Archive for February, 2008

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Spanish Tous wearing “Chavs”

I think I’ve found a Spanish equivalent of a “Chav”. As we all know, the word  “Chav” is mainly a derogatory slang terms in the United Kingdom for a subcultural stereotype fixated on fashions such as imitation gold, poorly made jewellery and fake designer clothing (often Burberry), combined with elements of working class British street [...]

26Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Eduardo da Silva broken leg

 On seeing the horrific scenes of Saturday’s premiership game between Arsenal and Birmingham all I can say is that Martin Taylor should never put on a football shirt again. The ferocity and out and out disgracefulness of his tackle that left Eduardo da Silva with a horrific injury has turned the Premiership on its head.  
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24Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The first Ave trains arrive early without fuss

The first commerical AVE high speed trains left Madrid’s Atocha and Barcelona’s Sants stations at 6am this morning, arriving at their respective destinations eight and five minutes early, shortly after 8.30am.
A large number of journalists were among the 250 passengers hurtling southwest at speeds of up to 300km an hour.
Owing to the proximity of the [...]

21Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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British woman billed for damage to police bike that ran her over

According to a report on 11th February in El Mundo, Katerina Ann Bilek, a 35 year old British woman who lives in Barcelona, has been ordered to pay for damage to a police motorbike that knocked her down in Barcelona city centre on the 7th December last year when she was ten weeks pregnant.
Ms Bilek [...]

19Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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80% of teachers on strike in Catalunya

80% of teachers (excluding universities) in Cataunya today have decided to go on strike in protest of a future law regarding education in the region.
These past few days teachers have been “recommending” that children stay at home as “we can’t guarantee the service that a child deserves” said Rosa Cañadell - spokesperson from the Ustec [...]

14Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Hamilton Insults - not the first time say FIA

Max Mosley, the president of the FIA has assured us that the racist insults Hamilton had to endure at Catalunya’s Montmeló circuit 2 weeks ago was not a one off incident. Mosley, speaking yesterday to “The Sunday Times” said that Lewis had already suffered some kind of abuse at the China GP last year from [...]

11Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Greenpeace Ecologists demand probe into Repsol toxic spill

Greenpeace environmental activists have petitioned the regional government of Catalonia to conduct an exhaustive investigation into malpractice by the Repsol company that is putting public safety in jeopardy, evidenced by this latest case of a high contamination risk to water destined for human consumption.
They refer to the spillage of around 190 tonnes of highly toxic [...]

11Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Pet shop in Barcelona shows how a boa eats rabbit

A pet shop near Barcelona has been denounced for using a macabre method of attracting clientele. Apparently, the shop had in it’s window display a boa constrictor devouring a rabbit as a means of attracting customers!
The pet shop is said to be somewhere between Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona. Animal protection laws clearly [...]

7Feb2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Spanish hooligans at Montmelo circuit

I spent the best part of the weekend hearing the scream of Formula 1 cars as I don’t live that far from the Montmeló circuit. The worst part of the weekend though was reading the Spanish press and watching the news showing how Lewis Hamilton was treated.
Spaniards are very quick to point out hooliganism and blame other [...]

4Feb2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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‘Irregularities’ detected at clinic where stomach clamp patient died

The regional Health department has reported alleged “infractions of sanitary legislation” in the treatment received by a 19 year old patient who died at the CIMA clinic in Barcelona on 11th January just hours after undergoing a stomach-clamp surgery.
The morbidly obese girl, who was from Santa Perpetua de Mogoda - just outside Barcelona, was operated [...]

3Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued