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UNICEF Award

The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday was given a prestigious Spanish award on behalf of the UN agency for its work in

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-21 10:09:29 | Updated: 2006-10-22 10:15:50
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New Facilties at Consulate

The modernization of the services provided by the British Consulates in Spain is continuing to advance after having spent some time reviewing what it

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-22 09:02:24 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:21:07
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Zapatero on Iraq

Appearing at a rally as part of the Catalan election campaign yesterday, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero once again raised the Iraq war

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-22 10:34:37 | Updated: 2006-10-24 10:18:59
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Peace Agreement

It now appears not to matter what statements emanate from the Basque terror organization Eta, Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-05 12:45:51 | Updated: 2006-11-07 11:40:03
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Fatal Car Accidents

A total of 29 people died over last weekend in various road accidents across Spain

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-14 11:22:17 | Updated: 2006-11-15 06:27:52
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PP have two weeks to change stance on ETA

It has been revealed from sources within the Socialist Party that Mariano Rajoy, the President of the conservative Partido Popular, has been given a

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:25:05 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:11:31
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Major of Barcelona has Breathing Space

It would appear that the resignation of Jose Montilla as Industry Minister and his replacement by Joan Clos, has given the embattled Mayor of

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-30 10:48:53 | Updated: 2006-08-31 09:40:55
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Rajoy on Lebanon

Partido Popular leader Mariano Rajoy appears ready to kick into high gear as soon as the new political term starts next week, yet one area appears to

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-30 10:42:53 | Updated: 2006-08-31 09:33:01
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Rajoy speaks out about anti-terrorism pact

In Madrid yesterday, Mariano Rajoy, the President of the Partido Popular stated that in his view, the anti-terrorism pact signed between the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-03 11:46:30 | Updated: 2006-06-05 06:43:40
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Spanish Socialist party under attack

The Socialist Government yesterday received a large number of attacks from various sides on various points.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 06:56:47 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:11:18
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Socialist government's immigration policy apparently in ruins

Meanwhile, the Socialist Government’s immigration policy also appeared to be in ruins after it was revealed that it repatriated the first wave of

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 06:58:46 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:10:54
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Unity between 2 main parties now virtually impossible

Unity over Basque Country between two main parties now virtually impossible.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 07:22:57 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:12:58
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Spanish construction wins 14 Billion Euro bid for BAA work

It was revealed early this morning that Spanish Construction Company Ferrovial’s bid for the British Airports Authority had been accepted in a deal

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:37:04 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:04:39
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PP accuse Socialists of

According to Angel Acebes, the General Secretary of the Partido Popular, stated yesterday that the Socialist Government of Jose Luis Rodriguez

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:38:58 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:03:59
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Communist Coalition and Bloc parties to stand together for next elections

It was revealed yesterday that the Communist coalition Esquerra Unida and the Bloc parties will club together on a joint platform for the autonomous

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-07 07:24:17 | Updated: 2006-06-09 07:07:44
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Uproar in Parliament as PP breaks off relationship with the Government

There was a considerable uproar in the Madrid Parliament yesterday after Mariano Rajoy, the President of the Partido Popular stated that his party

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-07 07:28:10 | Updated: 2006-06-09 07:08:58
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Deadline set for anti-smoking enforcement rule

One month deadline set to build separator walls for the anti-smoking law.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:44:05 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:05:49
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Judge swap in ceasefire for Basque terror group Eta

Superstar judge returns to his courtroom.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:53:20 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:07:12
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Debate of the State of the Nation

Debate of the State of the Nation takes place today (30th May 2006).

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:54:57 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:29:09
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Canary Islands Immigration Confusion

No immigration measures in Canary Islands as 800 illegal immigrants land in one day.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:58:05 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:05:25
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Government advertising discrimination revealed

Discrimination revealed in Government's advertising spend.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 07:00:59 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:06:34
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Guardia Civil announces gang capture

The Guardia Civil announces dismantling of robbery gang.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-31 07:28:10 | Updated: 2006-06-01 07:27:32
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Debate of the State of the Nation - Part 2

The debate on The State of The Nation took place in the Madrid Parliament yesterday.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-31 07:31:27 | Updated: 2006-06-01 07:26:46
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State of the Nation - News from the 2nd Day

During the second day of the debate on the State of the Nation, Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero managed to avoid getting into

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 08:12:41 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:32:21
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A nation mourns the passing of Rocio Jurado

It was 6 o’clock this morning when Amador Mohedano, the brother of Rocio Jurado, stated that the singer had passed away some 45 minutes earli

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 08:16:01 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:29:17
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Basque suspect arrested in France declared not active in Eta

Despite the fact that Zigor Merodio, the Eta member arrested in France, was carrying a pistol, as well as several false number plates and fake

