Archives for September 2010
September 23rd, 2010
Spain's government has reached a deal with a small opposition party that will help it pass a 2011 budget that is key to getting the deficit down, reassuring markets worried over the country's finances and its survival in power. The ruling Socialist
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September 23rd, 2010
Spain's Ministry of Tourism said that seven million international tourists visited Spain last August, about 4 percent more than the same month of 2009, representing the largest increase in that month since 2006. According to the ministry, the main sources of tourists
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September 22nd, 2010
Spain rejected a call yesterday to probe the disappearances of tens of thousands of people during the 1936-39 civil war and the subsequent Franco-era. During an examination of Spain's human rights record in May at the UN Human Rights Council, Mexico asked Madrid to investigate cases of forced disappearances,
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September 22nd, 2010
The water in the canals and irrigation channels in the L'Albufera Natural Park in Valencia contain cocaine, ecstasy and a further six drugs. This has been confirmed by a study carried out by researchers from the University of Valencia (UV), who have issued a warning about the continued presence of ...
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September 21st, 2010
Spain and France are pressing for a tax on global capitalism, each telling the opening day of the UN's development-review summit that the recession has made "innovative financing" essential to help the world's poor. The tax should be imposed on all financial transactions, insisted
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September 21st, 2010
The owner of a Spanish old people's home is under investigation after the deaths of two wheelchair-bound 80-year-olds he left in the back of a parked van. The two Spanish pensioners died on Saturday after spending more than 10 hours trapped inside the vehicle in Ciempozuelos, a Madrid dormitory town.
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September 21st, 2010
A Spanish man calmly drank beer with his friends in a bar with his murdered girlfriend's head in a bag beside him, press reports say. After leaving the bar on Sunday, the 34-year-old climbed an electrical tower, was hit by a shock and plunged 30 metres to the ground, dying ...
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September 20th, 2010
Spain has complained to Britain after police from its territory Gibraltar entered Spain illegally to raid a house, Spanish and Gibraltar authorities said today. Gibraltar has apologised to Spain for the actions of the two policemen, who made a search over the border
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September 20th, 2010
Spain is seen by many technology experts as fertile ground for developing cloud computing, with its potential to cut fixed costs. Fifty percent of the country's gross domestic product and 43 percent of Spanish jobs are in services, which is the area "best positioned to lead the migration to the ...
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September 20th, 2010
Barcelona got their bid for a third consecutive La Liga title back on course when Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique struck to lift the champions to a 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid. However, Barca's victory was soured near the end when Messi was taken off on a stretcher and looked ...
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