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Key A-7 junction work may now get go-ahead 150 flee blazing homes AROUND 150 people were evacuated from 72 houses in Almuñecar when fire broke out. The fire around Edificio Alvarez in Calle Pablo Iglesias started at midnight in the building’s garage. Firemen battled for more than four hours to bring the fire under control. Twelve vehicles were damaged and the building’s structure was partially damaged, which made safety authorities fear it could collapse. The garage became “a raging inferno,” firemen said, so it took several hours before they could move the vehicles away that had not been damaged. Access to nearby homes is now under the protection of the Guardia Civil, Local Police and Civil Protection, so they can escort residents who wish to collect personal goods. Yesterday (Wednesday) residents in
FRIGHT: Most of the residents affected were elderly. the area remained unable to stay in their homes as electricity and water supplies remained switched off.
TWO more lanes may be added to the A-7 carriageway intersection in Caleta de Velez. The A-7 connects all Axarquia towns from Rincon de la Victoria to Almuñecar (Granada). At Km 273.5 in VelezMalaga the intersection currently has two lanes, but the Ministry of Public Works is now considering plans to add two more lanes. The road works are considered by Velez-Malaga Mayor Francisco Delgado as a priority for traffic flow. Such work should enhance residents’ safety, as emergency services would be able to reach the A-7 faster. Delgado also pointed out that improvements to the A-7 in Velez would smooth the path for building a logistics centre, which he considers crucial for developing the Caleta de Velez trading port. “Both the citizens and the hundreds of drivers that travel this area every day have been demanding the road works for many years,” he said.
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New times for bus service NEW timetables have been announced for the 1 bus line starting Monday. The first bus leaves at 7am from Velez to Torre del Mar, and at 7.30am in the opposite direction.
Outdoor plan SHOPS and businesses in Motril’s town centre have been designated as an ‘Outdoor Shopping Centre’ by the Andalucian Government.
Space galore AN average 8 per cent of the 143 spaces available in VelezMalaga’s municipal parking lot are being used, the parking’s managing director said.
Licence figures MORE than 330 reports and licences – mostly construction, safety and technical - have been filed by the Axarquia association of town halls.
Suspect held A MAN aged 42 has been held in Torre del Mar as the main suspect of 10 robberies from local homes after stolen items were allegedly seized at his residence by police.
New parking WORK on 200 underground parking spaces in Nerja’s Burriana area will cost €2.5 million.
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Hikers rescued FOUR mountain hikers who got lost on a 1,900-metre-high peak between the provinces of Granada and Malaga were rescued by the Civil Guard and taken to Alhama, Granada.
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EVICTIONS have built the first bridge between the PP and the PSOE since the 2011 elections. A police union will support officers who call in sick rather than eject mortgage defaulters from their homes. Now it remains for the villains of the piece to play their part and it looks as though the banks might do so. Not from shame, but to protect their reputation. Such as it is.
SPAIN’S regions face the biggest spending cuts they have yet experienced. Soon it will be apparent whether regional pride expressed as nationalism is genuine or opportunist. Local and regional politics have traditionally been regarded as permission to mint money but the big-spending days are over. Can all that regional pride and passion survive the new ordeal of penury? Or will it turn out to be cupboard love?
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Xmas thought LICENCES for opening new businesses and managing the Christmas lights and seasonal activities will be under the spotlight next Thursday at the VelezMalaga Businessmen’s Association meeting.
LIVE jazz, 80s pop-rock and folk music mixed with comedy will be performed on Saturday at Carmen Theatre, Velez-Malaga, to raise funds for charity.
ACTION should be taken to stop homes from being seized by banks in Axarquia while a global solution is sought, PSOE Andalucian congressman Javier Garcia has said.
FLASHBACK: Christmas in full flow last year, but October has seen shops begin the 2012 festive build-up.
40 days left, and counting down
Promenade plea RESIDENTS in Torre del Mar are against sports equipment being removed from the beach promenade, local IU party spokesman Salvador Martin claims.
SAN JOSE Primary School director Maria Dolores Moral has asked Velez-Malaga Town Hall to solve traffic congestion created by students arriving and leaving at the same time.
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UST 40 days are left until Christmas. Shop shelves and window displays have been increasingly festive in recent weeks, and with the number of shopping days remaining now down to a mere 33 - plus perhaps the bonus of some Sundays by some stores - the countdown is clearly under way. Whether the big celebration is on December 25, or January 6 for the Spanish who tend to identify more with Three Kings, family budgets are always squeezed at this time of year. But on the plus side with the dire economic woes ongoing, many stores fighting for their
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TWO youths aged 13 and 14 have been detailed by police for allegedly hitting a woman with a stone to steal her motorcycle at Tesorillo Beach in Almuñecar.
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MOVING the Youth Office to the municipal pool will lead to a worse service, Velez-Malaga PSOE party has said.
THE Andalucian Government has claimed €228,000 back from Velez-Malaga Town Hall for a share of the budget invested in the municipal swimming pool.
TORROX’S courts could be moved to Plaza de la Almedina from the 19th century Palacio de la Hoya, which has ‘architectural barriers’, according to Mayor Francisco Muñoz.
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I can’t believe that banks bailed out by the government won’t even answer the phone. This is why we ordered the withdrawal of €1.5 million of City Hall funds from Bankia.’
