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Learn Spanish 9. Future Simple “Verb To Be”
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Children Learn Spanish ABC ‘s QUICKLY! Sample2
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Spain: DTT share passes analogue
Spain’s DTT audience is expanding according to new government figures. Now the number of DTT viewers is already higher than those who just watch analogue television. Digital channels’ share of viewing is now 1.6% higher than analogue share. Over the last 20 days DTT registered share of 40.2% while analogue television had only 38.6%. The [...]
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3 easy ways to be a “green” wine shopper
As the world continues to embrace “green” options with growing fervor, many wine drinkers find themselves searching for eco-friendly options in the wine world. While the act of making wine is the result of a perfect harmony between land, climate, and vintner, there is an array of standards for the level of greenness used in [...]
Ryanair declares war on internet ticket touts
A German screen-scraping website accused of engaging in unauthorised screen-scraping, or one website’s automatic gathering of the information contained on another website, is to be sued in an Irish court. The German travel website Travelviva AG has been accused by Ryanair of reselling Ryanair flights with unjustified mark-ups and, according to the airline, has refused [...]
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Mallorca combines historic Spain with a beach vacation
Mallorca is the Spain’s largest island; it sits to the west of the mainland in the Mediterranean Sea. It is well known as a European tourist destination, and has rightfully earned its title. Old fashioned train cars still run routes across the island carrying visitors on beautiful tours through mountains, orange and lemon groves, residential [...]
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Extinct rodent species discovered
An international team of scientists has discovered an extinct rodent species, based on fossil tooth remains found in Alborache, Valencia. Eomyops noeliae, from the Eomyidae family, represents the oldest find within this genus in the world. The small number of fossils found has prevented the scientists from the University of Valencia (UV), who have led [...]
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Man dies in wildfire in Spain
A man died in a wildfire Tuesday when flames swept through a house in western Spain, the first civilian death in blazes that also claimed the lives of six Spanish firefighters last week, authorities said. They said the fires that erupted Tuesday in part of the Castilla y Leon region appeared to have been deliberately [...]
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Germans can now grab poolside chairs even earlier
German tourists can now reserve their poolside recliners before they have even left home. The German arm of Thomas Cook, Europe’s second largest travel company, has been deluged with inquiries since announcing that holidaymakers at nine hotels in Turkey, Egypt and the Canary Islands can book recliners in advance for a fee. Germans are famous [...]
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Summer festivals around Valencia
A huge number of festivals and events occur in villages throughout the Valencian Community, during the hot months of August and September. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the highlights. Buñol – La Tomatina August 26th — Everyone knows the Tomatina; when you think of “crazy Spanish fiesta”, the images of thousands of tomato-covered [...]
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25 Arrested for beach robberies in Benidorm
The National Police in Benidorm have arrested twenty-five people accused of theft and robbery, for crimes perpetrated on the beaches and tourist areas, according to police sources. These arrests are the result of an investigation launched in the second half of July to offset the possible increase in such illicit activities, which involved both uniformed [...]
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Baby still-born on beach
A seven month pregnant homeless woman, who lives in a tent in Arrecife Lanzarote, gave birth to a still-born baby on the beach of Los Arenales on the island. The 112 emergency services received a call at around 08:00 from a distressed woman, stating that she was seven months pregnant but had just given birth. [...]
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Spanish resorts on alert after tourists warned of possible Eta attack
The security forces are looking for a white Kangoo, a green Mercedes Vito and a white or green Citroën Berlingo. The weekend tip-off came after the arrests of three Basque terror suspects near Pau in southern France. Eta, the acronym for Basque Homeland and Freedom, has long used France as a base for planning attacks [...]
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Two people arested for having triple the allowed alcohol.
The Guardia Civil have arrested a 30 year old man in Olmedilla de Roa (Burgos), for being three times over the legal permitted limit of alcohol. The individual, whose identitified as ML, was involved in a car accident and after being subjected to arrest for evidence of alcohol, yielded a score of 0,87 milligrams per [...]
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Driver arrested after fatally running over pedestrian in a Torredembarra
The police yesterday arrested a driver of a vehicle, after they fatally hit a pedestrian on the N-340 road in the town of Torredembarra, after losing control of the vehicle, local sources reported today . The events occurred at around 20:20 yesterday at kilometre 1177 of the N-340, at the Miramar camping site. The driver [...]
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Fifteen killed in Spanish roads over the weekend
Fifteen people have been killed on Spanish roads in 15 fatal accidents that occurred between 15:00 on Friday and 24:00 on Sunday, according to the Traffic Department (DGT). In these accidents, three people have been seriously injured and nine others suffered minor injuries. Saturday brought the largest number of casualties on the roads throughout the [...]
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Spanish consumers feel better protected than the European average
More than 3 in 5 trust consumer protection authorities and consumer organisations Public confidence that consumer protection authorities protect their rights increased by 33% since 2006 and is 13% above the European average 74% of Internet shoppers who tried to exchange a good or cancel a contract had no difficulties Only 11% of consumers filed [...]
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Mother and baby die in tragic circumstances
On Friday morning in gaditana de Arcos de la Frontera, Cadiz, Guardia Civil officers attended the tragic scene after a 26 year old female, identified as MIRG, had died after “falling” from a balcony in Plaza del Cabildo, in the town. As a direct result of the incident, officers entered the property of the woman, [...]