Monday, 19 March 2012

Spain's Unicaja, Caja Espana savings banks merge

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Spanish regional savings banks Unicaja and Caja Espana have merged following the government's recent requirement that banks raise substa...
Saturday, 17 March 2012

Health board owed £130k for treatment of foreign nationals

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FOREIGN nationals not entitled to free treatment are said to owe Swansea Bay's ABM University Health Board more than £130,000 — the seco...

Spanish state will need outside help – or even go bankrupt.

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  If the negative development in the Spanish housing market continues, it can – worst case – lead to renewed concern over that the Spanish s...

Police plans to fire rubber bullets in London

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  Scotland Yard authorised the deployment of rubber bullets ready for use on the streets of London 22 times in the past two years, The Indep...
Friday, 16 March 2012

Spain Approves Canary Islands Oil Exploration

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The Spanish government approved Friday a controversial permit to explore for oil offshore the Canary Islands, in an area that could become b...

Spain's public debt soars to record high

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Spain's public debt soared to a record high at the end of 2011, Bank of Spain figures showed Friday, as Madrid struggled to slash costs ...

Cadíz second bridge delayed until at least 2013

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The Ministry for Development has announced a delay in the opening of the second road bridge into Cádiz which will now not be open to traffic...

Place your bets on Euro Vegas

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IT MAY just be the single largest contrarian bet in the euro zone. Sheldon Adelson, a casino tycoon, is expected soon to choose between Madr...
Thursday, 15 March 2012

55 security guards arrested with fake qualifications

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  55 false security guards working in sensitive positions have been arrested in Madrid, Toledo, Cuenca and Badajoz. The National Police arr...

The Spanish Government is to increase the tax on diesel vehicles

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  The Spanish Government has revealed that it wants to increase the tax on diesel vehicles because they ‘contaminate more’. The change will...

The ex Mayor of Alcaucín in Málaga, José Manuel Martin Alba, who was arrested for a second time with seven other people

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The ex Mayor of Alcaucín in Málaga, José Manuel Martin Alba, who was arrested for a second time with seven other people on Tuesday in the ‘T...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Goldman Sachs director quits 'morally bankrupt' Wall Street bank

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  A Goldman Sachs director in London has resigned after publishing a devastating open letter accusing senior staff of being "morally ba...
Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Escaped prisoner Anthony Downes arrested and held in Amsterdam

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  Anthony Downes, who was arrested in Amsterdam, escaped from a prison van while being transported from HMP Manchester to Liverpool Crown Co...

Expats in Spain warned of faulty hip replacements

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Therapist Carol Duquemin, 59, decided to act after being forced to have her hip replacement removed after just four months. Duquemin – whose...

Rebekah Brooks and husband arrested in phone hacking inquiry

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REBEKAH Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating allegations of phone hack...

Dutch activist arrested in Morocco

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  A young Dutch-Moroccan activist was arrested in Morocco on Monday. The Dutch Foreign Ministry has confirmed the detention of Yuba Zalen to...

Revolt in the city of Bni Bouayach in the mountainous area of the Northern Rif in Morocco

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The city of Bni Bouayach in the mountainous area of the Northern Rif in Morocco has been sealed off since Wednesday, March 8. All the repres...

Moroccan appeal court confirmed a death sentence

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A Moroccan appeal court confirmed a death sentence Friday against the mastermind of the April 2011 Marrakesh bombing that killed 17 people, ...

Protests Spread in Morocco's North Rif Mountains

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Anti-government protests in Morocco's impoverished northern Rif mountains are spreading after a second village clashed with police resul...
Monday, 12 March 2012

Leon Max is one of a clutch of rich Russians buying up chunks of Britain. And now, he is is launching an assault on the country's smart set

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Leon Max (right in the first picture) with his gamekeeper-cum-head groundsman Roy Goodger (far left). Katia Elizavora (right) is a model and...