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Mayor Jose Manuel Bermudez
tills to ring continue to offer special discounts to attract extra business, with these set to remain in the festive build-up. “I will not have money to spend on many extras this Christmas with a tight family budget, and rising electricity and other costs following the VAT increases,” said local expatriate mother Lisa Stewart. “But by adding odd extras to the food cupboard over the next four or so weeks there will be some extra treats along with a few presents. Also I will save money this year by not sending as many cards, using the internet to greet friends back home in England,” added Lisa.
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Iberia airline staff members may be fired and pilots’ salaries could be cut by up to 47 per cent, according to plans submitted by the company to the trades unions.
Safe market IT is safe to work and shop at Almuñecar’s municipal market, town hall officials have said in reply to market traders worried about the building’s structure.
Next stage VELEZ will hold the next stage of the 10th Regional Cross Country Run on November 24. The last stage was held in Nerja.
Loose tiles FLOOR repairs are being carried out on Cala Avenue, Almuñecar, by the town hall following problems when it rains.
and finally... A CANCER study conducted by the Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute has proved successful in preventing the spread of colon cancer in cases where a tumour had been previously detected.
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Counting cost of strike as some Axarquia services hit AXARQUIA is today (Thursday) returning to normal as Spain counts the cost of yesterday’s nationwide General Strike call. Locally as the EWN went to Press, some transport links had
been affected. Meanwhile, in VelezMalaga 14 town hall workers were providing minimum services. The strike brought some parts of the country to a virtual standstill, with the major cities including
Madrid and Barcelona particularly badly hit. In some protests police as well as pickets were injured in clashes. Transport services and businesses felt the main effects of
Health centre ready, but no green light NERJA Town Hall has demanded once again that the new health centre be built. A decision by the Andalucian Government has been pending since 2009, when €236,000 was invested for paving and fitting out the site planned for the centre. “What happened to the €1 million we returned to them? It was meant to be funds for the health centre,” Nerja Health Councillor Nuchi Moreno said.
WAITING: The plot where the health centre would be sited.
the strike action, with the work stoppage coming just eight months after the last General Strike in Spain on March 29. Yesterday’s action in Spain coincided with General Strikes in Portugal, Malta, Cyrus, Greece and other European countries, and was called by unions to protest at austerity plans in the face of the present economic crisis. Union Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) said there was ‘no other option’ to the strike call, while the Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) stressed that people should not be ‘afraid to lose a day’s pay’ because the issues at stake nationally were more impotant. In many parts of Spain the two main unions were joined by smaller sector alliances, as well as by student and residents’ groups. Pickets were on duty throughout the day, stopping workers from entering some companies and shoppers from entering malls.
Spruce-up for palm trees PRUNING of around 7,000 palm trees has started in Almuñecar and La Herradura. Operations will be focused mainly in central town areas and beach promenades. “This is necessary to prevent eventual accidents and, in the meantime, seeds don’t fall on the ground, so we keep the streets clean,” Environment Councillor Luis Aragon said.
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Stories making headlines from the United Kingdom
Skirt safety A GUST of wind in her skirts worked for Marilyn Monroe, but aides to Queen Elizabeth II take care to avoid any such incident for the monarch by sewing weights into her dresses.
Feline felon A CAT in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, reported to police for fighting dogs and stealing neighbours’ food, has been slapped with the feline equivalent of an Asbo. He’s been placed under house arrest and will be given flower essences to keep him calm.
Cookie test BISCUITS have been scientifically proven to taste better when dunked in tea, according to TV chef Heston Blumenthal. The tea experiment features in the third episode of new Channel 4 series Heston’s Fantastical Food.
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EXPENSIVE: Palm tree maintenance takes time and money.
Culture centre for Velez A NEW €2 million multipurpose cultural and exhibition centre is planned for Velez Malaga. Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla said the town council is looking to build the hall on a plot next to the old Virgen del Carmen sugar factory, in Torre del Mar. Now he has written to the Junta de Andalucia asking for permission to use €1 million previously granted for the construction of a ‘mammoth’ conference
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centre and exhibition hall on the same plot. The Junta has demanded the money back as the subsidy, granted in January 2011, has never been used. The mayor said: “We want to meet with the Junta and see if the money we have to return as a result of the negligence and carelessness of the previous administration, can be used on a project that would complement the existing sugar mill.”
BBC bosses told Professor Brian Cox that he could not attempt to listen to a newly-discovered planet on the TV show Stargazing Live in case aliens breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines.
Red faced TWO robbers faced an embarrassing wait to be rescued after they leapt 20ft down an embankment in a bid to avoid arrest, only to find themselves stranded on a riverbank. The pair had to wait half-an-hour until West Midlands Fire Service rescued them.
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Run for charity A CHARITY run in Rincon de la Victoria this Sunday - starting at 10am at the Tourist Office - will raise funds for local associations working for social integration.
Uni budget cut INVESTMENT in R&D grants will be cut by 20 per cent to €800,000 at Malaga University next year.
Crazy car race THE 3rd Crazy Car Race will be held in Archidona on December 8 at noon. Participants will be taught how to build their cars next Tuesday.
Sweet potato A FOOD festival to be held in Velez on November 23-25 will promote cooking with sweet potatoes, one of the town’s most extended cultivations.
New hotels A NEW €7 million hotel will be opened in Malaga city centre. The same hotel chain recently opened the threestar Itaca Hotel in Fajardo Street.