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-03 11:44:50 | Updated: 2006-06-05 06:41:46
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Anti-Terror demonstration to be largest ever in Madrid

This evening the Association for the Victims of Terrorism is staging what it hopes will be its biggest-ever demonstration in Madrid.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:31:01 | Updated: 2006-06-12 08:42:42
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Basque Court to hear complaint from Ermua Forum

Yesterday the Superior Court of the Basque Country stated that it would hear an official complaint brought before it by the terrorism association The

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:32:42 | Updated: 2006-06-12 08:45:27
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Guardia Civil detain veteran GRAPO terror leader

The Guardia Civil have detained Juan Garcia Martin, the veteran leader of terrorist group GRAPO in a raid in the Catalan town of Reus.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:34:37 | Updated: 2006-06-12 08:47:42
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Irish President awarded Prince of the Asturias Prize

The jury in the Prince of the Asturias Prizes announced yesterday that its Prize for Social Sciences this year would be awarded to former Irish

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:36:20 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:41:52
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ETA Protests in Madrid

For the fourth time in two years, more than a million people took to the streets of Madrid yesterday to protest the Socialist Government’s policy of

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-12 09:37:40 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:38:22
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Mariano Rajoy Under Fire

Mariano Rajoy, the President of the Partido Popular, was forced to leave by his security detail after receiving a series of insults, threats and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-12 09:46:28 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:43:24
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Second Cabinet Shuffle

The continuity of Juan Bautista Rosello as Mayor of Benissa appeared under threat yesterday after Josefa Del Valle, who was moved from the Urbanizing

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 09:19:25 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:33:19
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Rajoy Raises Tension

For the second time yesterday, Mariano Rajoy, the President of the Partido Popular, was forced to leave a political meeting in the Catalan town of

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 09:49:22 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:25:26
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More problems with ETA

It was revealed yesterday that just as French Judge Laurence Levert was about to issue an order that would have resulted in the detention of the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 09:55:58 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:22:40
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More Unrest with Partido Popular

Yet again, nationalist Catalan hooligans struck yesterday at a meeting organized by the Partido Popular and where they keynote speaker was set to be

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 09:48:34 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:27:56
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Poor State of Affairs Between Parties

According to insiders, the current extremely poor state of affairs between the conservative Partido Popular and the Socialist Party is due in no

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 09:53:07 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:28:48
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Monetary Fund Warnings to Spain

The International Monetary Fund has issued a series of warnings to Spain with regard to its financial policies.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 09:36:01 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:45:43
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Zapatero to Open Talks with ETA

The Socialist party has now decided that Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will not after all formally ask Parliament for permission to

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:55:42 | Updated: 2006-06-21 08:51:35
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ETA Arrests

After all the details of the extortion activity of the Basque terror organization Eta had been revealed, including that members of the group

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 10:26:51 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:20:40
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At it Again!

Environment minister formally requesting that those in the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia refrain from topping up swimming pools and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-29 09:40:49 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:05:01
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Investigation on Verge of Closing

It would appear that judge Juan Del Olmo is on the point of closing his investigation into the March 11 bombings, and as part of his final

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 10:44:54 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:23:22
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Iberia to Strike

The SEPLA Pilots Union revealed yesterday that all the pilots of Spanish national carrier Iberia would go on strike between July 10 and 16.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 11:09:44 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:21:45
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New Speed Regulations

In an appearance before a parliamentary committee yesterday, justice minister Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar stated that some new regulations would come

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 11:19:03 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:25:03
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Agreement Signed

An agreement was signed yesterday between the Tile manufacturers association ASCER and Gas Natural that would guarantee gas supplies at a special

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-29 10:02:44 | Updated: 2006-07-15 12:55:24
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ETA

The entire Spanish political establishment was in uproar yesterday after a national newspaper published information gleaned from documents seized by

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-03 10:30:32 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:17:42
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Airport Confusion

There is expected to be some considerable confusion in Spanish airports this coming Monday.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-07 10:10:29 | Updated: 2006-07-15 12:57:05
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March 11 bombings findings published by Judge

Judge Juan del Olmo yesterday issued his findings on the march 11 bombings – over two years since the incident took place.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-08 09:57:13 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:27:06
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Not a Drop

With summer well and truly arrived and the large numbers of tourists in their second residences, the strain on the water supplies of several holiday

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-15 17:34:36 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:18:03
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Zapatero on Israel Mistake

In an interview broadcast on Punto Radio yesterday, Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero stated that in his view ‘Israel is making a

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-15 20:50:20 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:31:58
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Socialist Change of Heart

It is now believed that the Socialist government will allow the exhumation of those buried in the valley of the Fallen in El Escorial, just outside

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-16 11:35:00 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:26:54
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Prime Minister Careful with Words

Meanwhile, appearing at a Socialist Party meeting on the Balearic Islands, the Prime Minister managed to avoid any reference to the Basque terror

