Archives for March 2010
March 3rd, 2010
Spanish police, in cooperation with the FBI, have charged three Spanish citizens who are accused of infecting millions of computers around the world through their highly sophisticated "Mariposa (butterfly) botnet", which they then used to obtain personal and financial data. José Antonio Berrocal, head of the
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March 3rd, 2010
The Director General of Spain's General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), Pere Navarro, has said that the minimum age to have a driver's license in Spain will be reduced to 17 years, but said that the change is neither "a priority or urgent, nor is it imminent". Before participating in the second
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March 3rd, 2010
Within the European Union, it takes longer to open a company or business in Spain than any other member country. Opening a Spanish business takes an average of 47 days, much higher than that of Poland in second place with 32 days. According to the Institute of Economic Studies (IEE) results, ...
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March 4th, 2010
Experts are predicting an "intense" springtime for allergy sufferers in Spain, because the presence of grass pollen in the air will be almost double that of 2009, due primarily to the heavy rains that have fallen since the start of the year. The coordinator of the Aerobiology
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March 4th, 2010
Defence Minister, Carme Chacón, today announced that Spain will be sending a new patrol boat with 100 extra troops to the Indian Ocean, in an effort to strengthen surveillance of the ports in the area and help neutralize the ships used by Somalia pirates in their attacks on passing vessels.
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March 4th, 2010
The Valencian supermarket chain Mercadona has posted a net profit of 270 million euros in 2009, representing a decrease of 16% over the previous year, but the company maintained an increase in gross sales levels to 15,505 million euros, up 1%
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March 4th, 2010
Sedo.com, a website that facilitates the buying and selling of internet domain names through online auctions, has added a new web site for sale today, with no content, and which starts with a reserve price of between 250,000 and 500,000 euros ... from 3pm today, until the same time next ...
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March 4th, 2010
According to data released in the Oil Bulletin of the European Union (EU), the prices of petrol and diesel have reached their highest level since November 2008 when energy prices started to fall due to the outbreak of the economic crisis. A litre of petrol will cost an average of 1.119 ...
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March 5th, 2010
The Spanish Cabinet today approved the Fraud Prevention and Correction Plan for tax, labour and social security, in order to respond to changes in the type of fraud taking place due to the current economic crisis, especially in relation to the black economy and undeclared work.
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March 5th, 2010
The first gorilla born in captivity in Spain, whose breeding and birth has not involved any kind of human intervention, has recently taken place at Barcelona Zoo in Spain. His mother, known as Machinda, gave birth to the baby gorilla on February the 28th and he was presented to
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