News, October 2010

News from the Churches

Betel association and Madrid City Mission celebrate 25th anniversaries. Micah Challenge comes to Spain. Memorial March in Valladolid recalls 1559 Auto de Fe. Hospital Chaplains official in Madrid. European preachers' conference in Madrid drew 100. OM ship Logos Hope visited the Canaries. New Bible now available. Holy Land Theme Park coming to Mallorca! This and more... Read on! more >>

October 29th, recent news round-up

Bank holiday weekend - severe weather warnings for much of Spain until Monday (All Saints, 4.4 million special trips expected; unemployment fell below 20% in third quarter (EAPS figures) - BBC; inflation (Advance HCPI) rises to 2.2%; Iberia announces return to profit, as does BA - BBC; Rafa Nadal becomes too expensive for Mallorca tourist board - he will not be present in the World travel Market or advertise Balearic islands next year, but Turespaña might sign him; former communist and union leader Marcelino Camacho dies; 28th: National Court sends civil service pay cut to Constitutional Tribunal - its legality has been questioned; man found innocent of rape, gets over half million Euros compensation for his 13 years in jail - he is currently disabled and on the bread line; last Pyrenean bear dies - Telegraph; 27th: Moslem youths riot over employment opportunities in Melilla (Spanish enclave in North Africa); First Question Time with new cabinet; temperatures recover from early freeze... but another bout of bad weather is forecast for the weekend - another bank holiday on Monday 1st; Social Security still in surplus, but 20% below last year, State deficit cut by 42% in 9 months; BBVA bank profit down 12%, low cost airline Vueling up 24% - in first 3 quarters; Argentinian judge offers to try Civil War crimes - Guardian; father-in-law of Madrid's regional president Esperanza Aguirre dies of Legionnaires' disease - and one other, 29 affected; 26th: Barcelona to see November launch of Ara newspaper, modelled on Independent's 20p 'i'; 3.4% less mortgages signed in August - shows slowing in fall of home sales; Treasury gains 260 million from confessed Swiss bank accounts; Spain holds at 30th place on Corruption Index; 382,000 Spanish PCs taken over by botnets between January and July, making Spain the worst zombie case in Europe; road-side prostitutes must wear reflective jackets - BBC; Ecuadorian beats Spaniards at Siesta - Telegraph; 29 suffer Legionnaires disease outbreak in Madrid. more >>

Sport headlines

First round of Cup - Madrid draw and Barça win. Lorenzo takes MotoGP championship in Malaysia, Elías or MotoGP. Marc Coma world champion of Raids. Women win bronze in basketball world cup. Alonso wins in South Korea - 3rd in 4 races. Nadal wins Tokyo, Ferrer 2nd in Beijing. Vincenzo Nibali wind Vuelta. Basketball world cup: Spain reached 1/4 final to be beaten by Serbia. July saw Spain's best ever month for sport. Spain win 1st World Cup. Nadal wins 2nd Wimbledon. Contador wins 3rd Tour. more >>

November media focus on Barcelona

The Sagrada Familia Cathedral - as seen by Spiderman!

This November sees two important events in Barcelona for the media. On 7th Pope Benedict will open the Sagrada Familia cathedral. On 28th there are regional elections in Catalonia. more >>

AVE tunnel passes Sagrada Familia Cathedral

15th October. Reports from Barcelona say that the machines tunnelling below the city have passed within metres of the famous Sagrada Familia Cathedral, due to be consecrated by Pope Benedict in November. It is coincidental that this news comes the same day that the Gotthard Base tunnel broke through below the Alps in Switzerland, but both events speak for substantial and rapid economic and social change in Europe, overseen by a rather sedentary Christian scene. more >>