Euro Weekly News - Alerts

Amancio Ortega is the second richest man world

EVERY year Forbes magazine produces its list of the richest people in the world and according to them, Amancio Ortega, owner of Inditex which includes the Zara Group, is the second richest man in the...Read More

Eroski wants to sell 36 of their stores around Spain

AS part of its programme of disposing of supermarket properties that do not fit in with its development plans, Basque-based Eroski wants to sell 36 stores around Spain, including two in Mallorca, to Carrefour...Read More

Real Madrid moves on to next stage of the Champions League

AFTER 29 years, Real Madrid has finally beaten an Italian team in the Champions League qualifying round.
The mission was accomplished as the Zinedine Zidane squad won 2-0 against Roma in the second...Read More

Serbian Criminal Network dismantled in Spain and the Czech Republic

The Spanish national police and law enforcement authorities from the Czech Republic and Serbia, supported by Europol, have disrupted a Serbian organised crime group operating in Spain and the Czech Republic....Read More

More pieces donated to Denia museum

DENIA’S Archaeological Museum will have another five amphorae on display following another donation by local Jose Piera Puchol, better known as Pepe El Pegoli.
The pieces are dated between the...Read More

School Bus accident on the way to a secondary school in Guardamar

AROUND 20 youngsters were involved in a bus crash on the way to school.
The bus had picked up students from Quesada and El Raso and was on the way to a secondary school in Guardamar when it over turned...Read More

Bets are in for El Scorchio

The processions of Easter may appear something of a curiosity to British expats who marvel in the artful dedication and passion, doubtlessly comparing it to the more staid celebrations of churches and...Read More

Moors and Christians fiesta association may have to pay back grant

ORIHUELA'S Mayor has warned that the Moors and Christians will have to repay their grant.
The Association of Festivals Santa Justa and Rufina may have to return more than €90,000 granted to them...Read More

National Police are a leading light in gender equality

THE SPANISH National Police have led the way in hiring female staff since their first recruitment drive almost 40 years ago and are the police institution with the highest number of women employed in...Read More

A female judge in a Madrid court asked a rape victim if she closed her legs

CALLS for the dismissal of a magistrate judge have been made following a hearing where a judge asked a rape victim whether she "closed her legs and female organs".
The Clara Campoamor Association,...Read More