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Thursday, 18 June 2015   
 

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Creative packaging to streamline prescriptions

TJ Parker AMERICAN entrepreneur and pharmacist’s son, TJ Parker, of California (USA) is seeking to better manage prescription medication. Many expatriates rely on prescription medication and vitamins to ensure...Read More

Spain’s crisis shaping buyers’ demands

A NEW study confirms buyers in Spain have changed their demands when searching for a home and now look for cheaper, smaller and less equipped properties.
The report put together by property online site...Read More

Marbella TOWIE tantrum sparks suspension

THE Only Way is Essex is believed to have suspended Gemma Collins after she threw what was described as a ‘hissy fit’ during recent filming of the Marbella special edition.
Although her representative...Read More

Spanish parents demand stronger anti-bullying measures

THE Spanish Federation of Parents’ Associations (CEAPA) has urged the government to create a national plan to combat bullying.
They have also requested the creation of a free telephone line exclusively...Read More

$600K awarded in Vodafone’s Wireless Innovation Project

WINNERS of the 2015 Wireless Innovation Project have envisioned extraordinary applications for wireless technologies in developing countries, which face particularly challenging problems concerning water...Read More

Wikipedia awarded €50K from Princess of Asturias Foundation

WIKIPEDIA, the online collaborative encyclopaedia, was awarded a €50,000 grant for international cooperation by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, a Spanish organisation with Princess Leonor as...Read More

Almoradi wants new police vehicle

ONE of the first issues to be dealt with in Almoradi with the new government team now in place is to sort through the accounts and the situation of police vehicles.
Ciudadanos spokesperson, María...Read More

Analysing Spain’s transition to democracy

ALMERIA once more hosted the International Conference on the Spanish Transition.
The two-yearly event had to be cancelled in 2013 owing to the economic crisis but was again held at the UNED (Open University)...Read More

Snap the Costa Blanca

JALON Valley Help is organising a photographic competition this summer on the theme 'The Colours of the Costa Blanca'. The closing date is Wednesday September 30.
A prize of €100 goes to the winner,...Read More

Motril Port police stop stolen car smuggling suspects

GUARDIA CIVIL police officers have arrested two men at Motril Port for reportedly using counterfeit documents to take a vehicle across the border.
The two arrested men are an Italian and a Moroccan citizen,...Read More

Clean up leaves Serra Gelada beaches sparkling

CONTRASTS: This  year the land was littered but the sea was cleaner. ALTEA Yacht Club’s spring clean of the waters off the Serra Gelada has shown that this year the sea is much cleaner than in the past.
The XV Conference organised by the Nautico de Altea Environmental...Read More

Fatal accident near Sotogrande

IT took firefighters more than 40 minutes to cut free from his vehicle a 76-year-old French man who died yesterday (Wednesday 20) after driving into the back of a lorry, emergency services reported.
The...Read More

King in Cartagena to celebrate subs

CEREMONIES in Cartagena commemorating the centenary of the military submarine division have been presided over by King Felipe VI.
His visit was the first to the city since becoming king and after arriving...Read More

Straight up, that’s some race

AROUND 200 people will converge on El Ejido for the fourth edition of the Carrera Vertical race on Saturday June 20.
There are three different versions of the race but all require contestants to climb...Read More

HM Customs make cocaine arrest at frontier

HM CUSTOMS have said they arrested a man attempting to walk into Gibraltar from Spain carrying cocaine.
The customs officers announced yesterday (June 17) that they had stopped a 25-year-old local male...Read More

El Chaparral park makeover

TORREVIEJA'S employment workshop reports that work is progressing on the green area in Urbanisation El Chaparral.
With the installation of automatic irrigation, foundations, benches, trees offering shade,...Read More

Pressure group alerts: Palma bullring ‘at risk of collapsing’

MALLORCA Sense Sang, the pressure group against bullfighting in the Island, has denounced the poor maintenance and dangerous condition of the Palma bullring.
In a statement, the organisation has requested...Read More

A new term in office begins for socialist mayor

New Mayor of Palma  Jose Hila (far right) PALMA has this week welcomed Jose Hila as the new socialist mayor of the city thanks to a pact drawn up by the PSOE, MES and Som Palma parties.
Former mayor and leader of the conservative Partido Popular...Read More

New Torrox Council to prioritise coasts and tourism

THE new mayor of Torrox, Oscar Medina (PP), announced that the area of Ferrara beach would receive an urgent addition of sand to prepare it for the high season.
Mr Medina held a meeting with beach business...Read More

30 teachers compete for each position in Andalucia

THE Junta de Andalucia regional government will be starting a selection process this weekend to fill 1,000 teaching posts, for which 30,007 candidates have applied.
Altogether, 300 teachers are needed...Read More

Arrests made in specialist burglar group bust

A SUSPECTED organised group of specialist burglars has been broken up and seven suspects arrested by the National Police.
Four people were arrested in Malaga, two in Vigo and one in Madrid in an operation...Read More

Driver abandons drugs and stolen car

A CAR reported stolen from Manilva has been recovered by the Guardia Civil in La Linea.
During an anti-drugs operation, patrols aiming to intercept a boat due to land in the Levante area found a vehicle...Read More

Noisy Oliva suffers from nearby N-332

AN acoustic study by the Polytechnic University of Valencia-Gandia has revealed that the noise levels in Oliva have increased by 55 per cent since 1995. Noise pollution has become a serious problem in...Read More

Authorities up security measures after detecting rabies cases

RABIES has reappeared in Melilla with four dogs reported to have been infected in 30 days.
This has forced the Social Welfare and Health board in the autonomous city to up its spending and increase safety...Read More

Dive in to the Costa Tropical’s ‘excellent’ sea water

JUST in time for the height of summer, the beaches across Granada and the Costa Tropical have been confirmed as having ‘excellent’ water for swimming by the regional government’s environmental...Read More

Low-cost companies bring surge of passengers to the Islands

LOW-COST flight companies are reporting very positive results in the Balearic Islands, transporting 1,178,362 passengers in the first three months of 2015.
This figure is an 8.6 per cent increase on the...Read More

Almeria petrol costs a pretty penny

DRIVERS in Almeria Province pay some of Spain’s highest prices for petrol.
The least they can hope to pay for 95 octane unleaded petrol is €1.15 a litre while shopping around will locate petrol...Read More

Summer brings a lotta litta

UNTOUCHED: Cabo de  Gata-Nijar park THE Junta de Andalucia again launched its campaign to keep the Cabo de Gata-Nijar park neat and tidy.
“You brought it, you take it,” the public is being reminded in a bid to protect the park...Read More

60-year-old skydives for horse rescue centre

A 60-year-old British woman has raised more than €500 for the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre after jumping from a plane in the UK.
Elaine Sissons, who lives in the UK but has a holiday home in Spain,...Read More

Fundraisers win cruise

CRUISE WINNERS:  Annette and Dave English with restaurant owner Andres and his wife Berne, with President of Torrrevieja Stroke Support, Lilybeth Stevens. ANNETTE ENGLISH and her husband David, official fundraisers for The Children’s Care Home in Elche, were the winners of a Mediterranean cruise at the latest Charity Night at El Alto La Dolores Restaurant...Read More

 
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