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Spanish news, aggregated from the best available sources in English.
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Britons die after contracting Legionnaires' disease in Spain BBC News Three British men have died and three more people are in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain. The pensioners died after staying at the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe, Costa Blanca, Saga Holidays said. Two Brits die after contracting Legionnaires disease in Spain Three British pensioners die after Legionnaires' Disease outbreak 'at Spanish ... Three die of Legionnaire's disease in Spain |
Can Josh be the Wizard in Oz? This Is Wiltshire By Steve Butt » WRAG Barn's Josh Loughrey is heading Down Under after coming back from the Costa Ballena Quadrangular Tournament empty-handed. Representing England A at the prestigious Spanish event, Loughrey notched a win and a draw in his three ... |
Benidorm Now! iPhone and Android App is the Number 1 In Your Pocket Travel Guide Response Source (press release) Mel Castle an ex-pat Brit living near Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca has designed a smartphone and tablet application for tourists and everyone else interested in Benidorm. Benidorm Now! Is a new App for iPhone, iPad, iTouch and all Android phones ... |
Andalucia: Sunny Southern Spain Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine Sadly, this extraordinarily diverse region of southern Spain is often ignored by travellers who visit the beaches and resorts along the sunny Mediterranean coast—the well-known Costa del Sol—or limit themselves to Madrid and Barcelona. |
EURO GOVT-Spain under pressure after auction; Greece eyed Reuters * Spanish yield rise signals rally may be slowing * France finds firm demand at 8 bln euro bond sale * Greek talks dominate market backdrop By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and Kirsten Donovan LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Spain's yields rose on Thursday after the ... |
![]() A Place in the Sun | Waiting lists for Spanish properties A Place in the Sun Property in Spain is proving so popular with overseas buyers that many developments are having to instate waiting lists in order to allocate apartments. At the bank-owned Vera Playa Sol development in Costa Almeria – dubbed Spain's “Best key-ready buy” ... |
![]() Daily Mail | Spain and Sri Lanka cheapest breaks The Press Association A basket of typical holiday items, including drinks and suntan lotion, was less than £28 in Sri Lanka and just under £38 on Spain's Costa del Sol, the survey by Post Office Travel Money found. The same eight items, including a three-course evening meal ... Costa lot less! Holidays in Spain on the rise as prices at resorts drop by 40% Spain cheaper for holiday spending than five years ago Spain set to become 2012 holiday hotspot |
![]() Tennis World - the place for Tennis News and Tennis Tournament | ATP - Nadal denies tax evasion Tennis World - the place for Tennis News and Tennis Tournament ... Nadal's agent, Carlos Costa, said in a statement. "Since the start of his career Rafa has always wanted to maintain his residence in Spain and that's the way it has been, reaffirming his commitment as a Spaniard on, as well as off, the court. |
European Tour announces return of Open de Andalucía at Aloha Golf Club in Spain bettor.com (blog) European Tour season is warming up as the tour coordinating committee announced on Tuesday, January 31 that he 2012 Open de Andalucía will be returning to Aloha Golf Club on Spain's Costa del Sol after a lapse of three years. Spain has been one of the ... |
Audi S8 gets new technology for 2012 Toronto Star Costa Mouzouris Special to the Star ELCIEGO, SPAIN—During a tour of a wine cellar at of one of Spain's oldest wineries, I still couldn't get my head around something I'd learned earlier in the day: The new Audi S8 uses speakers as engine mounts. |
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A recent study published by a British Service Comparison Website – U-Switch – states that, in the terms of quality of life, Ireland and Britain comes rock bottom, even though these two countries enjoys the highest average income in Europe. At the top of the index we find Spain.
19 different factors was assessed, in this study, that is affecting quality of life, ranging from working and income conditions to healthcare, education and the cost of living. Even having the highest average income in Europe, Brits pays between up to 18 per cent more for fuel and 49 per cent more for gas, topped by soaring high housing costs and food prices. According to the European Quality of Life Index, the Brits have the shortest holidays, lowest life expectancy and latest retirement age. (Statistics from ten European countries). Coming in last in the Index, from U-switch, is Ireland even worse off than The Brits. "We may earn substantially more than our European neighbors but when it comes to quality of life we remain the sick man of Europe," said Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy at U-Switch. "Soaring food prices and inflation, not to mention high property costs, are placing the biggest squeeze on disposable incomes in well over a decade," she added, noting also below-average investment in health and education services. The Spaniards have the lowest average income in Europe, but essential goods are far cheaper and the tax lower. Spain has 36 public holidays a year, compared to 28 in Britain. And while Spain has the most sunshine hours in Europe, Britain and Ireland has the fewest. The Spanish also have a longer life expectancy, making it to almost 80 years on average. Maybe free time has a greater value than income does; at least that is what is concluded in this survey!
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