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November 17th, 2010
Spain's flamenco world is stomping its heels with joy now that UNESCO has declared the quintessential Spanish genre of music and dance an art form the world should treasure. Performers of the booming style of song and guitar-strumming accompanied by rapid-fire clapping and heel-clicking called the honor long overdue. Flamenco
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October 4th, 2010
A man has died in Spain after his car's satellite navigation system sent him down an abandoned road and into a reservoir. The 37-year old drowned after following directions on the GPS device which had not been updated to show the creation of La Serena reservoir at Capilla, near Badajoz ...
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August 23rd, 2010
Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona won a record ninth Supercup by beating Sevilla 4-0 in the second leg for a 5-3 aggregate on Saturday. After losing the first leg 3-1 in Seville, league champion Barcelona dominated from the start in its Camp Nou Stadium.
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July 27th, 2010
Ryanair’s most recently announced base is Seville in southern Spain, a much requested route for those wanting to travel to the Andalusian capital with ten new routes to be launched from the new base at the beginning of November. The ten destinations are:
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July 21st, 2010
A study released today shows that renting an apartment in Madrid provides an average return of 3.8%, the same profit margin that is achievable when renting a property in other capitals around the world such as Paris or New York. The market for rental property in the Spanish capital is more ...
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July 16th, 2010
The current hot weather conditions will remain in Spain until at least Sunday, according to forecasts by the State Meteorological Agency, which has predicted maximum temperatures of above 30 degrees Celsius for almost all of Spain's provinces. The high temperatures will even reach the Canary Islands, where it is expected to ...
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July 8th, 2010
According to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), a total of 38 Spanish provinces have been issued with a red, orange or yellow alert for the risk of high temperatures, with the hottest place in Spain being the province of Jaén where temperatures are a scorching 44 degrees Celsius.
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July 6th, 2010
Lanzarote is running the risk of losing its valuable United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) status of being a "Reservation of the Biosphere", due to not informing them of recent breaches of planning regulations whereby European funds were used in the development of illegally constructed hotels on the ...
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July 5th, 2010
A total of fourteen provinces have received a weather warning for high temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius for the next few days, according to predictions from the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). The hottest areas are Cáceres, Badajoz,
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June 17th, 2010
An online bookmaker has started taking spread bets on which city in Spain will have the highest recorded temperature in June, July or August. There are seven cities that can be selected from for the month of June, namely Seville, Cordoba, Malaga, Granada,
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