Local farms could go totally tropical GLOBAL warming is turning the Axarquia into the tropical orchard of Europe. This means that the region’s farmers could soon be growing high value tropical fruit including lychees and longans for global export, claim scientists.
La Mayora institute for investigating tropical fruit has been growing different varieties of the fruit trees at its Algarrobo experimental plantation. Now they have come up with the perfect varieties for local farmers to grow. The professor in charge of the study, Iñaki Hormaza, explained that in the past farmers experimenting with lychees had grown the wrong variety for the area. But he added that longans, a South Asian fruit, might be the perfect tree to plant as they bear a large, all-year-round INTEGRATION: German Consul Günther Necas (right) crop. attended the event. In addition, they are highly valued and much sought after in Vietnam. In the USA they can fetch between €5 and €7 a kilo. A CULTURAL event in themed exhibitions, typical Almuñecar brought to- food servings, as well as gether locals and German displays of documentaries expatriates under the same featuring German towns. roof. A theatre group also Following the success of staged a comedy perfora similar event for British mance, followed by live residents some weeks ago, music and poetry readings. the town’s ‘Casa de la The event was attended Cultura’ social centre by the German Consul in hosted several German- Malaga.
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Bye, sea centre THE Centre for Endangered Sea Species Care (CREMA) in Malaga may be closed by the Andalucian Government next year, due to budgetary cuts.
Chisel attacks ONE person was arrested and two chased by Malaga police as suspects in five violent robberies, involving a knife and a chisel.
NERJA: Not updating the PGOU will save money.
€400,000 saving
NERJA Town Hall expects to save €400,000 this year. A decision has been taken not to update the plan setting the new guidelines and regulations for construction in Nerja (PGOU). The money will be saved from not setting up and publishing this plan, which is difficult and expensive to be developed, the town hall said. This means Nerja will keep the same PGOU started back in 2004. The decision has been supported by local technical reports and the architectural team in charge of creating the PGOU.
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Optimising town energy TORROX Town Hall has saved nearly €140,000 on its energy bill. It is now planning to replace street lamps in Torrox Park urbanisation and in Esperanto Avenue with new lights featuring a more efficient technology. Plans also include changing currently contracted energy fees. One of the measures which has proved successful has been putting 23 lighting contracts into the hands of the private sector. This has meant a 20 per cent monthly saving, or €50,400 a year. Other measures taken include switching off 442 light sources in 37 different areas – saving €51,000 per year – and installing motion detectors and timers at El Pontil car park, which saved a further €8,400, according to Environment and Development Councillor Lauren Salvatierra.
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Sports centre for disabled athletes By Joe Chivers MALAGA is to open Spain’s first centre specially designed for disabled athletes. The facility, which has a floor space of over one square kilometre will be situated in the Ciudad Deportiva de Carranque and will be adapted from current facilities at a cost of €800,000. Work is due to begin in early 2013. Luciano Alonso has praised the will and perseverance of disabled athletes, and has said that projects such as this show the government's commitment to the importance of accessibility in sport. Andalucia produced numerous disabled athletes who went on to win medals at the 2012 London Olympics, including the blind judoka Carmen Herrera, who won a gold.
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The first snows on Axarquia peaks THE first snows of the season in Malaga province were spotted on La Maroma peak. This is the highest spot – 2,068 metres - in the Sierras Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park, in the Axarquia region. The temperature drop, heightened by the strong winds last weekend made the rainfalls turn into snow flakes. Most of the snow had melted, at press time, but it may be back again if the weather gets worse. Snow has not fallen in these mountains since last May.
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Top awards WITH a total of 255 restaurants, Germany has surpassed its top number of restaurants awarded with Michelin guide stars.
Coffee tax STARBUCKS café chain has not paid federal income taxes since it started operating in the country back in 2002, a report by Reuters said, which was denied by the company.
Lucky slip LA MAROMA: Snow has not fall in these mountains since last May.
430 per cent more activity in Motril Port MORE than 234,000 passengers used the Port of Motril for entering or leaving mainland Spain. This is a 430 per cent increase from last year’s first nine months, when slightly more than 43,600 people used the docks. The trend seems to be steady, as latest figures by the State Port authorities (Puertos del Estado) say there were 39,080 passengers last September compared to 17,189 in September 2011. The Port authorities think one of the main reasons behind this growth is the Motril Port being used for the first time in what is called ‘Operation Step
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Straight’ (Operacion Paso del Estrecho). This happens in summer, when 2.5 million people leave Europe and head home to North Africa. In Motril Port specifically, nearly 130,000 people boarded ships heading towards Melilla and Alhucemas. This made Motril become the third main Spanish port in the ‘Operation,’ after Algeciras and Almeria.
Fire brigade to grow bigger THE fire brigade in Nerja will increase their staff from nine to 15 firemen. The temporary fire station – located on the roundabout leading to Burriana beach - will be then expanded with new rooms and a gym. A new fire station building is still pending a decision by the Andalucian Government. In 2008, Nerja Town Hall ceded a land plot for this purpose to the
She believes CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel publicly spoke about her faith for the first time: “I believe in God and religion is my constant companion,” she said in a video blog.
TEMPORARY: The current fire station should eventually be replaced by a new building. Malaga government, but the project is still on hold.
