The Council of Ministers has approved a new crime under the Penal Code, that of piracy. It does not apply in such cases as the ‘Alakrana’ or any act occurring before the law actually comes into force.
Plan to reintroduce the Iberian Lynx into Portugal
The first of sixteen Iberian Lynx has arrived in Portugal in an attempt to re-establish this critically endangered species after it was declared extinct some thirty years ago.
Fall in unemployment in the third quarter
According to the National Institute for Statistics, unemployment in Spain fell by 14,100 in the third quarter when compared to the second quarter.
Two more domestic fatalities
Two more cases of domestic violence in the past twenty-four hours have brought the total number of fatalities in Spain so far this year to forty-five.
Spain qualify for World Cup
Spain, the European champions, have booked their place for the World Cup finals in South Africa next year after a 3-0 win over Group Five rivals Estonia.
Unemployment up by 2.4% in August
Unemployment in Spain rose by 2.4% in August, making an official total of 3,629,080 people without jobs.
No change to academic year
The Government and the autonomous communities have decided that there is no reason to adjust the start of the new academic year as a result of the Infuenza A pandemic, saying that such a move would neither protect health nor solve problems.
20th Influenza A victim in Spain
The number of fatalities in Spain as a result of complications arising from infection with the Inflenza A virus has risen to twenty, with four of those cases being in Andalucia.
Sixteenth Influenza A fatality
A person in Madrid has become the sixteenth fatality in Spain as a result of complications associated with Influenza A. At the express wish of the family, no details of the latest victim are being released, not even age, sex or at which hospital the death occurred.