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December 2016 was third-warmest this century and 12th-warmest since 1965

LAST month was the third-warmest December of the 21st century and 58% drier than average, despite the torrential rain and flash floods across the country over the middle of the month, according to the State meteorological agency, AEMET.

Temperatures across Spain were 0.6ºC higher than the norm for the last month of autumn and first 10 days of winter with an average nationwide of 8.6ºC, as opposed…

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#environment/nature

Infant school pupil numbers plummet due to declining birth-rate

NEARLY 51,500 fewer children are in schools in Spain this academic year as a result of the ever-decreasing birth-rate, says the ministry of education

The fall in pupil numbers has, predictably, mainly been seen in the 3-6 age-group, which has gone down by 3.7% from 1,362,128 during the 2015-2016 school year to 1,311,683 this year.

Overall, pupil numbers nationwide of all age-groups have plummeted…

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#education employment

Physics experts debunk Spain GMT myths and warn time-zone change would be 'disastrous'

Physics experts debunk Spain GMT myths and warn time-zone change would be ‘disastrous’

SCIENTISTS have warned that putting Spain back onto GMT as it was before World War II would be ‘disastrous’ and do little or nothing to improve the work-life balance.

Head of Applied Physics at Santiago de Compostela University in Galicia, Dr Jorge Mira, says turning the clocks back ‘would solve nothing’ and ‘would even bring more problems’.

He says he and fellow scientists are ‘observing with a…

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#technology/science

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Jail sentence for refuge owner who put down “thousands” of animals

Carmen Marín, owner of the animal refuge, during the trial

The owner of an animal refuge in the Costa del Sol resort town of Torremolinos has been handed down a three-year, nine-month jail term for “indiscriminately” putting down more than 2,000 cats and dogs between 2008 and 2010.

A Malaga court this week ruled that Carmen Marín, the president of the Parque Animal de Torremolinos, took advantage…

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Nadia's 'appeal fraud' parents may face child porn charges

Nadia’s ‘appeal fraud’ parents may face child porn charges

THE parents of an 11-year-old girl with a degenerative disease who are under investigation for alleged fraud in an appeal fund may also face charges of child porn, according to latest news.

Nadia Nerea Blanco Garau is currently living with a maternal aunt as her father, Fernando Blanco remains in custody – although her mother Marga Garau has been released with charges – suspected of having spent…

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Spain preparing new digital copy tax

The Spanish government is preparing to include cloud storage, smartphones, tablets and hard drives in a new private copy levy designed to replace the previous ‘digital canon’ declared illegal by the Court of Justice of the European Union, reports Europa Press.

Under the terms of the new proposal, the tax on digital reproduction devices and supports could rise to EUR 12 for hard drives, EUR 1.1…

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Only one in 10 Spaniards studies English, and just four in 10 speak it, survey shows

SIX in 10 Spaniards do not speak or understand enough English to be able to hold a basic conversation and cannot read or write it, according to the Social Research Centre (CIS).

And 70% of companies believe their staff ‘s levels of English are not enough to be able to deal with foreign clients, the national Chamber of Commerce reveals.

Professor Ainderias Fitzgerald, an Irish teacher who trains…

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#education employment

If you have a mortgage in Spain you could be eligible for a refund

A BBVA ad campaign for home loans.

In December 2015, Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that mortgage clauses introduced by Banco Popular and BBVA that forced borrowers to pay for all fees associated with taking out the home loans were abusive. Instead, the court ruled that the banks should pay for all or at least part of these set-up expenses, because it is the lenders who have an interest in making a…

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Spain's PP : Brexit "an Opportunity

Spain’s PP : Brexit “an Opportunity

Brexit has been described as “an opportunity” by Spain’s ruling Partido Popular, in a paper on foreign policy presented ahead of its national party conference next month.

The PP’s vice-secretary for media and coordinator of the document, Pablo Casado, said Spain could take up the position previously held by the UK, and become the United States’ preferred partner in Europe. The paper adds Brexit…

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#brexit

Man who bathed his baby in boiling water faces prison term

A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Jaén is facing 12 years in jail for bathing his baby in boiling water, causing him permanent scarring.

The court heard that in August 2012, the baby’s parents went to visit the accused’s sister for the afternoon and, later on, the two women went out to buy food for the evening meal.

Once alone in the house, the father – identified only by his initials of M.C.M. – decided to…

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Family stops child abductor dressed as one of the Three Kings

A CHILD kidnapper disguised as one of the Three Wise Men during the Twelfth Night parades was thwarted by the victim’s family and arrested in Madrid’s Carabanchel neighbourhood, say Local Police.

They say a man aged 43 was taken into custody after trying to drag away an eight-year-old boy, grabbing him and hiding him under his cloak.

He had expected to go unnoticed, dressed as one of the Magi, or…

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Spain’s Carrefour supermarkets to phase out paper receipts

The Carrefour supermarket chain in Spain has taken the first step toward eliminating paper receipts at the checkouts of its stores, proving its customers with the option of receiving a digital version.

Local media Elpais.com reported the French-headquartered company intends to reduce the use of these receipts by 70%, as well as digitizing the main processes at its central offices through its…

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Corporate salary compulsory disclosure law to narrow gender pay gap

COMPANIES may be forced to reveal how much their male and female staff earn if the government pushes ahead a new law aimed at closing the gender pay gap.

Figures from 2014 show the average gross salary for men was €25,727, compared with €19,745 for women – a difference of nearly €6,000 – although it is not clear whether this huge disparity was for the same roles.

Firms with more than 50 employees…

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#education employment

'Misspent' college grants reclaimed in full from 25,700 students

‘Misspent’ college grants reclaimed in full from 25,700 students

NEARLY 25,700 students have been ordered to pay back their college grants from the academic year of 2014-2015, according to national and regional education authorities

So far, 11,171 have ‘voluntarily’ refunded their grants, totalling €12.7 million.

Handled by regional government education ministries jointly with secretarial departments of colleges and universities, the basic grant covers tuition…

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#education employment

BBVA ordered to refund mortgage costs to client

A BANK has been ordered to refund a client the sum of €3,371 which was erroneously charged in full to set up a mortgage. The customer was told to make the payment in 2010 when signing a mortgage contract with Catalunya Banc-Catalunya Caixa in order to cover notary costs, entry on the land registry and taxes for documented legal procedures, but a court in Granollers (Barcelona province) said these…

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#legal finance

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