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The people’s paper Issue No. 1875 10 - 16 June 2021
Beach plans ELCHE City Hall announced that, if the Health authorities permit, it hopes to dispense with the need to divide its beaches into sectors this summer and impose limits to capacity.
Animal shelter TORREVIEJA Town Hall will spend €700,000 on a new animal shelter with a veterinary service, offices, laundry and staff changing room as well as a play area for the dogs.
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Keeping watch TWENTY-ONE CCTV cameras will be installed at Crevillent’s sports installations to forestall or, if necessary, follow up on theft, vandalism and other anti-social incidents, the town hall’s Sports department announced.
Mild tremor ON Friday last week, Spain’s National Geography Institute registered a 1.9 magnitude earth tremor that was 60 kilometres east-south-east off the Santa Pola coast at a depth of 15 kilometres.
Eduardo Dolón, Torrevieja’s mayor (left) and Domingo Paredes, councillor for Innovation (right).
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Adios to the curfew! NO curfew, restaurants and bars open until 1am, nightlife venues until 2am and no limit to social gatherings. The expected announce‐ ment by Ximo Puig, the Valencian Community’s president marked a beginning of the end to the region’s anti‐Covid restrictions. Social distancing remains, as well as masks, although they are no longer necessary on the beach or in open countryside. The Valencia region’s cautious reopening had demonstrated its efficiency, creating the Valencian Community’s “unique” health situ‐ ation that allowed it to move forward, Puig said. Talking after the Generalitat’s latest interdepartmental meeting, Puig pointed out that the Valencian Community’s Covid‐incidence rate is still Spain’s lowest at three‐and‐a‐half times below the national average. “The Valencian Community is an EU point of reference as a safe destination, like Malta,” the Generalitat president said. Referring to the curfew, Puig declared he had kept his promise that it would not be in place for “one day longer” than was strictly necessary. Nevertheless, the nightlife sector was disappointed to learn that dancefloors must remain empty, with indoor capacity fixed at 50 per cent and no drinking at the bar. The sector had made so many sacrifices for the general good, Puig admitted, but predicted that continuing the region’s “gradual and prudent” reopening meant that all sectors would reach July “in the best condition.”
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Downpour misery in La Siesta Safe summer beaches
LA SIESTA residents Fred and Maggy de Jong live in dread of bad weather. They have been visiting Torrevieja several times a year since 1986 and have had a
house in La Siesta for the last 21 years. As Mr de Jong explained and as he has also told the town hall - that their street turns into what he described as
Almond scam in Murcia COATO, an agricultural cooperative based in Totana (Murcia) fell victim to an elaborate ‘phishing’ operation netting €91,500. The cooperative had been in contact with a Netherlands firm interested in a bulk purchase of Coato’s organic almonds, al‐ though the deal was not closed. That was when an alleged hacker ‐ a criminal known to the police ‐ got involved, modifying the contact details of both com‐ panies and making each believe they were really dealing with the other. By March 2021 he had managed to get both parties to agree to deal with the Dutch company, apparently buying 10,000 kilos of almonds from Coato for €91,500. Coato sent the almonds to the Netherlands company, but when no payment had been received as per the conditions of sale, the two companies realised they were the victims of a scam. The Guardia Civil traced the source of the emails to Equitorial Guinea, on the west coast of Africa, and located the money in a bank in England. Luckily for Coato, a spokesman revealed that their insurance company was prepared to cover the incident.
a “wild river” whenever there is torrential rain. In the past this occurred every two or three years, but now happens three of four times a year, he pointed out. Worse still, violent rain sweeps stones, gravel and mud downhill, littering the roads and passageways between the houses. “Water has collected in the street and gardens and this morning our basement was centimetres-deep in water,” Mr de Jong told the Euro Weekly News after the last heavy downpour. The water eventually disperses, but not the stones and gravel which, as he pointed out, are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. They can remain untouched for up to four weeks, Mr de Jong said. Despite countless letters and attempts at contacting the town hall he has yet to speak to anybody about the problem, which he knows will recur during the next bout of bad weather.
SANTA POLA Town Hall is con‐ tracting beach assistants under the Generalitat’s ‘Safe Summer 2021’ scheme. As they did last year, the assis‐ tants will be present along the Valencian Community’s beaches, advising beachgoers on anti‐
Covid health and safety regula‐ tions and providing general infor‐ mation. The assistants ‐ all unem‐ ployed and aged between 18 and 30 ‐ have been selected by the official employment office Labo‐ ra, but in a departure from last
year’s procedures, will be directly contracted by the town halls themselves. Santa Pola, which has received a €107,036 subsidy from the regional government to cover the cost, will employ 24 as‐ sistants between June 20 and September 19.
First sales for Orihuela firms One discordant voice only
TWO Orihuela companies made their first sales at the 10th China Flower Expo in Shanghai a week after it opened. The Expo continues until July 2 with 180 outdoor exhibition zones and 64 indoor areas at the expo park in the city’s Chong‐ ming District. Amongst them is the Orihuela Pavilion whose presence at the Expo has already borne fruit for the Altos de Orihuela bodega and Vega Scorza. The Altos de Orihuela wines, a blend of Syrah and Monastrell grapes, are produced on the slopes of Peña Gorda in northern Ori‐ huela. Vega Scorza market a lemon‐based aperitif made from ex‐ tracts of organic Vega Baja lemons and their leaves. The deals were made thanks to the cross‐border Taobao Eu‐ rope platform that enables Chinese purchasers to acquire foreign products without having to go through a complex import system involving permits, registrations, taxes and customs duties. This system means that small and medium‐sized companies are able to make business‐to‐consumer sales, entering the Chi‐ nese market with a minimum of stress. “The purpose of Orihuela’s presence in Shanghai is to enable our agri‐food companies to forge links with the Asian giant,” said Victor Valverde, city hall councillor for Agriculture.
THE Valencian Community’s Par‐ tido Popular currently held pri‐ maries for the party’s regional presidency. Carlos Mazon, also president of Alicante’s provincial council the Diputacion, overcame all rivals to become the sole candidate. There was only one municipali‐ ty ‐ Pilar de la Horadada ‐ where Mazon was not chosen. Partido Popular sources quoted in the Spanish media said that the town feels “overlooked” by the Diputa‐ cion. “Mazon could have helped with different projects and invest‐ ments, but never has,” they ex‐ plained.
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NIBS EXTRA Fighting fit FOLLOWING an anonymous tip-off, officers from Orihuela’s Local Police force discovered a clandestine breeding centre for fighting cocks hidden in a cave in the Sierra above Calle Miguel Hernandez. Roughly 30 cocks were located and removed with the assistance of a vet, and police are now seeking those responsible.
Stop talking THE Guardia Civil removed a female Spanish passenger from an Alicante-bound aircraft that had to return to Palma airport when she refused to stop talking on her mobile despite flight attendants’ repeated requests. She now faces prosecution from the European Aviation Safety Agency for ignoring the crew’s requests.
Hell’s bells A TWO-TON bronze bell vanished from the San Jaime chapel in Cañada del Fenollar, a small municipality near Alicante City. Police investigators concluded that the thief or thieves climbed the side of the chapel building to take the bell which was probably stolen for its value as scrap.
Wrong way ELCHE’S Local Police intercepted a vehicle driving along the A70’s joining lane but then handed over the case to the Guardia Civil since the incident had occurred on a motorway. Police sources later revealed that the driver and the occupants of the vehicle all tested positive for alcohol.
No slip-ups ALICANTE City Hall’s Environment department is lopping and removing the fruit from 8,000 palm trees in the city’s principal streets and pedestrian areas. This will avert potential accidents caused by fallen branches and prevent injuries to members of the public who could slip on dates littering the pavements.
Court order THE region’s Upper Court of Justice (TSJ) ordered Santa Pola Town Hall to pay €1.9 million plus costs to the concessionary contracted to build the municipality’s still-unfinished covered pool. The company abandoned the project in 2009 but should be paid for the work carried out, the TSJ ruled.
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Livelihoods threatened MEMBERS of Santa Pola’s fishing fleet joined last week’s demonstration in V illajoyosa protesting about restrictive E U measures. T he demonstration was attended not only by the Santa Pola fishermen, but also the local mayor Loreto Serrano and several councillors wanting to make clear their support for the sector. Like trawlermen all along Spain’s Mediterranean fleet, the Santa Pola contingent agreed that they face ruin once they are permitted only 120 working days each
VILLAJOYOSA DEMONSTRATION: Santa Pola’s fishing community backed last week’s protest. year instead of a viable 190. The Brussels’ regulations would endanger thousands of jobs that depend directly
and indirectly on trawling, they warned “Bottom trawling is sustainable and has been since
time immemorial,” they argued. “It is a driving force of the economy along the Mediterranean coast.”
Spring Series final results THE final match of the Carp‐R‐Us Spring Se‐ ries was fished on the Eden stretch of the River Segura. This often‐maligned section can produce decent weights when condi‐ tions are right and on most occasions nearly everyone catches some fish. Lately, though, it has been strange as very few fish are seen ‘topping.’ The mullet
A Helping Hand that needs help AS its name reveals the Torrevieja group, A Helping Hand, assists those in need. It was created after Ines Perkins, a nurse at the Quiron Hospital, began helping one family. “That opened my eyes to the hundreds of families that are sadly affected by this pandemic,” she said. “I’ve been told to contact social services, the town hall or the official food banks,” Ines added. “It doesn’t work like that. Spain is all about paperwork and they are all about making you wait months.” Instead she took matters into her own hands ‐ literally ‐ by setting up collection points all over the Vega Baja. “Food, nappies, tins of baby milk, wipes, clothes, bric‐a‐brac. We take anything we can! And what we don’t use, we give to the association we work alongside with in Torrevieja which has roughly 600 people needing help,” Ines said. Ines is assisted in A Helping Hand’s work by Nikki Lloyd. “I’m the girl everything comes to!” Nicki told the Euro Weekly News. “I sort out all the food and send out the food parcels.” More information is available on A Help‐ ing Hand ‐ Costa Blanca’s Facebook page, which includes a list of drop‐off points for donations, as well as the group’s Paypal details.
that used to be commonplace seem to have vanished (along with the blue crabs, thankfully). Unfortunately, there are still plenty of terrapins around. For the second match running, Willy Moons ran out winner with 7.10 kilos, fin‐ ishing well ahead of Doug Hornblow on 3.45 kilos. Third, continuing his good form,
was Terry Stroud with 2.92 kilos. A single 2.60‐kilo carp was sufficient to give Jeremy Fardoe fourth place. The series was won by Dave Hutchinson with an incredible 229 points out of a possi‐ ble 240. Willy Moons finished runner‐up with 213 points, Steve Fell was third with 211 and Roy Dainty fourth with 206.
