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Monday, 27 July 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Hot business for ice factories DEMAND for ice cubes has shot up this summer. The amounts that the public are getting through are astronomical when compared with figures for the last 10 years, said Jose Calvache, manager of a Huercal...Read More Former mayor of Sax arrested over irregularities THE former mayor of Sax, Vicente Gil, has been expelled from PP party after being arrested by National Police officers in relation to alleged irregularities in the awarding and execution of work on rural...Read More Teething problems with Alicante airport’s express parking facility AN express parking facility has opened at Alicante-Elche Airport. It is located on the departures level and offers 15 free minutes for people to drop off and collect passengers and has 80 spaces available. The...Read More Calpe student receives Cambridge accolade A CALPE student has been presented with the 2015 Mayhew Award, Cambridge’s highest distinction in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Parra Martinez Julio, a Physics graduate of the University...Read More Gandia beaches to be visited by skin cancer advice experts A MOBILE unit of the AECC visits Gandia Beach on Tuesday July 28 to talk to residents and holidaymakers about the detrimental effects of sun on the skin. Information will be available on melanoma and other...Read More Kent train derailed when it hit cows on the line A TRAIN was derailed in Kent when it hit a herd of cows that had strayed onto the line. Sixty-five passengers, some of them shaken but none of them injured, were evacuated from the train and taken to...Read More Driver of Spanish bus in tunnel crash to appear before judge THE prosecutor’s office of a French Court will press charges of involuntary injury against the driver of the bus from Spain which became trapped inside a tunnel near Lille. The news has been announced...Read More Hey big spenders! ANDALUCIA has grabbed third place in Spain for income from international tourists during the first six months of the year with spending reaching €4.4 billion in the region, behind Cataluña...Read More Prosecutor requests 9 years in Marbella scissors stabbing case THE Public Prosecutor is requesting nine years for manslaughter for a 48-year-old Marbella man who allegedly stabbed his flatmate with a pair of scissors. The pair are believed to have had a fight on Christmas...Read More Terraces to remain in Borne PALMA City Hall have decided not to do away with terraces in the Borne area. Following a meeting with local caterers, the mayor, Jose Hila, and the council, announced their decision to enforce the law,...Read More Get in shape to the beat on the beach in La Herradura DOZENS of sports enthusiasts participated in La Herradura Beach Aerobics campaign last Friday (July 24). This event, which will be repeated every Friday until August 28 from 8pm at the sports court of...Read More Rooftop view of Malaga feria’s opening spectacular THOSE wishing to combine watching the fireworks marking the start of Malaga City’s summer fair and a visit to the cathedral roofs have a unique chance to do both at once. The Chapter has announced...Read More Summer sales looking up FORTY-EIGHT per cent of shop owners in Mallorca say they have sold more in the first two weeks of this year’s summer sales than over the same period last year. Five per cent claims to have sold the...Read More Gazpacho lovers have a date in Alfarnatejo ALFARNATEJO is about to celebrate the fair in honour of one of the most typical dishes of summer Spanish cuisine: gazpacho. The 14th edition of this fair is scheduled to take place on July 31 (Friday)...Read More 129 bodies recovered from mass graves in Mexico NEWS of mass graves holding the remains of at least 129 people, uncovered in the Guerrero, Mexico, has been released by the country’s attorney general. The information was made public after a freedom...Read More Los Albaricoques goes spaghetti western LOS ALBARICOQUES went all the way back to the golden western years to celebrate the event ‘Mad for Spaghetti Western,’ and commemorate the 50th anniversary of legendary movie For a Few Dollars...Read More Gib blames border queues for crash in tourist spending THE amount of expenditure from Gibraltar’s tourism has dropped sharply since 2011, with earnings down more than a £100 million between 2011 and 2014, according to the government’s 2014...Read More Poll finds people fed-up with politicians on both sides of Catalan showdown CITIZENS in Cataluña and the rest of Spain are equally fed up with the escalating war of words between politicians on the future of the region. According to a survey for Spanish newspaper El Pais,...Read More Red Cross stays strong in the crisis THE Red Cross is one of the few institutions that has strengthened during the crisis, increasing by six per cent its number of partners and volunteers. However, the number of people in need of support...Read More Toddler dies in Javea swimming pool tragedy A LITTLE girl aged between two and three years has died after falling into the swimming pool of a private villa on the Cuesta de San Antonio in Javea this week. The child was holidaying with her family...Read More No more drinking on Fuengirola’s ‘botellon’ square FUENGIROLA Council changed its mind nine years after allowing open-air drinking sessions in one town square, and has now banned public boozing across the town. So-called ‘botellon’ parties...Read More Signatures to demand Sa Pobla priest's return MORE than 900 signatures have been collected in Sa Pobla to demand the return of parish priest Joan Pons, who was accused of sexual abuse. He was rector for 14 years and after a recent mass which he attended,...Read More Child who suffered cardiac arrest on ferry is recovering THE 10-year-old boy who suffered a cardiac arrest when on board the Motril-Nador (Morocco) ferry has been discharged from the intensive care unit and is recovering well. The child was travelling to...Read More Wanna rock and roll all nite? Adra is the place! THE third edition of The Juergas Rock Festival will be held in Adra for the second year in a row. This rock event is scheduled to take place between July 31 and August 1, when thousands of ‘Juerguistas’...Read More Cocaine allegations against Lord Sewel handed to police IT could be a year before the House of Lords is able to consider a punishment for Lord Sewel, who quit his position as deputy speaker after British newspaper the Sun on Sunday published a video allegedly...Read More Ibiza man starts copyright fight against MTV’s Ibiza Shore AN IBIZA-BASED business owner, Jaume Torres, has registered the brand ‘Ibiza Shore’ in a bid to hinder the filming of the MTV reality show by the same name. The show, which is scheduled to...Read More Torrevieja’s tourism ‘increases its vulnerability’ during earthquakes A REPORT has warned that Costa Blanca resort Torrevieja's tourism model has left the city poorly prepared to cope with earthquakes. Professor of Sociology at the University of Alicante (UA), Antonio Aledo,...Read More Five hospitalised by effects of chlorine in Aqualandia THREE teenagers who were admitted to hospital after suffering the effects of inhaling chlorine in the water park Aqualandia Benidorm were kept in for observation for a second night. According to sources...Read More Biker dies in Costa road accident A MAN aged 44 died early on Monday (July 27) in a motorcycle accident on the A387 road between Fuengirola and Mijas Pueblo, emergency services have reported. At about 6.15am 112 Emergency Services Andalucia...Read More Final arrest in drugs operation THE youngest member of 'El Pablo' clan was arrested by National Police in Palma and has been remanded in prison. This puts an end to an operation against drug sales in La Soledat district involving the...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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