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-16 11:40:30 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:23:49
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Partido Doubts Zapatero

Partido popular Spokesman Eduardo Zaplana, during a meeting in Santander stated:” I don’t know whether this country would be able to take another

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-16 11:46:20 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:22:34
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Guadalajara Memorial Walkout

The families of nine of the eleven victims of last years’ Guadalajara fire yesterday staged a public walkout form the church where a memorial service

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-18 10:18:03 | Updated: 2006-07-19 10:13:07
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No Modification on Video

The Partido Popular yesterday refused to modify in any way a video in homage to Miguel Angel Blanco, killed by Eta nine years ago after being

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-18 10:13:44 | Updated: 2006-07-19 10:15:24
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Rajoy Receives Insults

After the disruptions caused by nationalists during the final days of the campaign over the Catalan Amendments to the Statutes of the Autonomy when

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 10:24:31 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:45:05
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Trade Unions to Demonstrate

The Socialist party has apparently managed to convince two of the main trades unions – UGT and Comisiones Obreras – as well as the Communist

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 10:29:08 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:54:13
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Madrid Demonstrations

Several thousand people took to the streets of Madrid yesterday in a demonstration that saw banners unfurled that placed the United States, the Nazi

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 09:50:17 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:46:54
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ETA Member on Trial

The second trial of the Eta member known as ‘Txapote’ - Francisco Javier Garcia Gaztelu - took place in Madrid yesterday, and as with his previous

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 09:55:14 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:38:28
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Still No Action

The Maltese authorities last night finally decided that they would not allow the Santa Pola-based fishing craft with 48 illegal immigrants on board

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 10:26:17 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:49:30
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ETA Member Trial Day 2

The second day of the trial of the member of Eta known as ‘Txapote’ - Francisco Javier Garcia Gaztelu – was marked by violence yesterday after he

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 10:55:15 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:14:29
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Israel Issues

Eduardo Zaplana , the official spokesman for the conservative Partido Popular, yesterday called ‘undue interference’ the fact that the Prime

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:10:03 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:19:32
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Government Ignores Socialist Party

It has also been revealed that the Government has even ignored recommendations from the Socialist party against its plans to resuscitate the past,

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:18:44 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:17:10
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Finally

The Maltese authorities yesterday finally decided that they would allow the Santa Pola-based fishing craft with 48 illegal immigrants on board to

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:39:09 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:15:47
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Zapatero Holiday

The details of the holiday arrangements for Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his wife and family have now been reve

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 11:35:43 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:52:33
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Rajoy Calls for Support

In the light of all this, Mariano Rajoy, the leader of the Partido Popular, stated yesterday that he considers it the political responsibility of the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 11:47:56 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:45:19
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Spain Morocco Relations

Although for the most part, people are concerned with what is happening in the Middle East, what is also the cause of some enquiry is the increasing

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 11:52:44 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:46:31
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Red Cross Rebuke Government

Meanwhile, another rebuke for the Government came from the Red Cross, after the Government stated that it had undertaken conversations with Morocco

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 09:45:19 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:47:44
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Israeli Ambassador Speaks Out

Victor Harel, the Israeli Ambassador to Spain, stated yesterday that the declarations from Pepiño Blanco, the General Secretary of the Socialist

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 09:55:58 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:45:02
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Zapatero Flies to London

It has been revealed that Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, his wife and family used an official aircraft to fly to London last weekend,

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 09:57:57 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:27:54
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I Surrender

Alfredo Garcia, the head of the Capito Clan, surrendered to the authorities at Villena prison yesterday.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:14:46 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:24:32
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Pujalte Accuses Zapatero

Vicente Martinez Pujalte, the joint spokesman for the conservative Partido popular in the Madrid Parliament, yesterday accused Prime Minister Jose

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 10:40:11 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:22:13
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Sevilla Speaks Out

Public Administrations Minister Jordi Sevilla has been the only government minister to break silence over the general lack of declarations following

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 09:37:46 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:47:38
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Ignacio del Burgo Demands Perez

Jaime Ignacio del Burgo, the PP and Navarran member of the Madrid parliament, yesterday stated that he was demanding an appearance in Parliament from

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-29 11:08:29 | Updated: 2006-07-30 09:32:03
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'Law of Historic Memory' Presented

The government presented its much-heralded ‘Law of Historic Memory’ yesterday, and in the process received a storm of criticism from virtually all

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-29 11:17:00 | Updated: 2006-07-30 09:39:51
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Chaos at Barcelona Airport

Chaos was the best way to describe Barcelona’s El Prat airport yesterday after ground staff staged what has been termed as an ‘illegal

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-29 11:23:04 | Updated: 2006-07-30 09:36:28
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Iberia Ends Strike

It would appear that state carrier Iberia and the airside workers at Barcelona’s El Prat airport have finally managed to hammer out an agreement

