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Spain Business Brief - Tuesday May 21 2012
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You are unique and my dog too
Now you can sign up to the Day of the Mongrel Dog in Spain. Of the nearly two million dogs registered in Madrid and Barcelona, more than 63,000 are mongrels, and now a day to commemorate the non-breed is to be held on May 28. The slogan for the day is - 'You are unique - my dog too'. 20 minutos online is helping with the promotion of the day. They currently have 100 pictures ...
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A court is discussing the effects of the Prestige Oil Disaster in December 2002
Tourism and Fisheries were the two economic sectors to suffer the most from the effects of the Prestige Oil Disaster which happened in December 2002 off the coast of Galicia. A report has been published by the Court Official Expert, Mara Lourenza Garca, who is a professor at Sanitago de Compostela University. She says in her report that 4.334 billion EUR worth of damage was done by the ...
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Spanish opera singer to give concert in occupied lands
Spanish operatic soprano will give a concert in occupied lands of Azerbaijan. Spanish operatic soprano Montserrat Caballe will give a concert in occupied lands of Azerbaijan. Caballe will give a concert in Khankandi on 4 June and in Yerevan on 9 ...
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Spanish Springs softball never found groove this season
Early on in the prep softball season, it looked like Spanish Springs would be the team to beat. Through their first 13 games, the Cougars only came on the short end once. That was in the Victory Preseason Tournament against Del Oro of Loomis, Calif.Spanish Springs didn't suffer a loss to a Nevada opponent until it locked horns with Reno in a High Desert League doubleheader and dropped the ...
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The Justice Minister wants to more shared custody in separations and divorces
, has said he will change the civil code to make shared custody on the same level as single custody in cases of separation or divorce. Latest data shows that in only 12% of cases in Spain is custody shared. Some regions in Spain such as Aragn and Valencia want to see shared custody as the norm, but the Minister rejected the idea, 'Substitute one obligatory criteria for one parent ...
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A British woman has died trapped in her car after a head on collision in Murcia
Four British women were travelling in the car, and the three survivors were taken to the Emergency Department of the Santa Lucia Hospital in ...
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Spanish unemployment could hit 30 by 2014
The country’s unemployment rate has historically tended to be high — only falling below 8 per cent right at the peak of the boom. Michala Marcussen says Spain’s particular problem is its gap in conditions for permanent and contract ...
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Spains Partido Popular blocks motion to denounce Franco
Gen Franco who triggered the three-year civil war by leading a military coup against the democratically elected Republican government. Photograph: AFP/Getty ...
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Rise and shout — the Cougars are in Spanish Fork
AMERICAN FORK -- Alpine School District employees overflowed out of the conference room of the district's transportation office on Tuesday, ...
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Greenpeace members park fishing boat outside ministry of agriculture and anchor themselves to it
TWELVE Greenpeace activists have been arrested after parking a fishing boat outside the ministry of agriculture and chaining themselves to ...
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Spain must bring its shadow economy back into the light
Visit the ROB Insight homepage for analysis available only to subscribers. Spain's unemployment rate could climb to 30 per cent by 2015, up from a record 27 per cent now, according to Socit Gnrale. Such staggering levels of joblessness would signal economic devastation just about anywhere - except in Spain, where the average Spaniard would roll his eyes and tell you not to worry, everyone ...
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Spanish couple kidnapped in Colombia
Two Spanish tourists have been kidnapped in Colombia while driving in La Guajira, near the Venezuelan border. The couple disappeared on Friday, but Spanish authorities only confirmed the kidnapping on Tuesday. The kidnappers contacted the hostages' family and identified themselves as members of the left-wing rebels Farc, Colombian authorities say. The group, which last year vowed to stop ...
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Spains former PM Aznar suggests may challenge Rajoy
Spain's centre-right People's Party (Partido Popular) leader Mariano Rajoy ( R ) and Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar talk before a national executive committee in Madrid November 21, ...
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La Liga Wrap Barcelona Deportivo notch victories
Elsewhere, Deportivo La Coruna moved out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 victory over Espanyol at the Estadio Riazor. Bruno Gama gave his side the lead after 50 minutes when he hit a wonderful curling drive from outside the area beyond Cristian Alvarez. The victory was sealed deep into stoppage time as Deportivo broke forward and Nelson Oliveira lobbed the on-rushing Espanyol goalkeeper. ...
