The Irish Times - Saturday, October 27, 2012Writer James Lawless What was your best holiday? A cultural exchange scholarship to Vigo, Galicia many years ago. I taught English to Spanish primary teachers for one hour a day leaving me with a lot of free time. I got to visit lots of places like Salamanca and the Islas Cíes . . . and Seville, which is still one of my favourite places. What was your worst holiday? I was a student and it was my first time abroad and on my own. I arrived in Barcelona Read more [...]
Actualizado: 26/10/2012 21:03:46Crónica: El Príncipe pide superar los "desencuentros" entre españoles "en el marco del Estado de Derecho". Crónica: Nussbaum señala que "la economía precisa de la filosofía para ser sensible a las personas". Los galardonados salen por el pasillo central entre aplausos y gaitas. El Príncipe clausura el acto de entrega de los Premios Príncipe de Asturias 2012, la edición número 32, y convoca la próxima edición para 2013. En su discurso don Felipe de Borbón Read more [...]
En los años sesenta-setenta, el hecho nacional catalán comenzó a ser asumido por la izquierda militante que, primordialmente desde el PSUC, pero también desde la izquierda radical, había asumido el total protagonismo en la resistencia antifranquista. El planteamiento del derecho a la autodeterminación estuvo fuera de toda duda, al menos teórica, otra cosa era poner el cascabel a la hiena franquista cuyos cuerpos represivos habían sido objetos de toda clase de privilegios ampliando una Read more [...]
El escritor norteamericano Philip Roth se ha mostrado satisfecho porque el público español se haya fijado en él y haya sido capaz de "atravesar la ignorancia, la mentira y la superstición sin sentido que generalmente se combinan para mantener a raya la enorme densidad de la verdadera realidad estadounidense". Roth, Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras de 2012, se ha pronunciado en esos términos en unas declaraciones que ha leído en la ceremonia de entrega Read more [...]
Clouds, winds and rain are forecast in Vigo, Europe's largest fishing port and Galicia's biggest city of 300,000, tonight. The 500 police - four times the figure of a normal Celta Vigo league game - working at the Galician derby, where 31,000 home fans and 800 away fans are expected, will be familiar with the conditions. Assumptions that Spain is a country of permanent sun are blown away in the country's green north west, where the Atlantic lashes against the rocky coast. It was sunny in June during Read more [...]
Liga BBVA Derby Galicji wracają do kalendarza Primera Division - Celta Vigo podejmuje w sobotni wieczór Deportivo La Coruna. Derby regionu Galicja rozegrane zostały po raz ostatni na drugim froncie w poprzednim sezonie. Swoją wyższość udowadniała ekipa z nieco mniejszego miasta, z A Coruñy. Na pierwszoligowym froncie obie drużyny miały okazję zmierzyć się po raz ostatni w sezonie 2006/2007 i wówczas oba mecze wygrała Celta (1:0, 1:0), choć był to jej Read more [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A 43-year-old man who was apparently assaulted has died three weeks after he was found bleeding along a wooded path in east Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police identified the victim as Silvano Melgar-Galicia, and detectives are asking for the public’s help to find information about his death. Police were called to the 5100 block of Central Avenue just after 2 a.m. Oct. 6 to assist paramedics. When they arrived, officers found Melgar-Galicia unresponsive Read more [...]
A 43-year-old man who was apparently assaulted has died three weeks after he was found bleeding along a wooded path in east Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police identified the victim as Silvano Melgar-Galicia, and detectives are asking for the public’s help to find information about his death. Police were called to the 5100 block of Central Avenue just after 2 a.m. Oct. 6 to assist paramedics. When they arrived, officers found Melgar-Galicia unresponsive on the ground on Read more [...]
ANAHEIM – After school and on weekends, friends of 18-year-old Jazmin Muñoz gather at the site of her death under a bridge at Euclid Street and I-5 to light candles at her memorial and quietly remember the teenager who died months after her high school graduation. They talk to Jazmin as if she were still here. Remember the good times. And, of course, they weep for her, the girl they knew as Jazzy, who was loud, bubbly and always the leader. Inevitably, Read more [...]
The recent election outcomes in the regions of the Basque country and Galicia once again put the limelight on Spain and the ability of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government to stabilize and reform the country’s economy. As expected, the Nationalist Party gained a relative majority of 27 seats out of 75 in the Basque country. The leader of the Basque Nationalist Party, Iñigo Urkullu, is expected to take the helm of the regional administration once he forms a coalition, Read more [...]

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