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National News
The conservative opposition People's party (PP) of Mariano Rajoy have won a clear majority in Spain's general election. The right-wing PP won 186 seats compared to 154 in the last legislature, while the Socialists fell from 169 to 110, their worst performance ever. Although the 56-year-old is an apostle of deficit control and liberalisation, he has been deliberately vague about his plans so as not to frighten off voters. With Spain's sovereign debt yields last week approaching the levels at which Portuga...
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National News
SPAIN IN SECOND RECESSION. The first steps in a major restructuring of Spain’s. Fragile banking sector were put in place on Friday night as the board of Bankia – Spain's fourth biggest bank – asked the country's government for a rescue cash injection of €19bn (£15bn). With Spanish banks now seen as a serious threat to the euro, taxpayers are likely to end up with 90% of the deeply troubled lender. Recently, we have heard about several changes, which will be made in order to improve the quality and intell...
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Don't believe it all, Find out for yourself, Check before you spread news of the world. Conservatives Swept Into Power. Spain's right conservatives swept convincingly into power and into an economic diificult situation as voters suffering 21.5 percent unemployment punished the ruling Socialist government. 8211; the third time in as many weeks that Europe's debt crisis has finished with an administration. But the 56-year old Rajoy gave no hints of how he will solve Spain's unemployment nightmare – w...
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Don't believe it all, Find out for yourself, Check before you spread news of the world. DRAMATIC CUTS IN SPAIN. Tens of thousands of people across Spain today protested against education and healthcare spending cuts as the country slid into its second recession in three years. Speaking at a party rally, Mr Rajoy, who on Friday announced a new set of tax hikes to come into effect next year, said he had “no alternative”. He added, “Spain needs deep structural change, not make-up.”. Mechanic Evaristo Villar...
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Newspaper for English students. Don't believe it all, Find out for yourself, Check before you spread news of the world. THE WORLD IN CRISIS. 8220; The World in Crisis”. Describes the period of transition that the world is now entering, as we experience the last days of the era known to historians as the “Modern Period”, which itself came into existence in Western Europe in the 16th century. VARGAS LLOSA WINS NOBEL PRIZE. Jorge Lorenzo, Tony Elías and Marc Marquez are the new world champions. Millenium is...
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Don't believe it all, Find out for yourself, Check before you spread news of the world. March, north-east Japan was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 8.9 in the Richter scale, the biggest known earthquake recorded in this area. It took place in the Tōhoku region, causing a tsunami with waves around 10 meters high. This earthquake was preceded by several foreshocks –one of magnitude 7 on 9. March- and followed by hundreds of aftershocks. Bin Laden was shot in the head and later buried at sea. Before the g...
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Quiz
Right, now is time to read all the sections of the newspaper and answer the following questions. Remember that you have to send me your answers to my email address. 1 What member of the Spanish monarchy is suspected of. 2 Who is known as the Cavallieri? 3 What’s the name of Madrid’s. President who is in favour of private schools? 4 Mention the film seen by 4th of ESO students about a good student who becomes a hooligan. 5 What is the name of the band of one of the ex students? 13 Where did Simoncelli die?
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Opinion
Spain is going to be one of the few countries who is going to prohibit smoking in some sites in the street. Spain is also going to prohibit smoking in all of pubs, restaurants, and all public places like hospitals, playgrounds, schools, and many others. The law begins the 2nd of January of 2011. On the other hand the Spanish government will allow smoking at prison, in psychiatrics and in nursing residencies because they consider that these places are temporally houses of people who stay in there. When Ai...
