(SEL) Spain has just 40 days to take in over 15,000 refugees if it intends to meet its pledge before the international community. There is no way it will acheive it, even if it had the intention.
Tag Archive for EU
Spain to Pay Out
by Martin Myall •
Spain has lost an international court case over green-energy funding, which was cut back in 2010 leaving the British company Eiser in the lurch.
La Charca de Suárez Wetlands
by Hugh MacArthur •
The waterfowl sanctuary, La Charca de Suárez, in Motril is going to have 140,000 euros spent on it. The money will go on improved signposting and generally doing up the installations.
Missiles and Cucumbers
by Martin Myall •
Somebody shoots down an airliner over Eastern Ukraine and Costa Tropical greenhouse farmers face ruin – such is the global economy.
Brussels Reprimands Spain over H.S. Train
by Martin Myall •
Spain has been reported to the EU Law Court by Brussels over the AVE (high speed train) environmental issues.
Spain Has a Problem…
by Martin Myall •
One amongst several, of course, but a rather big one: its ceiling for expenditure is 133,259m euros for 2014 but its tax system is not working. You see, although Spain has one of the highest tax rates in the European Union, it actually brings in less than most.
Cement Consumption Plummets
by Louise Powell •
During the roaring years of the housing boom Spain was accounting for 80% of all of the cement consumed in the whole of Europe, but that ‘glory’ has long passed.
Corporate Crime in Spain
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
Corporate crime (delito societario) is a specific type of crime under the larger heading of property crimes and crimes against socio-economic order (delitos contra el patrimonio y contra el orden socioeconómico).
Three Spanish National Articles
by Duncan Inglis •
Three national articles from the January edition. Including interesting stuff about Argentina declassifying papers relating to the ‘disappeared’ Spaniards. Monetary union discussions and amendments. And finally Hot Hot Hot about the overall yearly temperature in Spain for 2011.
The Cookie Jar
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
On 25th May 2011 the EU set a deadline to the individual member countries to enforce directive 2009/136/EC amending Directive 2002/58/EC on ‘the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector.’ This is the well known ‘cookie directive,’ that was largely misinterpreted by the media, creating a wave of concern among web sites owners.