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Latest Spain News And Articles In English - It seems that Spain is like any other country. The people have concerns and worries like any other. They have a love for their favorite sports teams, they believe in creating tougher laws for criminal behavior, they worry about their future and livelihood, and they have spiritual values. Many of the current items in Spain's news are issues that are closest to the Spanish people.

Sports

The 2010 World Cup is creating a huge amount of excitement to Spain is this is the first European team to win all ten matches in the qualifying group for Europe. The national team La Roja is the biggest draw in Spain's for quite some time. Currently Spain is hoping to have a decent line up for the games. Can La Roja possibly break Spain's record of fourth place in the World Cup in 1950? Time will only tell, but millions will be watching to find out.

Legal

Seventy-five percent of Spanish citizens feel that the legal drinking limit should be lowered to zero. It is currently 0.25 mg. Many feel that if a person drinks, they should get behind the wheel to drive. Over 40% of fatalities that occurred in Spain in 2008 were caused by people that were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. So be careful when you are driving. Perhaps the Spanish leaders will go ahead and make the change now that they know their citizens what tougher rules.

Religion

A new bishop was named by the pope. Monsignor Gines Ramon Garcia Beltran is now the new bishop of Guadiz located in southern Spain. The former bishop was required to retire. He had reached the maximum age of 75. Monsignor Garcia was born in Lorca in 1961 and was first ordained in the church September 20, 1985.

Economy

The bad economy has not escaped Spain. The highest unemployed groups are women and young adults. In fact the rate for persons 25 and under is 42.9 percent. This is almost 1 out of every 2 people. The country is taking measures to try and bring jobs to lower this. Unemployment is such a big fear that many people are afraid that they too might soon lose their jobs. It has reached an astronomical proportion that many people cannot sleep for stressing over whether or not they will be able to pay their bills. Many feel that they might not have funds to last them the entire month. Women tend to worry the most. It is no wonder since they are one of the highest unemployed groups.

The jobless claim for Spain was up for the fourth month in a row. There are now over 900,000 that have filed such claims in the past year. Many have been caused by the recent collapse of the construction industry. Though the number for November was slightly less than in October many people can't find jobs. The total current number of unemployed persons is now at a high of 3,868,946.

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