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Cadiz port area must pay back 80% of all EU cash after it couldn’t tell Brussels where the money went

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The “zona franca” of Cadiz, the huge port and logistic area which acts as the main import/export area for Southern Spain, must pay back 80% of all EU money received over the last few years as it cannot account for how it was all spent. The Zona Franca management has admitted to the EU that the money appears to have been spent on vanity projects, wages, financing its outstanding debt with the banks (currently 150 Continue reading Cadiz port area must pay back 80% of all EU cash after it couldn’t tell Brussels where the money went→

Spain (quietly) gives up its aircraft carrier

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The Spanish Navy has very quietly announced that it has mothballed its only aircraft carrier, the “Principe de Asturias” (pictured), and will sell it for scrap next year, due to budget cutbacks. The news hasn’t made headlines in Spain, for whatever range of reasons (pick your own). What has made headlines, is the “surprising” fact that the aircraft carrier will be scrapped “up north”, in Ferrol, despite being considered a Cadiz ship. Principe de Asturias Continue reading Spain (quietly) gives up its aircraft carrier→

In case you’re wondering why I’m so quiet….

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I’m glued to the TV watching the chirigotas of Cádiz carnaval. If you know what this is, you too are watching them on Canal sur TV. If not, probably no point explaining. See you later… unless, of course, I finally snap with the constant repeated jokes about la Duquesa. Although I enjoyed the one about “Urdangarin, campeón español del talonmano…“