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December 21st, 2009
The national court judge Baltasar Garzon has set a bail of 500,000 euros for the former mayor of Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona), Bartomeu Munoz, accused in the urban corruption scandal known as "operation Pretoria". According to his lawyer however, the former mayor has no ability to pay this amount ...
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December 22nd, 2009
After a judge set bail of half a million euros yesterday for the former mayor of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, friends and relatives of Bartomeu Munoz have raised more than half the required amount, 270,000 euros. Munoz is one of the main accused in the corruption scandal known as 'Pretoria'. The ...
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December 23rd, 2009
The former mayor of Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona) Bartomeu Munoz has now met his bail through a "public collection" of 500,000 euros, after being recently jailed in connection with corruption scandal "Pretoria". Fermín Morales, the former mayor's lawyer, explained that this morning, money raised by contributions was paid in cash ...
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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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January 4th, 2010
"We had high hopes for the new year and then this happens." The mayor of El Cuervo (Seville), Juan Garrido, summed up the mood of the 8,500 residents of the municipality after learning of the death of Josefa R. Z, aged 45, at the hands of her husband. She is the ...
Continue reading First Death in 2010 from Domestic Violence
January 17th, 2010
The Ombudsman of the Community of Valencia, Jose Cholbi, has opened an investigation after a complaint into the condition of an overweight boy, being just 10 years old but weighing over 75 kilograms, he currently lives in a small village in the province of
Continue reading Obese Child May Be Taken Into Care
January 26th, 2010
Ascó City Council today voted to approve its candidature to host Spain's new centralised temporary storage (ATC), a facility that will house nuclear waste in Spain. However, the current President of the Generalitat
Continue reading Ascó: We Want To Store Nuclear Waste
February 3rd, 2010
The former mayor of Montroi, Francisco Javier Carrion, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil based on evidence relating to illegal building licences and allegedly involving at least six other people who were also arrested, many of them members of the former as well as the current council.
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February 9th, 2010
The former mayor of Polop, Juan Cano, today denied his alleged responsibility in the death of his predecessor, Alejandro Ponsoda. Cano also suggested to the judge that the motive of the killing would be related to the victim's private life.
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February 12th, 2010
Valencia will be the new home of a high-power radio frequency space laboratory for the European Space Agency, which will be dedicated to receiving and examining failure messages from satellites and space vehicles. The city of Valencia presented a joint proposal between
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