Growth for firm wrongly accused of E.coli outbreak THE sales of the Spanish company wrongly blamed for causing last summer’s E.coli outbreak are now up by 2 per cent. Cucumbers from Algarrobo organic farm Frunet were named and shamed after up to 1,000 people fell ill, mainly in Germany. The Andalucian produce was later shown to be fine and it was in fact German beansprouts that had caused the bacteria to spread.
A BANANA skin slip stopped a 39-year-old man from Bochum when he was about to stab his wife, court sources told Bild newspaper.
“We were accused hastily and completely unfairly with no proof whatsoever,” said Frunet manager Antonio Lavao. “It did an enormous amount of damage to our sales.” The firm announced a full recovery six months after the incident and has now reported a 2 per cent growth. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” added Lavao.
So corrupt FORMER treasurer of the Brandenburg Green Party Christian Goetjes admitted in court he stole more than €200,000 from the party’s accounts and spent it on prostitutes.
Teen horror A YOUTH aged 19 was sentenced to 10 years in prison as he stabbed an elderly woman to death in Bielefeld, wearing a Halloween latex horror mask.
Bunny escape A RABBIT jumped out of a compost bin in Görlitz when it was opened. “It would have died a miserable death,” an animal rights centre told Die Welt.
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Burglary enquiry NATIONAL police have arrested a 42-year-old man accused of 10 burglaries in Torre del Mar. He is alleged to have broken into homes in the middle of the night whilst the owners were asleep and stolen cash and jewellery to quickly sell on. Police launched an investigation when one victim reported a burglary in which a money-filled wallet was stolen. During the enquiry police identified the man as being responsible for a string of break-ins. A search of his home revealed numerous items that had allegedly been stolen. The ongoing investigation is being conducted by Velez Malaga based police.
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Drivers choose old bangers over new FOUR second-hand cars were sold for every new vehicle last October. Ownership transfers were carried out for 170,757 used cars, a 29 per cent increase. The year’s total rose to 1,322,980 and if second hand sales continue at this rate they could reach 1.6 million by the end of December. In 2007, as the economic crisis began to make itself felt, sales were evenly split between new and used cars. The average age of a used car in Spain will reach 9.4 years by the end of the year although the number of cars over 10 years old is increasing, dealers said. Their sales grew by 39 per cent in October, but private transactions accounted for 57 per cent of the total, an increase of 28 per cent on
per cent in October to an average €12,400. The €2,000 allowance from the government’s Plan PIVE was mainly responsible, plus manufacturers’ special offers on low-pollution vehicles.
Red mosaic canary cutest
TWEETY: The red mosaic canary is considered to be a mutation.
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POPULAR: More second hand cars have been sold this year. last year. Prices for new cars shrank by 4.9
A BIRD breeding competition was held in Almuñecar. A ‘red mosaic’ canary, as this species is popularly known for its white and reddish feathers, was awarded first prize with 91 points. The winner’s owner was from Velez-Malaga. This was the competition’s 26th edition.
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MORE than 1,000 athletes and fans are expected to descend on Rincon de la Victoria on Sunday. The town’s third annual half marathon, organised by the town hall and Axarquia Triathlon Club, is the ideal test of the municipality’s ability to hold high level sports events, said Mayor Francisco Salado. On top of that the race “generates wealth and prosperity,” he added. “These events attract visitors and families who enjoy the restaurants and the scenery of the town.” Athletes from all over Malaga province are expected with cash prizes and trophies on offer. Age groups are from 18 years old to veterans. Starting at 10am from the tourist information office, the course covers La Cala del Moral, the Benagalbon tower and Rincon’s church.
Up in flames GUARDIA Civil officers have arrested a German man and accused him of staging the theft of his car and then setting it on fire in an attempt to claim 15,000 euros insurance. The man, with the initials MHF, a Spanish resident, reported his car stolen in Malaga. It was found burnt out in Rincon de la Victoria minus its number plates. He has been charged with fraud and perverting the course of justice.
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Madrid Arena admitted too many people TOO many people were admitted to the Madrid Arena mini-festival which claimed four lives in a crowd-surge last month, police confirmed. Only 9,600 entrance tickets were issued, organisers Diviertt later claimed. Investigators now believe 19,600 were sold for the Halloween electrohouse concert featuring American DJ Steve Aoki, sources revealed. A further 3,000 people gatecrashed the event and many jumped turnstiles when the Aoki began his act, they said. Around 23,000 people were crammed into an installation authorised for 10,660. Most were on the ground floor although the public was supposed to be distributed uniformly throughout the Madrid Arena building’s three floors.
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JUST A LITTLE MORE: Another snowfall would make it perfect.
Snow drifts in to set up ski season SNOW has fallen on the Sierra Nevada with two weeks to go before the season opens. Between 10 and 15 centimetres of snow fell in the Borreguiles and Veleta districts. That was enough to let workers start preparing the pistes for the planned December 1 opening. Now local shops, businesses and hotels have started getting ready for what they hope will be a busy season. Pedro Rodriguez, of the Kenia Nevada hotel said: “It is very good weather now. It
is cold and we have had some snow, so we are in a good position for the opening. “We need just a little more snow and then it will be perfect. There is not enough snow to ski now, but by the end of the month it should be very good.” He added: “It is definitely better than last year. We are looking forward to a good season.” Workers have also been clearing 10cm of snow from the Andalucia and Pradollano squares and hauling it to the slopes for use.
