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ISSUE NO. 1757
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EXCLUSIVE By Julie Day WHEN the residents of the Bahia Bella urbanisation purchased their properties, they all imagined their life thereon would live up to its name. Unfortunately, it does not and looks more precarious by the day. Bahia Bella is located on the southern edge of Los Alcazares, but lies within the boundary of Cartagena and therein seems to lie the problem. In Bahia Bella, the residents pay rates of up to €800 a year to Cartagena Town Hall. For this princely sum, they receive nothing in return. There is no refuse collection, no road maintenance, no street lighting, no sewage and there aren’t even any pavements. The reason for this, according to Cartagena Town Hall, is because the village lies in a flood plain and is therefore illegal. However, according to Bill Hulse, who has lived on the urbanisation for more than 13 years, it is only classified as a flood plain because for several years the council has failed to maintain the watercourse which was built to protect the village from flooding.
And Bill is not the only resident that believes the town hall’s refusal to act and therefore not have to fork out any money is due to the council’s own classification of the land the urbanisation is built on. “Our stretch of the rambla has not been properly cleaned or maintained for several years. The section from the bridge under the N332 to the Mar Menor has not been cleaned at all,” explained Bill. “Recently, there has been some cleaning, which was definitely inadequate, but there has been no maintenance whatsoever. “The stretch past Las Lomas del Rame, which belongs to Los Alcazares, is a nearperfect example of how a rambla should be kept clear, with well-maintained banks higher on the side facing housing than that overlooking fields,” explained Bill, adding: “Why can’t Cartagena do the same for us?”
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NO PROTECTION: Bill Hulse stands by the rambla at Bahia Bella, which has been left unattended for many years by Cartagena Town Hall.
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Drug bust arrests THREE separate investigations into drug trafficking has resulted in 16 arrests in Alicante Province, mainly in the Vega Baja area. A total of 1,600 marihuana plants were confiscated as well as several firearms and large amounts of money.
Long wait REGIONAL deputy of the Partido Popular in Elche, José Salas, has denounced the PSOE and Compromis government for the alarmingly long hospital waiting list at Elche’s General Hospital, which currently has 8,500 people waiting for operations.
Bets off AN investigation has revealed 15 schools in Alicante City have a betting shop located within 500 metres. This has been denounced as an ‘attack on the health and future of the younger generation.’
Ink run THE Santa Pola Fiscal and Border Department of the Guardia Civil have confiscated around 5,000 bottles of ink from numerous tattoo parlours in the province for entering the Spanish market illegally and without passing inspection.
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THE town hall of Los Alcazares has been very busy conditioning the D4 and D7 drainage canals in their area to ensure a repeat of what happened in November last year when torrential rain completely flooded the town, doesn’t happen again. And while nobody wants to see Los Alcazares under water, the work on the D4 and D7 drainage canal poses a huge and urgent problem for Bahia Bella. “The rambla which flows to the west of Los Alcazares and enters our rambla near Fuensanta has very recently been widened, deepened and strengthened to protect Los Alcazares. “However, all the extra water will flow into our rambla. If our rambla were properly maintained, it would resolve the problem completely for everybody, but until it is, all the extra water will flood into Bahia Bella,” laments Bill. The residents of Bahia Bella
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No help from council for homeowners Recently, they have received help and support by one member of the town hall, Pilar Marcos, for which they are extremely grateful, yet they urgently need the remainder of the council to recognise how simple it would be to resolve the problem and allow Bahía Bella to develop, thus attracting more residents and increasing revenue not only for the council but for the local area.
are stuck, and at a loss at what to do. Year after year, they petition to the council, only for their pleas to fall on deaf ears.
CHOKED: Water course desperately needs clearing.
Rise in Murcia pensions THE average pension amount paid out in the region of Murcia is €866.43 a month, the third lowest i n t h e c o u n t r y a n d € 11 8 . 7 3 l e s s than the national average paid out by Social Security in Spain. Nevertheless, when compared to the amount paid out in Murcia
p e n s i o n s i n F e b r u a r y l a s t y e a r, this is an increase of 5.8 per cent, a 10th more than the average increase given nationally. A total of 274,282 pensions w e r e p a i d i n F e b r u a r y, w h i c h i s an increase of 1.2 per cent from February 2018, and a 1.4 per cent
increase on the national average. In Murcia last month, 141,674 retirement pensions were paid along with 61,622 widow pensions, 31,467 permanent incapacit y p e n s i o n s , 11 , 2 8 4 p e n s i o n s t o orphans and 1,235 family pensions.
Sing along AFTER a successful first event, the Pilar Christian Community Church in Calle Canalejas will be the setting for a second informal music evening on Wednesday, from 7pm. There will be musicians and singers, who invite everyone to sing along to popular tunes. The event is free with refreshments provided. Everyone is welcome.
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Food charity needs cash
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THE Torrevieja charity Alimentos Solidarios will temporarily close from this Monday, due to not having the funds to continue pro v i d i n g t h e 2 19 d a ily meals t o t h e c i t y ’s r e s id en ts with no income. The charity’s president, Concha Sala, said it was a “difficult” and “painful” decision.
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A HUGE fire blazed on Sunday night along the N332 near Pilar de la Horadada, completely destroying the 1,000 sqm Pepeterio-General DIY Store and part of the adjacent Sal y Pimienta Restaurant. The fire started at 9.30pm and was brought under control by firefighters at around 4am.
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ORIHUELA has beaten stiff competition from cities including Zaragoza, Ourense, Madrid and Ben a l m a d e n a t o w in th e Creative City Spain Cup last week, with its Culturopolis project, wh i c h t r i e s t o co me u p with innovative and creative ideas in which to regenerate the his tori c a l q u a r t e r m ak in g it more dynamic.
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THE U3A group will be holdi n g a b u ff e t / d a n c e o n S a t u r day, March 23, with a fantastic array of food and music by the Campoverde Reef Band. Profits from this event will be donated to the Orihuela Orp h a n s ’ c h a r i t y, w h i c h i s t h e prescribed U3A charity for 2019.
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LEADING BEACH: La Concha is in San Sebastian in the Basque Country.
World beater THIS beach in northern Spain has come fourth in TripAdvisor’s ranking of the world’s best coastlines. La Concha Beach, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, beat others in Jamaica, Sicily, Hawaii and the Seychelles in the travel site’s 25 Best Beaches in the World ranking. It came behind Baia do Sancho in Brazil, Cuba’s Varadero and Eagle Beach on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Ses Illetes, on Formentera in the Balearic Islands,
came 14th in the ranking. La Concha beach is nestled in the bay of the same name to the west of the River Urumea on the coast by San Sebastian. It covers an area of around 54,000 square metres and has an average length of 1,350 metres and an average width of 40 metres. It is a sandy beach which faces outwards onto shallow waters which give way to the Atlantic. A rock formation known as Santa Clara Island sits roughly in the
middle of the bay which itself lies between the mountains of Igueldo and Urgull. The beach’s promenade is decorated with the Barandilla de la Concha, art nouveau railings built by Juan Rafael Alday in 1910 and opened by King Alfonso XIII in 1916. The bay is also home to the old Damen coastal gun battery which is now a museum and library. La Concha was named one of the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.
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Herd worry AN animal farmer, worried by the high incidence of abortions and his animals’ recent s t r a n g e b e h a v i o u r, h a s d e nounced San Fulgencio’s town hall to Seprona for fumigating near his land, which he believes has affected his herds, without any type of advance warning.
Beach walk A GUIDED Nordic walking route organised by the Orihuela Costa Town Hall will take place this Sunday at 10am departing from the Tourist Information Office in Playa Flamenca. Further information and bookings at the Tourist Info Orihuela Playa or by phone 966 760 000, ext. 32.
Centre opened MENTAL health specialists in the region of Murcia attended a total of 11,760 children under the age of 16 last year. Until last week, children suffering with severe mental health issues had to travel to Orihuela or Madrid for hospital treatment with adequately trained staff. Now, however, they can be attended at the new Children’s Psychiatric Unit of Murcia’s Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital. The unit is able to see eight patients
at a time and will be served by two psychiatrists, six specialised nurses in mental health, five auxiliary nurse technicians, a social worker, an occupational therapist and clinical psychologist. Studies have shown almost half of children with mental health problems show signs of trauma before the age of 14 and more than 70 per cent by 18. A fifth of all teenagers under the age of 18 display some form of emotional or behavioural misconduct.
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Motion slammed TO the great disappointment of those hoping to see the reform of Orihuela’s current system of government with fairer administration and finance sharing, a motion proposing radical decentralisation of the municipality was defeated in this week’s plenary council meeting by the governing coalition of the Popular Party and Ciudadanos. The Cambiemos party, with the support of other opposition parties, CLARO and neighbourhood associations in Orihuela Costa, presented a
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proposal to decentralise the overcentralised system of government of Orihuela and to recognise in a diverse and dispersed municipality like Orihuela, it was vital to bring government close to the people. At present decision-making, financial resources, local government personnel and police are concentrated in the capital city, which has produced an unfair and discriminatory system with under-spending on services and investment in Orihuela Costa.
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1756 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca Southedition, including 129 local stories.
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City life study A STUDY carried out by BBVA which investigates the effects that living in an extremely densely populated urban area has on its population in terms of economy and quality of life, revealed that Murcia is the fourth best city to live in, in Spain, in terms of health conditions, and is only beaten by Toledo, Guadalajara and Madrid. The study purely takes into account the 73 cities with a minimum population density of 1,500 inhabitants per square kilometre, or with a population over 50,000. In Murcia, there are only three: Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca. As well as analysing socioeconomic factors such as employment, wages, education and access to property, the study
TORREVIEJA’S councillor for Sport, Victor Ferrandez, has announced work on replacing the grass on the
HEALTHY CITY: Murcia is Spain’s fourth best large city to live in for good health. delves into issues such as crime levels, election participation, health conditions, life expectan-
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Gabriel Samper stadium has been completed and the stadium will be ready to use for training today or tomorrow.
enjoyed by its inhabitants, placed ninth out of the 73, beaten by cities such as Ibiza, Barcelona, San Sebastian and Palma de Mallorca. On the other hand, it is ranked in the 10 worst cities for research, development and innovation capacity, along with Benidorm and Torrevieja, which is actually the worst.
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Burning issue CAMPOAMOR’S illegal waste tip, which burned for almost 15 years threatening the health of those living nearby, was sealed in 2016 after a campaign led by CLARO political group. An action plan was subsequently imposed on the site’s owner by the Valencian authorities, which included covering the exposed waste with topsoil, planting vegetation and landscaping the entire surface. The plan was based on a report indicating that the area was of special environmental interest. After a recent visit by CLARO and representatives of nearby affected urbanisations, it was confirmed that although the burning had stopped, the regeneration plan was not being executed, with serious worry that protection was deteriorating due to erosion and lack of maintenance, and the thousands of tons of buried waste were beginning to emerge again. The health of residents in nearby areas, in particular Las Ramblas and the two golf courses, could be affected. CLARO will inform the relevant Valencian authorities of what is happening and demand adequate maintenance and resumption of the restoration action plan.
Fraud FIFTY-NINE people have been arrested by National Police in 17 different provinces including Alicante, Castellon, Almeria, Barcelona, Sevilla and Valencia in ‘Operation Galatea,’ an investigation into Social Security fraud totalling €18,705.509 of nonpaid money.
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HOLY PROCESSION: The International Cofradia during Semana Santa in Torrevieja.
The International Cofradia needs you THE processions in Torrevieja during Semana Santa (Holy Week) chronicling the Passion of Christ attract thousands of visitors. This year will be the 14th year that the Paso of Jesus in the Garden of Olives is taken through the streets of Torrevieja by the International Cofradia (brotherhood), a group made
up of European expatriates. For many years, members of the International Cofradia carried the paso (floats) on their shoulders, a task requiring around 100 people, but recent falling numbers have meant a smaller group has pushed the paso instead, which is also expected to happen this year. If you are interested in
forming part of the International Cofradia, contact David McLachan on 865 661 937 or Paul Mutter on 671 218 285 for further details. The first official meeting of the International Cofradia will be on Thursday, March 14, with subsequent meetings on March 28, April 4 and April 11.
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New Police Chief HOME AFFAIRS Minister, Fernando GrandeMarlaska, has appointed Jorge Zurita Bayona as new Chief of National Police for the Valencia region. Zurita Bayona started out in 1979 as an inspector and carried out duties of responsibility in different police areas in the Barcelona police
station as well as advisory tasks to the operational deputy general director and the general director of the police. In 2000, he rose to commissar and held different management positions in Cartagena (Murcia) police station. He was appointed Chief of Police of Castilla y León in 2017.
What could go wrong? WINNER of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong is a celebration of the best of live theatre… and the worst. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, at last, have the cash to stage a fully cast 1920’s who-dunnit in their production of The Murder at Haversham Manor. So, what could possibly go wrong? The set is falling apart! The actors can’t remember their lines! The leading lady gets knocked out and the murder
victim… Well, he can’t play dead! As the night wears on, this haphazard group of misfit actors struggle against a series of endless pitfalls to hilarious ends! Make sure you bring tissues to this performance taking place at the Benijófar Cultural Centre on March 28, 29 and 30 - you will be crying with laughter from start to finish! Telephone 699 982 726 or email tickets.acts@gmail.com for more details.
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Age Concern agenda AGE CONCERN in Costa Calida will be holding afternoon tea with delicious home-made cakes and a quiz at €2 per person at the Drop-In Centre on Wednesday, March 20 from 2pm to 4pm. On Friday, March 29, there will be a table-top sale by the Salud Bar on Camposol B from 9am to 12.45pm, so all are welcome to check out their bargains.
Experienced theatre cast IT has been a while since Javea Players produced a musical, but that is about to be remedied with their forthcoming performance of My Fair Lady at the Capitol Theatre in Rojales on April 13 at 7pm. Cherry Cabban, Director, has theatre roots as her mother acted while her father did lights. She joined The Madrid Players in 1974, was founder member of the Theatre Club in Barcelona and in Brussels ran the St John’s School drama programme, which she described as: “Exhausting, but stimulating!” Since 1996, Cheryl has directed some 20 plays for The Javea Players and always wanted to do My Fair Lady. “I have loved every moment of the challenge,” she said. John Reynolds, the set de-
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PROFESSIONALS: Cherry Cabban has always wanted to direct My Fair Lady. signer, trained and worked as an architect and has designed and built sets since he was a teenager. Tickets for the unique performance of My
Fair Lady are €12. See www.javeaplayers.com or www.TorreviejaInforma tion.com/myfairlady for further details.
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Depression causes ’47 sick days a year’ by Sally Underwood DEPRESSION in Spain costs sufferers around 47 days of complete disability each year, and 60 days of partial disability, according to figures released by the World Health Organisation. Margalida Gili, professor of Social Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands,
said: “Depression is associated with a significant level of disability, with substantial implications for the quality of life of these patients and their family, work and social environment.” The study showed disability rates from depression were higher than for other chronic illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and back pain.
LOCAL PHARMACY: A total of 4,000 signatures have been collected in hopes to reopen a business located in Villar del Río, Soria.
Sweetening the medicine CHEMISTS are being offered €10,000 a year plus a free house to reopen a pharmacy which serves 17 isolated towns and villages. The closed business has reportedly left thousands of residents without a pharmacy service for more than 10 months, with many elderly people forced to use taxis to get their medication from the nearest pharmacy, which is 45 kilometres away. However, when snow and frosts hit these isolated towns,
residents can find themselves totally cut off with no access to medication. The head of the platform pushing for the pharmacy’s reopening, Miguel Angel Lopez, stated that the Junta of Castilla y Leon and the School of Pharmacists of Soria have been ‘unable’ to resolve the situation which has left thousands of people without their fundamental healthcare rights. He continued to explain that one of the main issues
causing the closure of the business was the lack of profit gained in the ‘slower’ months of the year, but highlighting that the work during summer months could even become ‘excessive.’ The pressure group hopes to reopen the establishment by offering an estimated €10,000 through grants and public aid a year to whoever agrees to move to Villar del Rio and take over the pharmacy. They will also get a house and garage plus all profits.
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Elephant’s lonely demise A FEMALE elephant passed away at Cordoba’s zoo after suffering a serious physical deterioration over the past six months. The Cordoba Town Hall confirmed the death of the elephant, known as Flavia, after having spent 43 years
in the zoo. During a press conference, the town hall stated that Flavia’s passing came as a ‘hard hit’ to its keepers. Flavia’s physical well-being had deteriorated over the past six months and had declined even further during the two
weeks leading up to her passing. The zoo had been working in collaboration with Pacma, an animal rights party, to try and transfer Flavia to a sanctuary in order to improve her everyday well-being. However, the Pacma stated
CORDOBA ELEPHANT: Flavia spent 43 years in the zoo (file photo).
that Cordoba zoo had ‘isolated the elephant, known as the saddest elephant in the world, during 43 years of confinement.’ They also assured that they had tried, up until Flavia’s last moments, to ‘save’ her from
captivity as she had spent all of her life in a confined space without being able to interact with other elephants and without enjoying the environmental richness that these types of animals require.
Pacma stated that despite their ongoing efforts to give Flavia the ‘utmost dignified retirement’ that, in the most unexpected and sad way, she had the ‘worst ending’ she could have endured.
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BRITAIN’S ambassador to Spain and the Alicante Consul have called on the roughly 76,000 British expatriates living in the Valencia Region to get their resi-
dency ahead of Brexit after meeting Spanish officials. Simon Manley and SarahJane Morris took part in an outreach event with some 200 expatriates in Valencia.
They were joined by Juan Carlos Fulgencio Tejedor, the Spanish government delegate in the region. All three officials called on British expatriates to stay calm in the run up to Brexit on Friday March 29. Fulgencio Tejedor said the Valencia Region’s resources were being boosted to help expatriates get their residency documents on time. Expatriates should rely on official resources and not the rumour mill, the Spanish official added. Sarah-Jane Morris said it was now more important than ever that British and Spanish officials work together to ease the impact of Brexit on expatriates and local authorities. “Both I and Valencian colleagues urge all British nationals living in Valencia to ensure they are correctly registered with the authorities and making the necessary preparations for when
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Brit officials’ expat Brexit call
BREXIT CALL: Officials including Manley (left) discussed Brexit. Britain leaves the EU, so they can continue to enjoy living in this beautiful part of Spain,” Morris said. The meeting comes after
the Spanish government announced no-deal Brexit back-up measures including on residencies and healthcare on Friday.
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Rare disease drug shortage by Sally Underwood A GROUP of Spanish laboratories warned around 30 per cent of medicines approved for rare diseases by the European Medicines Agency do not make it onto the Spanish market. The collective claimed only 61 of 118 rare disease treaments available in Europe were approved in Spain. The group added: “The current average time [for approving drugs in Spain] is 19 months, well above other EU countries.” It added the time taken before a medicine goes on sale in Spain jumped from 12.4 months between 2002 and 2013, to 14 months in 2014 and 2017. The association said: “While not a significant difference, the data shows it is necessary to implement new policies to reduce inequality of access.”
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Police rescue kidnapped drug trafficker OFFICERS from the National Police working in conjunction with colleagues in France, have freed a Venezuelan drug trafficker who was kidnapped in Paris. The investigation began in
Bad luck for drivers DURING the recent campaign launched by the Director General of Traffic (DGT), 72,062 large vehicles, such as lorries and buses, were stopped by traffic patrols and 8,813 drivers reported for offences. During the week-long campaign, 118 vehicles were so bad they were immobilised at the scene, 52 of these being lorries, and the rest vans. In addition, 89 drivers tested positive for alcohol, 16 of these being lorry drivers, and 40 drivers were tested as positive for drugs, with eight driving heavy goods vehicles. There were also 126 people in lorries, 12 in buses and 517 people in vans who were reported for not using a seatbelt. There were 1,044 drivers reported for excessive speed, of which 957 were van drivers. Despite those figures, the number one reason why drivers were reported was for driving more hours than permitted, of which 1,889 complaints were recorded.
