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One week was all it took for one of Spain’s five major national political parties to collapse. On March 10, Ciudadanos, a center-right party, thought it could shore up its flagging base with a sly move to grab power in a regional parliament. Together with the center-left Socialist Party, it presented a no-confidence vote in the coastal region of Murcia to try to oust the conservative and deeply corrupt Partido Popular (PP) from power. The move backfired. Within a week, the feud between the PP and Cuidadanos blew up their alliances across the country, torpedoing several regional governments, while numerous Ciudadanos deputies decamped to the PP. Seeking an opportunity to consolidate po
The changing criteria for the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca in Spain is eroding the trust of the public in the Covid-19 vaccine. This week saw two modifications to the age groups that will receive the shots in the space of just 24 hours, given the fears that the medication could be linked to a tiny number of rare blood clots registered in the inoculation campaign so far. On Wednesday the Spanish authorities decided they would use the vaccine for the 60-65 group, only to do a U-turn and opt for the 60-69 group the following day. The Madrid deputy health chief, Antonio Zapatero, claimed on Friday that of the 29,000 appointments scheduled for Thursday in the Zendal Hospital and the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, just a third â 10,800 people â turned up. The previous week such missed appointments only accounted for 3% of the total.
Spain’s ‘Rolling Pages’ Names Its 10 Books-to-Screen Contenders
In its fourth year, the Spanish publishers’ event for film and television producers now has a set of 10 books to be pitched to multimedia professionals for possible adaptation.
At the 2019 edition of Rodando Paginas in Madrid. Image: FGEE
Presentations Set for April 8
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Rodando páginas “Rolling Pages: Books to Screen” on April 8 “in hybrid format or fully online,” per the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic restrictions at the time.
Having announced their program a month ago, they today (March 3) have issued a list of 10 titles for their producers’ program on April 8. And as it happens, today’s announcement lands midweek in the industry-facing digital presentation of Germany’s Berlinale. (Our story on this year’s Books at Berlinale event, quite similar to Spain’s Rolling Pages, is here. That event is open to registered producers and will be held Thursday and Friday this week.)
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