Safe haven for the animals
THE Euro Weekly News recently featured the animal rescue charity Asociacion y Refugio para Animales sin Posibilidades (ASRA). As we explained, the Veldhuizen family looks after more than 100 animals that would otherwise have no chance of sur‐ vival. The majority are cats, although there are also 18 dogs, chickens, roosters and a sheep. “We do it so that the animals can be loved and looked after for a while instead of passing away on the streets in agony.” The centre is in the Muro de Alcoy‐ Agres area north of Alicante, high up on a mountain where there is no traffic or neighbours.
“We chose this because it ensures the safety of our animals.” There is no electricity and the family use a generator each day for a few hours to charge their phones and lamps while some appliances use solar power. “We haven’t had hot water for two years but are hopeful we can get it working in the next few weeks,” Alex added. “Many people do not understand our work or why we do it, but we are person‐ ally very proud of what we do and how far we’ve come.” For more information about ASRA, or to donate, consult the www.asraspain. org website or their Facebook page.
Cockney Capers rake in funds THE recent charity event ‘The Return of Cockney Capers’ at the Marina Bar in Torrevieja raised €462 for charity. It was a ‘knees up’ without the ‘knees up’ due to Covid restrictions but fundraisers, David and Lorraine Whitney were delighted with the result as this was their first venture after a very trying and difficult time due to the pandemic. With a two‐course lunch, raffle, tombola, prizes for the best‐dressed and an Eastenders comedy sketch, the afternoon exceeded expectations. Thanks went to the Marina Bar team as well as Lynne Smith who arrived with her own home‐made gateau, which she donated to the raffle. Since those attending decided on their chosen charity, the money raised is going to the Red Cross, who actively help the local community. David and Lorraine’s next charity event at the Marina Bar will give people a chance to ‘glam up’ and put on their best evening wear for Puttin On The Glitz. The date has yet to be confirmed, so watch this space.
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Lucky 13 for Orihuela ORIHUELA can now fly the 11 Blue Flags award‐ ed to its beaches, more than any other Valencian Community municipality. Like his counterparts from other municipalities whose beaches have been awarded Blue Flags, Orihuela’s Beaches coun‐ cillor Antonio Sanchez travelled to the Oceanografic in Valencia City to collect the flags that are awarded to beaches which meet the stringent standards set by the Foundation for Envi‐ ronmental Education (FEE). In fact, Sanchez took possession of 13 Blue Flags in all because as well as the 11 that were awarded to Orihuela Cos‐ ta beaches, he also col‐ lected one more for the Campoamor Marina and another for the Paseo Cabo Roig path. “I want to thank the members of the team who have made it possi‐ ble for Orihuela’s beach‐ es, marina and coastal path to continue setting an example of good man‐ agement, quality and ex‐ cellence despite two years that have been complicated by storms as well as the pandemic,” Sanchez said.
Fun quiz for Butterfly Children AS restrictions gradually ease, DEBRA, the Butter‐ fly Children Charity in Ur‐ banisation La Marina (San Fulgencio), hopes to or‐ ganise more events. The first of these will be a fun quiz night with Tommy at the Hillside Bar in Urbanisation La Mari‐ na, held tomorrow Friday June 11. The fun is due to start at 7pm with supper, with all Covid regulations ad‐ hered‐to. Tickets can be obtained from the Hillside bar, the DEBRA Charity Shop on Consum Square, or con‐ tact Mary (616 076 072).
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Spanish course RESIDENTS have until June 30 to register for a free online Spanish course organised by the Alicante Diputacion on the www.ciudadanosextranjeros.es website. To reserve one of the 400 places, allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, it is necessary to provide a copy of their Padron certificate.
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Help for the self-employed and micro-enterprises TORREVIEJA Town Hall is set to help the self-employed and micro-enterprises whose activities are affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The councillor for Promotion, Employment and Local Development, Domingo Paredes, announced that Torrevieja Council has now approved the second phase of financial assistance within the ‘Plan Resist’ framework. There is a surplus of unused resources which is aimed at economic sectors not previously included in the regional government’s decree of January 22. This includes beauty salons, shops and hairdressers. After publication in the Official Bulletin of the Province (BOP), the application process will be opened telematically for a period of 15 working days. Direct help of €2,000 is available for applicants who may also be eligible for a fur-
Domingo Paredes made announcement. ther €200 for each worker affiliated to the Social Security on December 31, 2020. The application form along with documentation and information is available from the Torrevieja Town Hall website.
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Registrations For Summer School ELCHE Council has opened the registration to participate in the Open Summer School 2021. Councillor for Equality, Social Rights and Inclusive Policies, Mariano Valera, presented the project and said that “the objective is to promote the development of a neighbourhood based on coexistence, citizen participation and interculturality.” The Open School intends to offer a cultural and recreational alternative for young people over the month of July, which includes promoting healthy life habits, intercultural coexistence and also publicising spaces and neighbourhood services. This summer, the Open School will take place from July 6 until July 30 for the neighbourhoods of C arrús, E l T oscar, S ector V, El Pla, Palmerales and San Antón for young people between 12 and 16 years old. Workshops will take place from Tuesdays through to Fridays from 11am until 2pm and groups will be put together in accordance with age - one group from age 12 to 14 and another group from age 15 to 16. M inors will be divided into groups of 10 and will adhere to current Covid measures. Courses on offer are varied and include sports, rap, gender equality, graffiti, using social media, body expression, first aid and theatre, amongst others. The workshops are free and interested persons have until June 20 to register through the website: https://escuelaabiertade verano.com/
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Mobile and internet rates rise Ryanair Announces
SEVERAL main telephone op‐ erators have announced an in‐ crease in some of their rates in the coming months. Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, Euskaltel, R and Telecable will modify their prices this summer. Movistar was ahead of the pack and did the same last year. Their Fusion rates rose by €3, al‐ though they added the novelty that new customers who signed up with a change over package also received a new mobile phone ‐ however, it was not al‐ ways gifted, as according to the Organisation for Consumers (OCU) you can pay approximate‐ ly 30 per cent more than if you buy it normally. Vodafone has advised that customers who have fibre‐optic internet and mobile contracts, including all the options of One Unlimited and Home Unlimited, will pay an extra €3 from July 15. On top of that, each additional line added to the package will increase by €1.50 per month. If you only have a mobile rate with this operator such as a Mini rate or an Unlimited rate, the in‐ crease will be €3.
Unlike in the case of Movistar, this rate increase affects both new customers and those who were already on Vodafone, al‐ though they will continue to have the discounts they already enjoyed. According to the OCU, the company justifies this in‐ crease due to the investments made to face the increase in traffic and the deployment of 5G networks.
Orange will raise some of its rates by €2.05 a month including Love Total, Love Total Sin Limits and Love Total Sin Limits 4 and the fibre‐only rate with a speed of 600 Mbps. This change affects both new customers that contract these rates as well as those who al‐ ready have them. Telephone‐ only rates, without fixed inter‐ net, or convergent rates with less than 300 Mbps will not be
New Summer Route
RYANAIR has announced a new summer route from Mala‐ ga as part of their summer 2021 schedule for Spain to Sofia in Bulgaria, operating two flights each week from July. Susana Brito, Ryanair’s Sales & Marketing Manager for Spain and Portugal, commented on
EMPLOYMENT RECOVERY REGISTERED IN MAY
THE Second Vice President and Minister of Eco‐ nomic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Na‐ dia Calviño, has described as “very positive” the unemployment data and Social Security af‐ filiation for the month of May released on Wednesday June 3 and has assured that al‐ most 80 per cent of jobs have been recovered that were lost during the first wave of the pan‐ demic. Calviño emphasised during the inauguration of the Aslan 2021 Congress that “The Spanish economy has already entered a new phase, the recovery is underway and this is what all the economic indicators show us.” The minister stressed that a way out of this unprecedented crisis is being seen very different from the previ‐ ous one, “largely thanks to the measures de‐
ployed since March of last year,” she remarked. The economic manager explained that al‐ most 212,000 jobs were created in May and the number of affiliates prior to the pandemic has already been recovered. Unemployment has fallen by more than 129,300 people, which is “the largest drop in unemployment regis‐ tered in May in the entire historical series.” In addition, she highlighted that the number of workers in ERTE continues to fall to below 544,000, which is twice the rate of departure of workers in ERTE during May compared to the rate of departure in April. Given these figures, Calviño stressed that Spain faces “a historic op‐ portunity” for the exit from this crisis not to be limited to a rebound but to lead to “stronger and more sustained” growth.
the new summer season and explained that: “As the vaccina‐ tion programmes move for‐ ward and with the summer sea‐ son just around the corner, we are delighted to announce a new route connecting Malaga to Sofia, Bulgaria, from July as part of Ryanair’s 2021 summer schedule in Spain.” She also commented on the free flight date changes avail‐ able from Ryanair and said:
“Aware that Covid‐19 restric‐ tions are constantly changing, Ryanair is allowing up to two free flight date changes. This will allow greater flexibility and peace of mind for our cus‐ tomers, who can book their flights to enjoy a well‐deserved break, with the peace of mind of being able to postpone or change their travel dates, if nec‐ essary, for a fee of zero euros until the end of October 2021.”
RYANAIR: Are also offering two free flight date changes.
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Our readers would move here again WITH everything that has gone on in the past year, including Brexit and a worldwide pandemic, Euro Weekly News asked our readers if, knowing what they know now they would still move to Spain. The consensus was a resound‐ ing yes! Despite the challenges it sometimes presents, Spain offers an amazing lifestyle and most peo‐ ple, given the choice over again, would still decide to move here. Seventy‐five per cent of our read‐ ers said that they do not regret hav‐ ing moved to Spain. Suzanne Stokes said “Yes ‐ never regretted it for a day. But we live on the coast, where our limited Span‐ ish is not a problem ‐ and we do ac‐ cept it’s not Britain and we respect things are sometimes done differ‐ ently here. To be honest we liked it better 15 years ago, before there Readers’ reasons to do it all again: Weather (except the wind and sandy rain) Cost of living Pace of life Low heating bills Healthy food The Spanish people Safety National Health System Lower rent
were so many British shops, bars and fast food restaurants ‐ but still a wonderful place to live.” Missing family, especially due to the coronavirus is one of the main reasons why our readers may re‐ consider their decision, like Bev Somervell, who said “no, didn’t know I wouldn’t be able to see my family for two years and still don’t know when I will see them.” Sue Peers said how safe she feels in Spain, “Definitely, almost 15 years now, would never want to go back to UK now, every day noth‐ ing but violence, where we live in Spain never any problems, never afraid of going out on my own, nev‐ er afraid to walk past a group of teenagers, I know it’s not going to be like that all over Spain, but choose wisely and it’s the best life you could have.” Readers’ reasons to stay away: Missed family too much The heat Lower wages Bureaucracy, especially the cost of being self‐employed Earthquakes Holidaymakers Bougainvillea (?!) Mosquitoes and snakes
Carole Evans praised the people and the health system “Absolutely yes, we have lived here for 20 years. The health service is first class and the Spanish people are great, I was taught to treat people like you wish to be treated. Learn‐ ing Spanish is a must. Our home is here in Spain, wouldn’t change it.”
