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Thursday, 17 September 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Dangerous criminals caught on Costa IN A joint operation with French police, the National Police force has caught four dangerous criminals from France who were hiding out on the Costa del Sol after kidnapping a businessman and holding him...Read More Texas teenager arrested over homemade clock teachers mistook for a bomb AHMED Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas schoolboy, was arrested by the police after teachers thought a homemade clock he had taken to show them was actually a bomb. The boy, reported to be very bright and...Read More Weather bomb puts 33 Spanish provinces on alert A total of 33 provinces are on alert today (Wednesday 16) for rain, wind and waves with heavy storms hitting the northern area of Spain. Cantabria, Burgos, Leon, Palencia, Salamanca, Soria, Valladolid,...Read More Only three Spanish universities amongst top 200 THE University of Barcelona (UB) has been rated as the best institution in Spain, ranked at the 166th position of the World University Ranking. The list was produced by consultancy company Quacquerelli...Read More Hope for total LGBTI integration in the Axarquia AXARQUIA capital Velez-Malaga is saying a big NO to homophobia and transphobia with the launching of a plan which is to promote complete tolerance, integration and respect for members of the LGBTI community. The...Read More Inauguration of Honorary Consulate of Hungary in Andalucia and swearing-in of new Consul THE  Ambassador of Hungary in Spain, Eniko Gyori, will preside over a swearing-in ceremony for Patricio Baeza of Baeza S.A. as the new Honorary Consul for Hungary in Andalucia. The swearing-in and inauguration...Read More Investigation into ticket availability of tourist attractions ONE of our readers based in Benajarafe had been looking for attractions to take family and visitors to and found it very difficult to obtain tickets. She drew our attention to three specific attractions...Read More Spanish team progresses to semi-final of Eurobasket 2015 THE oddly-named ‘Eurobasket’ is not somewhere to hide overproduction of wheat, but a European championship held every two years to find the best basketball team in Europe and Spain’s men, having...Read More Zurgena schools start the new term in great conditions NEW rooms, painting works and gardening are some of the improvements carried out across Zurgena schools to welcome children back after the summer. The town council explained in a statement the most important...Read More Facebook will allow you to ‘dislike’ AFTER years of receiving requests for a ‘dislike’ button on Facebook, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday September 15 at its HQ in California that the company was developing a dislike button...Read More Pile-up causes tailbacks near Calahonda FOUR-kilometre tailbacks were reported on Wednesday morning (September 16) after a pile-up involving at least six vehicles including a lorry and a bus near Calahonda, Mijas. The Traffic Management Centre...Read More Tough night for firefighters battling a blaze that broke out in the Casares area STRONG winds complicated matters no end for firefighters battling a blaze that broke out in the Casares area on Tuesday night (September 15). Ground teams from Infoca forest firefighting and prevention...Read More Spanish director Julio Sempere visited Mini-Hollywood in Tabernas JULIO SEMPERE visited Mini-Hollywood in Tabernas recently, ahead of next month’s Almeria Western Film Festival (AWFF). With a distinguished career in the audiovisual industry, Sempere worked on many...Read More Back to school transport chaos WHILST many parents were celebrating the arrival of the new school year last week, for others, it became a chaotic start to the term. Problems and confusion over the school bus system left many families...Read More Four million allocated for storm compensation THE Insurance Compensation Consortium (CCS), a public body working under the Ministry of Development, will allocate between €3 to €4 million to compensate those affected by the 1,200 disasters caused...Read More Tobacco smuggler fined in Gibraltar WHILST Spanish authorities regularly complain about the volume of tobacco smuggled across the border, there is no doubt that the government of Gibraltar has done a great deal to try to combat the smugglers. A...Read More Battle of Britain fly-past almost grounded by bad weather ON Tuesday September 15, a fly-past consisting of 40 Blenheims, Spitfires and Hurricanes brought from all over the world took place to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The aircraft,...Read More AMY FITZPATRICK Memorial ON Saturday September 12 at 12pm, the mayor of Mijas Juan Carlos Maldonado and Councillor Mario Bravo opened a memorial garden in Los Claveles, La Cala, to hold a memorial service for the five missing...Read More Man arrested over suspected drunk driving A 43-YEAR-OLD man was arrested in Motril for allegedly driving while intoxicated in a car with a woman he had a restraining order against. A statement released by the Motril Council explained that Local...Read More www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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