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€240,000 in stamps ‘stolen’ from university

Posted on December 23, 2015 by David — No Comments ↓

A civil servant at the University of Almería has been charged with fraud after auditors found he had spent €240,000 supposedly buying stamps over the last twelve years. The public prosecutor alleges the man was handing in false invoices every fifteen days to justify taking money from petty cash. The invoices were not issued by the state postal service, Correos, but were never questioned by the University accountants. Alarm bells were rung after auditors spotted Continue reading €240,000 in stamps ‘stolen’ from university→

Telephone fixed line costs to remain the same in 2014

Posted on December 31, 2013 by David — 1 Comment ↓

Telefonica has announced that it will not be increasing the basic cost of telephone line next month, leaving the monthly cost the same at €14.38 a month. That doesn’t mean it won’t go up later in the year, of course. Stamps will also stay the same, according to Correos.

Correos runs out of ideas for stamps

Posted on August 4, 2011 by David — 1 Comment ↓

The Spanish post office is running out of ideas for stamps was my first thought when some letters arrived with two MSN messenger lookalike icons hugging each other, under the slogan “for respect on the net” (por el respeto en la RED). Shortly afterwards another one arrived, an icon of someone using a mouse with a sinister shadow in the background creeping away. Soy lo que hago proclaims the slogan (I am what I do). Continue reading Correos runs out of ideas for stamps→

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