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Barcelona Victorious in the Champions League Final
by Amy Lambert on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
F.C. Barcelona won the final of the Champions League which took place on Saturday at Wembley stadium… read more »
Spanish Students are Finalists in Microsoft's Imagine Cup
by Kimberly Defrate on Thursday, May 26, 2011
Microsoft holds a competition called the Imagine Cup designed for programmers to showcase their skills and creativity to design new applications with Microsoft software… read more »
Gran Prix in Barcelona
by Amy Lambert on Monday, May 23, 2011
Penelope Cruz says that youth protests: "break my heart"
by Kimberly Defrate on Thursday, May 19, 2011
Penelope Cruz is back in Spain to promote her new Pirates of the Caribbean film for the first time since December, before the birth of her son Leo. Stunningly beautiful and fully back in shape post-partum, she signed autographs and kindly was the center of attention at the press conference in which co-stars Sam Claflin and Astrid Bergès-Fribey also took part… read more »
Spain´s Eurovision History
by Amy Lambert on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Last weekend saw many countries come head to head in the Eurovision Song Contest. Sadly S pain was not hugely successful in the competition ending up in 23rd place with their entry from Lucía Pérez, Her song was called “Que me quiten lo bailao.”… read more »
Spanish Books
by Amy Lambert on Wednesday, May 11, 2011
This week it is the annual Feria del Libro here in Salamanca . These fairs take place throughout Spain promoting Spanish literature. This week there is also a book fair taking place in Granada, and there will be one later this month in Madrid… read more »
Ryanair threatens Spain: Remove fines or we will reduce service
by Kimberly Defrate on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The CEO of Ryanair Low-cost Airline, Michael O'Leary, has threatened the Spanish Ministry of Industry that the airline will cut flights and jobs in Spain if they do not revoke the 64 fines against the Irish Airline worth more than 1,23 million euros… read more »
Forbidden drawings found at the Alhambra Palace
by Kimberly Defrate on Thursday, May 05, 2011
Middleton Sisters both fans of Zara!
by Amy Lambert on Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Both Kate and Pippa Middleton are fans of the Spanish store Zara! On the Saturday after the royal wedding the two sisters both wore clothes from the Spanish chain… read more »
The Dog Whisperer, César Millan, in SPAIN
by Kimberly Defrate on Monday, May 02, 2011
I admit it, I LOVE the show "The Dog Whisperer". I love César Millan, and I LOVE the way he trains "people" to understand their canine friends... and I don't even have a dog! But his lessons and methods can be applied to almost any animal, I am a firm believer!… read more »