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being repeatedly attacked by two police officers in Palma de Mallorca. The European Court of Human Rights intervened when Woman’s Link
Worldwide brought Beauty Solomon’s case to their attention more than three years after the incidents occurred. Soloman, a Nigerian woman aged 35, was working as a prostitute in Palma in July 2005 when two National Police officers physically attacked and insulted her on three different occasions within 10 days. Solomon reported the attacks and accused the officers of targeting her for her ethnicity. The Spanish courts requested no more investigation than reports by the two officers’ superiors. Spain will have to pay a compensation of €30,000 to Beauty Solomon for violence and discrimination according to the sentence PERFORMING LIVE: Jessie J at BCM Square in Magalluf. issued by the Strasbourg Court that reads: “The Spanish courts failed to seriously and effectively investigate the reports made by Beauty Soloman.” The court also decided JESSIE J, who has been described Mallorca Rocks Hotel, Axwell from that Spain “violated the as having a ‘powerhouse of a Swedish House Mafia got an right for individuals to be voice’, set many young hearts ecstatic welcome from his fans. free of degrading and fluttering on Tuesday night when Next up is Tinie Tempah at BCM inhuman treatment and she performed at Mallorca Live in on Sunday, then Chase and Status discrimination” as promised BCM Square in Magalluf. at Mallorca Rocks next Tuesday in the European Convention Meanwhile, over the road at night. of Human Rights. This case prompted Women’s Link Worldwide and SOS-Racismo to report more than 600 similar cases of discrimination in Spain in 2005 alone; 43 involved police officers, according to the organisations. PHOTO CREDIT – PHOENIX MEDIA MALLORCA
By Amanda Surber THE Spanish Government has been fined for their lack of investigation after a Nigerian woman reported
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Fire on water A BRITISH couple and their three children had to jump from their burning boat into the sea at Cala Llamp (Andratx) resulting in one minor injury. A fishing boat alerted the Guardia Civil and coastguards rescued the family.
Most tourists MORE foreign tourists will visit the Balearic Islands in June and August than anywhere in Spain, according to predictions by Tourist Activity Surveys (Frontur) and National Statistics (INE) which expect 1.58 million, a 5 per cent increase.
Invasive plants CONSERVATIONISTS have eliminated 17,809 invasive plants in the Serra de Tramuntana. The species known locally as ‘cotoner’ spanned across 29.24 hectares of land, including a private estate, in Pedrutxella Gran (Pollenca).
Top reputation HOTELS in the Balearic Islands have the best online reputation according to ReviewPro who completed a worldwide study of 100 travel websites. Mallorca had the most positive opinions, 142,527 of 183,815, of all the islands.
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Less sacrifice and more sterilisation
VOLUNTEERS in favour of population control of cats in Palma de Mallorca requested that Son Reus animal protection stop killing strays and continue to assist in spaying and neutering the animals. Sacrificing street cats does not reduce their population, but rather, “leaves a spot open in their colony which will be replaced by an unsterilised cat that reproduces quite easily,� according to vice president of Save the Cats, Carol Colell. On the other hand, explained Colell, since cats are territorial by nature, they will continue as part of their colony, even after they are sterilised, and not admit other fertile cats. The volunteers pleaded before the city council that they reinstate the free spaying and neutering service that the government provided until it was recently withdrawn due to cuts. Colell described a possible future for Palma by citing examples in cities such as Ourense and Club Nautico
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Pay to park at hospital VISITORS will have to pay to park at the Son Espases University Hospital starting in September. Of the 2,326 parking spaces, 930 will be free and exclusive to hospital employees. Parking rates have yet to be determined.
No fireworks FIREWORKS will be eliminated from Palma’s San Sabastian festival in January after the city council reduced the budget from ₏875,000 to ₏350,000 — a 60 per cent cut. The council wanted to give citizens advanced notice of the change.
TERRITORIAL: Sterilised cats will keep out other fertile cats. (Alcossebre) where there are numerous doghouse-like structures in the streets where cats get water and food. “The city hall wouldn’t need to intervene since there are plenty of volunteers; however, specific spots must be established and the
government must guarantee to stop killing the cats and help sterilisation.� The volunteers attempted to appeal to the council by pointing out that with free volunteers, they would no longer have to pay workers to catch and kill the cats.
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Mallorca goes up in flames By Amanda Surber POLICE have arrested two youths who they suspect to be responsible for six fires in Algaida this past weekend. The two individuals, aged 16 and 19, allegedly started what would become a series of fires early Saturday morning in a field of stubble and almond trees. The Llucmajor Fire Brigade responded quickly
and extinguished the blaze. What the brigade was not aware of was that the following morning another five fires would spring up in Algaida, possibly by the hands of the suspects. The first two were located near a car park which was made available for the patron saints celebrations. Emergency services responded and put out the fire that was close to parked cars.
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The next day three more fires were reported, though police ruled out the young men’s involvement. Between 12.40pm and 3.10pm nine hectares of pine forest were scorched in Manacor in the Porto Cristo area. Shortly after, Sant Llorenc farm land was set aflame. Finally, around 6pm another blaze arose in Algaida claiming 0.6 hectares of pine trees.
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A ROMANIAN man was arrested for allegedly cutting a Spaniard’s jugular with a broken glass bottle in a bar in el Arenal. The suspect, aged 29, had 15 prior arrests. Thanks to swift medical treatment, the victim survived the attack.
Hooded attack A WOMAN was brutally beaten by two hooded men in an Alaro home where she was caring for an elderly woman. They made off with €200. Police later arrested the woman’s exboyfriend for falsely reporting a similar crime against him.
RACE HOPE: Birthday-boy Alonso will want to celebrate with a win.
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HE best possible present Spanish race ace Fernando Alonso could get on his 31st birthday this Sunday is victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. At present topping the Formula 1 standings with 154 points, Alonso is unlikely to want for anything materialistic for his birthday, for he earns a reported €30 million as Ferrari’s leading driver, plus an estimated €8 million from sponsorships and advertising deals. After marrying Raquel del Rosario, lead singer of Spanish pop band El Sueño de Morfeo in 2006, the childless couple announced plans to divorce at the
end of last year. Now the two-time world champion is rumoured to be going out with Russian model Dasha Kapustina. Nicknamed El Nano, a typical pseudonym for Fernando in Asturias where he was born, Alonso acts as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. After moving to England in 1998 and later Switzerland, he moved back to Oviedo in Spain in recent times to be closer to friends and family, a move that cost him an estimated €62.5 million in tax. An avid card tricks fan, Alonso is also interested in cycling, tennis and football, and is a keen Real Madrid and Real Oviedo supporter.
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Britons stab two Spaniards MAYHEM broke out when two British tourists stabbed two Spaniards in Punta Ballena in Magaluf. The chaos ensued after a young Englishman was hit by a car. Fights started and at the height of the aggression a young woman and man, both Spanish, were stabbed. In the midst of a panicked crowd, the two Britons who were ‘bleeding heavily from the nose and mouth’ took off, one hiding in an open bar. Police caught them and interviewed witnesses; one Spanish woman described the cause of the fight as ‘trivial’ and said both groups were ‘drunk’.
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A MAN, aged 70, was killed when a van ran over him as he was crossing calle General Riera in Palma. There were no witnesses, so police are investigating if it was the driver or pedestrian who ran the red light at the zebra crossing.
A TOTAL of 1,643 evictions occurred in Palma during the first half of this year, which is a 5.5 per cent decrease from the same time last year according to the Balearic High Court.
MALLORCA’S Astronomical Observatory (OAM) in Costitx detected a comet 45 million kilometres from the Earth thanks to its space vigilant robotic telescope. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) confirmed the object’s discovery.
A PARKED car burst into flames on Calle Maria Canals in Palma. Extreme heat and smoke led fire fighters and police to evacuate alarmed neighbours. Shortly after, the blaze was deemed under control.
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To get out of this situation, I will use the same medicine in the government as our sportspeople: effort, discipline and dedication
Mariano Rajoy, Spanish PM, talking of the financial crisis at a Spanish Olympic Committee reception in Madrid.
A PORTUGUESE man choked to death while having dinner on a docked boat at Portals Nous. Fellow diners explained that they tried to resuscitate the seventy-sixyear-old. The Guardia Civil believe it to be an accidental death.
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of land has been 14,000 hectares destroyed in a fire in Cataluña
this week in which four people have also died. The fire is believed to have started in La Jonquera, on the Spanish-French border, due to a lit cigarette butt.
THIRTY-ONE peddlers and 20 prostitutes were discovered by police in the Calle Magaluf area of Calvia. Police made 12 confiscations, arrested one peddler for selling drugs, and detained four others who failed to show proof of residency.
Bad timing A THIEF was caught by two off-duty National Police officers when he allegedly tried to steal from their room in an El Arenal hotel. The suspect, a Romanian with a criminal record, posed as a hotel employee to access and loot the rooms.
Cyclist hurt A CYCLIST, aged 35, was seriously injured when he suffered an accidental fall on the highway that runs between Santa Maria and Sineu.
and finally... A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl died at a public kindergarten in La Coruña, northern Spain, after drowning in an inflatable pool. There were another 32 children with her at the time and reportedly only four or five monitors to look after them all. The kindergarten opened this year.
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Captain free of active duty 25 years after attack A MALLORCAN captain of the military has been dismissed from active duty indefinitely after the court established a direct relation between his mental illness and a terrorist attack. The Baleares High Court annulled an order from the Defence office which required the captain’s continued active duty. Though the captain survived two other terrorist attacks, the event in question took place while he was stationed at the Gobierno Military base in San Sabastian (Pais Vasco). Four soldiers died and he was injured when a grenade came through the office window.
Brits’ and Germans’ dangerous drinking
SIXTY per cent of young Britons and Germans get drunk nearly every day while on holiday in places like Mallorca. A study conducted by the European Institute of Preventative Studies (Irefrea) examined the habits and risks that tourists may encounter while on holiday. Irefrea found a strong link between alcohol and drug use and sexual harassment. A total of 6,502 British and German tourists between 16 and 35 years old were interviewed in Mallorca, Venice, Cyprus, Crete, and Portugal.
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Royal beach to open VISITORS to Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s palace on the Isle of Wight, will soon be able to visit the beach where the English queen liked to swim, The according to Guardian.
