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The award will be presented by HRH, Infanta Doña Cristina. In previous editions it has been awarded to Manuel Castells (2008), José María Maravall (2007), Salvador Giner (2006), José Jimenez Blanco (2005), Juan José Linz (2004), Salustiano del Campo (2003) and Francisco Murillo (2002). The event will be attended by the Minister of the Presidency, Ramón Jáuregui, the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos, and the President of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans and 2006 National Prize Winner, Salvador Giner. Day: Tuesday April 26 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Wellington Hotel Total coverage. The news media that want to cover the event must be accredited at Casa Real ( compra@casareal.es ).

Madrid, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Tomorrow, April 6, at 12:30 p.m., the barometer for the month of March will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly barometers, as well as a variable part that collects the opinion of Spaniards on volunteering and evaluations of the agreement on the pension reform. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

Madrid, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Tomorrow, March 9, at 12:30 p.m., the barometer for the month of February will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center ( www.cis.es ). This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly Barometers, as well as a variable part in which the opinion of Spaniards about laws and justice is collected. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

In recent months the CIS has worked on renewing its Internet presence, to offer an updated channel, both in image and services: www.cis.es This effort has been made not only to improve the design, but, above all, to facilitate access to our information, for which the content architecture has been reviewed. The download of microdata (14,000 between 2009 and 2010), used mainly by social researchers, has been improved, allowing them to register on the portal to access the data with a single registration, avoiding repeat operations. The Sociological Research Center carries out important editorial work, which we intend to bring closer to our users, enabling them to acquire our publications from the website itself (La Librería http://libreria.cis.es/ ). This initiative continues other initiatives, such as printing on demand and editions in specific formats for electronic books, already underway for a few months. Multimedia resources have also been introduced in the press area, to facilitate the work of the media, and the information has been reordered for better access to the files. In addition, on this new page you can consult the center's annual reports since 1999, as well as the appearances of the Presidents of the CIS before the Parliamentary Committees since 1995.

Tomorrow, February 8, at 12:30 p.m., the barometer for the month of January will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual questions of the so-called political barometers: evaluation of leaders, voting intention, etc. This information can be used in part or in its entirety without the need to cite sources. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.