Lleida

The controversy over the calendar came just a week after female police officers in Spain's coastal mainland area of Lleida near Mallorca released a calendar of themselves scantily dressed in cat burglar outfits.

Racy Catholic Calendar Angers Spain Church Leaders AP 2011

Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida, parliamentary leader for Convergencia I Unio, Spain's second-largest opposition party, said he fears the Socialist party will be consumed with debates over who would succeed Mr. Zapatero.

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Scuffles also broke out between authorities and protesters in the city of Lleida, west of Barcelona.

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The controversy over the calendar came just a week after female police officers in Spain's coastal mainland area of Lleida near Mallorca released a calendar of themselves scantily dressed in cat burglar outfits.

Racy Catholic Calendar Angers Spain Church Leaders AP 2011

The controversy over the calendar came just a week after female police officers in Spain's coastal mainland area of Lleida near Mallorca released a calendar of themselves scantily dressed in cat burglar outfits.

Racy Catholic Calendar Angers Spain Church Leaders AP 2011

Josep Duran i Lleida, the moderate Catalan nationalist leader who heads Convergencia i Union in the Madrid-based National Parliament, might be the most-admired politician in a country in desperate need of discovering new leadership.

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However, some see the move as an attempt by Mayor Josep Maria Bea of Lleida to drive the women out of town.

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However, lack of the safety vests is the only reason to fine the women working outside of the Spanish city of Lleida, where the vest program is now in effect, as prostitution is not illegal outside of the city limits.

Spanish Prostitutes Ordered To Wear Safety Vests The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Josep Duran i Lleida, the moderate Catalan nationalist leader who heads Convergencia i Union in the Madrid-based National Parliament, might be the most-admired politician in a country in desperate need of discovering new leadership.

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort: The Truth About Spain's Politics Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort 2010

The controversy over the calendar came just a week after female police officers in Spain's coastal mainland area of Lleida near Mallorca released a calendar of themselves scantily dressed in cat burglar outfits.

Racy Catholic Calendar Angers Spain Church Leaders AP 2011