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Spain Orientation

Students Abroad - State Department Resource [1]

Country Profile

State Department http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1024.html [2]

BBC  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17941641 [3]

CIA   https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html [4]

News in English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/ [5]

Spanish Newspapers

http://elpais.com/ [6]

http://www.elmundo.es/ [7]

http://www.abc.es/ [8]

Useful Stuff

Spanish Spanish [9]

Contemporary Spanish Films [10]

Current Issues in Spain

Open Season on Spanish Royal Family [11]

Spain's royal family spared their blushes in fraud case inquiry [12]

Descubierta una red de robos de niños en Marruecos para ser vendidos en España [13]

Spain's Rajoy balks at making deeper reforms [14]

Prelimary charges dropped against Spain's princess [15]

As Crime Rises, Spain's Farmers Patrol Their Land [16]

Spain's High Court Suspends Catalonia's Resolution on Sovereignty [17]

Spain urged to change its long working hours and late culture [18]

 

 

Investigations Show Spanish Ruling Party's Ex-Treasurer had $29 Million in Swiss Account [19]

Spain healthcare bosses quit over Madrid privatization [20]

Jobless Man Burns Himself to Death [21]

Green Grapes and Red Underwear: A Spanish New Year's Eve [22]

Madrid for Free Travel Tips [23]

DNA Tests for Illegal Immigrant Children [24]

El gordo spreads Christmas cheer in Spain [25]

Spain tries to boost entrepreneurship [26]

Car-bomb threat sparks megabrothel evacuation in Spain [27]

War of the Words [28] - An Ideological Push to Promote Spanish in Regions of Spain with their Own Languages 

A Do-Your-Own Pintxo Kit [29]

Amid Scars of Conflict Spanish Far Right Grows [30]

Thousands in Spain Protest Health Privatization [31]

In Spain, Having a Job No Longer Guarantees a Paycheck [32]

Families of Spain's 'Stolen Babes' Seek Answers -- And Reunions [33]

Spain Seizes $36.5 Million in Mubarak-Linked Assets [34]

Catalans Rebel at Spain Language Reforms [35]

Woman Detained for Trying to Smuggle more than a Kilo of Cocaine in Breast Implants [36]

Spain's Civil Servants Draw Grumbles and Envy [37]

Messi's Brilliance Transcends His Numbers [38]

Spain's Crisis Leads to Rise of Grassroots Groups [39]

Catalonia's Place in Spain [40]

Messi Breaks Goal Record [41]

Poet Bonald wins Cervantes Prize [42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ [43]world-europe-20512382 [43]Where Jobs Are a Lottery

Catalonia's Sovereignty Referendum Election Results [44]

Separatist Parties win Catalonian Election in Spain [45]

Spain Wins Seven Three-Star Restaurants [46]

Spain's ETA Set Conditions to Disband [47]

Spain to Ease Naturalization of Sephardic Jews [48]

Spain Raids Company over Suspected Iran Exports [49]

Want a Spanish Residency Permit? Buy a House [50]

General Strike November 14th  [51]

Three Dead in Madrid Halloween Stampede [52]

Evictions on the Rise in Spain [53]

To Get Around Tax Hike Theater Sells Carrots Not Tickets [54]

15M Social Movement  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Spanish_protests [55]

Economic and Employment Crisis   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/business/global/jobs-data-underscore-rajoys-woes.html?_r=0 [56]

Fiscal Austerity Measures  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/business/global/daily-euro-zone-watch.html?pagewanted=all [57]

Catalonia Independence Bid

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/opinion/a-new-call-for-catalonias-independence.html [58]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/9576459/Catalonias-growing-calls-for-independence-add-to-Spains-worsening-euro-crisis-woes.html [59]

Spanish Spanish [9]

Contemporary Spanish Films [10]

