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Friday, March 22, 2013

A denuncia is the first step in a Spanish civil suit, involving a visit to the Guardia Civil or perhaps the court. The word seems to crop up regularly in conversation – especially in that of people who live in flat blocks and have troublesome neighbours. In fact, I've been known to suggest that the Spanish initiate denuncias at the drop of an insult. So I was interested to read this informative paragraph from Lenox's Business Over Tapas:- Spain doesn't spend much on justice. There are about 10 judges for every 100,000 inhabitants here, while the European average is over 21. The public purse spends about 1% of GNP on 'justicia', against the European average of almost double this. There are around five million cases a year entering the Spanish books (proportionally, the highest in the world after the USA) – not because of criminality, but because it's just the system in Spain – workers tribunals, small claims, 'denuncias' and so on. All this means is that a court case takes a long time to come to a resolution. But fear not, we have way more 'notarios' in Spain than the European average. Click here for information on Business Over Tapas.

Pressed for time by a heavy travelling schedule I must resort once again to the blog of my friend and fellow blogger, Alfie B Mittington. His theme is again Cyprian Criminality and the two articles he cites are also worthy of a read. The opening sentence of the Ambrose piece mirrors my own instinctive reaction to the attempted high-jacking of a significant percentage of deposits of small savers.

From time to time I get emails from people seeking information on Galicia, or even help in progressing a dream of buying property here. I try to help, when I can. A recent correspondent is a practitioner in the field of anthroposophy, about which I was totally ignorant. As you may be too, here's something to help:- The General Anthroposophical Society is an organization dedicated to supporting the community of those interested in the form of spiritual philosophy known as anthroposophy. The society was initiated during 1913 by members of the Theosophical Society in Germany. The Society was re-founded as the General Anthroposophical Society in 1923/4 "to nurture the life of the soul, both in the individual and in human society, on the basis of a true knowledge of the spiritual world." It includes an esoteric school at its centre, the School of Spiritual Science. The Society's headquarters is in Switzerland. The Society has national Societies in many countries. Its primary activities include organizing members' meetings and conferences, supporting research and providing communication channels for a variety of purposes. The Society also tries to encourage sustainable initiatives in the many practical fields in which its members are active. The society had approximately 60,000 members in 2008. More here.

Finally . . . I was once told that the self-employment fields most favoured by British men and women were window-cleaning and hairdressing, respectively. So there are a lot of hairdressers around, all - it seems - trying to be very cute with their name. I'm resolved to draw up a list of these while I'm in the UK but for now will leave you just this one, seen today . . . . Headlines.

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