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Old 08-24-2006, 06:55 AM
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The king don Juan Carlos will receive on August 29 to Zapatero in Marivent's Palace

The King don Juan Carlos will receive in hearing next Tuesday, the 29th of August, to the prime minister, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, in Marivent's Palace of Palm, as reported today the Royal Household in a communique.
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The king Juan Carlos meets Putin in the resort of Sochi

The king Juan Carlos met today the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the resort of Sochi, on the banks of the Black sea, informed the official Russian agency Itar-Tass.

' I am sure that his visit will allow to speak not only about the bilateral relations, but also to exchange opinions about international problems ', said Putin to the Spanish monarch, according to Itar-Tass.
The chief of the Kremlin stressed that the relations between both countries are kept to ' very high level '.

' I am sure that it, to a great extent, is linked by your attitude towards Russia ', said Putin to the king of Spain.

For his part, the Spanish monarch, according to Itar Tass, was grateful for the hospitality of his host and he presented his personal condolences, those of the Royal Family, of the Government and the Spanish people for the death of 170 occupants of the Russian airliner that smashed on Tuesday spent in the East from Ukraine.

' I say this not as King of Spain, but as friend of the Russian people and as your personal friend ', said Juan Carlos mentioned by Itar-Tass.
The Russian television he proved to be an images of Putin and the king of Spain in the summer residence of the Russian president.
Sources of the House of the King confirmed to Efe that the visit answers to a personal invitation of Putin.

Don Juan Carlos and Putin have supported other meetings in the past. In June, 2005 they met in Moscow and in February, 2006 in Madrid, on the occasion of a visit of State that Putin effected to Spain.

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The king Juan Carlos visits orthodox monasteries in the north of Russia

25/08/2006
Moscow. (EFE) .-The king Juan Carlos, who is in visit deprived to Russia, will know today several orthodox monasteries in Vologda's region, to approximately 500 kilometres to the north of Moscow, as has reported the service of press of the local government.

The monarch, who met this Thursday the Russian president, Vladímir Putin, in the resort of Sochi, located in the Black sea, will visit the monasteries of Kirilo-Beloziorski and Ferapont, according to the Russian agency Interfax.

The monastery Kirilo-Beloziorski, founded in 1397, was visited in his time by Iván Terrible and Peter the Great; while that of Ferapont, founded in 1398 and closed by the Bolsheviks in 1924, is considered to be one of the summits of the religious architecture in the north of Russia.

Besides, the king of Spain will visit the ecological project Natural Borders, which one frames inside the European program Ekos-Uvertiura.

The king of Spain had visited Russia for last time in June of last year, occasion in the one that also supported an informal meeting with Putin.
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Kofi Annan will meet in Spain the King and Zapatero in September

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Brussels. (EUROPA PRESS) .-The secretary general of the UNO, Kofi Annan, will meet in Madrid the King Juan Carlos I and the prime minister, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, in the visit that he will realize to the Spanish capital on the 6th and 7th of September.

This way it was indicated today in press conference by the minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, who indicated that Annan will end up at Madrid at the conclusion of the visit that will initiate tomorrow Middle East.
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The Kings inaugurate officially the course 2006-07 on the 11th in Aviles

The course 2006-07 will be inaugurated for the whole Spain on September 11 in Aviles by the presence of the Kings of Spain, don Juan Carlos and dona Sofía; the minister of Education, Mercedes Cabrera, and the president of the Principality, Vicente Álvarez Areces, between other personalities.

" The presence of the Kings not only is an honor for Asturias and the educational Asturian community, but also stimulates us to continue improving the magnificent academic results obtained by our pupils, especially the discharge appraises graduates' in ESO and Baccalaureate ", commented Riopedre.
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What a schedule! It's very impressive to me that HM is meeting with world leaders at the highese levels. Juan Carlos is certainly not a "lazy" or figurehead king but an active and involved monarch.
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Meeting betwen King Juan Carlos, and Prime Minister Zapatero in Marivent

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Heaven forbid! Firstly he appeared with red pants, then it was time to wear orange pants and now it's this vibrant blue tone!... Who wants to jump the Marivent walls and steal all those ugly trousers at once?...
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Heaven forbid! Firstly he appeared with red pants, then it was time to wear orange pants and now it's this vibrant blue tone!... Who wants to jump the Marivent walls and steal all those ugly trousers at once?...
Yes, the trousers are very slightly discreet. If his trousers are like that ... how will they be his swimsuits?
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what's with the SRF men and the "ugly pants/swimsuits summer syndrome"?
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Oh dear!!! I'd rather see JC back in his red pants again! The blue ones are just so... Well at least his tie was matching
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Zapatero informs to the King designation Clos as the Minister of Industry

The King Juan Carlos and the prime minister, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, supported this evening in Marivent's Palace an office of work, in which the chief of the Executive informed the Monarch of the designation of the current mayor of Barcelona, Joan Clos, as the new minister of Industry.

During the office, the second one that both celebrate this summer in Majorca, Rodríguez Zapatero reported to the King that the appointment will be effective next week, though still it has not been fixed the day in which it will take place, according to a speaker of the Moncloa.

Don Juan Carlos and the prime minister revised also the matters ' more important that they have happened in the country in the last three weeks ', between that there appear questions related to the exterior politics and the immigration, it indicated the source.
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World Congress of Cardiology 2006

Opening Ceremony
Saturday 2 September 2006 , 16:30-20:00

Opening of the Congress:
Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain
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so how long will QS and Cristina stay in Athens?
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The King will take part at the end of month in Eivissa in a high-level ditch

The circuit of the Breitling Medcup TP 52 will conclude in waters of the pitiusas between 19 and on September 23. The president of the Consell, Pere Palau, he emphasizes " the media repercussion " of this test in the whole world

His Majesty the king Juan Carlos will take part at the end of the next month, between 19 and September 23, in a ditch of maximum level on board of the Bribon. The president of the Consell, Pere Palau, announced yesterday after the meeting of the Consell Executiu that the King in person confirmed to him on Monday in the receipt and the dinner that took place in Marivent's Palace, in Palm, which will be raised to the Bribon to compete in the Trophy Baleària Ibiza and Formentera, puntuable of the Breitling Medcup TP52.
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Heaven forbid! Firstly he appeared with red pants, then it was time to wear orange pants and now it's this vibrant blue tone!... Who wants to jump the Marivent walls and steal all those ugly trousers at once?...
He's the King so he can wear what he wants no matter how outrageous.
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The Queen Sofía, next to the minister of Health, Elena Salgado, the president of the European Society of Cardiology, Michel Tendera and the president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Pasqual Maragall, it has inaugurated the World-wide Congress of Cardiology that is celebrated in Barcelona, from day 2 to the 6 of September and that will reunite to 30,000 specialistic doctors worldwide.



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The Kings will open in Caceres an exhibition of the regional history

The inauguration, October 31, will include a concert of bells. The Precious Blood and San Jorge will receive during. 2 months 180 pieces.

The Kings of Spain will preside in Caceres, next October 31, at the inauguration of an exhibition on the history of Estremadura that organizes the Savings bank of Estremadura on the occasion of its centenary, announced yesterday the president of the entity, Jesus Medina Ocaña.

The sample, titled We. Extremadura and its patrimony, that Javier will remain opened until January 31, 2007 in the church of San Francisco and in the Cultural Center San Jorge, will include 180 pieces, proceeding in 70 % of the ecclesiastic patrimony. And the rest they are contributions of private collections and museums.
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