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Boats Back in Seville’s Plaza España
After almost ten years of drought in the moat surrounding Plaza España in Seville, the local council have finally given in to public demand. The boats are coming back. Plaza España was built in 1928 as part of the Ibero-American exhibition and has...
Heavy Rain in Spain Leaves Three Dead
Three people have died in the province of Cordoba as a result of heavy rains last night, according to sources from the Guardia Civil and the Junta de Andalucia. Two people died as their SUV got washed away by a flood in the municipality of Aguilar de...
Spanish Municipalities on the Brink of Bankruptcy
The collapse of the Spanish property sector and bad management has led to over 400 out of the over 8,000 municipalities in Spain to stop paying their water, electricity and telephone bills. According to sources from the FEMP (Spanish Federation of Municipalities...
Costa del Sol Tourists Spending Less
The Costa del Sol Hotel Association AHECOS has stated that despite there being 5 per cent more tourists in the first two weeks of July this year compared to the same period last year, the tourists are spending less money and bookings tend to be made...
High Temperature Alert in 21 Provinces
Spain’s Meteorological Agency has activated the alert for high temperatures in 21 provinces of Andalucia, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Galicia. In Andalucia, there is an Orange Alert (significant risk)...
Spanish Car Dealerships to Claim Back 6 Million Euros from Purchasers
While Spain is going through a tough economic turmoil the Spanish car dealerships are considering claiming back from purchasers, a sum of 6 million Euros. This staggering amount of money is being claimed as per the previous discount policies of the Government’s...
Spain announces 80 million euro beach rescue operation
The rain endured during the past months in large parts of Andalucia have not only resulted in countless homes being destroyed and as much as 427,000 hectares of agricultural land suffering damade, but also in endless kilometers of beaches destroyed. Will...
Guadalquivir river forces 1500 out of their homes
About 1,500 people have been evacuated from the homes in Andalucia as the Guadalquivir river Share
Spain to shut down 3,000 illegal radio stations
In April 2010 Spain will start to close down the remainder of the Analogue Television frequencies Share