Sea project RESEAR C HE R S a t th e Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) are taking part in a E u r o p e a n - w id e project to boost the number of shark s a n d r a y s i n th e Mediterranean through IVF, after what experts said was years o f o v e r f i sh i n g a n d habitat destruction.
Spain as part of an investigation which looks into criminal groups who are dedicated to kidnapping and extortion. The investigation discovered the victim was being held in a res-
idence located in the 13th district of the French capital, and after notifying the French National Police, was released and one of his captors arrested. It was only when the victim’s
identity was fully clarified, the investigators discovered the man was wanted on an arrest warrant in Spain under suspicion of being a drug trafficker, after being arrested in 2005 in possession of
13kg of cocaine. The victim’s relief and release was subsequently short-lived, as he was then arrested in France in order to be returned to Spain to face the charges against him.
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NEWS EXTRA Helicopter capability SPAIN’S army wants to use its NH90 helicopters in overseas operations to test their capabilities after the Council of Ministers agreed to buy 23, reported Army Chief of Staff General Francisco Javier Varela.
Talent ‘map’ MADRID, Navarra, Cataluña and the Basque Country were first, second and third in their ability to create, attract and retain talent, according to the Valencian Institute of Economic Research’s (IVIE) Talent Map.
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Gibraltar tax pact By Joe Gerrard SPANISH and British officials have signed a treaty covering taxes and finances in Gibraltar, the first agreement of its kind since the one which handed the enclave to Britain. Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and Britain’s Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington signed the agreement on Monday. It covers arrangements for the British enclave after Brexit. It will stop Gibraltar undercutting Spanish tax rates and curb payment fraud if approved by Spain’s Council of Ministers and Parliament, Spanish Foreign Ministry sources said. Borrell said the agreement had involved a lot of work due to it covering sensitive issues and there being many issues at stake.
The treaty is the first to be signed between London and Madrid on Gibraltar since 1713’s Treaty of Utrecht which handed the British control of the Rock. Its signing comes as Madrid and London became involved in a separate diplomatic spat over the exclusion of Gibraltar’s airport from
no-deal Brexit contingency plans. British officials were reportedly concerned that EU documents referring to those arrangements did include references to Spain’s claim to the ‘isthmus’ on which the airport is built. The isthmus is the roughly 800-metre strip of land which connects Gibraltar with the Spanish mainland. It was not included in the Treaty of Utrecht and has been disputed ever since.
New reforms THE Spanish government has passed a raft of new reforms to make it easier for scientific institutions to hire staff and for scientists to buy equipment, as well as helping researchers return to the field after maternity and paternity leave.
ROCK DEAL: The agreement is the first of its kind since 1713.
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First for an Arab court A DUBAI appeal court recently gave a Spanish resident joint custody of his two children. In the first ever shared custody ruling in an Arab country, the court decided the children should live with their father for one week, and the following week with their mother. The children’s father, Borja Brañanova, a mining engineer from Asturias who has lived in Dubai for 15 years, considers that he has won the first round of his continuing battle with the country’s legal system. “I hope this sentence will encourage lawmakers worldwide to get up-to-date and ensure that children, and not only mine, can look forward to a better future,” he said. Brañanova married a South African woman in 2013 and had two children, Sebastian and Olalla, who were registered as Spanish citizens. The couple separated three years later and a Dubai court gave the mother sole custody, preventing the father from taking the children on holiday to Spain, but allowing them to travel to South Africa with their mother. Over the next three years Brañanova fought to reverse the custody ruling without help from the Spanish authorities who
COURT DECISION: A Spanish resident wins joint custody in an Arab country. declined to take action ‘out of respect for Dubai’s judicial independence.’ Having won the first phase of his bat-
tle, Brañaova now hopes the Dubai judges will allow the children to visit Spain with him.
Missing people A TOTAL of 12,330 people out of more than 176,000 reported missing since 2010 remain unaccounted for, about 7 per cent of the total according to a government report. The Missing Persons in Spain 2019 report showed Cataluña had the highest number of active cases of any region with 547 reports, 39 of which are classed as high-risk. Barcelona Province alone had 389, the highest of any province, followed by Madrid with 347. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced a raft of measures to curb the number of missing people cases. The ministry is also set to launch an app with the names and pictures of those who remain missing. Allowing different police forces to share and access information in a centralised database and creating provincial co-ordinators are among them.
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Suffering for art by Sally Underwood A DRUMMER at a carnival event in north west Spain was so dedicated to his art his hands began bleeding as he played. The drummer’s hands were left dripping with blood which left marks across his instrument at the entroido (carnival) festival in Viana de Bolo. The traditional drum, known as a bombo, is used to beat out a rhythm during a procession where revellers wear brightly-coloured costumes and masks. The carnival, which is the oldest in the Galician region, is believed to derive from Pagan farming rituals.
BRIGHT COLOURS: The Viana de Bolo procession features brightly-coloured costumes.
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BREXIT BRIEF
Deal efforts BRITISH efforts to secure changes to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement continued on Tuesday with further talks in Brussels. British Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and Attorney General Geoffrey Cox met with EU officials in a bid to change the proposed backstop mechanism. The backstop aims to prevent a hard border falling between Northern Ireland and the Republic if future trade talks between London and Brussels break down. It has become a sticking point in Westminster with pro-Brexit and DUP MPs, hampering Prime Minster Theresa May’s efforts to get her deal passed. It comes as May prepares to return to Parliament to put her Brexit deal to Parliament next Tuesday. If the deal fails to pass MPs will be asked whether they are willing to let Britain leave the EU without a deal. If they reject a no-deal outcome they will then be asked if the withdrawal date should be pushed back. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said his party will back a second EU referendum. The party will continue to push for other options including a snap general election, Corbyn added.
Taking measures By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S ambassador to Spain has joined an expatriate group in welcoming measures approved by Spanish Ministers covering expatriates and tourists in a no-deal Brexit if London adopts similar measures. Simon Manley said the measures, passed by Royal Decree on Saturday, offered assurances to British expatriates and holidaymakers including for healthcare and residency. “I am pleased to see the Spanish government has announced a series of detailed Brexit contingency measures, published extensive advice to business and citizens, and has guaranteed the rights of EU nationals living in Britain,” the ambassador said. Richard Hill, vice president of the Brexpats in Spain advisory group, told Euro Weekly News the announcement was good news, and added he was ‘impressed’ with Spanish planning so far. “It is good news, but it should be said that it depends on the British government reciprocating for Spanish
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BREXIT EXTRA Macron EU vote claims FRENCH president Emmanuel Macron has claimed the Brexit vote represents Britain’s retreat into nationalism fuelled by fake news and ‘anger mongers’ while calling for reforms to the EU after Britain leaves the bloc.
Town funds WELCOMED: Manley (inset) said he was pleased with Brexit plans. residents there,” Hill said. The vice president added some points including how expatriates who had not begun or were still in the process of getting their residency needed clarifying. “Regardless we are still telling people to get legally registered and Brexpats in Spain is still on hand for help and advice,” Hill added. Manley’s comments come as Spanish ministers unveiled the mea-
sures last week before approving them following Friday’s Council of Ministers cabinet meeting. The Royal Decree states British citizens with residency will have to get a Foreigner’s Identity Card (TIE) before December 31, 2020. Josep Borrell, Spain’s Foreign Minister, said the measures would cover the residency of around 300,000 British expatriates until 2020.
THE British government has pledged funds worth almost €1.9 billion to fund towns in England struggling economically after Brexit which some, including Labour, claimed was to get backing for the proposed EU Withdrawal Agreement.
No limit IRISH prime minister Leo Varadkar has said the backstop cannot have a time limit and Britain should not be able to leave unilaterally.
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THE WEEK IN By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S prime minister has signed off a decree officially setting the date for general elections on Sunday April 28, meaning the Cortes Generales is now dissolved. Pedro Sanchez signed off the royal decree which sets out the timetable for election campaigning and the date of the vote itself. The official campaign period runs from Friday April 12 to Friday April 26. Although lawmakers will now no longer meet until after the day of the vote, Sanchez’s ruling Partido Socialista (PSOE) continues to put forward proposals. There are still a handful of Council of Ministers cabinet meetings left before the election. The press conferences which typically follow them have seen rafts of proposals and measures announced. Some of them can be approved by Royal Decree. Others requiring full parliamentary approval will now be sent
Up for gr to the Permanent Deputation of Congress. The Deputation is made up of 59 lawmakers from all political parties represented in the Congress of Deputies lower house. There is an equivalent body for the Senate made up of 36 lawmakers, with both exercising the powers of either house while they are dissolved. Seats in the Cortes Generales are now being eyed up by politicians from all parties. With the general election looming, here is a summary of how the institution is voted in and what its function is in Spanish politics: A total of 350 seats are up for grabs in the lower house, while 208 out of 266 are being contested in the Senate. Whichever party or coalition controls the Cortes con-
REPRESENTATION: The Cong trols the government. The exception to this is the current PSOE government, the first to come to power with a no-confidence motion meaning no election was called rendering them governing in a minority. Spain itself is divided into 52 multi-member constituencies which fall along provincial lines. Members are elected by a party list proportional
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gress of Deputies. representation system, with seats in a constituency awarded to parties according to the proportion of the vote they receive. The Senate meanwhile sees voters choose a total of 208 members while 58 are appointed by regional authorities. The job of both houses is to scrutinise the government, hold ministers to account, represent constituents at a national level and approve legislation.
Rural pitch A FAR-RIGHT party has thrown its lot in with rural communities who demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday, telling them they will be their representatives nationally. High-ranking Vox members appeared alongside officials from the opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP), the centrist Ciudadanos, and the leftist Podemos at the Rural Alliance rally. All were attempting to pitch themselves as the champions of rural Spain. Farms, hunters and supporters of bullfighting all claimed they had been ‘abandoned’ by Madrid at the rally. They also claimed they were being harassed by environmental groups. Parties claimed they would protect traditions including bullfighting as a way to buoy rural economies. Podemos said it would champion a ‘sustainable’ rural economy. But Vox’s Javier Ortega Smith sought to align his party firmly with the protesters’ agenda. “As of April 28 you will have a parliamentary group defending you in Congress,” Vox’s Secretary General said. The rural vote is a constituency sought after by parties across the political spectrum. Rural communities have suffered from depopulation and economic decline for decades, breeding resentment against what they consider a metropolitan political class. That resentment could well bolster the fledgling far-right party. Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 26.7 per cent, 115 seats Partido Popular (PP): 20.5 per cent, 84 seats Ciudadanos: 16.2 per cent, 55 seats Vox: 12.1 per cent, 34 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.
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HEAT WAVE: Current high temperatures are expected to remain in the Costa del Sol and Mallorca.
Snow joke by Sally Underwood FOLLOWING recent unseasonably high temperatures across Spain, meteorologists are predicting ice, snow and winds to hit much of the peninsula later this week.
The recent highs of 28 degrees Celsius in Murcia, and 26 in Sevilla and Valencia are set to be replaced by winds and even orange alerts for the coasts of Galicia and the Basque Country. Areas expected to be exempt from the drop in temperature are the Costa del Sol and Mallorca.
OAP hammer killer AN old age pensioner has handed himself in to police on Spain’s Costa del Sol and confessed to the murder of his roommate in a hammer attack. The 70-year-old man presented himself to National Police in Torremolinos where he claimed to have beaten a 77-year-old to death with a hammer. Police have remanded the OAP in custody while they investigate his claim that is alleged to have happened at an apartment block in the Plaza Rio Aguasvivas area of the town.
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SPAIN and Morocco are investigating ways of repatria ting the una c c ompa nie d minors (MENA) who arrive in Spain. Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, revealed the joint plans on an official visit to Melilla. He acknowledged that the autonomous city was worried by the MENA issue but said he was not in favour of modifying the Children’s Protection law to deal with it. Grande-Marlaski emphasised that Spain and Morocco were working on a formula involving all Spanish ins titutions w hic h w ould have the child’s interests at heart. This c oordina tion be -
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wer e t he f i r st t o be concer ned about t he m i nor s, Grande-Marlaska said. “They want the children back in their own country and t o pr ovi de t hem wi t h pr ot ect i on, ei t her wi t hi n their families or in the care of the state. Morocco does not want them uprooted,” he explained. He did not like the term MENA, Grande-Marlaska said, which turned the children into objects. Neither did he like describing the issue as a problem but preferred to regard it as a challenge, he added. The minister also stressed that this was not a situation going back eight months ‘or the day before yesterday’ but one that he first became aware of three or four years ago when visiting Melilla.
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PAY INEQUALITY: A new law will crack down on gender discrimination in the workplace.
Workplace discrimination By Sally Underwood SPAIN’S cabinet has announced it will crack down on gender discrimination in the workplace. New legislation, approved by the PSOE party, will see new fathers granted up to 16 weeks of paternity leave by 2021, while businesses will also be made to complete
equal pay audits. Politicians claimed women’s hourly earnings are 12.7 per cent lower than men’s in Spain and announced businesses will be forced to compile figures on average salary values, bonuses, and nonwage benefits by gender. The law, which currently only applies to companies with more than 250 employ-
ees, will be adopted by those with more than 150 employees in the legislation’s first year, those with more than 100 employees in its second year, and 50 or more in the third year. The new rules will also address issues including selection and hiring processes, as well as work conditions and sexual harassment.
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BANK FRAUD: Nuisance calls can include serious scams.
Spain suffers most spam calls By Sally Underwood SPAIN is the country which receives the most spam calls per month, according to new figures. A new study by caller identity company Hiya, showed Spanish phone users receive an average of around nine spam calls per month; a rate of 24 per cent. Globally, more than 85,000 million spam
calls were received in 2018, a 325 per cent increase on the year before. Spain received the highest percentage, followed by the United Kingdom at seven calls a month and 22 per cent, and Italy at six calls and 21 per cent. Many calls were automated by telecommunications companies, however some were more serious, involving banking scams, false kidnappings, or special rates number scams.
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Stone Age man’s best friend ANCIENT humans living in Spain lived in close contact with each other, worked together a n d sh a r e d a co mmon d i e t , n e w e v i d e n ce from sites in Cataluña suggests. Archaeologists working at four sites near Barcelona have claimed dogs were fully integrated into Neolithic communities around 6,000 years ago. The remains of the dogs were found in burial plo t s n e x t t o t h o s e o f people, with evidence suggesting they were sacrificed when their owners died. S ilvia Al b i z u r i , o f th e University of Barcelona and lead au t h o r o f t h e stu d y published in the Journal of Archae o l o g i c a l Sc i e n ce , said dogs played an important r o l e i n Ne o l ith ic economies and societies. “The y r e se m b l e d th e shepherd dogs of the current
COMPANIONS: Findings show Neolithic people and dogs shared close bonds. Pyrenees and helped with taking care of herds and settlements,” Albizuri said. Findings from the sites showed puppies and oney e a r-o ld an imals b u ri e d next to their owners, meaning they were likely killed rather than dying naturally. T h ere w a s n o e v id e nc e
from their bones that their bodies had been stripped of meat to eat before their burial, Albizuri said. The Neolithic era refers to the period when humans began gathering in permanent settlements, farming and raising livestock before recorded history began.
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Fine for anti-feminist bus A BUS banner redefining Gender Violence as Domestic Violence was fined by Barcelona’s Guardia Urban for infringing advertising laws. The banner along one side of the vehicle was accompanied by Hitler’s face, while the other side was emblazoned with the claim, ‘Gender laws discriminate against men.’ Although the ultra-conservative, ultraCatholic Hazte Oir association behind the antifeminist message was fined, the Barcelona police did not prevent the bus from continuing its drive through the city. Members of the Arran anti-capìtalist group who threw paint at the banner, scraped away
part of its decals and tried to halt the bus complained that the police moved them on and threatened to arrest them. The same day, Barcelona’s Public Prosecution department denounced Hazte Oir for hate crime and campaigning against Spain’s Equality laws and in particular those protecting women. “Like it or not, here we are,” responded Hazte Oir spokeswoman Teresa Garcia who claimed that the association’s petition asking the Partido Popular, Ciudadanos and Vox to repeal the Gender Violence laws has already collected 20,000 signatures.
‘Rural Spain’ protest THOUSANDS of protesters gathered in Madrid on Sunday to rally in defence of rural Spain and its traditions including hunting. National Police estimated around 6,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the Spanish capital. They were joined by members of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), the leftist Podemos, the centrist Ciudadanos and the far-right Vox including
PP leader Pablo Casado. Protesters marched with banners featuring slogans including: ‘Long live the hunt’ and ‘Farmer, protector of the environment.’ Carlos Bueno, one of the demonstration’s organisers, said rural Spain was becoming empty. “The towns are abandoned and in the meantime urban society has not realised the gravity of this human, territorial,
ecological and strategic drama that affects us all,” Bueno said. Protesters also demonstrated against a suspension of hunting in Castilla y Leon following a ruling from the region’s High Court. The protest comes after Spain’s Territories Minister Meritxell Batet previously said depopulation was the ‘biggest challenge’ facing the country.
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Blaze deaths TWO people have died after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Barcelona. A t 7 . 3 0 o n Su n d a y morning a group of firefighters were called to the scene after receiving multip l e a l e r t s f r o m neighbours of the complex. The blaze broke out on the fourth floor of an 11storey apartment building with residents of the 44 apartments evacuated. The f i r e wa s e x t i n guished around half an hour after the incident occurred. According to Spanish press, the victims were between 60 and 70 years of age. Rep o r t s a l so c o n firmed that several witnesses stated that they had heard an explosion appar e n t l y f r o m t h e apartment.
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Catalan trial Rajoy testifies at Madrid hearings By Joe Gerrard S PA I N ’ S f o r m e r P r i m e Minister has said ex-Catalan Generalitat officials on trial over the 2017 independence referendum and declaration knew he would not allow a vote to ‘liquidate’ Spain. Mariano Rajoy, who was in office when the referendum was held in October 2017, said he was obliged to defend Spanish unity under the country’s Constitution. He was speaking as a witness in the ongoing trial of 12 defendants at the Supreme Court. Rajoy, who activated Article 155 after the Catalan Generalitat declared independence following the 2017 vote, said he and other officials had acted with
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TESTIMONIES: Rajoy (inset) and other officials appeared at the Supreme Court this week. prudence and caution. Article 155 was the constitutional mechanism used to suspend Cataluña’s regional authority and impose direct rule from Madrid after the independence declaration. “We made efforts to get support from everyone. It
is the Spanish who should decide what Spain is,” Rajoy told the court. Rajoy said he did not recall any violence and added he did not have any data to hand on the issue. “I never made decisions about police operations, those were taken by offi-
c e r s i n c h a rg e o f t h e m , ” Rajoy said. Several of those on trial have been charged with rebellion. Prosecutors will have to prove those defendants used violence to gain independence while defence lawyers claim it was Madrid and Spanish police forces that used force on protesters and voters. Former Secretary of State for Security Jose Antonio Nieto told prosecutors he believed activists with the Committee for the Defence of the Republic (CDR) encouraged violence. Nieto, who testified on Monday, also claimed the Catalan Generalitat had encouraged it. The trial continues.
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Marbella shooting AN investigation has been activated by the National Police after a man was injured during a shooting last Friday evening in Marbella. According to inform a t i o n p ro v i d e d b y the police to the local Spanish press, a man was transferred to the Marbella Costa del Sol hospital with multiple injuries after g u n s h o t s w e re re p o r t e d a t a ro u n d 9.00pm. The incident occ u r re d i n t h e L a Dama de la Noche urbanisation, located in the Nueva Andalucia area. Reports indicate that the authorities are searching for two men believed to have been involved in the incident.
