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June 9th, 2010
National police have arrested the alleged murderers of a lawyer from Madrid, who is believed to have had clients that were linked to organised crime; the lawyer was shot dead in December 2008. According to police sources, 17 months of investigation has led to the arrest of four people, between ...
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May 31st, 2010
National Police have arrested five people who are allegedly responsible for a massive loan scam that deceived over 80 Spanish businessmen. The arrests have taken place in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Granada. According to a statement made by the General Directorate of Police today,
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May 6th, 2010
Around 500 dairy farmers came out in protest today at a Carrefour shopping centre in Madrid with the motto "in defence of farmers and Spanish consumers”, with their objective being to "expose the industries and practices that are ruining dairy farmers". Brought together by agricultural organizations
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May 3rd, 2010
From today, Movistar becomes the brand name for all services, both fixed and mobile, of Telefonica in Spain. The company premiered its world launch plan and said that the change will be progressively introduced in Europe and in Latin American countries. The company said that Spain will be followed by ...
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April 21st, 2010
After 6 days of chaos due to the ash cloud thrown over Europe by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, most airspace restrictions have now been removed and flights are finally returning to normal today. AENA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation) have said that a total of 1,630 flights, 19% of ...
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April 12th, 2010
The number of people in Spain classed as "wealthy", termed as those with available assets, not including housing, of more than a million dollars (about 745,000 euros), fell by 18% last year and now consists of approximately 97,000 people. These figures are taken from 'The Wealth Report 2010',
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April 12th, 2010
The Spanish government has today approved a package of 26 anti-crisis measures covering six main sectors that they hope will improve the recovery and tackle unemployment. The six sectors involve housing rehabilitation, business stimulus, small and medium business support, greater safeguards for citizens and consumers,
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April 7th, 2010
According to data published by Eurostat, Spain has moved ahead of the European Union average of 74%, in providing internet access to core public services, with 80% of "eGovernment" services available 'online' in 2009. eGovernment refers to the use of information and communication technology
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April 2nd, 2010
Today, the last analogue television signal will be turned off in Spain, and during the past few days more than 20 million people in 2186 municipalities have no longer been able to receive analogue TV, the biggest 'switch off' since the transition to DTT began. Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian, has ...
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March 29th, 2010
With an appropriate policy for banning tobacco use, the Spanish national health system could save about 5,500 million euros in direct treatment expenditure, as well as saving 1,500 million euros in pharmaceutical costs. This was the opinion given today by Juan Ruiz Manzano, president
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