Fishermen on Tenterhooks
The fishermen of the coast of Granada for over two months on tenterhooks since I knew the draft seismic surveys that a company has submitted to the Government to explore for gas and oil in an area of ??150,000 hectares of sea between the coasts of Almeria and Malaga. The lack of official information on this project... 
The Development Coordinator report refers to
The coordinator of the report compiled by the Ministry of Development following the crash of the viaduct in the La Herradura-Taramay stretch of the A-7 that occurred on November 7, 2005 Monday alluded to “bad luck” to explain the possible causes the collapse of the shoring system that held the structure... 
Winter Hotel Revenues Falling
Losing money in winter never had previously alarmed the hotels in the Costa Tropical, like any business of sun and sand, they are used to compensating for falling revenues in the off season because  summer generates generous profits. But in recent years of crisis the cushion of income of summer is becoming thinner... 
Spain Papers Review - Tuesday February 21
The violence at student protests in Valencia leads many of the papers, as does the talks over Greece yesterday. ABC today Público is the only paper to highlight that Greece has accepted giving away sovereignty in order to be rescued. Athens will get the 130 billion € in a blocked account to make sure that in the... 
Spain Papers Review - Monday February 20
The PP Congress in Sevilla and union protests across the country dominate the front pages. El País today El Mundo headlines that Rajoy has come out in defence ‘of those who are having the worst time’. El Mundo has an interview with Javier Arenas, head of the PP in Andalucía. ‘Society has understood that Rajoy... 
Spain Papers Review - Friday February 17
The fall in the markets leads most of the papers Público today The economy dominates the front pages in Spain today. El Mundo says that the speculators and the doubts about Greece have sunk the banks on the market. El País says the markets have punished Spain despite the hard reforms. The banks suffered the worst... 
British man killed in dramatic Granada flat fire
The 30 year old victim has not yet been named The body being removed from the scene – EFE A 30 year old British man was killed on Monday, in a fire in a flat in the Zaidín district of Granada, according to the National police who identified him this afternoon. The fire broke out at 9am in the morning for reasons... 
Archbishop of Granada attacks youngsters who want to be civil servants
He criticised those who expected their problems to be solved for them by others The Archbishop of Granada, Javier Martínez, EFE The Archbishop of Granada, Javier Martínez, has attacked youngsters who want to become civil servants, considering the Spanish mentality of a ‘subsidised society’ as a ‘social illness’,... 
Spain Papers Review - Thursday February 16
The economy and the meeting between Rajoy and Rubalcaba at the Moncloa yesterday leads many of the papers. Público today El País headlines that the Eurozone economy has headed into decline with countries in recession. Italy, Holland, Belgium together with Greece and Portugal have seen two consecutive negative quarters.... 
Spain Papers Review - Wednesday February 15
The economy dominates the front pages today ABC today El Mundo headlines another turn of the screw in the EU demands on Rajoy. El País explains that they want him to bring forward the 2012 budgets, and the EU commission are being inflexible on the deficit objectives. The hopes of the Rajoy government to get an extension... 
Spain Press Review - Tuesday February 14
The labour reform and Baltasar Garzón El País today El País headlines that a third of companies trading on the stock market can already make cheaper sackings. The paper says they can use the fact that they are making a loss of there has been a persistent fall in their sales to do so. The paper says Rajoy considers... 
Spain Papers Review - Monday February 13
The in-fighting in the PSOE in Andalucía leads some of the papers today. El País today El Mundo says that Rubalcaba’s supporters have ‘broken the pack’ against Griñán. It reports that the provincial secretary of the PSOE in Sevilla, José Antonio Vera, resigned from the regional assembly and took the votes... 
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