Spain’s top female shuttler Carolina Marin proved her mettle on court when she put up stunning show of top class badminton in Women’s Singles category and outplayed Peru’s Claudia Rivero in Group L contest at Olympic Games 2012 in London, England, on July 30. The higher ranked Marin, who is placed at number 28 in […]
Aug 15 2012 | Posted in
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Pablo Abian, the most talented shuttler from Spain, played to his maximum potential and managed to beat Petr Koukal of Czech Republic in Men’s Singles Group O at the Olympic Games 2012 on July 29, at London, England. The World Number 34 Abian, who has been impressive in the last few months at international stage, […]
Aug 10 2012 | Posted in
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Spanish police fired rubber bullets and charged protestors in central Madrid early Friday at the end of a huge demonstration against economic crisis measures. The protest was was one of over 80 demonstrations called by unions across the county against civil servant pay cuts and tax hikes which drew tens of thousands of people, including […]
Jul 20 2012 | Posted in
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Germany’s Constitutional Court will keep Europe waiting until Sept. 12 for its verdict on whether the new tools for fighting the euro zone debt crisis comply with German law or violate parliament’s right to decide on national budget issues. Resisting pressure from politicians and markets for a swift approval of the permanent bailout scheme (European […]
Jul 16 2012 | Posted in
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Greek national elections pose a new threat to the European market, if the left-wing Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras wins the polls and takes over the reins of the country. The Euro banking sector is expected to take a severe blow if the above premise proves to be true. Tsipras has openly rejected to form […]
Jun 15 2012 | Posted in
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Since the sovereign debt crisis started to cool off a bit, its inoculation into the US stock market had started to wear off as well. However, the recent news has left its effects on the likes of New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ as stocks began to respond to both news. The market took to […]
Jun 15 2012 | Posted in
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The latest from the West is that Spain has agreed to receive a bail-out assistance plan from the Euro zone ministers in tune of $125 Billion. However, the Spanish government is expected to release the exact amount needed by June 21. The mere news of the acceptance of bail-out plan has brought smiles on the […]
The US stock market also showed a promising start to the current week after the news received from across the ocean. Though the trading is still to commence on Monday, the futures showed a prosperity of 1 percent. Dow Jones industrial average futures gained 130 points. Nasdaq composite futures rose 28.50 points. S&P 500 futures […]
Soon after the 2008 crisis that hit the West the most, Europe went on a shopping spree, borrowing money from banks in huge sums. Now the bad debts are haunting the whole continent like the notion of Armageddon. Spain is not an exception and is on the verge of collapse if the European Union does […]
Jun 9 2012 | Posted in
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The solution to the above is bail-out, undoubtedly but it itself has two-fold problem that is fending the central government and sovereign governments of the countries. First, EU wants to instil the money into the banking sector of the countries like Spain but it is not only Spain that is in the oblivion. Countries like […]
Jun 9 2012 | Posted in
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Top Spanish duo confirm their participation for Beijing 500 series ATP event Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer, have committed to the China Open, an ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour 500 series event taking place in Beijing, China. The China Open is held at the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, built especially for the […]
Jun 7 2012 | Posted in
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Two girls come to beg for some water. For a week, the taps have been dry and there is no water supply in the village. Fadi, whose house has a large cistern that contains more water than the family consumes. However, his father fumes. “The who village will come to us soon, and we will […]
Jun 6 2012 | Posted in
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