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June 30th, 2010

There was success for Spain last night, as the Spanish national football team beat Portugal 1-0 in the second round of the 2010 World Cup. The match had a TV audience of more than 13 million viewers, being shown to viewers on Telecinco, Canal Plus and C+Liga. The free to air ...

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June 29th, 2010

All sports fans in Spain are looking forward to tonight's second round World Cup football match between Spain and Portugal. It is exactly two years ago to the day that Spain achieved their greatest success to date by lifting the European Championship and the team will be hoping to relive ...

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June 25th, 2010

Football, Motorcycling and Motor Racing offer the chance for glory or pain for Spain this weekend. For the second consecutive weekend, Jorge Lorenzo has taken pole position in the MotoGP qualifying session. The Spaniard was over a quarter of a second faster than second place, Randy De Puniet, who is ...

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June 15th, 2010

Police have dismantled an international crime organisation dedicated to credit card cloning and believed to have been worth more than 20 million euros. The operation was carried out across 14 countries and culminated in the arrest of 178 people - 76 of them in Spain. The Directorate General of Police and ...

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June 8th, 2010

Realia, one of Spain's biggest four listed property developers, has announced that, in 2010, it will start four new housing projects in Madrid, Valencia, Seville and Valladolid, its first projects in two years. The president of the real estate company, Ignacio Bayón, said today

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May 19th, 2010

Atletico Madrid and Sevilla will meet this evening at the Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona, (21.30) in the Copa del Rey (King's Cup) final, where both teams are dreaming of finishing the season with a win. Atletico are seeking an historic cup double, after winning the Europa League last week, while ...

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April 28th, 2010

Barcelona, currently holders of all six available club competitions last year, face their first major challenge tonight at the Nou Camp as they aim to qualify for the Champions League final. Barcelona must overcome a keen Inter Milan who hope to return to the final of the competition, for the ...

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April 28th, 2010

An identity recognition development by a Spanish researcher specializing in the human eye, Celia Sánchez Ramos, was selected on Sunday as the best invention of the year in the most prestigious global competition of its kind: the International Invention Awards that are held each year in Geneva.

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April 8th, 2010

Iberia and British Airways (BA) have signed a definitive merger agreement today, the merger is scheduled to complete by the end of 2010 and will create one of the largest airline groups in the world, with a fleet of 408 aircraft flying to 200 destinations. Iberia and BA plan to submit

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March 26th, 2010

José Carlos Fuentes, one of the favourites for the Chef of the Year 2010 competition, organized by Alimentaria as part of their International Food and Drink Exhibition, was awarded the prestigious honour in Barcelona yesterday. The Barcelona born chef, aged just 29 years old, is currently the head chef

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