Archives for January 2010
January 23rd, 2010
The national police have arrested eight people and accused nine others in an operation carried out in 16 Spanish provinces against child pornography, they have seized videos and photographs in a suspected paedophile ring. According to the General Directorate of Police
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January 22nd, 2010
The Euribor today matched its all time daily low of 1.222%, which it last reached on the 16th of November 2009, bringing the provisional month average down to 1.235%. With just five working days until the end of January, the interim monthly average is less than that reached in
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January 22nd, 2010
Rafael Nadal became the first Spanish tennis player to qualify for the fourth round of the 2010 Australia Open, the first major of the year. After a tough match, he overcame Phillip Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-2, 2-6 and 7-5, while fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez was beaten by
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January 22nd, 2010
Spanish movie theatres have managed to leave behind the downward trend in ticket sales in recent years. Compared to 2008, 2009 saw an increase of 2.8% in the number of cinema goers in Spain and box office revenue grew by 9%. These aren't double
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January 21st, 2010
For 2010, the Government has agreed with banks that have signed cooperative agreements with the Ministry of Housing, an amount of 5,314 million euros to fund the National Housing and Rehabilitation Plan. According to a provision issued today, the overall ceiling
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January 21st, 2010
The Spanish market for portable computers, which already accounts for about 80% of the PC industry in Spain, grew by 5.8% in the fourth quarter to 1.65 million units, according to preliminary data from IDC. However, in the second quarter there was a record drop of 17%, and overall this ...
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January 21st, 2010
Liverpool's Spanish striker, Fernando Torres, said he would love the 'reds' try to sign Valencian players David Silva and David Villa, with whom he plays with at international level. "If I could, I'd sign them as
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January 20th, 2010
Almost all Internet users, 88.6%, felt cheated last year by the service offered by their internet access provider. According to a study by the web portal 'Ayuda', 34.6% of all respondents felt literally mugged, while only 6.16% said that they have never felt
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January 20th, 2010
With the catastrophic impact of the recent Haiti earthquake, Francisco Vidal, researcher from the Andalusian Institute of Geophysics, has released information on the effects of a similar occurrence in Granada, Spain which lies on a fault line of the earth's crust. Towns like Santa Fe in the Vega of Granada or ...
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January 20th, 2010
The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal turned in an excellent performance in his second round match in the Australia Open, the first 'major' of the year, he qualified for the third round in straight sets after disposing of the Slovakian Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-2 6-2. Nadal, the defending
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