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Thursday, 03 September 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Lights, camera, action for Game of Thrones PREPARATIONS for the filming of Game of Thrones in Almeria are under way as the final countdown starts for October 10, when the film world, actors and production team will descend upon Almeria Costa and...Read More Spanish bank to work with British Museum to stage travelling exhibitions AN AGREEMENT between La Caixa Bank and the British Museum to organise exhibitions within Spain was signed in London on September 1. There has been a long-standing arrangement between the two organisations,...Read More Euro makes gains on the back of stock market wobbles IT has been a game of two halves for the Great British Pound (GBP) versus the Euro in August. GBP started the month sitting nicely at 1.40 and on the back of positive UK inflation feedback GBP managed...Read More Spanish cities form network to welcome refugees FOUR Spanish cities have announced they will join a network offering housing to refugees arriving in Europe from Syria and other war-torn regions. Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Madrid and Cordoba have...Read More Woman sues naturist websites that published her photo without permission AN ITALIAN woman is suing a number of websites that have published pictures of her taken on a nudist beach without her permission. The 38-year-old from Northern Italy, referred to only as Stephanie,...Read More Train attacker’s family in Spain taken in for questioning POLICE in Algeciras swooped on the home of the parents of the train attacker Ayoub El-Khazzani at the request of French investigators and took his parents Mohammed and Zahara as well as his sister away...Read More Mijas Council to pay off debts MIJAS council has decided to release €3.9 million to pay pending bills and liquidate several local boards. More than €352,529 will be released in order to liquidate the boards in charge of...Read More Policeman critical after violent attack in Son Espases A NATIONAL POLICE officer was attacked at Son Espases Hospital when preventing a 32-year-old inmate from strangling a nurse. The events took place at the Psychiatric Department of the hospital’s...Read More Motril’s Local Police vehicle fleet gets updated THE Motril mayor, Flor Almon, accompanied by the head of Public Safety, Maria Angeles Escameza, has just presented the Motril Local Police Department with a brand new fleet of eight patrol cars, one unmarked...Read More Matas ‘rigged Son Espases contract,’ claims ex-councillor THE former health councillor for the Balearic Government, Aina Castillo, admitted to judge Jose Castro that the contract to build Son Espases Hospital was rigged. She says that the former president of...Read More Churriana man avoids demolition order A MAN will not have to demolish his wooden house in Churriana, built on protected land, as it has been considered that it is not a permanent structure. The situation arose in 2009, when the Churriana...Read More Learn the lingo in Benidorm BENIDORM education department will be taking enrolments for those wishing to learn English, French or Spanish as from Tuesday September 1. Initiation and basic level English, French and Spanish courses...Read More Wikipedia blocks scammers who extorted cash for entries UNSCRUPULOUS individuals, claiming to be editors for Wikipedia the online encyclopedia, have been trying to extort money from innocent businesses and some celebrities according to a report in The Independent...Read More Victoria and Elizabeth II hold the record as the longest-ever reigning British monarchs BOTH women were thrust into the monarchy, yet each served for over 23,000 days. Queen Victoria’s reign lasted 63 years and 216 days but onSeptember 9, 2015, Queen Elizabeth II will pass that milestone...Read More Earth tremor gives Torrevieja a gentle shake A SMALL earth tremor was felt on Sunday (August 30) in Vega Baja, especially in the area of Torrevieja, according to the National Geographic Institute. The earthquake was registered at 5.21pm, measuring...Read More Las Lagunas tobacconists’ employees injured in robbery TWO employees of tobacconist Estanco Alonso, located in Camino de Coin (Las Lagunas, Mijas Costa) were injured after two people carried out a robbery at gunpoint. The robbery took place on Friday (August...Read More Illegal goods seized in Palma PALMA Local Police seized 600 bootleg items from three beachfront shops. The police were alerted by a passerby that forged brand name goods were being sold. Once this was confirmed, the shop owners...Read More Rincon de la Victoria schools get a makeover for new term SCHOOLS across Rincon de la Victoria have undergone a ‘back-to-school’ campaign of renovations and improvement. Works were kicked off in mid-June and are expected to be completed by September...Read More Group speaks out on pylons built in Costa Blanca playgrounds THE anti-corruption platform known as Defensa de la Huerta has listed several places in which electricity pylons have been erected in areas such as children’s playgrounds or central parks where...Read More Breaking down barriers in Finestrat APPROPRIATELY for a town with a British councillor, Finestrat is breaking down the barriers between nationalities. Victoria Curtis, councillor for Residents of Other Nationalities (RON) is organising...Read More Car containing guns and explosives found in Mijas POLICE discovered a gun and explosives in a car dumped in a street in the Riviera del Sol estate in Mijas on Tuesday afternoon (September 1). An alert local resident was worried by the appearance of...Read More Murders increasing in USA ACCORDING to figures obtained by the New York Times, murder rates have increased drastically across America in 2015, with at least 30 cities reporting a rise in violence. The largest rise is reported...Read More Netflix thinks less is more IN what may be a far-reaching decision, Netflix, one of the big online movie distribution channels, will not renew its contract with cable network Epix in the US which means that a certain part of its...Read More Busy time at Palma Airport THE weekend with most air traffic at Son Sant Joan Airport, with 3,300 flights and 548,000 passengers, saw 150 flights delayed. Between 7am and 8pm on Sunday (August 30), 73 departures from Palma and...Read More Velez-Malaga covered pool has been reopened THE Velez-Malaga covered-pool was reopened on Tuesday, 1 September, after undergoing improvement works over summer that focused on the water heating system and on humidity control. Velez-Malaga Sports...Read More Murcia first, then Almeria for AVE high-speed train THE AVE high speed train is on its way to Almeria, according to members of the regional parliament. Head of the Andalucian Partido Popular, Juanma Moreno, said during a meeting he held with Mojacar business...Read More Ministry to study impact of Marbella train extension THE Ministry of Public Works has deemed it a priority to expand the connections of the train network in the Costa del Sol. The study of the environmental impact that this entails will start in a few weeks,...Read More Playa Babilonia closed down A 640-METRE stretch of Guardamar del Segura’s Babilonia beach has been cordoned off and shut down. The beach’s entrance displays a sign which reads “keep out” and explains that...Read More Art heals in Calpe CALPE artist and gallery owner, Lola Linares, generously opened up her art studio to young adults with psychological disabilities. Each Thursday throughout August the students aged between 15 and 20 have...Read More Rock around the Rock at Gibraltar Music Festival THE Gibraltar Music Festival 2015 promises to eclipse previous festivals with the range, number and quality of performers booked for the two days of September 5 and 6. If each of the main headliners...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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