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Owners ordered to take their dogs for walks at risk of fines

Owners ordered to take their dogs for walks at risk of fines Owners ordered to take their dogs for walks at risk of fines Gerona, Spain - Dog owners who do not take their pets for walks face fines of up to 400 euros (534 dollars) in the north-eastern Spanish city of Gerona, the daily El Periodico reported Wednesday.

The Catalan provincial capital has approved an order making it compulsory for dogs to get at least 20 minutes of exercise daily, if they are attached to, or kept in, small spaces.

Dali's birth house to be turned into a museum

Dali's birth house to be turned into a museum Gerona, Spain - The north-eastern Spanish region of Catalonia will restore the birth house of surrealist master Salvador Dali (1904-89) and turn it into a museum, media reports Wednesday quoted officials as saying.

The town council of Figueres has purchased the house where the Dali family lived between 1900 and 1912, and where the artist and his sister Anna Maria were born.

The new museum is estimated to cost about 2.9 million euros (3.9 million dollars).