viernes, 30 de septiembre de 2016

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Friday, 30 September 2016   
 

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Star-studded city

What’s on?
MOVIE lovers will be in for a treat at this year’s Marbella International Film Festival which includes entries from China, Germany and Iran among the more than 50 countries...Read More

Pensioner rights and fights

WHILE the dust of the Brexit result settles, but no one knows where, the issue of pensions will be uppermost in many people’s minds and if not now, they will be eventually.
Those within what is...Read More

Spain set to smash tourist numbers record

Spain received 52.5 million tourists during the first eight months of the year, according to a report published by the National Statistics Institute. This translates into a 10.1 per cent increase when...Read More

Discovery of Marijuana plantation in Almeria

Officers of the National Police have seized 1,200 plants estimated as being able to produce 800 kilos of marijuana in a large plantation in the village of Alcolea in Almeria and have arrested two individuals...Read More

Suspected terrorists arrested on the border between German and Austria

ON the evening of September 29, a car being driven by a Polish male carrying three African passengers, one from Guinea and two from the Ivory Coast was stopped at a border crossing between Germany and...Read More

Assaults are on the increase

ASSAULTS on doctors in the Region have increased. Last year in the Valencian Community there were a reported 50 cases of assaults on doctors, nurses, orderlies, and auxiliary staff, compared to 32 attacks...Read More

Edexcel to grade some students

AN examination board at the centre of the row over A-level students whose exams were not sent to the UK on time, will grant grades to some of the youngsters involved, it is understood.
Earlier this month...Read More

Priceless stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered in Italy

TWO Van Gogh masterpieces which were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam 14 years ago have been recovered from a house near Pompeii owned it is alleged by a member of the Naples Mafia.
There...Read More

‘Hard Brexit’ on the cards as ministers struggle over cohesive strategy

TRADE secretary Liam Fox has said that Brexit offers the UK a “golden opportunity” to trade with partners across the world, especially in developing markets. 
His comments come as Conservative...Read More

Barbary macaques are designated as critically threatened by CITES

AT the 17th meeting of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), held in South Africa, a motion was passed on September 29  which will give greater...Read More


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Friday, 30 September 2016   
 

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The ‘cruellest case ever seen’

State prosecutors and animal rights activists are calling for a historic prison sentence to be handed out to four men accused of torturing pigs at a Murcia farm. 
A Cartagena court is the venue for...Read More

Outcry over trail of unpaid bills

The Junta de Andalucia has neglected to pay a staggering 8,203 property tax (IBI) bills submitted by Malaga’s provincial council since 1996, it emerged on Wednesday, September 28.
Seventy-four...Read More

Royal Family congratulate Olympic and Paralympic contestants.

KING FELIPE and Queen Letizia welcomed the Spanish Olympic and Paralympic teams on September 28 at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid and congratulated them on all that they had achieved. The Olympic team...Read More

Increased security at jam-packed Mallorcan ports

THE National Police has increased inspections of pleasure craft at marinas and yacht clubs around the island since the level four antiterrorism alert was put in place in mid-2015.
A statement released...Read More

Head to Jacks for all your Ryder Cup action!

AS if you didn’t know already. It’s the Ryder Cup this weekend from Friday September 30 to Sunday October 2 and it is set up to be a real barnstormer with Europe hoping to win the trophy for...Read More

Ronal-downed: Footballer’s private plane crashes in Barcelona

CRISTIANO RONALDO’S private jet crashed while landing at Barcelona’s El Prat airport on Monday, September 26, after the landing gear snapped on impact with the runway.
The incident caused...Read More

Major train crash in New Jersey kills three and closes down railway line

ON the morning of September 29, a commuter train crashed into a railway station at Hoboken, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100 which also resulted in the closure of the line which...Read More

Informative talk organised by Brexpats in Spain

THE group, Brexpats in Spain, have organised an informative talk in collaboration with Mijas Town Hall. The main topics of discussion will be the padron and pensions. The mayor of Mijas Juan Carlos Maldonado...Read More

New rules for markets

STREET markets in Almeria City are under the spotlight with a new by-law on roaming commerce approved at a council session last week to regulate activity within the sector.
The new regulations, drawn...Read More

Analyses held up

RESULTS of Marina Baja medical tests were delayed after a laboratory’s false ceiling collapsed at Villajoyosa hospital.
Instruments were damaged and the Biochemistry laboratory filled with debris,...Read More


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jueves, 29 de septiembre de 2016

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Wednesday, 28 September 2016   
 

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International crack down on Daesh propagandists

THANKS to international cooperation between the Guardia Civil and the authorities in Belgium and Germany,  five people have been arrested on September 28, three in Spain, one in Brussels and one in Wuppertal...Read More

They think it’s all over – it isn’t yet!

WHEN the result of the Brexit vote was initially revealed, it was believed that as it was advisory and not binding then any decision to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty would only be made following...Read More

Helping hand for needy

ONE HUNDRED litres of milk has been donated to the NGO ‘Reach Out’ in Torrevieja. Councillor for Social Welfare, Africa Celdran, made the delivery to Jacinto Ares Rodriguez, and charity president...Read More

Children suffer as adults bicker

THE new centre for ADIMI association in Mijas should have been up and running back in May, yet the 164 disabled children who are members of the association are still waiting for access.
Meanwhile the...Read More

Money for roof repairs to be met

THE Alicante Diputacion will foot the bill for repairs to Pego’s Ecce Homo chapel. The octagonal dome and roof of the 18th century building, a symbol of the Pego skyline, were badly damaged by...Read More

Critics call for Columbus statue to be taken down

ANTI-CAPITALIST councillors in Barcelona are attempting to have the famous statue of Christopher Columbus located at the end of Las Ramblas demolished.
The left wing group believes that the city should...Read More

German Regulator hits out at Facebook

FACEBOOK has been ordered to stop collecting personal details from its 35 million Whatsapp users in Germany. 
It has been told by a privacy regulator that it must stop collecting and storing private...Read More

Presidential debate: showdown breaks US television record

THE oddly artificial presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was watched by 84 million US viewers on television, shattering a 36-year-old record.
Incredibly, the true figure may...Read More

Female Guardia Civil officers are forced to wear bullet proof vests designed for men

THERE is a problem as far as female members of the Guardia Civil is concerned and that is that the 5,000 women (just 6 per cent of the 79,000 officers) can’t find official bullet proof vests that...Read More

Southgate in as scandal-hit Big Sam leaves England role

 
GARETH Southgate will lead England into their World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia after Sam Allardyce departed after only one game in charge.
Allardyce leaves the England role with a...Read More


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