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The minister and the president of the Region of Murcia will sign an agreement to boost and manage aid aimed at the reindustrialisation of Lorca.

The Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria, has appeared at his own request before Parliament's Industry, Energy and Tourism Committee to explain the expropriation of the Bolivian subsidiary of REE.

José Manuel Soria said that the Government regrets the expropriation of TDE but accepts that this decision complies with the Constitution and laws of Bolivia.

Unlike the way events unfolded with regard to the expropriation of YPF in Argentina, the Government of Bolivia has upheld dialogue with the Spanish authorities and with REE in order to reach an agreement and to compensate the Spanish company. The government of Spain will accompany and support REE in this negotiation process.

The minister will take part in a sectorial meeting on Energy, Industry and Tourism.

Also present were the minister of Education, the mayoress of Madrid and the chairman of Telefónica

The last two weeks in May, the Ministry of Industry will announce an R&D&I aid plan for the amount of 550 million euros.

German tourists spent the most, at €1.519 billion.

The Canary Islands, which received €3.048 billion, accounted for 33.8% of total tourist expenditure. 

In March, international tourists spent €3.609 billion, representing an increase of 11.9 %.

Tourism represents almost 11% of Spain's GDP

The initiative, launched through the public entity Red.es, has a budget of 1.6 million euros.

26 training workshops will be delivered.

Electronic commerce revenue in Spain rose by 17.4% in 2010, amounting to more than 9 billion euros, according to the latest B2C report from the ONTSI.

The Spanish government wants to sustain good relations with Argentina.

There was a sharp rise of 35.6% in the number of visitors from the United States in March.

The United Kingdom was the issuing market with the highest increase in absolute values.

Stays in hotels, the accommodation option chosen by 70.6% of tourists, were up by 9.7%.