Archive for April, 2008

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Barça out of the champions league

Barça finally succumbed to a fine performance from Manchester United last night at Old Trafford. Manchester united won by one goal to nil in what was a match that Paul Scholes will remember for a long time. Scholes scored a brilliant goal that gave Barça keeper Victor Valdés no chance. I think it was always going [...]

30Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Spanish company launches first airbag helmet for motorcycles

APC Systems from Cataluña will be launching the world’s first ever motorcycle helmet that is fitted with an airbag designed to protect the rider’s back and neck in case of an accident.It will cost €829 euros and will go on sale nationally on May 13th at the end of Barcelona’s Big Biking Week.A batch of [...]

27Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Catalonia’s president’s son fined for vandalism

Arnau Montilla, one of regional president Jose Montilla’s five children, has been fined €300 euros for damaging two telephone boxes in Barcelona city centre.
The incident occurred at around 3:15 a.m as thousands of alcohol-fuelled fans were celebrating Montilla admitted kicking in the glass of one cabin and breaking the receiver, but denied vandalising the second.
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17Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Barcelona to eliminate more than 4,300 Franco plaques

Barcelona is to eliminate over 4,300 plaques and remnants from buildings and façades from the General Franco era. They will also be taking away statues and fascist monuments such s those dedicated to “Primo de Rivera“.Horta-Guinardó, Nou Barris and Sarrià-Sant Gervasì are where most of these Franco relics are to be found.
Most of these plaques [...]

10Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Max Mosley really should get his coat and leave

I really do think Max Mosley should get his coat and leave…..forever! To think that this guy cost McLaren 100 million dollars for the same thing that Renault did and is still sitting pretty in his connolly leather FIA president’s chair is beyond me.
I’m glad that the rest of the F1 fraternity are turning [...]

5Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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fines of up to €3,000 euros for parents of kids who play truant

Badalona town council is following the example of El Prat, where a similar scheme was first introduced two years ago, and will be fining the parents of children who persistently miss school up to €3,000 euros.
Ten sets of parents in the Sant Roc districts have been targeted initially after a number of alternative options failed [...]

1Apr2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued