Storms are affecting the north of the country and have so far taken five lives. In Villanova de Arousa a 12 year old girl and a worker died when a crane collapsed on them. Two skiers have been killed by an avalanche in the Pyrenees in Aragon and a woman died when hot by a falling tree in Pontevedra. Singer Carlos Cano is described as being in a critical condition in hospital in Granada this morning after an 8 hour emergency open heart operation to save his life. Doctors say the next 48 hours will be critical for the singer and further surgery may be required.
Experts say that technology stocks remain volatile and unstable.
The increase in inflation and the teaching reform are the two subjects expected to take centre stage at Spain s equivalent of prime minister s questions later today. The historic news of the legalisation of Euthanasia in Holland is given prominence in some of the Spanish press, but practically ignored in others this morning. ABC, the main right wing paper surprisingly does not mention it on its front page at all - La Raz n the same. The rest of the papers do give prominence to the news, and most also conclude that it s a complicated debate. That said they all think that such a debate should take place in all countries including Spain.