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Trump Hits Back At Facebook FORMER president Donald Trump said he is “not too interested” in returning to Facebook after the social media giant banned him from their platform for another two years. Speaking at a rally in
North Carolina Republican Party on June 5, Trump said the decision was “so unfair.” “They say they may allow me back in two years. I’m not too interested in that. They may allow me back in two years. We got to stop
El Corte Ingles Posts Historical Annual Loss SPANISH retail store giant, El Corte Inglés, has announced a historical annual loss of €2,945 million for the year from March 2020, to the end of February 2021, compared to the €310 million profit that the company posted for 2019. Of course, the period in question coincides with the outbreak of the pandemic, but company chairwoman, Marta Álvarez, explained that most of these losses are the result of provisions of €2.5 billion that was intended to cover the impairment of fixed assets, inventories, and tax credits, with the provisions deriving from an ‘updating of assets as a result of the transformation towards a more digital business model.’ Data released by the company on June 4, showed its operating losses to be €445 million, in addition to the aforementioned provisions, while the gross profit (EBITDA) was €142 million at the end of the fiscal year, 88 per cent down on the previous year, and turnover fell 31.6 per cent, to €10,432 million.
that. We can’t let it happen. So unfair. They are shutting down an entire group of people. Not just me. They are shutting down the voice of a much more powerful and a much larger group,” he said. Trump also criticised Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg. “You know, Zuckerberg used to come to the White House. He’d call, ‘Could I have dinner with you sir?’ Sure. ‘Could I bring my wife?’ Oh absolutely. He actually walked into the office one day in front of numerous people. ‘Congratulations, sir.’ Why? ‘You’re number one on Facebook.’ We had a nice dinner,” he said. “The day I was out he became rather, well’ I guess it is human nature. But we can’t let our country be run by that kind of human nature, can we? Zuckerberg, another beauty,” he added.
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A H I - T E C H A merican cannabis research company has partnered with a centre in Barcelona to undertake cannabis genetics and breeding. Front Range Biosciences and the C entre for R esearch in Agricultural Ge-
nomics (CRAG) won one of eight licences granted by the S panish A gency of M edicine and S anitary P roducts to work with cannabis. Spain was one of the first European countries to decriminalise the personal use
and cultivation of cannabis for self-consumption. Although cannabis has not been legalised for medical or recreational use, the country’s M inistry of Health has authorised organisations to cultivate, process and test cannabis and hemp plants for medical purposes. “CRAG is a world class research centre, and we are pleased to extend our partnership with them by introducing technologies and services that will transform cannabis medical markets across E urope,” said D r J onathan V aught, C ofounder and C EO of Front Range Biosciences said on June 4. “The expanded partnership leverages the technological expertise of FRB and the research capabilities and reach of CRAG to accelerate the adoption of cannabis for therapeutic uses in Spain and across the E uropean U nion,” added Jose Luis Riechmann, Director of CRAG.
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Spaniards apply for residency in the UK BRITISH expats in Spain for months have been com‐ plaining about the hassle of obtaining their residen‐ cias and the accompanying TIE cards. Some have managed to obtain this now prized possession while others
are stuck in an expensive legal process with some having reluctantly decided to move back to the UK. Just as we all thought it’s only us Brits that had to go through this maze of documents and legal pro‐ cess, it turns out that
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Spaniards residing in the UK have it just as bad ‐ if not worse! According to the terms of Brexit, as of July 1, all citizens of the Member States of the European Union living in the UK must have their residence status secured in order to remain in the country with their essential rights, such as being able to work, rent a home, or have access to public services. This means that citizens of the bloc countries who lived in the UK before the end of 2020 ‐ when the EU and the UK reached an agreement ‐ can keep their rights by applying for a residence permit. It has now been re‐ vealed that less than a month before the dead‐ line, more than 320,000 Spaniards have already re‐ ceived the permit, a figure that is close to double the 180,000 estimated to be in t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m , a c‐ cording to a Foreign Office report.
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Criminal Network Broken THE Guardia Civil has dismantled a group that specialised in rob‐ bing tobacconists, and who had been operating from Salamanca, Almeria and Madrid, and to which at least seven robberies are attributed in the provinces of Salamanca, Zamora, and Cáceres. According to Guardia Civil sources, ‘Operation Armutanco’ resulted in the arrest on Tuesday, June 1, of six people, which con‐ sisted of four men, and two women, plus the subsequent searches of five homes and an in‐
TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Found along with stolen goods. dustrial warehouse located in the provinces of Salamanca, Madrid, Almeria, and Badajoz, uncovered a hoard of stolen goods and ‘tools of the trade’. This operation was launched
Do You Still Have Pesetas To Change? IT has been almost 20 years since Spain exchanged pesetas for the euro and began the process of collecting and exchanging the currency. However, it is estimated that the public still have €1,586 million in unchanged peseta notes and coins. What many citizens do not know is that the passage of time and with the special characteristics that some pesetas have means they have been revalued and become worth a real for‐ tune today, according to specialised websites Foronum and Todo Colección. The deadline for exchanging peseta bills and coins ended on December 31, but it has been extended until June 30, 2021 due to the pandemic.
in December 2020, under the control of the Organic Unit of Ju‐ dicial Police (UOPJ) of the Sala‐ manca Command, after two rob‐ beries with force took place in commercial premises in Aldease‐ ca de la Armuña and Salamanca, along with the theft of a vehicle to carry out the first robbery. During the investigation, the officers soon determined that the members of this criminal gang were of Romanian and Spanish origin, and were definitely based in the provinces of Salamanca, Madrid, and Almeria, from where they were travelling ‘to any point of the national territory with the sole purpose of commit‐ ting criminal actions, mainly in es‐ tablishments dedicated to the sale of tobacco.’
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Woman Cuts Off Boss’s Penis A W O M A N in Spain has cut off her boss’s penis after he allegedly attempted to rape her in Sant Andreu de la Barca in Barcelona. The shocking incident took place on May 31 and Barcelona’s Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested the woman. The female employee claims that her male boss had tried to sexually abuse her. When he attacked her she grabbed a knife and attacked him, cutting off his penis. T his is not the only arrest that has been made, as the owner of the bar was also arrested. According to the police he was arrested for a crime of sexual assault.
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PLATINUM JUBILEE: To mark 70 years on the throne.
Brits get extra Bank Holiday HER MAJESTY, 95, will enjoy a four-day platinum jubilee bonanza to mark her 70th year on the throne, including a special celebration involving 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians, Buckingham Palace has revealed. It is the first time in history that any British monarch has ever reached this historic milestone - the Palace revealed that it will be celebrated in style. The government had already hinted that Brits will be treated to a four-day weekend from June 2 to June 5, 2022 to mark the special occasion. The Palace today confirmed that the extra days off will “provide an opportunity for communities and people to come together and celebrate the historic milestone.” The May Bank Holiday Weekend - which usually falls at the end of the month - will be moved to Thursday, June 2, 2022, for Her Majesty’s 70th year on the throne with the weekend being extended with an extra day off on Friday, June 3. It was also revealed that workers could take advantage of a special loophole which means they will get nine days off work in a row if they book just three days’ worth of holiday.
O N Thursday June 3, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, presented the ‘Report on Food Consumption in Spain 2020’ which confirms that, in comparison with 2019, expenditure on food - inside and outside the home stood at €102,082.72 million, 3.2 percent less, while the volume of food products and ingredients purchased in shops for use at home grew by 4.4 per cent. “The pandemic has inescapably marked the eating habits of Spaniards last year
and has generated a change in consumption habits. By staying at home longer due to restrictions, consumption was concentrated there and it decreased significantly in bars and restaurants where it tends to have higher added value,” the Minister said. Households allocated 14.2 per cent more money to their food shopping budgets in 2020 representing 78 per cent of the total spent on food and drink, but it does not compensate for the 36.8 per cent drop in the spending in bars and restaurants.
If there was one upside, it was that Spaniards rediscovered the joys of cooking at home and “traditional menus” including casseroles and baking, the Minister said. Fresh products topped the list, but sales of ‘pantry staples’ such as flours, pizza bases and puff pastry doughs, legumes, sugar, rice or pasta increased considerably. According to the report, the average Spaniard ate 99.7 kilos of fruit, 87.05 of potatoes and fresh vegetables, and 74 litres of milk.
Cheeky Seal Astonishes Paddle-Boarder THE recent bank holiday saw many people across the UK basking in the sun and enjoying the stunning weather and one seal decided to join in the fun. T he cheeky seal hopped on board Cenk Albayrak-Touye’s paddle board before it spent a relaxing time basking in the sun. For the most part the seal seemed to ignore the board’s owner and took the time to relax on Bank Holiday Monday
May 31 near the Dorset coast. The seal took a good look at its host before it disappeared back into the water. Cenk, aged 25, is an English teacher and had only been out on his board a few times when the seal decided to hop aboard. He had been paddle boarding near Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour with his dad when the seal popped over to say hello.
