Today's front pages

According to figures from Eurostat, unemployment throughout the eurozone reached a record high in February of this year — 10.8% of the working population — a level not seen since 1999. Half of Europe’s new jobless are in Spain, where unprecedented unemployment in the under-25 age group now exceeds 50%.

Unemployment factory – El Periódico de Catalunya

The government leader has warned that without further austerity measures, Spain runs the risk of European intervention.

Rajoy to introduce more reforms: “There is no alternative” – La Vanguardia

At a time when national unemployment stands at 15%, the rate of joblessness among the under-25s has reached 35.4%.

Youth unemployment triples in one year – Jornal de Notícias

Accused of plagiarising his doctoral thesis, President Pál Schmitt has now resigned after weeks of controversy, which was beginning to have a negative impact on his close collaborator, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Schmitt admits he will have to go – Népszava

According to several lawyers, the three tax inspectors mandated by the regional government of North-Rhine Westphalia to investigate tax evasion using accounts in Switzerland, for whom Berne issued an arrest warrant for “economic espionage”, broke German law when they bought data giving details about customers at the Swiss bank UBS.

Experts say tax inspectors acted illegally – Tages-Anzeiger

Britain and Argentina separately marked the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War yesterday amid renewed tension between the two countries over the fate of the South Atlantic islands.

Half a world apart, 30 years on, two nations remember their dead – The Independent

Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner marked the 30th anniversary of the Guerra de las Malvinas with a speech that reiterated her country’s claims over the archipelago.

Cristina pledges to preserve islanders’ rights – Clarín