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FINE LINE: There is a strong correlation between alcohol and drug use and sexual harassment. Of those visiting Mallorca, 15.4 per cent admitted to feeling
sexually harassed and 2.2 per cent said they had sexual relations against their will while on holiday. The incidents were most frequent among Fifteen golf teams and 120 gala British tourists guests participated. than Germans The event was sponsored by tourists and they Pinmar and created through the mostly affected collaboration of Country Club Santa Ponsa, Globo Events and Son those between the Muntaner Arabella Golf. ages of 16 and 19.
Tournament raised €7,000 THE Swing 4 Theme Charity Golf Tournament raised €7,000. This is more than previous events. The event was in aid of Rana, an island based charity which works to prevent maltreatment and abuse against children.
EMERGENCY responders in Oldham rescued two men who were supposedly drunk from a 50-foot manhole. Neither was seriously injured, according to rescue services.
Music toddler A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl from Devon played Mary Had A Little Lamb on the piano before a live audience of 200 guests in Plymouth. The mother claims that the toddler can write numbers and letters.
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Eurocup clash in San Sebastian By Linda Hall
NOT everyone joined in the national jubilation when Spain won the Euro 2012 football championship on July 1. Less than impressed was Josetxo Ibazeta, a town hall aide in San Sebastian in the Basque Region. “Gorra ETA military!” he shouted as celebrating fans waved Spanish flags as they returned home late that night.
“Gudari, etorri honera, gudari,” one of the revellers replied, calling him “soldier” and telling him “come here.” “With the Spanish flag?” questioned a surprised Ibazeta, still in the Basque language. He then made a gun gesture with his hand, according to witnesses. “I’ll get a gun and shoot you,” he threatened. Ibazeta, formerly a councillor with the outlawed Batasuna party
and now the mayor’s private secretary, resigned last week after the episode came to light. Ibazeta’s behaviour was “totally unacceptable,” said mayor Juan Karlos Izagirre, who belongs to the radical left-wing party, Bildu. His own party’s statutes also make it abundantly clear that there is no place for attitudes like Ibazeta’s, said a spokesman for recentlylegalised Sortu, another
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Screw thief A MAN was arrested in Peiting for allegedly stealing screws from dozens of road signs over the course of several months. A collection of screws were found at his home.
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Ibazeta could be charged with making terrorist threats. radical Left party. The National Prosecution Department is now investigating
whether Ibazeta should be charged with making terrorist threats and praising terrorism.
Greenpeace’s beach protest MADRID residents in search of a beach needed to go no further than the Agriculture, Food and Environment ministry last week. They would have had to hurry, however, because minutes after Greenpeace installed sand, sun loungers, parasols and a bar in front of the ministry, it was dismantled by police. “No to reform!” declared a banner, and question marks were added to the word ‘Environment’ on the ministry plaque. The ‘beach’ was Greenpeace’s protest at proposed changes to the Coast Law. Modifications including a further 75 years’ grace for houses built on the shoreline were barbaric, declared Pilar Marcos of Greenpeace, before she and other activists in beachwear were moved on.
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The rewritten Ley de Costas would also allow the central administration to suspend municipal byelaws opposed to the regulations and allow four-year concessions for chiringuito beach bars. The scenario in front of the ministry was symbolic of the luxury beach the Spanish coastline might become if the law goes ahead, Marcos said. Land of great environmental and social value would be prey to speculation, she claimed, and public terrain handed over to private concessions. “With the current economic situation and so many spending cuts it is absurd to waste public money on an unnecessary reform that would increase the cost of coastal upkeep,” Marcos said. “It is mortgaging our future,” she warned.
A WOMAN whose identity details were used on a marriage certificate to an Indian man issued in Bosnia has been denied a divorce by a Munich court since she was never legally married.
Baby drop A MAN found a fivehour-old baby boy outside his home in the northern port city of Rostock late in the evening after answering his door.
Student sued A STUDENT sued by Essen-based School of Economics and Management for finishing his Bachelors and Masters degrees ‘too fast’ will have to pay for the seven semesters he was expected to take.
Aero lightest THE world’s lightest material has been invented by scientists at Hamburg university. The Aero graphite regains its shape after being squashed and conducts electricity.
Grave error A GRIEVING woman who went to tend her mother’s grave in Cologne reportedly found a skull in the mud by the headstone.
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Airport wings to be clipped By Annie Maples AENA intends to cut operating hours at 10 airports and lay off up to 65 per cent of their staff. The affected airports – all in AENA’s Group III - include Vitoria in the Basque Region, which would lose 102 employees, Melilla (23), Ceuta (3) and Algeciras (3). The 2,002 hours that they are open each week will be reduced to 725. In all, around 200 will lose jobs, the majority through early retirement or voluntary resignations. These cuts will be followed by airports with less than 500,000 passengers and include Cordoba, San Sebastian and Pamplona. Unions broke off negotiations
AENA intends to cut operating hours and lay off staff. with AENA last week after the operator mentioned cuts in airports from Groups I and II. These would eventually involve
2,000 of AENA’s 9,000 employees , union sources claimed. The workforce could be reduced by 1,000 ‘at the outside’ unions
Spanish royals to attend Games DESPITE continuing tension over Gibraltar, Queen Sofia will be attending the Olympic opening ceremony tomorrow, July 27. King Juan Carlos met Spain’s Olympic team on Monday, but will not accompany the Queen to the opening. A royal household statement pointed out that with the exception of the inauguration of the
events like these. Queen Sofia will attend an evening reception today (Thursday) at the Spanish embassy in honour of Spain’s competing athletes. Tomorrow, Friday, she is expected to join her distant relative, Queen Elizabeth II, at the official reception at Buckingham Palace before the opening ceremony.
said. The plans should be withdrawn as ‘unworkable’ before AENA’s overall viability could be negotiated, they declared. Timetable changes would also be unacceptable if they entailed modifying working hours and ‘stifling’ airport activity. The three unions – CCOO, UGT and USO – called for the resignation of AENA chief, Fernando Echegaray, and Jesus Villaroel, director of the Group III airports affected by the initial cuts. There was also union criticism for the Airport Efficiency Plan announced by minister of Public Works, Ana Pastor, modifying the professional categories of airport workers. AENA currently employs firemen, maintenance personnel, engineers, IT technicians, runway signallers, office staff, operations officials and frontline staff. The operator now wants to divide these into three broad categories, a proposal pronounced ‘unfeasible’ and ‘madness’ by the unions. “They want workers to be like Superman,” officials complained. Worse still, reduced teams would not be able to follow established procedures in the event of an accident, they warned.
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Elephant shoot costs King a presidency THE World Wildlife Fund in Spain voted last week to withdraw King Juan Carlos honorary presidency, awarded in 1975. The vote was held following adverse publicity surrounding the King’s holiday in Botswana where he planned to shoot elephants. The safari made headlines when Juan Carlos broke his hip and WWF members complained his fondness for hunting a protected species made his presidency untenable. The WWF has 33,000 members in Spain and 226 of those with voting rights were in favour of stripping the King of the honorary presidency. Only 13 voted for him to remain.
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Youths protest on the streets of Barcelona last year.
Spain’s youngsters prefer to stay home By Linda Hall ALTHOUGH unemployment amongst the under25s now stands at 52 per cent, three-quarters do not want to work outside Spain.
The economic crisis is prompting a growing number of Spaniards to seek employment abroad and 27,004 left the country in the first three months of this year. But although 72 per
Let nation decide KING Juan Carlos’ voluntary pay cut was dismissed as ‘a smokescreen’ by a leading trade unionist. Cutting €100,000 from the €8.3 million royal budget is a gesture that cannot disguise the severity of government cuts, said CCOO leader, Ignacio Fernandez Toxo. Many families would be reduced to poverty, he said. Mariano Rajoy’s programme is not what people voted for, he said, while dismissing PP allegations that the socialist legacy was worse than suspected. Another general election would be too costly but a referendum on the latest measures “would be less dramatic,” Toxo said.
cent of under-25s agreed it is easier to find work outside Spain, only 6.9 per cent in that age group have worked abroad, a European Commission study revealed. Fifteen per cent did so in order to study but just 17 of every 1,000 students continues further studies outside the country. Young Spaniards tend to travel less than their counterparts in other EU states, and 80 per cent of under-30s have never considered working abroad, researchers said. Reluctance to study or work abroad is often due to over-protectiveness on
the part of their families, they found. Despite being regarded as the best-educated generation in the country’s history, young Spanish people face undeserved problems in entering the employment market, the survey concluded. The high unemployment rate amongst the under-25s is not the fault of Spain’s young people, agreed Rafael Fonseca, head of the European Commission’s representation in Spain. They are betterqualified than ever before, he said.
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Stat of week 40,625 Spaniards emigrated in the first six months of this year, an increase of 44 per cent, according to the National Statistics Institute.
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GOOD MORNING: Some hotels are looking at offering Chinese breakfasts. SPAIN’S leading executives have been encouraged to take pay cuts. And the executives and board members of 17 Spanish multi-nationals the fat cats of industry and commerce - are reported as being generally positive about outline proposals by Economy Minister Luis de Guindos for them to halt personal pay rises and limit bonuses and benefits. They will be in good company, for Spain’s king and crown prince are to see their annual salaries cut by 7.1 per cent in line with a recent government decree cutting public workers’ salaries. Otrher royal family members will also face the same level of cuts. The call for Spain’s top bosses to take pay cuts came when De Guindos met representatives from Telefonica, Santander, BBVA, La Caixa, Mercadona, Zara, Mango, El Corte Ingles, Iberdrola,
Repsol, Mapfre, Barcelo, Ferrovial, Acciona, ACS, Planeta and Hava Media. The companies make up the CEC think-tank and regularly hold talks with government ministers. Under scrutiny at the latest meeting was the latest tranche of cuts with which Prime Minister Rajoy’s government hopes to save €65 billion within two-and-a-half years. Discussions centred on IVA (VAT) increases, unemployment benefit cuts and the elimination of civil servants’ traditional Christmas bonuses. It is vital that all Ibex 35 companies - the equivalent of Britain’s FTSE - join in with the efforts to make savings, De Guindos stressed. The recovery of the Spanish economy will be ‘relatively rapid’ and come about ‘far sooner’ than most people believe, predicted Cesar Alierta, CEC president and Telefonica chairman.
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Robot appeal A NEW restaurant in Hilin City, North-East China, has captured diners’ attention by employing a noodlemaking robot, which cost 20,000 Yuan (€2,560) and is twice as efficient as a human.
