News from throughout Spain including the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Barcelona, Madrid, Almeria, Murcia
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President Sanchez's autobiography sales will help the homeless7: |
February 23rd, 2019
PRESIDENT Pedro Sánchez plans to donate all proceeds from the sale of his recently-launched book to the homeless.
“It’s my truth,” the socialist leader said of his work of non-fiction, Manual de ...
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Paternity to leave to equal maternity by January 2021: |
February 23rd, 2019
PATERNITY leave will rise to three months from next year and to four months by January 1, 2021 if the existing socialist government wins the elections this coming April, meaning men and women will be able to take the same amount of paid ...
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Toll motorway swansong: AP-41 next to pass into State hands: |
February 22nd, 2019
THE State officially took over running the AP-41 Madrid-Toledo motorway at midnight tonight (Thursday), which joins the AP-7 Alicante ringroad and Cartagena (Murcia) to Vera (Almería), plus the M-12 Madrid airport link road and ...
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Catalunya shutdown: General strike and mass protests: |
February 21st, 2019
PROTESTS in Catalunya today (Thursday) have led to major roads and city-centre routes being blocked, 37 people injured including 12 police officers, and three arrested.
Pro-secession group CDR barricaded roads, and several ...
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Ed Sheeran: "Real Madrid, please sign me up": |
February 21st, 2019
BRITISH singer Ed Sheeran says Real Madrid CF should sign him up - after he discovered how bad he was at playing football.
Celebrating his 28th birthday whilst on tour in Brazil, Ed - who comes from the ...
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Summer in February? Mercury to soar to 28ºC: |
February 20th, 2019
A FREAK hot spell rarely seen in February - the coldest month of Spain’s year - is on its way, with temperatures reaching almost 30ºC in parts during the day, according to the State meteorological agency, ...
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Telefonica to sell its executive aircraft for €20m: |
February 20th, 2019
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Telefónica has just put its luxury airline up for sale for between US$21.9 million and US$22.9m (19.3m to 20.2m).
Once the largest aircraft owner in the IBEX 35 - Spain’s ...
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Nationwide Vodafone shutdown may continue until Thursday: |
February 19th, 2019
VODAFONE has gone down across the whole of Spain, leaving customers offline, according to IT technicians in the operator’s customer service department.
The announcement came at 11.40 this morning (Tuesday) and the ...
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Spanish citizenship testing for applicants who cannot read or write: |
February 19th, 2019
TAKING Spanish nationality normally involves a language exam and a multiple-choice test on Constitution, culture and society to show ‘integration’, and both are relatively simple: only 15 correct answers out of a total of 25 ...
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Cantabria ablaze: 15 fires out of 32 still burning, but no risk to residents: |
February 18th, 2019
BY WORKING round the clock since the early hours of this morning (Monday), Cantabria firefighters have extinguished over half of the mass infernos reported in the northern coastal region in just one day.
At the time of ...
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Spanish MEPs visiting Venezuela deported at Maduro's orders: |
February 18th, 2019
VENEZUELAN former president Nicolás Maduro has expelled European Members of Parliament (MEPs) from the country after they travelled to Caracas to meet with new leader Juan Guaidó.
Spain’s Esteban ...
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Spanish military craft orders British ships out of Gibraltar's waters: |
February 18th, 2019
A FRESH incident in the bilateral tug-of-war over Gibraltar sparked fury among the Rock’s government yesterday (Sunday) when Spanish Naval officers ordered British trade ships to leave the port.
Although Spain recognises ...
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Spain's political challenges for 2019: Brexit, refugees, climate change…: |
February 17th, 2019
GENERAL elections aside, Spain’s role on the global political stage is set to be more crucial than ever in 2019 - and, especially in terms of its membership of the European Union, the country will be ‘very much in ...
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