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Tuesday, 16 June 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Madrid culture chief resigns after 48 hours over offensive tweets GUILLERMO ZAPATA, in a bid for the shortest culture chief appointment in history, resigned from his new position in the Madrid City Council after outrage over offensive Twitter posts. His resignation...Read More Fashionistas brave torrential rain to raise money for charity DESPITE torrential rain and thunderstorms, the Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity Fashion Show went full steam ahead last week at the Quesada Country Club, with the show being moved indoors. Paul Cunningham...Read More Homes and jobs in £1.1 billion deal for Gibraltar THE government has entered final negotiations with Cameron Holdings Limited for the development of ‘Blue Water, Gibraltar,’ a deal that will see £1.1 billion invested in a project to...Read More UK role in Med rescue mission unclear as HMS Bulwark due to pull out BRITISH Navy ship HMS Bulwark is due to end its deployment in the Mediterranean in three weeks, where it has been part of the EU’s response to the migration crisis that has already seen thousands...Read More Valencia museum boss wasted vast funds, finds audit VALENCIA’S contemporary IVAN museum has been overpaying for artwork for years, according to an audit commissioned by the local government, which funds the museum. Former museum director Consuelo...Read More Second hand market increasingly popular BALEARIC residents are becoming increasingly thrifty as second-hand item sales have gone up by 60 per cent during the past year. This increase surpasses by far the one registered in the whole of Spain,...Read More Mother and son jailed for trafficking women A ROMANIAN mother and her son have been sentenced to 16 years in prison for forcing women into prostitution. The Malaga Court has also sentenced them to pay €15,000 compensation to one of the victims,...Read More Promoting school for a better future EIGHTY-SIX per cent of 15-year-old gypsies attend school compared with 98 per cent of the Spanish population. By the time they are 16 this will have fallen to 55 per cent compared with the national average...Read More Shuteye request to new corporation ALMERIA City residents wanting a good night’s sleep called on the new corporation to take action on noise. Derechoadormir (Right to sleep), a platform of residents’ communities and associations,...Read More Benalmadena burglar who stabbed British couple gets 18 years A MAN who attempted to burgle a property in Benalmadena, leaving its two British owners injured, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Events took place in October of 2013 in the Benal Beach resident...Read More Man arrested for attempted murder NATIONAL POLICE in Valencia have arrested a man wanted for allegedly attempting to kill another man in Alicante. The 39-year-old detainee of Nigerian origin was wanted in relation to an attempted murder...Read More Lottery winner misses £3m pay-out deadline A WINNING lotto ticket for £3 million, bought in Stirling, Scotland, has gone unclaimed in the UK, where lottery players have 180 day in which to claim their prize. Had they come forward in time,...Read More England’s footballers win again and it’s runs galore in cricket! DID YOU KNOW? • Boxing became a legal sport in 1901. • More than 100 million people hold hunting licenses. • In 1975, Japan’s Junko Tabei became the first woman to climb...Read More Cervantes buried with honours 400 years after his death SPAIN honoured its most famous writer, Miguel de Cervantes, with a formal burial and funeral monument on Thursday, nearly 400 years after his death. Officials had been searching for the author’s...Read More New mayor in Nerja ends 20 years of conservative rule A TWENTY-year stretch at the helm of Nerja Council has come to an end for Jose Alberto Armijo, who will now be part of the opposition. PSOE socialist party leader Rosa Arrabal was invested as the town’s...Read More Man dies after drinking detergent served in a wine bottle A MAN died in Benicarlo, north of Valencia, on Sunday June 14 after drinking detergent that was stored in a wine bottle and mistakenly placed in a refrigerator. The detergent was taken for wine and served...Read More Suspected water poisoning at a school in Palma THIRTY pupils at the public school Aina Moll in Palma suffered poisoning after eating at the centre’s canteen. The children, of ages ranging between seven and nine years, presented symptoms such...Read More Jeb Bush announces his campaign for US presidency AFTER a week-long European tour, former Florida governor Jeb Bush officially announced Monday (June 15) his intention to campaign for the US presidency in 2016. Bush, the son and brother of former US presidents,...Read More Plans announced for groundbreaking animal welfare conference THE first National Animal Welfare Conference is being held in Murcia in October. Taking place at the Costa Narejos Hotel, Los Alcazares, Murcia on October16-18, the Proteccion Animales España (PAES)...Read More Land prices jump up in Balearics LIVING in the Balearic Islands is getting increasingly more expensive as the average price of a square metre of urban land grew by 9.4 per cent during the first three months of 2015. A square metre now...Read More No present solution for Bajo Andarax drainage BOTH options suggested by the regional government for Bajo Andarax wastewater have been dismissed as unviable. Almeria City Hall questioned the Junta’s proposal that wastewater be sent either to...Read More Green-fingered La Nucia trainees awarded diplomas THIRTY unemployed people over the age of 25 taken on for a year of gardening and work concerned with forestry as part of the Pinar Garaita VI training programme received their diplomas on Monday June...Read More Blood donations increase by 6.2 per cent BLOOD donations in Alicante Province in the past five months have increased by 6.2 per cent over the previous year. According to the Transfusion Centre of the Community, 76,928 units of blood have been...Read More Red shoes stand against violence MORE than 500 pairs of red shoes adorned Malaga City’s Plaza de la Constitucion for an event managed by the local branch of Amnesty International against gender violence. The project, which saw the...Read More Tarifa hosts eighth annual Couchsurfing event FROM all over the Costa del Sol, locals and expatriates alike will meet up this weekend at the pristine beaches of Valdevaqueros in Tarifa to swap travel stories, soak up the sun and share a memorable...Read More Playa Flamenca fun day A FULL day’s entertainment kept the guests entertained as the bars and restaurants in the Playa Flamenca Commercial Centre held a fun day event to help raise money for charity. Supported by Sunshine...Read More Mayors set up their stalls for the next term ALL over the region new mayors have been sworn in, sharing their plans for their municipalities for the forthcoming session. As few councils delivered a clear majority the new mayors are likely to face...Read More Right prescription for computer glitch SAS, the region’s Health service was soon back online after its centralised computer system DIRAYA crashed. DIRAYA coordinates medical records, appointments and details of patients’ prescriptions...Read More Three German men arrested in rape investigation THREE German men were arrested by National Police accused of raping a compatriot in a hotel room in Platja de Palma. The receptionist of a nearby hotel, located in Calle Pare Bartomeu Salva, alerted police...Read More Visitor numbers climb at the Nerja Caves PROMISING results have been announced by the Nerja Caves foundation with visits increasing by more than two per cent in 2014. The natural monument’s board of directors last week released its annual...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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