Spanish Government and Google In Court Over Right To Be Forgotten

While many in the United States are working on search engine optimization and crazy antics to get more and better hits on Google, there are at least 90 people in Spain who are doing just the opposite. The Spanish government, having ordered Google to remove people who attempted to “opt out” by sending formal complaints to Spain’s Data Protection Agency, is now engaged in a lawsuit with the Internet giant and the rift between European ideas of privacy and American ones has been brought to bear.The whole issue started as a result of an official Spanish government gazette in which certain...

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EU allows crisis-hit Spain to restrict Romanian workers

Spain will now require Romanians to have a work contract before settling in Spain and reverses a two and a half year moratorium that gave Romanian workers unrestricted access as fellow members of the European Union.The EU commission recognised that the measure was necessary “due to serious disturbances on the labour market in crisis hit Spain,” said a statement released by Brussels, Thursday.The approval running to the end of 2012 marks the first time the “safe-guard clause” to restrict freedom of movement by EU member citizens has been invoked.Spain suffers from the EU's highest jobless rate,...

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British holidaymakers face travel misery as ground staff across Spanish airports threaten two days of strike action later this month.

More than 60,000 ground staff are threatening 24 hour walkouts on August 18 and August 26 which could cripple airports across Spain during the height of the holiday season.The action will force delays and cancellations at all Spanish airports including Malaga, Alicante, the Balearics and Canary Islands, affecting hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers returning from their summer breaks.The country’s main unions, CCOO, UGT and USO, support the strike action in a row over baggage handling contracts. It has been sparked following the decision by a private company at Barcelona’s El Prat airport to...

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British funk band, Incognito, to play Salobreña

British funk band, Incognito, have chosen Salobreña for their only concert in Spain. It will take place on the Paseo de las Flores at 2230 on August 12 as part of the Tendencias festival.The festival has been held for the past 20 years and has attracted many top national and international names, but this year is the first time it is to be held in the beautiful setting of the Paseo de Las Flores, close to the Salobreña Arab castle.&nb...

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QUESTIONS were today raised as to why a man accused of murder in Tenerife was allowed to fly home without standing trial.

As revealed in the Echo, Andrew Crowther landed back in the North East at the beginning of this month after spending four years in a psychiatric hospital in Tenerife.The 51-year-old was arrested in August 2007 on the Spanish island after his partner Margaret Manley, 40, was discovered in the apartment they shared in the popular Los Christianos beach resort. She had been strangled to death.Mr Crowther, originally from Washington, was charged with her murder, which he denied, claiming he could not remember anything.Despite never standing trial, on July 3 he was flown into Newcastle Airport and is...

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EXPATS MUST make themselves legal in Spain to access the health system and qualify for the support it offers residents

EXPATS MUST make themselves legal in Spain to access the health system and qualify for the support it offers residents, a charity’s annual summer fundraising lunch was told.Irene Ellis MBE, President of Cancer Care Javea, and Jan Elders, President of HELP International Benidorm and Honorary Welfare Officer of the RAFA North Costa Blanca Branch, were united in stressing the need to ‘go legal’ at the Expatriate Ostomates of Spain (EOS) event.And supported by EOS President Cynthia Robinson, they advised expats should complete all the paperwork to insure they were in the system before calling for...

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