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Saturday, 29 August 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Ferris wheel officially inaugurated in Malaga MALAGA’s new Ferris wheel Mirador Princess was officially inaugurated on Thursday (August 27). Situated in the city’s port, the big wheel stands 70 metres tall and now has all the opening...Read More Woman dies at La Mata beach A 75-YEAR-OLD woman died on Thursday (August 27) when she was swimming in the south area of La Mata beach (Torrevieja). The tragic incident occurred around 10.30am, when the woman passed out while...Read More English tourist freed from car after accident in Baix Vinalopo AN ENGLISH woman had to be freed by the Fire Brigade in Baix Vinalopo when she was trapped in her vehicle after a collision with another car on the La Marina road (Elche).  The woman’s legs...Read More Drinking and driving still prevalent in Murcia THE numerous campaigns launched by the Spanish National Traffic Authorities (DGT) raising awareness on the risks of drinking and driving do not seem to have had much impact on Murcia drivers.  The...Read More Rafal football ground gets makeover THE Rafal Council will spend €72,000 on the construction of a roof for the stands of the local football ground.  “This improvement had been repeatedly requested by residents over many...Read More Torrevieja Council guarantees transport for children CHILDREN in Torrevieja will be able to take public transport to school even if their parents are struggling to make ends meet.  Health Councillor Jose Hurtado announced that the governing team is...Read More Denia and Leon share their Roman and Moorish connections LEON CITY and Denia, although hundreds of kilometres distant, have two significant cultural links.   Margarita Torres, Leon’s councillor for Tourism and Culture recently visited Denia to learn...Read More Water service resumed in Camino de las Palmeras WATER supply has come back to the Camino de las Palmeras area of Pechina. Aqualia, the company in charge of the water system in the area of Bajo Andarax announced that the low volume of water fault...Read More Lord Luce appointed Chancellor of the University of Gibraltar FORMER Governor of Gibraltar Lord Luce has been appointed Chancellor of the new University of Gibraltar. Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi QC, announced the appointment on Thursday (August 27).  Lord...Read More Work slows on Valencia to Murcia blackspot bypass THE planned motorway stretch between Villena and Fuente de la Higuera is unlikely to be finished this year. Completing this 12.5-kilometre detour off the future A-33 Valencia-Murcia motorway was a ministry...Read More Region puts lid on Alicante City Hall roof repair plans THE regional government in Valencia halted plans to restore Alicante City Hall. The previous council’s plans did not comply with heritage laws and failed to take into account overall aspects...Read More Costa del Sol fights back against the jellyfish invasion POLITICAL party Costa del Sol Si Puede has proposed various measures to counteract the jellyfish invasion due to concerns about their effect on the tourist industry.  Other municipalities such as...Read More Tomato battlers splat Google Street View car THE Google Street View car was unceremoniously splatted by fiesta-goers at La Tomatina in El Buñol, near Valencia.  The internet company had wanted to follow up its celebration of the food...Read More Almeria’s Oasys park packs in pardners looking for the Wild West GOING back to the American Old West is easy in Almeria. More than 54,500 people have visited the Oasys Theme Park since the beginning of summer, in Tabernas (Almeria), which includes within its facilities...Read More Andalucia is high in public drug use list of shame ANDALUCIA sits at the top of the list in the number of people caught consuming drugs in public spaces in Spain.  More than quarter, 26.9 per cent, of all sanctions issued in Spain for drug use in...Read More Five of Spain’s busiest airports to be hit by September baggage handlers’ strikes UNIONS representing airport staff in Spain have called numerous days of strike action in September, hitting Malaga, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona and Madrid’s Barajas airports.  Baggage...Read More Spain's Best Cemetery: Alcoy opts for an unusual award ALCOY is once again competing in Spain’s Best Cemetery competition. Last year its graveyard came third after Burguete and Roncal, which are both in Navarra.  The competition organised...Read More Benidorm: Could Britons go elsewhere? ALTHOUGH Alicante, and particularly Benidorm, has been attracting British tourists for a long time, a new study suggests this could all be due to change due to climatic change. Published by the European...Read More Well-aged whisky unearthed in Highland time capsule CONSTRUCTION workers dug up a 121-year-old time capsule, whose contents included a bottle of whisky, near Ruthven road bridge in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. The metal box, the size of a shoe...Read More Motril’s youth anti-smoking campaign returns for new term THE CAMPAIGN ‘Youths Without Smoke’, launched by the Social Services Department of Motril Council, will be resumed in September on several schools across the town. The project is included...Read More Llucmajor’s ancient documents left unprotected THE new team in office in Llucmajor council has requested help from Mallorca Provincial Government to restore the local archives which are reportedly in a sorry state. There are 15th and 16th century...Read More Union claims there’s a postal crisis in Almeria LETTERS and packets are arriving at their destination much later than usual in several towns of Almeria, according to Correos employees.  The trade union representing Almeria postal services has...Read More Spain’s economic growth reaches pre-crisis level SPAIN’S economy grew by 1 per cent between April and June, according to new figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE). The data, coming on top of steady improvement in previous quarters,...Read More Man City get group of death in Champions League draw MANCHESTER CITY boss Manuel Pellegrini is facing up to the toughest Champions League group draw he could have hoped not to get, as the sky blues prepare to meet last season’s runners up Juventus...Read More Cuban beats at Marbella’s The Farm FRIDAY night (August 28) sees the venue formerly El Pozo Viejo and now called The Farm holding a special music night with Habana Vieja. This promises to be a fantastic night of good food and good entertainment.  Al...Read More Bank of Spain governor Luis Maria Linde offers support for government THE governor of the Bank of Spain Luis Maria Linde has publicly supported the current government’s economic policies and indicated there could be a number of risks should there be a change of course...Read More Death toll in Austrian truck revised to 70 while 200 more migrants die at sea AUSTRIAN authorities have said the badly decomposed bodies of more than 70 people have been recovered from the truck found on Thursday (August 27) abandoned on a motorway hard shoulder. The number is...Read More Podemos condemns attack on gay couple during Almeria Fair POLITICAL party Podemos have condemned an attack on a gay couple during the recent Almeria Fair and called for stiffer sentences for hate crimes of this nature. The group thanked the couple for having...Read More At least 20 bodies discovered in abandoned lorry in Austria THE bodies of at least 20 people, with estimates as high as 40 or 50, have been found in a lorry in Austria, believed to have suffocated.  According to police reports, the partially decomposed remains...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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