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-30 09:43:02 | Updated: 2006-08-01 09:34:57
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Ferry Problems

A ferry belonging to the Transmediterranea that was plying the route between Ibiza and Barcelona yesterday ran into technical problems some 25

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-30 10:05:18 | Updated: 2006-08-01 09:37:23
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PP Member Under Attack

The conservative Partido Popular has stated that one of its members – Javier Moreno, a town councilor for Astigarraga – has been jostled and had

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-30 10:09:52 | Updated: 2006-08-01 09:31:22
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Judge Reaction to Iberia Strikes

A judge in the Province of Barcelona has opened a case against the ground workers of Iberia who went in a lightning strike last weekend, accusing

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-01 09:45:36 | Updated: 2006-08-02 09:28:02
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Prime Minister's Security Stay Put

Members of the security staff at the Moncloa Palace have refused to board a Hercules transport aircraft that was set to take them to Lanzarote to

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-01 09:49:13 | Updated: 2006-08-02 09:29:16
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Batasuna Not Changing

Batasuna, the political arm of the Basque terror organisation Eta, yesterday stated that it ‘had no intentions whatsoever’ of changing either its

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-02 09:38:17 | Updated: 2006-08-03 10:11:43
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More on Strike at Barcelona

Appearing before a permanent Committee of the Catalan Parliament as his own request, Joaquim Nadal, the Territorial Policy Councilor stated that the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-03 10:20:01 | Updated: 2006-08-04 10:29:13
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'Politicising' the Judiciary

It would now appear that the Socialist government is intent on ‘politicising’ the judiciary.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-04 10:37:40 | Updated: 2006-08-05 10:30:05
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On Going Contacts

Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega admitted yesterday that contacts between the Socialist Government and the Basque terror group

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-05 10:43:58 | Updated: 2006-08-06 10:24:49
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Head of Bomb Unit to Resign?

It has been revealed that the trades union members of the National Police Force have given Juan Jesus Sanchez Manzano, the head of the Bomb Unit

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-05 10:54:48 | Updated: 2006-08-06 10:26:21
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Spain Cannot be Relied on as a Mediator

Yigal Palmor, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman stated yesterday that the Socialist Government of Spain 'has clearly taken sides in the current

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-05 11:06:51 | Updated: 2006-08-06 10:21:49
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Only Catalans Receive Funding

It has been revealed that only authors who write in Catalan will receive any financial support from the Catalan Government if they are intent on

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-06 10:44:01 | Updated: 2006-08-08 09:20:56
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ETA Liquidating Law

It has now become apparent that Batasuna/Eta is trying to liquidate the Law of Spanish political parties, as was stated by Arnaldo Otegi last May and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-06 10:53:27 | Updated: 2006-08-08 09:25:47
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Poor Planning in Galicia

Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, the President of the Partido Popular in Galicia, stated yesterday that on coming to power, the Socialists had dismantled the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-08 09:38:30 | Updated: 2006-08-09 09:57:49
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Syria a Peace Broker?

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stated over the weekend that she considered ‘extremely grotesque’ the request made by Spanish

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-08 09:43:28 | Updated: 2006-08-09 09:56:32
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Madrid Government to Respect Protest

Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega yesterday stated that the Madrid Government would ‘respect the decision taken by the Basque

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-08 09:48:29 | Updated: 2006-08-09 10:02:02
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The 242

Problems with the engine of a ferry stranded some 242 passengers on board in Valencia for eleven hours whilst repairs were undertaken it was

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-08 10:02:11 | Updated: 2006-08-09 09:55:21
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Primeminister to Explain Crisis

The minority parties in Madrid parliament yesterday threw out a proposition by the Partido Popular that the Prime Minister appear in an emergency

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-09 10:18:09 | Updated: 2006-08-10 09:32:58
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Bitter Clash Over Galician Fires

The wildfires that are raging across Galicia became the scenario of a bitter political clash yesterday after the Xunta of Galicia, that is now run by

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-09 10:26:56 | Updated: 2006-08-10 09:49:55
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Confusion Over Demonstration

Confusion appeared to reign yesterday over a planned demonstration this coming weekend in the Basque Country after it was initially cancelled, and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-10 10:06:47 | Updated: 2006-08-11 09:30:20
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Zapatero Visits Galicia

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero yesterday made a very hurried visit to Galicia, six days after the fires started ravaging the au

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-10 10:17:05 | Updated: 2006-08-11 09:20:22
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New Study Reveals Drop

The latest study published by the Barclays IESE group has revealed that whilst the provinces of Alicante, Malaga and the Balearic Islands remain at

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-10 10:58:33 | Updated: 2006-08-11 09:25:23
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Jail Threat

Judge Baltasar Garzon yesterday officially warned the President of Eta/Batasuna Pernando Barrena that if the demonstration that is planned for this