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Flight Lands 2,000mls From Destination EASYJET have begun an investi‐ gation after a woman managed to get on the wrong flight and ended up in Gibraltar, rather than her planned destination of Belfast, over 2,000 miles away from her intended destination. G Cargin, aged 25 from Manchester, makes regular trips
back to County Down in order to visit family. On Sunday May 30 she took off from Manchester airport and decided take a nap as she was only expecting to be on a 40‐minute flight. She had expected to wake up at Belfast International Airport, but when she woke up she realised things
had gone very wrong and found out that she would be landing in over an hour. She explained “They told me it was going to Gibraltar… I said: ‘Guys, I’m on the wrong flight’, I was thinking about my parents because I knew they were pick‐ ing me up and that they had no idea where I was.” This is the kind of mistake that really should not happen, but the display screen at the airport boarding gates had been offline and Gemma had no idea that she had managed to get on the wrong plane. Her boarding pass had been scanned by airport staff too. easyJet commented that: “We are investigating with the airport and our ground handling partner at Manchester how Ms Cargin was able travel on the wrong flight. “As soon as the mistake was realised, it was arranged for her to fly back to Manchester and on to Belfast, and she was looked after by our team throughout and provided with refreshments. “We would like to sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
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DGT Launches New Sign THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has launched a new traffic sign that will regulate access to certain urban areas. The new signs are the result of Spain’s new Climate Change law which came into force on May 22. Now, only certain vehicles can access the Low Emission Zones. The regulation requires mu‐ nicipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, and those with 20,000 with poor air quali‐ ty, to establish Low Emission
TRAFFIC SIGN: For Low Emission Zones.
Zones before 2023. The DGT has asked local enti‐ ties to communicate what areas are Low Emission Zones, as well as ‘other regulations for access to
Second Vaccine for police THE police and Guardia Civil will receive their second dose of the vaccine this week. On Tuesday, June 1, teachers received their second dose as Spain starts to complete immunisations for essential workers. However, unlike teachers, police and Guardia Civil officers’ vaccination centre will not be revealed for security reasons. Like other essential workers under the age of 60, they will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Following uncertainty about administrations of the second dose, which has seen thousands of workers in suspense across Spain, the vaccinations are now being resumed.
vehicles that they establish in their municipalities.’ Madrid and the Barcelona Metropolitan Area have already started to establish Low Emission Zones, with other cities expected to follow soon. “The goal is for cities to be safe, healthy and competitive, and for residents, transport oper‐ ators, delivery people and visitors to urban areas to know in ad‐ vance the current restrictions and to be able to adequately manage their mobility,” the DGT said in a statement. Jorge Ordas, DGT’s Deputy Di‐ rector of Mobility and Technolo‐ gy, added, “We hope that this contributes to eliminating con‐ gestion derived from the hectic traffic of our cities.”
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Rental Prices See Biggest Drop Facebook probe launched THE cost of renting a flat or house in Spain has fallen by 6 per cent in the past 12 months, the biggest drop since 2013. In Barcelona, prices dropped by 17.8 per cent and in Madrid by 13.4 per cent, and at the end of May the average Spanish rental property cost €10.7 per square metre. In the past year, 23 capital cities have seen a decrease in the price of rental properties. It is most pro-
nounced in Barcelona and Madrid, but prices in Palma have dropped by Palma by -11.6 per cent; Sevilla by -9.1 per cent; Malaga by -8.2 per cent; Valencia by -7.9 per cent; Alicante by -5.4 per cent; and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria by -5.3 per cent. Prices however increased by 5.6 per cent in Granada and by 5.1 per cent in Almeria. Overall, prices decreased in Andalucia by 0.3 per cent.
THE UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether Facebook might be abusing a dominant position in the social media or digital advertising markets through its collection and use of advertising data. The CMA said it will look into whether Facebook has unfairly used the data gained from its advertising and single sign-on option, known as Facebook Login, to benefit its buying and selling platform, Facebook Marketplace, as well as its online dating service, Facebook Dating. Andrea Coscelli, chief execu-
FACEBOOK: A look into its business practices. tive of the CMA, said in a statement, “We intend to thoroughly investigate Facebook’s use of data to assess whether its business practices are giving it an unfair
NHS Doctors & Nurses THERE are a record number of doctors and nurses working in the NHS in England. Statistics published on June 3, show that as of March 2021, there are a total of 124,078 doctors and 304,542 nurses working in the NHS. Compared to the same time last year, there are over 5,600 more doctors and over 10,800 more nurses. There are also record numbers of hospital and community health staff overall, with 1,197,747 workers. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said, “It is hugely encouraging to see the number of doctors and nurses has peaked yet again, with over 124,000 doctors and 304,000 nurses working in our NHS. Our expanding NHS workforce will help to provide safe care to patients and continue the success of the vaccination programme, as we work to tackle backlogs and build back better. “I’d like to thank all health and social care staff across the country for their tremendous work and commitment this past year,” he added. The said government is committed to hiring 50,000 more NHS nurses by 2024. There has also been a 34 per cent increase in applicants to study nursing in 2012.
advantage in the online dating and classified ad sectors. “Any such advantage can make it harder for competing firms to succeed, including new and smaller businesses, and may reduce customer choice,” he added. Facebook collects data from its digital advertising services, which allow other businesses to advertise to Facebook users, and from its single sign-on option, Facebook Login, which offers people the ability to sign into other websites, apps and services using their Facebook log-in details. The CMA will look into whether Facebook has unfairly used the data gained from its advertising and single sign-on to benefit its own services, in particular Facebook Marketplace, where users and businesses can put up classified ads to sell items and Facebook Dating, a dating profile service it launched in Europe in 2020. The European Commission also launched its own investigation into Facebook’s use of data on June 4.
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THE Moroccan government issued a statement on Sun‐ day afternoon June 6, stat‐ ing that Spanish ports will be excluded from the sea crossings this summer that always take place annually for Moroccan emigrants to cross over the Strait, in what is popularly known as Operation Crossing the Strait (OPE), known in
Spanish Ports off limits Spain as Paso del Estrecho. The statement said that the crossings will be made exclusively “from the same transit ports as last year,” meaning it will be with ships sailing across to Mo‐ rocco from Marseille and
Sète, in France, plus Genoa in Italy. According to sources in‐ side the sector, it has been informed that there will be the requirement of a PCR test before boarding the ships, and then another
test will be carried out once on board, which sug‐ gests some kind of infras‐ tructure will be in place on board each ship, most like‐ ly rapid tests. There was no mention in the statement to give de‐
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ANNUAL CROSSINGS: But not to Spain this year.
tails whether these restric‐ tions would last all sum‐ mer, or if they might be lifted after the Fiesta del Ram scheduled for the end of July, but the news is definitely a huge blow for
the emigrants ‐ known in M o r o c c o a s M R E o r ‘ M o‐ roccans living abroad’ ‐ who normally cross Spain every summer heading to the ports of southern Spain.
Recycling Habits Changed RECYCLING habits in Spain changed due to the Covid‐19 lock‐ down, with the amount of cardboard and paper thrown into blue recycling bins dropping by less than 1 per cent in the past year, while the amount of plastic containers and cans thrown in the yellow recycling bins rose by 8.5 per cent. The rise in yellow bin rubbish has been attributed to people buying more in supermarkets. Almost 39 million people living in Spain separate and recycle their rubbish daily. In 2020, each citizen deposited more than 18.5 kilos of containers in the yellow container and 19 kilos of paper and cardboard per person. In the past five years, packaging recycling has grown by 41 per cent and the amount of paper and cardboard that gets recycled has grown by 26 per cent, preventing the emission of 1.67 mil‐ lion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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King Felipe to receive Medal of Honour
KING FELIPE: First person to achieve this distinction.
THE King of Spain, Felipe VI will receive the Andalucian Medal of Honour at the Palacio de San Telmo on Monday June 14. The king will be the first person to achieve this distinction because he “embodies the most solid affective bond of Andalucia
with all the State institutions,” according to the Junta de Andalucía. “The holder of the Crown personifies the principles and values that sustain and reinforce our collective identity as a Spanish nation and that provide Andalu-
Game Changing Technology NEW game changing technology software has been created in Spain to detect antibiotic‐resistant infections in minutes. It is able to reduce the time required to identify bacterium that cause infections from days to only a few hours. In Spain each year over 35,000 people die due to multi‐resistant bacteria. These bacteria are resistant to antibiotics and are a threat to public health. This new software is said to be a medical breakthrough and will allow medics to diagnose serious infections early on. Across the globe bacterial infections are one of the leading causes of death. The software has been developed by Clover Biosoft and uses artificial intelligence to identify which strain is causing an infection. This identification is completed in a few hours which means detection time is dramatically reduced. The company is based in Granada and consists of doctors of medicine, chemistry, artificial intelligence and physics. The sci‐ entists bring all this knowledge together. The software will al‐ low effective treatment and hopefully save lives. The company has been working on the software since 2016 and hope it will soon be available to be used in hospital labo‐ ratories. The company is the process of commercialising the research version of the product.
cia with the best benchmark of harmony, serenity, enthusiasm and determination with which to face the vicissitudes of the present, undertake the recovery and working together for the future,” the government said in a remarkably florid press release. “World society in general, and within it Spanish and Andalucian society, is going through one of the most committed moments in contemporary history; a challenge that tests, once again, and with unusual harshness, organisational
skills; levels of resistance as a socioeconomic system; the soundness and suitability of its institutions; and, as a key element, the collaboration between them and the cohesion of citizens and their representatives around their shared objectives. The figure of Felipe VI provides Andalucians, in this extraordinary situation, a clear mirror of their strengths and a moral reinforcement of the greatest relevance for the development of their capacities,” the statement added.
Vaccine option for the 40 to 49 age group SPAIN is considering the Janssen vaccine as an option for the 40 to 49 age group. The immunisation campaign in Spain continues from strength to strength and with the aim of vaccinating 70 per cent of the population against Covid‐19 before August on the horizon, even de‐ spite the obstacles that have arisen along the way so far. Neither the delays in the deliveries from certain laboratories nor the unexpected side effects of several vaccines have prevented some communities, such as the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands and Castilla‐La Man‐ cha, from already starting to inoculate the first doses to people be‐ tween 40 and 49 years old.
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THE Congresses and Tourism of Sevilla, has agreed a lucrative deal with the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV) that will see the city of Sevilla promoted as a prime destination in tourist pro‐ motions in cities such as Galicia, Asturias, the Basque Country, Va‐ lencia and Valladolid throughout the second half of 2021. The agreement will also see the CEAV ‐ which has around 5,000
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Sevilla Tourist Promotion branches ‐ promote Sevilla through its communication chan‐ nels, as the result of a meeting between Antonio Muñoz, the city’s Minister for Urban Habitat, Culture, and Tourism, and Carlos Garrido, the president of CEAV, whilst attending the recent
Madrid International Tourism Fair (FITUR). Antonio Muñoz said of the deal, “This collaboration is strate‐ gic for the work of reactivating tourism in Sevilla, particularly with regard to the national mar‐ ket, given that we reach up to
5,000 points of sale distributed throughout the country, plus spe‐ cific promotions in various au‐ tonomous communities and spe‐ cific cities,” adding, “with this promotional work, the national journey of the new city brand be‐ gins.”