THE government is to reduce its fleet of official cars, it was confirmed last week. Describing the decision as ‘emblematic,’ Mariano Rajoy’s second-incharge, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria did not reveal how many cars would go. Highranking officials would be particularly affected, the vice-president hinted. The government wants an efficient Administration that is close to the public and demonstrates it can respond in a time of crisis. “We have to do a lot more with a lot less,” she declared.
Finding a solution A SHARE of the publicowned company Axaragua that manages La Viñuela water reservoir may go private. Water is provided to 14 Axarquia towns from this reservoir. The proposal was made by PP party members in the Axarquia association of town halls (‘Mancomunidad’). Adding a private partner would soften the rough economic situation in the company, they said. This would also help getting rid of middlemen companies. PA Hire, Club to Theatre Systems 24 Track Mobile Recording Experienced Engineers Supplied CD Mixing, Mastering, Duplicating Video Filming and Editing Photography Band Promo Packages and Demos Artist Web Sites Musicians and Equipment for All Events soundmill@me.com Tel: 634 371 709 www.soundmillstudios.com
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Everyone off NORWAY - Around 330 workers were evacuated from a North Sea oil rig platform managed by state-owned company Statoil, as it had tilted four degrees due to a leak.
Fatal crash SWEDEN – A woman was found dead in the Ore Lake in Furudal, after her car crashed on a bridge over the lake and sank around 15 metres to the bottom.
New tunnel DENMARK – A new 27,000 million kroner (€3,620 million) port tunnel designed to reduce traffic congestion was approved in Copenhagen by the city council.
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UNCOVERED: The Neolithic village was found during works on the AVE line.
4th Century discovery A NEOLITHIC village has been uncovered in Andalucia. Workmen found the fourth century site under the mud at Arroyo
Saladillo while working on the AVE fast track railway line between Antequera and Bobadilla. Although the site was already known about, it
turns out it is much bigger than expected. It could be the biggest of its kind in the Malaga Province at 1,400 metres in width.
2013 influx of British tourists ANDALUCIA has high expectations for British tourism next year. This follows their participation at the World Travel Market in London. British tourists are expected to stay more nights in 2013, according to Jose Carlos Escribano, president of the Costa del Sol Hoteliers
Association. This summer international tourism to Spain was up by 6 per cent, with the British making up nearly a third. Meanwhile, Tenerife is also happy with their numbers of British visitors. The island expects to end the year with 1.6 million Britons.
SWEDEN – The director of the national Counter-Terrorism Cooperative Council resigned, saying the government ‘retains a structure from the Second World War’.
US ally NORWAY – Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg congratulated Barack Obama on his US election victory, saying he was looking forward to co-operating for another four years.
Nordic share DENMARK – Defence Minister Nick Hækkerup signed an agreement with Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland whereby they will share war planes.
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Mayors seek factory talks FAMOSA is moving its Ibi and Onil toy factories to Alicante City. The mayors of both towns have asked to meet management to discuss how the move will affect local employees.
A PRIVATE bank has opened a branch in Palma with the aim of attracting as many of the 8,000 Mallorca residents it estimates are worth more than €300,000. Banca Madrid said tourism and expats were motivating factors in the move.
Fake own goal
Waste enquiry TWO directors at Emaya, the Palma municipal waste collection firm, have been suspended over irregularities in the awarding of contracts.
A GERMAN man has been arrested in Teulada for selling fake football shirts on the internet. Police seized around 500 items which would have raised around €40,000 on the black market.
News from our editions
ONCE again
Gas scare EMPLOYEES were evacuated after workmen damaged a gas main near an Ondara shopping centre. They were allowed to return at midday. THERE WE GO: The peak at Puig Campana.
Health offer THE Hospital Clinica in Benidorm is providing ‘health tourism’ for Norwegians, Russians, Libyans and Algerians, with cardiac and cancer the principal treatments offered.
Mushroom find THE Guardia Civil rescued a 78year-old man in Vallada after he had become disorientated by heavy rain and mist while mushroom-picking in Moixent, Valencia.
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
Museum hope RENOVATION work on La Alcudia Museum in Elche should be finished so it can reopen in the spring, with window and electrical fitting installation work now under way. The work began in August 2010.
Scots scale the peak
SCOTTISH volunteers were monitored by members of Finestrat’s Special Mountain Police Unit (GAMO). The visitors from Fort William did some climbing practice at Puig though this is the lowest since the financial crisis began in 2007.
Bikes for disabled THE Rotary Club of Alicante has donated four bicycles adapted for wheelchair users to the Lucas Kosch Foundation, which is dedicated to children and youths with multiple disabilities.
€65,000 aid
Campana peak, aided by the officers. “Knowing the landscape is crucial to guarantee safety in case of emergency,” the local Safety Councillor said.
COSTA DEL SOL
Hikers rescued FOUR mountain hikers who got lost on a 1,900-metre-high peak in between the provinces of Granada and Malaga were rescued by the Guardia Civil and taken to Alhama in Granada.
Burnt at home
A €65,000 grant has been given to the APANEE charity which helps children with special needs by Torrevieja Town Hall.
A WOMAN aged 48 was injured after a fire broke out in her home in Antequera. She was stable, at Press time, but suffered 15 per cent burns.
