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June 4th, 2010
After an explosion at the Virgen de las Nieves fireworks factory in Benacazón, Seville, four workers have died and a fifth is in critical condition and has been transferred to the Serious Burns Unit of the Virgen del Rocio Hospital. The deceased, who were residents of Benacazon, a town located in ...
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June 2nd, 2010
The final vote on whether to enforce a ban on bullfighting in Cataluna will take place on the 9th of June, after the Environment Committee approved a proposal requesting the abolition of bullfighting in Cataluna today, by amending the law on protection of animals . At the moment, animal protection laws
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June 1st, 2010
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued the first high temperature alerts of the year in 13 Spanish provinces today: specifically the six provinces within Andalucía, Murcia and the Canary Islands. 28 capital cities have begun June with maximum temperatures above 30 degrees, reaching up to 39 degrees in
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May 19th, 2010
The Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has acknowledged today that the government does have plans to raise taxes, however, he has stated that any tax reform has no date of implementation and has guaranteed that the tax hikes will only affect "the very rich, not the middle class." In a ...
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May 18th, 2010
Catalan police have arrested the mother of two British children that were found dead today at the Miramar hotel in Lloret de Mar, La Selva, for her alleged connection with the circumstances in which the deaths have occurred. According to initial reports, the two children,
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May 18th, 2010
Projections suggest that global warming will cause heat waves to become more frequent and severe in Europe during the summer, especially in southern Europe and areas along the Mediterranean coast. This is the conclusion of a study published in "Nature Geoscience", which analyzes climate projections by European regions and underlying heat ...
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April 30th, 2010
According to the latest municipal census, released today by the Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE), the total population registered in Spain, as of January 1st 2010, increased 0.4 percent over 2009 to reach more than 46.9 million people, of which 5.7 million are of foreign origin. The exact total resident population ...
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April 22nd, 2010
According to a survey by the European Commission (EC), Spain is among the worst European countries for the abuse of alcohol, only Ireland, Romania, Germany and Austria have a worse record. The survey, which considers "abusive" consumption as drinking at least five standard measures of alcoholic beverage a day,
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April 19th, 2010
According to new data published in a European study, nearly half of all people in Spain (47%) have said that they cannot live without the Internet any more, a percentage that has increased by 13% compared to 2008 data. The report, prepared by the European Interactive Advertising Association (IALS), previously ...
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April 13th, 2010
The introduction of electronic prescriptions has been shown as one of the most effective ways to lighten the bureaucratic burden of family doctors and reduce the number of visits to the clinic. The four regions that have introduced the facility (Andalusia, Extremadura, Baleares and Catalonia) have experienced declines in the health ...
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