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USEFUL LINKS THE United Kingdom will leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, resulting in a number of significant changes which will affect individuals and businesses. To stay abreast of the Brexit progress and its implications, there are a number of websites, recommended or written by the British government, which are updated as new information becomes available.
*Official information for British people moving to and living in Spain, including Brexit guidance, residency, healthcare and driving, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain The site contains current, official information, and was last updated on January 29. *Information about EU exit, including the article 50 process, negotiations and announcements about policy changes as a result of Brexit is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/brexit Topics covered range from preparing your business for when the UK leaves the EU to living in Europe after Brexit. *Another useful government led site is ‘Prepare for EU Exit’ which contains information about how to prepare and the steps that may need to be taken by individuals and businesses. This includes everything from passports, driving licences and flying within the EU to banking and selling online. To see more, visit: https://euexit.campaign.gov.uk/ *The implications of a ‘no deal’ scenario are outlined at the dedicated government website: https://www.gov.uk/search?q=no+deal+scenario While leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority, it must plan for every eventuality, including a ‘no deal.’ As such the guidance explains the rights of UK nationals in the EU to benefits and pensions, advice for pet travel, the impact on the regulation of medicines and medical devices, amongst other issues. *The Spanish government has launched a dedicated ‘Prepared for Brexit’ website which provides information for residents and businesses alike, not only about the implications but also contingency measures that are being adopted at both national and international levels. The site is in English. http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/brexit/Paginas/index.aspx?fbclid=I wAR3X5YV5IjNeP5MqUy4cxSiD4POiAfXT6o4QD1z96s0sfcLMHEoSY KVFsdM *For those covered under the Spanish social security system, there is advice on requesting or renewing a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) on the official home page: https://sede.seg-social.gob.es (The Spanish government’s dedicated social security website in English).
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COCAINE SHIPMENT: Policia Nacional intercepted the drugs at a warehouse in Madrid
Cocaine shipment intercepted POLICE aborted an operation that was planning to send 400 kilos of cocaine for distribution in the UK. Although the cocaine was brought by boat to Galicia, the National Police later intercepted the drugs at a warehouse on the Corredor del Henares industrial estate in National Police, their investigations confirmed information that a joint Spanish-British organisation had smuggled an ‘important amount’ of cocaine into the country via Galicia. It was taken by road to Madrid where it was kept in the warehouse while the group
waited for the right time to move it, police sources said. On inspecting the packages of cocaine, police were surprised to find that some were stamped with the letter ‘M’ while on others the logo was handwritten. “Possibly these were changed by the organisation itself,” the same police sources commented. “But it is most unusual to find a logo that is drawn and not stamped in relief.” The investigation remains open, as no arrests have yet been made and police are tracking down the members of the group.
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BEST BOOKS: The University of Cordoba’s library is among the best in Spain.
Best Spanish libraries By Sally Underwood A STUDY by the University of Granada has revealed the library at the University of Cordoba is among the best in Spain. The institution is the third best in Andalucia, behind the library at the University of Pablo de Olavide which comes in first, and the University of Sevilla is second. The ranking is based on an efficiency calculator comparing each library’s budget with the number of book
loans and computer downloads made. The results also
factor in the number of people in the surrounding area.
Youth unemployment falls A TOTAL of 32.6 per cent of Spanish workers aged under 25 were unemployed at the end of January this year, down from 36.1 per cent the previous year. The fall comes as the equivalent figure for Italy rose from 32.6 per cent in January 2018 to 33 per cent this year. In October 2013, during the Eurozone debt crisis, the same statistics for both countries were 56 per cent for Spain and 40 per cent for Italy.
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RECORD RESULT: January saw 4.2 million tourists come to Spain.
Record-breaking tourism ALMOST 4.2 million holidaymakers visited Spain in January this year, the highest amount recorded for that month and 2.2 per cent more than in 2018. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed the 4,196,939 tourists who came to Spain in January spent around €4.7 billion, 3.6 per cent higher than in 2018. The figures follow another record-breaking year for Spanish tourism in 2018. Forecasts from Spain’s Tourism Board over growth slowing or numbers falling due to a slowdown in holidaymakers from Britain, France and Spain failed to stop January breaking records.
A rise in the number of tourists coming from Italy, the Netherlands and the US has helped to offset that decline in recent months. Holidaymakers from the US numbered 149,000, up 25.5 per cent from January 2018 while the number of French visitors fell by 8.7 per cent to 446,307. The number of British tourists coming to Spain in January was 807,347, 1 per cent more than in January 2018. The Canary Islands was the favourite destination for tourists. Around 1.2 million, 27.6 per cent of the total in Spain, travelled to the islands. The figure was 2.1 per cent less than that of January 2018.
Dead fox shock ANOT HE R d i st r e ss in g image h a s r o c k e d th e Internet in Spain this week after a fox was found dead and tied up to a post in Asturias. The fox was discovered in a protected area known as the Natural Park of Las Ubiñas-La Mesa, in Santa Maria. A n in d i v i d u a l r e p o rted the incident along with an image on February 28 via a Twi tter accoun t k n o wn as @lasendadloso. The a c c o u n t st a te d that the d i sc o v e ry was ‘Simply, not normal … And we are in a protected Natura l Pa r k a r e a , as well as a B i o sp h e r e Re serve.’ The case has since spread across t h e I n t e r n e t w ith an in c r e a si n g n u mb er of comm e n t s r e g a r d in g
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LOW ALTITUDE: San Sebastian’s mayor has expressed ‘concern’ over the incident at La Concha (pictured).
Plane startles bathers by Sally Underwood A PLANE collecting sea water to extinguish a ne a rby fire s ta rtle d beachgoer s as i t passed low overhead in San Sebastian. The aircraft was videoed swooping low over the sand on La Concha beach before settling on the water near a small boat and a kayak. The pilot of the Canadair hydroplane,
which was helping to battle a forest fire, has since been criticised by Twitter users, with some labelling their actions, ‘risky.’ San Sebastian’s mayor, Eneko Goia, also tweeted: “Always ready to help in emergencies, but we are going to express our surprise and concern to the aviation authority over the risky manoeuvre of the hydroplane at La Concha, which flew at low altitude over the city centre and landed in the bay.”
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ALLOWED: Vox’s Ortega Smith (inset) is set to appear in Brussels.
EU allows far-right event THE European Parliament hosted an event organised by a Spanish far-right party weeks after rejecting two others over security and reputational concerns. The parliament’s General Security Directorate said Vox’s event on Cataluña complied with the institution’s rules and that an application to hold it was made in good time and form. Kosma Zlotowski, a Polish MEP from the country’s
far-right Law and Justice Party, invited Vox to stage the event. He said the two shared values on returning to a Christian Europe and preventing the EU from ‘federalising.’ The Vox event took place yesterday (Wednesday) at the EU parliament building in Brussels. It featured party General Secretary Javier Ortega Smith. Cataluña, a Spanish region discussed claims that
the Catalan Generalitat has pushed false ideas about the region’s history onto schoolchildren. Antonio Tajani, president of the parliament, recently pulled one event set to feature former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and another from Spanish farright and neo-fascist groups. The first was pulled due to security concerns and the second to defend the institutional reputation of the parliament.
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TWO artists haves put their statue of Spain’s King Felipe up for sale with one condition, the new owner has to burn it and record the fire on film. The four-metre-tall statue, created by Santiago Sierra and Eugenio Merino, is priced at €200,000 and is currently on display at the ARCO art fair in Madrid. It has been dubbed Ninot after the name given to figurines burnt in Valencia festivals. Luis Navarro, an assistant to the artists, said the artists had set out to create something that had to be destroyed. “We are looking for a type of collector who is not obsessed with the idea of possession or accumulation of objects but actually takes pleasure in destroying the piece of art they’ve just
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ROYAL SUBJECT: The king and queen visited the fair.
purchased,” Navarro said. “The destruction of the piece will be documented and what remains will be a historical document of its time,” he added. The artists’ work comes after Sierra displayed photographs of jailed Catalan politicians at ARCO last year. King Felipe and Queen Letizia opened ARCO this year but did not view the statue, a fair spokesperson said. The Political Prisoners in Contemporary Spain exhibit was later pulled and sparked a debate about censorship at the fair. The statue also follows a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling last year which found Spain had violated two activists’ human rights for burning pictures of royals in 2007.
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A GROUP of people have been affected by salmonella poisoning after eating traditional Spanish tortilla (omelette) at a bar in northern Spain. According to the Delegation of the Junta of Palencia, the number of individuals with symptoms of the infection has risen to 23. Four of the victims are still hospitalised but are showing good progress. An inspection of the establishment is being carried out and food samples have been collected.
Child survives fall A BOY of five has survived a fall from a third-floor apartment in Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real). According to National Police sources, an investigation is already underway although initial findings point to a fortuitous accident.
The boy was first admitted to hospital in Ciudad Real and from there was taken by helicopter to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Virgen de la Salud hospital in Toleda. Hi s condi t i on was st abl e, hospi t al sources announced.
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Obituary: Goodbye Susan AS many will already know, news of the recent and unexpected passing of Susan Reader was received sadly by hundreds of residents on the Costa Blanca. Some knew her well, others not as much, but all were very conscious of her huge efforts and achievements when it came to the charity work she carried out. Probably most aware of Susan’s input is Jennifer Cunningham, who has known Susan for around 20 years. “Without Susan, our charity Paul Cunningham Nurses would not be as successful as it is today,” Jennifer told EWN. When Jennifer set up the charity all those years ago, Susan came along shortly after and it was thanks to Susan that the charity put on countless delightful events, such as their legendary afternoon tea dances, in order to raise money to provide hospice care for the terminally ill completely free of charge. “Susan was fantastic,” recalls Jennifer, “and her events created a great deal of enjoyment for hundreds of people. “However, aside from generating a lot of money
SUSAN READER: Is sadly missed. for the charity, what was even more important was the incredible amount of awareness she created about the charity and its work.” Susan was retired and lived on her own after her husband unfortunately passed away and most of her time was ploughed into charity work, with Paul Cunningham Nurses and later on she got involved with many others in the local area. While she is saddened by the loss of a work colleague and dear friend, Jennifer will always be comforted by the memories and laughter they shared. “At one event,” reminisces Jennifer, “we were at this hotel and Susan was wearing a beautiful fur coat. This magician guy was showing us his tricks, waving playing cards and candles all over the place. Suddenly, we smelt something burning and looked down to see a huge, black circle on the back of Susan’s coat! My, did we laugh and laugh. We really laughed a lot.”
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Girl racer arrested AN underage girl was arrested for driving at more than 220 kilometres per hour while her companion videoed her. She was detained after the video, which was uploaded onto social media, and forwarded to the redesabiertas@policia.es email address. She was driving on the A-5 motorway in the direction of Badajoz, accompanied by the 27-year-old man who had hired the car and
was videoing the girl as she drove at 220 kilometres an hour, ignoring the 120-speed limit. Both were identified from the video and summonsed to report to the police, but although the man responded, the girl did not. She was later arrested and has been charged with breaking the speed limit and driving without a licence.
Respecting the law SPAIN has ranked 21st in a new table which measured 126 countries worldwide on their respect for the rule of law. Spain scored 0.71 out of one on the World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2019. It scored 0.7 last year and came 23rd. Spain came behind Germany, Britain, France and one place behind the US in the ranking while coming ahead of Portugal, Italy
and Greece. Denmark, Norway and Finland came first, second and third respectively. Elizabeth Anderson, executive director of the WJP, said a global slide in checks on government power was “deeply concerning.� The WJP said in a statement the slide suggested authoritarianism was on the rise. The WJP surveyed some 3,800 experts and 120,000 households across the 126
countries to gather their data. It ranked countries based on their limits to government power, the absence of corruption, open government, respect for rights, order and security, compliance with regulations and civil and criminal justice. Spain scored highest on privacy, the lawful transition of power, the absence of corruption in the military, police and courts and the absence of crime.
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Brit navy ships may be built in Spain CONTRACTS worth almost €1.2 billion to build three British naval supply ships could be awarded to Spanish shipbuilders, a councillor in Britain has said. Portsmouth City Council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson said concerns over the choice of firm to build the vessels had been voiced at meetings between the government and the defence industry. The decision not to guarantee that the ships would be built in Britain was a ‘significant problem,’ Vernon-Jackson added in comments made to British media. “These are highly complex ships carrying quantities of munitions so they have to be very powerfully built, and be able to be in a war zone and yet the government are choosing to probably allow them to be built in Spain,” the council leader said. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson
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CONTRACT CONCERNS: The ships are set to supply the HMS Queen Elizbeth aircraft carrier. said officials were legally required to tender the contracts internationally. The ships, which would be used to supply Britain’s new HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carriers, are set to sail with the Royal
Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). A final decision on the contracts is set to be reached in 2020. Concern over the contract comes as the Appledore shipyard in Devon prepares to close this month after 164 years.
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four burglaries in homes. Police seized cash, tools, jewellery, electronics and other items they claimed were stolen from the homes. Houses and flats where residents had gone out and left their doors on the latch were targeted, officers added.
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GALES complicated the work of firefighters battling to control more than 100 fires in the north of Spain. Seventy-seven of the fires were located in Asturias where gusts reached 100 kilometres per hour while in Cantabria the regional government activated its Forest Firefighting Plan ow-
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Heavy winds fan flames ing to warnings of high wind. Residents in Muskiz (Vizcaya) had to leave their homes as a forest fire approached and were temporarily housed at the municipal sports centre. This blaze was the most serious of the forest fires affecting Vizcaya where, as in Asturias and Cantabria, high winds were causing difficulties.
ESPIONAGE: Spies probably responsible for embassy assault.
Spy assault on embassy AN assault on the North Korean embassy, originally dismissed as a hysterical woman’s overreaction, was probably espionage. The ambassador Kim Hyok Chol was expelled by Spain following North Korea’s nuclear tests in September 2017. Only one diplomat, staff and their families now live at the embassy in the exclusive Aravaca area outside Madrid. Late last month 10 men stormed the house, hooding its occupants whom they tied up, struck and interrogated. “They carried replica weapons and held the Kore-
ans for two hours,” sources close to the case revealed. A woman who managed to escape through a window was spotted minutes later by a National Police patrol car. She had a head wound and after using a mobile app to communicate with her, they understood that she and the others at the embassy were violently attacked by other Koreans. The police rang at the outer gates which were opened by a man ‘of oriental appearance’ who said that everything was in order. Despite initially believing him and assuming that the woman was unbalanced, the
patrol car remained nearby and shortly afterwards police saw two cars with diplomatic plates leave the house. Once inside they found the embassy official and the others who were bruised and shaken. The attackers took mobiles, laptops and documentation with them before fleeing in the stolen embassy cars which were abandoned and located hours later. The investigation is being conducted with maximum discretion owing to the ‘delicacy’ of the incident, but everything points to espionage, the same sources said.
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FOSSIL FIND: The leptocleidus was a small type of plesiosaur. RESEARCHERS have found the remains of a sea creature in a Valencia region quarry which prove it lived in Spain at the same time as the dinosaurs. Palaeontologists from Madrid’s National Distance Education University (UNED) said in a new study that the fossilised remains of a leptocleidus were found near Morella in Castellon Province.
The species is a type of plesiosaur thought to have lived in a delta that existed there at the time, the researchers said in the Cretaceous Research journal. Adan Perez-Garcia, a coauthor of the study, said the find was “exceptional.” “It is the first reference of these animals in the Iberian Peninsula,” Perez-Garcia said. The creature was not a di-
nosaur but co-existed with them around 125 million years ago during the Lower Cretaceous period. It was previously thought to have only lived in what is now Britain, Australia and South Africa. Fossils indicate the leptocleidus was no more than three metres long, with a short neck and a triangular head. They lived in shallow waters such as the mouths of large rivers near the coast.
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DENMARK DENMARK’S government is reportedly mulling plans to let shops and petrol stations refuse physical cash in a bid to crack down on crime while supermarkets, pharmacists and other businesses performing ‘central societal functions’ would still have to accept it.
Cash plan
Food labels LABELS designed to help shoppers cut down on food waste by swapping the phrase ‘best before’ with ‘often good after’ could appear on products including milk, beer and chocolate in supermarkets across Denmark after several companies agreed to trial it.
PLAN: Some stores may stop taking cash.
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Officers with Sweden’s Sapo security services have arrested a suspect in a Stockholm restaurant in connection with alleged espionage activities conducted by a Russian intelligence officer who police claimed worked under diplomatic cover.
THE Swedish Economic Crime Authority has launched a probe following claims made by a media investigation that around €3.8 billion was laundered with Swedbank and that company information was improperly released.
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PROTESTORS demonstrating for action to tackle climate change in Antwerp were joined by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunbery on Thursday, with the school pupil’s school strikes against pollution having inspired similar movements across the world.
OPPOSITION lawmaker Omid Nouripour called for military ties with Saudi Arabia to be severed following claims German-made weapons were used in the Yemen Civil War, breaking export licence rules, with the government claiming there is no evidence to support the allegations.
Faith call
Man sought
THE head of the new Islamic Cultural Centre of Belgium Brahim Laytouss has called for an end to the ‘politicisation’ of his faith and added Muslims wanted to be pluralistic and neutral after cutting ties with Saudi Arabian funders.
GERMAN Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has said he does not know the whereabouts of Bilel Ben Ammar, a Tunisian sought for questioning in connection with the 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack who was deported from Germany shortly after it took place.
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TEMPERATURES in the Limburg village of Arcen reached 20.5 degrees last week, the highest ever recorded across the Netherlands for that time in February amidst unseasonably warm weather across much of Europe.
A COURT in Belgium has jailed a Dutch woman, 40, from Dongen, for one and a half years after finding her guilty of stealing copper drain pipes from 18 churches, with the defendant also ordered to pay €16,000 in compensation.
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POLICE in Alta have arrested a suspect in connection with an alleged bomb threat made to the crew of a plane waiting to take off from the city’s airport which resulted in passengers being evacuated.
THE Council of Europe’s Human Rights commissioner has called on France to stop using rubber bullets against protesters after ‘gilet jauntes’ (yellow vest) demonstrators were left with injuries including broken jaws after recent rallies.
Boat search
Tax backing
A WOODEN boat reported missing with one person on board was found moored on Asmaloy Island last week after it disappeared between Fredrikstad and Notterroy, sparking search and rescue efforts from Norwegian and Swedish coast guards.
A FRENCH push for a minimum level of corporate taxation during its upcoming G7 presidency have received the backing of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who said Washington would ‘absolutely support’ it after a Paris meeting with counterpart Bruno Le Maire.
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Video stars FRIGILIANA, the Axarquia town once named one of the most beautiful in Spain, has been chosen to shoot Coca Cola’s newest television advert. The mountain town now appears in a one-minute campaign broadcast across all national television networks and online. The advert, designed by Argentine company McCann Market, was filmed at the beginning of February on Frigiliana’s Calle Santo Cristo, and shows diners enjoying the brand’s drinks overlooking the town’s views. Frigiliana was previously chosen by confectionary company Ferrero Rocher for filming an advert in 2015. The town’s mayor, Alejandro Herrero said he was pleased with the latest piece of publicity for the area. He explained: “As soon as they arrived to ask for permission to shoot, we gave the crew all possible help and even provided them with the details of some residents who worked with horses to haul the material to the terrace where they staged a restaurant.”
