Temperatures in Spain to Increase 6ºC by 2100

The Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and the Ministry of Environment have presented future projections of climate change effects in Spain. The forecasts show a general tendency for an increase in temperatures as well as a tendency for less rain. With...

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)...

$1 Million Canadian Maple Leaf Coin Snatched by ORO Direct

The $1 million Canadian Maple Leaf coin was snatched by ORO Direct – a gold trading company in Madrid. For 3.27 million Euros, a Spanish gold trading company bought the world’s largest and rarest gold coin in its exact material worth, from the estate...

Madrid Metro Not in the Mood for Talks

So far, there have been no reports on the results of meetings held between the unions and the Madrid metro company. Two meetings were held on Thursday and Friday for 3 hours, in an attempt to make both sides reach an agreement. A minimum of 50% services...

Madrid Metro Strike Brings City to Chaos

Massive crowds formed around different parts of Madrid and the streets were clogged with traffic, while the people sought means of alternative transport on the third day of strikes in the Metro transport system. As a result of an ongoing protest, all...

Number of Unemployed University Gradutes Doubles

According to a recent report presented in Madrid this week, the number of University graduates who are unemployed has doubled between 2007 and 2009, reaching a rate of 9.4 per cent – the highest in Europe. The report also revealed how 3 per cent...

Catalonia Has Been Granted New Powers of Self Rule and Independence

Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled a statute in favor of the Catalan region, declaring Catalonia as an independent nation. The court approved almost 188 articles of the statute but left 14 out of the endorsement list because of their weak legal stance. However,...

Franco Had Prepared List of 6,000 Spanish Jews for Hitler

According to new research, by the end of World War II, General Francisco Franco had a list of over 6,000 Spanish Jews who were supposed to be drawn up and handed to Nazi Germany. The destruction of all relevant documents related to a census of Jews in...

Madrid’s Prado Museum Staging Turner Art Exhibition

The Prado Museum in Madrid is going to open an exhibition next week that will display the works of JMW Turner, the famous English artist. This exhibition is intended to display some of Turner’s rare paintings that were not in the same show in London...

Spain Test Euro to the Limit

While the strongly studded euro economy balances itself on the basis of domino effect, Spain is acting like a key block that will either tear or make the mark, for this single currency (i.e. Euro). Recent news have pointed out that the head of the IMF...