Archives for April 2011
April 12th, 2011
The public vote in Barcelona gave a lukewarm thumbs-up to the idea of full autonomy from Spain in an informal, non-binding referendum organised by pro-independence activists. Just over 91 per cent said yes to the idea of full independence, however the turnout yesterday was a paltry 21.4 per cent in Spain's ...
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April 12th, 2011
Solar panels on the rooftops of Spain are likely to pay for themselves within five years without needing subsidies and revive an industry in the doldrums after the country became the world's second-largest producer. Analysts predict the cost of small rooftop panels will become competitive with retail power prices long before ...
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April 9th, 2011
The campaign group, AUAN (Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora No), racked its Spanish illegal homes campaign up another notch this week by lodging a criminal complaint against Josefina Cruz Villalon, Consejera for Public Works and Housing in the regional government of Andalucia, for offensive statements she made in Parliament earlier this month. The ...
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April 7th, 2011
A new passenger and car ferry service between the UK and Spain began sailing this week, the new twice weekly restores the familiar Portsmouth to Bilbao crossing. A 15 year old P&O ferry service to Spain operating from Portsmouth to Bilbao was withdrawn due to "unsustainable" losses last year - the ...
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April 5th, 2011
The world's first cash machines to feature contact-less technology from Fujitsu have been rolled out by Spanish bank La Caixa. They have installed the new machines in three Spanish cities, Barcelona, Sitges and Palma, with more deployments soon across locations in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia. Customers using these cash points only ...
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April 4th, 2011
Spain is bracing itself for a power struggle within its governing Socialist Party after Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced that he is quitting before the 2012 elections. The Deputy Prime Minister, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba will likely face off against Defence Minister Carme Chacon, who could become Spain's first female ...
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April 1st, 2011
In Spain, April Fool's Day normally passes without much in the way of pranks - April Fool's Day is little known in Spain, here the rough equivalent is el Día de los Santos Inocentes, which takes place on December 28th. However, many countries today have been awash with all kinds of ...
Continue reading Portugal Sells Ronaldo to Spain in April Fool’s Day Prank