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Into the light GLOBAL campaign Darkness into Light has joined forces with local charity Afesol Salud Mental to raise awareness of suicide and self harm prevention. Afesol looks after all aspects
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Let Fallas begin! THE official programme for this year s biggest fiesta in Valencia, Fallas 2019, has been released, with the party taking place right through to March 19. You can catch something happening every day in the city, such as the rather noisy but traditional mascletàs - fire crackers - in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. This weekend we see events such as the arrival of the Moors and Christians, a night show and huge fireworks display on Saturday, and on Sunday a fantastic heritage parade through the streets, and the inauguration of the street markets on Tuesday. BURNING UP: Giant figures are set on fire. On Saturday, March 16, there of the biggest and brightest parades through the are parades and prize-giving celebrations, as city streets, culminating with fireworks on the well as fireworks at night, and on Sunday, March Paseo de la Alameda at 1am. The biggest parade 17, which is the first official day of the celebrais on the final night - March 19. tions of the Fallas, there is a huge party and one
of mental health and is committed to promoting the cause of Darkness into Light on the Costa del Sol. They are now taking registrations for their fourth annual walk on the Costa del Sol, which aims to raise thousands of euros to be spent on mental health issues. The walk will be held on the Paseo Maritimo seafront promenade in Estepona on May 11. The five-kilometre walk is restricted to 500 participants, so
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Feminist strikes THE Feminist Movement of Mallorca held a rally in front of the courts of Via Alemania in Palma on Tuesday to protest against what it terms patriarchal justice. The group argues that the judicial system holds women responsible for aggressions and violations against them, and is calling on sup-
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Pig sick… AN Albox couple are furious about plans to reopen a pig farm near their home. Paul Griffin and Luisa Fernandez claim the associated smell, noise and flies will be a stress-inducing nuisance and will devalue their property, which has been in Luisa’s family for five generations. The couple acknowledge the property was a piggery from the 1980’s up to some six years ago, but told the Euro Weekly News it looks likely to be significantly bigger this time and will be an intensive breeding operation. Other local residents also oppose the project, Paul and Luisa say 350 people have signed their petition to stop it opening. Jenny Spear is one of the couple’s neighbours. Initially assuming it would be a ‘nice little pig farm’ as before, alarm bells went off when she realised it was being enlarged.
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port for national feminist strikes planned for tomorrow (Friday), International Women’s Day. In addition, the movement wants to see more gender training for members of the judicial system and a review of the law on gender violence. Spokesperson Anna Lopez said: “There is a brutal lack of protection of women. The current law needs to be applied effectively, the definition of sexist violence must be expanded and the necessary resources for the protection of females have to be put in place.” Lopez also highlighted the need to protect transsexual people, who she said are not covered by any specific law.
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Bankruptcies up by a fifth A TOTAL of 9,115 people and companies filed bankruptcy proceedings with Spanish courts in 2018, an increase of 20 per cent on the previous year according to official figures. Data from the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) showed 5,842 of the cases came from companies and were filed in Commercial Courts. The number of business-related insolvencies rose by 9.1 per cent last year compared to 2017. A total of 3,273 of the cases were filed by individuals with no connection to business.
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the total gross operating profits made by the companies in the IBEX 35 stock index in 2018, up 9 per cent on the previous year and driven partly by a 4.1 per cent revenue rise.
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Profits and losses SPANISH companies listed on the Madrid stock exchange have posted their results for last year, with those on the IBEX 35 index netting a combined total of almost €43 billion. The combined total for net profits was 0.1 per cent less than 2017 levels, pulled down by losses of more than €2.8 billion for the Naturgy energy company. The combined total for companies increased by 10.8 per cent from 2017 to 2018 without the Naturgy losses. International expansion, cost cutting and a combined increase in revenue of 4.1 per cent contributed to strong levels
By Joe Gerrard of growth among some publicly-listed companies. Exchange rate changes between the euro and Latin American currencies hit the sales and profits of others, including telecommunications firm Telefonica and the Mapfre insurance company. The Santander bank made more than €7.8 billion in net profits, the largest amount netted by any company in the index. Oil company Repsol saw its net profits rise to more than €2.3 billion, an increase of 10.4 per cent compared to
2017 and the highest result for eight years. The increase was driven in part by rising crude oil prices. Energy firm Iberdrola made more than €3 billion in net profit in 2018, breaking all previous records. Fast food chain Telepizza posted €10.4 million in net losses, compared to a net profit of €31.8 million in 2017. The losses came as the firm increased sales by 14.5 per cent last year. Industrial chemical company SNIACE, which is not in the IBEX index but is on the stock market, posted losses of almost €5 million, 32 per cent more than 2017.
THE winner of the Sunday April 28 snap general election will have to find €16 billion to cover the deficit due to government budget plans being rejected. Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero said the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) budget’s failure to pass the Cortes would create a deficit of 2.4 per cent of economic output (GDP). The government was aiming to cut the deficit to 1.1 per cent of GDP but gaps in finances have risen because some spending measures have already passed, Montero added.
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Subsidiary sell off MERCADONA President Juan Roig’s Angels investment company has announced plans to sell the Valencian Foot Institute sports injury specialist to medical firm Podoactiva which serves around 350,000 patients each year.
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GROWTH: Deutsche Bank wants more customers. DEUTSCHE BANK said it is committed to increasing the number of its Spanish customers by 40 per cent to 900,000 by 2023. The German bank’s pledge comes after customer numbers grew in Spain between 2014 and 2018. Deutsche Bank reportedly considered pulling out of Spain during that time. Fernando Sousa, Deutsche Bank Spain’s general director,
said its company lending arm was likely to come up against ‘aggressive competition’ from rival banks. “We are seeking profitability rather than a bigger market share,” Sousa said. The general director for Spain added competition meant Deutsche Bank was seeking to differentiate itself to Spanish clients by offering specialised services to individuals and companies.
PUBLIC sector workers in Spain are set to see their salaries rise to €1,071.40 a month later this year, with government officials having approved the increase on Monday and the increase due to apply to roughly 40,000 staff members.
Data claim TELEFONICA President Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete predicted users of electronic devices may eventually demand payment from companies to hand over personal data and added firms would have to continue self-regulating customer information use until the state regulates it.
Losses of €291 million SPANISH olive oil maker Deoleo has posted losses of €291 million and a fall in the value of assets of €200 million in 2018. The company reported a fall in sales of around 12.5 per cent to €605.5 million last year to Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMW) regulator. Company share prices fell by 9.9 per cent to 7.5 cents after the news.
Deoleo said in a report on the results that it would maintain its commitment to producing quality goods. “The olive oil business is strongly shaped by a product offer in which the only incentive for purchases is low prices,” the company said. It comes as Deoleo replaced CEO Pierluigi Tosato with Miguel Iberrola Lopez. Tosato is set to stay on as a director.
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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 2,004.25 -1.75 Associated British Foods 2,261.00 2.00 Admiral Group 2,192.50 -0.50 Ashtead Group 2,015.50 -50.50 Antofagasta 945.00 3.40 Auto Trader Group 475.30 -1.70 Aviva 435.60 1.10 AstraZeneca 6,218.00 6.00 BAE Systems 473.55 -2.05 Barclays 164.58 0.84 British American Tobacco 2,868.75 -2.75 Barratt Developments 604.10 -1.30 BHP GROUP PLC ORD $0.50 1,750.80 6.20 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,939.00 -9.00 British Land Co 603.90 2.90 Bunzl 2,415.00 -1.00 BP 536.65 0.55 Burberry Group 1,936.75 -16.25 BT Group 215.10 1.15 Coca-Cola HBC 2,586.50 -2.50 Carnival 4,170.50 -39.50 Centrica 122.90 -0.60 Compass Group 1,681.00 -1.50 Croda International 4,876.50 -8.50 CRH 2,416.50 -2.50 DCC 6,565.00 -30.00 Diageo 2,970.00 7.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 357.60 1.40 Evraz 585.30 3.50 Experian 1,986.25 -12.75 easyJet 1,233.25 -1.25 Ferguson 5,306.50 -9.50 Fresnillo 796.00 -3.00 Glencore 305.33 0.13 GlaxoSmithKline 1,509.70 1.30 GVC Holdings 661.00 10.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1,708.25 4.75 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,803.75 -12.25 Halma 1,577.00 -8.00 HSBC Holdings 621.00 3.00 Hiscox 1,628.00 -6.00 International Conslidtd Airs Grp 574.00 -0.35 InterContinental Hotels Grp 4,554.25 -11.75 3i Group 956.50 1.10 Imperial Brands 2,580.50 20.50 Informa 713.70 -0.70 Intertek Group 5,010.00 -178.00 ITV 136.73 -0.77 Johnson Matthey 3,165.00 -19.00 Kingfisher 248.10 -0.40
% CHG. NET VOL -0.09 28,098.49 0.09 17,796.84 -0.02 6,396.87 -2.44 9,678.84 0.36 9,298.60 -0.36 4,452.43 0.25 16,862.40 0.10 78,394.42 -0.43 15,030.39 0.51 27,846.08 -0.10 65,670.66 -0.21 6,089.66 0.36 36,769.88 -0.23 5,074.17 0.48 5,735.17 -0.04 8,054.83 0.10 108,010.08 -0.83 8,012.77 0.54 21,279.47 -0.10 9,398.28 -0.94 8,116.88 -0.49 7,032.97 -0.09 26,765.90 -0.17 6,434.71 -0.10 19,747.85 -0.45 6,386.78 0.25 71,039.41 0.39 4,930.75 0.60 8,225.71 -0.64 17,933.10 -0.10 4,988.93 -0.18 12,254.94 -0.38 6,072.00 0.04 42,335.12 0.09 75,012.33 1.54 3,875.26 0.28 4,072.20 -0.67 8,492.68 -0.50 5,979.41 0.49 123,134.81 -0.37 4,682.19 -0.06 11,959.36 -0.26 8,367.16 0.12 9,307.67 0.80 24,215.01 -0.10 8,787.63 -3.43 8,263.33 -0.56 5,480.60 -0.60 6,094.37 -0.16 5,180.33
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Land Securities Group 905.10 Legal & General Group 285.90 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 63.12 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,740.00 Micro Focus International 1,833.75 Marks & Spencer Group 280.65 Mondi 1,803.25 Melrose 179.80 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 230.20 National Grid 849.15 NMC Health 2,848.00 Next 5,172.00 Ocado Group 1,040.75 Paddy Power Betfair 6,135.00 Prudential 1,621.00 Persimmon 2,453.50 Pearson 836.20 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,911.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 266.80 Royal Dutch Shell 2,359.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,372.00 RELX 1,637.75 Rio Tinto 4,402.50 Rightmove 498.63 Rolls-Royce Group 899.70 RSA Insurance Group 519.00 Rentokil Initial 356.05 Sainsbury (J) 231.85 Schroders 2,803.50 Sage Group (The) 663.30 Segro 657.40 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,230.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 251.48 Smith (DS) 343.20 Smiths Group 1,458.50 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 494.60 Smith & Nephew 1,442.75 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 6,762.50 SSE 1,203.75 Standard Chartered 629.75 St James's Place 1,005.25 Severn Trent 2,027.00 Tesco 229.60 TUI AG 798.80 Taylor Wimpey 181.10 Unilever 4,014.75 United Utilities Group 840.20 Vodafone Group 133.29 John Wood Group 547.40 WPP Group 874.50 Whitbread 4,858.00
CHANGE(P) 2.10 0.10 0.05 23.00 -10.75 -2.45 -9.25 -1.05 0.65 0.55 -8.00 -10.00 -5.75 20.00 1.50 -6.50 -6.60 12.00 0.50 7.50 5.50 -9.25 7.00 2.43 4.50 -0.40 -0.65 -1.85 19.50 -2.50 3.60 -2.00 2.23 -3.40 -4.50 -0.16 -5.75 -62.50 1.75 5.65 0.25 -2.00 0.40 -0.20 -0.25 15.25 -4.80 1.93 3.20 1.10 6.00
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6,707.26 16,940.64 44,843.44 16,346.55 7,704.19 4,533.73 6,525.87 8,650.12 5,478.98 28,962.03 5,734.12 7,113.01 7,297.83 4,781.74 41,646.41 7,726.74 6,574.81 41,489.08 31,724.21 104,023.29 88,562.03 31,609.32 55,172.21 4,211.97 17,157.04 5,368.90 6,407.43 5,106.10 6,292.46 7,224.49 7,103.49 5,186.72 6,192.18 4,615.15 5,719.42 7,241.55 12,590.07 4,976.18 12,359.52 20,230.02 5,273.50 4,812.10 22,456.49 4,769.06 5,895.49 46,542.58 5,751.05 36,924.47 3,646.24 10,929.92 8,752.28
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VOLUME(M) 850.434 6.556.747 1.011.330 916.612 2.125.629 6.384.954 3.528.363 5.762.140 676.481 1.284.312 1.098.478 8.118.600 2.122.004 3.768.624 917.891 2.833.051 8.820.327 1.438.419 6.032.830 2.572.491 238.259 970.214 2.009.197 4.148.111 1.992.104 3.932.957 1.971.957 1.326.461 641.416
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Most Advanced JMU Limited $ 2.60 Ascendis Pharma A/S $ 120.60 China Finance Online Co. Limited $ 2.23 Nightstar Therapeutics plc $ 25.18 China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.$ 4.96 Alphatec Holdings, Inc. $ 2.02 Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. $ 2.87 Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. $ 4.92 NuCana plc $ 12.90 AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. $ 4.96 Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. $ 39.90
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Most Declined Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. Intrexon Corporation Endo International plc Healthcare Services Group, Inc. Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. Children's Place, Inc. (The) Translate Bio, Inc. AVROBIO, Inc. American Outdoor Brands Corporation Opera Limited Enstar Group Limited
$ 6.80 $ 4.14 $ 9.33 $ 32.78 $ 26.38 $ 84.82 $ 9.22 $ 15.97 $ 11.74 $ 7.985 $ 166.45
2.21 ▼ 24.53% 0.92 ▼ 18.18% 1.91 ▼ 16.99% 4.96 ▼ 13.14% 3.24 ▼ 10.94% 9.78 ▼ 10.34% 1.01 ▼ 9.87% 1.66 ▼ 9.42% 1.22 ▼ 9.41% 0.795 ▼ 9.05% 15.87 ▼ 8.70%
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Eurozone outlook leaves euro limp and pound strong Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com
ONCE again, Brexit rumours and developments have left the pound one of the market’s biggest movers, with the euro and US dollar steadier amid slowing economic outlooks. Euro EUR/GBP: Down from £0.87 to £0.85 EUR/USD: Down from $1.14 to $1.13 With Eurozone political jitters and uncertainties taking a backseat for the time being, the biggest news for euro investors over the past month has been uncertainty about the Eurozone’s economic outlook. Demand for the euro has been limp for most of the past month as concerns worsened that slowing global growth is having a worse impact on the Eurozone than previously expected.
MOVEMENT: Brexit rumours have meant mixed movement of currencies. German data has continued to print well below expectations. While the nation was able to avoid a recession in Q4 2018, data has been pointing towards a longer than expected economic slowdown for the Eurozone as a whole. So far, Eurozone data has not seen a notable uptick of any kind, keeping investors doubtful that the European Central Bank (ECB) will tighten Eurozone monetary policy any time soon. As the euro is still limp, investors are waiting for more optimistic Eurozone data before returning to the shared currency. German data will be particularly influential, and Friday’s German retail sales
data, unemployment stats and Markit manufacturing PMIs could offer the euro some support if they impress investors. Next week’s Eurozone growth estimates for Q4 and ECB press conference could influence the euro outlook if they surprise investors, and looking even further ahead, German factory data will continue to play an influential role in euro movement in the coming month. Pound GBP/EUR: Up from €1.14 to €1.16 GBP/USD: Up from $1.31 to $1.32 The past month has been a rollercoaster ride for the pound and UK markets in general. While at the start of the month
investors were lamenting a lack of progress in Brexit and fears the process was heading to an end without any firm outcome, market sentiment on Brexit has quickly turned around over the past couple of weeks. Despite a lack of fresh Brexit developments mid-February, speculation began to flare up that the UK government was leaning towards delaying the Brexit date past its current date of March 29. As bets of a delay rose, no-deal Brexit fears lightened and the pound strengthened. This week, sterling surged further as the UK government finally confirmed there could be a vote for an option of ex-
tending the process, if parliament continues to vote against its Brexit plan. Markets are anxious a no-deal Brexit remains on the table and this could lead to a sterling plunge if uncertainty persists throughout March. However, if UK parliament votes in favour of the government’s plan or in favour of a delay, the pound could sturdy as no-deal fears would lighten. US Dollar USD/GBP: Down from £0.76 to £0.75 USD/EUR: Remained at €0.87 Unsurprising US data, a more cautious Federal Reserve and developments in US-China trade developments have made investors hesitant to keep buying safe haven currencies like the US dollar. As a result, the dollar’s movement over the past month has been mixed. The Federal Reserve has indicated it expects the US economy to be impacted by the global economic slowdown. As a result, if US data falls short of expectations over the coming month, the dollar could be in for losses versus its rivals. The most influential data will be factory and growth stats.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT ‘POLITICIANS come and go, but governments go on forever.’ Didn’t this recent quote hit the nail squarely on the appendage? As I have observed in this blurb on a number of occasions, the whole political masquerade is merely an illusion. Because we freely elect our politicians, we are under the almost laughable impression that we also in some way control our own future. Ha! Pure naïve bunkum. We are all players in a subversive system implemented by the shadowy billionaires who are our true masters. A preconceived plan to keep us all happy and firmly convinced that our democracy and ‘freedom’ are so important to us they are ultimately worth dying for. The truth is, the more chaotic and precarious our societies become, the more the money manipulators like it. Keeps us all nicely occupied ya see. I was recently speaking to a member of the Home Office and asked him if a newly-elected government made any difference to the workings of his department. With a barely detectable smirk he told me that, apart from a few small ‘irritations’ at the outset, nothing changes at all, the department simply carries on just as before. In fact, he went on to say that many new
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PUPPET MASTERS: Who is really pulling the strings? politicians are so inexperienced, they actually ask the department to advise them on what procedures they should follow. This is precisely what happens with the world’s faceless financiers; they simply carry on business as usual, irrespective of governments or politicians. And they all cover each other’s backs. Remember the Jamal Khashoggi, embassy mur-
der affair (which has gone mysteriously very quiet)? Did you honestly think the King of Saudi Arabia, (family worth an estimated 1.4 trillion dollars!) would have his position threatened in any way by the actions of these assassins; even though, in my opinion, he almost certainly instigated the whole unsavoury affair himself?
Why not? Because he’s in league with the true rulers of the planet, as any leader of that oilsoaked country of corruption will always be. Murder means nothing to them. These people are a law unto themselves, an elite ‘club’ of secrecy and subterfuge who don’t care what government or dictator happens to be in power, just as long as they don’t threaten their own exalted positions. Among the many disruptions to society these faceless few revel in war, it’s a wonderful source of income and keeps the participants thoroughly occupied and out of their hair. They are no doubt also revelling in all the Brexit Bull, which is also keeping enormous numbers of the peasants extremely busy. It’s all a charade and they are the all-powerful puppet masters. Their aim is to make us fear life itself. They want us to hate ‘the other.’ They love confusion. They want us to practise aggression. They seek to divide us all. With division comes chaos and chaos is their greatest ally. And there aint a durn thing either you or I can do about it. On a lighter note ta rah! I see the pests of summer are already arriving. Flies, mosquitos, ticks, cyclists, etc! Keep the faith, Love, Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com.
