martes, 4 de abril de 2017

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Tuesday, 04 April 2017   
 

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New Gibraltar Mayor sworn in

SPEAKING of community, nation and family Kaiane Lopez (neé Aldorino), was formally sworn in as mayor of Gibraltar, taking over from Adolfo Canepa with both Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Governor...Read More

British tourist hospitalised after mugging at Gibralfaro

A 60-YEAR-OLD British woman has been hospitalised with a head injury after she fell down stairs at Gibralfaro Castle in Malaga.
The victim lost several teeth and cracked her skull in the fall,...Read More

Cave fire in Almeria leaves three dead

A FIRE in a cave in Almeria has left three people dead.
The blaze is believed to have started at around 8pm on Monday (April 3) in the La Molineta area inside a cave that teens would often meet...Read More

Joys Live is four years old

FOR a night (and morning to remember) the Joys Live fourth birthday party will be held at the iconic nightclub in Puerto Banus - that starts late and just keeps going - on Thursday April 6 with some quite...Read More

Uncle of Syrian President under investigation in Spain

IT has been suggested for some time that Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has over a period of years been involved in money laundering and misappropriating large amounts of...Read More

WATCH: Comedy capers on Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan’s new gastro Trip to Spain

BRITISH comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are travelling the length of Spain in search of culture, cuisine and the perfect Mick Jagger impersonation.
The 'frenemies' will travel 1,000 miles...Read More

Huge haul of drugs discovered in Alicante Province

A TOTAL of 13 people (11 Spaniards, one Moroccan and one Russian) have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after it was discovered that they were involved in the cultivation of cannabis and the sale of...Read More

Three arrested in Alicante for stealing after offering ‘sexual favours’

THREE people have been arrested in Alicante for stealing from the elderly by using, among other tactics, the promise of ‘sexual favours’ to lure their victims.
The trio, a man and...Read More

New ‘more-secure’ €50 bank notes enter circulation

THE European Central Bank (ECB) has released a new version of the €50 bank note with more security measures that will help prevent counterfeiting.
The new bank note that comes into circulation...Read More

Eighteen year prison sentence for British drugs boss arrested in Spain

PAUL MONK, a British criminal arrested two years ago in Javea, received an 18-year prison term from a UK court.
Found guilty of large-scale drugs trafficking, he was handed over to the UK authorities...Read More


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lunes, 3 de abril de 2017

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Monday, 03 April 2017   
 

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Possible return of the blue British passport by 2019

ALTHOUGH it appears coincidental that the current contract to print British passports, which currently rests with British company De La Rue, will expire in 2019, many are celebrating in the assumption...Read More

Emergency landing on slip road off the AP7 near Barcelona

A SINGLE engine four seater aircraft being piloted by two experienced flyers developed an engine fault soon after taking off from an airport in the Barcelona area and with insufficient time to return,...Read More

St Petersburg metro explosions kill ten and leaves many injured

AT LEAST 10 people have been killed in two explosions at underground stations in St Petersburg.
News outlets reported the blasts hit the Sennaya Ploschad and nearby Tekhnologichesky Institut...Read More

Spanish Civil War armoury discovered in convent

A CACHE of weapons and explosives dating back to the Spanish Civil War have been found in the ceiling of the Convent of Santa Teresa de Vic as workmen undertaking renovation works discovered a secret...Read More

Artificial nests installed on the Rock in the hope to attract Ospreys

IN order to try to encourage the iconic Osprey (or Fish Eagle) back to Gibraltar, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Climate change (DEHCC) has begun installing artificial nests within the...Read More

Al-Thani accuses Spanish police of racism

OVER the weekend, Malaga FC owner Sheikh Al-Thani took to Twitter to express his anger after a policeman refused to let him into the Rosaleda stadium.
The south entrance was closed off to traffic...Read More

Gang of thieves drill into fuel pipelines in Spain

AFTER discovering that an oil pipeline in Castellon had been illegally accessed, officers from the Guardia Civil began a full scale investigation in order to try to identify who was responsible and whether...Read More

Spain would not object to an independent Scotland applying to join the EU

DESPITE the fact that Spain would not want to see the break-up of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit and despite the fact that it is rejecting the Catalonian demand for a referendum on Independence,...Read More

WATCH: Horrendous bonfire explosion at carnival in France

A CARNIVAL in Villepinte France, near Paris ended in tragedy when a bonfire exploded for no apparent reason as it was being lit and at least 18 people were injured, some of them seriously including a...Read More

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on BBC TV's Andrew Marr politics show

GIBRALTAR'S Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was a special guest on the BBC TV Andrew Marr show which was being presented by Eddie Mair on Sunday April 2. He had flown over specially for the interview.
Mair...Read More


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domingo, 2 de abril de 2017

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Sunday, 02 April 2017   
 

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Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race goes ahead despite bomb scare

AFTER the skipper of a boat on the Thames reported that they had seen what appeared to be an unexploded Second World War bomb embedded in the mud on the Fulham side of Putney Bridge, the running of the...Read More

Huge credit card and social security fraud unravelled by National Police

OFFICERS of the National Police have arrested 73 people across Spain in connection with an internet travel agency which it is estimated obtained at least €1.5 million by use of fraudulent credit...Read More

Horrendous explosion of bonfire at carnival in France

A CARNIVAL in Villepintee France, near Paris ended in tragedy when a bonfire exploded for no apparent reason as it was being lit and at least 18 people were injured, some of them seriously including a...Read More

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on BBC TV's Andrew Marr politics show

GIBRALTAR'S Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was a special guest on the BBC TV Andrew Marr show which was being presented by Eddie Mair on Sunday April 2. He had flown over specially for the interview.
Mair...Read More

Spain branded 'Europe's most corrupt country' by Gibraltar business leader

SPAIN has been branded ‘Europe’s most corrupt country’ by Christian Hernandez, President of the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce.
He was speaking on BBC Radio 4 after Spain secured...Read More


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sábado, 1 de abril de 2017

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Saturday, 01 April 2017   
 

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Britons reported shot outside Fuengirola bar

REPORTS are appearing in the British press that two Britons apparently in Spain on a golfing holiday have been shot by another British man after getting involved in a row in a ‘British’ bar...Read More

Gang of four broken up by National Police in Valencia

A GANG of four including a Bulgarian and his wife have been arrested by the National Police for allegedly committing at least 19 burglaries in Pamplona, Valencia and Zaragoza, stealing mainly cash and...Read More

Gibraltar may be a pawn in the Brexit negotiations after all

THE phone lines between Gibraltar and Westminster have been busy with Chief Minister Fabian Picardo deep in conversation with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over what Picardo viewed as a “shameful”...Read More


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