council for Economic and Social Development, said at the international conference titled ``Jobs and the Crisis: Policy Responses from Europe,'' FOCUS News Agency reported.