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May 15th, 2012
The Consumers in Action Group, FACUA, has reported Ryanair for preventing passengers boarding their airplanes carrying more than one bag. The association claims that this practice is "illegal" because it violates the Air Navigation Law, which does not consider bags or packages that travellers carry with them as luggage. FACUA ...
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May 14th, 2012
The European Parliament has approved with 578 votes in favour, 10 against and 10 abstentions, the new EU rule which will force telephone companies to lower the rates, by up to 90%, that they can charge their customers for using mobile Internet abroad. The regulation, which will take effect from ...
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May 9th, 2012
Despite the high unemployment rate in Spain, only 48% of the population use the Internet to find employment, a figure which is still higher than the average of several developed countries, but much lower than their Internet use for sending and receiving emails or visiting social networks. This data comes from ...
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May 2nd, 2012
Although consumption is still falling in Spain, for the first time since the crisis began, investment in commercial centres is growing again. According to data and projections by consultancy firm Jones Lang Lasalle, over the next three years a total of 64 new establishments will open, which will involve investment of ...
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April 26th, 2012
In the first three months of the year Spain received a total of 9.18 million international tourists, representing a 2.6% increase over the same period in 2011, according to the Survey of Tourist Border Movements, Frontur, which has been released by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. The Department, ...
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April 17th, 2012
Facebook has announced its intention to purchase the photo sharing application Instagram for one billion dollars, about 762 million euros. The transaction is expected to be completed during this quarter and will be paid for in cash and stock. On his profile on the social network, the creator of Facebook, Mark ...
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March 29th, 2012
The company Iberia Express, a subsidiary of Iberia Airlines for short and medium haul flights, opened for business on Sunday disassociating themselves with the image of low cost airlines and defining themselves as the "best of Iberia" and "agile, dynamic and efficient." During the opening ceremony on the runway of T4 ...
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March 23rd, 2012
According to data obtained in a rental study by the HomeAway Group, which specialises in holiday rental apartments, European tourists’ interest in Spanish regions which have no coast has increased by 20% compared to a year ago. Laura Rivera-Casares, sales manager of the group who conducted the study, explained that "although ...
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March 21st, 2012
The Spanish Constitution of 1812, known as ‘La Pepa’, was signed 200 years ago on 19th March. In the King’s speech on Monday, which closed with the official commemoration of the bicentennial of the Constitution of Cadiz in the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, the same place where he was proclaimed, ...
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March 19th, 2012
The Adrià brothers share a love of cooking and eating. In particular, they are united in their love for Mexican food. Albert, the younger of the brothers, who heads the Tickets restaurant in Barcelona, has declared more than once that he is an absolute fanatic of the varied tastes of ...
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