TODAY IN SPAIN – 27 AUGUST 2013

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Spain has denounced Gibraltar to the EU as it has not yet received tax information that has been requested for 19 contributors from the start of the year. In addition, Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, today travelled to London to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron and address the “abuse” on the border with Spain.

The Spanish Treasury today successfully placed 4.166 billion in 3 and 9 month bonds, again above the maximum expected target and at a lower interest rate than the previous auction of this denomination, held in July.

The number of mortgages for home purchase in June fell 42.2% over the same month last year and ended the worst quarter since the beginning of records which started in 2003.

Foreign tourists visiting Spain in the first seven months of 2013 spent 32.2 billion euro, 6% more than in the same period of 2012, according to the Tourism Expenditure Survey published on Tuesday.

The body of a newborn has been found in an Arico environmental complex in the south of Tenerife, according to Guardia Civil sources.

A 2 month old toddler died in Madrid after falling from a pushchair and between two cars, one of which was moving, which rolled over the baby and crushed him.

The Guardia Civil and local police in Puerto Lumbreras in Murcia seized 14,000 marijuana plants, the largest plantation ever recorded in a single action in Spain, for which five people have been arrested.

Police has arrested Javier Martín-Artajo Rueda, former executive of JPMorgan Chase, whom the United States claim hid losses of more than 6 billion dollars in financial operations in London.

Spanish theatre actress Julia Trujillo, died today at the age of 81 in Madrid, as a result of a stroke suffered on Saturday.

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