Madrid has recently mentioned that it has plans to create a LOW-EMISSION zone in the city centre and would ban all cars from polluting the city. The suggested TOLL is similar to the ones implemented in other European coutries such as London, Milan and Germany – called the CONGESTION CHARGE.If this gets the GO-AHEAD then only certain cars that achieve the Euro lll emission standards or higher would be allowed in the city centre and the rest would have to pay.
German cities require Euro lV and Diesel Particulate Filters for vehicles – this is a strict ENFORCEMENT.
Residents in the city would be EXEMPT from these measures - as they are in London, because they live in the city centre and therefore would not be expected to pay.
However if this goes ahead it would have a major impact on daily commuters and business deliveries and could reduce revenue activity and SCARE people from coming into the city.
What do you think of this issue?
23
October 2012
This is the News...
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://youtu.be/aU7LYD2jNuU
NEWSWEEK TO END ITS PRINT EDITION
Rising costs of publishing and a fall in the number of advertisers willing to buy space in newspapers and magazines mean a move to a digital version. The number of subscribers has also HALVED from its 2001 HEYDAY of over 3 million to 1.5 million today.
The transition...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcGlnoTFSWI
Language lessons at school used to be about learning to count in French, or ploughing through irregular verbs in German. Now it seems growing numbers of children are moving away from European languages, and choosing Arabic or Mandarin instea...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCqnQq86fkY
Have you ever been skydiving? This story is perhaps one of the most amazing skydives that will have been attempted ever!
An Austrian, 43 year old, former parachutist wants to jump from the stratosphere.
This will be the fastest and highest free jump in history. He wants to jump from 36...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dQH1hNCsg
Have you ever flown on a budget airline? Do you think they are safe? Have you heard any recent news about Ryanair?
Ryanair is again being investigated by aviation authorities following accusations it put pressure on pilots to fly with minimal fuel to cut costs.
The gov...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUOHtExdrdI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
A spoof video where Nick Clegg appears to sing an apology about his party's tuition fees u-turn is to be released as a single on iTunes!
The British deputy prime minister has given his permission for the film to be issued by satirical website thepoke aft...
Chinese factories closed amid violent anti-Japan protests
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgbSutTPqAg
Major electronics firms Panasonic and Canon have temporarily suspended production at factories in China after a territorial dispute over a group of UNINHABITED s...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJS9x-HhAxI
A transport STRIKE has complicated the journey to work in Madrid and Barcelona.
UNIONS have made a call to travellers not to pay for their ticket in a protest against what they consider to be abusive minimum services.
In Madrid the Metro and the RENFE Cercanias COMMUTER lines were affe...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOgsVdiDZ_8
So, are you CRAZY or are you NORMAL? Do you crazy things? These animals are definitely pretty crazy but read on to hear about some crazy things people do...
Some crazy things people do:
A man in London set his home on fire by microwaving his underwear.
In India a vil...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRucxuOcF9M&feature=plcp
Have you heard about the protests in the Middle East because of a video called ''The innocence of the Muslim''? An American man made a film expressing his opinion on Islam, but unfortunately it was not a good opinion...The Muslim community in many countries took it as an...