Archive for: May 19, 2012

The vice -president of Valmor Sports announced last week that the Formula I race in Spain in 2010 will take place in Valencia but it will take place in June rather than August.The vice-president was obviously delighted at the change …

Malvarrosa beachgoers had a real treat last weekend with the Valencia air show.It was a eal family day out when Valencia celebrated its sixth Air Festival.The show began around the middle of the day and took about 2 hours to …

The automobile association RACE has announced that Spain is one of the worst places for pedestrians in Europe.Both pedestrians and drivers are to blame for this state of affairs.Studies were carried out in 20 Spanish cities.

Spain has the second highest …

According to the Oxford University Press Spain and the Spanish are at the tail end of Europe for speaking other languages.The European average for being able to hold a conversation in another language is 44%of the population.In Spain ,according to …

The National Statistics Institute reported last week that the divorce rate in Spain in 2008 was the lowest for three years.This is possibly another side effect of the recession.Last year 110,036 divorces were finalised ,down by 12.5% on 2007 and …

Last week the Spanish defence Minister welcomed home the last 88 soldiers who had been deployed in Kosovo for the past 10 years.They touched down in Getalfe airport in Madrid.The soldiers handed the Minister the last Spanish flag from Kosovo,which,until …

The Spanish director Almodovar has a difficult relationship with the Film Academy in Spain and it seems that it hasn’t gone away.Almodovar has made a film called “Broken Embraces” starring Penelope Cruz which has not been nominated by the Academy …