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Another leak POPE BENEDICT XVI has taken legal action to stop Frankfurtbased Titanic magazine from publishing pictures of him with yellow and brown stains on his cassock with a headline ‘Another leak is found!’.
Confused cull CONSERVATION groups and politicians were reportedly ‘baffled’ when Northern German fishermen and hunters proposed a large-scale cull of seals to prevent the mammals from dying from epidemics.
False alarm HOURS after a search started for a woman seen being kidnapped in the middle of the street in Borken, she came forward saying they had just been making a short film for friends called ‘the stolen wedding gift’.
Summertime blues for Rajoy’s Cabinet IT will be a long hot summer for government and politicians who forgo extended holidays to deal with the economic crisis. Mariano Rajoy, President of Spain’s Government, has fixed Cabinet meetings for August 3, 24 and 31, and there could be more, according to informed sources. Ministers must be no further than an hour away by plane from Madrid, they have been told. “There will be time for holidays next year,” Rajoy said earlier this week. Rajoy is due in Mallorca on August 14 for the traditional presidential briefing with King Juan Carlos at the Marivent Palace. With a full diary, the most he can hope for is a short visit Galicia where his wife and sons are spending most of August. Vice-president Soraya Saenz de
HOLIDAY BAN: Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy. Santamaria expects to make a short visit to Portugal, her husband’s
birthplace, but Economy Minister Luis de Guindos will spend some time at
his Marbella home. Cristobal Montoro, Treasury Minister, will work ‘practically throughout the month’, insiders said. Jose Ignacio Wert, Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, has a ready-made excuse to go further afield to London if there are Spanish contenders for medals in the Olympic Games. He will also return for the closing ceremony. Opposition leader, Socialist Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba will also be devoting less time to leisure. Trips are listed for Rome and Berlin although these will be working holidays as he meets his counterparts in both cities. Scheduled to head Madrid meetings of the PSOE’s inner circle, he hopes to spend some time with his wife in Asturias, party sources revealed.
The elusive art of chillaxing MORE than half of holidaying Spaniards need a fortnight to wind down completely. Disconnecting is hardest for young professionals aged between 25 and 34, found a recent survey. A total of 46 per cent take between a week and a fortnight to relax and 11 per cent require even longer to shrug off workplace worries. A further 38 per cent find it impossible to entirely forget about work while on holiday, compared with 36.3 per cent two years ago. More fortunate are the 43 per cent needing only one day to put routine aside and enjoy the summer break. Women find it harder than men to forget about work – 39 per cent as opposed to 34 per cent – and 63 per cent of both sexes use a mobile to keep up to date with what is going on at work.