Monday 6th February, 2012

• Julio Iglesias to hold concerts in Argentina

  Spain News.Net

  Spanish singer Julio Iglesias will hold a series of concerts in Argentina. A concert in Tandil, a mountain tourist center located 375 km from the Argentine capital, was the first of three shows ...

• Spanish brain drain turns into an exodus

  Think Spain

  With youth unemployment closing in on 50% (48.56%), twice the European average, young Spaniards have begun to open doors elsewhere in the labout market and have started looking beyond the national ...

• Real Madrid 90-93 Gescrap Bizkaia

  Real Madrid

  Real Madrid were unable to repeat their success against Gescrap Bizkaia in their Endesa League clash on Sunday. Llull was their best man with 18 ...

• Spain’s Property Purge No Panacea for Loan Drought: Euro Credit

  General Sources

  credit to its economy by imposing 50 billion euros ($66 billion) of charges on banks for their real estate may not be enough to make them lend and persuade consumers to borrow. "Everyone I ...

• Current Exchange Rates Could Prompt Brits to Purchase Spanish Property, Says Currencies Direct

  General Sources

  LONDON, February 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The euro's depreciation against the pound, coupled with the Spanish property crash, means 2012 could provide numerous opportunities for Brits to ...

• Factbox: Spain's Alberto Contador

  General Sources

  (Reuters) - Factbox on three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who was given a two-year ban on Monday over a failed dope test during the 2010 race: Turns professional with the ...

• Spanish cyclist Contador banned for doping

  General Sources

  Cyclist Alberto Contador, three-time winner of the Tour de France, has been found guilty of doping and banned for two years. He still maintains his ...

• Contador stripped of Tour de France win

  General Sources

  Photo: AFP Alberto Contador will become only the second Tour de France winner to be stripped of his victory in the world's biggest bike race after the Court of Arbitration for Sport slapped a ...

• Spanish workers in Gibraltar protest against pension conditions

  European Pensions

  The associations representing Spanish workers in Gibraltar staged a protest on 12 June campaigning for better pensions and social security benefits. Spanish workers in Gibraltar want the ...

• Italian and Spanish Alpha League Table 2008 published

  European Pensions

  EDHEC Risk and Management Research Centre (EDHEC) and EuroPerformance fund analysis company have released the Alpha League Table, their 2008 rankings of the top Italian and Spanish asset ...

• SWIP makes in-roads into Spain

  European Pensions

  Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has strengthened its foundations in the Spanish market. SWIP’s Spanish team, based in Madrid and led by director of institutional sales ...

• Spanish 'anti-clerical' newspaper suffers financial setbacks

  EWTN

  The Spanish newspaper Publico, which was linked to the country's former ruling party, has asked for a restructuring of its debts amid increasing financial difficulties."Publico was one of ...

• Alberto Contador gets two year ban for doping

  Think Spain

  The Spanish Cycling Federation has today confirmed that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has banned cyclist Alberto Contador for two years for doping offences. The three times Tour de France ...

• Contador banned for two years - Spanish media

  SBS

  Saxo Bank-Sungard rider Alberto Contador leaves the team bus before the start of the first stage of the Challenge Mallorca cycling tour in Palma de Mallorca on the Spanish Balearic island of ...

• Kuznetsova Clinches Fed Cup Win for Russia vs. Spain

  RIA Novosti

  Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Spain's Silvia Soler-Esponosa 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, on Sunday to hand Russia an unassailable 3-1 lead in their Fed Cup quarterfinal. Russia will now play either Serbia or ...

• Suarez Navarro Trounces Petrova to Haul Spain Back Into Fed Cup

  RIA Novosti

  Carla Suarez Navarro hauled Spain back into contention in their Fed Cup quarterfinal in Moscow Sunday, beating a poor Nadia Petrova to reduce Russia’s lead to 2-1. Petrova was a late ...

• Supreme Court magistrate wants to see the Infanta Cristina declare

  Typically Spanish

  A magistrate in the Supreme Court has called for the Infanta Cristina to declare before the court. Jos Ramn Soriano, said on Sunday that 'If Iaki Urdangarin has to be put in jail, then we do ...

• No change at the top as Real and Barca both grab narrow wins

  Think Spain

  There is no change at the top of the Liga table as Real Madrid and Barcelona both recorded narrow wins to maintain their advantage. A first-half goal from Sergio Ramos was enough to give Real a ...

• Spanish Law Blocks 11,080 Megawatts of Wind Parks, Cinco Says

  General Sources

  Spain 's suspension of subsidies for renewable energy in January has left 11,080 megawatts of wind- park projects with no way forward, Cinco Dias reported. The measure, carried out by the ...

• Spain Coaxes Banks to Merge, Purge Losses

  Business Week

  Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Spain’s new government gave banks an extra year to recognize losses if they agree to merge, as it tries to overhaul the financial industry crippled by the collapse of the ...

• Spanish yields edge up before bond auctions

  General Sources

  : Spanish yields nudged higher on Thursday before Spanish and French debt sales which were nonetheless expected to go well while signs a Greek debt swap deal was nearing completion limited price ...

• Spanish Springs duo makes college plans official

  General Sources

  Wednesday's winter Signing Day day saw a pair of Spanish Springs athletes make their college athletic plans official. SSHS seniors Irvin Somera and Kayla Schlittenhart will both play soccer ...

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