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Wednesday, 04 January 2017      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Sala Super League raises funds for DEBRA The exclusive year-long tournament, organized by Sala Group and kindly sponsored in 2016 by Jackson Grundy, Golfriends and Hiscox has not only been an excellent networking opportunity for local businesses...Read More Turtles found in Gibraltar THE officers of the Environmental Protection and Research Unit of the Department of the Environment and Climate Change (DECC) saw the year close with the stranding of two Loggerhead turtles (classified...Read More Holy cow! McDonald’s opens first restaurant in Vatican City MCDONALD’S has opened a restaurant just a few metres away from St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. The fast food giant’s arrival which was announced last year, has been met with fierce...Read More Guardia Civil rescue over 150 dogs from illegal breeder in Madrid POLICE have rescued more than 150 dogs from illegal breeding centres in Madrid. Locals told the Guardia Civil of properties with an unusual number of dogs in Navalfuente and El Molar. The owner of the...Read More Reckless killer jailed in Mallorca IVA Emilova, the young Bulgarian woman who became public enemy number 1 after killing three people through dangerous driving, has accepted a four-year prison sentence for her crimes. The 22-year-old...Read More Spanish department store stashing gold ingots inside festive cakes EL CORTE INGLES is emulating Willy Wonka and stashing gold bars in their New Year's Roscones de Reyes. A select few of the famous Spanish January cakes will have one gram of pure gold hidden in the packaging....Read More Madrid bans trucks and buses amid tighter Three Kings security MADRID has learned its lesson from the Berlin and Nice terrorist attacks. A comprehensive ban is in place on large trucks and even certain buses entering the city centre while the capital celebrates...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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Tuesday, 03 January 2017      Euro Weekly News - Alerts UK's top EU diplomat quits over Brexit controversy BRITAIN'S Ambassador to the European Union has quit his post just months before crucial Brexit negotiations begin after being 'hounded out' by furious Leave figures.  Sir Ivan Rogers, one of the...Read More Cannabis extract will be classed as medicinal in UK THE UK medicines regulator is going to class a cannabis-based ingredient called cannabidiol, or CBD, as a medicine starting from 2017. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced...Read More Runners out in force AN estimated 400 runners took part in the ninth Altea San Silvestre race. One of the most popular sporting events on the towns Christmas calendar the race - organised by the town council, the athletics...Read More Two men arrested over armed robberies in Madrid Two men were arrested in connection with six armed robberies in south-east Madrid. An inquiry was launched after two petrol stations were robbed at gunpoint in the Mejorada Del Campo and Loeches areas. The...Read More People power: Spaniards surviving Brexit launches in UK A FACEBOOK group has been set up in the UK for Spaniards living in the country to share their Brexit stories, hopes and fears. Named 'Espanoles en Reino Unido – Surviving Brexit' it boasts almost...Read More Dakar Rally 2017: Al-Attiyah on fire in Stage 1 Dakar Rally 2017 underway with Nasser Al-Attiyah clinching the stage before his car catches fire. 318 vehicles took to the start line for Monday’s 454km route from Asuncion in Paraguay to Resistencia...Read More Spanish Bank holidays Spain will have a total of 10 national bank holidays in 2017: January 2, the Monday after New Year’s Day, the Three Kings holiday on January 6, Good Friday on April 14, Worker’s Day on May...Read More New 12-sided £1 coin legal tender from 28 March THE world’s “most secure coin”, the new 12-sided £1 coin, will be legal tender from 28 March, according to the UK government. The Royal Mint said its “innovative security features”,...Read More New Year 2017: Fireworks displays signal global celebrations THE skies above many of the world's major cities were lit up with fireworks for the traditional celebrations which welcome in the new year and see out the old. But heightened security was a feature at...Read More Nightclub gunman kills 39 in Istanbul new year attack A gunman has killed at least 39 people and injured dozens of others in an attack on a nightclub in the Turkish city of Instanbul. It is thought at least 15 of the dead are foreigners who were among the...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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Monday, 02 January 2017      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Aguilon Golf members report THE four days of rain have made the course very soft and with no run on the ball very long, however a few days of dry weather should soon get things back to normal. Wednesday December 21 – Individual...Read More Benitatchell Bowls Club BENITACHELL BOWLS CLUB held their traditional ‘Hangover bowls’ New Year’s Day competition again this year, with no less than 23 participants parading in their fancy dress.  