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ETA Ceasefire Could be Near as Basque Tourism Flourishes
Tourists are strolling on beach promenades and filling outdoor cafes in Spain’s Basque region, where burning cars and screaming police sirens now seem only a distant nightmare. The region received more than 250,000 tourists in July, the highest number in one month since comparable statistics began to be compiled in 1992. Local officials attribute the [...]
Wanted Russian Nightclub Owner Arrested in Spain
Investigators in Spain have arrested a suspect from Russia in connection with a fire that killed 156 people in a nightclub in Russia in 2009, the Spanish National Police said today. Authorities in Spain arrested Konstantin Mrykhin, who was the commercial director of a nightclub in Perm, Russia where fireworks triggered a fire and panic [...]
Spanish Summer Road Deaths at a 50 Year Low
Spanish traffic police who are issuing fewer speeding fines to protest a pay cut have been told to cut it out despite there being few deaths on Spanish roads during the summer season since 1962. Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba gave no figures, but says the number of fines is definitely down since Civil Guard [...]
Zapatero: Workers Need to be Flexible, Like in Germany
Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said today that his nation needed to accept temporary pain for a better economic future, but said Spanish workers were often unwilling to be flexible. “All countries make sacrifices today for a better tomorrow,” he told a press conference in Tokyo when asked how he will sell unpopular [...]
X-Factor Contestants Wreck Marbella Villa
It is not the sort of behaviour likely to impress the boss ahead of the big interview but rowdy UK X-Factor contestants have taken all 15 minutes of their future careers into their own hands by ruining Simon Cowell’s rented luxury villa in Spain. The music mogul was left furious after the wannabes caused thousands [...]
Budget Deficit in Spain Drops by 48%
Spain’s budget deficit narrowed 48% year-on-year in the first seven months of the year after the government’s austerity measures started working. According to a statement released by the Economy Ministry, the deficit totaled € 25.77 billion, or 2.44% of the country’s gross domestic product. A year ago, the deficit was € 49.8 billion or 4.73% [...]
Spain: Increase in Warmer Days Compared to Rest of World
Given the impact of climatic extremes on agriculture and health in Spain, researchers at the University of Salamanca (USAL) have analysed the two factors most representative of these thermal extremes between 1950 and 2006 – warm days and cold nights. The results for mainland Spain show an increase in the number of warm days greater [...]
Telefonica Changes Focus Away from Acquisitions
Spain’s Telefonica plans to focus on developing new internet services and growing its business organically, after nearly a decade of aggressive acquisitions, its chief executive officer said late yesterday. “One of Telefonica’s strategic priorities is to set up a global division to develop and implement new internet products and services,” CEO Julio Linares told journalists [...]
Britons Arrested After Drug Bust in Ibiza
As many as 24 Britons are being held by police after a major operation against drug traffickers in Ibiza. Officers from Spain’s paramilitary police force targeted organised British gangs who were operating from houses on the Spanish island’s west coast, in the holiday resort of San Antonio. They seized cocaine, ecstasy pills and other drugs. [...]
Contrasting Start to League for Barcelona and Madrid
Jose Mourinho made a poor start to his spell as Real Madrid coach yesterday, with a dull 0-0 draw away to well drilled Mallorca. Earlier on Sunday, Barcelona had kicked off their campaign to retain the Liga title with an emphatic 3-0 win away to Racing Santander, with handsome goals from Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta [...]
Grand Opening of Spain’s First Apple Stores Announced
Following a long wait, Apple has at last scheduled grand openings for the first two Apple Stores in Spain. Launching on September 4th at 10AM is the La Maquinista outlet, situated in Barcelona. Normal operating hours are scheduled for 10AM to 10PM Monday through Saturday. The second store is opening in the Xanadu shopping centre [...]
2nd Quarter Results Continue Spanish Economic Growth Trend
Spain confirmed its recovery from recession on Thursday with a 0.2 percent growth in the second quarter, as released in official data today. The figure, which confirmed provisional data issued by the National Statistics Institute (INE) earlier this month, follows growth of 0.1 percent in the first quarter, when Spain emerged from recession. On a [...]
Hostages Freed After Government Allegedly Pays €7m Ransom
The two Spanish aid workers that were freed by Al-Qaeda’s North African offshoot on Tuesday are reported to have been released after payment of a ransom of millions of euros. The Spanish government expressed delight at the release of Albert Vilalta, 35, and Roque Pascual, 50, who were seized in Mauritania on November 29th, but [...]
Spanish Tourism Figures up 4.5% in July
Spain’s government says the nation’s tourist arrivals rose by 4.5 percent in July, the biggest year-on-year increase in more than two years. The tourism ministry says about 7 million tourists arrived last month, the third consecutive month of increase. But the ministry also said Monday that 30 million foreign tourists arrived in the first seven [...]
Dangers of “Balconing” Craze in Spain
A young mother has made an emotional appeal for help in bringing her stranded partner home after he broke his back when a holiday prank went wrong. Timmy Russell, from Hartlepool in the United Kingdom, broke three bones between his neck and spine after jumping off a bridge into a swimming pool during a lads [...]

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