Spain Travel News 12/15/2010

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The Spanish Government has decided to propose to Congress that the ‘State of Alarm’ introduced by the Government to allow the military to supervise the air traffic controllers at civil airports across the country be extended until January 15.

The measure, which was brought into effect for an original 15 days in the face of wildcat strike action by the controllers on December 3, will now go to a vote.

The Teatro Campoamor is Oviedo’s most important theater, home to the annual Prince of Asturias awards in October and the scene of operas and theater pieces throughout the year.

DESCENDENTS of Franco’s victims will finally get to bury their loved ones.
Malaga’s government has allocated 6,000 euros to study the excavation of common graves in the Las Torres castle in Alora.
Around 170 Republic sympathisers are believed to be buried in the castle.
Most of them were shot in repressions shortly after the fall of Malaga in early 1937.

If you've never spent Christmas in Andalucia before, then you're in for a treat. From the joyous musical specialities of the season, to festive decorations both traditional and contemporary, it is a great time to be in southern Spain. Eat, drink and be merry – and dance round a bonfire in a pagan ritual, if you're really lucky.

For the first in a new series of Sunday posts focusing on Spanish slang, we’re talking M O N E Y:

Pasta literally means, well, pasta, but is a slang-y way of talking about money. For example: “Tienes pasta?” “Do you have money?”

Interview with Mums in Andalucia: Sandra Europe

One of Spain's leading flamenco singers, Enrique Morente, died on Monday at a Madrid hospital where he had been in coma following an operation for an ulcer on December 6, after several days of a tough struggle against death, though the reason for his death is unclear, because while the family has said it intends to submit a complaint in court for medical malpractice, doctors defend themselves by saying that he had a cancer of the esophagus with metastasis. Whatever the cause, he is dead now and he was 67 and an unique performer and a wonderful person, according to people who knew him .

If you are spending New Year’s eve in Barcelona, we have plenty of ideas about where to go in Barcelona on New Year 2011. After the Christmas celebrations in Barcelona, everyone prepares for the big party on New Year’s eve in Barcelona, if you don’t want to miss out on the best New Year’s eve party in Barcelona, read on!