King Felipe of Spain celebrates his 47th birthday on 30 January.

30 JANUARY 2015

King Felipe of Spain celebrates his 47th birthday on 30 January. The handsome royal, who will be marking his first birthday as Spain's king, is expected to spend the birthday with his wife Queen Letizia and daughters Leonor and Sofia.

1. Born in Madrid on 30 January 1968, Felipe was the youngest child of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, who already had daughters Infantas Elena and Cristina. At the time of his birth, Felipe was not heir-apparent, as his father had not yet become king.

2. Like many royals, Prince Felipe has competed in the Olympics. The athletic royal was a member of the Spanish sailing team in 1992 at the Barcelona Games like his father King Juan Carlos two decades before.

3. On 2 June 2014, Felipe's father announced he would be abdicating in favour of his son, and several weeks later on 19 June, Felipe ascended the throne with celebrations being marked across Spain.

http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2015013023156/king-felipe-spain-47th-birthday-facts/

Is Darth Vader in Spain? Queen Letizia manages to keep a straight face as she's confronted by well-wisher in fancy dress
The Spanish royals were visiting the FITUR International Tourism Fair
A well-wisher in fancy dress approached the couple to show them a map
Royals both looked businesslike in suits and sensible shoes
King Felipe, who celebrates his 47th birthday on Friday, made a speech

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IFEMA brings the world tourism industry together at FITUR
In Madrid, the Trade Show will concentrate the offering of 9,107 companies from 165 countries and the presence of around 200,000 visitors from around the world, of which 120,000 are professionals, generating revenue for the city of 200 million euros
http://www.ifema.es/fitur_06

Fitur, the International Tourism Trade Fair, celebrates its 35th staging from January 28 to February 1, 2015.
http://www.ifema.es/fitur_06/Informacion_general/Presentacion/index.htm

Minister St Ange meets Spanish counterpart at Fitur
http://www.nation.sc/article.html?id=244373

Thousands march for leftist Podemos party in Spain

MADRID, Spain -- Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday in a show of strength by a fledgling radical leftist party, which hopes to emulate the success of Greece's Syriza party in the Spanish general election later this year.

Podemos supporters from across Spain converged around the Cibeles fountain Saturday before packing the avenue leading to Puerta del Sol square in what was the party's largest rally to date.

State broadcaster TVE said that hundreds of thousands were at the march, but no official attendance figures were provided.
Podemos ("We Can") aims to shatter the country's predominantly two-party system and the "March for Change" gathered crowds in the same place where sit-in protests against political and financial corruption laid the party's foundations in 2011.

The party's rise is greatly due to the charisma of its pony-tailed leader, Pablo Iglesias, a 36-year-old political science professor.
Hailing from the Madrid working class neighbourhood of Vallecas, Iglesias prefers jeans and rolled up shirt sleeves to a suit and tie and champions slogans such as Spain is "run by the butlers of the rich" and that the economy must serve the people.


Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/thousands-march-for-leftist-podemos-party-in-spain-1.2214849#ixzz3QQPgS0DD

Spain’s anti-austerity Podemos stages show of force before elections

http://www.euronews.com/newswires/2912958-tens-of-thousand-rally-for-spains-podemos-before-elections/

Podemos March for Change: Huge crowds rally in Madrid to support Spanish leftist party
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/huge-crowds-in-madrid-as-spanish-leftist-party-podemos-calls-march-for-change-10015622.html
http://www.euronews.com/newswires/2912958-tens-of-thousand-rally-for-spains-podemos-before-elections/