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-11 09:50:26 | Updated: 2006-08-12 09:39:13
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Zapatero 'Greeted' in Galicia

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero yesterday overflew Galicia along with the Socialist President of the Autonomy Emilio Perez Touriño and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-11 10:02:06 | Updated: 2006-08-12 09:18:05
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Real Chameleon

That yesterday was how police described Francisco Javier Martinez Sanmillan, who spent the past seven summers in his 12,000-square-metre plot of land

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-11 10:52:17 | Updated: 2006-08-12 09:31:50
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Radio Company Expands

The group of Jesus de Polanco, the pro-Socialist owner of such stations as the Cadena SER in Spain has recently undertaken a considerable expansion

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-12 09:56:27 | Updated: 2006-08-13 10:10:38
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More from Galicia

Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba yesterday stated that he ‘has his own theories’ about how the fires in Galicia were started, that so far

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-12 10:01:33 | Updated: 2006-08-13 10:24:21
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More Power to Municipalities

The Government has revealed that it intends to give more powers to the individual mayors in that they can decide to increase the rates of their

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-13 10:47:41 | Updated: 2006-08-15 09:37:35
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Tailbacks Again

Tailbacks as long as twenty kilometres were recorded yesterday on the road between Madrid and Alicante as another August weekend got under way.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-13 11:09:52 | Updated: 2006-08-15 09:33:47
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A Real First

The Valencian Government yesterday gave the green light for the creation of a decree that will give rise to a Law of the Countryside of the Valencian

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-13 11:35:43 | Updated: 2006-08-15 09:40:59
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Minister Alters Approach on Galicia

Cristina Narbona, the Environment Minister, altered her approach yesterday by stating that she was not criminalising any one sector for the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-15 09:50:57 | Updated: 2006-08-16 09:08:27
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Strategy Talks with ETA Revealed

Little by little, the Government’s apparent strategy in their talks with the Basque terror group Eta is being revealed.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-15 09:55:56 | Updated: 2006-08-16 09:02:33
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Date Set for Cabinet Re-shuffle

The much-awaited cabinet reshuffle is now expected to take place around September 8th, according to sources inside the Moncloa Palace.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-16 09:18:03 | Updated: 2006-08-17 09:26:12
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Fires Extinguished

For the first time in eleven days, and despite the fact that some 82 new fires were recorded yesterday, all the fires that have been raging in

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-16 09:22:05 | Updated: 2006-08-17 09:23:41
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Two-Horse Race?

Two candidates appear to be vying for the position of candidate for the Socialist nominee to head the Diputacion of Valencia in the upcoming

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-16 10:01:07 | Updated: 2006-08-17 09:13:06
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Change at El Mundo

It has been revealed that Pedro J. Ramirez, the editor-in-chief of the highly successful daily paper El Mundo, has apparently decided to forego the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-17 09:30:50 | Updated: 2006-08-18 09:01:12
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Confusion on Hectares Destroyed

Brussels finally stepped in yesterday and corrected the President of Galicia, Emilio Perez Touriño, over the amount of forest and woodland that had

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-17 09:34:28 | Updated: 2006-08-18 08:58:47
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Eta Peace Process in Crisis?

The Basque newspaper Gara yesterday published the latest comments from the Basque terror organisation Eta. It a statement, Eta revealed that ‘the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-18 09:10:15 | Updated: 2006-08-19 10:01:59
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Resignation Demanded

In a statement before the Permanent Commission of the Madrid Parliament, Eduardo Zaplana, the spokesman for the conservative Partido popular

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-18 09:18:26 | Updated: 2006-08-19 09:52:46
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The Hunt is on

Both the major political parties in the Valencian Community – the ruling Partido Popular and the Socialists – yesterday started to crank up their

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-18 10:17:03 | Updated: 2006-08-19 09:51:22
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Galician Protests Imminent

The Galician organisation Nunca Mais is expected to take to the streets of Santiago de Compostela tomorrow in another pro-Socialist dem

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-19 10:29:06 | Updated: 2006-08-20 09:47:00
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Negotiations with ETA

Angel Acebes, the General Secretary of the Partido popular stated yesterday that he was calling on Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero ‘to

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-19 10:42:36 | Updated: 2006-08-20 09:39:31
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Found It

Policemen in Madrid and Lugo yesterday arrested two of their colleagues on the premise of being behind the theft of 20 kilos of cocaine from a van

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-19 11:26:27 | Updated: 2006-08-20 09:48:47
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Snap Elections Imminent?

