Archives for October 2011
October 31st, 2011
La Mancha is the Spanish heartland. Sprawling over a high plateau between Madrid and the Mediterranean, it is the birthplace of Manchego cheese and Pedro Almodóvar, and the legendary stomping-ground of Don Quixote himself. Life has a harsh edge here. The weather is more extreme than elsewhere in Spain, and the ...
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October 28th, 2011
The European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso said that the EU "is closer to resolving its financial and economic crisis" thanks to the agreements reached at the euro zone summit in Brussels, which included putting 50% of the Greek debt in the hands of banks, the strengthening of the ...
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October 27th, 2011
The Renfe/Talgo organisation of Los Prados, in Málaga, was celebrating yesterday after being awarded, by the Government of Saudi Arabia, the contract to build the high speed AVE service between Mecca and Medina. The Spanish consortium will be increasing the workload in their Malaga factory, which has participated in recent years ...
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October 26th, 2011
Extra virgin olive oil has significant health benefits. Several studies have shown that regular consumption of this oil is good for the bones, because it stimulates growth and the absorption of calcium; for the endocrine system, because it improves metabolic functions, and for the circulatory system, because it helps prevent ...
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October 25th, 2011
Tarragona will host the XVIII Mediterranean Games in 2017. The Catalan city beat the Egyptian nomination from Alexandria in a vote that took place last week in Mersin (Turkey), reported ABC News. These will be the third Mediterranean Games to be held in Spain, after Barcelona in 1955 and Almeria in ...
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October 25th, 2011
With a total of 5.8 million tourists, September saw growth of 9.2% compared to last year. This figure represents an increase of almost half a million tourists (492,000) and makes September 2011 the third best month ever in terms of growth. 45.8 million tourists came to Spain between January and September, ...
Continue reading ¿Qué Crisis? Spanish Tourism Blossoms in 2011
October 24th, 2011
18.7 percent of Internet users click on all the links posted on their social networks, which puts them at high risk of becoming victims of cyber crime, reports Portaltic in Europa Press. The study confirms that women aged between 55 to 65 years take most security measures when using social networks, ...
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October 21st, 2011
The European Commission proposed a rule this week which would require all Member States to punish with criminal penalties, including jail terms, bankers who engage in serious criminal behaviour, in particular, insider trading and market manipulation. Europa Press reported that the policy would have limited impact because most of the Member ...
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October 20th, 2011
Recent studies have confirmed the anti-cancer properties of purple garlic and Valencian pomegranates. Some of these studies were carried out by scientists at the Ramon Cajal Hospital in Madrid and the University of Castilla-La Mancha and others by researchers at the University Miguel Hernández in Elche. All are meeting in Madrid ...
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October 19th, 2011
The President of the autonomous Basque Government, Patxi Lopez, announced on Friday in Dallas (Texas) that the Basque Country has discovered a shale gas field in southern Alava of 180,000 million cubic metres, equivalent to five years of consumption for Spain or 60 years consumption for the autonomous community itself. Lopez ...
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