After some...Read More Spanish Bank holidays Spain will have a total of 12 national bank holidays in 2017: January 2,the Monday after New Year’s Day , the Three Kings holiday on January 6, Good Friday on April 14, Worker’s Day on May...Read More Expats from Spain fly into UK to help tackle care worker crisis HUNDREDS of expats are flying into the UK from Spain hoping to earn “lucrative sums” as care workers for the elderly, an investigation has claimed. The probe, by the Daily Telegraph, found...Read More Giant crocodile corralled by wheelie bins in Queensland garden. Locals in a small fishing town in Queensland had to improvise a barricade out of wheelie bins when a 3.5m saltwater crocodile wandered into residents’ backyards on New Year’s Eve. The male...Read More Spain has second highest life expectancy in the world WITH more than 15,000 people aged over 100, Spain officially has the second best life expectancy on the planet.   The latest data from the OECD, which dates back to 2014, shows that the average person...Read More National Police release young woman in Almeria A YOUNG Nigerian woman who had been forced into prostitution in Roquetas del Mar has been released by officers of the National Police. As part of an on-going action against Human Trafficking for Sexual...Read More Spectrum FM interview Mojacar mayor and councillors MOJACAR Mayor Rosmari Cano, accompanied by Maria Luisa Perez, councillor for non-Spanish speaking residents, and Emmanuel Agüero, councillor for tourism, were recently interviewed on Spectrum, the local...Read More Voulez Vous at Alberts Cabopino on January 3 ALTHOUGH there are rumours that ABBA are considering getting together again for some form of official performance, the last time they played before a paying audience was some 35 years ago. For those...Read More 1,100 migrants clash with border guards in Ceuta FIFTY Moroccan and five Spanish border guards were injured when an estimated 1,100 African migrants attempted to break through a border fence at Ceuta. The migrants were trying to get into the Spanish...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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Sunday, 01 January 2017      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Day centres PENSIONERS in Almuñecar have complained that the day centre for the elderly in the town has been closed on a number of days in December whilst the centre in nearby La Herradura is open. According to...Read More Price hike on prawns THE average price for red prawns at the Garrucha fish market reached a maximum high in December of €58.68 per kilo, €13.95 higher than in November. The price, according to a report from the...Read More Stop IKEA sleepover craze A SPOKESMAN for the IKEA has appealed to young people to stop filming themselves hiding in IKEA stores and having illegal ‘sleepovers.’ It appears there’s been at least 10 episodes...Read More Police officers accused of violence A WAITER from Frigiliana has reported the Local Police chief and two Guardia Civil officers, who he claims beat him up outside the bar where he works. The 39-year-old waiter, Daniel Reyes, reported that...Read More Robber’s chaotic escape A BURGLAR suspected of being behind an alarming spate of break-ins across Altea has been arrested by Guardia Civil officers after he tried to mow one down in a bungled escape effort.  Detectives had...Read More New 12-sided £1 coin legal tender from 28 March THE world’s “most secure coin”, the new 12-sided £1 coin, will be legal tender from 28 March, according to the UK government. The Royal Mint said its “innovative security features”,...Read More New Year 2017: Fireworks displays signal global celebrations THE skies above many of the world's major cities were lit up with fireworks for the traditional celebrations which welcome in the new year and see out the old. But heightened security was a feature at...Read More Melilla excursion a hit RECENTLY, 17 International friends of Lux Mundi, Fuengirola joined a four-day excursion to the World Heritage City of Melilla situated on the North African coast. On the first day the coach drove to...Read More Nightclub gunman kills 39 in Istanbul new year attack A gunman has killed at least 39 people and injured dozens of others in an attack on a nightclub in the Turkish city of Instanbul. It is thought at least 15 of the dead are foreigners who were among the...Read More Dodgy dam survives deluge but is not safe THE state of the Pantano de Elche dam has been a concern for many, for many years. Over 20 months ago a report was presented that warned of its precariousness stating there was a “progressive deterioration”...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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