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Wednesday, 14 October 2015   
 

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Mojacar is officially a ‘refugees welcome’ town

WAR-TORN:  A  transit camp in Iraq. ALMERIA Province political parties are urging councils to declare their towns ‘refugees welcome’ zones.
Nijar and Almeria City have already done so and they are now joined by Mojacar, where...Read More

21% fewer millionaires in Spain compared with last year

Less millionaires  in Spain than last year. CREDIT SUISSE published a report on Tuesday October 13 which shows that the number of millionaires in Spain has fallen by almost a quarter over the last 12 months.
At present there are 360,000 people...Read More

Helping the jobless in Motril

THE Employment Department of the Motril Council has opened the period of registration for courses which have been designed to help jobless residents of the town find jobs over the internet. 
In these...Read More

Princess Royal to visit Gibraltar in 2016

The Princess Royal  and Princess Beatrice. IN an announcement bound to delight Gibraltarians and irritate the Spanish Government, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced at the Gibraltar reception at the Guildhall in London that the Princess Royal...Read More

Happy Days on San Pedro Boulevard

Just some of the  characters to appear at Happy Days. Happy Days Recreational Centre on San Pedro Boulevard was officially launched with a spectacular Disney themed event in association with My Party Perfect on Saturday October 10.
To say that San Pedro...Read More

Marina Salud concession to continue in Denia Hospital

THE Councilor for Public Health, Carmen Heath, has admitted that the plans to revoke the concession from Marina Salud, who jointly operate the Denia hospital as part of a private and public health care...Read More

Valencia's tourism is a ‘Cinderella story’, industry lacks financial backing

BIG BUSINESS:  Tourists are keeping businesses busy but they are lacking in funding from Valencian Government. THE Valencian Government handles a budget of billions of euros each year but allocates just 0.2 per cent of it to sustain the Valencia Tourism Agency.
The tourism sector seems to have been the great...Read More

Spain´s Popular Party responds to rival politicians’ comments on Spain Day

Spanish Popular  Party headquarters in Madrid. THE governing Popular Party in Spain on Tuesday, October 13 responded to criticisms of Spain’s National Day by the mayors of Barcelona and Madrid.
The parades in Madrid on Monday were deemed to...Read More

Penelope Cruz to direct her first documentary

Penelope Cruz and  Javier Bardem. OSCAR-WINNING actress Penelope Cruz, who plays a woman fighting breast cancer in her latest film, ‘Ma Ma,’ is moving behind the camera to direct a documentary on childhood leukemia
“My...Read More

Spanish courts begin questioning Catalan officials over independence vote

Catalan officials  in court for ‘symbolic’ vote. THE Barcelona Provincial Court began questioning high-level Catalan separatists on Tuesday, October 13 over the ‘symbolic’ independence vote held last November in Catalonia. 
The officials...Read More

UK government backs out of Saudi jail deal

Michael Gove, UK  Justice Secretary. THE UK government cancelled a £5.9 million (€7.9 million) contract to provide prison services to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, October 13. The proposal had caused controversy due to the questionable...Read More

Scotland Yard calls off 24-hour watch on Julian Assange

Police outside the  Ecuadorian Embassy during a freedom demonstration. JULIAN ASSANGE, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks, which revealed American military secrets over the Internet, claimed asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2012 in order to prevent extradition...Read More

Elderly German tourist missing in Mallorca

Playa de Muro  Mallorca. An 81-year-old German man, on holiday with his wife and a group of about 40 others, was reported missing from the Muro beach late on Sunday, October 4 and has still not been found despite searches conducted...Read More

Great results from Salobreña walk to school tests

GRANADA Provincial Council has been carrying out tests in Salobreña, Huetor-Vega and Santa Fe since 2010 to encourage Safe School Walks, which have had great results.
So far, 7,169 schoolchildren from...Read More

Three arrested for Torre de la Horadada drugs

DRUGS FOUND:  Officers recovered 465 kilos of cocaine from a boat in Torre de la Horadada. THREE people have been arrested in connection with a shipment of 465 kilos of cocaine seized from a boat in January.
The trio belong to an organisation dedicated to using pleasure boats to transport...Read More

Spanish CEO Pablo Isla is world number three in Harvard leader rankings

CEO of  Zara’s parent company Inditex rises to third in world leader rankings. THE CEO of Spanish fashion company, Inditex, has been placed third in the Harvard Business Review’s rankings of the most successful CEOs in the world.
Isla has moved to third after placing fourteenth...Read More

Reduction in social services for people with disabilities

DISABLED associations in the province and throughout Spain are protesting against the draft law proposed by the Ministry of Health which they say will greatly reduce the quality of life of people with...Read More

Costa Blanca could lose thousands of Russian tourists

LOST TOURISTS:  Costa Blanca could lose thousands of Russian tourists. THE Costa Blanca faces the loss of 8,000 Russian tourists a year as flight tickets are stopped.
The Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia has decided to stop selling tickets from Transaero, the Russian...Read More

Finestrat Local Police talk about risk of children and the internet

THE Department of the Local Police in Finestrat, in collaboration with the AMPA CEIP Puig Campana School are offering talks to advise parents and teachers on the use of new technologies and the Internet...Read More

Balearics Government helping to feed children in need

Francina Armengol  made the announcement. THE Balearic Islands Regional Government will spend €580,000 this year on the islands’ schools to help poorer students. 
This week, head of the government, Francina Armengol, presented an...Read More

Alleged Axarquia burglars arrested

THREE men have been arrested by the National Police in Malaga City for allegedly breaking into at least seven homes in Alcaucin, Velez-Malaga, Canillas de Aceituno and Rincon de la Victoria.
Investigations...Read More

Rubbish under the spotlight in Velez Malaga

VELEZ-MALAGA Council has announced that it is considering building a recycling plant on municipal grounds to reduce costs and improve the collection service.
Currently, waste collection is down to the...Read More

Ireland rugby captain Paul O’Connell’s international career is over

Paul  O’Connell’s international career has come to an end. INSPIRATIONAL captain and lock forward for the Ireland rugby team, Paul O’Conell, has been ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup and has now played his last game in the green jersey.
O’Connell...Read More

Mobile library popular with Malaga's Clinico hospital patients

DONATIONS have helped treble the number of books on offer from Malaga City’s Clinico Hospital mobile library service, the Junta de Andalucia regional government has reported.
The service, which...Read More

Mayors of Barcelona and Cadiz disapprove of Spain’s National Day celebrations

Ada Colau,  Barcelona mayor, takes a stand against National Day celebrations. THE celebrations in Madrid on Monday, October 12 have been deemed inappropriate by both the mayor of Barcelona and the mayor of Madrid.
The parade was greeted by thousands of supporters in the capital...Read More

30 arrested after police raid s’Arenal hostess clubs

POLICE raided four hostess clubs in s’Arenal last week in an operation against credit card fraud which led to 30 arrests.
Investigations by Llucmajor Guardia Civil under Operation Obsession discovered...Read More

HSBC whistleblower based in Spain has court case adjourned

HSBC whistleblower  Herve Falciani. A SPANISH-BASED ex-employee of HSBC Private Bank in Geneva has had his trial adjourned after he did not appear at the Federal Criminal Court in Ticino, Switzerland on Monday, October 13.
Herve Falciani...Read More

Mother and son shot in Manchester

Greater Manchester  Police. POLICE have reported that a seven-year-old boy and his mother were targets of a shooting in the doorway of their home in Gillingham Road, Eccles, Salford, on the evening of Monday, October 12.
The woman,...Read More

 
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