What's New in "Sí, Spain" (Year 1995)

What's New in "Sí, Spain"

(Year 1995)

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December 22, 1995

Added a search capability for all of the text of Sí, Spain.
A new item has been included in the directory "Foreign Affairs", which refers to the 5th Latin American Summit held in Beriloche (Argentina) in mid-October, 1995. The new file contains a summary of the Declaration of the 5th Latin American Summit at San Carlos de Bariloche.
Updated rates of Foreign Exchange.
New address of the Tourist Office of Spain in Toronto.
More links have been added in the directory Other Web Sites in or about Spain:
- Centro Informático de Andalucía
  Web Site with information about Andalucía.
- WebZine
  Web site about music based on Spanish-speaking lyrics.
- Gedisa Editorial (Barcelona, Buenos Aires and México)
  Books in Spanish for university students and researches.
- Turista Virtual de Sevilla
  This Web Site gives information (in Spanish) about the city of Sevilla.
- Spain's Dive Centers Guide (Guía de Centros de Buceo en España)
  This is a guide being served by Web Ventures from Spain.
Radio Intereconomía is an Internet Radio Station of Madrid, with information about Spanish economy.
Added new URL for the link to Gaceta de los Negocios, a Spanish newspaper about economy, available in English and French now.

December 19, 1995

A new section has been created within The Media directory (Daily Press), for the weekly newspapers. The first link is to the Setmanari de l'Alt Empordà, a weekly newspaper from Gerona, a province of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia.
Information about the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza.
You can get more information about several topics concerning the Spanish culture and interests of Spanish university students in the directory Contributions With Home Pages to "Sí Spain", where more links have been added:
- Juan Carlos Sanz's Home Page (University of Maryland)
- Hostal López (by Florencio López Navarro)
- Spanish puppeteer Francisco Peralta's Home Page
- Flavors of Spain (by Mape Andrews)

December 6, 1995

Updated information about the participation of Spain in the Atlantic Aliance (NATO) which includes some data about the new NATO Secretary-General, Mr. Javier Solana Madariaga, former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs.

November 21, 1995

Added Sí, Spain Interactive, an interactive forum for the discussion of ideas. Articles from anyone are reviewed by and added with the permission of the maintainers. Anyone may read and respond to those articles.

November 20, 1995

Results of the elections in Catalunya (19 November 1995).
Added more links to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, in the directory The Media.
Added a link to the Spanish cultural institution Fundación Edades del Hombre, in the directory Language and Culture.

November 9, 1995

Updated information from Iberia Airlines of Spain (Offices of Montreal and Toronto, in Canada).
A link to the Spanish football team Racing de Santander has been included in the directory Other Web Sites in or about Spain.
More links have been included in the directory created for contributions by the users of "Sí, Spain".

November 6, 1995

A new section for Spanish Football Teams has been added in Other Web Sites in or about Spain. Presently, there are three links: Real Madrid, Athletic Club de Bilbao and Sevilla Fútbol Club. More links will be added as we receive the URLs.

November 3, 1995

Added link to the Ath letic Club de Bilbao, a leading Spanish football team from Bilbao (Vizcaya), in the Other Web Sites page.

November 1, 1995

Updated foreign exchange for the Spanish currency (PESETA).
In Other Web Sites, a new link to the Casal del Països Catalans, a Web site created by the Catalan Centre of Toronto, including information in English and in Catalan about Catalunya.

October 30, 1995

New links to sites in or about Spain: Numancia, la ciudad virtual, this Web site is in Spanish language only and has been designed for Spanish users of Internet who want to participate in the development of a cultural site in Spain.

Real Madrid, is a site in Spanish about a leading Spanish football team.

Laboratorio de Lingüística de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, is a site including links to other sites in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. The topics are closely related to the development of the Spanish language in Internet.

October 26, 1995

The directory Language and Culture has added a new pointer to information about three Spanish museums in Madrid: the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía National Museum. Please, visit the page: Madrid's Great Museums (Paseo del Prado).

October 25, 1995

Two new links have been added in Other Web Sites in or about Spain: La Infopista/The Catalan Highway, a Web site with information about Catalunya, València and Balears; Partal, Maresma & Associats, a Web site with information about Internet companies and other institutions of Catalunya.

October 19, 1995

Information about the 10th European Union Film Festival in Ottawa, under Presidency of the Embassy of Spain.

October 16, 1995

Added more information about Spanish economy, given by Spanish dailies and magazines.
The Directory of Spanish newspapers has been divided into three sections: general information, dailies and magazines about Spanish economy, and sports.

October 13, 1995

Updated information about the National R+D Plan of the Spanish Government for the period 1996-1998.

October 12, 1995

Updated information about RETEVISION, the public entity in Spain responsible for operating the public telecommunications system and the transmission of radio and television signals.
Updated information about HISPASAT, the Spanish system of telecommunications via satellite.

October 10, 1995

A directory to Web Sites about Flamenco has been included in Other Web Sites in or about Spain.
Added a new file about the Fiestas de San Mateo in the directory "La Rioja (Autonomous Community)".
Added new information about the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia (19 November, 1995) and information about Catalunya given by the Institut Català de Telemàtica Aplicada.
More information about the Spanish Economy with two new files: "Spain: at a turning point" and " Información sobre la economía española".
Go and visit the treasures of the Fundación Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, included in the directory Language and Culture.
More information about educational topics given by El Mundo del Siglo XXI (Suplemento Campus) in the Spanish newspapers list.
Added link to more information about Spanish wines, given by La Rioja Alta, S.A.

