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February 19th, 2010
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEDP) has reported that Facebook has raised the minimum age to join its social network in Spain from 13 to 14 years. Up until now, and as per other countries, the minimum age at which juveniles could join the social networking service was 13. With this ...
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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 RodrÃguez Zapatero, said that a website cannot be closed without the prior
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January 4th, 2010
A woman will pay a 3,756 euro fine for feeding pigeons around her building in Malaga, after a complaint from neighbours about the mess caused by the birds on the front of their building, located in the historic centre of the city. According to the newspaper Malaga Today, this is
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December 29th, 2009
The management of technology group Asimelec has sent the government its proposals to amend the bill on sustainable economy which is seeking to allow Spain to take advantage of the impact of the introduction of technologies on the economy, society and environment. Its proposals include a request to reduce corporate income ...
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December 28th, 2009
Spain's numerous Kiosks, that are seen on street corners selling newspapers and magazines may, are now able to sell cigarettes and tobacco under an amendment to various laws on free access, known as Omnibus. According to the Association of Press Sellers, "This amendment puts an end to four years of unjust ...
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December 23rd, 2009
Tomorrow a new suite of property laws from the Spanish Ministry of Housing comes into force, the law is being nicknamed the 'eviction express', and will improve the "legal certainty" of owners of rental property "without prejudicing the rights of tenants". The new law aims to promote a broader rental, and ...
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December 21st, 2009
One in three Spanish (31.5%), aged over 16 years, admits having smoked in the past year, either regularly or occasionally, according to provisional data from the European Health Survey published in Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE). This reflects a "slight increase" in the consumption of tobacco on the latest available ...
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November 27th, 2009
The Ministry of Finance has estimated that more than half of all residential leases in Spain not declared to the relevant tax authorities. This has been stated just over a month since income tax rent relief for landlords was raised from 50 to 60%. Specifically, they estimate that there are ...
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October 27th, 2009
In another article back in 2004, Kyero's spotlight was on Benidorm. And, like my own personal preconceptions, it highlights one of the most common thoughts whenever Benidorm is mentioned ... package holiday hell. This reputation stems from the area being one of the main package holiday destinations in the 60's ...
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October 2nd, 2009
In this post, taken from Spanish property portal Kyero's first news article from September 7th 2004, we gain a valuable piece of information for any would be property buyer in Spain ... looking back though, many unfortunately fell into this exact trap. "Almeria select advise that there have been some major ...
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