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Barry Duke THE number of people using social media runs into the billions, with information now being shared faster and more widely than anyone could possibly have imagined a few years ago. This means people with intolerant views who set out to make life a misery for those they disapprove of, can instantly be identified and publicly shamed. And rightly so, as was the case recently of a woman who runs a t a x c o n s u l t a n c y o ff i c e i n R u s sianville, Indiana. Nancy Fivecoate, of Carter Tax Service, told a recently-married lesbian couple to sling their hook when they asked her to prepare a joint tax return. Her reason for turning Bailey and Samantha Brazzel away, was that same-sex marriage ran contrary to her religious beliefs. Normally a case like this would wind up in court, but in this part of the world there are no legal protections for gay people, t h a n k s t o t h e s t a t e ’s R e l i g i o u s Freedom Restoration Act which
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SLING YOUR HOOK: Couple were refused a joint tax return. allows business owners to cite their faith as a reason to discriminate against LGBT people. Because they had no legal redress, the couple used Facebook to expose Fivecoate, and were promptly inundated with offers
from consultants offering to do their tax return free of charge. Steve Sanders, an associate professor of law at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, applauded the couple’s action, saying “The only recourse is
good old-fashioned shaming; going on Facebook and telling their friends this is a discriminatory business which people might want to think twice about visiting.” Ms Fivecoate is now claiming t h a t s h e ’s t h e v i c t i m , a n d i n a statement asked: ‘Why are they trying to destroy my business? I have made no comment on social media. Where is their respect for me and my beliefs?’ That’s the way it always plays out when bigots attract unwanted attention. They automatically shriek ‘persecution!’ In 2015, Jonathan Brennan suffered similar bigotry when a print shop in Drogheda, Ireland - Beulah Print and Design - refused to print invitations for his upcoming same-sex union with his partner John Kierans, because it too disapproved of gay marriage. I t ’s n o s u r p r i s e t h a t i n t h i s case, the store owners argued that they were being persecuted for their religious beliefs. Fortunately, Ireland does not allow discrimination of this sort, and the owners of business were ordered this month to pay Bren-
nan damages of €2,500 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). I’m delighted that in addition to the fine, Beulah Print and Design were exposed to criticism on social media. On its Facebook page, which attracted many angry comments, the outfit had the temerity to say: ‘ We a r e a b s o l u t e l y c l e a r, a n d have maintained from the outset, that we did not discriminate against our customer in turning down the designing and printing of a same-sex wedding invitation. Therefore, we reject the findings of the WRC...’ Feel free to disagree with me, but I firmly believe that if people set out to make a living by prov i d i n g a p u b l i c s e r v i c e , t h a t ’s precisely what they should do. And if they feel that some of their customers are unworthy of receiving equal treatment, perhaps they should find alternative vocations which don’t bring them into contact with the general public. Becoming nomadic goatherders in a remote region of Namibia may suit them better.
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CONSULAR MATTERS THE Danish handball team have previously been the best in Europe on two occasions, and won gold as Olympic champions in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games, but they have never won a Handball World Cup before. However, a few weeks ago, Denmark proved that their team is a steamroller by crushing Norway and winning the 2019 Handball World Championship for the first time in their history. Denmark played at home and their team members entered the field convinced this was their day. The team not only had a whole sports pavilion with bleachers crowded with fans willing to support them until they were exhausted, but also with the whole country behind them. A totally dedicated country which began celebrating their anticipated victory from the second half, standing in the Herning pavilion and at home, watching the game on TV. On February 4, Alberto Camas, president of the City of Malaga Handball Club, with whom I have a
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The Danish steamroller the participation of this sport among the Danish young people living on the coast. The agreement will allow young people to approach the handball team in Malaga, and to become members of the club as well as the creation of an association of young fans linked to the team. This is a clear example in which sport and diplomacy can and should be of service to society. Society becomes more and more competitive each day, but we must base the education of its young people on effort and honesty and ultimately try to be the best version of ourselves that we can. Congratulations to Denmark on your victory, champions of the world 2019!
PROMOTING HANDBALL: Marisa with Alberto Camas. long-standing friendship, visited me at our headquarters in the Consulate of Denmark in Malaga, and during our meeting we reached an agreement to promote the sport amongst
the Danes in school here in the province of Malaga. One of the functions of the Danish Consulate is the promotion and encouragement of cultural relations be-
tween the country which I am proud to represent and Spain, so when Denmark won the 2019 World Handball Cup this was the perfect opportunity for me to help encourage
Marisa Moreno Castillo Consul of Denmark Delegate of the Hispanic Danish Chamber of Commerce Founder of www.justlaw.es info@justlaw.es Tel. 952 666 045
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LAST weekend an email popped into my website inbox from someone called ‘Shirley.’ Nothing strange in that; I frequently get terrific comments (very flattering, many thanks!) from readers of my novels as well as of this column. But this email was a bit different. It was accompanied by a photo of an extremely pretty, smiling teenager with the message that she hoped she could become my ‘girlfriend.’ I know I appear in trousers in the photos on my website but do I really look, umm, male? (Check this out for yourself; the website’s listed below!). And, in any case, would I honestly be interested in befriending someone a fraction of my age over the internet? The sad truth is that many have been duped into sending money to internet conmen posing as would-be girlfriends/ boyfriends. (Last year, UK victims of romance scams - the majority of whom are women - lost £50m, an average of £11,145 each, according to data from police reporting centre Action Fraud). All part and parcel of what’s usually known as ‘Nigerian scam,’ because Nigeria is where it usually originates. And it works. One Nigerian conman received a 12-year jail sentence after scamming
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CONMEN TRAP: Beware of the internet romance scam. $1.3 million from victims. Nigerian scam has many variations, but its dating or romance scam, in addition to requesting money for college fees, sick relations etc, is a bit different; the fraudsters upload fake glamorous photos, mostly of white people claiming to be foreign specialists working in Nigeria or Ghana. After they initiate some correspondence and perhaps even send some cheap gifts, they’ll inevitably be almost on their way to meet you, but something will happen to them. They’ll get robbed, roughed up (you get the picture) and naturally, you’ll be their only contact to beg for financial help. Scams so obvious they could have been
made up by members of the present government; themselves world leaders in rewriting the textbook on incompetence. Oh, and if ‘Shirley’ happens to be reading this and wants some ‘additional feedback,’ here’s two additional words mate, and one of them is ‘off.’ Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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Who owns my terrace? I refer to David Searl’s article in January. I agree with the roof of a building being a ‘communal element,’ but I can’t understand why ‘no unit actually owns its terrace.’ The title deeds to my apartment state the area of my terrace is included in the total area of the property. I pay community fees at a lower rate than my neighbour who has exactly the same sized apartment, but with a bigger terrace. I have David Searl’s book but I cannot see where in the LHP it says everything outside of the apartment wall is communal. D.H. (by e-mail)
Well observed. And it is indeed David Searl confusing. Article 396 of You and the Law in Spain the Spanish Civil Code establishes the Law of Horizontal Property, and it also establishes that communal property includes the ‘Building façade, with the exterior fittings of terraces, balconies and windows…’ Your property title separates the terrace from the enclosed area, but does not state specifically that you have ‘exclusive use’ and not full title as a private element. This does not appear in the LHP. Your neighbour’s larger terrace can affect the amount of his fees.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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IN the interests of balanced journalism may I point out an error of exaggeration in the report by Joe Gerrard on Migrant arrivals in issue 1753? On page nine he reports: ‘This January’s figure is almost three times higher than that of the same time last year.’ Using the two figures of 4,104 and 1,396 here’s the error. Divide the second into the first and you get 2.94; almost three I agree. But it means the latest figure is not three times more but three times AS MUCH. His statement is an exaggeration. To explain further, 4,104 is 2,708 more than 1,396 and that is nearly double the first figure. So he can truthfully say EITHER: January’s figure is almost three times as much as last year’s OR: January’s figure is almost two times more than last year’s The corruption of the two is an exaggeration that if true at three times more would mean the latest figure would be about 1,396 + 3x1,396 = 5,584. That is the clear exaggeration in his writings. This mistake is sadly very common with journalists which undermines their credibility if they can’t report correctly proportional increases in numbers. Dr Tony Lewis Editor’s note: With thanks to Dr Lewis for pointing out the error. Sometimes mistakes slip through, but we know we can rely on our readers to keep us honest!
Recipe sought BIT of a long shot, but I have lost my recipe for making marmalade which I took out of your paper years ago circa 2003 to 2010, this recipe is the greatest I have ever had. I think you had a columnist that did a foody section. If you can find it, reprint it as I have a tree full of bitter oranges. Many thanks. Steve Wise Editor’s note: With apologies to Steve, but an exhaustive search has failed to turn up the recipe. Maybe one of our readers has kept it?
No frills PLEASE note, Ryanair is NOT ‘lowcost,’ but it IS a ‘no-frills’ airline. There’s a huge difference! Geoff
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Cruel Mijas I HAVE just visited Mijas. It’s a beautiful place, but was appalled at the donkeys tied up. They could hardly move their heads. They had no water and they were standing in the same place for hours. Utter disgrace. Total animal cruelty. Lesley Armatage
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SPAIN’S announcement on guaranteeing the status of legally registered British expatriates in a no-deal Brexit is welcome, but now is not the time to stop preparing. Madrid said the some 300,000 legally registered expatriates will continue to enjoy the same rights they have now, including on healthcare. British officials including Ambassador Simon Manley have welcomed the move. So have expatriate groups and no doubt many expatriates themselves were also encouraged. But speaking to one senior member of Brexpats in Spain, we were told that concern remains over those expatriates who have are not registered. Brexpats in Spain Vice President Richard Hill told Euro Weekly News that regardless of whether Britain leaves with or without a deal on Friday March 29, getting registered was essential. If Britain leaves with a deal the new measures will no longer be needed as they are already covered by the Withdrawal Agreement itself. If a no-deal Brexit comes to pass then, providing Britain makes similar guarantees to Spanish citizens there, legally registered expatriates will be protected. But being legally registered is the catch. Spanish authorities have worked tirelessly to accommodate those expatriates getting their residency ahead of Brexit day, including fast-tracking applications and making more resources available to cope with the mounting backlog. If you have not begun the residency process then we advise that you do not gamble on them being as accommodating after Brexit. A little hassle now could save you a lot more later.
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Spain asks for help as olive industry suffers The EU is the protectionist market, hence the rise in US tariffs. The good years are over for the EU protection racket, taxes will have to go up again. Jeff
Best and worst Spanish supermarkets Supersol.
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Drunk dad jailed for ‘worst case of disorder ever seen’ on flight from Spain to UK Finally an appropriate punishment. Too often these idiots just get a slap on the wrist and threats of being banned from that airline which I doubt are enforced. I wonder if this will act as a deterrent factor or whether these numpties who kick off on a plane are too stupid to think straight once they have downed a few beers and will carry on ruining flights for everyone. Angus
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WARNING!: Deadly caterpillars spotted on the Costa del Sol
WHY am I one of the very few people who tries ever so hard to stick to the speed limit of 50 on the cv905 (Torrevieja)? Have they got the new road signs at the incorrect speed? Muriel
I noticed the pine trees are full of these things and yet it’s only February. They are within the grounds and along the roadside surrounding Baviera Golf, Caleta de Velez. The trees are infested with nests. These places are much frequented by people and animals. This year the deadly creatures have mul-
COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE tiplied in numbers. I hope the council or the owners of the property where these things are nesting are going to take action before they start leaving the nest, some of the nests are the biggest I have seen. My mother-in-law was taken to hospital a couple of years ago after touching infected leaves from a pine tree she was pruning in her garden. Alan They are not just on the CDS, they are everywhere one finds pine trees. We have them in Jaén Province. Alan
Dead body found on Andalucian beach in south of Spain I fear there will be many more, until governments stamp on illegal migration and people trafficking. PM
DISTRESSING CONTENT: Police officer receives backlash for shooting dog in Spain Let’s find that officer’s name and shame him. What’s that officer’s name???? ANYONE? Demon
Police arrest gang suspected of €50 million Spanish Bitcoin scam During my early days of binary option I fell into a lot of online scams, trying to trade bitcoin and invest in binary options, which nearly wrecked me out, making me lose up to 259k, very confused on what to do until my boss introduced me to an online recovery agent. He helped me recover all my money back from those scammers. Cris
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez unveils measures to protect citizens rights in event of ‘disorderly’ Brexit I am 19, went to school in Spain, have been trying to get residency since leaving and a job. I have had job offers being bilingual, the problem is I need residency or 5,000 in the bank. Do you know any 19-yr-old with that amount and no job? I am just getting nowhere. Please can someone help? Shaun
RYANAIR: Budget airline expects growth to slow in Spain this year Yet more pre-emptive bullying by the Irish company. Spain is a solid market. The flight staff are treated abysmally, and should try to strike again, will be told their bases are closing owing to ‘commercial reasons.’ It’s about time the crass management of Ryanair were hoist by their own petards. Geoff
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Trivia from around the world is Yonge street in Toronto, Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles). *** Australia was originally called New Holland. *** The largest island in the world is Greenland. *** Ten million people visit the Great Wall of China every year. *** Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world. *** Papua New Guinea has the most languages with 851 individual dialects.
water is in Antarctica. *** Over 200 languages are spoken in Europe. *** The largest country in Europe is Russia at 17.1 million square kilometres, with 3.96 million in Europe. *** The smallest country in Europe is Vatican City at 0.44 square kilometres. *** The Hawaiian alphabet contains just 13 letters. *** The longest street in the world
*** The African continent houses 54 countries. *** Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year. *** The only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia. *** Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. *** A third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa. *** 90 per cent of the world’s fresh
YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When it comes to throwing wobblers, please don't. It is so important this week to stay cool and unruffled. Change nothing that you can avoid changing. Even having discussions about change can set your nerves jangling. What is needed now is a comfort blanket and someone to put it around you.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This month, there is much to be celebrated. So much has happened in the latter part of last year. Certainly, congratulations are in order. When you have made such an effort and are rewarded for it, the satisfaction level is high. Be aware, though, that someone close also needs to feel that there is progress.
DID YOU KNOW? In 2016, the world’s largest family was reportedly in Baktwang, India, and was made up of one man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house in the hills in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in large communal dormitories.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) The importance of making the right choices is clear to you. Where to begin seems to be a sticking point. Starting by taking away the things you really do not want is essential. Be practical and logical. This is not a time for sentiment or muddled thinking. Although you will need patience in abundance as the week progresses, take one thing at a time.
BAKTWANG: Where the world’s largest family live in a four storey house.
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I realised that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.” Yoko Ono
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The prospect of travel sets you thinking. Have you been spending too much time considering others? Should you take steps now to get time alone then these plans cannot be changed. This will save any discussions as to how or when. Taking charge of your own time is liberating. Someone has to make the decisions, why not you?
CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
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Although you have the feeling that younger members of the family are not interested in your point of view, this is far off the mark. They, in their inexperience, may not know how best to approach you in this regard. Getting out family photos or starting a family tree with them can be both entertaining and fascinating. Altogether, this week is for the generations to come together and find a common cause. Teenagers seeking answers should ask grandparents.
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REINTEGRO
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With the best will in the world it is only possible to spend money once. We are all guilty of trying to get over this truth, but it never works. Have patience when looking to improve your possessions. There are more pressing needs and these, in the long run, prove more satisfying. Should you be thinking of taking on a commitment, have clear ideas of how it will be managed.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Going over old ground is counter-
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productive. There is nothing to be gained from repeating methods that did not work in the past. If it is not possible to find a fresh approach then seek the opinions of others. You do not need experience of a situation to be able to come up with a useful idea. Staying in the same old rut has not served you in the past and will not do so now. Get a few days away and it will help to free your thoughts.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Getting together with others to entertain is sure to be successful after the 16th. Before that there may be some irritations, particularly with people who refuse to be positive and make decisions. Those moving house or going on a journey need a lot of patience, and forward planning is essential. Do not assume that all will go according to plan. Having been forewarned, you will have plan B ready. Take a suggestion to make fast money with a pinch of salt.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is an important week for both your physical health and your mental well-being. Because of things beyond your control, you may have let your diet or exercise slip. Having sorted out any problems that side-tracked you, there is a need to be particularly strong. There is no soft option when it comes to self-control but the rewards are amazing.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This is a week to let yourself be heard. Be it writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls or making conversation, you must express yourself. Being honest and outspoken need not mean upsetting people. Think of the way that a child gets its point over. Eye contact, simple speech, humour, a smile: all will help to oil the wheels of achievement.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Having problems with that new computer? Fallen foul of the new mobile phone? That wouldn't be surprising this week. As you are prone to mistakes and misunderstandings, try not to tackle anything vital. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and fresh air. Someone who is supposed to help you proves more of an irritation than a saviour, and you may wish that you had stuck with the manual. This is a week to try to keep life simple.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) You are in for a bit of a bumpy ride this week. Some things will go well but other outcomes can be quirky. People change their minds, technology doesn't work, phone calls don't come. Be assured, however, that if you keep your sense of the absurd it could all be quite amusing.
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Across 1 Deprived of food adverts, perhaps (7) 5 Group of fish also swimming round husband (5) 8 Soldier in uniform (7) 9 Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2) 10 Italian city in deluge Noah discovered (5) 11 Tavern's crazy retainer (7) 12 Awful groans for this loose skirt (6) 14 Provides for the Queen going into the musical (6) 17 Commercial a quiet man modified (7) 19 Religious groups in difficult situations (5) 22 Lad initially ventilates dens (5) 23 About to get more slim and less mucky (7) 24 Apply force to journalists (5) 25 Stays, if maybe to live up to (7) Down 1 Shoot in season, having no end of fun (5) 2 Part of cargo, natural gas (5) 3 Roman house with fashionable anti-hero (7) 4 Force the last of you into evening wear (6) 5 She starts every race perfect (5) 6 Tour going wrong, time to expose scandal (7)
7 Cough mixture was our connection, we hear (7) 12 All cops cook this seafood delicacy (7) 13 Cotton on a reel is tangled (7) 15 A terribly nice part of the bible, very
Code Breaker
16 18 20 21
old (7) Incorrectly cited Saxon laws (6) Checks in at the remotest spot (5) Labour leader ends loans (5) Saint Raymond the Wanderer (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 9 represents B and 18 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 9 appears and Z every time the figure 18 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Small hound (6) 4 Not quick (4) 8 Residue (9) 9 Do what one is told (4) 10 Give in (6) 13 Earnest or urgent request (6) 15 Molten volcanic rock (4) 18 Flesh-eating animal (9) 19 Yellow part of an egg (4) 20 Mild and refined in manners (6)
English - Spanish
Across 1 State (nation) (6) 4 Taladros (herramientas) (6) 9 Trompeta (7) 10 Walnut tree (5) 11 To steal (5) 12 Mustard (7) 13 Addresses (11) 18 Magazine (journal) (7) 20 Zebra (5) 22 Playing card (5) 23 Más pesado (7) 24 Caramelos (6) 25 Customs (border office) (6)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
Down 1 Portable rocket launcher (7) 2 Be in accord (5) 3 Young sheep (4) 5 Stay temporarily (5) 6/18 Slogan used to rally support for a cause (3,3) 7 Alcoholic drink made from apples (5) 11 Walk heavily or roughly (7) 12 Fundamental (5) 14 Source of danger (5) 16 Prevent from happening (5) 17 Deal with successfully (4) 18 See 6
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Whole (entire) (6) 2 Pulgar (5) 3 Sport (7) 5 Anillos (5) 6 Equipaje (7) 7 To pay off (settle) (6) 8 Dolor de estómago (7,4) 14 Factura (7) 15 Huerto (7) 16 Brakes (automobile) (6) 17 Homeland (6) 19 Sábana (de cama) (5) 21 Breeze (5)
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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 (TURTLE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
CARBOY CARTON EYEFUL FOLKSY FOSSIL GYRATE JOCKEY KITTLE LAPTOP PARLAY PESETA PLUCKY RECTOR SUNLIT TAPPET TIPTOE TURTLE (10) WEAPON YEARLY
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Whiten 2 Gunmen 3 Rotten 4 Entire 5 Helmet 6 Stormy 7 Eldest 8 Hookup 9 Pelvis 10 Depose 11 Thwack 12 Escape 13 Touchy 14 Beauty 15 Status 16 Behalf 17 Caucus 18 Frayed 19 Strung.
