Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip in protest
Flight attendants owed up to nine months’ wages by a grounded Spanish airline have posed nude for a calendar to draw attention to their plight, one of the cabin crew turned models said on Wednesday. The calendar, More...
Up to £175 off Directline Holidays
Avoid the soaring cost of holidays during the summer school holiday period and save with our special family discount. We already offer up to £100 off holidays booked online with directline holidays. On top of this, More...
Earthquake: A Coruña
Summary: Magnitude ML 2.9 Region SPAIN Date time 2010-03-31 at 05:48:56.8 UTC Location 43.48 N ; 7.29 W Depth 20 km Distances 93 km E A coruña (pop 242,619 ; local time 07:48 2010-03-31) 32 km SE Viveiro (pop 15,400 More...
Red Light Camera Issuing Tickets On Yellow
The city of Madrid, Spain has been issuing red light camera tickets to drivers who entered an intersection while the light was yellow, not red. The European Motorists Association (AEA) uncovered the serious miscalibration More...
Joblessness in Spain will rise to 19.4 percent in 2010
The unemployment rate in Spain will rise to 19.4 percent this year and 19.7 percent in 2011, the country´s central bank has said. Job creation will not start until the “final quarters” of 2011, the More...
19 Sailors rescued from sinking vessel off Spain
At least 19 Filipino seafarers who were aboard a cargo vessel that sank off Spain are safe, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. Radio dzBB´s Allan Gatus reported that DFA spokesman Eduardo Malaya More...
Renault-Nissan in deal with Spain’s Acciona for electric cars
Automakers Renault and Nissan signed a deal with Spanish energy and infrastructure group Acciona on Tuesday to market electric cars in the country, the three companies announced. Under the agreement signed in Madrid, More...
WATER GOOD WEEK!
The Junta de Andalucía says there are more than 150 cubic hectometres held underground after the recent rains, some 90% of the capacity, according to data from the Junta delegate for the environment, Remedios More...
RELEASED FROM PRISON THANKS TO TRADITION!
A man, who was serving a three and a half year prison sentence for defrauding clients of his insurance business out of four million pesetas between 1993 and 1995, is the person to be pardoned this year thanks to More...
BRIT HUNTED AFTER HIT RUN ON DIPLOMAT
A 70-year diplomat was knocked to the ground by the driver of a car with British number plates, who then fled the scene. The expat is now being hunted after the hit and run against the Belgian consul on Costa del More...
MURDER VICTIM IN CAR BOOT
A Renault Laguna belonging to a resident of Coín who reported it stolen at the start of the year revealed a grizzly secret when it was found last week. The body of a man, thought to be about 65 years old, More...
16 dead on the roads in the first phase of Operation Easter
16 people have been killed in 14 fatal accidents on the roads this weekend, coinciding with the first phase of the special traffic operation on the occasion of the Easter holidays. In the 14 accidents, 7 people More...
“Equality between men and women is inseparable…”
The President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, closed the 5th Spain-Africa “Women for a Better World” Conference in Valencia on Sunday, where he made a commitment not to reduce aid for development More...
Tesla Delivers First Car in Spain
Tesla Motors has delivered its first car to a customer in Spain, and the new owner charges his Roadster exclusively with renewable energy. Amsterdam native Otto Poldermans is a founding investor in Solar Hydro Solutions, More...
Spain tops for holiday ailments
As many as 20% of British tourists taking the plane to Spain end up with tummy pain and other ailments, a survey has shown. Spain tops the list of countries in which UK holidaymakers fall ill, the survey by health More...
Princess Sofia Regatta kicks off in Palma, Spain
Tom Ashley (NZL) Yachting NZ Racing is underway for members of the NZL Sailing Team competing at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2010 Regatta in Palma de Majorca, Spain, the opener on the 2010 Olympic class More...
Euromillions Results – 26th March 2010
Euromillions Results – 26th March 2010 This weeks Euromillions numbers are: You can dramatically increase your chances of winning the jackpot with our proven syndicate system. Click below to read more. To More...
Cuttlefish seen laying eggs on a seahorse off Spain
It is the curious incident of the cuttlefish and seahorse in the daytime. Biologists diving in the seas off Spain witnessed a European cuttlefish laying its eggs on a passing seahorse, which then swims away, eggs More...
Spain arrests euro counterfeiters
Spanish police have smashed a counterfeiting ring that fed around 30,000 euros in forged notes into the economy each week, arresting nine mainly Spaniards and Senegalese, police said Friday. The network was “one More...
Spanish Word of the Day
Spanish: la compra English: shopping Sample: hacer la compra to do the shopping Quiero comprarme unos zapatos I want to buy a pair of shoes For a great Spanish course, easy to use with good results, try this one. More...