A prime destination.
EU Digital Wallet Could Be ‘Big Brother’ PLANS are set to be unveiled by the EU for a digital wallet which could be used throughout the European block. European states previously requested a digital way for citizens to be able to manage and access both private and public services online. The digital wallet would allow
citizens from the 27 countries to store in a secure manner details such as passwords and payment details. It would also allow users to pay utility bills and access government websites, all from a single place. The app which is set to go EU wide, in theory will be very se-
Port of Barcelona Approves Terminal MSC Cruises has obtained final approval by the Port of Barcelona’s Board of Directors to build and operate an exclusive cruise terminal. The multi-year concession will see the construction of an innovative terminal of 11,670 square metres that MSC Cruises will operate and manage for a 31-year period. The project is estimated to represent a €33 million investment by MSC Cruises. With construction work set to start shortly, the new terminal is expected to enter service in 2024. The project will allow MSC Cruises to consolidate its presence in Barcelona, which is one of the brand’s most important ports in the western Mediterranean, and to expand its home porting operations out of the city. This will result in added direct and indirect economic benefit for the city and region as more international guests will transit through Barcelona, likely spending additional days in the city either before or after their cruise, MSC said in a statement.
cure and will be accessed by users via retina scans, fingerprints or other methods. It also aims to be a central place to store official documents, for example your driver’s licence. Some though believe that this could be a sign of ‘Big Brother’ watching. Romanian MEP Cristian Terhes spoke out against the scheme saying “Slowly but surely the European Union is copying and implementing the Chinese governmental style, transforming Europe, from a space of liberty and prosperity, in a huge concentration camp run by Eurocrats that, using a Big Brother centralised style system, want to micromanage and control every aspect of the life of the Europeans.” He also went on to say: “Besides huge risks for security penetration, the creation of a digital ID of every European under a single EU authority, which wants to ‘take care’ of our passwords, IDs, credit cards and other financial and personal data, is another step towards more control and less freedom in EU.”
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Victoria Sponsor National Football THE Spanish men’s and women’s national football teams have a new sponsor until the end of 2022, after the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) signed a deal on Wednesday June 2, with the Malaga‐based beer company, Cervezas Victoria, that becomes the official beer of the national Spanish football teams. In a press conference at the Ciudad Deportiva de Las Rozas,
TEAMS; New sponsor until the end of 2022. the agreement was signed in the presence of Sergio Ragel from Cervezas Victoria, along with Atlético Madrid captain, and
The Queen To Meet Biden IT has been announced by Buckingham Palace that during their visit to Britain for the G7 Summit, The Queen will meet with US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, at Windsor Castle, on Sunday, June 13. This will be Mr Biden’s first visit overseas since he took over as US President. There is also speculation that the Bidens will meet with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall during their visit to the UK. Donald Trump was the last US President to meet with Her Majesty The Queen, in June 2019 when he made a state visit, during the final days of Theresa May’s time as Prime Minister, and the White House has also confirmed that President Biden will meet with Boris Johnson on Thursday June 10, the day before the G7 Summit starts in Carbis Bay in Cornwall on Friday June 11, the G7 group of nation’s 47th summit.
Spanish international, Koke, Pablo Sarabia, the Paris Saint Germain player, and Albert Luque, the former Malaga play‐ er, who was there representing the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Cervezas Victoria’s Sergio Ragel pointed out during the press conference that “this agree‐ ment between Cervezas Victoria and the Spanish football teams means we will unite, for the first time, two brands that have much in common and who are passion‐ ate, like to do things well done and, of course, to win.” Luque, speaking for the Span‐ ish Football Federation com‐ mented, “I hope that the spon‐ sorship will last for many years. Personally, the city of Malaga has given me a lot, and I really appre‐ ciate it, so it is a special day.”
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Brutal Dog Attack
A BRUTAL attack by a dangerous dog has left a Barcelona woman in critical condition. The 27‐year‐old woman was attacked and injured and left in a
critical condition after being bit‐ ten by her own dog at her home. She was rushed to hospital and is in critical condition at the Inten‐ sive Care Unit of the Bellvitge
Spain To Donate Vaccines ACCORDING to Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez, Spain will donate a staggering 15 million vaccines and an amazing €50 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s COVAX programme. This programme aims to ensure that developing Fighting the pandemic. countries are able to vaccinate their populations with help from other nations in the form of donations. Spain has already set out to help those who need it and has promised Latin America over seven million doses of the vaccines. It is hoped that the COVAX initiative will greatly benefit the fight against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Sánchez highlighted at the virtual ‘Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment’ summit that: ‘only through solidarity can we overcome the crisis.’ Spain is making rapid progress with the current vaccination programme in a bid to fight the ongoing pandemic. The country has also helped international aid programmes to the tune of €180 million.
Hospital in Barcelona. She was bitten at her home in Sant Vicenç dels Horts, in the province of Barcelona. Witnesses reported that three dogs were fighting and the wom‐ an stepped in, in a bid to separate them. One of the dogs was a pit bull and attacked her. Sadly, the dog bit her all over her body and has left her in a critical condition. A neighbour was able to call emergency services and request help. The neighbour threw sticks and stones at the dog in a bid to get it to let go of her. Emergency services arrived on the scene and were fortunately able to revive her before she was then rushed to hospital. Local Police attended the scene of the incident and first tried to scare the animal by shooting at the ground. Eventual‐ ly one of the officers was forced to fire directly at the animal after the warning shots were fired. The two other dogs of the vic‐ tim are now being looked after by an animal charity.
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Carolina Marin Withdraws
THE defending badminton champion Carolina has sadly had to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics after having suffered from an Anterior
Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear to her left knee. She only came back from injury in her right knee in September last year, so this must be a
Photographic works A GROUP of famous Spanish photographers and curators are calling for the establishment of a national photography archive to ensure that photographic works are preserved for future generations Spain is one of the few European countries not to have a national centre for photography. In the European Union, 23 countries out of the 27-member block have a visual archive for photography. The Platform for a Centre of Photography and the Image says the government must show more interest in the photographic arts. “Archives are living agents awaiting meaning. Many files have been lost, they have been thrown away and that is a memory of all that we have lost,” said photographer Alejandro Castellote. Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, the 2015 National Prize for Photography winner, said the proposed centre should “not pretend to be simply a museum” but “dynamic, open to collaborations and generating multidisciplinary projects.” Previous attempts to establish a centre were scuppered by the 2008 financial crisis and a proposal to create a centre in Soria two years ago failed to deliver.
devastating blow. The ACL tear of her left knee will need surgery along with sufficient recovery time. The Spanish sports star aged 27 had been training on Sat‐ urday May 29 when she felt discomfort in her knee. After having been medically checked out it was revealed to be an ACL tear. She took to Twitter to speak about the injury and commented that: “After the examination during the weekend and the medical consultation, I confirm that I have torn the ACL and both meniscus on my left knee. I will undergo surgery this week and start my recovery. “This is another blow that I have to deal with, but I will certainly be back. The prepa‐ ration during the last two months had become very dif‐ ficult for reasons beyond the team’s control, but we were excited and knew that I would be in the best shape for the Olympics. It won’t be possible.”
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EUROPEAN PRESS
EUROPEAN NIBS DENMARK
FRANCE
Defenestration
Referendum
A REPORT from the trauma centre in Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet suggests that a bout of warm weather following a cold winter means that more people are leaving their windows and doors to balconies open which results in more children falling out of them.
DESPITE the fact that the residents of the Pacific Island of New Caledonia have twice voted against independence from France, the French Government has agreed that a third referendum on the matter should be held in December of this year in accordance with existing law.
NETHERLANDS TikTok shock
NORWAY
DUTCH not for profit foundation SOMI is representing some 64,000 parents from across Europe to sue Chinese video platform TikTok for a combined €1.4 billion arguing that it fails to protect young children from potential danger and breaches European advertising and privacy laws.
Everybody out
BELGIUM
FINLAND
Sonic boom
Weight loss
PEOPLE across Brussels thought that a bomb had exploded when they heard a huge bang, but it turned out that it was caused by two Belgian Air Force F16 aircraft who went supersonic 12 kilometres above the city when searching for an out of contact aircraft.
AS it looks to the future, flag carrier airline Finnair is determined to save fuel and cut pollution by reviewing what isn’t needed and this means lighter carpets, food ordered online well before boarding, as well as dropping the inflight magazine for starters.
GERMANY
SWEDEN
On your bike
Doping in Sport
ACCORDING to the German Bicycle Industry Association, the pandemic has seen around a million more bikes than usual sold as Germans tried to avoid public transport and as gyms were closed, used them as a form of exercise although the lazier opted for ebikes.
QUEEN SILVIA took part in a web discussion in which she highlighted Sweden’s leading role in the fight against doping in sport as it was the first nation to sign UNESCO’s anti-doping convention and highlighted her concerns for the physical and mental health risks for younger people.
MORE than 20,000 public sector employees, many of them teachers and nurses, are now on strike in Norway after employers refused to enter into renewed negotiations, despite the fact that both sectors have public support following their continued work during the pandemic.
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Jet2 Cancels all its International Flights
THE UK’s second‐ largest tour opera‐ tor, Jet2, in the wake of the latest chaos and uncertainty surrounding the new coronavirus variants has just announced the cancellation of all its inter‐ national flights until July 1, When the green travel list was originally announced by Grant Shapps, Jet2 had can‐ celled all its flights until June 24, but the move on Thursday June 3, to push Portugal, Madeira and the Azores back into the amber list prompted Jet2 to fur‐ ther delay all flights now until July 1, with Steve Heapy, the company’s boss saying, “We know how disappointed our customers will be and we share their concerns and frustra‐ tions.” He continued, “The govern‐ ment has repeatedly stated that it is making decisions based on infection and vaccination rates,
Offering full refunds or a rebooking.
yet many destinations continue to be left off the Green List despite having low infection rates and high vaccination rates.” Mr Heapy added, “When you apply the government’s own criteria for making decisions about travel, we simply cannot understand why more destina‐ tions across Europe, the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands are not allowed to open to UK holidaymakers. We are now calling for complete open‐ ness and transparency when it comes to the data, so that cus‐ tomers and the industry can re‐ ally understand what is driving these decisions.” Jet2 have said that anybody with a holiday booking in an
amber list destination, due to depart be‐ tween July 1 and 21, can amend their booking free of charge, and that anyone due to travel before July 1 to a destination on the amber list, whose travel plans are affected by this latest change, will be given the option of a full refund or a rebooking. The boss of Jet2 stressed, “Unlike other companies, we will refund customers if they want their money back, and we will not force them to accept re‐ fund credit notes. Our cus‐ tomers want nothing more than to get away on their much‐ needed holidays, and our col‐ leagues want nothing more than to give customers the holi‐ day they deserve.”
