tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:48 +0000http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/Spain_News.htmeuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)Blogger953125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-7155954168759346096Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:21:00 +00002009-11-02T11:26:05.625+01:00The Foundation Flemings in the World has announced the celebration of Flemish Day to be held in Altea on Saturday the 7th of november 2009 in the hotel Villa Gadea. The press release sent to Euroresidentes reads as follows: In the elegant hotel Villa Gadea in Altea you can discover during the Flemish Day the Flemish companies and organizations on the Costa Blanca. There are informative stands http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/11/flemish-day-in-altea-costa-blanca.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-1008529449808226991Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:52:00 +00002009-10-26T14:59:04.577+01:00Iberia has cancelled over 430 flights this morning due to the strike called by two major cabin crew trade unions today and tomorrow. Over a third of Iberia's domestic routes have been cancelled and 70 international flights have also been affected by the strike.Passengers expecting to fly from Madrid airport are the worst affected, followed by passengers on flights to and from Barcelona.Domestic http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/10/iberia-strike.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-9015171950602662359Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:59:00 +00002009-10-19T15:02:58.266+02:00A Dutch student aged sixteen died this morning and 25 of her fellow passengers were injured when their bus crashed in the L'Escala exit of the AP-7 motorway in Girona. The coach driver lost control at a bend in the exit road, and the bus turned over.The bus was transporting a group of 60 Dutch students and teachers on a school trip to Calella in Barcelona.Police are still investigating the cause http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/10/student-bus-crash-in-girona.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-6346381565314067891Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-10-07T12:25:32.076+02:00Spanish Health Minister, Trinidad Jiménez, announced this morming that the first batch of swine flu vaccines has reached Spain and that vaccinations will begin in November. She also said that antiviral remedies such as Tamiflu will soon be available once more in chemists.Jimenez said that a final decision regarding the starting date for vaccinations would be agreed according to a proposal to be http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/10/swine-flu-vaccine-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-6193088371831311786Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:23:00 +00002009-10-06T15:35:58.331+02:00The Renault factory in Valladolid will launch Spain's first series of electric cars in 2011.According to a government announcement today, Renault will start to manufacture the electric car on a massive scale in 2011 and will also design a new model to substitute its Modus. Renault has also agreed to develop an environmental friendly engine in 2012 and both the Spanish President, José Luis http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/10/first-electric-car-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-7673618041380784109Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:36:00 +00002009-09-28T12:42:01.996+02:00The US president, Barack Obama, will visit Spain next year in May in order to attend a summit meeting between the EU and US. The meeting will take place on 24th and 25th May in Madrid during the Spanish presidency of the EU.The EU-US summit meeting will be one of the most important dates on Zapatero’s agenda as EU president together with the summit meeting between the EU, the Caribbean and Latin http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/obama-to-visit-spain-in-may-2010.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-57779807931762213Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:42:00 +00002009-09-25T12:46:49.827+02:00Catholic Church in Spain condemns parliament for criticising the Pope The Executive Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) criticised the Spanish parliament yesterday for voting on a motion condemning the Pope and said that this action placed religious freedom in danger. Yesterday the Parliamentary Commission for International Cooperation rejected a motion proposed by the IU-ICV to http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/failure-of-spanish-parliament-motion-to.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-2420780942654694891Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:58:00 +00002009-09-24T17:59:50.246+02:00Recession in EU crisis increases dependency on domestic tourism in Spain The Costa Blanca is more dependent on Spanish tourism than ever before and according to statistics published by the Spanish National Institute for Statistics (INE) 7 out of 10 tourists who stayed in hotels this year in the Costa Blanca were Spanish. Just ten years ago this would have been unthinkable given that in the past http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/spanish-tourist-industry-summer-2009.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-4068278175231694392Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:57:00 +00002009-09-23T09:27:08.040+02:00During an interview with the US news channel CNN the Spanish president, Jose Luis Zapatero, said that there was need for a greater Alliance with moderate Islamists in order to isolate radical, violent followers of Islam. He also defended NATO’s role in Afghanistan talking about ‘global political action’ but at the same time admitted that more troops were needed. Zapatero, who is currently in New http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/zapatero-urges-alliance-with-moderate.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-7398391241615556321Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:24:00 +00002009-09-22T11:43:05.936+02:002009 Third hottest summer in Spain since 1970This summer has been the third hottest on record since 1970 when the State Meteorological Agency began compiling data on temperatures. According to a spokesperson for the agency, Ángel Rivera, this year’s summer temperatures were 1.8 degrees higher than average compared to the average temperature recorded between 1970 and 2000 - in 2003 the temperaturehttp://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/summer-2009-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-1832603845653492617Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:46:00 +00002009-09-21T14:50:31.072+02:00The Spanish president, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is due to arrive in New York later on today for a visit to the US. During his visit he will participate in the 64th session of the UN General Assembly in the UN headquarters in New York and he will also attend the G-20 summit which will be held in Pittsburgh (Pensylvania).On Tuesday Zapatero will attend a high level meeting on climate change http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/spanish-president-in-usa.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-3486675865129214559Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:16:00 +00002009-09-16T08:19:46.793+02:00Proposed withdrawal of tax rebate will affect medium income households the most Despite declarations by Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero denying that medium income households would suffer the most from the government’s proposed increases in income tax the opposite appears to be the case with those on small or medium sized incomes most at risk of losing out. In a simulation carried http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/effects-of-income-tax-reform-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-4430060520448734558Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-09-14T15:45:53.391+02:00Ian McKellen will receive this year’s Donostia award at the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival It has been announced that Sir Ian McKellen (Burnley, England,1939), one of the most important British film, television and theatre actors of his generation will receive the Donostia award at this year’s San Sebastian film festival (18th – 26th September). McKellen will receive the prize at http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/san-sebastian-film-festival-award-to-go.