[lg policy] El Mundo reports on the injustices of the language policy in Catalu ña

[Harold Schiffman]

Spain Press Review - Monday August 10 2009

By h.b. - Aug 10, 2009 - 10:21 AM

Today's El País with an evacuated beach in Palma de Mallorca
The ability of Basque Terrorists ETA to place three bombs in Palma de
Mallorca on Sunday leads the Spanish papers today

El Mundo headlines that ETA got round the police cordons and placed
three more bombs in Palma. The paper says they gave a warning about
what were three small devices placed in two women’s toilets in
restaurants and in the Plaza Mayor commercial centre. El Mundo says it
came just hours after a statement from ETA boasted that the explosion
at the Civil Guard barracks in Burgos earlier had been from a van
which the police had been searching for during months.

El Mundo notes that the King, on holiday with his family on the island
of Palma, has condemned with the attack from ‘this band of assassins’.
He said they would fail to alter Spanish democratic life or the
normality on the island.
El Mundo has a photo of police by the Socialist party offices, close
to the Plaza Mayor centre after one of the blasts.
El País again headlines how the terrorists got round the police
controls by setting the three small devices and notes that the
Ministry of the Interior thinks that the terrorists are still on
Mallorca. The paper also notes that the police have issued six photos
of wanted ETA terrorists, and shows a photo of a deserted beach in
Palma de Mallorca which was evacuated because of the ETA attacks.
ABC headlines that ETA has turned up its criminal offensive with three
devices in Palma de Mallorca. The paper highlights the comment from
the King that they will not manage to alter normality.
La Razón headlines that ETA’s campaign wants to see Batasuna, the
political wing legalised and new talks. The paper considers the three
bombs in Palma are keeping up the pressure.

Corruption and the ever worsening relations between the two main
parties in Spain continue to get wide coverage.
El Mundo has a quote ‘I have been held prisoner for a crime which does
not even lead to a jail term’. It comes from Rafael Durán, the PP
spokesman in Palma after he was handcuffed. He notes he was told ‘it
is normal procedure’.
El País reports that those arrested in the ‘Palma Arena’ case have now
been granted bail. The judge is investigating a 50 million overspend
in the construction of the cycle track.
La Razón notes that the P.P. has asked the prosecutor to explain what
it sees as the discrimination suffered by those arrested in Palma.

El País reports that stem cells have opened a new line of attack
against cancer. The iPS cells, obtained from the reprogramming of skin
or hair cells with just four genes have revolutionised research in
regenerative medicine. Three of five studies investigating the link
between iPS and cancer published in Nature magazine today are Spanish.

ABC notes that the Government is to remove all religious symbols from
state schools. The Minister for Education, Francisco Caamaño, has
warned that only those with historic or artistic value will be allowed
to remain.

El Mundo also finds space for more reporting on what it sees as the
injustices of the language policy in Cataluña, where it says a
shopkeeper is refusing to put up signs in Catalan after being fined
1,200 €.

ABC has an interview with the head of the employers’ organisation
CEOE, Gerardo Díaz Ferrán. He tells the paper that in the next wage
round a 1% reduction should be seen. He says that without reforms in
the labour market, it will cost us more to get out of the crisis.

El País warns us of more speed traps on Spanish roads over the next 15
days and that the traffic authority is trying out a new secret weapon.
Rather than taking your speed at a particular point, they are testing
controlling average speed along stretches of road in Madrid. El País
says they have discovered there are devices which read number plates
and then calculate an average speed over a length of road. The paper
says the third Guadarrama tunnel in Madrid will be part of the system
in October or November.

In international news, El País notes that the Iranian regime is
putting on pressure for a court case against the reformers Jatamí and
Masaví. The hardliners in the country are denouncing a ‘complot’.

And finally,
The sudden death of the 26 year old captain of Espanyol is, according
to El Mundo, reopening the debate on medical controls in sport.
ABC has a photo of the tributes, candles and team scarves being left
at the gate number 21 of the club’s new stadium. The paper captions
that the world of sport is upset by the sudden death of Dani Jarque.
Barcelona paper La Vanguardia says simply ‘Gracias, capi’.

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_22677.shtml

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