Archives for December 2009
December 29th, 2009
A growing number of Spanish tourists are being scammed during their Christmas holidays in New York renting apartments in "the Big Apple". "This is common during the summer, and we are seeing the same situation now at Christmas," explained Maria Diaz, working for the Spanish Consulate in New York. The unfortunate ...
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December 29th, 2009
After the huge amount of excitement and winners in Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery, on the 6th of January there is a second holiday lottery draw called El Niño - which is allocated a huge 840 million euros in prize money. The draw consists of 60 sets of 100,000 tickets each ...
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December 29th, 2009
According to the first national survey on sexual health by the Ministry of Health, 88% of men and 84% of women say they feel very or fairly satisfied with their sex lives. According to the responses of nearly 10,000 people aged over 16 years, 77% of men think that sex is ...
Continue reading Spain’s First Ever National Sex Survey
December 29th, 2009
FC Barcelona will start a tour tomorrow in their "Bus of Champions", which will travel to 110 communities of Catalonia and southern France to show off the six trophies they have won this year. The idea is to allow all fans to be photographed with the six cups (Liga, Copa del ...
Continue reading 110 Years of FC Barcelona
December 29th, 2009
Unions who hold a 75% representation at Spanish bank BBVA, along with representatives of the bank's board, today signed an agreement establishing the closure of it's premises on Saturdays beginning January 2nd 2010. The agreement comes after months of negotiations and after the bank changed its proposal
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December 29th, 2009
The management of technology group Asimelec has sent the government its proposals to amend the bill on sustainable economy which is seeking to allow Spain to take advantage of the impact of the introduction of technologies on the economy, society and environment. Its proposals include a request to reduce corporate income ...
Continue reading Keeping up with the Technology Race
December 28th, 2009
Polaris World in Murcia has asked the court to allow several of its companies to benefit from three months bankruptcy protection in accordance with the Insolvency Act to allow them to renegotiate their debts, according to company sources of the residential tourism group. The company filed for approval on 22 December ...
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December 28th, 2009
Nearly one million Spanish are now older than eighty-five years, representing some 2.1% of the population, according to the latest municipal census released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE). In total there are 46,661,950 people in Spain, of whom 989,047 are aged 85 or over - 679,699 women and
Continue reading Spain’s Ageing Population
December 28th, 2009
The high-speed rail line (AVE) between Almeria and Granada will require an investment of 2,200 million euros and will be built on "Spain's most complicated terrain" said Spanish Undersecretary for Ministry of Works, Jesus Hita Miranda. The line will reduce the travel time between the two cities in Andalusia to ...
Continue reading 2 hours by Train from Almeria to Seville
December 28th, 2009
Spanish national television begins a new era in its 54 year lifespan on Friday, primarily through the disappearance of advertising on its two channels, TVE1 and TVE2 (La 2), and also by a number of limitations introduced on the amount of US films, tv series and major sporting events. Starting on ...
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