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Air Europa Express charges job applicants

WITH its main base in Palma de Mallorca, Spain’s third airline Air Europa is about to relaunch a budget airline to be known as Air Europe Express and is passing some of its smaller aircraft to the...Read More

UK e-commerce sell too early

ACCORDING to Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent of Google, in an interview on BBC Radio 4, the UK is the world leader in e-commerce but in his opinion, those who set up these companies...Read More

General secretary Jerome Valcke is sacked by FIFA

THE governing body of World football FIFA, has announced that they have dismissed their general secretary Jerome Valcke. In addition, they recommended that he should be banned from football for nine years.
The...Read More

Barack Obama, End of an era

IN his last State of the Union address, President Barack Obama reflected on the bitter divisiveness that has come to define contemporary American politics, while vigorously defending his record and striking...Read More

The English National Anthem goes to the vote

THE idea of whether England should have its own National Anthem is expected be put to the vote by MP’s on January 13, as shadow minister Toby Perkins introduces a Bill.
God Save the Queen has traditionally...Read More

New Catalan first minister gives controversial speech

CARLES Piugdemont was sworn in as the new first minister of Catalonia in a brief ceremony on Tuesday January 12 at the Catalan parliament.
Contrary to normal protocol, he did not swear allegiance to...Read More

Carlos Sainz takes lead as Loeb suffers further setbacks

Former champion Carlos Sainz produced a commanding drive to take the overall lead in the Dakar Rally following Tuesday’s ninth stage around Belen in Argentina.

The Team Peugeot Total driver,...Read More

Guardia Civil discover cannabis plantation inside house

AFTER receiving reports of an annoying noise and a strong smell of what could be marijuana emanating froma house in Villanueva de Perales, officers of the Guardia Civil Villamanta (Madrid) decided to...Read More

Explosion in Istanbul believed to be the work of a suicide bomber

UPDATE: Latest information suggests that the suicide bomber who blew himself up in Istanbul has been identified as 28-year-old Saudi-born Nabil Fadli, according to Dogan News Agency, and that he had recently...Read More

Long established Costa Blanca journalist Cathy Humphreys has died

IT WAS with a sense of sadness that we at the Euro Weekly News have learned of the death of Cathy Humphreys who has been a stalwart of the Costa Blanca News and the Post for some 30 years, during which...Read More