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Links:
[1] http://studentsabroad.state.gov/
[2] http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1024.html
[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17941641
[4] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
[5] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/
[6] http://elpais.com/
[7] http://www.elmundo.es/
[8] http://www.abc.es/
[9] http://international.uiowa.edu/files/international.uiowa.edu/files/file_uploads/spanish_spanish.pdf
[10] http://international.uiowa.edu/files/international.uiowa.edu/files/file_uploads/contemporary_spanish_films_081111.pdf
[11] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/world/europe/open-season-on-spains-royal-family.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
[12] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/07/spains-royal-family-fraud-inquiry
[13] http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013/05/07/actualidad/1367945752_638906.html
[14] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/08/us-spain-reforms-idUSBRE9470N120130508
[15] http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/world/europe/spain-princess-charges/
[16] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/world/europe/as-crime-rises-spains-farmers-patrol-their-land.html?_r=0
[17] http://www.eitb.com/en/news/politics/detail/1335998/catalonia-independence--high-court-suspends-catalonias-resolution/
[18] http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/spain-urged-to-change-its-long-working-hours-and-late-culture-1.1396723
[19] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/world/europe/corruption-scandals-widen-in-spain.html?ref=spain
[20] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20948446
[21] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20912616
[22] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/26/168092673/green-grapes-and-red-underwear-a-spanish-new-years-eve
[23] http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20121026-madrid-for-free
[24] http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/spain-dna-tests-illegal-immigrant-children-18075117#.UN2yOW_Acy4
[25] http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2012/12/23/el-gordo-spreads-christmas-cheer-in-spain/
[26] http://www.npr.org/2012/12/24/167945579/spain-tries-to-boost-entrepreneurship
[27] http://rt.com/news/brothel-bomb-evacuation-spain-797/
[28] http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/war-of-the-words/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_ee_20121219
[29] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/dining/a-do-your-own-quick-bite-from-spain.html?_r=0
[30] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20773516
[31] http://www.salon.com/2012/12/16/thousands_in_spain_protest_health_privatization/
[32] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/world/europe/in-spain-having-a-job-no-longer-guarantees-a-paycheck.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_ee_20121217&_r=0
[33] http://www.npr.org/2012/12/14/167053609/families-of-spains-stolen-babies-seek-answers-and-reunions
[34] http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/spain-seizes-365-mln-mubarak-linked-assets-17956821#.UMoS02_Acy4
[35] http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/60406/World/International/Catalans-rebel-at-Spain-language-reforms.aspx
[36] http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/12/12/catalunya/1355309140_509504.html
[37] http://www.npr.org/2012/12/11/166958237/spains-civil-servants-draw-grumbles-and-envy
[38] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/sports/soccer/messis-brilliance-transcends-his-numbers.html?ref=global-home
[39] http://www.npr.org/2012/12/10/166653449/spains-crisis-leads-to-rise-of-grass-roots-groups
[40] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20644877
[41] http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jU_Uzh37dVugY_kRVTNVsTNxGQuw?docId=CNG.099bf2e9cab4f0a96d8f243d06118f0d.151
[42] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20553414
[43] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20512382
[44] http://international.uiowa.edu/elpais.com/tag/elecciones_catalanas/a/
[45] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/26/us-spain-catalonia-idUSBRE8AO08S20121126
[46] http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=819852
[47] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/11/20121124232241791612.html
[48] http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/spain-to-ease-naturalization-of-sephardic-jews-1.480175
[49] http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/spain-raids-company-suspected-iran-exports-17809437#.ULOVe4fAcy4
[50] http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/11/20/visas_for_homebuyers_spain_to_offer_residency_permit_to_anyone_who_buys.html
[51] http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135159n
[52] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226135/Three-dead-Halloween-stampede-Madrid-Arena-panic-spreads-flare-thrown-crowd.html
[53] http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/11/09/world/europe/20121110-SPAIN.html?ref=global-europe&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_ee_20121112#1
[54] http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/12/164027250/to-get-around-tax-hike-spanish-theater-sells-carrots-not-tickets
[55] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Spanish_protests
[56] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/business/global/jobs-data-underscore-rajoys-woes.html?_r=0
[57] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/business/global/daily-euro-zone-watch.html?pagewanted=all
[58] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/opinion/a-new-call-for-catalonias-independence.html
[59] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/9576459/Catalonias-growing-calls-for-independence-add-to-Spains-worsening-euro-crisis-woes.html