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		<title>Bilbao celebrates 15 years of Guggenheim-inspired transformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year marks the 15th anniversary of the opening of Guggenheim Museum Bilbao,  now a well-known symbol of a rejuvenated city and of the North American architect Frank Gehry. But how did the construction of an art museum revitalize Bilbao and become a preeminent example of late 20th-century architecture?]]></description>
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		<title>From abroad or in Spain? Obtaining a foreigner&#8217;s identification number</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ábaco Asesores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many frustrating aspects of bureaucracy in Spain, but none more so than when one official categorically tells you one thing and another states the opposite. Unfortunately, this isn’t as rare as you might think and the last example that’s been confusing us all concerns the foreigner's identification number (NIE).]]></description>
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		<title>The 15-M movement returns to Puerta del Sol</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/spain-news-the-15-m-movement-returns-to-puerta-del-sol/6164</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supporters of the 15-M protest movement that sprang up last year amid Spain's economic and politcal malaise returned to Madrid's Puerta del Sol square at midnight on Saturday in a renewed expression of anger and outrage. ]]></description>
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		<title>And there was peace in Portugal</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/portugal-news-and-there-was-peace-in-portugal/6152</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>João Vasco Almeida</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political instability, protests, riots and strikes? No, not in the eurozone’s crisis-ridden, southernmost country.]]></description>
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		<title>Pound to euro hits 1.25 as Spain nationalises Bankia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Lavelle, Pure FX</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pound hit its highest rate against the euro since 2008 this week, as well as breaking the hugely symbolic 1.25 point, as Spain’s nationalisation of Bankia as well as electoral chaos in Greece pulled the euro down.]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Spain’s ‘indignados’ to prove their relevance</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/spain-news-indignados/6133</link>
		<comments>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/spain-news-indignados/6133#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Hedgecoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the 15-M movement prepares for its first anniversary, it can look back on a year of limited but tangible achievements. But with the Spanish economy going from bad to worse, the organisation now needs to take a step forward.]]></description>
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		<title>What will I be when I grow up&#8230;in Spain?</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/spainnews-6096/6096</link>
		<comments>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/spainnews-6096/6096#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 05:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Blick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your jokes translate badly and you find you're a bore in a foreign language, don't worry, you're not the first.]]></description>
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		<title>La Liga: Real Madrid’s away form is the stuff of champions</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/spanish-soccer-la-liga-real-madrid/6083</link>
		<comments>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/spanish-soccer-la-liga-real-madrid/6083#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iberosphere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way to the title, while Leo Messi bids farewell to coach Pep Guardiola with a four-goal haul.]]></description>
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		<title>A victory for Hollande, a victory for Spain</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/hollande-spain-economy/6075</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Hedgecoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservative Mariano Rajoy will welcome the arrival of the French Socialist in power, given the unlikely deficit targets the Spanish economy is expected to meet.]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a home in Spain: Dealing with new property defects</title>
		<link>http://iberosphere.com/2012/05/buying-a-home-in-spain-dealing-with-new-property-defects/6067</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ábaco Asesores</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes new property is not all that we hoped for. There can be teething troubles as the new build settles in. These might just be to do with the finish or, more worryingly, they might on occasion be structural. Either way, the good news is that there are laws in Spain to protect the new property purchaser.]]></description>
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