website with Spain-related news stories in English

Posted by: barry

website with Spain-related news stories in English - 11/04/04 09:36 AM

This is an engaging little site packed with news from Spain in English.

http://www.spainmedia.com/

I particularly liked the story of the 14-year-old Harry Potter fan who found himself under suspicion for terrorism. After reading his emails, a judge believed The Order of the Phoenix was a sinister armed cell poised to attack.

Posted by: Puna

Re: website with Spain-related news stories in English - 11/04/04 11:25 AM

Thanks for posting the link Barry .....

Posted by: Anonymous

Re: website with Spain-related news stories in English - 11/04/04 12:22 PM

Thanks, Barry, although I wasn't able to find that article on H. Potter.

Posted by: Scarlett1

Re: website with Spain-related news stories in English - 11/05/04 02:52 PM

Thanks for the site! Did you see the article about Wal-mart moving into Spain? And not just into it, near the Alhambra and the Mosque in Cordoba! I hope someone stops them, because when I go to Spain, specifically these two places the last thing I want to see is a Wal-mart!

Posted by: John Barrass

Re: website with Spain-related news stories in English - 11/08/04 07:15 AM

Hi Scarlett.

The Wal Mart scare you mention in SpainMedia was in fact a skit news story written by our humourist Ron Gompertz about the imaginary MAL-Mart. He'll no doubt be glad to hear how authentic his news style was!

Posted by: Scarlett1

Re: website with Spain-related news stories in English - 11/09/04 04:40 PM

Oh!!! Thank goodness - that was down right depressing!

Posted by: filbert

Re: website with Spain-related news stories in English - 11/13/04 02:05 PM

Here's another story from the Spain Media site - worth checking out on a regular basis..

Quote:

Spain to ban Spanish
Madrid (TOROPRESS)
November 13, 2004

Concerned over the loss of service sector jobs to offshore call-centers in Latin America and the Philippines, the Socialist Party will soon introduce legislation to change the official language of Spain. �Too many people around the world speak Spanish,� said a party official who declined to be named at this time.

�We need to protect our economy. If speaking Spanish is costing us jobs, we�ll simply have to learn another language,� said another advocate for change, promising a fierce debate. Regional representatives have already begun lobbying in favor of Catalan, Gallego, and Basque, but the Castilian speaking provinces are expected to demand switching to a Slavic language that would be difficult to learn and, therefore, impossible to outsource.