Explanatory Note
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The U.S. Department of State encourages all U.S. Citizens abroad to stay abreast of developments worldwide. At our campus in Madrid, we apply this directive to all of our students, who come from over 60 countries. And to help you do so, we prepare updates on a regular basis as conditions warrant. We also provide links to the most recent Department of State and local U.S. Embassy Public Announcements as well as an updated list of important emergency contact numbers. We also encourage you to check out regularly the English version of El País, one of Spain´s most important dailies, as well as the Overseas Security Council´s Daily News Service, to learn about what's going on around you in Spain, Europe, and the world. The more informed you are, the better your decisions abroad will be.
R. Chaney, Ph.D.
Vice-Provost
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Public Announcements
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
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Consular Information Sheet – Spain
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Country Background Notes – Spain
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U.S. Embassy in Madrid
- U.S. CITIZEN WARDEN MESSAGE
Civil Aviation
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Updates
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(January 20, 2008) On Saturday, January 19 Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba announced that the Spanish Civil Guard arrested 14 radical Islamists of Pakistani and Indian descent in a raid on a mosque, a small prayer hall, and several apartments. Police confiscated material for making explosives and timing devices and contend that the 14 were plotting a terrorist attack in Barcelona. Rubalcaba has not ruled out further arrests. Spanish authorities are on alert in light of the arrests and the upcoming general elections scheduled for March 9.
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Newspapers in Spain
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El País |1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Printed in Madrid with eight pages of local news and events in English, produced by a core team of eight journalists/translators and carrying the best material from El País and its multiple supplements.
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Other Newspapers
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Emergency Telephone Numbers
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If calling from outside Spain, add international access code – 011– in U.S. and Spain country code, 34
- Working hours (9.00 – 18.00, Madrid time – six hours ahead of east coast of U.S.) – 91 554 5858
- After working hours – 638 763 758
- Sanitas health insurance in Spain – 902 10 3600
- Sanitas health insurance outside Spain – 34 91 345 6584
- Non-insured medical emergency – 91 330 3000
- Police/ambulance/fire in Spain – 112
- Counseling services – 659 930 658
- Director of Madrid campus – 609 269 323
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Incidents 2007
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