Archives for April 2010
April 24th, 2010
The first cross border medical centre in Europe, the Hospital of Cerdanya-Puigcerdà, is scheduled for completion in 2012 and will allow French and Spanish doctors to share care facilities, surgical equipment and health training. About 60% of the funding of the centre, currently under construction,
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April 23rd, 2010
Polaris World has reached an agreement with bankers on its debt of 83 million euros, that supports fifteen subsidiaries, and which allows them to avoid insolvency proceedings. The company said that it has reached an agreement involving the sale of certain assets to the banks, thus strengthening its cash position ...
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April 23rd, 2010
Under a new regulation that will enter into force on the 1st of May, and to which 15 countries have already agreed, the country of origin of any European person residing in a foreign country within the EU will be responsible for the payment of all health care and treatments ...
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April 22nd, 2010
The Spanish Tax Office has astoundingly announced that taxpayers who purchased a new car recently, and took advantage of the government’s heavily promoted €2000 euro public aid plan (2000E), will have to declare that aid in their tax returns as capital gains income.
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April 22nd, 2010
According to a survey by the European Commission (EC), Spain is among the worst European countries for the abuse of alcohol, only Ireland, Romania, Germany and Austria have a worse record. The survey, which considers "abusive" consumption as drinking at least five standard measures of alcoholic beverage a day,
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April 22nd, 2010
According to a study by Coches.net, 67% of Spanish drivers admit to using their mobile phones when driving a vehicle, but due to a clampdown by police and on-the-spot fines, 57% of those now utilise a hands free device and only 7% continue to hold mobiles in their hand while ...
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April 22nd, 2010
A patient of just five years old, with a deformity that kept the child from speaking, swallowing and breathing properly, has become the first person in the world to receive a "total" face transplant. The face transplant was successfully completed about a month ago at the Hospital Vall d'Hebron in ...
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April 21st, 2010
Juan Antonio Samaranch, honorary president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has died at the age of 89 years after suffering a cardiac arrest at 13:25 today in Chiron Hospital, Barcelona. Samaranch had been admitted to hospital on Sunday because of heart problems. His funeral will take place tomorrow morning ...
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April 21st, 2010
After 6 days of chaos due to the ash cloud thrown over Europe by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, most airspace restrictions have now been removed and flights are finally returning to normal today. AENA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation) have said that a total of 1,630 flights, 19% of ...
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April 20th, 2010
A woman in Tarragona went for a walk along the beach with her dog recently on a rainy day and returned home with a 1,125 euro fine imposed upon her by the local police. The offense, considered "serious" for violating the city ordinance that prohibits the presence of animals on ...
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