A hold up CHICAGO gangster Al Capone’s 1928 Cadillac V-8 Town Sedan with bulletproof glass and holes for a machine gun, is to be auctioned with a guide price of more than €416,000.
Deadly truth! The cost of dying is about to get a lot more expensive
RESTING PLACE: At a higher price in future.
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THE cost of dying is set to soar from September 1. For the rate of IVA (VAT) charged by funeral parlours will rise from 8 per cent to 21 per cent on that date. The same increase will also be faced by hairdressers, cleaning services, discos, shows and cinemas. At present all benefit from the 8 per cent reduced rate of IVA, but the Minister of Tax and Public Administrations, Cristobal Montoro, has now ruled they are to be included in the 21 per cent general rate of tax. The rises are not due to come into effect until after the summer in an attempt to affect the tourism trade as little as possible.
MANY global hotels in Europe - including some in Spain - are planning to offer Chinese TV channels, plus the option of Chinese breakfasts. This follows travel revelations that Chinese tourists in a few years will overtake Germans and Americans as the world’s greatest overseas travellers. Down Under - Page 16
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Community says ‘no dogs’ Gherkin could become The Penguin ritish though there is a but... £££
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FOR six years we have had a rule banning dogs in our community. One owner has now let her property to a tenant with a small dog. We have told him dogs are banned and we have enough signs to make people aware of the rule. The tenant has ignored us, so we asked our administrator to contact the owner to have the dog removed. After three months and an annual general meeting You and the (AGM), the dog is still here. Law in Spain When I went to the administrator, I was told By David Searl that dogs can be banned, but are allowed in apartments within the community. I know of some communities where all but Guide Dogs are banned. What is the true legal position regarding this problem? Can we or can we not enforce a total ban on dogs? MP (Costa Blanca)
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The true legal position is that a community of property owners can make and enforce a ban on pets if this prohibition is expressed in the original statutes of the community or if the ban has later been voted unanimously as an amendment to the statutes, and registered as such. When any new purchaser arrives in the community, the law assumes that he/she has read the statutes and agrees to abide by them. An owner who lets a property has the responsibility to ensure that tenants abide by the statutes. Even though your statutes probably specify a prohibition against ‘keeping of dogs’, your administrator is correct to say that a pet which stays permanently inside an apartment is permissible. This would refer principally to cats. Although this appears in violation of the rule, courts have ruled in favour of allowing pets that stay indoors. Finally, the heart of the matter is enforcement. The community is in the right, but it will have to instruct a lawyer and go to court to obtain an order for the removal of the little dog. This involves time and money. David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers. You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.
PLANS to transform the iconic Gherkin building in the capital into The Penguin have been commissioned by bosses at ZSL London Zoo to remind visitors not to miss their penguins.
£££ TRAFFIC to a Leicestershire dairy farmer’s website has soared 150 per cent since a QR code was put on her cow Lady Shamrock. Scanned with a mobile phone it leads to a blog of the bovine’s daily routine.
£££ HUNDREDS of dairy farmers blockaded milk processing plants to
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protest against a 2p cut in payments received for each litre produced. The new paid rate is 25p, and they say each litre costs them 29p.
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NETWORK RAIL has approved ‘one-off’ payments of £300,000 (€384,347) to each of three directors - on top of their £360,000
OUSTED chief executive of AstraZeneca David Brennan is set to get a £4.4 million (€5.5m) payout in cash and shares and a pension worth nearly £1 million (€1.25m) per year.
£££ BILLIONAIRE businessman Sir Ian Wood, age 70, is to reportedly retire from Oil and Gas company The Wood Group after 48 years. Chief executive Allister Langlands is to become the new chairman.
Why leaving euro might be best for indebted Spain SPAIN’S predicament over the euro as reported in the newspapers makes seriously dire reading. The nation’s banks, following years of doling out loans to shaky developers, many of whom have since defaulted, are in urgent need of recapitalisation. On top of that, the autonomous regions, having taken out loans they have no hope of repaying, have forced central government to come to their aid with an ‘emergency fund’ set up in part with money borrowed from the National Lottery; another loan that someday will have to be repaid. Large debts are involved, and if this was private individuals, the very idea of borrowing more money to pay off the loan-sharks to whom one was already in hock would be considered dangerous lunacy. Yet this is what the Spanish government, by going cap in hand to the IMF and the EU, is striving to do. By issuing high-interest bonds on the international markets, Spain has incurred debts which at some future date will have to be redeemed, requiring, in today’s mad world, more bond sales or a ‘Troika’ bailout, either or both of which just add up more loans to be repaid. Remedial action is needed, and quickly, before the jaws of the trap finally close. Britain was in a similar mess in 1945. Having expended vast amounts of gold and currency reserves in fighting the Second World War and in purchasing mountains of war materials from the USA, the treasury vaults were virtually empty. Many war-ravaged countries, including some ex-enemies,
WAR-TIME BRITAIN: Post-war years were a time of severe austerity.
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received financial assistance under the American Marshall Aid programme to help put their economies back on their feet. The UK unfortunately did not qualify, perhaps because the weak local Communist Party wasn’t considered a threat to Western democracy, and so Britain was left not only to claw its own way out of the ruins, but also to redeem the vast ‘Lease-Lend’ debt with huge monthly payments, until its final clearance in 1983. Those post-war years were a time of severe austerity for Britain, with the rebuilding of overseas currency reserves an absolute priority. Imports were limited to materials essential to Britain’s industry and export trade, and at one time £33 (€42) was set as the maximum individuals might take abroad to spend on holidays in any one-year period. Luxury goods were scarce, and ‘utility’ clothes of basic design, and
cut from sub-standard materials, were the order of the day. People grumbled, but they understood and accepted the drabness of everyday life. The rallying call was: Britain Can Make It; and the nation, pulling together, pulled through. There’s no reason why Spain should not follow this example upon leaving the euro. There would be hardships, but they might just be more readily accepted if the natural patriotism of the people was ‘tapped’ as part of a recovery programme. Spain has its own manufacturing industry, and with a devalued peseta as the currency, perhaps cheap Chinese imports would not appear so tempting. Why buy a German-made Volkswagen rather than a Spanishbuilt Seat? A lot of propaganda went into preparing the Spanish people for the euro. Perhaps similar tactics should be employed to explain why leaving the eurozone would be Spain’s best course of action, and why it must be done now, before further crippling debt is incurred.
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The battle to control the deficit When Mariano Rajoy’s government took over in December 2011, it was immediately faced with an uphill battle to control the budget deficit. The previous administration was tasked with reducing it to 6% of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of 2011, but the final figure was 8.51%. Under EU targets, Spain was meant to reduce the deficit to 4.4% this year, but in March the EU compromised with a target of 5.3%. However, economic stagnation and recession, unemployment at almost 25% and falling tax revenue have made this target increasingly unrealistic. On 10th July EU finance ministers agreed to grant Spain some breathing
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www.euroweeklynews.com EVERYONE’S tax bill is going up in Spain this year, and now your cost of living is about to increase too. The EU may have granted Spain more time to reduce its public deficit, but this will not make life any easier for either the government or Spanish residents. It is the opposite, in fact, as the conditions mean more austerity for Spain, including another tax rise. Income and savings tax were targeted in December 2011; this time it is VAT. If you have not already done so, this is the time to look to protect your assets from tax.
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space, and the targets have been eased to 6.3% this year, 4.5% next year and 2.8% by the end of 2014. Latest tax rise and austerity measures In return Sr. Rajoy had to commit to more tax increases and austerity measures. On 11th July he unveiled details of a fresh wave of fiscal consolidation measures, totalling €65 billion over the course of the next two and a half years. The key tax measure is an increase in VAT. The standard rate will jump from 18% to 21%, while the reduced rate will increase from 8% to 10%. At the same time some services and products benefiting from the reduced rate will start being taxed at the much higher standard rate. The special reduced rate for basic necessities remains 4%.
The latest reports are that the VAT increases will come into effect on 1st September. Additionally, in 2013 the 4% VAT that applies to the purchase of residential property will increase to 10%. This was quite a U-turn for Sr. Rajoy who had pledged not to increase VAT during his electoral campaign last year: “I said I would lower taxes and I am actually raising them,” he admitted. “Circumstances change and I have to adapt to them.” Other austerity measures include: environmental tax reform; increasing tobacco tax; Christmas bonuses suspended for top public officials; unemployment benefit to be cut from sixth month; 30% cut in local councillors and 20% cut in subsidies for political parties and unions. The Prime Minister acknowledged that the measures “are not pleasant,” but Spain is “facing an extraordinarily serious situation that must be urgently corrected.” Public spending currently exceeds income by tens of billions of Euros. Tax increases already applying this year As announced at the end of 2011, income taxes have
increased across the board this year. This ranges from an additional 0.75% for income below €17,007, to an extra 7% on income over €300,000. The top rate of tax is now 52%. In Andalucia and Cataluña it is higher at 54% and 56% respectively. Tax on savings income was also hiked to 21% for income up to €6,000, then 25% on the next €18,000 and 27% on the excess over €24,000. In 2009 the tax rate for all savings income was 18%, so the tax bill for savings income over €24,000 has jumped 50% in less than three years. These higher tax rates were only meant to apply for 2012 and 2013, but this was until the deficit reached 3%. It therefore seems more than likely now that they will be extended to cover 2014 income. Wealth tax, which was also reintroduced as a temporary measure, may need to continue for another year as well. Taxpayers in Spain may be relieved that the latest measures did not include another income tax rise, but we cannot rule out the possibility down the line if Spain still struggles to reduce its deficit. A European Commission document says that even the easier deficit reduction targets
will be difficult to reach. If taxes do have to rise further, the government may well target higher earners. The VAT rise will also affect your cost of living, and inflation is a significant threat to your wealth over the longer term (10 years or more), along with tax. It is now even more important to protect your capital, income and wealth from unnecessary taxation wherever possible. Blevins Franks has substantial experience advising British expatriates in Spain on their tax planning and wealth management. Your local Partner can talk you through the opportunities available to lower your tax liabilities in Spain, as well as on investment strategies for your capital to keep pace with inflation. The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual must take personalised advice.
