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First English-speaking University now in Marbella

First English-speaking University now in Marbella

Marbella — For decades, Marbella has been an international hub for both [Read more...]  Read More →

Business

BGE present their anti-crisis plan to Torrevieja Town Hall

Last week, Business Group Espana (BGE) introduced themselves to delegates from [Read more...]

February 4, 2010 | Comments Off

Spanish property debt is unbearable, warns Assocation

The president of AHE (Spain’s Mortgage Association), Santos Gonzalez, has warned that the banks do [Read more...]

January 25, 2010 | Comments Off


Entertainment

Oscar nominated film-maker Majid Majidi to be honored by Spain

Spain will honor Iranian film-maker Majid Majidi with the Ibn Arabi Award on [Read more...]

January 20, 2010 | Comments Off

Record Prize at Marbella Casino’s Friday Poker Fever

Alejandro Rodríguez de la Torre has won the Friday Poker Fever at the Marbella Casino [Read more...]

January 19, 2010 | Comments Off


Culture & Society

Spain’s “padron” registers 5 million foreigners

The national institute of statistics (INE) has registered 5,648,671 foreigners in [Read more...]

February 8, 2010 | Comments Off

Strong men wanted

A few strong men wanted. That’s the cry from the members of the unique ‘International [Read more...]

February 8, 2010 | Comments Off


Tourism

Spaniards to ’sell’ Spain through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Turespaña presented its new online marketing campaign at Fitur last week, a project [Read more...]

January 25, 2010 | Comments Off

New airport set up in Catalunya

Passengers across Spain have a reason to smile as a new airport was opened at Lleida [Read more...]

January 18, 2010 | Comments Off


Health

Spain’s hospitality industry opposes extended smoking ban

The Spanish Government’s recent plan to extend the smoking ban to bars and public spaces [Read more...]

January 19, 2010 | Comments Off

Spain tops world in organ donation

As per a report by the Health Ministry and the International Registry of Organ Donation [Read more...]

December 22, 2009 | Comments Off


Politics

New La Mata Town Hall to open in June

June 2010 shall see the opening of Torrevieja’s first satellite Town Hall in La [Read more...]

January 27, 2010 | Comments Off

Over 700 ETA prisoners to launch hunger strike in Spanish jails

As a protest against the Spanish government’s policy of keeping them in separate prisons away [Read more...]

January 26, 2010 | Comments Off


Technology

Telefonica de Espana fined 11 million Euros

Telefonica de Espana has been fined 11 million euro by the Telecommunications Market [Read more...]

December 16, 2009 | Comments Off

New curbs on commercial messages in Spain

Spanish consumer organization FACUA has imposed new restrictions on commercial SMS [Read more...]

November 30, 2009 | Comments Off


Environment

Torrevieja gets a blue flag, but not quite as we know it

Over the past few years there has been a bit of confusion over the state of Torrevieja’s beaches [Read more...]

February 3, 2010 | Comments Off

Much of Spain to see snow today

Much of Spain is to see snow today, including Asturias, Aragon, Cantabria [Read more...]

January 8, 2010 | Comments Off