Archives for March 2010
March 26th, 2010
The Holy Week of Easter is approaching and with it comes the daily processions that will take place throughout Spain in the run up to Easter day. To help those who have volunteered to carry the ornate floats during the several hour long processions, the Professional College of Physiotherapists in ...
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March 25th, 2010
According to reports and following the insistence of much of the Spanish press, British newspapers such as 'The Guardian' and 'The Observer', have decided to no longer use the acronym PIGS when referring to Portugal, Italy (sometimes including Ireland as PIIGS) ), Greece and Spain, due to the inherent connotations ...
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March 25th, 2010
The Spanish biologist Francisco Jose Ayala has become the first person from Spain to receive the Templeton Prize, which recognizes an individual's contribution to the dialogue between science and religion and who, in the judges’ opinion, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, ...
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March 25th, 2010
The former Spanish international football manager, Luis Aragones, has declined an offer from Seville FC to manage the team until the end of season. Seville are now left without a first team boss after dismissing their latest manager, Manolo Jimenez, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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March 25th, 2010
For the second year in a row, internet users worldwide are asked to vote for their favourite Spanish word, an initiative that the Instituto Cervantes launched in 2009 to mark the Día del Español (Spanish Day). Last year, the word chosen was "malevo" (outlaw) followed by "chapuza" (sloppy) and "albricias" ...
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March 24th, 2010
According to predictions by the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the start of the Easter holidays this weekend will be hit by bad weather, with cloudy skies and rain in much of mainland Spain. However, during Easter week the rain will cease and the temperature will begin to rise as we ...
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March 24th, 2010
Burger King have launched their latest venture in the Spanish fast food market, opening a Whopper Bar in the new terminal at Malaga Airport. The burger bar is the first establishment of its kind in Spain and the first Airport burger bar in the world. The new venture
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March 24th, 2010
The Korean electronics giant Samsung will be the first company to market and release 3DTV's in Spain. The company announced yesterday that it will launch an intensive advertising campaign on April the 8th to promote the new technology, which gives home viewers the same 3D effect as seen recently in ...
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March 24th, 2010
Two brothers have been arrested in Reus in Tarragona for the theft of 300 million euros worth of jewellery and antiques, the theft has the higher value ever recorded in the province. The jewellery and 12th century antiques were stolen from a mansion in Riudecols, located on the edge of ...
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March 24th, 2010
Police officers from the Natural Protection Service of the Guardia Civil (Seprona) were forced to kill three out of seven Bengal tigers that had escaped from their cage at the Crocodile Park (Cocodrilo Park) in Agüimes, Gran Canaria, while their cage was being routinely cleaned. The four other tigers were ...
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