It’s a computer – inside a cockroach. Nano-sized entities made of DNA that are able to perform the same kind of logic operations as a silicon-based computer have been introduced into a living animal. The DNA computers – known as… Read More ›
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Gibraltar: Fury as Spanish officers search British diplomatic bag at border
Foreign Office spokesman described incident as ‘serious infringement’ of diplomatic protocols Heather Saul Tuesday, 26 November 2013 The Foreign Office has made a formal complaint after a British diplomatic bag was opened and searched by Spanish Guardia Civil officers on… Read More ›
Spain colluded in NSA spying on its citizens, Spanish newspaper reports
El Mundo says it has document detailing collaboration between US intelligence agency and foreign countries Paul Hamilos in Madrid theguardian.com, Wednesday 30 October 2013 07.41 EDT A man protests against NSA spying outside the foreign ministry in Madrid. Photograph:… Read More ›
Crisis: 72.9% of Spanish under-30s live with their parents
55% youth unemployment, low wages: hard to pay for a house 22 August, 20:24 (ANSAmed) – MADRID – Prolonged recession and record unemployment rates are forcing 72.9% of Spaniards aged under 30 to live with their parents, according… Read More ›
Britain sends rapid reaction force of warships to visit Gibraltar / Spain threatens to close part of its airspace to Britain
British navy warships to visit Gibraltar amid diplomatic row Exclusive: Britain has said a rapid reaction force of warships will visit Gibraltar on its way to naval exercises in the Mediterranean, even as the fierce diplomatic row over the disputed… Read More ›
Crisis-Plagued Madrid Sells Out : ” they no longer resist the foolish things their administration does “
By Helene Zuber in Madrid In the midst of the crisis, Madrid’s regional government and city administration are hawking their treasures and altering ordinances in order to make the Spanish capital more attractive to investors. The Spaniards are even selling… Read More ›
Spanish ruling party funded itself illegally, says ex-treasurer
Source: Reuters – Sun, 7 Jul 2013 04:28 PM People hold a giant Spanish flag on the 34th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution at Madrid’s Colon Square December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Susana Vera MADRID, July 7 (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling… Read More ›
Spain’s jobless rate soars to a record high of 27.16 per cent
In nearly two million homes, every adult is out of work – with no end of recession in sight Alasdair Fotheringham Thursday, 25 April 2013 For the first time since modern statistics began, Spain reached the landmark figure of more… Read More ›
Wealth tax to pay for EU bailouts
Monday, 15 April 2013 Wealthy households would face new taxes on property and other assets under German plans to prop up the struggling eurozone. Senior advisers to Chancellor Angela Merkel are pushing for better-off households to pay towards the cost… Read More ›
Spain protesters accuse EU of servility to markets
16 Mar 2013 MADRID (AFP) Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Madrid and other cities in Spain against European Union leaders’ handling of the financial crisis, condemning “an EU that belongs to the markets”. The marches, organised by Spain’s “indignados”… Read More ›
Fecal microbiota transplantation cures gastrointestinal diseases: 90% cure rate
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association Stool transplants highly efficient for Clostridium difficile infections and other gastrointestinal conditions — 2nd World Summit ‘Gut Microbiota For Health’ held in Madrid (26 February 2013) Clostridium difficile infections have developed into… Read More ›
Give back our money, savers yell at Spain banks
News @ AsiaOne Furious Spaniards who say banks cheated them of their savings took to the streets demanding that the bailed-out lenders give them their money back. -AFP Sat, Dec 01, 2012 AsiaOne MADRID – Furious Spaniards… Read More ›
Catalans have set their region on the road to independence, voting in pro-separatist parties that will push for a referendum on breaking away from Spain.