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Secretary General Meets with Spain’s Secretary General for Defense Policy
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with Spain’s Secretary General for Defense Policy, Alejandro Enrique Alvargonzález, with whom he discussed issues related to hemispheric security; drug policy, the Ibero-American agenda and the cooperation between the hemispheric institution and the Spanish government.Secretary ...
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Mourinho has been a scourge says Barcelona vice-president
Real Madrid this summer and believes his exit is a positive thing for Spanish football.Madrid president Florentino Perez revealed on Monday evening that Mourinho will not fulfil his contract with the Santiago Bernabeu side and Vilarrubi is pleased to see the 50-year-old leave La Liga at the end of this season."I can speak out now. Mourinho has been a scourge," Vilarrubi told Catalunya ...
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Colombian officials seek missing Spanish couple Spains foreign minister reports kidnapping
BOGOTA - Colombian authorities say a middle-aged Spanish man and woman are missing in a northeastern border region where a car they rented three weeks ago was found. Spain's foreign minister said Tuesday in Madrid that two Spaniards had been kidnapped in Colombia. But Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo did not provide any additional details, including their names. Maj. Cesar Gonzalez of ...
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Spanish holidaymakers kidnapped in Colombia
The hostages, who have not been named, were travelling in a hired car, which has since been found abandoned, towards the Cabo de la ...
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Spain to Support Shipment of Arms for Syrian Opposition
Madrid, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Spain announced today to partners in the European Union (EU) that it will support sending weapons to the Syrian opposition, a position which is shared by other countries in the bloc. In a press conference, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jos Manuel Garca-Margallo, confirmed that he will defend the proposal during a meeting held EU foreign ministers next Monday in ...
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Colombia Two Spanish Tourists Kidnapped
A beach in La Guajira in northern Colombia. Photo from Flickr In reports that were released today, it has been revealed that two Spanish tourists were kidnapped in northern Colombia on Friday. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the announcement today of the kidnapping of ngel Snchez Fernndez, 49, and Concepcin Marlaska Sedano, 43, in the northeast department of La Guajira. Spanish ...
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A.M. Briefing | Coach Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid after season
Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid after three years as coach, paving the path for his return to England and a second stint as Chelsea's manager. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez announced at a news conference after a board meeting Monday that a mutual agreement was reached for Mourinho's departure. The 50-year-old Portuguese coach has two matches remaining in a season that ...
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Crash blocking left lane on I-15 near Spanish Fork
Car crash knocks out power in Spanish Fork A truck collided with a power pole in Spanish Fork Thursday morning, knocking out the power for many residents within the city. It was back ...
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Spain just spent $680 million on a submarine that can’t swim
The S-80, clearly computer-generated. Navartia One of Spain's largest defense splurges may also be one of its most embarrassing. After spending two-thirds of a $3 billion budget to build four of the world's most advanced submarines, the project's engineers have run into a problem: the submarines are so heavy that they would sink to the bottom of the ocean. Miscalculations by ...
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Marmoset stolen in Spain identified on social media sites
Police in Spain said they arrested a man accused of possessing a stolen marmoset after he posted pictures of the pilfered primate online. Investigators in El Coronil, Seville province, said the marmoset, dubbed Paintbrush, was stolen months ago from the Guillena Zoo and was located in the possession of a man identified only as V.I.F.D. after he posted pictures of it on various social media ...
Spain Feature
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Spain drags its feet on cloud computing
Cloud computing, a new computing model seen by many as a major advancement in information technology, has been catching on in many developed parts of the world due to the significant benefits the new system offers, but in Spain, where experts say it may be most useful, it has failed to find a home.
Spain is traditionally known as a country that does not like to take risks and likes to maintain the status quo, for this reason other new technologies such as 3-D televisions and the like have not caught on either. But, whereas 3-D TV is a service that is marketed as enhancing one’s viewing pleasure and therefore costs more, cloud computing is a new service that offers real-world savings financially. Read more
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