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LONDON - FTSE 100 PRICE(P) 242.70
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Admiral Group
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Aggreko
1,904.00
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AMEC
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B. American Tobacco
3,311.50
-59.50
AstraZeneca
2,956.00
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1,551,208
523.50
British Sky Broadcasting BT Group Bunzl Burberry Group
British Land Co
Aviva
274.55
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Babcock International
849.50
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302.30
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-3.41
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Diageo
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218.50
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0.00
192,177
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MMM 3M Co 88.32 AA Alcoa Inc 8.06 AXP American Express Co 54.79 T AT&T Inc 34.91 BAC Bank of America Corp 6.94 BA Boeing Co 71.94 CAT Caterpillar Inc 79.59 CVX Chevron Corp 106.41 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 15.95 DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co 47.75 XOM Exxon Mobil Corp 84.65 GE General Electric Co 19.64 HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co 18.06 HD Home Depot Inc 50.53 INTC Intel Corp 24.92 IBM International Business Machines 189.75 JNJ Johnson & Johnson 67.86 JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co 33.85 KFT Kraft Foods Inc 39.27 MCD McDonald's Corp 89.25 MRK Merck & Co Inc 43.21 MSFT Microsoft Corp 29.10 PFE Pfizer Inc 23.44 PG Procter & Gamble Co 64.33 KO The Coca-Cola Co 76.46 TRV Travelers Companies Inc 61.28 UTX United Technologies Corp 72.11 VZ Verizon Communications Inc 44.00 WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc 71.43 DIS Walt Disney Co 47.62
Compass Group
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0.00
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563,397
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549.00
-25.50
-4.44
223,851
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HSBC Holdings
517.70
-15.50
-2.91
17,327,494
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0.00
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148.97
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778.75
Imperial Tobacco Group 2,456.00
Intertek Group ITV Johnson Matthey
2,095.50
0.00
0.00
184,312
Kazakhmys
671.00
-32.50
-4.62
1,083,712
Kingfisher
256.50
-7.80
-2.95
4,210,350
Land Securities Group
761.25
0.00
0.00
1,235,478
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124.20
-4.50
-3.50
9,068,151
Lloyds Banking Group
29.10
-0.84
-2.81
94,279,897 2,497,838
Marks & Spencer
320.60
-4.50
-1.38
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385.30
-15.20
-3.80
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643.75
0.00
0.00
3,184.50
0.00
0.00
164,952
153.19
-6.61
-4.14
3,912,244
1,269.00
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-1.01
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776.00
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325,645
1,401.00
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-4.95
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Polymetal International
796.25
0.00
0.00
289,741
Prudential
734.00
-26.00
-3.42
2,568,628 168,001
Randgold Resources
5,405.00
0.00
0.00
Reckitt Benckiser Group 3,510.70
-46.30
-1.30
669,067
Reed Elsevier
-15.00
-2.86
1,425,556
509.50
Resolution
208.80
0.00
0.00
2,293,677
REXAM
434.20
0.00
0.00
1,089,218
2,797.50
-94.00
-3.25
3,433,667
Rolls-Royce Holdings
834.50
-24.50
-2.85
2,403,587
Royal Bank of Scotland
195.70
-9.00
-4.40
7,628,340
2,256.66
-42.84
-1.86
1,692,526
107.90
-2.70
-2.44
3,409,520
2,678.00
-22.00
-0.81
1,280,047
280.40
-4.60
-1.61
1,534,759 1,435,167
Rio Tinto
Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group Sainsbury (J)
313.20
-3.60
-1.14
1,280.00
-59.00
-4.41
183,165
562.50
-3.00
-0.53
733,676
Severn Trent
1,710.00
-17.00
-0.98
227,396
Shire
1,865.50
0.00
0.00
631,222 1,255,115
Schroders Serco Group
Smith & Nephew
652.00
-8.50
-1.29
Smiths Group
1,061.50
0.00
0.00
214,023
SSE
1,375.00
-18.00
-1.29
1,283,467
Standard Chartered
1,446.50
-46.00
-3.08
1,535,582
Standard Life
228.30
-9.70
-4.08
1,491,635
Tate & Lyle
652.50
-11.50
-1.73
570,295
Tesco
319.15
-5.85
-1.80
9,158,238
Tullow Oil
1,370.50
0.00
0.00
1,411,156
Unilever
2,149.50
0.00
0.00
1,125,253
United Utilities Group
689.75
0.00
0.00
1,146,378
Vedanta Resources
828.50
0.00
0.00
807,821
Vodafone Group
178.80
-1.20
-0.67
30,434,185 622,007
Weir Group
1,525.00
-6.00
-0.39
Whitbread
2,023.00
-88.00
-4.17
245,460
Wolseley
2,225.00
0.00
0.00
324,290
WPP
792.00
-28.50
-3.47
1,619,834
Xstrata
812.60
-28.10
-3.34
5,644,070
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Banks must face reality if too weak FOUR banks benefiting from an up to €100 billion European bailout could face being closed. If they are too weak to survive, they should be shut, the Spanish Central Bank’s new governor Luis Maria Linde commented after breaking from the official line that all banks in Spain will be propped up and supported. The four in question are Bankia, CatalunyaCaixa, NovaGalicia and Banco de Valencia, and others could soon follow. Brought in to oversee the restructuring of Spain’s banking sector, Linde commented: “If an entity is not strong enough to ensure its future, it will have to face an orderly process of resolution or liquidation.”
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Take a tip about tipping and ask: Is my wage subsidised? EUROPE is only very slowly catching up on the whole idea of tipping compared to the USA. From restaurants to taxis it’s not unusual these days to give a tip - or be expected to leave one for a service - but because A look something is at finance becoming more for females the norm does not mean that we necessarily Jane Plunkett like it. jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. com In fact, according to a new UK survey, most Britons resent paying tips regardless of the quality of service they receive. The poll found that 62 per cent of consumers were hesitant to pay a service
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Eyes still on ‘a budget’ Madrid 2020 DESPITE huge cuts in the Spanish budget, the nation still wants to use public funds to host the 2020 Olympics in Madrid. “Our youngsters need to be involved in a big project like the games,” said Víctor Sánchez, managing director of Madrid 2020, which is proposing a budget Olympics and hopes to beat Istanbul and Tokyo in its quest to host the event.
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QUITE A LAUGH: Even Manuel in British TV comedy Fawlty Towers hoped for tips. charge, with greater pressures on disposable income believed to be the main reason. More than half those polled were unsure what the correct amount to tip was, while 62 per cent said they felt annoyed when a service charge was added to bills. Women, interestingly, were found to be more generous than men when offering a tip. In the US, the tipping culture originally at least stemmed from the fact that they supplemented the low wages of service
industry workers. But nowadays in the UK, Spain and other European countries, given the level of the minimum wage applied, does any service actually deserve an extra reward? From my experience Andalucians frequently do not tip. The idea of a ‘propina’ is not common practice and if anything a few loose coins are left in the tray. I believe the problem with many Northern Europeans is that we feel guilty about not tipping. Spanish people don’t - but for some reason the American culture of tipping has infiltrated the Northern European mindsets and despite minimum wage and supposed resentment about tipping, many still somehow feel the urge to bump up the salaries of waiters and taxi drivers. Considering the full swing of the present economic crisis, with a hefty section of the Spanish population standing in welfare queues and the recent tax rises meaning it will cost a fortune just to get our hair done, we should clearly think hard about how we spend money. If a service is fantastic, there’s no harm in tipping if you can afford it. But if not, don’t feel guilty. Remember the waiter is probably going home with the same minimum wage pack as you, and is anyone supplementing your salary?
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Take it away! Middle-classes lead a Chinese buying boom BUSINESS may not be booming for many in Spain, but a new middle-class buying sector is emerging in China. Following the boom in Chinese manufacturing and exports - creating more opportunities for companies and brands prepared to tap into the changing tastes and preferences of the ever-betteroff local workforce - the latest European research reveals booming interest in technology is set to create an online retail boom in the land of Eastern promise. With 97 per cent of Chinese middle-class consumers owning a smartphone, 96 per cent a computer, more than 50 per cent having more than one credit card - and just 5 per cent of the group not intending to purchase any luxury goods in the coming year - the ‘perfect storm’ for manufacturers is brewing. China’s emergent middle-class is gadget and technology crazy and can afford to be. Paul French, Chief China Market Strategist at Mintel, a leading global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence with offices worldwide, including in London, said: “The boom in technology is revolutionising the retail market. "The sudden growth in e-commerce is powered largely by middle-class urban
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Businessman with eye for bikinis US businessman Doug Guller has bought BankerSmith, a ghost town in Texas, and renamed it Bikinis after his Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill franchise.
Splashing out MOLECULE, a cafĂŠ that charges $2.50 (â‚Ź2.06) per a glass of New York City tap water treated with its own purifier, has been criticised for its ‘overpriced’ artisanal H2O.
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Down Under is top favourite AUSTRALASIA has the most appeal for Chinese middle-class tourists, with 40 per cent of consumers having taken a holiday in the region last year. Europe follows, with 37 per cent holidaying here last year. France tops the list, while the UK is a close second.
Heineken cheer DUTCH brewing company Heineken has offered 5.1 billion Singapore dollars (â‚Ź3.31bn) for a majority stake in Tiger beer with further plans to spend S$2.4 billion (â‚Ź1.56bn) to buy out minority shareholders APB.
Cartoon rescue SILVER coins of cartoon character Sponge Bob were among assets seized by the FBI from Chicago’s Peregrine Financial Group after its chief admitted doctoring bank statements.
Quite a step THREE employees of a Burger King in Ohio (US) were fired after a photo posted online showed one stepping on lettuce in bins, breaking foodhandling procedures.
Turtle trot A SEARCH is continuing to trace 2,200 turtles that escaped from a US farm in Northwest Georgia after vandals tore down fences allowing them to escape, rather than being sold to China!
A new Titanic PRELIMINARY designs for Titanic II have been released by Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer.
Catchy condoms CONDOM wrappers in Los Angeles are to be emblazoned with the catchphrase ‘suit up,’ from the popular TV comedy show How I Met Your Mother.
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Ex-club owner looks back on royalty...and criminals From entertaining celebrities in Sweden and the Caribbean to brushes with London’s underworld, Noel Charles now lives in Spain with his wife Cynthia, who was once married to Beatles’ legend, John Lennon. Nicole Hallett reports. How did you get involved in nightclubs? When visiting an empty club in London, I was overheard commenting the owner must be an idiot. I was consequently hired to run it, and within three months of handing out VIP membership cards to welldressed people and good dancers I met at other clubs, there were queues outside. You once crossed the Kray twins of the London underworld? They thought I owned the club and got nasty when the owners refused to pay protection money. They sent six people down, but the club owner got his wrestling friends in and there was a fight.