According to many political analysts, the Socialist government could call for snap elections ‘at any moment’ due to the ‘current instability of

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-20 10:09:20 | Updated: 2006-08-22 09:58:27
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Zapatero Visits Canarys

Vacationing Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero made a brief appearance at a Canary Islands meeting of the Socialist party, where he used his

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-20 10:17:34 | Updated: 2006-08-22 09:53:12
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More Immigrants into Canarys

Many of the opposition political parties are showing great concern over the problem of the illegal immigrants that are once again flooding the Canary

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-20 10:26:41 | Updated: 2006-08-22 10:02:51
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Effort to Curb Immigrants

The Interior Ministry revealed yesterday that Spain is to send a helicopter and two patrol boats to Senegal in an effort to try and curb the flow of

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-22 10:14:21 | Updated: 2006-08-23 10:45:47
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Train Accident

According to sources, an excess of speed caused the express train from La Coruña to Hendaye in France to derail near Villada yesterday afte

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-22 10:18:57 | Updated: 2006-08-23 10:32:42
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Alperi Accused

The special anti-corruption prosecutor, Felipe Briones, yesterday revealed that he was presenting a case against Alicante Mayor Luis Diaz Alperi and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-22 10:53:10 | Updated: 2006-08-23 10:47:28
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Dilemma on The Law of Historic Memory

The Law of Historic Memory, under which the Socialist Government intends to remove all traces of the memory of General Francisco Franco, and even

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-23 10:55:47 | Updated: 2006-08-24 09:49:51
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Eta Demonstration to go Ahead

A report delivered to Judge Juan del Olmo formally requests that a demonstration of support for the Basque terror group Eta go ahead, provided that

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-23 11:02:18 | Updated: 2006-08-24 09:48:17
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Rafael Vera Sentenced

Rafael Vera, the still politically powerful former Secretary of State for Security during the days of Felipe Gonzalez, who was sentenced to a seven

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-23 11:09:28 | Updated: 2006-08-24 09:38:55
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Collapsed

Alicia de Miguel, the Social Services Consellera for the Valencian Government stated yesterday that her department ‘has reached its limits’ in

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-23 11:44:02 | Updated: 2006-08-24 09:51:41
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Yacht on Fire

A yacht flying the British flag and taken into police custody as part of an anti-drugs operation carried out six years ago, has caught fire as she

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-24 09:55:59 | Updated: 2006-08-25 09:03:58
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New Service Comes to Town

The Europa Telephone Network has created services especially designed to help expatriates keep in contact with each other and their families back

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-24 10:09:08 | Updated: 2006-08-25 09:10:08
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Urgent Meeting Demanded

Victor Campos, the Deputy head of the Valencian Government has requested an urgent meeting with the Madrid Government, as well as several autonomies

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-24 10:38:44 | Updated: 2006-08-25 09:05:19
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President on Private Jet Again

Sources have revealed that last weekend, the Prime Minister once again used an official aircraft for his own private use, flying with Andalucian

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-30 10:37:34 | Updated: 2006-08-31 09:34:34
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Death Threats

Gustavo de Aristegui, the spokesman for foreign affairs of the conservative Partido Popular, yesterday admitted that he considered that a

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-25 09:38:04 | Updated: 2006-08-26 10:34:04
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Demonstration to go Ahead?

Judge Santiago Pedraz yesterday handed down a finding that the demonstration planned for Bilbao today could go ahead.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-25 09:42:47 | Updated: 2006-08-26 10:32:34
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How Many Soldiers?

Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos appears to be unable to state precisely how many soldiers Spain intends to send as part of the peacekeeping

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-26 10:39:18 | Updated: 2006-08-27 09:56:46
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More Negotiations

The man responsible for at least 25 assassinations, carried out in the name of Basque terror organisation Eta,

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-27 10:25:32 | Updated: 2006-08-29 09:14:29
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Eta Bomb Test

It has been revealed that under the direction of Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, the Interior Ministry has been ‘at great pains’ to deny the information

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-29 09:31:27 | Updated: 2006-08-30 10:22:02
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Prime Minister is Stubborn

It would seem that those close to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero have indicated that he is ‘simply incandescent’ at the revelations

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-08-31 10:04:05 | Updated: 2006-09-01 07:46:24
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Immigration Comments from Interior Minister Rubalcaba

Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba appeared before a parliamentary Commission yesterday and stated in his opening address that ‘immigration is

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-01 09:56:42 | Updated: 2006-09-05 09:10:22
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Agreement between Basque Socialists and Illegal Batasuna

It has been revealed that the Basque Socialists yesterday issued a formal agreement to Arnaldo Otegi, the spokesman for the illegalized Batasuna

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-01 09:59:33 | Updated: 2006-09-05 09:13:28
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New Head of Cabinet for Partido Popular

The Partido Popular has revealed that Cayetana Alvarez de Toledo has been appointed as the new Head of Cabinet for organisational Secretary Angel

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-05 09:18:27 | Updated: 2006-09-06 09:27:02
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Former Agriculture Minister Admitted to Hospital

