Noticias de August, 2008
Spain: all victims of plane crash identified
Many of the bodies were badly burned in the accident, forcing the use of fingerprints and dental and DNA information to identify them.
Only 18 of 172 passengers aboard Spanair Flight JK5022 flying
|Spains Interior Ministry says all 154 bodies from last weeks plane crash at Madrid airport have been identified and are being returned to grieving relatives.
Many of the bodies were badly burned in the accident, forcing the use of fingerprints and dental and DNA information to identify......
Only 18 of 172 passengers aboard Spanair Flight JK5022 flying
|Spains Interior Ministry says all 154 bodies from last weeks plane crash at Madrid airport have been identified and are being returned to grieving relatives.
Many of the bodies were badly burned in the accident, forcing the use of fingerprints and dental and DNA information to identify......
Generators accused of putting profit before safety
The Catalan regional government said that failure to invest had caused several incidents at two nuclear stations including a leak which led to thousands of people having to undergo radiation test |Iberdrola and Endesa, two of Spains leading electricity companies, have been accused of cutting costs at nuclear power stations at the expense of safety.
The Catalan regional government said that failure to invest had caused several incidents at two nuclear stations including a leak which led to......
The Catalan regional government said that failure to invest had caused several incidents at two nuclear stations including a leak which led to......
Beach Volley at Premiá de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona
Perspective, Premiá de Mar, Barcelona
Spain Tomatoes fly in food fight
The battle with overripe tomatoes provided by the City Hall is the highlight of the festival La Tomatina |Thousands of people have been taking part in the worlds largest tomato fight in Spain
The battle with overripe tomatoes provided by the City Hall is the highlight of the festival La Tomatina.
People flock to Bunol near Valencia on the last Wednesday in August each year for what has become one of the highlights on summer calendar in Spain.
Aside from telling participants to have fun...
The battle with overripe tomatoes provided by the City Hall is the highlight of the festival La Tomatina.
People flock to Bunol near Valencia on the last Wednesday in August each year for what has become one of the highlights on summer calendar in Spain.
Aside from telling participants to have fun...
Father drowned trying to save sons in stormy seas in Spain
A father has drowned trying to save his two sons from stormy seas while on holiday in Spain an inquest has heard |Symon Howlett and his five-year-old son Jay perished after a wave surged on to the sea front as Mr Howlett photographed Jay and his brother Thomas, seven, at Tossa de Mar in November last year.
Mr Howlett, 32, from Market Drayton in Shropshire, dived in save his sons as they were swept into the sea.
He was able to save Thomas but died alongside Jay as he attempted to rescue...
Mr Howlett, 32, from Market Drayton in Shropshire, dived in save his sons as they were swept into the sea.
He was able to save Thomas but died alongside Jay as he attempted to rescue...
Balcony Drain Figure: Fish Head
Zimmerpreise in Barcelona steigen
Eigentlich nichts Neues: Die Mietpreise für WG-Zimmer in Barcelona steigen um 5,6% auf durchschnittlich 380 ? pro Monat. Diesen Preis veröffentlicht idealista.com in einer aktuellen Studie. Weiterhin besagt diese folgendes:
· Die gesuchtesten Stadtteile sind die teuersten (hmmm, das überrascht jetzt aber!), so dass die Preise im Zentrum der Altstadt bei 416 Euro monatlich liegen.
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· Die gesuchtesten Stadtteile sind die teuersten (hmmm, das überrascht jetzt aber!), so dass die Preise im Zentrum der Altstadt bei 416 Euro monatlich liegen.
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Hope for expats as Spain lands in court over land grab law
|Thousands of British expats who lost out to Spain?s notorious ?land grab? laws were yesterday given hope of getting their properties back after the European commission took Madrid to the European court of justice.
The commission is to take legal action against Spain over alleged infringements of European competition regulations governing public works contracts. It claims that in Valencia such contracts were awarded without fair competition.
The law, introduced in the 1990s at the start of...
The commission is to take legal action against Spain over alleged infringements of European competition regulations governing public works contracts. It claims that in Valencia such contracts were awarded without fair competition.
The law, introduced in the 1990s at the start of...