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SPAIN has so much to offer to tourists and residents alike. From coast to coast and everywhere in between we can find large, sprawling cities with all the amenities expected in today’s modern environment, or, at the opposite end of the scale, we have quaint little towns that have lost none of their original charm and where doors are still left open on summer evenings while elderly residents sit outside in groups on wicker-seated chairs chatting until the temperature drops enough to allow sleep. Many foreign citizens who decide to live in Spain have said that they would never go back to the UK or wherever they came from... the bureaucracy may be beyond frustrating, the timetables take some getting used to for some people, you may think you’ll never get your head around the verb conjugation, but, the way of life still takes some beating. Once you have settled in, Spain, wherever you may be, has so many up sides. One of the obvious attractions from foreigners who live in colder lands is obviously the climate. The grey, rainy days are few and far between, and in most areas, average yearly temperatures are warmer than
• Marbella, the Costa del Sol and beyond
their countries of origin, which as well as being good for mental well-being, can help with physical ailments such as respiratory problems and arthritis. Add to this the traditional food, healthy breakfasts; long, lazy lunches and, throughout a good part of the year, dinners which can be enjoyed with friends and family in the fresh air. There is a wealth of tasty fresh fruit and vegetables in Spain, locally produced, as well as tasty fish from the Mediterranean and good quality meats. All this, of course, can be accompanied by delicious Spanish wines and beers, including craft beers from all over the country which are well worth a try. Whether you are visiting Spain on a trial run or you already live here, don’t just stick to the places you know. Take your car or catch a bus or train, and go exploring. Near, far, whatever takes your fancy, we guarantee that you will find some amazing scenery, history and traditions which you may never have known existed in Spain.
Don’t just live in Spain, live Spain!
Puerto Banus
The Costa del Sol covers 150 kilometres of Malaga’s coastline and boasts more than 325 days of sunshine per year, hence the name. The main area is between Malaga City in the east and Manilva in the west, also including Torremolinos, Benalmadena, Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, Benahavis and Estepona.
like taking to the road. Take the gorges of Ronda with its famous bridge or Ardales with the Caminito del Rey walkway, not for the fainthearted; the amazing rock formations of El Torcal in Antequera, the many castles and ruins from different civilisations found dotted around the province... you will never be short of a place to go.
• Axarquia Malaga is also home to the Axarquia area, which owes its name to the Arabic word, Al Sharq, the east. Nerja, Velez-Malaga, Torrox, Rincon de la Victoria, and Algarrobo are the places with the largest populations, but there are numerous small towns, both on the coast and in the mountains such as Frigiliana, which have also become popular with foreign residents. Each and every one of these has something to offer.
• Marbella Clearly one of the best-known places on the Costa del Sol, the jewel in the crown if you like, is Marbella. This cosmopolitan city has been attracting visitors, both famous and anonymous, for more than half a century now, and has something for everyone. From the amazing beaches, many of which have blue flags for quality and invite visitors to relax, whether it’s soaking up the sunshine or taking a stroll along the senda litoral, to the many top-quality restaurants and night clubs, where you can dance the night away, Marbella has this and almost everything in between. Historic remains dating back to the Roman era and beyond, hikes to the impressive La Concha peak, which watches over Marbella and let’s not forget Puerto Banus, where you can take a stroll surrounded by luxury yachts, expensive cars and top brand boutiques. Marbella boasts its own film office, International Film Festival, and Fashion Week, as well as the Starlite Festival, which during the summer months, brings world renowned stars to the stage in the amazing setting of Nagüeles quarry. From the modern setting of La Cañada shopping centre, one of the most visited places in Spain, to the shops of Old Town Marbella, where you can wander through the
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old, narrow streets and soak up some of the real feel of the place, you can find restaurants and entertainment for all budgets and discover the soul of this star of the Costa del Sol, which is guaranteed to keep you coming back time after time.
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• Costa del Sol and Malaga Province Marbella may be the Costa del Sol’s superstar, but along the coast and inland you can find towns and villages which can take your breath away and Malaga City itself is full of museums, historical sites and all sorts of restaurants and cafés which are popular with locals and where you can soak up some of the authentic feel of the city. Within the limits of Malaga Province you can find such varying landscapes and so many places of interest that it is impossible not to find a beautiful place to explore every time you feel
• Heading up the coast to Almeria
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While Almeria Province does not have such a famous coastline, don’t let this have you fooled. With 217 kilometres of coastline, from Adra to Pulpi, Almeria beaches are something completely different, and it’s no surprise that much of the area is comprised of protected spaces and natural parks. Near to Almeria City, we have Roquetas de Mar, ideal for a visit or to make your home, which not only has superb beaches, but also the Punta Entinas - Sabinar nature reserve, ideal for bird watchers and anyone who enjoys a stroll through amazing countryside. Almeria City is one of the forgotten gems of Andalucia, and has not only got some superb beaches, but also historical monuments such as the Arab fortress, the Alcazaba, which is in fact in a better state of conservation than those in Granada or in Malaga. To the east of the city, the rugged landscape and spectacular beaches continue, with the Cabo de Gata Nijar natural park, one of the driest landscapes in Europe, created by volcanic rock and home to more than 1,000 plant species on land and another 250 in the sea. Keep heading along the coast and you find towns such as Carboneras, the very picturesque Mojacar, Garrucha and Vera. From one end to the other, Almeria coast is full of surprises, with a wide variety of restaurants for all tastes and plenty of activities for the whole family. And from anywhere along the coast, just head inland to find traditional old Spanish towns, with local restaurants and typical dishes at prices which will leave you wondering if they forgot to add something to your bill. Drinks and tapas are the way to go if you want to try the local cuisine and let’s not forget that Tabernas, just inland from Almeria, was and continues to be the setting for numerous cowboy films and the sets make for an interesting and entertaining visit. Did you also know that part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range belongs to Almeria? If you’re looking for a real change of scenery, this is the place to head.
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• Mallorca: good things come in small packages
• Costa Blanca is much more than Benidorm The Costa Blanca, from Pilar de la Horadada in the south, to Denia, in the north, is a long stretch of 244 kilometres of beaches, coves and cliffs in the province of Alicante in the Valencia region. The main cities which also attract the most tourists, are Benidorm and Torrevieja, but there are many other places to visit, both for the amazing beaches and for the impressive historical monuments, churches and natural landscapes. Add to this the wide variety of restaurants and the nightlife in the bigger cities, and you have a recipe for success, which is why, after the Costa del Sol, the Costa Blanca has been the main attraction for tourists and foreign residents on mainland Spain for decades. There are many marine activities to be enjoyed, such as hiring jet skis or going out on boats, as well as diving. And if you really want to know the region, no trip would be complete without a visit to Alicante and Valencia cities, where you will find all the hustle and bustle you might expect from a city, but combined with the more laid-back Spanish way of life. One of the best-known images of the Costa Blanca, is the Peñon de Ifach, a 322-metre-high limestone outcrop which emerges from the sea and is linked to the shore in Calpe, it is the smallest natural park in Spain and was known by the Phoenicians as the Northern Rock, which distinguished it from the very similar-looking Southern Rock, better known to most of us as the Rock of Gibraltar. The Costa Blanca is home to the popular Terra Mitica theme park, in Benidorm, as well as Terra Natura, Mundomar and numerous natural beauty spots both along the coast and further inland.
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Let’s not forget there is more to Spain than just the mainland and Mallorca may only have a surface of just over 3,600km2, but it has been home to various cultures ever since prehistoric times and then inhabited by the Phoenicians, Romans and Vandals, the Muslims during the Islamic era, before it was taken back to the Crown of Aragon in 1230. It has come under attack from pirates, which is why watchtowers along the coast can still be seen, and saw the Battle of Mallorca during the Spanish Civil War. Since the 50s, it has been a popular tourist destination and also attracted Spanish workers to settle there. In later years, it has become home to many African and South American immigrants, as well as a large British community. Temperatures do not get very high, with the averages rarely getting over 30ºC even in July and August. The average low for the year is 14.6, with temperatures rarely dropping below 8ºC in the winter. With an average of 53 days of rain per year compared to 2,779 hours of sunshine, Mallorca has an enviable climate which attracts tourists and foreign residents.
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I love living in Benalmadena, it is so well connected to the rest of the Costa del Sol and beyond, there is a lovely cosmopolitan feeling with so many different nationalities living here while it still has the feeling of a Spanish town. I love being able to go out on a summer evening and have dinner and drinks and sit and watch the world go by until the early hours. I moved here from inland Spain 14 years ago, and although I love visiting other areas of Spain, I always feel best when I arrive back here. Janet Archer
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I have been in Coin for 32 years. It’s ideal because it’s in a quieter inland area, but it is close enough to Malaga City, Marbella and other coastal areas to be convenient. It has grown a lot over the years, and I admit it has been challenging at times, but I would never have gone back to the UK. Sue Leigh
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The Axarquia area is so interesting. There are some tiny little towns that so many people have never heard of but which are so lovely to visit. We chose to live in Nerja, because we wanted to open a business, but we love visiting the surrounding areas and when we retire, we’ll probably head inland to enjoy the quiet. We have never regretted coming here, despite the difficulties. Everywhere has its ups and downs, but where else can you take the downs in such amazing surroundings and such a healthy lifestyle? Joseph Barts and Tania Schofield
Mallorca Even Polish composer Frederic Chopin stayed there in 1838 for his health. It is the second largest island in Spain and the second most populated, and was also visited by Agatha Christie in the early 20th century and by English poet Robert Graves in 1946. Artist Joan Miro settled there in 1954. Mallorca has a superb cathedral and other monuments, including the Bellver Castle, and the coves and beaches are beautiful, with clear, blue waters. Around the coast, there are large towns and Palma City, and according to the Tourist Board, there are more than 2,400 bars and restaurants on the island, so you are sure to find something to suit your taste and if you’re looking for nightclubs, Mallorca is famous for them. If you prefer some tranquillity and decide to head into the mountains, there are many places inland, with picturesque villages which are nothing like those found on the mainland. Mallorca may be an island, but there is no end to the things to see and do.
