Hundreds of fans of Spain’s annual Christmas lottery turned out to the draw on Saturday, some clad in wacky costumes and all hoping to win a piece of the pie and forget their economic woes.
After another brutal year of economic hardship, Spaniards across the country are hoping for relief when the country’s famed Christmas lottery — the world’s richest — pays out €2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in tax-free awards on Saturday.
The global financial and economic crisis hit women harder than men in the job market — and no improvement is likely in the coming years, the U.N. labor agency said in a new report.
Despite performing poorly last year, local exporters still remain optimistic of recovering this year.
