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In smartphone's wake comes the intelligent watch
After the smartphone, the intelligent watch promises to become the latest hi-tech trend, allowing wearers to peek at messages and even take calls without touching their phones.
28 February 2013
Smartphones and tablets meet in 'phablet' mania
The "phablet" phenomenon is taking the mobile world by storm.
27 February 2013
Firefox smartphone system challenges Android, iOS
Mozilla Foundation announced Sunday it will launch in mid 2013 its widely anticipated Firefox operating system for smartphones in a direct challenge to the duopoly of Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
25 February 2013
Oscar hopeful Haneke directs Mozart in Madrid
Although he is nursing hopes of an Oscar, Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke says he feels doomed to failure with his latest project -- a staging of a Mozart opera in Spain.
21 February 2013
Shadow of corruption scandal looms over Spanish royal family
Spanish King Juan Carlos' son-in-law will be questioned Saturday by a judge investigating a corruption case as press reports make new revelations that cast a growing shadow on the entire royal family.
19 February 2013
French film 'Les Intouchables' wins Spanish film award
The French blockbuster "Les Intouchables" won the best European film prize at the prestigious Spanish film awards, the Goyas, on Sunday, while Pablo Berger's "Blancanieves" took the top film award.
18 February 2013
Nursultan Nazarbayev meets with Spain's top officials
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with King of Spain Juan Carlos I and Prime-Minister Mariano Rajoy during his visit to Spain.
07 February 2013
'Tree of life' has Kurdish roots: study
Seen by some as emblematic of the Mediterranean landscape and cuisine, the olive tree in fact has its domesticated roots in Kurdish regions, said a study Wednesday that seeks to settle an age-old debate.
06 February 2013
President Nazarbayev meets heads of Patentes Talgo S.A. and Airbus Military
On the visit President Nazarbayev is to meet Spain's King Juan Carlos, head of the country’s Government Mariano Rajoy.
06 February 2013
President Nazarbayev arrives in Spain
President is to meet Spain's King Juan Carlos, head of the country’s Government Mariano Rajoy and leaders of a number of Spanish companies.
06 February 2013
Spanish registered unemployed rises to 4.98 mn in January
The number of Spaniards officially registered as unemployed rose to 4.98 million in January, according to Labour Ministry data released Monday, as the country's recession deepened.
04 February 2013
Football: Real Madrid break 500m-euro mark to top money list
Real Madrid have become the first club in any sport to generate more than 500 million euros in revenue in a single year.
25 January 2013
Football: 11-y.o. Kazakhstan footballer was invited to Real Madrid
Kazybek Tuyakov, an 11-y.o. football player from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, has been invited to Real Madrid Football Club for tryouts.
09 January 2013
Hot chocolate tastes better in an orange cup
European scientists say they have found further evidence that how you serve food and drink matters hugely in the perception of taste.
04 January 2013
Spain faces 207-bn-euro headache in 2013
Spain defied the markets by averting a sovereign bailout this year but high interest rates could yet force Madrid to its knees as the nation confronts a 207-billion-euro ($274 billion) financing headache in 2013.
31 December 2012
King urges Spain to unite against crisis
King Juan Carlos called on Spaniards to unite against an economic crisis of previously unimagined intensity in a Christmas Eve message Monday that took clear aim at Catalonia's bid for nationhood.
25 December 2012
Spanish health workers stage fresh protest against cuts
Thousands of Spanish health workers clad in white medical garb marched in Madrid on Sunday in a fresh protest against government health cuts and privatisation plans, just days after a similar demonstration.
10 December 2012
Immigrants in OECD nations hit by economic crisis: report
Immigrants in OECD nations have been badly hit by the economic crisis especially in vulnerable states such as Ireland, Spain and Italy.
04 December 2012
Spain banks cut thousands of jobs in shakeup
Crippled Spanish banks said they would cut thousands of jobs after Brussels on Wednesday gave a green light for a big slice of aid to rescue them with tough conditions.
30 November 2012
Could Spain survive loss of Catalonia?
Catalonia's leader Artur Mas says the powerful region's economy can stand tall in Europe without Spain. But could Spain survive without Catalonia?
26 November 2012