Archives for January 2010
January 28th, 2010
Ferrari unveiled their new car this morning, the F10, with which Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will compete to win the 2010 FIA Formula One world Championship, starting on March the 14th in Bahrain. Ferrari has high hopes
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January 28th, 2010
The European Commission has today called on Spain to amend its tax legislation rules that require individuals and entities not resident in the country to appoint a tax representative within the Spanish territory. Brussels believes that certain requirements of the Spanish
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January 28th, 2010
Last night in Premia de Dalt, Barcelona, local police arrested a man who had driven for 26 kilometres in the wrong direction on the C-35, between Vidreres and Llagostera, with an alcohol level three times that
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January 27th, 2010
A farmer from Castril in Granada has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the poisoning of a female osprey; the osprey was released in 2007 under the Andalucian Ministry of Environment's Reintroduction Program. The ruling was accepted by all parties, and
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January 27th, 2010
According to the Ministry of Labour, a total of 765 workers died in workplace accidents last year (from January to November 2009), which is 219 less than the same period in 2008 (-22.2%). Of this amount, 586 workers died while on their jobs, 21.2% lower than the same period in
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January 27th, 2010
The European Commission has given the green light to government funding of the Spanish movie industry, which is to be granted 576 million euros until the 31st of December 2015, and which includes measures to support the production and distribution of Spanish based
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January 27th, 2010
The chairman of BBVA, Francisco González, said today that the Spanish economy is already growing in comparison with the last quarter of 2009, which means that Spain is soon to emerge from recession after six consecutive quarters where there has been a decrease in
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January 26th, 2010
According to data released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of home mortgages issued during November 2009 was 52,043, representing a growth of 1.8 percent over the same month in 2008 and the first
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January 26th, 2010
Ascó City Council today voted to approve its candidature to host Spain's new centralised temporary storage (ATC), a facility that will house nuclear waste in Spain. However, the current President of the Generalitat
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January 26th, 2010
A right knee injury has forced Rafael Nadal to withdraw from his quarter-final clash with Andy Murray in the Australia Open, he retired while trailing 6-3, 7-6, 3-0. It was after two hours
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