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October 22nd, 2009
Renting in Spain hasn't changed much over the past few years, the advice held in this article from 2004 is mostly just the same in 2009, with some positive differences when taking into consideration the current market. Apartments are the predominant property in Spain, with few detached homes especially in towns ...
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October 26th, 2009
Spain's second largest city is home to over 1.5 million residents and, as mentioned in this article from early 2006, is a modern, cosmopolitan city. Like many European cities, Barcelona is a stunning place to live or visit and has both the advantages of sunshine and beaches as well as ...
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November 11th, 2009
In Kyero's news yesterday it was revealed that the one millionth property landmark had been passed, a great accomplishment to the all those who have made Kyero the leading Spanish property portal for the foreign market. I thought it would be good to look back at some of the history ...
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January 5th, 2010
After the Spanish European Presidency website went offline for several hours yesterday, the Spanish Government has denied that the website had been attacked by a hacker. Images were released on the internet with the welcome video of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero replaced by a photograph of
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January 5th, 2010
The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde said today that the Government will adopt a new strategy on the closure of websites allowing the download of copyrighted files without permission, that will "satisfy all parties," although he avoided saying if this will require judicial
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January 8th, 2010
After weeks of speculation, the Council of Ministers have decided that the closure of websites that violate intellectual property and copyright laws will require a court order. The Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, said that a website cannot be closed without the prior
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January 8th, 2010
45% of Spanish households had internet access with broadband speeds at the end of 2008, a figure which is close to the average percentage in the EU of 48%. Within Spain, the Community of Madrid has the highest penetration of 58 %, this is according to more Eurostat figures
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January 12th, 2010
In scenes that are taking place throughout most of Spain, the first free laptops that the Junta de Andalucía and central Government are distributing to all Spanish students in the fifth and sixth grade have begun arriving in classrooms in Andalusia. Andalusian President, José Antonio Griñán, visited
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January 19th, 2010
From the 1st of March, a new version of the Nintendo DS portable game console hits stores in Spain. It is not a model with any new features as such, but the new DSi XL is, as its name suggests, a lot bigger. Its two screens are 93% larger than ...
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January 19th, 2010
Andalucia has become the first region in the world to provide universal access to broadband internet. With the agreement of the Andalucian Government and Vodafone, the deployment of their network allows internet coverage of at least 1Mbit in 770 municipalities in the region, including those with fewer than
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