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“Spain is becoming a hard place for organised immigration crime to operate” UK Border Agency officers and the Guardia Civil have arrested a total of 19 people in the UK and Spain as part of a major international investigation into a suspected organised crime gang involved in people smuggling. Operation…
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A FIRST EDITION, untrimmed and unopened copy of Federico García Lorca’s book Impresiones y paisajes has been sold for £7,500 (€9,300) at Bonhams auction in London. It was expected to fetch just £6,000, but its rarity meant that the final bidder paid 25 per cent more than it was predicted…
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THE go-ahead for 26 international projects aimed at assuring compliance with Kyoto protocol has been given by the Spanish Government. Among the new initiatives being funded are wind farms in developing countries, including India, Mexico and Tunisia. The schemes will allow Spain to reduce its CO2 emissions by 3.8million tons…
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A LOCAL author has criticised the parents of Madeleine McCann for using money meant to find the missing girl to fund libel cases. “To use the cash collected for finding Madeleine to silence intelligent criticism and research is criminal in itself,” said Brian Deller, from Malaga. His comments came after a…
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CRISTIANO RONALDO’S smashed-up Ferrari is now up for sale on eBay. The Real Madrid football player reportedly crashed the sports car into a wall in the UK in January 2009 during his time with Manchester United. He was on his way to Carrington football ground for a training session at…
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The revamped statue of Pope John Paul II was unveiled on Monday. The first one was widely criticized by the public and the Vatican when it was first unveiled in May 2011 as looking more like Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini than the Polish pope. Artist Oliviero Rainaldi said he was…
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Top 20 ‘soft power’ countries in the world 2012 1) Great Britain2) United States of America3) Germany4) France5) Sweden6) Japan7) Denmark8) Switzerland9) Australia10) Canada11) South Korea12) Norway13) Finland14) Italy15) The Netherlands16) Spain17) Brazil18) Austria19) Belgium20) Turkey Click here to listen to this year's report Top 20…
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THE decision on the extradition of an alleged ETA terrorist arrested in London last August on a European arrest warrant is to be made by a British judge on December 12. Kemen Uranga Artola, 43, is wanted by the Spanish National Court for a possible criminal collaboration with terrorists. He…
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A SPANISH tourist died trying to board a plane in Rome. The deceased was late for his flight from Ciampino airport to Bari in southern Italy, at around 7am. He jumped through boarding security controls to get to the runway, but Ryanair staff refused to let him onboard as he…
SPAIN is still one of the most popular places to buy a property abroad, despite ongoing financial problems. France tops the list of the HiFX Property Hotspots report, with 23 per cent of potential British buyers. This is 12 per cent down from March’s survey which found 35 per cent were…
AN alleged member of Basque terrorist group ETA was arrested in Liverpool (UK). Raul Angel Fuentes Villota is originally from Bilbao and has been wanted since 1995. He is believed linked to several murders in Spain.Fuentes was jailed in 1991 for attempting to plant a bomb on a police officer’s…
SINGER James Blunt has hit back after he was linked to an offshore banking scandal along with other celebrities. Last week, his name appeared countless British expats on a list of more than 4,000 HSBC’s offshore clients believed linked to more than €870million hidden in the tax haven of Jersey.…
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IT is time for the second grand meteor shower of the year. The first was the Perseids back in August. For those who missed that, the Leonids peak this weekend. They have been visible for much of November, but the best nights for viewing are predicted to be tomorrow (Saturday…
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AN oil painting from Malaga-born Pablo Picasso, featuring his mistress alongside tulips and fruit - "Nature morte aux tulipes" - sold for $41.5 million (€32.6 million) at Sotheby’s in New York. The pre-sale estimate for the work had been between $35 and 50 million (€27.5 – 39.3 million).
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SPAIN will today (Thursday) get back to normal while counting the cost of yesterday's General Strike. Workers, the unemployed, teachers and students took to the streets to protest at austerity plans in the face of the present economic crisis. Yesterday´s strike came just eight months after the last Spanish General Strike…
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