'The Minister of Finance, Cristóbal Montoro, has commissioned inspectors from Hacienda to intensify their surveillance on a number of everyday activities where fraud might be rampant. In particular, weddings, christenings, communions, schools, neighbours' communities and all kinds of groups and activities that are part of the daily life of the majority of Spaniards can expect fresh requirements and inspections. By focusing on these groups, Hacienda hopes to maintain its income, 'threatened' by the fall of general economic activity and the collapse of sectors such as real estate'... From El Mundo.
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El País reports
…………… the Mayoress of Madrid, ……………. "Madrid’s town hall is a Palace whose renovation has cost 500 million euros!", "Her office is bigger than the one of the President of the United States", and it has "a Butler whose sole function is to serve the coffee". There are 260 personal advisers and senior officials paid an average wage of 60,000 euros. The City Council also has 267 official cars for personal use, more than all the capitals of the euro-zone put together'...