What famous people have you met? The Swedish Royal Family through my Alexandra club in Stockholm, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, George Harrison, David Bailey, Sidney Poitier, Jack Nicholson and Richard Pryor. Favourite celebrity you know? Sidney Poitier, a gentleman’s gentleman. Most like to meet? Nelson Mandela. Biggest achievement? In the early years, owning clubs. These days, contentment. What prompted you to write an autobiography? Wanting to tell my story, my way. ‘In My House A Memoir by Noel Charles’ – book review page 50. www.noelcharles.info
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Vital Statistics • Age: 72 • Lives: Portals Nous, Mallorca • In Spain: 10 years • Status: Married • Love (in a word): My wife • Dislike (in a word): Bulls**t • Best thing about Spain: Climate • Hobbies: Horse racing, Poker • Always in fridge: Champagne • Currently reading: Sports newspaper Racing Post
EWN COMMENT A woman’s work... THERE has been rumbling from the medical profession that too many resident doctors in Spanish hospitals are women. Frequent absences owing to pregnancy and childcare affect services, males complain, although records reveal no more absenteeism amongst
women than men. More importantly, women outstrip men in the exams for intern positions. The health service and patients deserve the best for the job. End of sob story.
A working query MP Andrea Fabra’s ¡Que se jodan! – exclaimed as Rajoy announced unemployment pay cuts last week – was directed at Socialist MPs not the unemployed, she later insisted. But while Fabra attracted all the attention there was less criticism for Rajoy’s belief that reducing benefits will encourage the unemployed to seek work. With more than 24 per cent unemployed what work does he think they can find? And where?
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IN reference to the lead letter (Issue 1410) about the town hall helping themselves to money they claimed N Pettipher owed them; France is worse. The health service there is URSSAF and they are deemed to be infallible. The local health department had me joining it 10 months earlier than I did and I refused to pay the extra charges, sending out many letters of explanation. In the end, they just had the local bailiffs take more than €400 from my bank account. The original sum was €110 and the rest was a fine. I spent the next year writing letters and proving them wrong. Typical of French businesses in the wrong, they did not reply. I visited their offices a number of times and in the end they accepted they were wrong. But I never got a single euro back from the money they had legally stolen from my bank account. Michael Hill, Nerja (Malaga)
Transport need WE live in a beautiful country with lovely people. However, I do not understand why, when nothing happens until after 9pm, public transport finishes so early. Buses in Fuengirola are all tucked up in bed by 11pm. The last train leaving Malaga is at 10.30pm, but the shows at the Cervantes Theatre do not start until 9.30pm. There are so many things I would love to go to, but without transport it is not possible. Andrew Coates, Torreblanca (Malaga)
Health worry THERE have been mutterings in the UK government recently about Britain leaving the EU with a possible referendum on the subject. I am concerned about the prospect of an exit, as this would have a direct consequence on the numerous pensioners living here in Spain. We may lose the right to free healthcare under current EU rules as Britain will no longer be obliged to make a contribution for each UK pensioner to the Spanish healthcare system. Gerry N Hill, by email
Changing law BRAVO! While it is important to hold on to the Catalan language, I think it is fantastic that the Balearic
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AFTER AND BEFORE: Javea Paseo this July. Inset: In May 2011. THE bars and restaurants along Javea Paseo used to be packed with tables and chairs for customers adjacent to the sea wall. But in May last year Javea Town Hall banned the facility and since then business has steadily declined, with the Port Paseo now a sad reflection on previous years. Javea Council has made many improvements in the locality since taking office and it is now time the mayor and his team negotiated on behalf of residents, tourists, and local restaurants for the return of tables and chairs. The ability to enjoy alfresco catering will be a big step in attracting the return of lost customers. WHEN YOU WRIT
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government has adjusted the law so that it is no longer required for government employees to speak Catalan (Mallorca, Issue 1411). Spanish, or Castellano, is spoken throughout Spain and other countries, but Catalan is only spoken in some Spanish Regions. This move facilitates communication and allows talented people who do not speak Catalan to become civil servants. After all, surely qualifications mean more than speaking Catalan? JC Jones, Mallorca
Gibberish Llanito TUCKED away in your ‘Gibraltar Special’ pages (Issue 1410) is a note headed ‘Gibberish’, which was the name given by outsiders in the 18th Century to those who could not make sense of the Gibraltarians switching between English and Spanish. These days it is
called Yanito or Llanito. I am sure many who visit The Rock are bewildered when they hear a British Bobby chattering away on his cell phone in Llanito. Llanito is a philological freak, a most ill-assorted marriage between two contrasting languages. But it is a strong ingredient which holds the heterogeneous community of Gibraltar together, a unique identity in the face of Spain’s eternal contention that they are a prefabricated society. It is a ‘secret code’ as unique as Gibraltarian identity, tricky to master if you aren’t 100 per cent Gibraltarian born and bred; instead of being a mother tongue it’s a state of mind incomprehensible to Castilian, Andaluz or English speakers. Mike Hamence, Sabinillas (Malaga)
More trains plea IT is good to know that it is now possible for high speed trains to operate between Valencia and Málaga. Unfortunately the timetable being offered by Renfe is not good enough. There is just one train from Valencia at 8.15am and one train from Málaga at 5pm and they both require a change of trains. Just two trains per day using the expensive new
26 July - 1 August 2012 Mallorca infrastructure. If passengers are to be attracted to use the service Renfe will have to do better than this, especially as low air fares are available. PJ Owen, Fuengirola (Malaga)
Robbed again LAST month I was robbed while shopping in Iceland. This month it happened again and by the same couple, a young man and woman in their 20s. I had only just started my shopping when this person passed close to me, which prompted me to check my pocket for my wallet, which was missing. As I was explaining to an employee what had happened a lady came and gave me €20. Thanks to viewing the video surveillance footage I was able to identify the couple. I would like to thank the lady who gave me the money and all the Iceland staff, who were so lovely. I hope after reading this, people will be more aware of who is around them. Hal Rockliffe, Torreblanca
Buses concern WHILE travelling on the number 10 bus from Benidorm to Altea, my partner pressed the button in good time to get off in Albir, but the driver carried on and stopped in Altea. On another occasion while at the bus stop she put her arm out for the bus but the driver just looked and carried on with a half empty bus. Has anyone else had problems? John, Albir (Alicante)
Mystery thief HAVING enjoyed a late night swim at my private pool, I left my well worn towel and sandals outside. The next morning they had vanished. I sincerely hope that the needs of the person who stole them were greater than my own. This is not the first time I have found little things missing. Last June it was an extension cable and this March the pistol grip from my hosepipe and a torch. Nothing was broken, but all the same a bit scary. Peter Purvey, Calpe (Alicante)
Poaching fear MIKE WALSH'S suggestion in Images of Spain (Issue 1409), that banks should be nationalised and their running be left to politicians sounds rather like appointing the local poacher to be gamekeeper, especially in Spain. Allen Everington, Torrevieja (Alicante)
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT FLYING The only way a strike should be called is if the majority of members vote for it. If the law stays the way it is the British people will be constantly at the mercy of the minority. Most of which would strike just to get a few days off work. Many of them don’t originate from the country and certainly hold no
THE FLAG: There is no shame in being a patriot. patriotism for it. Which brings me neatly to my second gripe of the week. The reason patriotism is all but dead in the UK is that Britons have been brainwashed into thinking it is not politically correct to talk about it. To be patriotic is to stand up and say your country is the best in the
world. To be patriotic is to inform foreigners that your laws and customs may just be better than theirs. Oops, careful, that’s where it all gets a bit sticky; you could be entering into the realms of offending someone. Well, I’m utterly sick of being told I’m offending
someone. I’ll tell you what ‘offends’ me. I get offended when someone flies a plane into building killing thousands of innocent people. I get offended when someone takes the lives of hundreds by blowing up a bus or a train. I get offended when people take over whole areas of other countries and create societies which follow their own laws including the right to kill their own daughters because they don’t approve of their boyfriends. I get offended when people get off scot-free after publicly declaring our brave troops are murderers and that all us ‘infidels’ should be beheaded! Better be off now, before I offend someone. Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
WHEN in England during the 1966 match with Germany you spoke about (Issue 1409) I was told by an elderly man who used to be friendly with me and talk to me, that I cheered at the ‘wrong time’. After I told him I was German so of course hoped our team would win, he would not speak another word to me. Jutta Wildey, by email
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NE in 10. That’s the number of union members, who, at the time of writing, voted for the strikes now threatening to sabotage the British Olympics. Ten per cent of this socalled democratic body of workers is all it took to bring the fat-cat union leaders scurrying out of their luxury boltholes, once more to preach their barely disguised hate messages to the long-suffering British public. These hypocrites, who don’t have a patriotic bone in their bodies, wouldn’t know democracy if it came up and smashed them in the mouth. Since this latest debacle, what more convincing does the government need that the law must be changed?
Getting the brush-off
AFTER reading your column saying that Germans like to think they could win the ‘Third World War’ on the economic battlefield (Issue 1409), I just want to say; the Second World War was 67 years ago. ‘The German’ does not exist. I have English friends; thank God they are not full of prejudices like you. Ulrike Mille, by email
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T’S been a very enjoyable week in the Family Matters household. La Gidg returned from her holidays (North Wales, wet, lots of indoor activities) to blazing sunshine and day long adventures in swimming pools so that was the daytime covered. In the evenings we have been watching the daily coverage of the Tour de France, one day the peloton actually went past my mum’s house in France! (we waved, of course). So the cherry on the cake has to have been enjoying SKY team’s victory last Sunday when Bradley Wiggins and his team cycled onto the Champs Elysees and into the sporting history books. It’s been wonderful to watch Team SKY operating. There’s more than one world class athlete in the team and yet they have worked together to ensure the victory of their leader and the group. World Champion Mark Cavendish has taken his turn alongside the other team members to deliver water bottles to his colleagues during the day, young rider Chris Froome who could potentially have won the race himself set aside his own ambitions to ensure the triumph. I found this inspiring and emotional, the idea of people pulling together to achieve something as a team. In my experience it’s getting rarer and rarer. And I think we should all be trying to find ways to increase that in our lives. Another thing I loved was watching Bradley himself being exactly that, himself. He’s a fan of all things Mod,
Its been a wonderful experience to watch Team SKY operating.
