Spanish Bureaucracy

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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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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.
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19Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Moroccan PM condemns Spanish ‘occupation’ of enclaves

RABAT, Nov 7, 2007 (AFP) - Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi condemned on Wednesday Spain’s “occupation” of two disputed enclaves, in the wake of a visit by Spain’s King Juan Carlos which prompted Rabat to recall its ambassador to Madrid.
“Along with Israel, Spain is today the only nation reluctant to turn the pages on [...]

8Nov2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Ayuntamiento (The Town Hall)

I remember going on one ocasion.  I was in the middle of setting up a company and needed to go to the local town hall to look up/ask under which heading (epígrafe) my particular business resided. Anyway to cut a long story short I lined up (ponerse en la cola)  like you do and waited. The guy in [...]

30Jul2007 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Spanish Bureaucracy is great…NOT!

Ever had trouble with this one here in Catalonia or Spain? Who hasn’t? Have you ever filled in the 20 forms asked for and presented your 3 passport photos and a complete report of what your dad had for breakfast the day before yesterday? What do you think about? Got a story to tell? Tell [...]

30Jul2007 | admin | 2 comments | Continued