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Spain police arrest 36 youths for suspected Eta links
At least 36 people have been arrested overnight in Spain as part of a police operation against a banned youth group linked to radical Basque separatism. Officers raided a number of properties in the Basque region and the neighbouring province of Navarra. They were reportedly acting on documents seized earlier this year after the arrest [...]
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Bull injures two in Spain at Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz film location
Filming for Knight & Day was to have begun tomorrow in Cadiz, Spain, but permission has been suspended by the Cadiz mayor’s office after two women were injured today by bulls that were part of the movie's local production. Although the women’s injuries were characterized as “slight,” the mayor’s office told the Diario de Cadiz [...]
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Will There Be Justice for the Victims of El Salvador’s Jesuit Massacre?
On the 20th anniversary of the Jesuits Massacre, the Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA), the international human rights organization which initiated the criminal case in Spain against those responsible for the massacre, brought a delegation of leaders from the human rights, legal and Jesuit communities, to show the new government that civil society in [...]
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Violence as Nick Griffin attends rally in Spain
The MEP and British national Party leader was a special guest at the meeting held by the Spanish far-Right National Democracy Party at a central Madrid hotel on Saturday. Spanish police detained 28 people when a riot started between youth members of the rival ultra-right Patriotic Socialist Movement after they were denied access to the [...]
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EXPATS ENTITLED TO €944 MILLION TAX REFUND
A possible 90,000 British expats who have sold their holiday home in Spain at some point in the past 12 years could now be owed thousands of pounds by the Spanish tax authority.
In a landmark legal case The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled t…
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Teacher in Court for giving 100 lines
A teacher of sixth grade public school in Alicante Llorca Juan Bautista has been judged by a lack of harassment and other abuse by punishing a student who had done their homework. The Secretary of Labour Health Fete-UGT-PV, Francisco Crespo, has described as “highly exaggerated” and “misplaced” the case. The teacher was reported by the [...]
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Euromillions Results – 20th November 2009
This weeks Euromillions numbers are: If you´re luck enough to get 3 numbers or more then you´ve won something. The prize breakdown is below:
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BRITISH DETECTIVES SEARCH FOR MAN IN ALICANTE
Multilingual posters and flyers are to be distributed across Alicante in the hope of tracing a man wanted by British Detectives in connection with a multi million pound heroin smuggling operation. Shashi Dhar Sahnan (51), who is subject to a European Arrest Warrant, is wanted in connection with the importation of significant quantities of high [...]
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Time is ticking for Trampolin Hills buyers
Following the shock to many British and international off-plan buyers of the liquidation of the previously considered safe Trampolin Hills property company, time is now quickly running out for let down purchasers to register their claim with the administrators. Many people were affected by the failure of the company and the number of claimants is [...]
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The Government and the private sector to develop and implement electric vehicles in Spain
The Ministry of Industry, the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), car manufacturers and auxiliary-car industries, energy and energy infrastructure companies, as well as information and communication technology (ICT) companies have all signed a Memorandum stating all the stakeholders’ tasks. They have all decided to create a working team made up by the representatives [...]
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Warning – GPS can grass you up!
Police officers arrested a couple on Wednesday, after they had allegedly stolen food from a supermarket. Staff at the store alerted police who gave pursuit and stopped the vehicle they were travelling in. Upon investigation, officers found goods, mostly cheese, thought to value in the region of around 3.000€ in the vehicle, being driven by [...]
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Influenza A has claimed 115 people living in Spain
Twenty-seven people have died in the last week of causes related to the H1N1 virus. A total of 115 people have died so far in Spain for causes related to influenza A, twenty-seven more than the previous week, as reported Thursday the Ministry of Health and Social Policy, which has indicated that the mortality rate [...]
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CGT refund for Brits in Spain
British subjects who have bought and sold property in Spain could be eligible for a tax refund. Under Spanish taxation legislation applicable at the time, foreign owners who had been in possession of their property for more than a year who then sold up were obliged to pay 35% on any capital gain they had [...]
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Compromised credit cards under investigation in Spain
A major credit card scam may have emerged in Spain. It has been suggested that visitors to Spain, using Visa or Mastercard, may have had their card data compromised. In Germany, as many as 100,000 cards have reportedly been recalled after Spanish police investigated a credit card processing company, believed to possibly be at the [...]
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Man hunted over double killing in pub
Police have identified the dangerous man being hunted over a double killing in a packed pub in Greater Manchester. Marcus Rico Callaghan, 25, from Manchester, is believed to have returned to the UK from Spain and detectives want to question him over the shooting in the Brass Handles pub in Salford in March 2006. Police [...]
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Fall of Spanish economy slowing
The interannual decrease of the Gross Domestic Product has also slowed down slightly, reaching 4%, two decimals less than during the second quarter The quarterly investments in equipment goods have improved slightly (+1.9%), and the fall of domestic consumption has clearly decreased (-0.1%) Work productivity increased, reaching 3.4% The negative growth rates of Spanish economy [...]
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Foreign citizens registered on the Social Security totalled 1,892,298 in October
The Ministry of Labour and Immigration has announced today the data corresponding to the foreign nationals’ registration in the Social Security corresponding to October 2009. These data are broken down by autonomous regions, provinces, economic sectors and countries of origin. The data regarding Social Security beneficiaries who are self-employed are also shown.
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Salud! The More Spanish Men Drink, the Lower Their Heart Risk
Alcohol, blamed for social ills ranging from liver disease to disorderly behavior, turns out to also lower the risk of heart illness in men. And the more they drink, the lower their risk, a study in Spain found. The study of more than 41,000 adults, published in the journal Heart, found that regularly drinking alcohol [...]
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Spain’s ONO struggles
Spain's main cable operator Ono's EBITDA improved 3.5% helped by a lowering of the company's in the first nine months this year. Despite struggling to maintain subscribers because of Spain's economic crisis the operator said its EBITDA was €541 million in that period thanks to tight control over expenses and to lower capital expenditure. ONO [...]