The Spanish of the Young
April 11, 2008
This Wednesday Spain celebrates the international seminar on “El español de los jóvenes” (”The Spanish of the Young”) organized by the “Fundación del Español Urgente Fundéu BBVA”. This seminar will be inaugurated by the Princess of Asturias, doña Letizia Ortiz. Read more
Six year old helps his mother to give birth at home in Spain!
April 6, 2008
A 28 year old mother from O Carballiño, a village in the Galician province of Orense, north western Spain, went into labour at the end of last month after her husband had already left for work.
Her waters broke and there was no time to leave for the hospital, so she gave birth at home with the help of her six year old son. Little José said it all seemed really easy.
José describes seeing his mother coming out of the bathroom holding her stomach, and being able to see the head of his baby sister.
He says he told his mother María, to take her hands away and let the baby be born. María herself proudly relates how she told José to put his hands underneath her, and smoothly draw out his little sister.
The ambulance arrived after the birth to find a healthy baby girl who the family have decided to call Lucía.
Foreigners constitute 16,6% of Madrid’s population
April 1, 2008
The amount of foreigners living in Spain has virtually quadrupled throughout the last 5 years. No other European country has experienced such a speedy increase in its amount of immigrants. Read more
Macro Botellón in Granada – an expensive celebration for the city hall!
April 1, 2008
Some 15,000 people attended the event to celebrate the arrival of Spring on Friday night. Read more
Tourism in Spain increases once again!
March 27, 2008
Spain received 6,2 million tourists in 2008’s first two months. This information, diffused by the “Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio” shows an increase of 3,9% compared to the same period last year according to the data collected by Frontur . In February solely, 3,3 million tourists visited Spain, 6,5% more than last year. Read more
Only 3 out of 10 students actually graduate
February 25, 2008
Only half of the Spanish students that register at university actually finish their studies. The book “La Universidad en la encrucijada: Europa y EEUU” who was written by researchers of the Universidad del País Vasco and directed by Pello Salaburu, offers information about different university systems to help improve the functioning of the educational system in Europe, especially in Spain. Read more
Languages against Xenophobia
February 19, 2008
42% of the Spanish population speaks English “badly or very badly” and only 23% can “converse correctly”, a new study reveals. Languages still seem to be the pending subject in Spain’s educational system. Read more
Spanish universities go WiFi
February 19, 2008
All Spanish public universities will have WiFi at the start of the next school year in 85% of their surface thanks to the “Campus en Red” initiative. Read more
80% of the Balearics don’t go to libraries
January 6, 2008
A recent study shows that 80% of the population on the Balearic Islands does not go to the libraries. Top reasons appear to be “lack of time” and “lack of interest”. The study Read more
Barcelona’s bicing to be expanded throughout the whole city
January 4, 2008
The successful Bicing operation hits the 100,000 users mark and the current mayor of Barcelona personally hands over the user id card to the 100,000th suscriber. The huge success of Bicing in Barcelona has resulted in the city seriously considering extending the service throughout the metropolitan area. Read more
