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Thursday, 23 July 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts First beach tournament for Costa Cobras rugby THE Costa Cobras Rugby Football Club entered their first beach rugby tournament at the San Javier beach 5’s at the weekend, offering great experience for the players with just two having previous...Read More Sky diving pair raise over €1,000 OVER €1,000 has been raised for charity as two brave friends took to the skies for a recent sky dive to help raise money for the Pink Ladies and the AECC and Breakthrough Breast Cancer UK. Diane Blacknall...Read More 22 children train with Muay Thai world champ THE Municipal Pavilion Camilo Cano hosted the fifth Muay Thai Summer Camp from July 5 welcoming 22 children learning the art and skill of Muay Thai in a fun and entertaining way. The campus was given...Read More Spanish court shelves Irish murder case SPANISH authorities have provisionally shelved investigations into the murder of Gerard ‘Hatchet’ Kavanagh, an Irishman brutally shot to death at a pub in Elviria last September, after hitting...Read More Elite forest firefighters to strike at height of season over poor pay THE elite group of specialist firefighters who make up the Reinforcement Forest Fire Brigades (BRIF) have called an indefinite strike as of Monday to protest about their poor working conditions. There...Read More ‘Russian mafia’ trial in Palma A HEARING will be held in Palma against 12 people allegedly linked to the Russian Mafia. The main accused, Alexander Romanov, who remains in prison on remand, is charged with money laundering, organising...Read More Marihuana plantation demolished in Sayalonga NATIONAL Police of Velez-Malaga have demolished a marihuana plantation in a mango greenhouse in Sayalonga. The investigation started back in May after an anonymous source alerted police about the existence...Read More AVE extension is a worrying slowcoach, say Almeria business heads ALMERIA businessmen lamented the lack of progress on the AVE high speed train. Chamber of Commerce president, Diego Martinez Cano, and Jose Cano of the Asempal business-owners’ association met to...Read More Escape the summer heat with a trip to the cinema THE next film showing in English at the cinema in Pilar de la Horadada is ‘Robot and Frank’ on screen Thursday night (July 23) at 7pm and Saturday July 25 at 5pm. Next week ‘Still Alice’...Read More Spanish children crave more time with mum and dad SUMMER has traditionally being the perfect period to spend more time with the family. Eighty per cent of families in Spain consider this time of the year to be the most fun. However, according to a study...Read More Benidorm offers guided tours of L’hort de Colon THE Heritage department of Benidorm has organised guided and dramatised tours focusing on the history of the building L’hort de Colon. The tours, which will interest both adults and children, will...Read More Lenny Kravitz: He’s sexy and he knows it ALTHOUGH the unspoken rules of rock seem to demand male stars pay little attention to their looks (or at least pretend not to) and remain impassible as thousands of fans declare their undying love, Lenny...Read More Alleged bogus dentist due in Palma court A MAN has been charged by a court in Palma for practising dentistry in Palma for 25 years without a licence and was due in court this week. He was recently reported by a patient who had been going to him...Read More Child suffers cardiac arrest on Motril ferry A 10-YEAR-OLD child has suffered a cardiac arrest while on board a fast ferry between Motril Port and Nador (Morocco). The child has been taken by an emergency helicopter to a hospital in Granada. The...Read More Spain’s ‘gag law’ lowers punishments for graffiti artists THE Hospital Bola Azul in Almeria City was graffitied recently but the person responsible will not be arrested. The new and highly unpopular Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana – Public Safety Law –...Read More Gibraltar National Week celebrates beer while children go free to music festival PREPARATIONS are underway for Gibraltar’s National Week towards the end of August, where celebrations typically stretch beyond one week, and will include festivals in honour of comedy and beer,...Read More Try Nordic walking under a full moon Nordic Walking CV has been offering Nordic walking adventures for many years and now they have added a twist to the fun and exhilarating experience. Nordic walking uses poles to turn a walk into a full...Read More Quick loans ruin Spanish dreams QUICK loans, which seem to many in Spain as the perfect solution to their financial problems when looking to make ends meet, are leading unsuspecting families to lose their homes and dreams. A legal loophole...Read More Airline mistakenly blacklists lawyer and threatens him with Terrorism Act A LAWYER who set off to catch a holiday flight to Bilbao from the UK with his family was almost sent to jail instead when easyJet mistakenly added him to their ‘no-fly’ list. Sean Reilly, 42,...Read More Public meeting called on work stoppage at Torrevieja park A PUBLIC meeting has been called to discuss why work has stopped on the La Siesta/El Chaparral park, Torrevieja. The meeting for all interested parties and residents is on July 27 at 4.30pm at Casa Ventura...Read More Man hospitalised in Cañete la Real paragliding accident A TWENTY-TWO-year-old man has been injured after a fall while paragliding in Cañete la Real, 112 Emergency Services has said. A number of calls were received at 9.30pm on Wednesday, July 22, to...Read More Petition to allow pets on Mallorca trains MALLORCA resident, Aina Rodriguez Neira, is collecting signatures via the change.org website to request that pets be allowed to travel by train. More than 1,500 people have signed the petition, which will...Read More Axarquia vineyards face huge losses in extreme heatwave DIFFICULT times are ahead for vineyard owners in the Axarquia. The Mesa de la Pasa, a forum attended by experts from the sector to discuss a variety of topics, has estimated that at least 50 per cent of...Read More More lifesavers for Almeria City beaches ALMERIA City Hall plans to add another two lifesavers to the present complement. These would be posted to beach zones with observation towers and launches, said Health, Consumers’ and Urban Services...Read More Ryanair will search bags to enforce new UK to Ibiza booze ban BUDGET airline Ryanair has banned duty-free booze from its British flights to Ibiza in an effort to quell bad behaviour on board. The move is an extension to a ban introduced on the Glasgow Prestwick-Ibiza...Read More Sunny weather brings brighter job prospects UNEMPLOYMENT numbers continue to reflect the financial upturn currently being experienced in sunny Spain. The number of unemployed citizens has decreased by 295,600 people in the second three-month period...Read More 12 people trapped in Santa Barbara castle lift TWELVE people were trapped in the lift going up to the Santa Barbara castle in Alicante. The 10 adults and two children were stuck for two hours in the heat of the lift before they could be rescued by...Read More Prosecutor puts foot down on shoplifting in Alicante THE Commission for Judicial Police of Alicante has approved a proposal which will force habitual pickpockets and shoplifters to live outside the city. The plan will place a restriction on city living...Read More Making Malaga’s presence felt MALAGA’S presence in the UK press will be increased over the next few months following a series of promotional tours for reporters run by the city’s Tourism and Promotion Department. Articles...Read More Street artists to refresh Palma streets PALMA City Hall has announced that it will meet this month with popular street artists to refurbish the city streets. They include Marc Peris 'Soma' and Joan Aguilo, and priority will be given to the most...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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