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The Costa Blanca may be known best for B enidorm, but it is so much more than that. I have been here for 20 years and it was the best decision I could have made when I retired. I have lovely Spanish neighbours who have treated me so well and helped me to learn the language, I’m closer to them than I ever was to my neighbours back in the UK. Charles Jackson
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Almeria’s landscape may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it is so raw and natural, I just love it in Nijar. I love the beaches here and I also like to head along to Mojacar and enjoy the bars and restaurants which I think have the best ambience I have experienced. Alan Rogers
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Mallorca is just amazing, I’ve only been here for three years, but I feel like I’m home, finally. It has everything all rolled up into a beautiful island. People here are very friendly and helpful. It’s a shame that some areas have got a bad name because of foreign visitors, but the island on a whole is an amazing place which has so much more to offer than some people know. Tony Smithson
FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Food inflation AS much of the world moves out of the pandemic to a greater or lesser extent, May figures for the global prices of agricultural product show an alarming increase and according to one index some product has increased in price by up to 40 per cent.
Equal pay FOLLOWING a similar decision with regards to Asda workers earnings, a European Court ruled on June 3 that Tesco shop workers are entitled to expect to receive equal pay if they are earning less than employees working in Tesco distribution centres.
Cash movement TO control movement of cash, the EU has confirmed that it is illegal to take more than €10,000 from one country to another, but officers may check anyone and even if they carry less than that amount, they will have to prove that it was obtained legally.
Aer Lingus TRADE Unions representing staff working for Irish Airline Aer Lingus (owned by IAG) have confirmed that it wants existing staff to take a five year pay freeze, to agree to lower sick pay and for new joiners to start work on the minimum wage of €12.30 per hour.
On the Blok WITH around 2,000 products at prices comparable with other supermarkets, new start up The Blok promises to accept your order and deliver within 10 minutes. It’s a supermarket that is not open to the public and everything is ordered online with staff capable of picking your order in less than two minutes thanks to each trolley having a tablet which records the order and where each item is located. Then delivery is made using an e-bike and currently they can deliver to around 70 per cent of Barcelona and Madrid central addresses with expansion to other cities on the cards as the business prospers.
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USA to impose ‘Google Tax’ tariffs UNITED STATES trade repre‐ sentative Katherine Tai an‐ nounced on June 2 the con‐ clusion of the one‐year investigations of digital ser‐ vice taxes (DSTs) (so called Google Tax). These taxes have been adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom and as a re‐ sult of the probe, additional tariffs equivalent to 25 per cent will now be imposed on certain goods from these countries.
However, the tariffs have been suspended for up to 180 days to offer additional time to complete the ongo‐ ing multilateral negotiations and Tai commented “The United States remains com‐ mitted to reaching a consen‐ sus on international tax is‐ sues through the OECD and G20 processes.” Spain has adopted a DST that applies a 3 per cent tax on certain digital services revenues related to online advertising services, online
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intermediary services, and data transmission services. Companies with world‐ wide revenues of €750 mil‐ lion or more and €3 million in certain digital services rev‐ enues are subject to the DST. As far as Spain is con‐ cerned, these tariffs will be collected on imports of belts, handbags, octopus, prawns, shoes and shrimps. The United Kingdom has adopted a DST that applies a 2 per cent tax on the rev‐ enues of certain search en‐
gines, social media platforms and online marketplaces. The United Kingdom’s DST applies only to companies with digital services rev‐ enues exceeding £500 (€550) million and United Kingdom digital services revenues ex‐ ceeding £25 (€27.5) million but even though the tax be‐ ing charged by the UK is low‐ er than Spain, considerably more goods, including white goods, clothing and video games are to be charged the additional tariff.
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More Bank Problems Your answer to my earlier question about our bowling club bank account is not quite clear to me. The club is an official club of the LLB (Levante Lawn Bowls) as registered with the bowls federation, which makes it official in Spain. Other clubs in Spain have had similar problems but they have ensured that they have enough sig‐ natories available to use in case of death. I believe that you are telling me that the money in the bank belongs equally to all signatories, but not to the club. T M (Costa Blanca)
Yes, the money in the bank belongs to YOU AND THE LAW the individual sign‐ IN SPAIN ers and not to the club. You are legal but your way forward is to register your club as a Civil Association for the promotion of bowls with the Valencia authorities. This ‘Asociacion Civil’ status makes your club a legal body that can hold a bank account. It means you must file your accounts and list your officers and activities each year. And you may even be able to apply for grants to help meet your expenses. You need a lawyer to help you ap‐ ply.
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Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
SPAIN’S President Pedro Sánchez, met with the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, in the 13th Hispano‐Polish Summit, held in Madrid on May 31. In a broad joint statement, they confirmed the intense economic and social ties between the two coun‐ tries which have many similarities. Sánchez stressed that the Summit has made it possible to “seek syner‐
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Spain and Poland gies in the respective national recov‐ ery plans to resume the path of growth and economic and social re‐ covery, facing the important chal‐ lenge of the green and digital transi‐ tions.” Both leaders confirmed the solid
economic and commercial relations between the countries, in which Spanish intra‐industrial exports stand out, and the investments of companies from Spain in Poland in renewable energy, telecommunica‐ tions and industrial construction is‐
Cryptoasset companies THE Financial Conduct Author‐ ity (FCA) in the UK is extending the end date for registering existing cryptoasset business‐ es to March 31, 2022. A significantly high number of businesses are not meet‐ ing the required standards under the Money Laundering Regulations. This has resulted in an unprecedented number of businesses withdrawing their applications. Anti‐money laundering and counter terrorist financ‐ ing legislation are aimed at protecting against enabling the transfer and disguise of funds from criminal activity, or funding of terrorist groups. It argues that many cryp‐ toassets are highly specula‐ tive and can therefore lose value quickly and currently the FCA does not have con‐ sumer protection powers for the cryptoasset activities of firms.
June Prime Day CONSUMERS in 20 countries who are Amazon Prime Members are already able to take advantage of special member discounts in the run up to Prime Day. In fact, it is to be Prime Day x two as it will be in op‐ eration on June 20 and 21 and Amazon say that there will be at least two million specially discounted deals available taking in all of the many categories of goods that it supplies. Many other businesses take advantage of this and offer their own discounts to consumers online at the same time. sues, as well as the more than 500 Spanish companies operating in that country. Spain and Poland, fourth and fifth European economies respectively, share similarities such as territorial dimensions, population figures, geo‐ graphical position on the external border of the EU, and rapid develop‐ ment after their accessions to the EU.
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VERY POSITIVE: Minister Nadia Calviño is pleased with unemployment figures. EMPLOYMENT recovery in Spain has been estimated at close to 80 per cent of pre‐ pandemic level. The Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transforma‐ tion, Nadia Calviño, described as “very positive” the unem‐ ployment data and Social Se‐ curity affiliation for the month of May released on Wednes‐ day June 2 and confirmed that almost 80 per cent of jobs have been recovered that were lost during the first wave of the pandemic. As reported in the Spanish press, Calviño emphasised during the inauguration of the Aslan 2021 Congress that “The Spanish economy has already entered a new phase, the re‐ covery is underway and this is what all the economic indica‐ tors show us.” The minister stressed that a way out of this unprecedented
crisis is being seen very differ‐ ently from the previous one, “largely thanks to the mea‐ sures deployed since March of last year,” she remarked. She explained that almost 212,000 jobs were created in May and the number of affili‐ ates prior to the pandemic has already been recovered. Un‐ employment has fallen by more than 129,300 people, which is “the largest drop in unemployment registered in May since records began.” In addition, she highlighted that the number of workers in ERTE continues to fall to be‐ low 544,000, which is twice the rate of departure of work‐ ers in ERTE during May com‐ pared to the rate of departure in April. Given these figures, Calviño stressed that Spain faces “a historic opportunity” for the exit from this crisis not to be
EU Recovery Fund FOLLOWING his meeting with the Polish Prime Minister on Monday May 31, Pedro Sánchez spoke to the press and has urged Brussels to approve all EU member states’ recovery plans. He needs to have the promised funding as soon as possible as his whole economic forecast has been based on the expectation of a huge financial injection from the European Union in order to help Spain recover from the effects of the pandemic. With tourism still on its knees and yet another extension of ERTE, the Spanish economy needs to start seeing the first tranche of Recovery Fund money in its coffers this year.
limited to a rebound but to lead to “stronger and more sustained” growth.
BUSINESS EXTRA David Beckham THE former footballer and now growing entrepreneur is making a new investment by taking a 10 per cent equity stake in a very niche company, Silverstone-based Lunaz which specialises in the conversion of classic and vintage cars to run on electric power.
Uzbekistan trade LOOKING for external investment into the country, the Uzbekistan Embassy in Madrid organised an online seminar on the possibilities of cooperation between Portugal, Uzbekistan and the Spanish region of Galicia through their respective Chambers of Commerce as all emerge from the pandemic.
Mixed blessing AS the UK economy emerges from the lockdown there are mixed blessings as it has seen the fastest monthly growth since 1997 in the service sector, according to The Guardian, but many businesses face higher operating costs as well as a short-term lack of staff.
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All gone up in smoke!
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WELL of course the attitudes and actions of the police have changed, what do people expect? Over the last couple of decades the protectors of law and order have simply had no choice. The standards of respect and lawful compliance from certain sections of the public have now sunk to such alarming ‘pit’ levels that it has almost literally become a case of adapt or die. The days of your friendly boys in blue have long gone. In that far off era the very worst the beat copper could expect would be to have their tall hat knocked off by a tipsy late night reveller. All he required to keep the peace was his (seldom used) truncheon, a whistle and an intermittently placed phone kiosk to inform his local station that ‘all was quiet.’ He certainly didn’t expect to be spat on, attacked and possibly killed as he went about his nightly vigil. The problem with today’s youngsters is they have never experienced this long past amicable form of relationship with the police. Today’s youth have sadly never
Days of our friendly boys in blue have long gone.
known what it is like to safely walk home after the last bus has gone, using any route you chose without worrying you may inadvertently broach on someone else’s ‘territory’ and get beaten or killed for ‘showing disrespect’! No wonder the police now waddle about in knife‐proof vests, laden down with Tasers, expandable night sticks,
pepper sprays, body ‘cams’ and firearms. It is simply not their fault. To combat today’s very real threat of a violent lawless anarchy, they have to weigh up the risks and act accordingly. They are reacting, not instigating and those among us who are law abiding and peace seeking should give them all the encouragement we can.
