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Spain 3rd most expensive EU state for electricity and 2nd for ADSL

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Spain is shamed today after the EU named it as the 3rd most expensive EU state for electricity, and 2nd most expensive for ADSL. This, despite median earnings and high unemployment putting the country into the low end of the EU development index. Brussels notes “with alarm” this is putting Spaniards into a position where basic utilities are becoming luxuries. The cheapest fixed line ADSL offer is currently €38.7 a month, and the average household Continue reading Spain 3rd most expensive EU state for electricity and 2nd for ADSL→

State takes control of Andalucia’s AVE investments

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Remember that the EU has promised to finish off the high speed railway AVE down to Algeciras? Well, today Madrid announced that it will take control of all of the construction work back from Seville, and will “compensate” Seville for the 280 million euros it has invested so far. The money was spent building 77km between Marchena and Antequera (Málaga). Andalucia was the only region to have spent any of its own money on the Continue reading State takes control of Andalucia’s AVE investments→

Brussels investigates 250 urbanizaciones for lack of water

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Brussels has announced that it has launched an investigation into the construction of some 250 urbanizaciones across the south of Spain, as it fears that they will be built and sold without sufficient or guaranteed water supplies. There are three projects in Almeria being investigated, although nobody seems sure which 3. In Cuevas del Almanzora, an urbanizacion that is going up in sector PE-2. In Velez Rubio, the mayor “thinks” its a golf course with Continue reading Brussels investigates 250 urbanizaciones for lack of water→