Nonagram
Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
TARGET: • Average: 23 • Good: 32
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
TARGET:
• Very good: 45 • Excellent: 59
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 8 Good: 11 Very good: 16
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Excellent: 20
sept septs sect sects setup setups sets spies sues suet sups espies cess cusp cusps cuss cues cute cutes cutest cuts cups pies pipe pipes pips peps pest pests psst spues uses upset upsets test tests tups puss puce puts suss note notes noted mont monte montes mote motes motet motets mete meted smote stem stet demo demon dens dent dents detest detests nets toms tome tomes tested teds tens tend tends ensue ensues ends
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aeon amen ante anti damn dean dent dine dint done etna into main mane mean mend mien mind mine mini mint moan mont name neat node note omen tend tine tone admen admin amend ament amine amino amnio anime anode anted atone demon denim indie maned matin meant mined monad monte named nomad noted oaten tinea tined toned anomie atoned daemon daimon detain domain donate indite inmate iodine maiden mantid median medina minted moaned monied tandem amniote dominie edition intimae mediant dominate ideation iodinate MEDIATION
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QUICK Across: 1 Pistol, 4 Cava, 8 Probe, 9 Equal, 10 Velocipede, 13 Wanderlust, 17 Audio, 18 Crate, 19 Sort, 20 Select.
CODE BREAKER
Down: 1 Pups, 2 Scope, 3 Owe, 5 Azure, 6 Asleep, 7 Genial, 11 Ocelot, 12 Sweats, 14 Nadir, 15 Scare, 16 Beat, 18 Cue.
CRYPTIC
ENGLISH-SPANISH
Across:
Across:
1 Drop, 3 Asteroid, 9 Swelter, 10 Gates, 11 Lingo, 12 Parson, 14 Stamen, 16 Ascent, 19 Copper, 21 Dogma, 24 Runes, 25 Cottage, 26 Disrobed, 27 Deny.
7 Behave, 8 Carrot, 9 Hope, 10 Transfer, 11 Esgrima, 13 Knees, 15 Pulir, 17 Nappies, 20 Destreza, 21 Sing, 23 Magnet, 24 Seesaw.
Down:
Down:
1 Disclose, 2 Ocean, 4 Scrape, 5 Eager, 6 Outcome, 7 Dish, 8 At home, 13 Strategy, 15 Amounts, 17 Sedate, 18 Creche, 20 Pesto, 22 Glade, 23 Prod.
1 Velo, 2 Career, 3 Bedtime, 4 Echar, 5 Prison, 6 Come here, 12 Saucepan, 14 Lavarse, 16 Intend, 18 Poseer, 19 Tenth, 22 Neat.
App of the week Step counter GET fit and have fun at the same time with Fitness RPG, a new app offering to reward users for their activity levels by unlocking free games. The programme, which can be connected up to phones, Fitbits and Google Fitm monitors how many steps a user has taken and opens up levels of Fitland, a fantasy hero game.
QUIZ: STRIKE A POSE All the questions or answers feature the names of some of the famous Hollywood stars mentioned in Madonna’s 1990 UK number one hit single Vogue 1. At the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, which famous actor refused to accept the Best Actor Oscar as a protest against the ‘poor treatment of Native Americans in the film industry’? 2. At which MLB club did baseball legend Joe DiMaggio spend his entire 13-year career? 3. In which 1932 film did Greta Garbo famously speak the line: “I want to be alone”? 4. Virginia Katherine McMath was the real name of which American actress, dancer and singer born in Missouri in 1911? 5. Which American film actress became Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956? 6. Which American stage and film performer is best known for his performances in films such as An American in Paris (1951), Anchors Aweigh (1945) and Singin' in the Rain (1952)? 7. Which German-born actress’s final on-camera film appearance was a cameo role in Just a Gigolo (1979), starring
David Bowie, in which she sang the title song? 8. Which iconic film actor was, according to a track on the Eagles’ 1974 album On The Border, ‘too fast to live, too young to die’? 9. Who, in December 1953, appeared on the front cover of the first issue of Playboy magazine? 10. With more than 100 film, television and theatre roles to her credit during her six-decade-long career, which famous actress was placed second behind Katharine Hepburn on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema in 1999? Not a lot of people know that… according to the Chicago Tribune, the man who evaluated Fred Astaire's first screen test in 1931 wrote: ‘Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little.’
Answers: 1. MARLON BRANDO, 2. NEW YORK YANKEES – he was nicknamed the Yankee Clipper, 3. GRAND HOTEL – although she later claimed: “I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be let alone!’ There is all the difference, 4. GINGER ROGERS, 5. GRACE KELLY, 6. GENE KELLY, 7. MARLENE DIETRICH, 8. JAMES DEAN (although Madonna refers to him as ‘Jimmy Dean’ in the lyrics), 9. MARILYN MONROE, 10. BETTE DAVIS
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
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Costa Blanca
TOMORROW
TODAY
DENIA
DENIA
JAVEA
JAVEA
CALPE
CALPE ALTEA
ALTEA
BENIDORM
BENIDORM
ALICANTE
ALICANTE
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TODAY: MAX 17, MIN 8-S
TODAY: MAX 17, MIN 8-S
TODAY: MAX 15, MIN 0-S
Fri - 17 11 - Cl Sat - 18 11 - C Sun - 18 11 - S Mon - 17 10 - Sh Tues - 17 9 - Sh Wed - 17 9 - S
Fri - 18 11 - S Sat - 18 9 - Cl Sun - 18 11 - S Mon - 17 11 - C Tues - 16 10 - Sh Wed - 17 10 - Cl
Fri - 18 6 - S Sat - 18 7 - S Sun - 17 7 - S Mon - 16 8 - Cl Tues - 15 8 - Sh Wed - 16 9 - S
Fri - 16 0 - Cl Sat - 16 1 - S Sun - 15 1 - Cl Mon - 14 3 - Sh Tues - 15 3 - Sh Wed - 16 3 - S
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Mallorca
Barcelona
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TODAY: MAX 16, MIN 8-CL
TODAY: MAX 16, MIN 5-S
TODAY: MAX 14, MIN 4-S
Fri - 17 8 - Cl Sat - 17 8 - Cl Sun - 18 7 - C Mon - 18 9 - Cl Tues - 18 9 - Sh Wed - 19 9 - Cl
Fri - 16 8 - S Sat - 17 8 - Cl Sun - 18 9 - S Mon - 18 10 - Cl Tues - 17 10 - Sh Wed - 18 11 - Cl
Fri - 17 4-S Sat - 17 5 - S Sun - 17 6 - Cl Mon - 18 8 - Cl Tues - 17 7 - C Wed - 17 8 - Sh
Fri - 14 5 - S Sat - 15 4 - Cl Sun - 16 7 - S Mon - 16 8 - Cl Tues - 16 7 - Sh Wed - 16 7 - Cl
S: Sun
Cl: Clear
C: Cloudy
SATURDAY
Sh: Showers
DENIA JAVEA CALPE ALTEA BENIDORM ALICANTE
ORIHUELA TORREVIEJA
Th: Thunder
Sn: Snow
Sudoku LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
100 goals in the English Premier League and went on to be one of the top scorers in the history of Chelsea FC, playing for the club between 2004 and 2012. Drogba was also named African Footballer of the Year in 2006 and 2009. In 2012 he was voted Chelsea’s greatest player ever by the club’s fans. James Taylor, Singer; March 12, 71 The folk singer, famous for hits including You’ve Got a Friend, and Fire and Rain, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. The popular star has won five Grammy awards, including for album of the year, and has collaborated with other well-known musicians, including Joni Mitchell. Taylor married Carly Simon in 1972 before the pair divorced in 1983.
Word Ladder LAZY
DOGS BACK
Move from the start word (LAZY) to the end word (DOGS) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
DOZE DOGE DOGS
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Rachel Weisz, Actress; March 7, 49 Stacey Dooley, Broadcaster; March 9, 32 This English rose first found international fame in This year’s Strictly Come Dancing winner, 1999 film The Mummy alongside Brendan Fraser Stacey Dooley is a British investigative before going on to further success with The journalist known for her BBC documentaries covering social issues including child labour. In Constant Gardener, The Bourne Legacy and Constantine. In June 2011 she married Bond actor Rachel Weisz. 2018 Dooley surprised audiences by winning Daniel Craig. Strictly with partner Kevin Clifton. Freddie Prinze Jnr, Actor; March 8, 43 Sharon Stone, Actress; March 10, 61 Best-known for his roles in teen movies including She’s Perhaps best-known for her breakout role in 1992 film Basic Instinct alongside Michael Douglas, Stone has been All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Freddie Prinze Jnr has a popular actress since, appearing in Casino, War and been acting in films since 1996. Now married to Buffy the Remembrance and King Solomon’s Mines. Vampire Slayer actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, Prinze Jnr Didier Drogba, Footballer; March 11, 41 This striker became the first African-born player to score has two children.
Solution LAZY LADY LADS LAGS LOGS DOGS or LAZY LAZE DAZE
BIRTHDAYS
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This week in history
Dead at first sight THIS new novel by crime writer Peter James follows two men on either side of the Atlantic who both discover they have fallen foul of the same honey trap scheme to dupe them out of their last penny. As both a London man who thought he would be meeting Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, and a retired NYPD cop in Florida realise they have been scammed, in Munich a wealthy divorcee dies in suspicious circumstances falling from an apartment. The same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace begins investigating the suicide of a woman in Brighton. As all the seemingly unconnected strands begin to come together, Roy Grace begins uncovering a global empire of cruel internet scams and swift deaths for anyone who threatens to expose the truth.
ORIHUELA
1876 - First phone Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone at the age of 29 after working with Thomas A Watson to transmit sound waves along a thin wire allowing them to be picked up and heard over a distance. 1917 - Revolution Scarcity of food causes riots and strikes to break out in Russia, leading to the so-called February Revolution. One week later, Nicholas II abdicates, marking the beginning of a communist revolution. 1930 - Civil disobedience Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a march towards the sea in protest at the British monopoly on salt supplies, making the moment his largest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule. 1957 - Suez open After Israel withdrew from occupied Egyptian territory, the Suez canal opens again, although weeks of clean-up operations to remove wreckage from the Suez crisis delayed the passage of larger ships. 1959 - Barbie debut The first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City after the doll was created by Ruth Handler when she realised her daughter preferred playing with adult dolls to babies. 1936 - Rhineland occupied Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles after sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarised zone along the Rhine River.
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OSCAR winner Olivia Coleman dazzles in this quirky film speculating about the relationship between 18th century British monarch Queen Anne and two of her closest allies; Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) and Abigail Marsham (Emma Stone). As an ailing Queen Anne occupies the throne, she relies increasingly heavily on her good friend Lady Churchill, whose influence over and close relationship with the monarch ruffles feathers in court. When Churchill’s impoverished young cousin, Abigail, comes to court looking for work a battle for the queen’s affections breaks out, with only one woman left standing. This based-on-true-life tale combines royalty, lust, intrigue and betrayal.
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TECH FOR THE TIMID THE bravest t-shirt I ever saw was sported by a brash Aussie lass: ‘So many men, so little time.’Perhaps today it needs a slight amendment; So many toys… How did we get locked into the ruinous cycle (for the planet’s resources and our bank balances) of constantly wanting, needing, the shiniest new gadgets? I blame that first iPhone back in 2007. Granted, the rot had begun before that, with providers herding us into two-year replacement contracts leaving us with drawers of dead phones. But unlike today’s stalled innovation, each new model did often boast a huge techno-leap over its quickly-obsolete predecessor. T h e n c a m e t h e i P h o n e ’s r e lentless annual upgrade cycle, surrounded by showbiz hype to rival the second coming, and yea verily did Samsung and Moto and the rest join in and be-
Stuff and nonsense Consumers don’t know what they want, warns Terence Kennedy
fore we knew it, those with more money than sense were changing their phones every year. I don’t know what circles you move in, but I’ve only ever met one person who absolutely had to buy a new car each year: an American ‘realtor’ or estate agent who insisted other Americans wouldn’t buy property from someone driving last year’s hopelessly outdated model. Ye t p h o n e s l a s t p o t e n t i a l l y longer than cars; no moving
parts, just slap in a new battery every few years and in theory they could go on forever. The ecological cost of our upgrade frenzy has been devastating in terms of the raw materials, not least the so-called ‘conflict minerals’ whose proceeds help fuel the misery of African wars and corruption. The good news is that the tide is finally turning. A UK survey back in 2013 found users were changing their phones every 20 months. Now it’s 29 months and rising.
A random sampling from the world’s 1.5 billion smartphone users recently found 54 per cent intending to keep their phones until they’re finished. A p p l e ’s r e c e n t p r o f i t d i p comes as its top-end phone hits more than €1,500, more than I p a i d f o r m y c u r r e n t c a r, a n d triple the price of my desktop computer containing at least as much top technology and 10 times the materials, which is quite simply nuts. Samsung’s flagships aren’t far behind, yet half that price spent on a ‘lesser ’ brand like Honor or OnePlus buys almost as much technology for your pocket in today’s cutthroat market, and I recently picked up a basic emergency phone in our local hypermarket for a princely €12. Perhaps a famous philosopher ’s warning should be heeded: ‘You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.’
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Sense and sensibility YES I realise I do need to get out more as I confess to logging every charge I give my devices. But my 2014 Nexus tablet has now had over 500 charges yet still runs for days. Contrary to our ‘buywashed’ beliefs, the batteries in modern devices will not generally be exhausted after two years, and certainly not one. A friend who is an average smartphone user is still going strong with the original battery in her five-year-old iPhone. If she does need a replacement, a battery costs less than €70 to install. Although manufacturers don’t shout about it, most other flagship phones can be refurbished back to ‘asnew’ for a mere fraction of the price of the newest model. So why wouldn’t you?
Why are we conned? Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHY do I feel like the unluckiest punter in the world sometimes? As you all know, because everything is done online now and you have to give your email details to book flights, hotels, car hire etc, the companies keep all your information and then start sending you offers. This is OK except none of the offers ever apply to me. I never qualify for any of them. Flights are to places I don’t want to go and car hire is at a time of year I don’t want to travel. The same applies to hotels. They dangle carrots all the time. PayPal send me stuff for discounts I don’t want or need. I never get free delivery on Amazon because although it’s offered, when you check you find out you have to spend €50 and my order comes to €20 and I’m not going to spend €30 more to save €4. Not one offer I am sent have I ever been able to use. So, what I’m doing
now is unsubscribing to all the mailing lists so I don’t get the hump any more. On the subject of offers and car hire my pal asked me if I knew any decent car hire places here and, as he was busy, could I look for one for him. Wow, what a minefield of con artists are out there. I saw one for about €50 for a week. I thought it was silly cheap so I delved a bit deeper. Lo and behold it was an impossible price. Firstly, you had to pay for a full tank of fuel and bring it back empty and if you don’t there’s no refund so that could cost you an extra €20 - 30. Then there is the extra insurance because you’re not covered for this or that. This is a real killer because they hold back about €1,000 on your credit card. When I read some reviews for this particular company so many people said they had a problem getting their deposit back because this firm came up with reasons like there was a scratch that wasn’t there before and as the person hiring hadn’t had the foresight to take pictures of the car beforehand, they couldn’t prove otherwise. Why does everything have to be such a chore? Yeah, I know, once you find the right one it’s all fine, but why do we have to be conned all the time?
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Bright and beautiful By Sally Underwood AFTER the long winter months are over, skin can sometimes be left looking dull, grey, or uneven. Whether from sun pigmentation, shaving or blemishes, scarring or skin dullness which is less noticeable during the greyer weather, this can become more apparent when the sun is shining once again. Luckily, it is easy to combat these issues with ingredients such as vitamin C to brighten skin tone, gentle acids to reveal new skin layers, or targeted treatments to tackle pigmentation. For an overall lack of radiance, vitamin C gently exfoliates skin, gradually evening out skin tone and helping to prevent further scarring. Check out L i x i r s k i n ’s Vi t a m i n C P a s t e (£32/€37.25 for 50ml from www.cultbeauty.co.uk), which promises to diminish pigmentation and neutralise UV damage. For a budget buy, try The Ordinary’s Suspension of vitamin C 23% (€5.95 30ml from www.lookfantas tic.es). A l t e r n a t i v e l y, f o r t h o s e who enjoy the immediate results of a chemical peel, why not try the Dr Dennis
Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel (from €20.95 from www.lookfantastic.es). Combining five gentle acids with antioxidants, these two-part pads get to work battling pigmentation, blemishes and lines whilst restoring radiance. To target smaller patches of pigmentation, a dark spot treatment could be the answer. Ve r s o ’s D a r k S p o t F i x ( € 11 0 . 7 7 f o r 1 5 m l f r o m w w w. t ro u v a . c o m ) m a y n o t b e cheap, but it does promise a high dose of retinol 8, an ingredient thought to be eight times more powerful than standard retinol (a form of vitamin A known for its ability to even skin tone). F i n a l l y, a l w a y s p r o t e c t a n y newly-exfoliated or treated skin with sun protection. For a matt finish, try Mario Badescu’s Oil Free Moisturiser SPF 30 (€24.95 for 59ml from www.beautybay.com). Or for extra anti-ageing benefits, try L’Oreal Revitalift Day SPF 30, (€9.75 for 50 ml from www.druni.es). SHINING BRIGHT: It is possible to reverse pigmentation and restore radiance.
Lifestyle factors THE Andalucian Society for the Study of Cancer has spoken about the importance of a healthy lifestyle in helping to prevent cancer. The organisation’s president, Ana Serradilla, explained that more than half of the cancers which occur today are due to factors which can be controlled, in particular diet, nutrition, physical inactivity and obesity. She added that these aspects can be modified through changes in habits, saying: “Factors such as poor eating habits, smoking or ageing increase the risk of suffering [cancer]. “Prevention, early detection and adequate treatment are increasingly effective against this disease.” According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, it is estimated that by 2030 the number of new cases of cancer will increase by 70 per cent. This increase will be more marked in developing countries due to lifestyle habits. The Andalucian Society for the Study of Cancer will hold a conference on Nutritional Health and Oncology on April 5 and 6 in Malaga, bringing together professionals from the fields of nutrition, surgery, oncology, and sports to discuss the issue.
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Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach MANY people follow an eating plan to a rough idea of how many calories they want to eat - as mentioned previously this figure is often 1,200 which is very very wrong - but quite often they have no idea throughout the day how much they have actually eaten. Unless you track your food diary, certainly while you are still learning how many grams of carbs, fat and protein is in an egg for example, t h e n y o u c o u l d b e g o i n g w a y o ff course on a daily basis. You may think you have eaten say 1,400 calories and hit your goals, but the reality could shock you. Too little is actually more common and on carb cycling if you are way under your targets you will not lose weight just as much as if you’re way over. There are many apps out there which are perfect for such a purpose. My personal favourite is MyFitnessPal. A free app with the option of premium for extra benefits, I have used this app for at least seven years. It is a great way of checking
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MAXIMUM ACCURACY: Make sure you know what you have eaten each day. food labels, setting your daily macro targets and more. Even food in Spanish supermarkets is listed, so you can get the maximum accuracy of what you eat. To lose weight by carb cycling it is crucial to know what targets you a r e a i m i n g f o r, f o r y o u r s p e c i f i c
weight, height, age, and fitness. Anything else is just guesswork. For tailored plans you can contact me on ccforbeginners@hotmail.com or visit my Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/carbcy clingforbeginners. Follow me on Instagram @carbcyclingqueen.
