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Spain banks may need to raise money to meet provisions Rajoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday said the country's banks may have to raise capital on the financial markets to meet higher provisioning ...
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Messi approves of Barcelona signing Neymar - video
Striker Lionel Messi comments on reports that Brazilian striker Neymar has agreed to join Barcelona on 1 July. A move to Europe for Neymar has been talked about for the last two years, but there is a chance such a move could be put on hold until after the Brazil World Cup in ...
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Messi would welcome Neymar at Barcelona
Barcelona remain confident of beating off strong competition to sign Neymar The Santos attacker, 21, has long been linked with a move to the Catalan club, and talks with the players’ various owners are thought to be well advanced. On a promotional trip to Qatar this week, the Argentine told local TV channel Alkass that Neymar would bring something different to the Barca front line. ...
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Telefonica cuts handset prices to win back Spanish clients
domestic market on Wednesday to fight increasing competition in the recession-hit country. Telefonica, which stopped subsidizing handsets for new clients last year to save cash, lost over 700,000 mobile customers in the first quarter of the year as cheaper rivals, such as Yoigo, ...
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Drug trafficker mistakes two plain clothed Guardia Civil offices as clients
A drug trafficker in Valencia made a mistake at the Arenal Sound Music Festival, when she went up to two plain clothed Guardia Civil and offered them drugs, it happened back in 2011, but the case has only now come to court. The woman today accepted a year and a half in prison, and the payment of a fine of 130 EUR When the agents detained her they found 8.85 grams of hashish, a blue MDMA ...
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Woman arrested for simulating a theft in her sons bar
The Guardia Civil has today arrested a woman who lives in Artana, Castelln. She is accused simulating a robbery at her son's bar after she lost two days takings in a fruit machine. She said she was frightened if her son found out. She tried to recover the money, but 'incoherencies' in her declaration to the Guardia Civil gave her ...
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Bulls Draft Pick Nikola Mirotic Named MVP Of Spanish League
Mirotic, 22, is now the youngest MVP in ACB history. The 6-foot-10 power forward earned MVP honors after averaging 12.6 points and 5.5 rebounds this season as Real Madrid earned a 30-4 record to win the league by four games. Mirotic shot 50.5 percent overall and 43.5 percent from three-point land, while shooting 80.7 percent from the free-throw line. Drafted by the Bulls with the 23rd pick in ...
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Francis Meets with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Brey of Spain
Current Economic Situation, Importance of Marriage and Family Among Topic DiscussedBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, April 16, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Yesterday, Pope Francis met with Mariano Rajoy Brey, prime minister of Spain at the Vatican Apostolic Palace.The Spanish Prime Minister met later on with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, who was accompanied by Archbishop ...
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Spain Studies 15-Year Syndicated Issue Inflation-Linked Bonds
Spain is considering a 15-year bond sale through banks this year as well as offers of index-linked and dollar-denominated debt as it seeks to tap investor demand, Deputy Treasury Head Ignacio Fernandez-Palomero Morales said. "We could still access the markets with a potential syndicated issue in the range of 15 years," Fernandez-Palomero said at a news conference ...
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Spain Paper Review - Wednesday May 22 2013
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La Rioja and Spanish wine win awards from Decanter magazine
The 2013 edition of the British Decanter Wine Magazine prizes for the best wines in the world, which saw applications this year of 14,300 different wines, has rewarded La Rioja and other wines of Spain with 18 gold medals. The British Market now makes up one in three bottles of La Rioja, with no sign of any reduction. Cavas and olorosos from Jerez obtained four regional trophies. The ...
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Sergio Garcia said Tiger Woods fried chicken remark not racist
Sergio Garcia walks off the 2nd green after missing a putt for birdie during the second round of the Masters at Augusta National on April 12, 2013 in Augusta, Georgia. UPI/Kevin ...
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12 Greenpeace activists arrested in Spain
Spanish police said they arrested 12 Greenpeace activists for parking a fishing boat outside the Ministry of Agriculture and chaining themselves to it. Greenpeace members organized the demonstration to encourage the Spanish government to meet with the group and discuss promoting more environmentally friendly ways of conducting trade. Celia Ojeda, a spokeswoman for Greenpeace, said that ...
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Spain’s Attacks on Fighting Back
At a demonstration near the Spanish parliament on April 18, a housing rights activist joked that the crowd should divide up with terrorists on one side and Nazis on the other. Everyone laughed, but there is a dark side to his sarcasm. Since March, local and national politicians have used every name in the book to delegitimize the Platform for Mortgage Victims, a grass-roots movement that has ...
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The Real Madrid-Osasuna match will be played on Saturday 1st June at 2100
Real Madrid now know the start time for the match that will be played against Osasuna, as part of the final match day, number 38, of the La Liga season. The Whites will play the team from Navarra at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday 1st June at 21:00. The kick-off time is subject to change if it were to have no impact on the final league ...
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Spain replants after centuries of deforestation
Centuries of deforestation have turned Spain's lush forests into barren scrublands, making them vulnerable to erosion. But volunteers are working to revive the landscape and protect local water ...
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RPT-Fitch Spain Restructured Loan Provisions May Hit Bank Earnings
Wed May 22, 2013 6:36am EDT (Repeat for additional subscribers) May 22 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Additional loan-impairment charges from a review of Spanish banks' restructured loans could cause a further dent to earnings which are already feeble, Fitch Ratings says. This could ultimately filter through to capital, and leave some thinly ...
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Spain studies possible 15-year syndicated bond - Treasury official
MADRID | Wed May 22, 2013 6:08am EDT MADRID May 22 (Reuters) - Spain is studying a possible 15-year syndicated sovereign bond issue for this year, Treasury deputy director Ignacio Fernandez said at a press conference on Wednesday. "The Treasury tends to do three syndicated deals per year," he said. "Given current market conditions we think we could still go to market with a ...
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Sascoc to assist swimmers going to Barcelona
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) confirmed in April that South Africa's elite swimmers would participate at the global spectacle in Barcelona in July, but Swimming South Africa said lesser-known athletes might need to contribute as much as R3 000 from their own pockets if they hoped to take part. "As Sascoc, we will always contribute to the best of our ...
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The great European Cup teams Real Madrid 1955-60 | David Lacey
In the first of our six-part series ahead of the Champions League final, we remember the Real Madrid side that hogged the European Cup throughout its first five ...
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Azerbaijan probes reports on Spanish singer concert in Karabakh
Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan has launched a probe over the recent reports by the Armenian media claiming that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caball will give a concert in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan. The statement came from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elman Abdullayev in an interview ...
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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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Barcelona on the frontline in the cancer fight
Cancer has become the leading killer of the elderly in Europe; it is an awful, painful disease that has become something akin to a pandemic. Progress has been made in its diagnosis, and further progress is being made in its treatment, and Barcelona, by hosting the European Breast Cancer Conference, is playing a major part in the sharing of ideas and knowledge to facilitate improvements and new breakthroughs.
The city of Barcelona will play a significant role in the prevention and promotion of awareness of breast cancer when it hosts the annual European Breast Cancer Conference this year. Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women around the world, and although mortality has begun to drop worldwide, and especially in Europe, there is still much progress that can be made. Read more
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