Archive for: November 2009

There  are two Spanish dances which give many people a great deal of enjoyment.They are the Salsa and the Merengue.The majority of Latin dances are in fact derived from Afro-Caribbean rhythms and they can be learned and practised by almost …

Last week it was the Valencia Tennis 500 and Andy Murray became the first tennis champion of the matches staged in the Agora in the City of Arts and Sciences.He defeated his opponant Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2 in just over …

The Spanish government is standing fast over the dealings with Somali pirates.They have held 36 members of a Basque fishing boat for more than one month.

Families of the fishermen are asking the Spanish government to release the two Somali pirates …

Last week the Spanish wind farms were producing over 40% of the Spanish electricity,only for 6 hours but evenso it just showed what it is capable of doing in the right conditions.The country was experiencing particularly gusty conditions,which brought about …

Spanish wine is a worldwide best seller in bulk sales,measured by volume,according to recent figures.The Spanish Wine Market Observatory has said that 130 million litres of unbottled wine which is worth 297 million euros  has been sold so far this …

November 9 was the cut off point for Spanish pre-paid mobile phones to be registered.Then on the news they announced that there would be a six month extention for people to register.

However most had their phones cancelled by the mobile …

Moderate economic growth might return to the Spanish economy by 2011 according to the European Commission.Even then they predict that it will be about 1%.They also predicted that 2009 would have negative growth for Spain with minus 3.7% and in …

The European Monitoring Centre for drugs  and Drug Addiction presented its annual report in Brussels last week .Spanish drug users still top the European Union’s list for cocaine.Spain is also the number 2 country for cannabis use,just behind Italy.

It appears …