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Friday, 04 September 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Sad scene on Turkish Bodrum beach A child’s body was found washed up on the Turkish Bodrum Beach this past Wednesday, September 2. Like so many before them, the boy, Aylan Kurdi, and his family were looking to escape from the terrors...Read More Spain goes fibre-optic in 2020 TELEFONICA has promised to expand the fibre-optic broadband network to all cities or towns above 1,000 residents and guaranteed universal 4G network coverage in 2020, as stated last Thursday in Santander...Read More Body found after woman’s death in Torrevieja A FINNISH woman who died of a heart attack in Torrevieja had been hiding the dead body of her father, and was using the deceased’s credit cards. According to the judicial investigation released...Read More Two men arrested for stealing from unsuspecting motorists THE GUARDIA CIVIL arrested two men who carried out 20 robberies posing as policemen on Alicante Province roads and motorways. The investigation began last March when the Guardia Civil received reports...Read More No road fatalities to end summer THE ‘holiday-return’ traffic operation launched by the Spanish traffic authorities (DGT) has been concluded with great results. No road accident fatalities have been registered in the Malaga...Read More Prime Minister hints at possible election date During a radio interview on September 3, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, after much prompting, conceded that the general election might take place on December 20. Initially, he would only state that the...Read More Balearic families spend €28,753 each in 2014 FAMILIES in the Balearic Islands spent an average €28,753 throughout 2014. This is more than the average for Spain (€27,038) making the region’s expenditure the fifth highest with the...Read More Personal tourist help THE SATE, Almuñecar’s Foreign Tourists Attention Service, helped dozens of visitors in the months of July and August. According to the performance report released by the Commerce and Tourism...Read More It’s official - best beach in Spain! MORE than 90,000 votes have crowned the Bahia de Los Genoveses beach in the Natural Park Cabo de Gata-Nijar as the best beach in the whole of Spain for 2015. This beautiful coastal area has been...Read More Billboards to be removed from Murcia’s main roads MORE than 300 advertising billboards will be removed from Murcia’s main roads as they lack a necessary permit to be placed in the municipality. The initiative has been launched by the Outdoor Advertising...Read More Environmentalists criticise roadworks THE Asociacion de Amigos de los Humedales del Sur de Alicante (AHSA) have criticised Elche Council’s plans to widen the CV-861 road. This crosses two natural parks and the environmentalists said...Read More Most drowning deaths are in Malaga Province MALAGA is the Spanish province with the highest number of deaths by drowning registered this year. A total of 17 people have died along Malaga’s coast so far this year, according to the Rescue...Read More Mallorca opens door to refugees POLITICAL party Mes per Mallorca has offered to take in refugees in the towns where it is in power. Mes per Mallorca will suggest that Inca Town Hall accepts refugees from Syria or from other countries...Read More Singer takes up role as Almeria’s ambassador ALMERIA-BORN and internationally renowned singer David Bisbal has once again been chosen to promote his home region’s tourist attractions. On this occasion, the artist will expose his athletic...Read More Motril gets makeover SEVERAL streets of Motril have undergone a comprehensive series of transformations paid for the by the Commonwealth of Costa Tropical municipalities. Head of the Commonwealth Jose Garcia Fuentes, visited...Read More Tax hike as census numbers decline PROPERTY tax (IBI) in San Fulgencio has risen by more than 20 per cent, said Mayor Carlos Ramirez, who blamed it on the last catastral revision. The misfortune for residents has been compounded by an...Read More Warning signs do not deter adventure-seeking tourists at the Ambolo beach PLAYA AMBOLO in Javea was officially closed in 2006 due to falling rocks and unstable cliffs. However the rocky, littleknown beach that is not signposted and does not appear in any guidebook still attracts...Read More Spanish Senate approves deployment of additional US troops to Spain ON Tuesday September 1, the Spanish Senate approved an earlier ‘in principle’ agreement for the establishment of a permanent force of 2,200 US Marines to be based in southern Spain. The US...Read More Service sector is leading the way UNEMPLOYMENT results in Malaga Province seem to confirm the positive trend registered for the past few months. Unemployment fell in Malaga by 1,026 people in August, a 0.58 per cent reduction if compared...Read More Balearic Island sisters are doing it for themselves The economic empowerment of women across the world is one of the most remarkable revolutions of the past 50 years. This is echoed by the latest figures which reveal that almost 34.2 per cent of self-employed...Read More A happy ending for Naif the dog NAIF, the dog whose plight Euro Weekly News highlighted in a previous issue, has just found a loving home. He was tied to a lamppost by his neck and legs and then stabbed in the back of the neck...Read More Gibraltar based company supplies weather predictions over land, sea and mountains LAUNCHED in 2015, MeteoGib is the brainchild of professional Meteorologist, Stephanie Ball who offers detailed personalised forecasts for the Mediterranean and beyond. Not only a Fellow of the Royal...Read More Chris Froome pulls out of La Vuelta due to a crash DOUBLE Tour de France winner Chris Froome fractured a bone in his foot following an accident and has been forced to withdraw from La Vuelta. It came as a huge disappointment to the 30-year-old rider...Read More ‘Contaminated’ water to be added to the Velez-Malaga supply CONCERN has been sparked amongst members of IU for changes about to be made to the Velez-Malaga water supply service. Left-wing party Izquierda Unida at the Velez-Malaga Council is to present before...Read More State of Cueva Ahumada criticised THE Conservative Partido Popular (PP) in Callosa de Segura has publicily spoken out against the lack of attention being paid to the Cueva Ahumada natural area and criticised its neglected state. The...Read More Charity Shop of Calpe donates personal hygiene products to Red Cross THE Charity Shop of Calpe has donated more than €550 of personal hygiene products to the Red Cross (Cruz Roja). Items included shower gel, deodorant, toothpaste, nappies, washing powder and other...Read More A monster masterpiece lives in Puerto Banus THE iconic sculpture was created by master of surrealism, Salvador Dali   BASED on an etching published 500 years ago in 1515 by the German artist Albrecht Dürer, the statue ‘Rinoceronte...Read More In Motril ‘Botellon’ bother RESIDENTS have spent all summer complaining about the noise caused by the ‘botellon’ street drinking party currently located in the municipal pool car park. It was originally situated there...Read More Minister brings great news to Almeria EMPLOYMENT Minister of Spain Fatima Bañez visited Almeria on Saturday (August 29) and announced greatly positive forecasts supported by the national government. According to Ms Bañez, employment...Read More Britons and Scandinavians spend €816 million in July TOURISM income continues to break records FOREIGN tourism in Valencia is riding high, to the tune of €816 million, in fact. The region saw an increase of 11 per cent compared with July...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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