Archives for February 2011
February 25th, 2011
After having been deemed illegal in 2007 by the Andalucia regional government for being constructed on non-urban land, around a thousand homeowners in the town of Zurgena have been assured that their properties will not be demolished. Despite assurances from the town's mayor, Candido Trabalon, that the homes will not be
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February 24th, 2011
Five soldiers were killed and three injured today in an accidental explosion at a military facility in central Spain that houses a bomb disposal training centre, the defence ministry said. The accident occurred at the Military Engineering Academy at Hoyo de Manzanares, 35 kilometers from Madrid, which also houses the International ...
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February 24th, 2011
Marbella has the best rated beaches in Spain, a new study shows. It was followed by Ibiza and Lanzarote respectively. This was revealed by Oak Power Communication (OPC) which studied the position in international media of Spanish tourism brands amongst 600 journalists around the world. Research shows that the region of ...
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February 24th, 2011
We are much better" now than three decades ago, King Juan Carlos told Spaniards during yesterday's observance of the 30th anniversary of a failed coup against what was then a fledgling democracy. The monarch made this remark upon his arrival at Parliament to attend a luncheon with the country's top political ...
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February 22nd, 2011
Spanish police have arrested a suspected drug trafficker just hours after his name and photo appeared on a list of Britain's 10 most wanted fugitives who are believed to have fled to Spain. Everardus Wijtvliet, 29, a Dutch national, was detained on Monday night in Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands as ...
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February 22nd, 2011
A Spanish mother has been reunited with her daughter four decades after being told the child had died at birth. It is the first proven case in a growing scandal over babies stolen by Spanish hospital doctors and sold for adoption. A DNA test proved the blood tie between the two women ...
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February 21st, 2011
The final test of the pre-season will take place at the Barcelona circuit following the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Bahrain was scheduled to host the test from the start of next week, but with the news that the Sakhir event has been withdrawn, teams have decided to do all ...
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February 21st, 2011
A convent in Spain has expelled a 54-year-old nun for spending too much time on social networking website, Facebook. María Jesús Galán, 54, overcame the resistance of some of her companions at the 14th-century convent to install a computer. With the aid of modern technology, "Sister internet," as Galán became ...
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February 19th, 2011
Average speed cameras in the AP-6 tunnel located in Guadarrama (Madrid) and in the A-7 tunnel in Torrox (Malaga) have come into full operation this month following a trial period. In contrast to traditional speed controls these new cameras will measure the average speed of a vehicle ...
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February 18th, 2011
The DGT, Spain's highway authority, is investigating the possibility of imposing a 30km/h speed limit on all single-lane, two-way streets in urban areas, regardless of whether there is a speed-limit sign or not. "The intention is to pass a royal decree this year," DGT sources said during the Cities Conference ...
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