http://www.simplynetworking.es/ Keep up with all the News from Simply Networking Fri, 23rd Oct 08:01:00 GMT en-us news-10460-1-The_cold_snap_provokes_increase_in_hospital_admissions..html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:43:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/84009p_141220091428531.jpg" alt="The cold snap provokes increase in hospital admissions." width="250" align="left"/>Snow is predicted for the North of the region tomorrow. The Spanish national meteorological institute Aemet has issued a special bad weather warning as a result of the cold front which is sweeping over the whole of the Iberian peninsula in the next few days. During the second half of this week a mass of cold air will move in from central Europe driven by northerly and north-easterly winds, affecting all of mainland Spain and the Balearics. Temperatures much lower than the norm for February are expected practically everywhere until Sunday 5th February, when the cold air... news-10499-1-paramount_park_land_purchase_to_be_completed_on_7th_february.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:17:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/41322jesus-samper.jpg" alt="Paramount Park land purchase to be completed on 7th February" width="250" align="left"/>Land for the Paramount Park and Lifestyle Center Murcia is valued at 15.8 million euros. Premursa will complete on the purchase of lands earmarked for construction of the projected Paramount park and Lifestyle Center on the 7th February. According to a statement from Jesuacutes Samper, President of Proyectos Emblemaacuteticos Murcianos ( Premursa) in an interview given to the EP agency, the signing of the purchase contracts will take place on the 7th at 12 Midday in a Murcian notaries office, the total land value purchased being for a total of 15.8 million euros.The land, situated in... news-10498-1-could_the_odyssey_treasure_come_to_cartagena.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:45:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/21137Odyssey.jpg" alt="Could the Odyssey treasure come to Cartagena?" width="250" align="left"/>500 million dollars worth of treasure from Spanish wreck could complete its own 200 year journey. The Mayoress of Cartagena has said that treasure salvaged from the wreck of the Spanish ship, the Nuestra Sentildeora de las Mercedes, should be brought to Cartagena, and housed in the ARQUA National Subaquatic Archaeology Museum.Spain has this week won a major battle in its fight with Odyssey, a Florida-based deep-sea salvage business who recovered an estimated 500 million dollar treasure of silver and gold coins from the Spanish vessel in 2007.The treasure had been recovered from a depth of... news-10497-1-spanish_mona_lisa_revealed_to_be_a_contemporary_copy.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/14348Mona-lisa-prado.jpg" alt="Spanish Mona Lisa revealed to be a contemporary copy." width="250" align="left"/>The painting is believed to have been painted by a pupil, alongside the original. The Prado has discovered a contemporary copy of the Mona Lisa within itacutes own collection, believed to have been painted by one of Leonardo Da Vincis pupils at the same time as the original was painted by the master himself.For many years the painting was believed to be one of countless copies of the masterpiece which were made during the 16th and 17th centuries, but during restoration museum conservators realised that the painting was a contemporary copy, not a copy of the... news-10496-1-three_british_tourists_die_in_legionnella_outbreak.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:23:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/" alt="Three British tourists die in legionnella outbreak." width="250" align="left"/>14 people were infected, 10 of them British. Three British tourists have died during an outbreak of legionella in a Hotel located in Calpe, across the border within the Valencian Community.All three are between the ages of 73 and 78, and are amongst 14 people taken ill, 10 of which are of British nationality, the remainder being Spanish.In response to the situation, the Valencian Health Authorities have closed the hotel, and are carrying out investigations as to the origin of the infection.The remaining patients are in a clinic in Benidorm. The Valencian health Authority... news-10483-1-new_s-80_submarines_named_as_work_continues_on_their_construction.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:37:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/15672S-81-submarine-cartagena-12.jpg" alt="New S-80 submarines named as work continues on their construction." width="250" align="left"/>First off the production line will be the S-81 Isaac Peral. With production of the four new S-80 submarines at the Navantia works in Cartagena well underway, the names of the four new vessels have been published in the official MOD Bulletin. The four new 80-class subs being will start to come into active service from 2015, the first off the production line being named after Isaac Peral, inventor of the modern submarine who was actually born in Cartagena. His prototype has been the subject of a great deal of discussion recently, the controversy over who will... news-10482-1-cold_snap_causes_widespread_damage_to_lettuce_crops.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:49:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/93935Murcia-lettuce.JPG" alt="Cold snap causes widespread damage to lettuce crops." width="250" align="left"/>Murcia produced 432,000 tons of lettuce last year. The state meteorological agency Aemet says that the cold snap affecting Spain is due to a mass of polar air sweeping across the south of Europe, and that this is a weather event which normally affects the country once every seven or eight years. Aemet Spokesman Aacutengel Rivera speculated that this week could mark one of the four coldest spells in Spain since 1950. The arrival of cold air from north-eastern Europe is by no means an unheard-of phenomenon, but Sr Rivera warned that as well as low temperatures... news-10481-1-monthly_unemployment_figures_worse_than_anticipated.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:43:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/59514jobs.jpg" alt="Monthly unemployment figures worse than anticipated." width="250" align="left"/>Unemployment rose by nearly 4% last month. The monthly unemployment figures have come out, the official numbers of people registered as seeking work in the Nationacutes unemployment offices, and are the worst figures yet recorded since the system began in 1996.The number of people unemployed in Spain is still rising the Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social now places the total at 4,599,829, a huge increase of 177,470, or almost 4%, on the total at the end of December 2011.This is the highest figure since the total was first calculated in 1996, and it means that... news-10479-1-omita_at_el_algar_temporarily_closed.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:28:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/199translation.jpg" alt="OMITA at El Algar temporarily closed." width="250" align="left"/>Whatacutes an OMITA office? The OMITA municipal office in El Algar will remain closed until at least next week in order to allow the completion of building work which is currently underway. The work consists of various carpentry and floor repairs which have been made necessary by problems with damp in the building. The OMITA office, located in Calle Pintildeero nordm 1, is the place where local residents can complete various pieces of administrative paperwork, such as inscription in the Padroacuten, obtain copies of the Padroacuten, apply to undertake minor building works, and process other... news-10478-1-president_valcárcel_discusses_corvera_and_san_javier_airports_with_minister_for_defence.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:10:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/93787valcarcel-mod.jpg" alt="President Valcárcel discusses Corvera and San Javier airports with Minister for defence." width="250" align="left"/>The intention is to open Corvera airport early summer. The President of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, Ramoacuten Luis Valcaacutercel, discussed the situation reference Corvera airport when he met Pedro Moreneacutes, the National Minister for Defence, in Madrid earlier this week.Several topics were discussed at the meeting, but the opening dates for the new Corvera International Airport will be the subject of most interest to expat readers. Sr. Valcaacutercel reiterated that while he is not trying to exert too much pressure, his administration is keen to make sure that the dates set for... news-10460-1-the_cold_snap_provokes_increase_in_hospital_admissions.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:43:00 UTC <img src="http://www.simplynetworking.es/wmsimages/84009p_141220091428531.jpg" alt="The cold snap provokes increase in hospital admissions." width="250" align="left"/>Snow is predicted for the North of the region tomorrow. The Spanish national meteorological institute Aemet has issued a special bad weather warning as a result of the cold front which is sweeping over the whole of the Iberian peninsula in the next few days. During the second half of this week a mass of cold air will move in from central Europe driven by northerly and north-easterly winds, affecting all of mainland Spain and the Balearics. Temperatures much lower than the norm for February are expected practically everywhere until Sunday 5th February, when the cold air...