€300m down
Looking ahead
Uni budget cut
MUNICIPALITIES in Alicante, Benidorm, Denia, Elche, Elda, Orihuela, San Vicente, Torrevieja and Xàbia have seen their incomes drop by more than €300 million in three years,
ABOUT 200 trees and shrubs were planted as part of a reforestation campaign in Aigües d'Elx by parents and children from Elche, Santa Pola and Alicante.
INVESTMENT on R&D grants will be cut by 20 per cent to €800,000 at Malaga University next year, due to government budget cuts.
Lunch sponsor BUSINESS lunches held every month at the Marbella Tourist Initiatives Centre (CIT) – gathering representatives from 450 member companies – will be sponsored by Unicaja Bank.
Bye sea centre THE Centre for Endangered Sea Species Care (CREMA) in Malaga may be closed by the Andalucian Government next year, due to budgetary cuts.
MALLORCA
Doctors protest ABOUT 100 doctors at Son Espases Hospital held a demonstration at the hospital to protest about the length of waiting lists for surgery and consultations.
TWELVE people who bought ONCE lottery tickets in Palma have scooped €35,000 each. The lottery, organised by a charity for the blind, has handed out winnings of more than €4 million since October 10.
ALMERIA
Two held TWO men were arrested by the Guardia Civil after a car chase on the A7 to Murcia. When their van was searched, officers found 12 stolen construction crane counterweights and discovered the vehicle had been started by crossing the wires.
Cheese please MILK exported from Almeria is being made into Brie cheese in France, with sales worth €5.3m, a 47 per cent increase.
Death trial FOUR bosses at the Briseis toiletries factory in Benahadux have gone on trial accused of negligence, which led to an explosion that killed two workers five years ago. They face up to three years in jail if found guilty.
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THE Spanish Industrial Production General Index fell 11.7 per cent in September compared to the same period in 2011, the 13th consecutive month with negative numbers.
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Ringing up profits Latin America better for Telefonica than Europe TELEFONICA now earns more money in Latin America than Europe, where Spain continues to be the company’s weakest EU market. The multi-national Spanish company globally earned €3,455 million in the first three quarters of this year, reducing its debts by €5,500 million to ‘just’ €58,823 million.
Germany seeks Spanish workers By Linda Hall GERMANY needs workers, and is looking at Spain to provide them! The Hesse region in the heart of Germany has contacted Madrid Chamber of Commerce with job opportunities. There is nearly 50 per cent unemployment amongst Spain’s young but Hesse, with its six million population, has jobs available for 150,000 people. The region is looking for two different types of jobseekers. It needs young people combine to wanting vocational training with in experience work exchange for a salary of around €500 a month. Some programmes also offer training and include
board and lodging. Employers are also looking for students with technical qualifications, especially engineers and architects, as well as those with Spain’s equivalent of ‘A’ levels.. Additionally, companies want practising professionals ready to step into existing jobs, particularly architects and engineers. Spanish-trained engineers have a good reputation in Germany, hence the interest in engaging them, explained Bernd Haug, President of Hesse’s professional association of engineers. Many come from the construction industry, a sector where Germany wellrequires badly qualified workers, Haug added.
South America now brings in more money for Telefonica than its concerns on the other side of the Atlantic, generating 49 per cent of turnover, compared with 48 per cent in Europe. Telefonica had a total turnover of €46,519 million by the end of September - 0.3 per cent less than in 2011 of which Latin America accounted for €22,578 million.
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SPANISH energy company Repsol has discovered 105,000 cubic metres of natural gas in Algeria.
Law study WAYS to regulate mortgage contract clauses considered ‘abusive’ are being studied by government, Spain’s Deputy PM Soraya Saénz has said.
Energy loss SPANISH energy company Endesa reported €1,622 million in net benefits during the first nine months of the year, a year-toyear 16 per cent loss.
Vueling flying high with agreed merger A TAKEOVER bid has been made for Vueling, the Spanish low-cost airline company. IAG, the company resulting from the Iberia and British Airways merger, is offering €7 per share, which means a 28 per cent liquidity premium. Stakeholders have agreed the bid terms. IAG’s main stakeholder is Banco Financiero y de Ahorro (BFA), through its subsidiary Bankia bank, with a 12.05 per
RIGHT LINE: Telefonica is reducing its debts.
cent share. Investment corporations Blackrock, Schroeder and Templeton jointly own a 13 per cent share. Vueling shares in Madrid rose 51 per cent to €5.84 from the end of 2011 until trading in the stock was suspended. “This acquisition would be positive for Spain,” IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said. “We would retain Vueling’s Barcelona base and create new Spanish jobs.”
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Healthy medical prospect and without contribution
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I HAVE seen newspaper articles about obtaining access to the Spanish Social Security health service either by paying a modest monthly or yearly fee, or simply applying if from a country that has agreements with Spain. I am interested in this possibility because my ill health has forced me to retire early, so I am not yet of pensionable age. This means that I do not have a British pensioner’s access to Spanish healthcare, You and the and as I do not work in Spain, I do not pay Social Security Law in Spain By David Searl contributions. There are many exclusions and problems with pre-existing conditions which make a private medical insurance not suitable for me. We are here legally, with the Certificate of Registration for EU citizens resident in Spain. P C (Malaga)
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YOU may be in luck. The Spanish Government has enacted two laws which provide for both possibilities. Decreto-Ley 16/2012, passed in July, makes provision for poor immigrants from outside the EU to obtain Spanish healthcare by paying modest fees, of less than €1,000 per year. This measure was expanded by Real Decreto-Ley 1192/2012, which provides that a EU citizen from a country that has reciprocal agreements with Spain can access the national health system simply by applying. The citizen must reside legally in Spain, with his Certificate of Registration and he cannot have an income of more than €100,000 a year. There is still some confusion about the exact form of the application but I do know of a success story from Valencia. The applicants simply filled out Social Security application form TA1 and received provisional cards. So it can be done. David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers. You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.