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Family Matters Vicki Mcleod
he’s a family man, he hates drug use in the sport of cycling (his own father was a drug smuggler, he used to put drugs in Bradley’s nappy to get them through border controls), he’s articulate, he writes his own column in the Guardian and he won’t let people manipulate him. How refreshing to watch him being eccentric, grumpy, joyful and
outspoken. As a punter I’ve loved watching and listening to him, and I can imagine that the press love, love, LOVE him as well. And the most engaging thing about him? He speaks his mind, he is authentic. When you work in P.R. (as I do in Mallorca) you can walk a dangerous line. You want people to stick to the ‘party line’ and not say things that may show the business in a negative light, but then if you prevent the individual from being able to express themselves, you run the risk of having a robot representing you. Be bold.
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ECENTLY released classified documents from the UK’s Ministry of Defence reveal how staff believed aliens could visit for ‘military reconnaissance,’ ‘scientific’ research or ‘tourism.’ Now, why would ‘aliens’ with such advanced technology that enabled travel throughout the universe at maxi-mph be interested in a week’s B&B in Skegness? Surely they’d have the technology to do their ‘reconnaissance’ from afar? And why on ‘Earth’ would anyone want to go to the UK for a holiday? Presumably they have the run of the universe, somewhere without global warming, corrupt politicians or bankers. The UK admittedly does possess some uniquely otherworldly, semi-derelict, desolate seaside resorts that might make them feel at home. Judging by some of the populations of these places, some of them might well have
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WHATEVER NEXT: The Extra-Terrestrial Olympic Games?
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stayed and set up boarding houses, one-armed bandit emporia, tattoo parlours and icecream stalls. Presumably, though, those who did make it managed to pass through Heathrow when passport control was having one of its relaxed days. The rest will just have to join the queue and wait - the Borders Agency has no ‘guidelines’ concerning those not from a ‘World’ country. In many low-budget, sciencefiction classics of the past like The Invaders, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Quatermass 2,
the alien invaders had the power to assume human form. Maybe some among the many migrants amongst us aren’t just from other lands but other planets? After all, according to the 2011 census, the UK alone has undergone its biggest population surge after a decade of mass
immigration. Some even believe many ‘alien migrants’, collectively, are known as Members of Parliament! Good grief! Next we’ll read Northern Europe’s current bad weather is the fault of aliens. Their UFOs moved the jet stream south. Anyway, let’s hope they
bring their wellies and brollies for their next visit – what, the Extra-Terrestrial Olympics? Really! Stories like these - head in bucket of sand comes to mind - do bring the crazies out. En masse. Is it the traditional summer ‘silly season’ already when such daft stories are regularly trotted out? What real news are we being distracted from? Elvis has been sighted on the moon – again? Katie Price really does write her own novels? And former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi’s planning a comeback? No, hang on, that is true! Nora Johnson’s novels, Soul Stealer & The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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IKE a schoolgirl with a bag full of candy, owning a house in Spain in the summer season begs the question - is it me or the goods? Popularity soars to dizzy heights as friends, family and acquaintances pop up with higher frequency than the most fervent Jack-in-the-box. Normally I am all for the notion the more the merrier, but while rearranging cushions to construct makeshift beds and placing guests in the damp cellar for lack of space, I have started to wonder if there should be a limit to one’s hospitality. Sure, it is wonderful to spend quality time with friends, but when most of your days are spent trawling the supermarkets or chopping onions, you might as well go the whole hog and open the hotel you are already, in effect, running. Sounds familiar? I should have known better - other expats had warned me of the impending risk of the summer
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FULL HOUSE: ‘The more the merrier’ philosophy can take its toll during the summer season. invasion: guests, they assured me, like fish, start to smell after three days. But the guest list just sort of crept up on me and it is ever so hard to say no, especially since the weather is so atrocious back in Northern Europe. More often than not, the phrase ‘do come and see us’ pops out before it can be stopped. So, how do you know when
you have demasiados invitados? A few clues spring to mind: You begin to answer requests with ‘Yes, ma’am’; you miss most of the mealtimes for the runathon between the dinner table and kitchen; the washing machine is whimpering due to overuse; you max out your credit cards at Carrefour; and picking up discarded ice cream wrappers from the garden is your main
form of exercise. Seasoned expats have perfected the art of guests, and in the spirit of ‘once bitten, twice shy,’ I am weighing up their collated advice for the summer season 2013... 1. Switch to a smaller house without guest rooms, though some people seem quite happy to camp on the sofa. 2. Rent the house out for the summer and take off for new
adventures, paying the way with your rental income. This option runs the dual risk of landing in trouble with tax authorities and/or returning home to find your abode more resembling a ruin than a residence. 3. Take a staycation, but lock the doors, close the curtains and pretend to be away; an added touch would be to leave the mail to pile up so as not to alert passers-by to the ruse. You may have to stockpile food, but just think of how much rest you will get and how your skin will thank you for the reprieve from the punishing sun. There is always the possibility of simply saying no, but then after all - it really is rather nice to see those friends again, sharing memories and creating new ones at sunset over a chilled copa de cava. Ultimately it boils down to a question of staff - if you can afford to pay people to do your cooking and cleaning, guests are most welcome in the holiday hotel. I will be working on this one for next season’s onslaught. Until then, I will probably be seeing you in the frozen food aisle at the supermarket.
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Risk of high blood pressure from Pill By Temba Mahari TEENAGE girls who use the contraceptive Pill are at of risk of having high blood pressure in later life. This is the case for those who have been taking the contraceptive for a few months. Scientists found their readings were significantly higher than those of other girls. While the Pill has been known to cause high blood pressure for a long time but this is one of the first studies to show its effect on young girls within such a short space of time. They are concerned that it may rise further when they get older, putting them at risk of heart attacks and strokes. Researchers from the University of Western Australia asked a range of 17-yearold girls’ questions on their weight, diet, alcohol intake and smoking habits. The girls were also asked if they were taking the Pill. Those who were on the Pill had blood RISKY: Taking contraceptive Pill could pressure readings 3mm Hg higher than others. cause high blood pressure in later life.
Sitting down bad for health
SMOKEY CONNUNDRUM: Ex-smokers gained on average 5kg in a year after quitting.
Ex-smokers gain weight
FORMER smokers can gain up to 5kg in weight after they kick off their habit. UK and France researchers found that those who have quit smoking gain an average of 5kg in 12 months after they quit, researchers found. Most of the extra weight is gained during the first three months. Analysing the results from 62 studies, the authors discovered that smokers gain an average of 2.8kg during these few months. However, researchers found a large variation
in weight change, with 13 per cent of people gaining more than 10kg than 16 per cent losing weight. “The relative longterm health effects of weight gain and smoking cessation also need to be considered with respect to the ultimate public health message that we should derive from this and future studies,” Esteve Fernandez, from the University of Barcelona, and Simon Chapman, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, concluded.
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NOEL CHARLES left the Caribbean in the 1950s with thousands of others, crossing the Atlantic to seek their fortunes in the ‘motherland’. In the 1970s he set up and ran Alexandra’s, two of the most successful nightclubs of the era. He spent a decade living the high life, first in Stockholm, Sweden and then in Barbados, wining and dining with the world’s greatest entertainers including the Rolling
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Arm yourself with plenty of information about what is going on in your life at the moment. Those close might expect you to lead the way on an important matter. You need to trust your instincts more and have confidence. Think in the long term. Those who are not considered important now could be so in the future. As you prefer being in charge, this should not seem unnatural to you.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Although you feel like going it alone at the moment, you would do well to involve someone close in your project or exercise. There is room for improvement in both your life and your health but it can be more enjoyable if shared. Expect surprises in your love life and you will not be surprised. .
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It could be that you are feeling a little below par at the moment. You may assume it is because of a recent emotional upset, but it is unlikely to be quite that simple. Spend a bit of time and money on yourself for a change. Develop your talents in the realms of writing, painting and music. This need not take a large amount of time. Start with one simple project.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Despite pulling out all the stops when it comes to a certain person or project,
Just joking I was at a magic show, when after one particularly amazing trick, someone screamed out: “Wow, how did you do that.” I would tell you,” answered the magician predictably. “But then I’d have to kill you.” After a moment’s pause the same voice screamed out: “Can you tell my mother-in-law?”
IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Your great energy and loyalty to a certain project serve you well. The Lion in you wants to push ahead and your confidence is inspiring. However, not until midSeptember will you feel able to ask for what you desire.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get some rest and peace because, if you let yourself get too tired, your temper could suffer. When it comes to business get it over with so that you can spend extra time on your social life. Something important is round the corner.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Sometimes you shuffle things around to survive difficult times. The energy that this uses means that realising a dream this week
Energy is low but your spirit seems to be getting power from somewhere. At times, it feels that it is almost outside of your own sphere. When tackling what is seen as a tedious task, you may not be aware that you are building something for the future, but there is much going on that will affect your future to a large extent.
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For some time, things on the romantic front have been confusing, to say the least. There are decisions that someone has to make that affect you seriously.
There is something of the rebel in you this week. Even you donʼt fully understand the changes taking place. You will resist any attempt to stop from expressing yourself freely. Although you prefer a peaceful time, it may be necessary to remind someone of your rights.
You may well feel that your business life is not going as well as you would have hoped this week. They do say that you canʼt have everything right at once. This is a good time to enjoy the company of others and make your love life buzz. .
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Have you been a bit of a couch potato recently? Spend some of this week working towards a healthy mind in a healthy body. Running yourself ragged should certainly be avoided. Seek expert advice now about a problem that just wonʼt go away. It will, but only with a lot of effort. Although you prefer to share your activities, this is one area that you need to concentrate on fully, so go for it alone to begin with.
