Archives for March 2011
March 31st, 2011
Low-cost airline Ryanair is to apply a €2 levy on every flight to cover the cost of EU laws requiring it to compensate passengers whose flights have been disrupted. The charge will increase the price of an average return flight with Ryanair by over 11%, from €34 to €38. The airline says ...
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March 31st, 2011
Holy Week, or Semana Santa, is fast approaching and preparations are near completion for the Easter traditions celebrated throughout Spain. In the southern region of Andalusia especially, it is a huge spectacle. Seville, the regional capital, hosts some of the biggest processions. Seville is also a convenient base for exploring Andalusia, making ...
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March 30th, 2011
The Bank of Spain has slashed its forecast for this year's public deficit from last year, due to the sharp government spending cuts. Austerity measures and structural reforms have eased concerns even as neighbour Portugal is seen on the verge of asking for aid. The public deficit for this year would ...
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March 30th, 2011
Spain's football league programme will go ahead this weekend after a Madrid court upheld a challenge from six breakaway clubs and blocked proposed strike action. "The court decides the official calendar for the first and second divisions should remain unaltered for the next round of matches," a statement from the court ...
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March 29th, 2011
In the last few years, as Spain's unemployment rate has risen, young Spanish men and women leaving university with a degree have started to look more and more for jobs in northern Europe. A typical 25-year-old graduate is finding it hard to find employment in current market conditions and many in ...
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March 28th, 2011
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have begun an official visit to Portugal, Spain and Morocco. Charles and Camilla will be in Portugal for the next two days, before arriving in Spain on Wednesday and finally visiting Morocco next Monday. They were meeting with Portuguese President ...
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March 25th, 2011
Airport workers in Spain have voted today in favour of calling off the proposed strikes announced by unions early last month. A total of 70 percent of votes from 13,000 employees were in favour of calling off the strike, with 29.7 percent of votes against and a handful of abstentions. It puts ...
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March 24th, 2011
The Spanish football league season might need an extension due to a threat by the National Professional Football League (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional - LFP) to postpone matches next month in a dispute with the government. The LFP says it is proceeding with a strike on the weekend of April ...
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March 24th, 2011
72 cases are being closely investigated in a scam involving individuals who are alleged to have been illegally paid money from a public fund set up to help companies pay for the early retirement of its employees. Police believe the fund of 647 million euros was created unlawfully, and that the ...
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March 23rd, 2011
Fernando Alonso is now counting the hours to the start of the 2011 F1 World Championship in Melbourne Park, the scene of his Formula 1 debut a decade ago. After the unfortunate cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix, he has waited an extra two more weeks than expected and the Spanish ...
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