Spain's a strange and interesting place. It was a rehearsal ground for part of World War II; it suffered both from both fascist and communist tyranny in the course of a single decade. Then it stayed out of the war and stayed locked in...
MADRID AFP — Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is dreaming of glory for Spain at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after his side beat Germany 1-0 to win Euro 2008, its first major title in over 40 years. "They deserved to win and this is...
The Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry QCCI signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Padova Promex, a special agency of Padova Chamber of Commerce, Italy, yesterday, strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries. "The MoU will facilitate commercial and industrial exchange between Qatar and Padova's...
European News IN BRIEF *MADRID Spaniards are mourning the death of Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo who, as prime minister from February 1981 to December 1982, steered the country to democracy after the fascist dictatorship of General Franco. During a vote to approve his premiership in 1981, a group...
Theo Walcott and Gabriel Agbonlahor have been included in the England Under-21 squad for the friendly against Wales on 15 May in Wrexham. Walcott was an unused substitute with the seniors during the last international break, while Agbonlahor was on Fabio Capello's initial list for the France...
Theo Walcott and Gabriel Agbonlahor have been included in the England Under-21 squad for the friendly against Wales on 15 May in Wrexham. Walcott was an unused substitute with the seniors during the last international break, while Agbonlahor was on Fabio Capello's initial list for the France...
Theo Walcott and Gabriel Agbonlahor have been included in the England Under-21 squad for the friendly against Wales on 15 May in Wrexham. Walcott was an unused substitute with the seniors during the last international break, while Agbonlahor was on Fabio Capello's initial list for the France...
NO. 6 SPAIN THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (Victor Erice, 1973) AFTER stop-offs in France and Belgium, our cinematic odyssey heads south as we cross the Pyrenees and enter Spain. Prior to the death of fascist leader General Francisco Franco in...
Fabio Capello's England assistant Franco Baldini was the subject of an extraordinary Mafia-style threat in a Rome court yesterday from Luciano Moggi - the man at the centre of Italian football's match-fixing scandal. The England manager was there to witness the threat by Moggi, whom the court's judge threatened with...
Fabio Capello's England assistant Franco Baldini was the subject of an extraordinary Mafia-style threat in a Rome court yesterday from Luciano Moggi - the man at the centre of Italian football's match-fixing scandal. The England manager was there to witness the threat by Moggi, whom the court's judge threatened with...
Despite political uncertainties in Kuwait, plans to construct a new multi-billion refinery in the country will proceed, face=+Italic; TradeArabiaface=-Italic; news service quoted a Kuwaiti oil official as saying. "In general, I don't think this will affect the strategic projects in the oil sector. There is no change in...
CARLSBAD, Calif. and MADRID, Spain -- As an addition to the varied and in-depth workshops and panels where luminaries cover the business of biotechnology, EBD Group today announced that it will feature a special emphasis on biotech developments in Spain during the BIO-Europe Spring[R] 2008 conference, held April 7-9, 2008...
The leaders of the European centre-right parties have welcomed the controversial plan to establish a new Mediterranean Union' or a Union for the Mediterranean in the updated version of the proposal. At its summit on 13 March in Brussels, the European People's Party EPP said...
Spanish Civil War veteran Steve Fullarton was the last survivor of the 500 Scots who fought with the International Brigades against General Franco's rebels in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. Aged just 18, and halfway through his engineering apprenticeship when he crossed the Pyrenees in April...
JERUSALEM AFP — Israel went on alert on Friday after a Palestinian gunmen killed eight teens at a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem before being gunned down, threatening efforts to mend faltering peace talks. Israel's main ally, US President George W. Bush, led a global chorus of outrage...
Pedro Almodovar, the Oscar-winning Spanish director famed for his colourful and frenetic sex comedies, is to film the tender autobiography of a communist poet who spent 23 years in prison during the darkest years of the Franco dictatorship. Marcos Ana, now 88, was 19 when General Francisco...
ENGLAND FOLLOW-UP If football reflects society, then these days multi-culturalism is a part of it. Franco Baldini, who is apparently to be styled general manager of the England team, was only stating the obvious when he pointed out: "In England, teams play a very different style to...
Fabio Capello's right-hand man, Franco Baldini, has criticised the lack of "technical skill" in the England squad - and said that the players have to get used to double training sessions while on international duty so that they can improve their passing. Baldini, who holds the title...
Fabio Capello's right-hand man, Franco Baldini, has criticised the lack of "technical skill" in the England squad - and said that the players have to get used to double training sessions while on international duty so that they can improve their passing. Baldini, who holds the title...
--ROME Italy was bracing for a spring general election after the prime minister-designate Franco Marini told the head of state that, in four days of talks, he had been unable to obtain a consensus for a "technical government" to change the electoral law. Romano Prodi's government fell last month,...
Articles 2008-02-05
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