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Across 7 Poorly mends gas monsters (6) 8 So Edna is around some Poles (6) 9 Event in Monica Selesʼs diary (4) 10 Set off in good time towards dawn (8) 11 Coach scruffy cheater (7) 13 Outing Aunt Joan initially arranged (5) 15 Bored Jackʼs dead wrong (5) 17 Plant hidden fact or yearning (7) 20 I propose a mention be made (8) 21 Implement for starting, taking off or landing (4) 22 A tonic for Prince, itʼs reported (6) 23 Reason for shaking hands? (6)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Kiss (4) 3 Houses (5) 6 Árboles (5) 8 Comidas (5) 10 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3) 11 A menudo (5) 12 Daughter-in-law (5) 13 Rojo (color) (3) 14 Roncar (cuando se duerme) (5) 15 Caracol (5) 16 Between (5) 17 Esperar (aguardar) (4)
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6 A magicianʼs bird (6) 12 Bred lice indiscriminately? Would you believe it! (8) 14 Bars servant work out (7) 16 Fuss over Northern Irelandʼs handsome youth (6) 18 Herodʼs new island (6) 19 US resort seen in stamp album (5) 21 Rotate tea boiler (4)
QUICK Across 1 Woodwind instrument (8) 5 See 3 Down 9 Guard (7) 10 Common viper (5) 11 From here (4) 12 Salt lake in the Jordan valley (4,3) 15 Verbal (6) 16 Bother (6) 19 Aromatic herb (7) 21 Worry (4) 24 Speculate (5) 25 Inspect (7) 26 Edge (4) 27 Forwards (8)
Down 1 Botones (7) 2 Maíz dulce (9) 4 Almendras (7) 5 Housewife (3,2,4) 7 To smile (7) 9 Escarlata (7)
Down 1 Fall down (8) 2 Tropical fruit (7) 3/5 Nickname of Margaret Thatcher (4,4) 4 Respect (6) 6 Confuse (5) 7 Three feet (4) 8 Relating to the heart (7) 13 Continue (7) 14 Fidgety (8) 17 Assume (7) 18 Given in (6) 20 In front (5) 22 Eras (4) 23 African country (4)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Ramparts, 5 Twit, 9 Mandela, 10 Maine, 11 Moor, 12 Revised, 15 Easter, 16 Repair, 19 Exposed, 21 Cool, 24 Liner, 25 Needing, 26 Menu, 27 Lacrosse. Down: 1 Remember, 2 Mangoes, 3 Ages, 4 Tea set, 6 Waive, 7 Tier, 8 Imbibed, 13 Detours, 14 Prologue, 17 Atomics, 18 Hernia, 20 Xenon, 22 Plum, 23 Near.
QUICK - Across: 1 Stroll, 4 Closed, 9 Aviator, 10 Claps, 11 Tense, 12 Lodging, 13 Sensational, 18 Popular, 20 Scope, 22 Giant, 23 Arrange, 24 Tender, 25 Resent. Down: 1 Scanty, 2 Reign, 3 Letters, 5 Lucid, 6 Stamina, 7 Design, 8 Proletariat, 14 Explain, 15 Observe, 16 Spigot, 17 Reject, 19 Lithe, 21 Ounce.
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Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (RUMOUR) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Ruta, 3 Peach, 6 Combs, 8 Taste, 10 Ajo, 11 Idols, 12 Rings, 13 Ten, 14 Traer, 15 Ounce, 16 Daisy, 17 Want. Down: 1 Receipt, 2 Temporada, 4 Entorno, 5 Casi nunca, 7 Sastres, 9 Easiest.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Sister, 2 Rested, 3 Tested, 4 Ranges, 5 Hasten, 6 Untied, 7 Estate, 8 Winter, 9 Barest, 10 Things, 11 Shrink, 12 Noises, 13 Whiten, 14 Stingy, 15 Lunges, 16 Dishes, 17 Nought, 18 Direst, 19 Jangle
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EWN EXECUTIVES on media mission to the Costa Blanca Including a personal interview with the ‘new face of Spain’ Javea Mayor Jose Chulvi By Benny Davis
HANDS-ON EWN owners Steven and Michel Euesden paid a flying visit to the Costa Blanca last week to conduct a mini survey on the media needs of the community. Accompanied by head of local sales Sharon Winstanley, Steven and Michel toured the Marina Alta, talking to a cross-section of the public and commercial business
sectors including shoppers, charity organisations and the leisure industry. The Malaga couple, known for their straight-talking, no-nonsense approach to business, openly encouraged direct constructive comments about all aspects of the Euro Weekly News, from editorial to advertising, and layout to distribution
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IGH on their list of ‘must dos’ was a visit to the Marina Alta town of Javea. Here, charismatic Mayor Jose Chulvi and his team have, in one year, transformed a debt-ridden Valencian family stronghold into an internationally integrated, financially stable economy. Mayor Chulvi explained how they ‘opened the doors and windows of the town hall to the public’, by involving ratepayers in the management of their own town. Volunteer groups were formed regardless of nationality, age or social background, to research the everyday needs and priorities of the community to form working briefs for the governing council. This open management policy even included a children’s council, where school representatives aired their fellow students’ views at monthly meetings in the council chambers, under the chairmanship of the mayor. “The co-operation of the English Press in achieving our aims was invaluable,” said Chulvi and added that he was “more than pleased with their share of Press releases published in the EWN and hoped that the good relationship would continue throughout his term of office.” Interesting to note that Socialist Mayor Chulvi refused to take a local salary as he is paid by the Valencian Community to serve on other committees. Also, while many boroughs in the Marina Alta area are increasing council tax (IBI) to top up their coffers, Javea will be reducing the tax by up to 50 per cent during the coming months. Later, Steven and Michel said they were overwhelmed with admiration for Mayor Chulvi and his team and that in their opinion
Sharon with an EWN reader and Michel. Sharon Winstanley, Michel Euesden, Mayor Chulvi and Steven Euesden.
Sharon with Sally and Colin Beverley of Balcon del Mar, Javea.
Sharon, Steven, Iceland manager Kevin and Michel. he represented the new face of recommend further investment in Spain and a business model for the Costa Blanca and that leading the country out of negotiations were already its present negative under way for new EWN and segmented offices. Michel added pledge attitude to survival. that the existing further They added: “The EWN staff team will investment in only way through be expanded further the Costa this crisis is to work by personnel with harder and adopt a full-time contracted Blanca no tolerance policy with positions, which given the shirkers and those without current economic climate, work ethic.” emphasises their commitment to Summing up their visit, the the Marina Alta community. “Our couple said they had learned company mission is to be an enough from the visit to essential part of ex-pat life
throughout Spain, including helping the vulnerable,” said Michel. To emphasise the point, after meeting successful business-woman and charity fundraiser Jennifer Cunningham, they purchased a bed for the Paul Cunningham charity for the terminally ill. Had Michel and Steven recorded any criticism during the visit? “None,” was their answer. “Except that age-old chestnut questioning the amount of space dedicated to advertising and the answer is always the same. “One of the biggest problems any free newspaper has is creating the right balance
between advertising and editorial content. Advertising revenue is the essential lifeblood of any free publication, without it we cease to exist. But we are also aware that it is far too easy to produce an overkill of ads, downgrading the paper from a good read to simply a vehicle for advertising. “Our aim has, and always will be, to produce a quality newspaper with good local news coverage, interesting and useful features, balanced with controlled advertising and excellent distribution. We are the biggest and best because we go that extra mile to help produce results for our clients.”
The Euro Weekly News is the most established free English-language newspaper in the whole of Europe with six different editions and a circulation of 580,000 copies every month to more than 3,000 distribution points every week. Costa del Sol: 46,000; Costa Blanca North: 25,000; Costa Blanca South: 30,000; Costa de Almeria: 13,000; Axarquia: 10,000; Mallorca: 10,000.
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T’S amazing how popular we become here on Mallorca at this time of year! Nephews, nieces, long-lost cousins, school friends, college chums, the couple you sat next to on the train to Hartlepool in 1989, all suddenly remember what an amazing person you are and how they are dying to see you again… when it is pouring down with rain in the UK and 30 degrees and sunny here. If you are new to living on the island do not be flattered by all this Penn to Paper attention, it fades after a Laura Penn few years and people stop calling. Instead they let slip laura@spectrumfm.net. that they are off to Crete Laura is the Station Manager and or Turkey this year with a Breakfast Show Presenter of Spectrum FM Mallorca 88.6FM guilty weak smile. Do not be offended because by then you will be glad that your service as unofficial Mallorca tour guide is over. In Laura with this week’s house guest: author and entrepreneur Louis O’Brien. the meantime take some advice and make sure you stick to the ‘4 Night Rule’. you pretend not to know about) and On no account be tempted to let them The first night its great to catch up, fourth is their last night so you give them stay longer. No matter how sorry you second night you get to show off your a good send off. Everyone is happy and may feel for them in freezing cold island, third you let them show off you can get back to work, friends, Colchester, stick to the ‘4 Night Rule’ and somewhere that they have found (which cleaning, remaking the beds etc. pack them off with a smile, a wave and
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www.euroweeklynews.com a box of ensaimada. Recently I have witnessed the peril of breaking the rule. One mate gave up her own bed, cooked and entertained for 10 nights solid and spent long hot days as tour guide going to places that she has been to a hundred times. Not to mention the airport runs. “It is lovely picking them up and lovely taking them back” said one wise and experienced resident to me many years ago. Now if you are visiting our beautiful island at the moment, please don’t think that we are not happy that you are here. We are! But please remember and respect that we are not on holiday and also that these things are not our fault. The taste of the tap water. Rude waiters. Bad drivers. Any kind of rain. Bread with no crusts. Now I like visitors. In fact I am looking forward to having Louis ‘The Lip’ O´Brien to stay for a week while he promotes his book ‘Hasta La Flip Flops’. As Louis moved here in 1969 there is no need for me to do the guided tour and I am hoping to hear some of the tales that never made it into the book! If you don’t like visitors, don’t have them! One mate of mine will not let anyone stay in her house and when she gets the call from that couple on the Hartlepool train (or similar) she simply says “As if!” and redirects would-be guests to the nearest reasonably-priced hotel.
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Premiere of music from rare opera MUSIC from a rare opera set on Mallorca and featuring pirates, castles and imprisoned maidens, is one of the delicacies being served up at a concert next Thursday at 9pm at Son Marroig as part of this year’s Deià International Music Festival. The vocal trio is one of the highlights of ‘Music for a Summer’s Evening’, which also includes favourite classical duets and trios
as well as some less well known delights by composers including Schumann, Mozart and Vaughan Williams. The concert is being performed by an international line up of singers, Marcela Inguanzo, Waltraud Mucher and Fiona StuartWilson, with pianist Suzanne Bradbury. Tickets for the concert at San Marroig, can be reserved on 678 989 536.