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Taxman Osborne proves real-life nightmare THE taxman, it seems, is everyone’s worst fear, with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne the public figure who most often appears in British nightmares, a study has found.
£££ A FEAR of failure is holding back businesses as entrepreneurs play it safe, according to Barclays who in a survey of 1,000 small firms found they put off spending
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£££ LONDON financial firms have laid off more than 100,000 employees
since 2007, after four years of crisis. Now another 13,000 staff are set to go in 2013 as vacancies also drop in Europe and Asia, studies indicate.
£££ SALES at Morrisons slipped 2.1 per cent from July to September as they battled fragile consumer confidence and big discounting from rivals including LIDL and Aldi who saw business grow.
Random thoughts from bailout for Spain to the world of drugs SO much seems to be going on, without resolution, that the news generally is difficult to follow. Rajoy, after insisting since mid-summer that Spain does not, and will not, require an European Union (EU) bailout, now admits that one might be necessary but that he won’t know until the end of the year. Well, circumstances do change, and it is rather refreshing to find a politician who admits to uncertainty. Not so Artur Mas, the Catalan president, who, being quite sure he is correct, bangs on about regaining Cataluña’s independence. However, having searched the web for information, I can find no reference to Cataluña having ever been an independent state. Perhaps an historian reader will put me right. Carme Chacón, herself Catalan, who was
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narrowly beaten by Alfredo Rubalcaba for the leadership of PSOE earlier this year, has come out in the national Press with a quite different point of view, rejecting any possibility of Cataluña breaking away from Spain. They cannot both be right, but if asked, I’d put my money on Chacón.
Getting away from that, I see the EU is asking for an increase in its budget, with a figure of some €8 billion being mooted. Perhaps instead of expecting the already cash-strapped citizens to fork out even more, the bureaucrats should make cuts, and - horror of horrors - inflict some austerity measures upon themselves. For instance, does the EU really need two European Parliament buildings, one in Brussels and another in
A juicy orange deal for Don Simon ALMOST 250 Huelva citrus fruit growers have agreed to supply 30 to 50 million kilos of small or skin-damaged oranges a year for Don Simon fruit juice. The fruit would otherwise be
rejected for EU sale. The agreement will make Garcia Carrion group’s Villanueva de los Castillejos plant Europe’s leading manufacturer of squeezed orange juice
Strasbourg, between which the overpaid and underworked MEPs migrate every two months? Additionally, does the EU need Baroness Ashton, the second-highest-salaried woman in the world? She has, after all, failed to attend two-thirds of the commission’s meetings over the past year, and has, apparently, voiced her dislike of Brussels, the city not the institution. Finally, a thought concerning the trade in narcotics. The ‘Narcos’ running their multi-billion dollar international businesses are evil people to be sure, but why are their customers not more severely castigated? Without buyers the drug trade would wither on the vine, and when you think about it, these self-absorbed users of ‘recreational’ drugs frequently cocaine - share responsibility for the thousands of murders committed worldwide by the ‘narcos’ fighting their turf wars and ‘adjusting’ their accounts. The users are, in my view, accomplices, plainly and simply, to murder before, during and after, the fact, and should be prosecuted and punished as such.
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www.euroweeklynews.com Arguably, the most important aspect of portfolio planning is your asset allocation – how much of your investment capital is allocated to equities, to bonds, to property, to cash etc. Before you buy or sell investments you need to have established the most appropriate asset allocation for your personal circumstances and objectives. Bonds play an integral part in many investment portfolios, and could prove very beneficial for you. As a diversification measure they can help reduce overall risk, and, importantly for many people, they also provide a regular income. Bonds also have the potential to generate capital growth over the longer-term. Bonds are an asset class known as fixed interest securities. With the way bonds work, the rate of interest they pay holds up even when capital values fall. Your income stream is therefore unlikely to be impacted by events like the Eurozone crisis. Bonds, by their nature, generate a natural income, so you can receive regular income without having to touch your capital. The capital therefore remains invested to continue producing income in the future, with the ability to also generate capital growth. If you do not need income, with a bond fund you can reinvest the income in the fund as additional shares to enjoy accelerated growth
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rates. These are known as accumulation units In order to establish how much of your capital to allocate to bonds you should seek professional advice from an experienced wealth manager to expatriates such as Blevins Franks. Asset allocation can account for around 80 to 90% of portfolio performance according to academics, so getting it right is key to your investment success. Different types of bonds Bonds issued by governments are known as gilts in the UK and Treasuries in the US, both of which are issued in the local currency. Government bonds issued in a foreign currency are known as sovereign bonds. Since they are generally considered a more reliable investment than corporate bonds,
government bonds usually pay a lower rate of interest. Corporate bonds, which are issued by companies and sold to investors, are a major source of capital and financing for many companies. The issuers are grouped by their credit rating, with higher quality bonds classified as ‘investment grade’. Noninvestment grade bonds are those which have a lower credit rating; they are known as ‘high yield bonds’ since they typically pay a higher rate of interest and can be a very attractive investment opportunity for many investors. High yield bonds can be categorised into two categories – ‘fallen angels’ and ‘rising stars’. Rising stars are relatively new companies which do not yet have the history, or track record, of borrowing or paying back debt to be classified as investment grade. Fallen angels are bonds which were once investment grade but have been downgraded because their financial strength is not as strong as what it previously was, therefore affecting their credit worthiness. Nokia is a recent example of a company whose credit rating has fallen below investment grade and is therefore now classified as a fallen angel.
