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Spain Paper Review - Tuesday May 21 2013
Publish your add for free Please note that only Spain-related classifieds will be accepted The Classifieds are ordered by ...
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Telefonica Vodafone hit by defections in Spain
Vodafone the biggest losers. In the first three months of the year more than 1.8 million consumers moved to another mobile company, data from telecoms regulator CMT showed on ...
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Jose Reina happy to resist Barcelona and remain at Liverpool
touted as a possible replacement for long-serving Bara goalkeeper Victor Valdes , who has told the Catalan club he intends to leave and could sever ties this summer.The 31-year-old Reina, who came up through the youth ranks at Bara before joining Villarreal over a decade ago, said of the speculation: "I have three more years with Liverpool. I'm satisfied, comfortable and my family are ...
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Research and Markets Spain Storage Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020
"Spain Storage Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Spain oil and gas storage industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the oil storage sector. It provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and restraints of ...
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Sports Real Madrid confirm Mourinho exit
Mourinho, 50, who has been linked with a return to Chelsea, won the league and Copa del Rey at Madrid. "We've decided to bring our relationship to an end," said Perez. "Nobody's been sacked, it's a mutual agreement." Real are currently 13 points behind Barcelona in the league and were beaten by city rivals Atletico in the Spanish Cup final last Friday. They ...
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LULAC Ban on Spanish in sports is disturbing
Two cases of Spanish being banned at New Mexico high school games were examples of a disturbing pattern that needs to be monitored and addressed, perhaps with lawsuits, a civil rights group said ...
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The Troika are back in Madrid today
The troika is back in Madrid to examine the advances made in the stabilisation of the banking system. They want to prove that all the demands requested of Spain after the 100 billion EUR bank rescue have been made. It comes as Brussels has issued another warning saying the risks persist because of the difficult economic situation. The troika is formed by the European Commission, the ...
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Japans Crown Prince to Visit Spain to Mark Bilateral Ties
Tokyo, May 21 (BNA) - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito will make an official visit to Spain next month, to mark the 400th anniversary of bilateral ties between the two nations, Japan's (NHK World) reported. A Japanese mission was sent to Spain in 1613 from what is now Sendai City, by powerful feudal war lord Date Masamune. Various commemorative events are scheduled in both countries ...
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Mallorca police search the home of the ex President of the region
Police have searched the house belonging to Maria Antnia Munar, ex President of the Consell de Mallorca. The investigators are searching for evidence of the money she could have obtained by the irregular sale of a plot of land in Can Domenge in 2006. The police think the payment of 160,000 EUR was part of a backhander. The court case will be known as Can Domenge and it gets underway on ...
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Debate over whether the minimum driving age should be raised
The DGT traffic authority is considering rising the age when you can start driving. The DGT director, Mara Segu, has assisted at a presentation of a book, the author of which suggests the higher age. The book's title is 'The death of youngsters in traffic accidents', and it is written by Julio Laria del Vals, and edited by the insurance group Foundation Mapfre. Mara ...
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Spain Business Brief Monday May 20 2013
and have to put biofuel in their products, especially diesel. The CNE dismisses that explanation saying that the biofuel tax amounts to no more than 4 cents per litre. One of the board members at Pescanova claims that he sold his shares before the crash, by chance. In fact the words has used in a written statement are 'It was an unfortunate and unpredictable temporal ...
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Spanish show us the way
I have a plan - a plan that I will absolutely, 100 per cent not go through with because I'm too lazy - to open a bar in Australia. My bar will be called Sevilla, and it will be amazing. It will be called Sevilla, obviously, in homage to the Spanish city of the same name, and the bar itself will be similarly reflective of everything that's great about the Andalusian ...
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Mallorcas hopes of staying in the Primera Liga remain alive
Mallorca beat Betis 1-0 at home last night and that score keeps their hopes of remaining in the Primera Liga alive. Mallorca has to win the two remaining games in this season, and it will still depend on other clubs results where they can stay in the Primera Liga. The goal came from the Israeli striker Tomer Hemed and Mallorca lost Toms Pina though injury in the ...
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Investors from abroad who offer jobs in Spain will get automatic residence rights
FOREIGN investors who could potentially create jobs in Spain may be given automatic residence rights and visas in a new move by the central government to encourage multi-national firms to set up branches in the ...
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Melilla border fence stampede sees African migrants slip through the net
A HUMAN 'avalanche' of over 100 sub-Saharan Africans attempted to scale the border fence between Morocco and Spain at around 04.00hrs yesterday morning in order to enter Europe via the 'back ...
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Spain’s Popular Party faces wave of strikes and demonstrations
, who insist on a no-politics perspective. Nevertheless, a social explosion is brewing in Spain. There have been at least 27 demonstrations since the beginning of 2013, according to data compiled ...
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Former British flagship leaves Portsmouth for Turkish scrap yard
The Ark Royal, the aircraft carrier that was for many years the flagship of the British navy, left Portsmouth for the last time Monday for a Turkish scrap yard. Former members of the vessel's crew, some wearing black armbands, joined a crowd of onlookers who watched as the Ark Royal was towed out of the harbor, the Daily Mirror reported. Towing the ship to Turkey saves money on fuel. The ...
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High school graduations 227 march on the hill at Spanish Fort High School
Spanish Fort High School held its commencement ceremony for 227 seniors Monday, May 21, at the Spanish Fort Toros Stadium.Valedictorian Shannon Marie Paaymans and salutatorian Melanie Glenn Powell both gave speeches, along with class president Kyle Simpson. The graduation ceremony was held on "The ...
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Syrian Opposition Meets in Madrid to Discuss Coming Talks
MADRID, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - About 80 leaders of various Syrian opposition movements and organizations met on Monday in Madrid to forge a common position for the upcoming international conference on Syria, the EFE news agency reported. The Madrid meeting’s participants also discussed appointing a single representative for all opposition movements. According to some participants, the ...
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Report Prigioni could leave NBA return to Spain
Knicks point guard Pablo Prigioni could leave the team and return to Spain. (Ron Hoskins/Getty Images) New York Knicks point guard Pablo Prigioni could leave the team this offseason and return to Spain, ...
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Mourinho closes door Real Madrid chapter
(1 hr 6 mins ago) Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after three years at the Spanish football club, paving the way for his expected return to Chelsea. The Portuguese coach's final season at Madrid has been blighted by divisions and a lack of trophies, but he is free to leave three years early from his contract after the final match on June 1 without any ...
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Jose Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of the season as Chelsea rumours escalate
Spain Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after a turbulent three-year spell in charge of the Spanish giants, club president Florentino Perez confirmed on Tuesday ...
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PSG blocks Ancelottis Real Madrid switch
/enpproperty--> Carlo Ancelotti, who wants to quit Paris Saint-Germain and succeed Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid, found his escape route blocked by the French champion's Qatari owners on Sunday. Ancelotti has been tipped to replace Mourinho at Real in the summer, with the Portuguese expected to return to Chelsea and the Italian coach made clear his desire to go to Spain despite ...
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NATO commanders denounced in Spain for committing war crimes
A human rights association in Spain has denounced five NATO commanders of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for committing war crimes in the war-torn ...
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Miami’s City National Bank is a focus of a former Spanish banker’s problems in Spain
City National Bank of Florida’s net income: 2007: $68.4 million 2008: $42.5 million 2009: ($9.0 million) 2010: ($436.5 million) 2011: $34.4 million 2012: $190.2 ...
Barcelona Digest
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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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