The whole story can be found here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10732597

The five Spanish banks that failed, out of 27 tested, were regional savings banks, which racked up heavy losses following the collapse of the Spanish property market.

Cajasur was bailed out by the Bank of Spain in May.

But after only 91 banks having been tested we still have a way to go

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Thanks for those comment Bruixot.  I am considering taking the link to this forum off my website as I believe that it will put off prospective visitors (are you listening Nigel ?).  In fact I now call this the moaners and groaners forum when referring to it.

Hear hear !!  Chuffed that a couple of people have at last spoken up for this place.  You know what they say to the foreigners who live in UK.  If you don't like it you know what you can do.

I often wonder if people's motivation for moving here was to leave the UK... or come to Catalonia... or maybe both.  My Catalan friends utter surprise when I tell them that I prefer the weather (and life in general) here.

At last, some other people on here who really want to be in Catalunya. I dont see living in this area on a day to day basis as any more difficult than living somewhere like the UK. The problems we have also effect the Catalan nationals, for example many of my Catalan friends are also having problems getting cedula's and they live in apartments in the towns. They also frequently get broken into and robbed, and have just as many problems with the red tape of this country as us immigrants, and if you ask them they dont know the laws which affect them on a day to day basis either.

I recently spent 2 days in the UK, travelling from Birmingham to the North east and west. The roads were clogged up constantly, and were a breeding ground for cones. The shops did throw your shopping at you, normally without a bag, and the queues in banks, post offices etc were undiscribable, and dont get me started on the social behaviour I witnessed in the streets.
Please remember why you came here, before posting on here, it is a wonderful place to live and most local people are fantastic, and would do anything to help you.

At last some positive comments, we all get fed up now and again and have a moan  . But after spending a week in England I can honestly say , yes I miss my family, yes I miss my friends, yes I miss Primark, but I don't miss the traffic jams, the impatient shoppers and shop assistants or the constant moaning from people that live there. Life here is what you make it, so stop moaning learn the language and get on with it.
Vive catalunya

I do not post on here as a depressive, or soley just to moan. However I do think people should know how much corruption there is going on before they agree to part with their savings.  Had we known that what the Mayor was allowing was illegal and would lead to trouble with the Regional Government we would not have parted with our hard earned savings.  We did not come as suggested 'with rose tinted glasses' but a lot of people that are living here do not know or understand that they are living in illegal dwellings and at any time could have a demolition order on them. 
We still live in the UK but when in Spain we lead a quite life, looking after the land and would not knowingly do anything to upset any of the Catalan people as it is their country and we should respect their way of life. The majority of the Catalans are very nice polite and helpful people.   
Yes the weather is better than the UK, the roads are quieter, the pace of life is slower and I think it is a very beautiful area around the Ebro region.
Unfortunately a minority of our countrymen have caused trouble in the villages, being drunk, fighting etc,  therefore we can understand that some of the Catalan people have tarred us all with the same brush and would prefer the English to go home.  But this does not change the fact that the local farmers were quite happy to go along with what the Mayor was allowing even though they knew it was illegal and that has brought some undesirables into their villages.