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18 Mar

How to deal with the state of alert in Spain when you are a foreigner

  Here are some info about the Spanish administration and the immigration procedures : they are paralysed. You can’t process any file or have any appointment in person. All deadlines suspended, both in procedural and administrative matters. Same for the time deadlines regarding appeals and court processes that were active. It means that if you had an appointment with the immigration office to get a NIE number, an European Certificate ,renew your TIE or residency card, nationality procedure or any other kind [...]

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05 Mar

Las Fallas: You have to live them to believe them!

Here we go again the “Fallas” have started, even though there is a threat concerning the coronavirus for the moment nothing has interrupted these Incredible, amazing and unbelievable celebrations. These festivities are impossible to describe, they are as rich in activities as they are varied and quite spectacular ...You have to live them to believe them, all your senses will be alert, sight, sound, taste and odour an there is also  art, religion, pyrotechnics and gastronomy. Good mood is the [...]

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23 Feb

Spaniards still eager to study in British universities in spite of Brexit

Publié dans: https://english.elpais.com/brexit/2020-02-20/spaniards-still-eager-to-study-in-british-universities-despite-brexit.html Student applications have risen 30% since the 2016 referendum, but uncertainty remains over the future of the Erasmus exchange program An increasing number of Spanish students are interested in studying in British universities despite Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, in a process commonly known as “Brexit.” Britain’s Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has seen a 30% rise in student applications from Spain since 2016, when Britain voted to leave the EU. Requests from German and Bulgarian [...]

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23 Feb

Spanish rail company wins €5.6 billion contract to operate high-speed network in the United States

Publié sur: https://english.elpais.com/economy_and_business/2020-02-21/spanish-rail-company-wins-56-billion-contract-to-operate-high-speed-network-in-the-united-states.html Renfe will be responsible for the line between Houston and Dallas in what will be the largest ever deal reached by a state-owned company outside of Spain Spain’s state-owned rail company Renfe has won a $6 billion (€5.56 billion) contract to operate a high-speed train line between the cities of Dallas and Houston in the United States – the biggest contract ever secured by a Spanish public company outside of Spain, according to a press release issued by the firm [...]

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27 Jan

Effects of Storm Gloria in Spain: “Recovery will be very tough”

https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/23/inenglish/1579766516_152337.html   Valencia leader Ximo Puig demands swift action from the central government to deal with the aftermath of a weather event that has killed at least 13 people A powerful storm that battered Spain this week has claimed at least 13 lives – four people remain missing – and devastated coastal areas along the Mediterranean with record rainfall, wind and waves. The latest fatality is a fisherman who was dragged out to sea in L’Ametlla de Mar (Tarragona) on Thursday. Authorities are [...]

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