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Spanish opera protests austerity
MADRID , Spain -- David Alegre should have been a nervous wreck. Less than a week before the premiere of the opera he wrote and directed, one of his lead singers hadn't turned up for rehearsal. The energetic, wiry man of 36 nevertheless remained calm and good-humored. That's because everyone involved in the production, from the lead soprano to those building the scenery, were ...
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Spanish press jeers departing Mourinhos record
By Iain Rogers MADRID (Reuters) - Florentino Perez's record as Real Madrid president was under scrutiny on Tuesday after the construction magnate's latest coaching project ended in disarray with the premature departure of Jose Mourinho. Perez, who is up for reelection next month, announced on Monday Mourinho would be leaving at the end of the season, three years before his contract ...
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Jose Mourinho Spanish media reaction Crushed defeated and a failure
Spanish newspapers have roundly accused Jose Mourinho of failing at Real Madrid as they jeered his three-year reign at the Bernabeu and his failure to win more ...
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The brand new tram in Jaen has spent the last two years out of order and parked in the warehouse.
The brand new tram in Jaen has spent the last two years out of and parked in the warehouse. The Junta de Andaluca spent 105 million EUR on the project which included five carriages and the entire infrastructure. The tram had 16 days of tests, but has never carried a passenger. A judge ordered the tram to be halted after receiving ...
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Global Soccer Mourinho and Madrid Loving Loathing and Leaving
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Lionel Messi Barcelona cant win everything - video
Lionel Messi looks back at a difficult year for Barcelona, albeit one in which the Catalan side won La Liga. Messi says the club cannot win every tournament they play in and describes Bayern Munich as a better team 'physically' after they beat Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate in the Champions League ...
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Spain sells short-term debt at higher costs
LONDON (ShareCast) - Spain managed to sell more short-term sovereign debt that it had originally predicted today but with mixed results on both demand and financing costs. The Spanish Treasury sold a total of EUR3.51bn in debt, above the EUR2.5bn-EUR3.5bn range announced on Monday. It issued EUR892m in three-month bills but the average yield moved up to 0.331% from the prior 0.120%. However, ...
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Spanish media ridicules departing Mourinho
The front pages of Tuesday morning's Spanish sports papers showed their excitement at the news Jose Mourinho was to leave Real Madrid at the season's end. Marca's cover said [in English] 'The Special End', while AS' headline read 'Lots of noise, but few nuts' - a Spanish version of 'Much Ado About Nothing'. Diego Torres of El Pais, who ...
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Spanish media savour Mourinho’s exit
Fellow Catalan daily Sport ran a front-page photograph showing Mourinho from the back as he departed through a door marked ';Exit';. The paper quoted Carles Vallarubi, vice president of Barcelona as saying: ';Mou was a scar on Spanish ...
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Granada Local Policeman accused of killing a lawyer commits suicide
Rosa Cobo, to death with his truncheon last September 20th committed suicide on Sunday inside the Albocsaser jail in Castelln. Despite being in module 13 reserved for difficult prisoners, he managed to kill himself by hanging from his belt. He was the only suspect in the solicitor's killing because it got caught on her garage ...
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Real Madrid release Mourinho but PSG refuse to part with Ancelotti - video
tells Spanish media that manager Jos Mourinho will be allowed to leave the club, paving the way for him to make a return to Chelsea. Prez says Real Madrid approached Paris Saint-Germain to enquire about Carlo Ancelotti, who requested to leave the French side, but were told he was not ...
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Dortmunds Hummels dismisses Barcelona talk
Mats Hummels has looked to end speculation about his future by telling kicker he has not been in contact with Barcelona and intends to remain at Borussia ...
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Spain Meets Maximum Target at Bill Auction as Yields Increase
Spain met its upper goal at a sale of bills today as borrowing costs rose ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders. The Madrid-based Treasury sold 3.51 billion euros ($4.52 billion) of bills, compared with an upper target of 3.5 billion euros. It sold three-month bills at an average 0.331 percent today, compared with 0.12 percent on April 23. It sold nine-month debt at 0.789 percent, ...
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FOOTBALL Spanish attempt 100 years ago to form National team to play Gibraltar
By Leo OliveroHow ironic can issues sometimes turn out? After nearly 15 years of Spanish hassle and aggravation over the ...
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Import of Spanish poultry products banned
(27 mins ago) Poultry and products, including eggs, from Catalonia has been banned after a notification from the World Organization of Animal Health about an outbreak of low-pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza on a poultry farm in the Spanish province, the Center for Food Safety announced today. About 4,600 tonnes of frozen poultry meat was imported into Hong Kong from Spain last year, the center ...
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Spain gives Mourinho backhanded compliments
(1 hr 6 mins ago) Spain's press bid a caustic farewell Tuesday to self-anointed Special One Jose Mourinho, jeering his divisive three-tear reign at Real Madrid and his failure to win more silverware. "The Special End'' ran the front page headline of top-selling sports paper Marca, superimposed on a photograph of a football shirt being held up by Mourinho and club president ...
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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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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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