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Topics from the Spanish News for your Information and PrayerFebruary 3rd, recent news round-up3 Britons die of legionella in alicante - BBC; see these beautiful photos from a Spanish game park - in the Telegraph; 2nd: Freeze - schools in Catalonia closed; unemployment: Social Security announce claimants up 177,000 or 4%, to 4.6 million - El País, El Mundo graph; El País reports (editorial -ElP is Socialist!) on an abortion 'Counter Reformation' - perhaps they mean Reformation! 1st: Siberian freeze reaches Spain tonight after record breaking warm January - El País; Banco Santander profit down due to money set aside for property losses - El País; 'back-up' of 'Mona Lisa' found at Prado Gallery - Telegraph; court orders galleon treasure to be returned to Spain - Guardian. Other recent news includes: January 28th: Unemployment up to 5.2 million - BBC, full picture from EAPS-pdf; Spanair ceases trading after Qatar dropped bid - 22,000 left stranded over weekend - The Guardian; GNP falls 0.3% in Q4 - full picture from INE - pdf; tobacco sales fell 17% last year - explains some of the shortfall in tax income - <http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=78&newsid=1364|Imperial Interim>, Barcelona traffic fell 3%; Fitch follows S&P downgrade for Spain - BBC. News from the start of January: 4th: More 2011 statistics: unemployment up again - El País, Telegraph; car sales down 18% - El País; new anti-piraacy bill announced - BBC; 2nd: Spain enters New Year with tax hike, income freeze and more budget cuts - Guardian, BBC, EL País - new cuts to be announced Thursday; trials of former presidents of Valencia and Balearics continue - royal son-in-law Urdangarín to face judge in February; 2011 road toll below 1,500 for first time in 50 years; archbishop claims abortion a worse problem than unemployment - El País; holidays to move - religious holidays booked on 15th August, 1st November and 8th December to be moved to a Monday. Earlier news includes: December 29th :Royal Christmas message includes indirect criticism of son-in-law,indicted on corruption charges - El País; King's son-in-law to face trial - BBC; 22nd: El Gordo lottery pays 400,000 to winners - Telegraph; new cabinet sworn in; 21st: Mariano Rajoy swears in as new premier Economist, - ministers announced (see separate article and BBC); 16th: New population figures: 47,190,493 were registered at 1st January 2011; 13th: New Cortes (parliament - Congress and Senate) gathers and elects Jesús Posada as Congress speaker; 12th: Spain tops world youth unemployment - BBC, BBC graph (click 2010); beam-up pizzas! Air Europa to serve Telepizza; Royal son-in-law Urdangarín reproached by king for unexemplary business activity - leading to court case for corruption - Telegraph, El País -apology; Ourense, Galicia, to get new Norman Foster high speed AVE rail station - El Mundo. Earlier news headlines: click here. |