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Costa del Sol Highway in the Dark
The Ministry of Development has cut the lights on the A-7 highway that passes by Estepona. Marbella, Fuengirola and Mijas will be next. The four Costa del Sol municipalities have decided to stop paying for electricity bills of the A-7 streetlights,...
Spain Declares State of Emergency, Military Takes Over Air Traffic Control
As Spanish air traffic controllers left work Friday afternoon in what has been called an “unofficial strike”, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero authorized the military to take over control of the Spanish airspace. The order...
Zapatero Announces Privatisations, Tax Changes and Unemployment Benefit Cancellations
Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced in Congress Wednesday morning an extensive program of measures in a bid to stop the market speculation over Spain’s solvency. Amongst other smaller measures, the Spanish PM has announced...
Winners of the Catalonia Elections: CiU and PP
The big winners in the Catalan Elections this weekend were Artur Mas (CiU) and Alicia Sanchez Camacho (PP). Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s Socialist Party received a distinct blow from voters who were angry over Catalunya’s economic woes....
WikiLeaks Unveils Frictions Between Spain and America
Whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.org released a series of cables Sunday which reveal conversations between U.S. Embassies and the U.S. State Department, amongst them also conversations from the U.S. Embassy in Madrid. The classified documents reveal...
FT: “Zapatero either very stupid or very brave”
The Financial Times published an article Saturday in the Lex section of the newspaper where it described how Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, “is either very brave or very stupid” given the comments he made about market speculators and their...
Marbella Judge Imposes 60 Million Euros Bond in Sean Connery Case
Marbella judge Ricardo Puyol has imposed a bond of 60 million euros for civil responsibility upon the main defendants in the “Goldfinger” case, amongst them is the Scottish actor Sean Connery. Also amongst the defendants is the wife of the...
Catalan Politics Promoted with Sex and Orgasms
A video posted on YouTube by the Social Youth party in Catalunya presents the simulation of an orgasm under the slogan “Voting is a pleasure”. The new sexual approach to politics comes only days after the Solidaritat Catalana party recruited...
Famous Porn Star to Support Catalan Independence
Former President of Solidaritat Catalana, Joan Laporta, has recruited Maria Lapiedra, a porn star to be the image of his party during the run-up to elections on November 28th. Maria Lapiedra, whose real name is Maria Pasqual is facing criticism given...
