Spain
Experto de la ONU en pobreza visitará España en misión de investigación
Philip Alston's 12-day tour will analyze topics such as housing, educatio…
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Queen Letizia
Catalans say no to independence, but... / Spain picks Basque language film for Oscars / Felipe & Letizia vs William & Kate
My latest Spain related posts at Newsvine : Spain Chooses Basque-Language Fi…
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Zapatero
Is Pedro Solbes misreading, or misleading? That is the question.
In case anyone who follows this blog hasn't guessed by now, I have very lit…
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Translation
South Pole Unlimited = Polo Sur Sin Limites
The Spanish savings bank La Caixa's Social Service foundation is sponsoring…
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Weather in Spain
Sunny Barcelona? Often, but certainly not always!
In all my time in Barcelona, I had never seen the local beaches closed until re…
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Zapatero
Minimum Wage Spain = Salario M�nimo Espa�a
Some years ago I asked a Spanish colleague what the minimum wage was here and w…
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Zapatero
The Spanish Constitution is 30 years old
It's a typical Constitution Day - Immaculate Conception "puente"…
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Valencia
100,000 protest against English classes in Valencia!
The largest street protest in Valencia since 2003's march against the War i…
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Nudity
Bicycling News: Yesterday Hundreds; Today Thousands
YESTERDAY - Nude Cycling Demonstrations: . Hundreds of �ciclonudistas� (nude cy…
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Zapatero
Crisis? What crisis?
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero finally presented his new g…
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Spanish constitution
Happy Birthday Bicing!
Bicing , Barcelona's public bicycle sharing system, marked its one year ann…
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Spanish economy
Bad news: Barcelona 20; Madrid 24
This was the "score" that made headlines here last week, but it wasn&…
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Spain
STOP TIPPING SO MUCH! Spain's Economy Minister says Spanish public doesn't know the value of a euro
At 4.1%, Spain's inflation rate is currently higher than other euro zone co…
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Tourists
Interesting results from Spanish surveys, studies, reports, etc.
GUESS WHICH WORLD LEADER SPANIARDS CONSIDER TO BE THE WORST. If you guessed US…
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Venezuela
Annus horribilis for the Spanish Royal Family
I don't believe the Spanish Royal Family has been in the news this much sin…
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USA
Interesting difference in Spain and US newspaper coverage of the same story
There has been a story in the news recently that today I saw mentioned for the …
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Zapatero
The day after the National Day of Spain / El d�a despues del D�a Nacional de Espa�a
Headlines in all of Spain's daily papers today focused on the fact that Pri…
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Weather in Spain
I'm back -- and the weather's fine -- but a little worrying.
Well, another August has gone by and September begun. It was a nice month -- a …
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USA
Globalization: The BBC pays Spanish speakers to speak Spanish in America
The British Broadcasting Corporations' BBC Mundo (the Spanish version of …
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Zapatero
Crude Cartoon Controversy or Freedom of Speech Challenge?
Defenders of freedom of the press are up in arms about the forced withdrawal of…
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