It was revealed this morning that Loyola de Palacio, who was Agriculture Minister in the first Government of Jose Maria Aznar between 1966 and 2001,

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-05 09:24:16 | Updated: 2006-09-06 09:48:19
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Fire at Space Tower in Madrid

Fire last night ravaged the Space Tower in Madrid, affecting the 42nd and 43rd floors of the building that is still under construction.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-05 09:28:57 | Updated: 2006-09-06 09:51:50
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Immigrant Stream Never-Ending

It would appear that the stream of immigrants arriving in the Canary Islands on primitive craft is never-ending, with 332 more arriving in one single

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-05 09:40:29 | Updated: 2006-09-06 09:43:16
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Former Prime Minister Defends Iranians on CNN

Returning to Madrid from Iran, former Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez has appeared on CNN+ in an interview with Iñaki Gabilondo in which he defended

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-05 09:50:44 | Updated: 2006-09-06 09:46:36
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Baques Remove 'Spain' from Books

It has become apparent that the vast majority of schoolbooks on sale for the current courses in the Basque Country have removed the word Spain and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-05 09:58:11 | Updated: 2006-09-06 09:54:08
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Yet More Immigrants

There still appears to be no end in sight for the boatloads of immigrants that sail into the Canary Islands from Senegal.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-06 10:01:39 | Updated: 2006-09-18 08:48:09
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More Fires in Galicia

It was reported yesterday that nineteen new fires are ravaging Galicia, the most serious of which is burning close to the capital of the autonomy

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-06 10:06:21 | Updated: 2006-09-18 09:00:41
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Confusion for Victorious Basketball Players

A minor storm over protocol has broken out in Madrid over the reception of the Spanish World Champion Basketball team after it returned victorious

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-06 10:10:20 | Updated: 2006-09-18 09:33:15
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Investigation Unravelled

It has now become more than apparent that the investigation into the March 11 bombings in Madrid in which 193 people died has become seriously

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-06 10:24:16 | Updated: 2006-09-18 09:29:40
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First Signs of Support

Valencian Socialist Leader Joan Ignasi Pla yesterday held a meeting with Rafael Recuenco, the head of the Valencian branch of the trades union UG

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-06 11:10:22 | Updated: 2006-09-18 09:31:20
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Document Reveals Al Qaeda Secrets

Amongst the agreement signed between Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba and Montserrat Tura, his opposite number in the Catalan Government, is

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-18 09:46:16 | Updated: 2006-09-19 09:34:07
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Agreement Over 'The Rock'

Geoff Hoon, Miguel Angel Moratinos ands Peter Caruana the British Minister for Europe, the Spanish Foreign Minister and the First Minister of

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-19 09:49:13 | Updated: 2006-09-20 09:56:13
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Accident

A 44-year-old woman was run over by the Barcelona/Andalucia Express train yesterday after it had stopped for six minutes as scheduled in Val

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-19 10:30:34 | Updated: 2006-09-20 09:57:56
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Eta to Hault Violence?

Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, the Minister of Justice yesterday stated that in his opinion the Basque terror group Eta ‘will not kill anyone ever

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-20 10:04:38 | Updated: 2006-09-21 09:11:34
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Dutchman Detained

A 63-year-old Dutchman was detained yesterday in Alfas del Pi following an international arrest warrant issued by France for drug trafficking and

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-20 10:30:16 | Updated: 2006-09-21 09:13:22
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Vote on Bombings

It would seem that the vote in the Madrid Parliament against opening the investigation into the March 11 bombings in which 193 people died has proven

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-21 09:39:29 | Updated: 2006-09-22 09:14:39
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This is How it all Goes Pear-Shaped

Police sources yesterday were said to be ‘furious’ that due to a lack of coordination between two Ministries – Interior that controls the Guardia

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-21 10:16:24 | Updated: 2006-09-22 09:16:11
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Aznar in Hot Water

Former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar appeared to get himself into hot water and completely unite the Spanish left against him after some remarks he

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-25 09:49:56 | Updated: 2006-09-26 09:32:50
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Princess of Asturias Expecting

The Spanish Royal House revealed yesterday that The Prince and Princess of the Asturias are expecting their second child next May.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-26 09:43:57 | Updated: 2006-09-27 09:53:12
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Inside Story on Immigrants

Madrid TV station TeleMadrid yesterday broadcast a documentary in which it was clearly shown that the illegal immigrants kept in centres in the

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-27 10:10:41 | Updated: 2006-09-28 09:19:32
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Going to the Islands

Alicia de Miguel the Social Services Consellera of the Valencian Government is to make a visit to the Canary Islands to see for herself the influence

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-27 10:45:13 | Updated: 2006-09-28 09:21:35
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Jimenez's Latino Problems

It has been revealed that Trinidad Jimenez, the recently sworn-in Secretary of State for Latin America, will now not be allowed to undertake