Writing these observations did however remind me of a funny story relating to a, sadly departed father‐in‐ law of mine. Pat was the only policeman in a small Tipperary village in Ireland. In his whole 40‐year career, he only arrested one person. The perp’s ‘crime’? Peeing in the large open grate of the local pub! I also understand that after he was
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arrested, Policeman Pat wheeled him home in a wheelbarrow! Now that was what proper policing was all about. Well folks, they final admitted it. After years of excuses, including the citing of purely imaginary fires in the archive department, the BBC have finally come clean and admitted that, to save money, they actually recorded over practically all the iconic Top of The Pops tapes prior to 1969. This means that as Little Arrows was released in 1968, I have now become a victim of the official ‘Lost BBC Tapes.’ So, not only did I lose a fortune by coming second to Hey Jude ‐ the Beatles’ biggest number one seller of all time, but all my TOTP appearances have gone up in smoke. And you thought your timing was bad!? Can you imagine the ‘entitled’ youth of today laying down their young lives for what they now take utterly for granted? June 6 D‐day. Normandy 1944. Never forget. For your tomorrow they gave their today. Keep the faith. Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland. Mon. Wed. Fri. 1pm till 4. To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com
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They always get away with it MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man SO Gove got to see his football match in Portugal and then surprise, surprise Portugal goes from green to amber with no thought for the punters that had booked a wellearned holiday. What is this whole green, amber, red nonsense? It really is like when you’re in a car - some stop at amber, some accelerate through and some just haven’t got a clue. Make it simple - either you can go or you can’t, it really isn’t rocket science. I now think there is no science involved at all. The fact is very soon people are just going to ignore these rules of having to pay hundreds of pounds for PCR tests and quarantining. Where’s the information on how many cases there were from the folks locked up in the hotels? Or the 5,000 in the test done in Liverpool? These suits are getting paid every week and have no clue of the real world and the damage their chopping and changing is doing to the health and wealth to the ordinary man in the street. Here’s another gem I saw today. Dating apps are now allowing folks to put whether they have had the vaccine - WTF!!! Really?
I’d have a load more questions to ask before that came up like have you had any STDs, have you got a criminal record, have you ever been treated for any mental illness, have you ever been accused or found guilty of any domestic violence? The truth is you can’t ask those questions and that’s exactly how it should be. I’m fed up of watching idiot after idiot telling everyone how to act rolling out a doctor from Bolton who thinks this, then a doctor from somewhere else backing him up. They’re usually good looking young GPs that you can’t get an appointment with because they’re too busy on TV. I’m sorry, it’s got to stop now. If what they say is correct and most of the world is vaccinated, let’s all just get back to our lives again. I’m looking forward to seeing Hancock answer all the accusations from Cummings. He has already denied a load of things but seems to forget it’s all on public record, timestamped by all the various news agencies. But no doubt he will get away with it as all these lying politicians seem to do time after time. And as sophisticated as Spain’s border controls are, they managed to date my daughter’s arrival as June 31 instead of May 31, because they didn’t move the dial correctly on their rubber stamp!! Email: mikesenker@gmail.com
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GO LOCAL
THE EUROWEEKLY NEWS is urging its readers to support local businesses in the com‐ munity by going local now that the lockdown has ended and for your all your shop‐ ping this year, instead of feeding online giants and su‐ perstores. We challenge you to redis‐ cover your local high streets, markets, butchers, greengro‐ cers and all of the wonderful‐ ly quirky independent busi‐ nesses in your area. Now that the Covid‐19 pan‐ demic appears to be under control, it is a good idea to try and support many local busi‐ nesses by ordering online and making use of any click and col‐ lect services they can operate, especially if you are unable to get out due to health reasons or any other restrictions. The joy of shopping local means that independent busi‐ nesses can help support the local community. Although it may be a euro or two cheaper elsewhere or online, consider where your money is actually going. By shopping at an indepen‐ dent store you’re putting food on a local family’s table, and there is no better time than now to give back to your community by making a small gesture and shopping in this
way. Many local stores support local charities, support and sponsor local sports teams and in many cases the small independent stores are actu‐ ally much more than just a small high street shop, they’re a family’s legacy, often passed down through numerous gen‐ erations and support not just the current owner but the generation before. For those stores which are new, that extra couple of eu‐ ros spent there are support‐ ing someone’s dream and ambition, and also the courage it took them to step out alone, which is no easy task. It takes quite a large chunk of money to set up an independent store and com‐ pete with the multinational and chains. So be sure to pre‐order your meat from a local butch‐ er and get your spuds from a local greengrocer, let us re‐ vive that community spirit and get to know our neigh‐ bours again. You could also consider purchasing gift vouchers from local businesses to help them over the coming weeks, think‐ ing outside the box can often lead to some fantastic ideas. Why not buy a meal for two, an hour’s tattoo time at a lo‐
cal studio, a hair cut at a local salon or an online study course for someone looking to change their career path. As people are struggling with finances thinking about what friends and family may actually need is important too. Whilst it’s nice to give a glamourous gift perhaps pre‐ paying a family member’s phone bill for the month would actually be a better gift. Helping people alleviate stress and worry, give the gift of peace of mind through these difficult times. Choosing to spend your money locally will really make a difference in the recovery of the local economy. When we buy local, our money stays lo‐ cal, and it strengthens the lo‐ cal economy in two ways. First, buying local keeps mon‐ ey circulating within the local economy. Studies have shown that lo‐ cal businesses recirculate a greater share of every euro as they create locally owned supply chains and invest in their employees. Data shows that local retail‐ ers return 52 per cent of their revenue back into the local economy, compared to just 14 per cent for national chain retailers. Money circulating through
the local economy benefits everyone who is a part of each transaction. For exam‐ ple, let’s look at a local farmer growing produce. First, they sell to a local restaurant, which in turn pre‐ pares the fresh produce and sells it to local customers. The farmer pays its local employ‐ ees and the restaurant uses revenue from sales to buy supplies from a neighbour‐ hood hardware store. This ex‐ ample illustrates how the re‐ circulation of money in the local economy leads to a stronger financial foundation for our neighbours and com‐ munities. Buying local also fuels new employment and job oppor‐ tunities for people within our community. Studies show, locally owned businesses employ more people per unit of sales and retain more employees over time. A fantastic example of how to support your local commu‐ nity is with a Charity Gift cer‐ tificate, why not donate to your loved one’s favourite cause. Just remember to still fol‐ low the latest government ad‐ vice and any guidance busi‐ nesses have to keep everyone safe in the future.
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WITH temperatures really beginning to rise now is the time to take some advice about how to protect yourself from unwanted sunburn and decrease your chances of developing skin cancer in the future. W hen you’re out and about wear protective clothing. It may be hot, but there’s no reason not to don a pair of linen pants, a long sleeved silk shirt or a straw hat. T he great thing about hats, apart from being a fabulous fashion accessory, is that their wide brims will cover your face as well as your ears and scalp. A nd don’t leave home without your sunglasses. T hese will protect your eyes from the U V rays which can cause eye problems. A lways buy sunglasses that blocks as close to 100 per cent as possible of UVB and UVA rays. If you can, restrict your time outside in the sun,
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THE Habaneras Shopping Centre and the IES Mediterráneo are showing an exhibition of Totems made by art students. A total of 17 large format works will decorate the terrace of the Habaneras Shopping Centre until 16 June. This initiative aims to show a positive image of youth, in addition to the academic work that is carried out from the school. The aim of this initiative is to put into practice the knowledge acquired by the students of the first year of the Bachillerato de Artes and to exhibit their art outside the classroom, exposing their works to the critics and the public’s point of view. The Habaneras Shopping Centre provided the school with vertical totem poles showing the silhouette of a piece of clothing, where the pupils worked on their sketches and later adapted them to the totem poles, an element full of symbolism that even today continues to represent, identifying ways of being and understanding,
TOTEM POLES: Decorated by local art students. thus favouring the feeling of belonging to different social groups. To create their works, the pupils have combined ancient techniques such as encaustic, a technique used by the Egyptians to paint on paper using wax and resin, with more contemporary techniques such as acrylic paint, and they have also used elements such as wool, CDs and pinocchio paper, among others. This project has been a real challenge for the students in this atypical year marked by the pandemic, and as well as being an opportunity to exhibit their art, it has also served as an assessment for the Fundamentals of Art sub-
ject. With this new initiative the Habaneras Shopping Centre continues to show its involvement and commitment to the community of Torrevieja, giving future artists the opportunity to exhibit their work in a safe outdoor environment. The inauguration of the exhibition took place on Wednesday June 2, in the Shopping Centre and was attended by several members of the town hall, including the councillor for Education Ricardo Recuero and the councillor for Works and Lighting Sandra Sánchez Andreu and the entire board of directors of the IES Mediterráneo and its Art Department.
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ROAD TEST by Mark Slack AMONGST the automotive pantheon that is Volkswagen Audi, SEAT has arguably the least heritage, some may deter‐ mine a bit of an also ran within the group. However, SEAT has carved its own niche as the brand offering more for less and is arguably out styling some of VAG’s more illustrious badges. The Leon has sharp, sleek looks and prices start from a very reasonable €23,732 (£20,405) for the manual SE with a standard equipment that includes keyless start,
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Azerbaijan Grand Prix ONE of the most extraordinary Formula One races of all time took place on Sunday June 6 in Baku, the capital city of Azer‐ baijan, where after a series of dramatic events the race was eventually red‐flagged, leaving Mexico’s Sergio Perez in the Red Bull, as the winner, Aston Martin gaining their first podi‐ um points as Sebastian Vettel took second, and Pierre Gasly in third. Lance Stroll in the Aston Mar‐ tin had a dramatic spin at around 200mph on the main straight when his left‐rear tyre suddenly gave up. Max Verstappen had been out in front for most of the race, and looked to be heading for an‐ other victory, to extend his lead in the driver’s championship, but, on lap 46, with only five laps remaining, he had a high‐ speed spin similar to that of Stroll, crashing into the circuit’s wall on the pit strait, and out of the race, with the Dutchman seen kicking the offending tyre as walked from the track.
DUTCHMAN: Was seen kicking the tyre as he walked off. The race was halted while the track was cleared, with the cars returned to the pit lane, leaving Lewis Hamilton in second place, just behind Perez, and if he could make a good start from the subsequent standing‐start, then he would have an appar‐ ent clear run at the chequered flag for the final two laps, but, fate had a different ending in mind. As the cars sped away, Hamil‐ ton looked to have got the jump on Perez and the result of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix now seemed a foregone conclusion, but all of a sudden, as they roared into Turn One, Hamil‐
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