Catalonia poll: Spain’s unity put to the test as voters take step towards independence <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end oftag –> By Fiona Govan, Barcelona 8:53PM GMT 25 Nov 2012 The incumbent regional president Artur Mas… Read More ›
Thousands of police march in Spain austerity protest
17Nov2012 MADRID (AFP)About 5,000 police officers marched through the centre of Madrid on Saturday to protest salary cuts and the thinning of their ranks as Spain grapples with its sovereign debt crisis.The officers, who had travelled from across Spain. rallied… Read More ›
Misery for thousands of British air passengers as anti-austerity strikes hit Europe and angry clashes break out in Oxford Street
Around 800 flights to and from Portugal and Spain cancelled Walkouts and protests planned across Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy London protests planned to coincide with European walkouts Unions fighting cuts demand an end to ‘unbearable’ austerity measures British air… Read More ›
Spain: gov’t to abolish long weekends in 2013
Making the work week more efficient by reforming the calendar (ANSAmed) – MADRID, NOVEMBER 2 – By the end of the year, the Spanish government will move some holidays that fall during the workweek to other days in order to… Read More ›
Around three thousand Spanish police rally against loss of Christmas bonus
Sunday, 28 October 2012 Around three thousand off-duty police officers rallied outside the Interior Ministry in the Spanish capital to protest austerity measures and budget cuts that will see their Christmas bonuses hit the chopping block. Plain-clothes police donning blue… Read More ›
Anti-austerity protesters urge Spain government to resign in Madrid rally
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, October 27, 2012 18:08 EDT Topics: budget cuts ♦ demonstrators ♦ Spain government Thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators marched in the Spanish capital Saturday calling for the conservative government to resign because of its severe budget cuts…. Read More ›
Spain considers banning photos, video of police and state security forces who are on duty
By Associated Press, Published: October 19 MADRID — Spain is considering a ban on photographing, filming or reproducing images of police and state security forces who are on duty, officials said Friday. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said the… Read More ›
Spain’s credit rating downgraded to near junk
S&P downgrades Spain’s credit rating Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Spain’s credit rating by two notches, warning that the deepening economic recession is limiting the government’s options. <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end of tag… Read More ›
Spain’s tax take tumbles as companies go abroad: Spain’s corporate tax take has tumbled by almost two thirds from pre-crisis levels
Spain’s tax take tumbles as companies go abroad By Tracy RucinskiPosted 2012/10/03 at 8:00 am EDT MADRID, Oct. 3, 2012 (Reuters) — Spain’s corporate tax take has tumbled by almost two thirds from pre-crisis levels as small businesses fail and… Read More ›
Spain’s rising debt costs eat up austerity gains: separatist crises in Catalonia and the Basque region that threaten to break the country apart.
Spain has pushed through €40bn of fresh austerity measures in the teeth of recession, despite violent protests across the country and separatist crises in Catalonia and the Basque region that threaten to break the country apart. Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy… Read More ›
Spain must leave the euro: ” Spain is damned if it leaves, but damned for eternity if it stays”
Mario Draghi’s promise to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro never did look like inducing any more than a temporary lull in the storm; still less did the German Constitutional Court’s thumbs up to the European bail-out fund… Read More ›
Spanish Ire, Symbolized by a Carrot: Central Government is Losing Control
September 26, 2012 By RAPHAEL MINDER MADRID — As Spanish domestic politics threaten to spin beyond the control of the central government, they are also making it harder for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to meet Spain’s financial obligations to the… Read More ›
Riot police dodge fire bombs and tear gas hurled at protesters as demonstration in Athens against cuts descends into violence: 500,000 Protest
Officers were set alight by exploding bombs as a protest descended into carnage near country’s parliament About 500,000 people joined the anti-government rally to demonstrate against new austerity measures in Greece Police were seen fighting with protesters in what is… Read More ›
Anti-cuts protests erupt on streets of Athens and Madrid: ” 70,000 people marched to the Greek parliament chanting “EU, IMF Out!”
5:32pm EDT By Renee Maltezou and Julien Toyer ATHENS/MADRID (Reuters) – Demonstrators have clashed with police on the streets of Athens and Madrid in an upsurge of popular anger at new austerity measures being imposed on two of the euro… Read More ›
Economic crisis fuels Separatist movement in Spain ” The EU says an independent Catalonia seceded it would have to reapply for membership of the bloc.
Thursday, 20 September 2012 Spain’s economic crisis is exposing deep regional fault lines. Among Catalans on Barcelona’s boulevards the talk is of independence, and Madrid is worried. This week the king and prime minister called… Read More ›
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