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-28 09:32:49 | Updated: 2006-09-29 11:08:48
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Zapatero Verbal Attack on Sarkozy

In a rather odd session of the Madrid Parliament yesterday, Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero came out with a somewhat bizarre

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-28 09:43:20 | Updated: 2006-09-29 11:02:35
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Support

Valencian Socialist leader Joan Ignasi Pla yesterday stated that the budget for 2007 that was approved by the cabinet last Friday ‘totally

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-28 10:20:54 | Updated: 2006-09-29 11:06:36
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Extensive Interview with Ibarra

Since he has decided not to present himself for re-election next May as the Socialist President of Extremadura, a post he has held for a great number

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-29 11:24:55 | Updated: 2006-09-30 10:23:21
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Scrap Over Immigration

A considerable scrap appears to have broken out between the governments of France and Spain over immigration. Speaking in Madrid yesterday, French

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-09-30 10:39:56 | Updated: 2006-10-01 08:57:26
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Pamplona Demonstration

Batasuna/Eta staged another demonstration in Pamplona yesterday, during which self-determination for the Basque Country was demanded.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-01 09:17:21 | Updated: 2006-10-21 09:56:29
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Political Uncertainty

The latest situation politically inside Spain has led to a period of uncertainty. This apparently is due in no small part to Judge Baltasar Garzon

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-01 09:23:51 | Updated: 2006-10-21 09:54:01
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Going Up

According to figures released by the Valencian Export Institute - IVEX – trade between the Valencian Community and the United States rose by 22% in

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-01 09:52:38 | Updated: 2006-10-21 10:00:05
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Budget Criticised

Ricardo Costa, the Deputy regional secretary of the Partido Popular yesterday issued his criticism of the Socialist Government budget for 2007.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-01 10:07:38 | Updated: 2006-10-21 10:03:26
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Diplomatic Activity Over Weekend

There was considerable diplomatic activity over the weekend after the pro-Socialist newspaper El Pais published an editorial in which it alleged that

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-24 10:46:04 | Updated: 2006-10-25 10:58:31
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ETA Re-Arming?

On the very eve of the debate over Eta/Batasuna and the Spanish ‘peace process’ in the European parliament, the Basque terror organisation late

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-25 11:04:52 | Updated: 2006-10-26 10:13:17
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Political News

After yesterday’s announcement in Catalunia that the most voted party in the recent elections – CiU – would not have any post at all in the new

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-07 11:57:19 | Updated: 2006-11-08 11:30:47
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Zapatero Under Pressure

According to sources inside the Moncloa Palace, the events of the last few days appear to have had a disastrous effect on the Socialist Prime

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-08 11:47:35 | Updated: 2006-11-10 12:44:32
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Catalan and Madrid Disagreement

A scrap of considerable dimensions appears to have broken out between the Catalan Socialists and the party in Madrid.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-10 13:23:00 | Updated: 2006-11-11 13:17:03
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Bilbao Protest

After a protest march in Bilbao yesterday Arnaldo Otegi the spokesman for Eta/Batasuna stated that he ‘dared the Government’ to continue the talks

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-12 13:22:25 | Updated: 2006-11-14 11:14:10
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A Clean Campaign

Ruben Ibañez, the coordinator for the Partido Popular election campaign in Castellon Province, has stated that the party ‘does not want to start a

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-14 11:46:29 | Updated: 2006-11-15 06:33:09
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Interview with Zapatero

The French daily Le Figaro today has an extensive interview with Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapater

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-15 06:39:51 | Updated: 2006-11-16 11:32:26
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Accepted

he Constitutional Court yesterday agreed to hear a case presented by the Valencian Community against the new Catalan Statutes of Autonomy

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-15 07:04:29 | Updated: 2006-11-16 11:37:02
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Foreign Ministry in Touch with Rajoy

The Foreign Ministry did indeed get in touch with Partido Popular President Mariano Rajoy in order that he have a meeting with Equatorial Guinea

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-16 11:45:54 | Updated: 2006-11-17 11:12:33
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Leading the Way

The Partido Popular conference on Security that is taking place this weekend in Madrid has turned into an overall gesture of support for Francisco

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-20 11:05:51 | Updated: 2006-11-21 11:57:28
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Eta Still Active

Latest reports from France indicate with great clarity that the Basque terror group Eta is still very much in the active mode, with one of their

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-21 12:11:01 | Updated: 2006-11-22 07:27:55
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Other News from Spain

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero got himself into trouble again yesterday following his appearance on nationwide television during which

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-03-29 10:07:20 | Updated: 2007-03-30 09:31:09
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News from Spain

The Guardia Civil yesterday decided to put into operation a plan that had been hatching for months in the Basque Country and Navarre after they

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-03-29 10:15:48 | Updated: 2007-03-30 09:32:12
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