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Spring cleanse WE all know we should be cleaning our faces every day, just as we brush our teeth or take a shower. While it may sometimes feel like an effort last thing at night, cleansing can offer the benefit of fewer blemishes, prepping skin for shaving, removing SPF, allowing pores to breathe, and helping any subsequent products penetrate more deeply. For an oil-based cleanser, which works on the logic that oil attracts oil, why not try Living Libations’ Seabuckthorn Cleansing Oil (£29.99/€34.50 for 50ml from www.rawliving.eu)? This all-in-one cleanser, exfoliator, and moisturiser is packed with omega fatty acids, vitamins, lipids, and hundreds of bioactive compounds, promising to soothe and hydrate. Alternatively, for skin suffering from hormonal changes or sensitivity, check out Votary’s Super Seed Cleansing Oil (£55/€63.30 for 100ml at www.cultbeau ty.co.uk). This cleanser promises to soothe mature skin, combining pumpkin, chia, broccoli and jojoba for a nourishing hydrating cleanse. For a milk cleanser, try French brand Collosol’s cult product Eau de Lait (€7.20 for 100ml from www.cocoon center.es) or Susanne Kaufmann’s Cleansing Milk (£29/€33.76 for 100 ml www.cultbeauty.co.uk). Used alongside a cleansing cloth, such as By Sarah London’s Organic Muslin Facial Cloth (£2.50/ €2.91 www.bysarahlondon.com), milks ensure a gentle but thorough cleanse. For soap fans, check out Herbivore’s Clay Soap (€10.57 for 113g from www.revolveclothing.es), or the Facial Washing Cloud Bar by Joanna Vargas (€19.39 100g www.revolve clothing.es), which promises to clean effectively without stripping oils from the skin.
THOROUGH CLEAN: Oils, milks and soaps all ensure a thorough cleanse.
Care and repair ANTIOXIDANTS, the naturally-occurring chemicals which help to mop up free radical damage caused by sun and pollution, are thought to be able to help stave off ageing, skin damage, and even help prevent cancer. So with all these potential benefits on offer, how do we make sure to include antioxidants into our lifestyle? As with most health changes, the first step is to treat the inside out by upping your intake of antioxidant-rich foods. These include dark chocolate - finally an excuse! - berries, kale, and citrus fruits. Topically too, there is much we can do to benefit from antioxidants, such as nourishing our hair and bodies with Beauty Kubes’ Zero Waste Hair and Body Wash Unisex (£8.50/€9.89 for 27 cubes, from www.beau tykubes.co.uk). These zero-waste and travelfriendly cubes contain coconut milk, which benefits from wellknown antioxidants vitamins B, C and E. For the face, Evolve Beauty’s Daily Defence Moisture Mist ,
CITRUS: Help protect from the inside with fruits and vegetables.
(available in two sizes from £10/ €11.66 from www.evolvebeau ty.co.uk) contains an ingredient common in Spain - the prickly pear - which helps to infuse the skin with antioxidants, simultaneously hydrating and protecting. Similarly, Soleil Toujours Organic Aloe Antioxidant Calming Mist (€22.95 for 100ml, from www.revolveclothing.es), also soothes and protects the skin, especially after sun exposure. For an antioxidant-packed moisturiser, try Sunday Riley’s CEO C + E cream (from £16.56/€19.39, www.revolve clothing.es), which contains vitamins C and E for UV protection and hydration.
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Alternatively, check out Bee Yu’s Ultra Hydrating Day Creme (£76/€88.47 for 50g from www.beeyuskincare.co.uk). This product contains cape chestnut oil to help filter out UV rays naturally, as well as packing an anti-ageing punch due to its levels of bee venom. Finally, for a lasting layer of antioxidant protection, choose a make-up brand such as RMS Beauty, whose Lip and Skin Balsam (€22.03 from www.revolve clothing.es) promises to soothe and hydrate the skin.
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Peter’s odd and curious world by Peter Purvey AS this is my first article for EWN, a small introduction to new readers may be appropriate. I have been writing a monthly column for the RTN for over a year, about a combination of things I have read or heard which piques my interest or curiosity, and best describes the odd and curious brain I was born with. Most of the stories I relate are largely autobiographical. I have travelled extensively in the USA and Australasia, and have experienced hotel fires, earthquakes, met people and been in situations you would have loved (or hated!) I read Time each week, and Astronomy, Scientific American and Discover monthly so I keep my interests up-todate on many fronts. I hope my writings will entertain, amuse and sometimes give you food for thought. For my first contribution I offer ‘Memories,’ from an experience last summer which I hope to repeat this year. Memories are made of this...
MAKING MEMORIES: Food with a view at Arenal beach. While enjoying an early evening meal at my favourite little restaurant ‘Calpe Playa’ on Arenal beach, the thought came over me; at that particular moment in time there was nowhere else in the world I would rather be. With a panoramic view from the Ifach to (almost) the setting sun, I watched people coming off the beach carrying the remains of a day’s pleasure; strollers, many with their pets, taking a paseo, looking for somewhere to eat. I
Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
CIUDADANOS wants to poach votes from the Partido Popular when the ballot papers are counted on the night of April 28. With luck, the PSOE might be the mostvoted party but the PP and Cs votes could add up to more, and a coalition could be on the books. The lead singers would be those with the most votes, which Albert Rivera believes could easily be Cs. What happens if they need Vox? That’s something he’s not discussing. Instead h e ’s d o i n g a S c a r l e t t O ’ H a r a a n d w i l l think about that tomorrow.
Somewhere over the rainbow THERE has been considerable chuntering in the PP and Ciudadanos-supporting media after Pedro Sanchez’s government announced the biggest job offer in years for the public sector. What do they expect? With an election in less than two months time, Sanchez is going all out to get into the voters’ good
began to think, If I wasn’t here, where would I like to be? The association of food with location was uppermost and I began to think of food with a view. The revolving restaurant high over Las Vegas as the sun sets and the desert all around changes colour would be high on my list. The food’s not bad either. I don’t usually eat oysters, but three locations where I made a pig of myself are: an evening boat trip round Sydney Bay where the oysters are some of the
finest in the world; New Orleans with dinner and oysters at the revolving rooftop restaurant is a must, and in San Antonio on the river walk. The river snakes its way across the town deep in a self-carved gorge with river taxis, shops and restaurants serving the most mouthwatering oysters. Once, in San Diego, I invited a dear old lady friend of mine to dinner. To my embarrassment she completely ate and drank me under the table on a feast of
oysters, Champagne, Guinness and red wine. I slept through the most severe earthquake that night, dreaming only of pink elephants climbing the wall. A few odd items... • I read that a bacterium which can ingest plastic and turn it into a harmless chemical residue has been found by accident. (With plastic waste much in the news these days, I hope it has a voracious appetite). • The oldest known footprints have been found in South China. The 546million-year-old fossil imprints represent the earliest known record of an animal with legs. (Not one of us! We weren’t around for ages.) • The Earth has been given a new geological Chapter named ‘The Meghalayan Age.’ ( named for the Countess of Sussex?) This covers a period from 4,260 BC to the present. • The beginning was marked by a dreadful drought which saw the end of a number of civilisations across the planet. The extreme weather forecast for this year may very well mark the end of it ! Send any comments to peter calpe@gmail.com.
Doing a Scarlett O’Hara Schrodinger’s Cat(aluña) SPANISH journalist Daniel Gascon recently compared the Catalan republic - declared on October 27, 2017 but never enacted - as Schrodinger’s Republic. Days later, Ines Arrimadas, Ciudadanos leader in Cataluña, travelled to Waterloo in Belgium where she stood outside the house where Carles Puigdemont, the self-exiled former regional president, lives in considerable comfort. “The Catalan republic does not exist!” she roared, accompanied by a handful of supporters and a multitude of reporters. She too, must have been thinking of Schrodinger’s cat, the subject of Erwin Schrodinger’s suggesCARLES PUIGDEMONT: tion that if you place a cat and something which could kill a cat - a radioactive atom, for instance -in He still thinks the republic a box and seal it, you would not know if the cat was is alive. dead or alive. In a sense, the cat is both dead and alive; take your pick. Puigdemont and the separatists thinks the republic is alive, the Spanish government and half Cataluña’s population know that it isn’t and Arrimadas says that it isn’t. Well done, Erwin Schrodinger: a quantum physicist has come closer to explaining the Catalan republic than anyone else.
books. Election ploy or not, that will put more people into jobs in a country where
unemployment is still a scourge and a job in the public sector is a pot of gold at the
rainbow’s end. Politicians are cynical, but the voting public knows that, because they too, are cynical. Although not so cynical that they would turn their noses up at a funcionario’s job and a pot of gold.
No chip off the old block FELIPE JUAN FROILAN DE TODOS L O S S A N TO S D E M A R I C H A L A R Y BORBON is the son of the Infanta Elena and grandson of now-retired Juan Carlos I. The 20-year-old attended a demonstration against the policies of Spain’s president Pedro Sanchez who has been denounced as a felon and traitor by Vox, the PP and Cs. Juan Carlos admittedly degenerated into the usual florid, pleasure-loving Borbon, but he once declared he was king for all Spaniards. And he helped to steer Spain away from dictatorship and the kind of society where Felipe Juan Froilan de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbon would presumably be happier.
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Glamorous Glynne CREDIT: Spice Girls Facebook SONGSTRESS Jess Glynne, who has achieved more UK number ones than any other British female solo artist, wowed the crowds at Sala Apolo in Barcelona when CREDIT: Jess Glynn e Instagram she took to the stage in a STYLISH: Jess loves her lacy bralet and red satin midriff-baring outfits. trousers. Baring her midriff, the 29year-old Ain’t Got Far To TOUR DATES: Jess Glynne will far are all in the Go singer teamed her daring be supporting the Spice Girls. UK. It’s rumoured outfit with huge hoop earJess will be paid £1.3 million rings and wore her red curls in a high ponytail. (€1.52 million) to appear with Jess has been booked as the support act for all 13 the girl band. of the Spice Girls upcoming tour dates, which so
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back in a black bow. The Queen’s makeup included light smokey eyes, glowing skin and a subtle pink lipstick. The mother-of-two, 46, attended the unveiling of the International Contemporary Art Fair Arco at the IFEMA Exhibition Centre, with husband, King Felipe VI.
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SPAIN’S Queen Letizia looked incredible as she stepped out in a stylish black belted leather dress at the opening of an art fair in Madrid. She stunned onlookers with her bold fashion choice, accessorising with nude heels and wearing her hair loosely tied
BOLD: Queen Letizia steps out in leather.
Sultry Cindy in the city RUMOURED love interest of Lewis Hamilton, brunette beauty Cindy Kimberley, showed off her amazing figure in Barcelona last week. The 20-year-old was papped stepping out for a yoga class, after earlier showcasing her incredible abs while making a phone call on her balcony. The model arrived in the Catalan city with Formula One ace Lewis, 34, days before, accompanied by the racing star’s dog Roscoe. Cindy hit the headlines as an unknown schoolgirl four years ago when Justin Bieber admitted he was a fan after spotting a sultry photograph of her on social media. He apparently reposted the picture for his 100 million followers, writing: ‘OMG who is this?’ It turned out she was a Dutch-born student living in Denia, Costa Blanca, who was subsequently signed up by Uno Models, which MODEL: Cindy has offices in Kimberley was scouted Barcelona and Madrid. by Justin Bieber after he saw her photo.
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Punjabi Palace - There’s always lots to celebrate at Punjabi Palace IF you’re a fan of Indian cuisine, there’s no doubt that you will have visited one of the three hugely popular Punjabi Palace restaurants, and possibly even made them a favourite of yours. Whether you opt for the restaurant in Los Montesinos, La Murada or beside the La Marquesa golf course in Quesada, each will provide you with beautifully cooked Indian dishes at prices that are extremely good value for money. If it’s a birthday you want to celebrate, an anniversary or any kind of special occasion, the Punjabi Palace is the perfect place and the staff will do everything possible to ensure the event is a huge success. And talking about celebrations, Punjabi Palace have a couple of their own coming up and invite everyone to go and join them in their own anniversary festivities. Eleven years ago, on March 15, the first of the much-loved restaurants opened its doors and this year, as is tradition every year, everyone is invited for a celebratory evening of delicious food, live music and Bollywood dancing
just for the occasion from 7pm in Los Montesinos for just €49.95 per couple. The meal will consist of a shared mixed starter for each couple, any curry dish with rice or naan bread and a bottle of wine between two or two large beers. The following month, keep April 12 free, as the Quesada restaurant will be celebrating its fifth anniversary. There will also be another celebratory evening party on this day too and the same details apply. You can keep an eye out on the restaurant’s Facebook pages (Punjabipalace) to see how the special plans are coming along and see what else they have on offer. Each restaurant is open seven days a week from noon to midnight (with a break after lunch) and reviews on TripAdvisor indicate how good these three restaurants really are. There is a very reasonably priced menu del día, which is served between noon and 3pm and generally includes a lamb or chicken dish, rice, poppadum and naan bread plus a dessert or coffee and a complimentary drink. All of the Punjabi Palace restaurants are family friendly and welcome younger diners,
who will have the chance to learn about the very special spices and flavours that go into making the various curries on offer. If the wide menu choice is a little daunting, the friendly, award-winning front-of-house staff are always on hand to advise and recommend dishes and prepare them exactly to your taste and preference. If you can’t spare the time to sit and eat, there is, of course, the option of ordering a takeaway, and if you spend more than €20 you will be offered a free bottle of wine to complement your delicious and tasty curry selection. Punjabi Palace Los Montesinos Tel: 966 720 383 La Marquesa (Quesada) Tel: 966 714 963 La Murada Tel: 966 779 169
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Orihuela celebrates Lent OVER the next few weeks, a series of activities will take place in Orihuela City for Lent and Holy Week, with buses running from Orihuela Costa and Entrenaranjos. (Call 965 304 645 to book.) This Saturday in the Gabriel Miró Park from 11am the third City of Orihuela National Cornets and Drums Bands Competition
takes place. The bus leaves at 9.30am from the Mercadona roundabout, Playa Flamenca, returning at 3pm to the coast. In addition, five establishments are offering a traditional Orihuela menu priced at €30 per person for the second Lent Gastronomy Days. The venues are: The Seminary of San
Miguel tomorrow (Friday); El Carmen Convent on March 15; Las Salesas Convent on March 22; The Convent of San Francisco on April 5 and the Bishop’s Palace on April 12. Info and reservations: 966 744 089 from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm or email: reservas@semanasantaori huela.com.
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Korrontzi concert KORRONTZI, a modern Basque folk music group will perform at the Capitol Theatre in Rojales on Friday, March 15 at 9pm as part of the Músicas Sin Fronteras festival. The group formed in 2004 and is an amalgamation of traditional Basque Country’s folk music with contemporary sounds. Their music is based on the Trikitixa (Basque diatonic accordion), together with modern instruments. The group have released seven albums over 14 years and travelled the world displaying their culture, language, dance and music. Tickets are €8 and can be obtained from the Archaeological Museum of Rojales, Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm.
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www.euroweeklynews.com By Julie Day JUST by taking a look at what’s going on around you in your neighbourhood is enough to realise that the property market is active once more. Estate agents are busy, new construction is taking place and people are enquiring about property for sale and for rent. This movement is also backed up by the figures. Monthly Figures published by Fotocasa have revealed that the average price of a second-hand property in Spain registered at €1,876 per square metre in January this year; an increase of 0.4 per cent from the previous month. This slight increase is characteristic of the trend for the whole of 2018, which saw prices go up every month at a rate of between 0.3 and 0.9 per cent. The most significant price hike took place between April and May, when prices went up 1.3 per cent from month to month.
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Rise in resale property prices Annual When compared with statistics for January 2018, resale property 12 months later was 7.7 per cent more expensive, with prices showing a year-onyear rise for the last 28 months. In fact, every month for the last seven months, year-onyear prices have registered a rise in prices of more than 7 per cent each time. Statistics have shown however, that the largest increases in the price of resale property have been registered in Madrid, Cataluña and the Islands; elsewhere they are going up at a more moderate rate. Nevertheless, buyers are still paying 36.5 per cent less for a second-hand property compared to what they would have paid in 2007 when the average price registered €2,952 per square metre. Regions Figures show that the average price of a resale property in
GOING UP: The average price of resale property in Spain is continuously increasing.
January 2019 went up in 11 out of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions from the previous month. Madrid saw the biggest rise in prices at +1.6 per cent, followed by Navarra (+1.4 per cent), the Balearic Islands (+1.1 per cent) and Galicia (+0.5 per cent).
At the other end of the scale, prices fell in six regions from December 2018 to January 2019, with the biggest drops in prices registered in Cataluña (0.7 per cent), the Valencia Region (-0.4 per cent) and Castilla-La Mancha (-0.3 per cent). Madrid is the most expen-
sive region for resale property, with an average price of €2,930 per square metre, followed by Pais Vasco, the Balearic Islands and Cataluña. Second-hand property is the least expensive in Extremadura at €1,109 per square metre, followed by Castilla-La Man-
cha and Murcia. Provinces With regards to the evolution of second-hand property prices by provinces, prices went up in 27 of them from December 2018 to January 2019, with the largest increase in Lugo at +1.7 per cent and the lowest increase of 0.1 per cent in Vizcaya, Palencia, Granada and Álava. Resale prices decreased in 17 provinces, with prices dropping from 0.2 per cent in La Rioja and Barcelona to -1.2 per cent in Teruel and Avila. Municipalities Out of the 847 municipalities in Spain analysed by Fotocasa, resale property prices rose in 456 of them in January. In 46 municipalities prices remained stable and they went down in 344. The municipality in which resale prices are at their highest is Ibiza at €4,951 per square metre and Benicull de Xuquer, in Valencia is the municipality with the lowest price for resale property at €554 per square metre.
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Who’s renting? ACCORDING to the latest study carried out by Fotocasa on t r e n d s i n Sp a in ’s rental market between 2017 and 2018, a total of 65 per cent of the people who rented or tried to rent property last year were women. A third of them were married or in a relationship, almost half were upper-middle class, and approximately 40 per cent were aged between 25 and 35 years old. In fact, the percentage of females who rented property last y e a r i s 7 p e r c en t higher than the year before. The number of upper-middle class women choosing to rent also went up 4 per cent in a year. Men and women With regards to the difference between the number of men w h o r e n t e d p r o p erty between 2017 and 2018 and the number of women, there is a significant difference in the 18 to 24 age range. As much as 81 per cent of
th e p eo p le in th is a g e b rac k et w h o were in rented accommodation or trying to find rente d ac c o mmo d atio n w ere women. In 2017, this figure was 6 7 p er c e n t fo r fe ma le s , showing a substantial rise in one year. T h e s tu d y als o revealed a similar trend fo r th e n u mb e r o f u p p e rmiddle class women opting to rent, which went up from 2 4 p er c e n t in 2 0 1 7 to 35 per cent in 2018. Regional If w e tak e a lo o k at t he n u mb er o f ten an ts in the various autonomous regions of Spain, the study shows that in 2017, a total of 23 per cent of people renting property did so in Madrid, but this figure had fallen to 1 8 p er c e n t b y 2 0 1 8 . The drop in the number of tena n ts w a s p artic u larly marked in the 25 to 34-yearold age range.