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• Thurs July 26 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracotta Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. MALLORCA ROCKS – WAR (We Are Rockstars) with Pendulum and Sub Focus. Tickets €25 to €40 or just €15 for residents. Doors open at 7pm. - CONCERT as part of the Music Festival in Deia with pianist Boris Berman from Russia at 9pm €20. - CONCERT by the Balearic Symphony Orchestra as part of the 17th Bellver Castle Music Festival. 9.30pm Tickets €10 to €30. • Fri July 27 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracotta Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - DINNER PARTY – in aid of Mediterranea organised by the Rotarac Club held at the Club de Mar in Palma. All money raised will be used to buy baby food for undernourished children in Mallorca. 10pm and there are two kinds of tickets, one includes buffet and the other includes dinner and a drink in the discotheque. Tickets can be bought in the medical practice in Portals Nous.
- FLESH ART FAIR to promote 20 independent visual artists at the Hotel Palau Sa Font in Palma until Sunday July 29. - FREE GUIDED TOUR of the Es Baluard museum of modern art in Palma starting at 10.30am. - FIESTA of La Beata in Villafranca starting at 6pm with the traditional devil parade accompanied by giant figure heads and bagpipers. At 11pm the ‘Beatisò 2012’ will parade through the village followed by a concert in the town square. - OLYMPIC TEDDY BEAR RAFFLE – Scottish Corner in Santa Ponsa €1 per ticket with all proceeds given to Support Charley! The raffle will be drawn as the Olympic Games starts on July 27! Please pop down and buy a ticket! • Sat July 28 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracotta Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - NIGHT FAIR at Ariany. The 4th annual fair held at night with arts and crafts, food and folk-dancing. - FAIR at Muro beach on Saturday and Sunday with arts and crafts, food and exhibitions.
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- FIESTA of La Beata in Villafranca starting at 7.30pm with dancing by the ‘cavallets’ and a parade to the church. 8.30pm mass in honour of Santa Catalina Thomàs followed by a concert in the town square. • Sun July 29 - FIESTA of La Beata in Villafranca starting at 5.30pm with a traditional devil parade accompanied by giant figure heads and bagpipers. There will be a water party for kids and folk-dancing at the Plaza Major followed by the NI de Foc celebrations and parades. - MALLORCA LIVE – Tinie Tempah at BCM Square in Magaluf. • Mon July 30 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracotta Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - Inca’s patron saints’ days’ feast: Sant Abdó and Sant Senén. • Tues July 31 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracotta Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - MALLORCA ROCKS with Chase & Status. Doors open
By Laura Penn 7pm. - MALLORCA LIVE – Example & DJ Wire. • Wed August 1 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracotta Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. • Thurs August 2 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracotta Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - FIESTA of the Moors & Christians in Pollensa. - MALLORCA ROCKS. WAR (We are Rockstars) with Mark Ronson & Zane Lowe. - MALLORCA LIVE – Example at BCM Square. • Fri August 3 -Sun August 5 - MUSICAL – ‘Grease’ at Palma Auditorium. • Fri August 3 - CHIC in Concert at Puente Romano Club in Marbella • Sun August 5 - MALLORCA LIVE – Labrinth at BCM Square. •Tues August 7 - MALLORCA ROCKS – Paulo Nutini.
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Likewise several readers have just written in saying that their oleander and cupressus hedges are suffering this year. If not long established they will as the water table is now well below the level of the deepest roots. The best thing is to mulch under the plants with 10 centimetres of well rotted compost, wood chippings or almond shells and water really deeply twice a week. On the other hand we have been pleased to note that since most plants now have deep roots in our plant packed garden very few types of plants show stress. Those that do are watered deeply two or three times a week.
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bigger one. At present vegetable plants need to be nurtured through the unusually hot dry summer. In this photo of an experimental six square metre veggie plot purposely repeated from last week the growing table is in the centre of 10 large size builders buckets filled with a rich compost mix. Please note that except for the four tubs of tomatoes and one of courgettes all are in the shade for 90 per cent of the day for green leaf vegetables such as parsley, cut and come again lettuce leaves, red oak leaf lettuces and basil will not survive the hot summer weather even if watered daily.
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HILE much of the Spanish property market is at best merely surviving, some identify that Murcia - with prices at their lowest for a decade, is creating increasing interest from the UK. Compared to May last year, searches for Murcia property on portal Rightmove Overseas were up 61 per cent this May, and 20.6 per cent up on April 2012. Local agents point out that with access to bank stock which includes frontline beach properties discounted by 60 per cent compared to the peak, and in some cases with 100 per cent mortgages available, buyers have rarely had a more advantageous time. Also the president of Murcia has pledged that the new Corvera International Airport will
be operational by October, adding to the region's attractiveness. Murcia made the top 25 in the World’s Best Real Estate Markets 2012 index carried out by International Living, with value for money, appreciation and income potential, costs and ease of buying all taken into account. Many in Murcia also point out that with the first stone already laid for Europe’s second largest theme park on its doorstep demand is likely to further
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Award for Volvo C30 Electric THE Volvo C30 Elecric car was awarded ‘Green Car of the Year’ at the fourth China New Energy Mobility Summit. The green award is in recognition of C30 Electric’s world-leading safety and superb performance. This represents a solid step by Volvo Car Corporation in the process of promoting new energy vehicles in China, according to Freeman Shen, Senior Vice President of Volvo Car Corporation and Chairman of China Operations. This is a result of the Volvo’s Drive-E corporate strategy which covers optimisation of traditional comb-ustion engines and development of plug-in hybrids and electric ones. "We feel honour yet responsibility to share our world-class knowhow in new energy vehicles with China, our second home market, in joint efforts from regulators, suppliers and customers,” said Shen. “We are confident to take a prominent role in China's safe and sustainable electrification development, making cars for a better life.” Meanwhile, a fleet of 15 Volvo C30 Electrics joined the Shanghai International Automotive City Group’s EV100 real road testdriving.
BMW group unveils London Olympic Pavilion B
MW Group has unveiled their Olympic Park Pavilion, which is expected to attract a lot of visitors. It was conceived by an award-winning British architecture firm Serie Architects. The Pavilion will showcase an exciting range of the company’s latest vehicles against the backdrop of the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre. It is light and open, appearing to ‘float’ on the river as water flows down the sides of the structure to create a constantly changing façade, whilst simultaneously accentuating its position on an elevated platform on the Waterworks River.
The Pavilion will be shown against the backdrop of the Olympic Stadium. The lower floor exhibition area is dedicated to the London 2012 Games. In an intimate cinema space a special film is
shown before an opportunity to view the upper floor product displays. BMW Group was chosen
by London 2012 due to its ability to meet the emission targets set by London 2012. The Group Pavilion will
be accessible throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games to all Olympic Park visitors.
New Audi Q3 model launch is version of compact SUV AUDI has launched its 250th model of its Quattro all-wheel-drive. The Q3 2.0 TDI Quattro 140PS is a new ‘entry level’ version of the Q3 compact SUV. It is available to order priced from £26,510 (€34,056) on the road. It is expected to account for up to 40 per cent of total Q3 sales. This new model channels the 140PS and 320Nm of torque delivered by its 2.0-litre direct injection diesel engine through a sixspeed manual gearbox to the rapidracting Quattro system. Optimised by engine start-stop and recuperation technology, the unit can return up to 49.6mpg according to the combined cycle test.
BMW meet emission targets.
The 250th model of the Quattro all-wheel-drive. Options include ‘steerable beam’ adaptive light technology for the xenon plus headlights to intelligently illuminate the road ahead.
As usual, SE and S line specification levels are available, with the latter at a premium of £2,750 (€3,532).
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Wiggins makes history in Tour de France By Tony Matthews
A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.
With 10 races left, the driver’s championship reads: Alonso 154 points, Mark Webber 120 and Vettel 110. Red Bull (230 pts) lead the constructor’s table.
DID YOU KNOW? Here are some interesting facts on the Olympic Games… • London is the first city to stage three summer Olympics. • Dimitrios Loundras was only 10 when he won bronze with the Greek gymnastic team in Athens in 1896. • In 1968, Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall (Sweden) became the first Olympian to be suspended for drug abuse. • The gold medal is mainly made of silver; it contains just six grammes of gold. Saturday with hundreds of competitors participating in badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, road cycling, equestrian, fencing, football again (look for Alex Morgan in the USA women’s team), artistic gymnastics,
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• FORMULA 1 – Last Sunday’s German Grand Prix was won by Spain’s Fernando Alonso, his 30th career victory. Jensen Button was second with Kimi Raikkonen third. Sebastian Vettel was shifted from second to fifth following an illegal overtake; Lewis Hamilton, driving in his 100th race, failed to finish, and Button’s McLaren team pulled off what is thought to be the quickest pit stop ever, in just 2.4 seconds.
• OLYMPIC GAMES – As every sports-minded person knows - or should know - the opening ceremony for the 2012 London Summer Olympics takes place tomorrow and I understand that the organisers have ‘put on’ a terrific show! In effect the games have already started with some early group football matches (including Team GB v Senegal) taking place yesterday and more today. Only archery will been seen on Friday before everything kicks off on
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• CYCLING – Last Sunday, Belgian-born Bradley Wiggins, brought up in Kilburn, London, deservedly became the first-ever Brit to win the Tour de France cycle race. Doing it in emphatic style by wearing the coveted yellow jersey since stage seven, he proudly pedalled down the Champs-Elysees in the peloton to the delight of literally thousands of cheering GB supporters and millions more watching on TV all over the world.
HISTORIC WIN: Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton in history to win the Tour de France.
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handball, judo, rowing, shooting, swimming (check out Stephanie Rice), table tennis, tennis (without Rafael Nadal), court volleyball (Logan Tom is a star here) and weightlifting. • CRICKET – Those interested in the little hard red ball game certainly know that England (385 and 240) got well and truly battered in the first Test by South Africa (637-2 dec) by an innings and 12 runs.Things can only get better!
The Open Championship GOLF – The Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s attracted 258,000 spectators, and those present on the final day saw South African Ernie Els, with a back nine 32 finish, claim the claret jug with a dramatic one stroke victory over the leader from the sixth on
Saturday, Adam Scott, who crumbled over the last four. Tiger Woods finished joint third, Luke Donald fifth but McIlroy, Westwood and reigning champion Darren Clarke had very poor tournaments.
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