September 28, 1995

Added a new list, Spaniards in the Net Outside Spain, to the Other Web Sites page.

September 20, 1995

Added link to ABCe (Versión electrónica del diario "ABC") in the Spanish newspapers list.

September 19, 1995

Added pointers to Spanish Aviation Subjects and Spain seen by Meteosat to the Infrastructure and Environment menu. Added more User's Contributions.

September 12, 1995

Added La casa de Esmis (by Miguel Pablo Esmis) to the Users Contributions / Contribuciones con Páginas pages.

September 11, 1995

Added link to Wines of Spain from the Spanish Wines page.

August 31, 1995

Corrected URL for newspaper AVUI in the Spanish newspapers list. Added pointer to Centro Servidor Telemático del Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía to the Other Web Sites page.

August 15, 1995

Added link Flamenco Music (Group: "Flamenco Puro") to Users Contributions page.

August 11, 1995

Added Spanish page Contribuciones a "Sí, Spain".

August 9, 1994

Added El Diario Vasco to list of newspapers on the Web.

Added entry for Mucha Tela, a new miscellaneous Web magazine, to the Other Web Sites page.

August 8, 1995

Added a new section entitled Spanish Presidency of the European Union / Presidencia Española de la U.E. to the main menu.

Added a new page, Contributions with Home Pages to "Sí, Spain", for contributions made by the readers who are interested in the Spanish history, language and culture or any other field related to the Spanish everyday life.

August 2, 1995

Added pointers to the full text (in Spanish) of the Spanish Constitution to the Politics section.

July 16, 1995

Added extensive material: "Documentación Cumbres de Jefes de Estado y Gobierno Iberoamericanos" to the "Foreign Affairs" section.

July 7, 1995

Updated entries in the following sections:

Composition of the Government: 3 July 1995....
Travelling to Spain, including visa regulations for Canadians, currency exhcange rates, etc.
Suggested Tourist Itineraries for travelling to Spain.
Added the start of a list of Television Stations on the Web to the Media section.
Added the start of a list of Radio Stations on the Web to the Media section.

June 26, 1995

Added pointer to list of foreign press correspondents to the Daily Press page.

June 19, 1995

Added La Vanguardia to the list of 'Spanish Newspapers on the Web'.

June 5, 1995

Added or updated the following items:

added information about Fiestas in the Travelling To Spain area.
added information about the wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime De Marichalar in the Royal Family area. (in Spanish).
added pointer for municipal elections results to the municipal elections page in the Elections area.

May 26, 1995

Added Spain Uncovered to the Other Web Sites page.

May 23, 1995

Added Noticias de España y Asturias (diario El Comercio) to the 'Newspapers on the Web' page.

May 21, 1995

Added start of list of links to Spanish Universities in the Education area.

May 19, 1995

Added ESPAÑA HOY: NOTICIAS to the 'Newspapers on the Web' page. Added Centro Informático Científico de Andalucía and Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca to the links to Spanish scientific institutions page.

May 17, 1995

A number of minor updates and some additions, including:

Added section on Spanish Wines in the "Travelling to Spain" area.
Updated currency exchange rates.
Updated "International Cooperation For Development" page in the "Foreign Affairs" area.
Added page (in Spanish) for links to Spanish scientific institutions in the "Science and Technology" area.

May 9, 1995

Added link to the CIA 1994 World Fact Book from the Other Web Sites page. Added link to "Discover Spain" from the Travelling to Spain page.

May 8, 1995

Added pointers to the following: 1) "Discover Spain"; 2) Da li Images; from the Other Web Sites page.

May 3, 1995

Re-installed the section entitled "Information for Spanish Citizens / Guía del Ciudadano Español en Canadá".

April 30, 1995

Updated pages in the Politics section: several in Elections to the Autonomy Parliaments; National Referenda, Regional Referenda, General Elections; several in Political Parties and Coalitions Represented in Parliament; information on availability of the constitution; information on Composition of the Constitutional Court.

April 18, 1995

Added the start of a list of newspapers on the web in Spain.

April 17, 1995

Updated pages: municipal elections; many in Elections to the Autonomy Parliaments; Media: The Daily Press.

April 15, 1995

Added pointer to "A Little Bit of Spain on the Information Highway" in Other Web Sites page.

April 12, 1995

Corrected the instructions for downloading the Interactive Spanish Course.

April 4, 1995

Added link to the H ispanic Heritage Home Page from the Other Web Sites page.

April 1, 1995

Minor updates to the currency exchange page and to the autonomy process page for the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

March 31, 1995

Added pointer to On-line Spanish Art Sampler to the Other Web Sites page. Added pointers to "Spanish Language for Travellers" and "You too can learn Spanish!" to the Other Web Sites page.

March 30, 1995

Added information on the autonomous regions of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
Updated information on Elections to the Autonomy Parliaments.
Updated information on passports.
Updated information on currency.
Updated information on Iberia Airlines.
Updated information on the labour market in Spain.
Temporarily removed the section entitled "Information for Spanish Citizens / Guía del Ciudadano Español en Canadá".

March 20, 1995

Added The Webfoot's Guide to Spain to the Other Web Sites page.

Added the What's New page.

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