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-1578154910781362435Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:19:00 +00002009-09-11T11:35:59.753+02:00 Berlusconi raised a few eyebrows during a press conference held during the Italian-Spanish summit yesterday. Apart from assuring the press that he was the best President Italy had ever had, he also categorically denied all allegations against him which accuse him of paying a prostitute for sex. He made the extraordinary statements during a press conference which marked the end of the 16th http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/berlusconi-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-7431480926458422995Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:17:00 +00002009-09-10T11:26:45.880+02:00Between 1995 and 2000 all three Basque provinces (Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa) offered tax exemptions to small and medium sized companies who fulfilled certain prerequisites. Up to 300 companies benefited from the policy. However, yesterday the European Court of Justice ruled that these tax cuts are illegal and hamper free competition. The tax exemption was available to companies during their http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/illegality-of-basque-tax-cuts-confirmed.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-4455623750570489164Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:53:00 +00002009-09-08T12:02:10.592+02:00The Signes Foundation launches Designpedia, an online Spanish design encyclopaedia, wiki-style The Signes Foundation has created a platform similar to that of the concept of a free online encyclopaedia established by Wikipedia. Designpedia consists of a website specializing in Spanish industrial and graphic design. In the same way as Wikipedia the contents of the website can be created and editedhttp://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/spanish-design-industry-embraces-web-20.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-1932519198102602558Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:18:00 +00002009-09-08T12:23:05.821+02:00Telefónica signs agreement with China Unicom and capture10% of world marketTelefónica has taken a decisive step towards its future strategy – to infiltrate the Chinese market. In an unprecedented strategy the Chairman of Telefónica, César Alierta, has signed an agreement with China Unicom – the second largest telecommunications operator with access to almost 55 million clients - 10% of the globalhttp://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/telefonica-and-china-unicom-form.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-1801506025563161121Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:05:00 +00002009-09-03T10:08:43.526+02:0014% of young Spaniards neither study nor work According to a recent report published by the Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OCDE) Spain is one of the countries with the highest number of young people who neither work nor study. The study looked at the situation of 16 – 24 year olds in 19 EU states and the US. Out of all the countries included in the study Spain came 4th in http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/report-on-inactivity-among-young.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-6885760195807713262Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:09:00 +00002009-09-03T10:11:38.186+02:00Government to extend 420 euros hand out to unemployed The Spanish government has finally given in to pressure from leftwing parties in parliament. The financial aid of 420 euros to be paid to all those unemployed whose unemployment benefit has run out will be extended to include those whose benefit ran out from 1st January this year instead of 1st August as established in the law passed on 13th http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/extension-of-extra-unemployment-benefit.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-7681891426057710834Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:57:00 +00002009-09-01T10:59:34.724+02:00The Spanish Department of Health increases vaccine reserves against swine flu to cover 60% of the population Following a meeting with regional health authorities the Minister for Health, Trinidad Jiménez, has announced that the Department of Health will increase its reserves of the vaccine against the H1N1 virus (swine flu) to cover 60% of the population - previously it was forecast that the http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/09/swine-flu-vaccinations-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-2430349543257239669Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:02:00 +00002009-08-31T10:03:07.347+02:00Foreign tourists spent 6.6% less in July 2009 According to a survey on tourist spending published by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce not only did the number of foreign tourists visiting Spain go down this summer but they also spent less. Figures from the survey show that foreign tourists in Spain spent 6.164 million euros in July which 6.6% less compared to July 2008. These figures are http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/08/tourist-spending-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-2250422684697674925Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:08:00 +00002009-08-31T10:14:57.208+02:00Yesterday José Manuel Campa, the Secretary of State for the Economy, claimed that the Spanish economy is fairing better than its EU neighbours and that the government is confident that the worst of the recession is over. The latest figures show that the Spanish economy has shrunk by 4.2% compared to the average shrinkage of 4.6% in other euro zone economies. However, other important EU economieshttp://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/08/recession-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-7536903539043247946Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:30:00 +00002009-08-27T09:33:28.480+02:0063% of Spanish workers earn less than 1,100 euros a month According to a study by the Treasury a total of 18.3 million Spaniards earn a gross monthly salary of less than 1,100 euros a month – 63% of the workforce. This is 5% more than the figures from the last study carried out in 2006. The report was compiled using information provided by workers and pensioners. According to the information http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/08/average-salary-in-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-4474602649902151333Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:37:00 +00002009-08-27T09:40:38.853+02:00Weather warning for heavy rain in the north of Spain and soaring temperatures in central Spain, the Costa Blanca and the Balearic Islands The Spanish Meteorological State Agency (AEMET) has issued a high level warning for heavy rain in Navarra and other northern and northeastern provinces this week. It has also warned of extremely high temperatures along the Mediterranean coast Balearic Islands. http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/08/weather-forecast-for-spain-this-week.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561252.post-3239998885478376918Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:01:00 +00002009-08-24T11:08:40.527+02:00The number of expat pensioners now make up 23% of elderly population of the province of AlicanteAccording to a recent report published by the Instituto de Mayores y Servicios Sociales (Imserso) entitled ‘The elderly in Spain 2008’ the number of foreign pensioners over 65 years old living in the province of Alicante has risen by 16,536 over the last 2 years and is still increasing. In accordance http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2009/08/expats-in-costa-blanca-spain.htmleuroresi@euroresidentes.com (Euroresidentes)0