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July 6th, 2011
Tourism is one of the few economic sectors that seem willing to give good news, reported El Mundo. The hotel industry has reported a "positive outlook" for the sector this summer, with a growth of 35% over the 2010 campaign, which will mean a return to figures similar to those ...
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December 21st, 2009
According to a report by the Spanish Institute for Family Policy, every day there are 333 broken marriages in Spai , making the total number of break-ups for the first nine months of this year 89,883 . This total includes 83,616 divorces, 6,145 separations and 122 annulments, the full total ...
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December 22nd, 2009
A Spanish couple needs to earn 31,266 euros per year (2,695 euros per month) to buy a home, which is more than double (+107.86%) the average salary of around €15,000. This is the main conclusion in a report produced by the Youth Council of Spain (CJE). The organization further indicates that, ...
Continue reading Spanish Property Prices Too High for the Young
December 22nd, 2009
The government aims to banish the current rules which state that workers are exempt from the obligation to contribute to Social Security if the duration of their work is less than 72 hours per month. With the new rules, employers and employees are required to declare "from the first hour ...
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December 28th, 2009
A 24-year old Lithuanian woman was found dead yesterday at her home in Coin (Malaga), where she lived with her partner of the same nationality. Her partner was being sought on suspicion of murder and was later been found hanged. No previous complaints had been made by the victim, but a ...
Continue reading Another Victim of Domestic Violence in Spain
December 28th, 2009
Nearly one million Spanish are now older than eighty-five years, representing some 2.1% of the population, according to the latest municipal census released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE). In total there are 46,661,950 people in Spain, of whom 989,047 are aged 85 or over - 679,699 women and
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December 29th, 2009
Unions who hold a 75% representation at Spanish bank BBVA, along with representatives of the bank's board, today signed an agreement establishing the closure of it's premises on Saturdays beginning January 2nd 2010. The agreement comes after months of negotiations and after the bank changed its proposal
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December 29th, 2009
According to the first national survey on sexual health by the Ministry of Health, 88% of men and 84% of women say they feel very or fairly satisfied with their sex lives. According to the responses of nearly 10,000 people aged over 16 years, 77% of men think that sex is ...
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December 31st, 2009
Four young men died this morning in a fire at an apartment block in Barcelona in which eleven other people have been slightly injured by smoke inhalation. As reported by local sources, the four dead were around twenty years old,
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December 31st, 2009
2009 is the sixth consecutive year there has been a decrease in the number of deaths by road traffic accidents, and the first to drop below 3,000 deaths, according to the Association for the Study of Spinal Cord Injuries (AESLEME), published in ' Balance of Road Safety 2009 '. 1969 was ...
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