In 2017, the numbe r of tenants in that age bracket made up 45 per cent of the total, and this fell to 18 per cent by 2018. O n the othe r ha nd, the number of people renting prope rty from A nda luc ia went up for the same period, from 15 pe r c e nt in 2017 to 18 per cent a year later. The s tudy ha s re ve a le d that more people are choosing to buy property rather than rent it, but those who
FOR RENT: There have been big changes in the rental market in the last year. do rent are only doing so as they can’t afford to get onto the property ladder to buy. It also shows that young people are abandoning the re nta l ma rke t for s imila r reasons, with figures showing the number of 18 to 24year-olds renting property declining from 29 per cent in 2017 to 15 pe r c e nt in 2018. The landlords Regarding property owners aged over 18 years old
who decided to rent out t hei r own pr oper t y, t her e have al so been changes since 2017. In that year, 53 per cent of landlords were male and 47 per cent female. However, the following year, this changed, and we saw the figures reversed, with 52 per cent of people renting their property out bei ng f em al e and 48 per cent male. A change was also seen in
the age range, with the percentage of landlords aged between 45 and 54 going up in 2018 to 31 per cent compared to the 24 per cent the previous year. However, those in the 25 t o 34 age gr oup dr opped from 15 per cent in 2017 to 11 per cent in 2018. The statistics also show 42 per cent of l andl or ds own two properties, 16 per cent own three and 34 per cent own just one.
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EXPERTS: Fastighetsbyrån is Sweden’s largest estate agent in Sweden and abroad. the market in this area? According to Miles, it’s difficult to say as there has been an equal balance between those buying and others selling. “Fastighetsbyrån has seen a rise in sellers citing Brexit as one of the reasons they are opting to sell their property, but at the same time, many others are purchasing regardless. On the buying side, Brexit seems to have had a bigger effect on acquisition power with fewer Brits buying new builds and in-
stead opting for cheaper resale properties due mainly to the poor exchange rate.” Market evolution Fastighetsbyrån continually keeps up-to-date with the latest property trends. In this way, they are able to advise clients accordingly. Spain’s largest valuations company Tinsa recently released their market report, which shows that they expect prices to remain stable for the next cou-
ple of years before continuing upwards. This correlates to the expectations at Fastighetsbyrån, who regard it as a healthy market behaviour. “The last time there was an uninterrupted increase in prices, it ended with the crash,” explains Miles. “In terms of sales, Fastighetsbyrån predicts them to rise, especially at the lower end of the market due to the return of Spanish buyers. The outlook for the Swedish market is strong with high levels of de-
mand continuing.” Fastighetsbyrån sells on average one property a day on the Costa Blanca South and desperately needs more properties in the area. Clients are welcome to visit Fastighetsbyrån’s offices in Torrevieja, Ciudad Quesada, La Zenia or Torre de la Horadada. Alternatively, contact Miles directly via email: miles.bar nett@fastighetsbyran.se or phone +34 673 628 224.
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CARRYING out any type of building work or reform inside or outside your property requires a lot of planning and preparation. Unbeknown to many, some of these tasks cannot be carried out without permission from your local town hall, licences to be granted and even paying municipal taxes. Below is a list of various jobs and tasks you may want to undertake inside or outside your home in order to improve it, with the necessary administrative and municipal requisites which must be adhered to at the same time. Finishes and inside installations Changing your plumbing system, the electrics, flooring and similar jobs are common and don’t require permission from the town hall, nor do you have to pay any taxes. Nevertheless, if you place a skip outside your property for the rubbish, a tax will have to be paid for occupying a public road. The amount will depend on where the road is located and how far it is from the town centre or commercial areas. Changing the dimensions of your house Any type of reform which in-
Were you granted permission? volves changing the layout and dimensions of your home will require previous permission from the town hall. This could include anything from pulling down partition walls to create one larger space, to building an extra room by using part of your terrace. To obtain this permission it is necessary to fill out the relevant forms and write a description of the reform you want to carry out. This must include a design of the work and its budget. You will be required to pay two different taxes for certain, plus another possible two: 1) Payment for administrative costs of planning services. In Madrid, this is around €285 if
the area is less than 500 square metres. 2) Construction, installation and works tax (ICIO), which is approximately 4 per cent of the budget price. 3) Tax for placing a skip outside your home for the rubbish (if needed). 4) Tax if using scaffolding. Modifying the structure of the house Changing the original design and structure of your house is a big task, and requires municipal permission. In addition, you will need the supervision of an architect or engineer, which you have to pay for, of course. He
PERMISSION GRANTED: Any type of building work which changes the original structure of your property, requires a licence from the town hall.
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tion, installation and works tax (ICIO), which is approximately 4 per cent of the budget price. 3) Tax for placing a skip outside your home for the rubbish (if needed). 4) Tax if using scaffolding. Reforms which modify community elements This could include any type of work or reform which w i l l
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679
385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aa-costablan ca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric-abrac. There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325)
THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 15.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.uk (95457) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope
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PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcf-Spain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm until 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, Calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their careras. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 or email strokesupportgroup@hot mail.com, website: torrevie jastrokesupport.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities.
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome. Sunday service 11.00 a.m; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.00 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m. House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia - Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463. For other church matters phone: 966 799 273 / 966 752 543 /617 215 463 www.icatorrevieja.org
CLASSIFIEDS The Spiritualist Centre, Benijofar meets at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7 p.m. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. Open Circle every Thursday at 6.30pm. The Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 10th March will be taken by Penny Hayward (UK Medium) at 11.30 am. The Evening of Mediumship on Tuesday, 12th March will also be taken by Penny Hayward at 7 pm. The Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 17th March will be taken by Len Cox at 11.30 am. www.spiritualist c e n t r e - b e n i j o far.com Telephone 626602904. Email is phoenixchurch23@gm ail.com or info@spiritu alistcentre-beni jofar.com Identification Fiscal G54713789 ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664 FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee. Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesada@yahoo.co .uk (95477) ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca. The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja. The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association, which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman
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MOTORING FACT ALTHOUGH the discussion about global warming seems to be never ending, one thing which is clear is how each of us plays a part in the planet’s future, and how that part can be influenced by thinking of a more efficient lifestyle, which includes what many consider to be a huge burden on the planet; the car. Now, thanks to a new website, we are a step closer to realising how us and our cars impact the environment. Green NCAP is an independent initiative which promotes the development of cars which are clean, energy efficient and not harmful to the environment. It aims to improve the quality of the air we breathe, to maximise the use of resources used for passenger transportation and to reduce global warming. The highest standard is attributed to a car which maximises the reduction of its own pollutants and greenhouse gases, and at the same time, operates at minimised
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THE phenomenon called ‘Highway Hypnosis,’ also known as white line fever, happens when people drive perfectly on commutes, school runs and long trips without any memory of performing particular tasks such as indicating, stopping and turning.
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TESTING: A Green NCAP road test in action. fossil fuel consumption and/or maximised energy efficiency under real-world conditions. Pollutant emissions from transportation are one of the main contributors to poor air quality worldwide, especially in cities.
Air quality problems are known to be the root cause of many health problems and even premature death, so the need to reduce the pollutants emitted by road vehicles has never been greater. In Spain, the DGT launched the
eco sticker system, where vehicle owners can display a disc in their windscreen which denotes how environmentally friendly the car is. Although it’s not mandatory to display, there are some cities -
Madrid and Barcelona for example - who restrict access to vehicles based on this rating in order to reduce the impact on air pollution. In Green NCAP’s first round of tests, 12 cars have been rated: the Hyundai Ioniq and BMW i3, both electric vehicles, achieve a maximum five-star rating, the VW up! GTI gets a credible four stars, BMW’s X1 2.0d and the Mercedes Benz A200 are both awarded three stars, the Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost is rated as two stars in its latest guise, and a one-star rating is given to the Audi A7 50 TDI, the Volvo XC40 T5 and the Subaru Outback 2.5. Three cars - the VW Golf 1.6TDI, the FIAT Panda 1.0 and the previous level Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost - get zero-star ratings. Visit the Green NCAP website at greenncap.com, to see if your car makes the grade, meanwhile you can get more information about the Spanish system from the DGT website, dgt.es.
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ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher MINI is a global motoring brand name dating back 60 years, and latest versions still offer a touch of retro styling while delivering everyday practicality and a lot of driving fun. The Mini line-up has been simplified in recent months, though many are likely to find it still rather complex especially as there are several options and packages in the mix. Prices start at €18,648 (£16,190) for a three-door model, though many will opt for the more practical five-door variant which is priced from €19,454 (£16,890). There are several petrol engines and a diesel, and while a six-speed manual gearbox is standard, there is a seven-speed automatic option. The entry-level fivedoor Classic model featured is quite well-equipped with standard kit including auto lights and wipers, digital radio, Bluetooth, infotainment screen with rotary control,
Mini One Classic
MINI: Offers a touch of retro styling.
STATS PANEL LED lights and air-conditioning. Various option packages add features such as sat-nav and enhanced connectivity. The 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine offers 102hp and gives a 0100kph time of 10.3 seconds and top speed of 191kph
Model: Mini One Classic Engine: 1.5-litre petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100kph 10.3 seconds, top speed 191kph (119mph) Economy: 18.5kpl (52.3mpg) Emissions: 122g/km
Model tested is UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
(119mph). Average fuel economy is 18.5kpl (52.3mpg) and emissions are 122gkm. The five-door model is 3cms longer and 1cm taller than its three-door stablemate, and this does give rear occupants improved head and legroom, and there is
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Tougher driving penalties approved FOLLOWING a campaign launched by the widow of a cyclist who was killed in a hit and run in 2015, the Spanish government has approved tougher penalties, and a significant change in the law for serious traffic offences. Anna González lost her husband Oscar in 2015 when he was hit by a lorry whilst cycling. The driver of the lorry fled the scene, but was identified by the remains of the vehicle which were left behind. He was subsequently arrested, but the law didn’t go far enough to deal with his abandonment of the victim, which spearheaded the campaign. Within Spanish traffic law there is a commitment for everyone to help victims, whether you were directly involved or not, and failing to do so is treated very seriously. However, that law only applied if the victim was still alive, and so in Oscar’s case, because he had died at the scene, there was no abandonment, although the driver would still be dealt with for the other offences relating to the incident. Now, there is a new crime; abandonment of the place of the incident, with penalties of two to four years in prison in the event of the incident being as a result of imprudence, or from three to six months in prison in the event of a lesser degree. Another change is automatic imprudence in the event of a serious incident. Some of the most serious road safety offences include driving with drugs or alcohol of more than 0.6 mg / l of expired air, excessively speeding above the maximum permitted limit, and driving without a licence. If a crime against road safety is committed which causes death or injury, this conduct will automatically be considered as serious imprudence, with penalties between one and four years in prison in case of death, and up to one year in the case of injuries. Until now it was up to a judge to evaluate each case and
ANNA GONZALEZ: Fronting the campaign hashtag. in many occasions this type of behaviour was not considered serious imprudence. There has also been an increase in prison sentences. A maximum penalty of four years could be applied to serious imprudence resulting in death, regardless of the number of deaths or people injured. The judge now has the power to aggravate the sentence of up to nine years in prison, depending on the number of fatalities or those seriously injured. Some of the less serious offences have been classified as crimes, such as overtaking where forbidden, failing to stop at a stop sign or traffic light, manipulating a mobile phone whilst driving, failing to maintain a safe distance of 1.5 metres when passing a cyclist, etc which subsequently result in injury or death, will be considered as reckless of a less serious nature. The significant point being that victims are therefore protected by criminal law, rather than relying on the protection
of the administrative courts and, in most cases, the vehicle’s insurance. The reform has not had any amendment and so will come into force at the time it is published in the official gazette, the BOE.
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SEAT unveil new concept car SPANISH car manufacturer SEAT, part of the Volkswagen Group, has revealed details of a new concept car which it hopes will set the future tones of car manufacturing as part of their ‘sustainable mobility solutions’ in a world in constant evolution. The SEAT el-Born will make its first public appearance at the Geneva International Motor Show, and according to the manufacturers, it is set to change the world in the same way the combustion engine did at the beginning of the 20th century, because ‘electrification brings us the latest generation advances in the automobile industry.’ The company believes that although the population density of cities is growing, nobody wants to abandon their personal mobility, and so the SEAT el-Born merges the main agents of change in the automotive industry: electrification, autonomous driving, shared mobility and connectivity.
The SEAT el-Born is the first 100 per cent electric vehicle based on the MEB platform developed by the Vo l k s w a g e n Group, a concept-car named after one of the most iconic neighbourhoods in Barcelona. An inspiration for the designers and engineers of SEAT, who have created a sporting vehicle with the most advanced electrical technology. Although el-Born is designed and developed in Barcelona, it will be manufactured at the plant in Zwickau, Germany. The vehicle - powered by high energy density batteries - has a range of up to 420km in the official test, and is capable of reaching 100 km/h in just 7.5 seconds. If we add
TECHNOLOGY: Used to streamline and improve drivers’ decisions.
that 47 minutes are enough to recharge the battery, we find a vehicle which modifies the perception of electrification. The SEAT el-Born has been designed to guarantee the pleasure of driving. It has an electric propulsion system associated with dynamic qualities, with the four wheels located at the ends of the vehicle and a more agile and energetic response compared
to traditional cars. It represents the design of the vehicles of the future, in a modern and integrated way, with special emphasis on the front. Aerodynamics are the key to maximising the vehicle’s autonomy, which is why the SEAT logo on the front is aligned with the bodywork, and no air intake is necessary to cool the engine, so the grille is ignored. The cooling fans, which are located under the front of the vehicle, provide
air to the battery and optimise the air flow in that area. “The SEAT el-Born is the reflection of our design and SEAT brand in the new era of electric cars. Our development team has taken the challenge of making our first electric car attractive very seriously. Driving an electric car must be exciting and fun. “We have to make our customers fall in love with the idea of the electric car,” says Alejandro MesoneroRomanos, design director of SEAT, and with this new addition to the range, it looks like they might just have achieved their aim.
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La Liga Review
Barca bask in glory, Real Madrid struggle CREDIT: Ivan Rakitic Twitter
HAVING knocked Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey last week, Barcelona went on to possibly eliminate their greatest rivals from La Liga title race, with a 1-0 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The pressure was on Madrid, not only to make up for their defeat in the Copa, but also to reduce the ninepoint gap between them and La Liga’s leaders Barca. But instead, a great chip from Croatian midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, earned a victory for dominant Barcelona, taking them 12 points ahead of Los Blancos. However, Atletico Madrid, in second place, are biting at the heels of Ernesto Valverde’s team, following a convincing 2-0 win over Real Sociedad. Ending the week seven points off the league leaders was Diego Simeone’s side’s objective at Anoeta, and they did exactly what was required of them. Spain striker Morata opened his
WINNING GOAL: Ivan Rakitic takes Barca ahead.
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No more Monday football SPANISH football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has confirmed there will be no more La Liga matches on Mondays amid dwindling gate numbers. On Twitter, he wrote: ‘There will be no more football on Mondays. From the next season in La Liga there will be play on Saturday and Sundays. We will see what happens with Fridays, if we reach a good agreement for all.’ He added: ‘Business is important but the fans more so.’
CREDIT: Luis Rubiales Twitter
Elite female athletes SAN SEBASTIAN holds top position in Spain for the number of elite female sports teams it has in relation to the number of inhabitants. The city boasts one team per 18,667 inhabitants, way ahead of Barcelona with one per 147,304 and Madrid (one per 230,238). The figures are included in the sixth study carried out by the Municipal Sports Board of Donostia which analysed the teams participating in the collective sports of football, basketball, handball, hockey, volleyball, water polo, r u g b y, i c e h o c k e y, s o f t ball, indoor football, rowing and curling, as well as athletic, swimming, and for the first year, rowing. The survey shows that this season, there are 10 women’s
Atletico account in the previous weekend’s victory over Villarreal and boosted his tally to three goals in two games with a pair of headers in the space of three first-half minutes on Sunday. Sitting in seventh place after a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao are Valencia, thanks to goals from Rodrigo and Kevin Gameiro. Meanwhile, in the second division, Almeria celebrated a 2-1 defeat over Zaragoza, and are now in eighth place. Alvaro Gimenez put Almeria ahead before Alvaro Vazques equalised. Esteban Saveljich went on to score the winning goal six minutes later. On Saturday, RCD Mallorca face Oviedo, Almeria take on Sporting Gijon, Elche play Cadiz, while Malaga are up against division leaders Osasuna.
FANS FIRST: RFEF president, Luis Rubiales, is putting supporters first. It follows a protest by Deportivo Alaves supporters over fixture changes to Mondays during a La Liga win over Levante, and a game against Athletic Bilbao in December. Top games in Spain have been held on the first day of the week since 2010, and while matches have received good television audiences, there has been a drop in stadium attendances.
Clear rider at Spanish Grand Prix BERA BERA: Elite Spanish handball team. teams from San Sebastian that are in the highest category or division. These are Bera Bera in handball, Real Sociedad in field hockey and football, IDK-Gipuzkoa in basketball, Atletico SS in athletics and softball, Txu r i U r d i n i n i c e h o c k e y,
Txuri Berri in Curling and Arraun lagunak and Donostiarra in rowing. Te n t e a m s p u t S a n S e bastian in third place in terms of the number of female teams in elite divisions in Spain, surpassed only by Barcelona with 11 and Madrid which has 14.
IRISHMAN Peter Moloney and the Team Harmony-owned mare Ornellaia won Sunday’s four-star Grand Prix at the Spanish Sunshine Tour in Vejer De La Frontera, Cadiz. Only five of the 50 starters managed to jump clear in the opening round, with Moloney from Waterford joined in the jump-off by fellow Irish rider Billy Twomey with Lady Lou. Moloney and the 14-year-old Ornellaia claimed the winner’s prize of almost €23,500 after setting an unbeatable target of clear in 43.25 seconds. Switzerland’s Carlo Pfyffer cleared in 43.10 to finish second. There was another Irish winner in the 1m45 speed class at the same venue, Sligo’s Richard Howley riding Chinook.
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JORGE URENA: King of the combined events in Glasgow.
Going for gold in Glasgow AN action-packed three days of competition culminated in Spain taking a hat trick of gold medals from the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow on Sunday.
The first was won by Ana Peleteiro in the women’s triple jump, followed by Alvaro de Arriba in the men’s 800 metres. And to round off the competition, Jorge Urena not only took gold in the men’s heptathlon, but scored a world leading 6,218 points to see him crowned king of the combined events. Jesus Gomez was bronze medallist in the men’s 3,000 metres. Meanwhile, Laura Muir scooped two golds at
the weekend to help Great Britain finish as runners-up on the medal table, ahead of Spain in third place. The 25-year-old confirmed her status as one of the best indoor athletes in the world with an impressive win in the 1,500m to add to the 3,000m title she won on Friday. Muir’s victory ensured a clean sweep of the women’s middle-distance events for Britain, after Shelayna Oskan-Clarke had won the 800m final earlier on Sunday.
Race for the MotoGP title THE 2019 MotoGP season kicks off at the weekend with the Qatar Grand Prix. The first of 19 races, Qatar will open proceedings at the Losail International Circuit before the action moves to Argentina and America for weekends this month and next. After a long spell in Europe it’s off to Thailand, Japan, Australia and Malaysia before the closing race in Valencia on November 17. Marc Marquez, threetime defending champion, is the favourite to take the title as he looks for a sixth career
world championship. But the Spaniard has strong competition, including new Repsol Honda teammate Jorge Lorenzo, 2017 and 2018 runner-up Andrea Dovizioso, Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales and veteran champion Valentino Rossi.
While Marquez has only won at Qatar once in MotoGP, in 2014, Lorenzo is a threetime MotoGP winner at the circuit. And Yamaha’s Vinales was the fastest rider in testing and will be sure to battle for victory on Sunday. CREDIT: Mark Marquez Twitter
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