jueves, 29 de diciembre de 2016

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Thursday, 29 December 2016   
 

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Five Spaniards shot by Moroccan forces off Ceuta

IT appears that five people from La Linea who are suspected of being smugglers were shot at by Moroccan government personnel off the coast of Ceuta on December 29.
Reports suggest that two men were wounded,...Read More

More counterfeit bank notes seized in Madrid by National Police

CHRISTMAS doesn’t just bring presents but also seems to encourage the distribution of fake euro notes with another gang busted by the National Police.
This time, the €20 and €50 notes...Read More

Two Spanish women with links to Daesh arrested on Turkish border as they attempted to leave Syria

TWO young Spanish women have been arrested on the Turkey-Syria border as they attempted to return to Spain following a spell working for Daesh.
The pair, aged 21 and 26-years-old, respectively and both...Read More

Spanish pair arrested in Greece for trying to assist refugees

ON the website change.org there is a report that two Spaniards Mikel Zuloaga and Begoña Huarte were arrested by Greek customs officers at the port of Igoumenitsa on December 27.
The pair have been placed...Read More

Refugee children challenge Home Office over admittance to UK

A BRITISH legal practice, Duncan Lewis Solicitors whose director of public law Toufique Hossain specialises in asylum cases has taken up the cudgels on behalf of 36 teenagers from the Calais jungle.
The...Read More

Ex-Premier League striker to become world's highest paid player

CARLOS TEVEZ has signed a deal with Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua which will make him the world’s highest paid player.
The ex-Manchester United forward will reportedly earn around...Read More

Italian Mafiosi member has been arrested in Tarragona by National Police

IN an operation undertaken in collaboration with the Italian Police and acting on a European warrant, officers of the National Police have arrested a 52-year-old Italian said to be a member of the mafia.
The...Read More

Spanish town celebrates annual flour power uprising for charity

RESIDENTS of a town near Benidorm wrested control from their council using flour and eggs as their weapons.
The annual tradition in Ibi sees locals mount mock battles for ‘control’ of the...Read More

Debbie Reynolds dies unexpectedly from a stroke

JUST 24 hours after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, the veteran screen star Debbie Reynolds aged 84 has suffered a stroke and died.
According to her son Todd, they were at his house discussing...Read More

Terrorist suspects arrested

TWO men have been arrested in Madrid by the National Police suspected of encouraging jihadist terrorism.
The Ministry of the Interior reported on Wednesday (December 28) that raids and searches of five...Read More


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miércoles, 28 de diciembre de 2016

Euro Weekly News - Alerts

Wednesday, 28 December 2016   
 

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Eastern Japan rocked by strong earthquake, no tsunami warning

A STRONG earthquake has hit eastern Japan according to the US Geological Survey.
The tremor is currently being reported as measuring between 5.9 and 6.3 on the Richter Scale, and occurred in Ibaraki...Read More

Burger king ‘changes name’ for Spanish customers

FAST food giant Burger King announced it would be adding a “U” to its name across Spain to fit in with the Spanish pronunciation of the chain (Burguer King).
The brand said in a press release...Read More

Carrie Fisher to make posthumous appearance in Star Wars: Episode VII

CARRIE FISHER will appear as Princess Leia in the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII movie, since she had already finished filming her scenes prior to her untimely death, according to reports.
The news...Read More

Russia admits doping its athletes

RUSSIAN officials have for the first time admitted the existence of a doping operation which influenced some of the world’s major competitions.
More than 1,000 Russians are believed to have benefited...Read More

Cock fight broken up and a number of people arrested

OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil, working together with the Local Police of Guadassuar, Valencia Province have arrested eight people and investigated a further 20 with regards to animal abuse.
Having become...Read More

Scores of sun-baked seahorses seized in Marbella

FIVE men have been arrested for allegedly attempting to deal in endangered species after being caught with 1,424 dessicated seahorses. 
The Guardia Civil’s Seprona nature protection branch received...Read More

Gibraltar Song Festival 2017

THE organisers of the VIII Gibraltar International Song Festival (GISF) which will take place on Saturday May 6 are calling for entries with a closing date of January 15.
Already, entries have been received...Read More

Shocking study reveals health crisis among middle-aged Brits

OXFORD University researchers have pinpointed a health crisis among middle-aged Brits, with four in five now being overweight or drinking too much.

Working with Public Health England, the academics...Read More

Three survive as plane crash-lands in Tenerife

A light aircraft has crashed on a beach in Tenerife.
Terrified people ran for their lives when the plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the Las Teresitas beach in Santa Cruz at around 1pm...Read More

Japanese leader pays a visit to Pearl Harbour

JUST over 75 years ago, waves of Japanese aircraft appeared in the skies over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii devastating the American fleet and killing 2,400 American service personnel.
This action brought America...Read More


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martes, 27 de diciembre de 2016

Euro Weekly News - Alerts

Tuesday, 27 December 2016   
 

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Speed King taken down in La Rioja by Guardia Civil and National Police

WORKING together, officers of the Guardia Civil and National Police have arrested an individual in La Rioja who was selling huge amounts of speed (amphetamine sulphate).
The 36-year-old Spaniard was...Read More

National Police smash counterfeit gang producing fake euro notes

AFTER more than a year of investigation, officers of the National Police supported by the Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO), who are a special operations group, and the Bank of Spain have smashed a...Read More

Thousands show up for Rubi's 15th birthday party

MORE than 10,000 people attended a young girl's 15th birthday party in Mexico, known as a quinceañera, after her father posted a short video on Facebook inviting his village to join in the celebrations.
Crescencio...Read More

Fake sheikh scammers jailed

TWO Nigerian men have been jailed for fooling a Marbella woman into sending them about €800,000.
An initial jail sentence of four and a half years for continued fraud for one of the defendants and...Read More

Three olive pickers die in garage fire

THREE men who worked as seasonal olive pickers have died in a garage fire in the area of Rus, Jaen.
The men were given the use of the garage as temporary accommodation during the picking season by their...Read More

Burns Night Celebration at the Beach House Marbella

SCOTS around the world will be toasting the life and works of their most famous son Robert (Rabbie) Burns on January 25, 2017 who wrote some of the greatest Scottish poetry of all time.
The Beach House...Read More

Violent robber remanded in custody in Llucmajor

TOWARDS the end of summer 2016, a 58-year-old man was beaten up and had various items stolen in S ‘Arenal and now the Guardia Civil has arrested the presumed assailant.
The events of the assault...Read More

Conte's Chelsea lead the pack after Boxing Day football feast

CHELSEA clocked up their 12th premier league victory in a row to cement their status at the top of the table on Boxing Day.

Antonio Conte's men batted aside Bournemouth 3-0 to put them seven points...Read More

A child is born in a car in Nueva Andalucia

ALTHOUGH not in a manger, a pair of Local Police officers from San Pedro helped a woman give birth to a girl in a car in Nueva Andalucia over Christmas.
The officers were on patrol when they saw a crowd...Read More

Beloved Royle Family star Liz Smith dies on Boxing Day aged 95

ROYLE Family actress Liz Smith, who played 'Nana' in the beloved series has died at the age of 95. 

Her death was confirmed on Boxing Day by a spokeswoman for the family. 

Born Betty Gleadle...Read More


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