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April 21st, 2005
Despite a decade of strong performance and rising living standards, further economic reform is needed and a housing boom poses risks, an OECD report warned.The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said the Spanish economy is heading for growth of 2.7 percent this year and 3.0 percent in 2006, the ...
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January 17th, 2006
Plans to construct a further 450,000 homes along a 500 kilometer stretch of Spain’s already massively developed Mediterranean coast could be derailed by a lack of water, regional water boards have warned, indicating that the long running conflict between urban development and environmental sustainability has now come to a head.Documents ...
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November 1st, 2005
The area of Los Guajares lies to the South of Granada. Cut off from modern Spain until recent years when a road was built to reach the villages, this mountainous community resides within a sub tropical valley, through which the Guadalfeo river runs. Only 20 minutes from the coastal resort ...
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January 31st, 2006
Foreigners now make up 8.5 per cent of the Spanish population of just over 44 million, according to the latest figures. The population has risen by 910.000 in just under a year - an increase of 2.1 per cent. There are now 3,370,610 foreigners registered in the country ...
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April 5th, 2006
Higher interest rates have failed to dampen Spaniards’ desire to become property owners, new figures reveal.Mortgage loans rose 37.7 percent in the first month of the year, compared with January 2005.The European Central Bank raised its interest rate for the first time in December, with the second rate hike ...
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May 1st, 2006
We Brits want old, traditional Spanish houses, reeking with character; the locals want pristine new ones, complete with all mod cons. Is the result just a series of expat ghettoes?The dream is a familiar one. Work hard, save harder, sell up and head for a new life in Spain. Not ...
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May 8th, 2006
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish prime minister, is poised to approve labour reforms that aim to promote stable employment and curb the abuse of short term contracts affecting one out of every three salaried workers in Spain.A new law, which Mr Zapatero is expected to sign tomorrow, will limit the ...
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May 24th, 2006
Spain’s decision to offer the most liberal amnesty to immigrants in Europe has provoked more concern over the future for migration to Spain. Critics say it is opening the flood gates, while supporters claim the government is confronting one of the country’s biggest challenges. We look at what the future ...
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May 9th, 2006
Lying within the peaks of the Cantabrian mountain range, Asturias is one of Spain’s northernmost regions. With historic towns, rugged coastline and mountainous peaks, almost a third of Asturian territory has been declared protected natural space. Asturias Costa Verde (Green Coast) runs for 145 kilometres and is one of the ...
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June 16th, 2006
Swapping a massage for an English class helps expats to integrate into Spanish society. It started off in the United States as a way of exchanging skills for free.But now ‘time banks’, as they are called, are being used by expats as a way of integrating into Spanish ...
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