An article in the Financial Times on 28th September highlighted how the difficult corporate environment in the Euro crisis and subsequent rating downgrades is resulting in an unprecedented number of companies becoming fallen angels. This could prove very beneficial for the European high yield market, since it would inject new money and liquidity and create fresh market opportunities for fund managers. This therefore actually provides an opportunity for investors. The article explained: “If all the major corporates in Italy, Spain and Portugal, now teetering on the edge of investment grade, lost that status, it would help to more than double the market’s size to €500 billion over the coming years and over time it would help the high yield market on its way to being as large, deep and efficient as in the US.” The European high yield bond market has been one of the star performers of 2012, with the major index posting strong double digit returns year to date to the beginning of October, in both Euro and Sterling terms. Buying bonds Bonds are best bought through a professionally managed fund, which
invests in a wide range of bonds depending on its mandate, providing you with a high level of diversification and the expertise of a recognised fund manager. Although bond interest is fixed, their capital values can rise and fall over their term. Fund managers actively buy and sell bonds and can make significant gains on some bonds if they buy them when values have fallen and hold them to maturity. These views are put forward for consideration purposes only as the suitability of any investment is dependent on your objectives, time horizon and attitude to risk. The value of investments and the income arising from them can fall as well as rise. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance. Seek advice from an authorised wealth manager such as Blevins Franks Financial Management Ltd. Blevins Franks Financial Management Ltd is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority for the conduct of investment and pension business. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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Save the planet and then save those expensive material items WHEN disaster strikes suddenly people are worried about the world around them and their own possessions. A perfect recent example is Hurricane Sandy and the amount of concern people are showing over the devastation left in its wake. Some people lost their homes, cars, belongings or livelihoods. Compassion poured out to affected individuals via news A look channels and social at finance media sites, as for females sympathisers tried to imagine what it must Jane Plunkett be like to lose jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. everything in the blink com of an eye: savings, property, everything that financially supports people. STAY GROUNDED: Flying off for parties It’s hard to fathom. has an invisible cost! Yet the irony of all this is that the amount of concern people show about Sandy is directly proportional to the amount of time they add to distances or lighting up their property like a climate change by flying around the world for Christmas tree. bachelor or hen parties, driving cars short Experts have proven that climate change is
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driving extreme weather, which will only lead to more intense storms like Hurricane Sandy, as well as droughts, frequent flooding and wildfires. According to Greenpeace, the world’s oceans are on the brink of destruction. Tuna companies are killing thousands of sea birds, sea turtles and sharks and putting global food sources at risk through destructive fishing practices. Still, less than 1 per cent of the world’s oceans are set aside and protected as marine reserves. In Brazil last week, an agri-business lobby pushed through dangerous legislation which has weakened local forest laws, opening up a section of rainforest the size of Minnesota to deforestation. All the carbon emitting activities that we partake in cost us money, and the result of polluting our environment to such an extent is that in return it may some day cost us our belongings or even our lives. If we really are concerned about losing the material goods we paid so much to attain, maybe it is time to start thinking about how we can live more sustainably in this world. If not just to save the fish, at least to save that fancy flat screen TV!
Toxic homes could be rented out PROPERTIES acquired by BARES - Spain’s ‘Bad Bank’ - from nationalised banks, could be rented out. The proposal has come from Jose Luis Centella, spokesman for leftwing Izquierda Plural, a threeparty alliance in the national parliament. There is nothing in the management model chosen for the bank that prevents this, conceded the government in a written reply. Economic reforms passed in February and August oblige a nationalised bank to transfer toxic assets consisting of loans for properties and land unlikely to be recouped. At least 5 per cent of these must be disposed of to a third entity unconnected to its group.
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THIRD quarter profits for Repsol subsidiary YPF, nationalised by the Argentinian Government last April, have halved compared with last year. Spanish-owned Repsol had invested too little in YPF, said President Cristina Fernandez, and made Argentina increasingly dependent on expensive fuel imports. But while Repsol has recovered from the loss with an adjusted net profit of €496 million, its former subsidiary earned €126 million - 51 per cent less - between June and September. This was the first quarter that the company was entirely in Argentinian hands.
MANY of Spain’s top politicians are to lose the use of their official cars with a 66 per cent cut from 307 to 103 vehicles. The Spanish Government’s planned austerity measure will affect both the state and regional governments with an expected €10.5 million saving from the public budget. This decision will leave general directors without an official car, while deputy officers will have to share their vehicle with other work colleagues.
Ship stops here... CRUISE LINERS are helping buck the recession in Malaga as more passengers visit the city. Dilip Kuner looks at the 2012 success story. With 700,000 passengers due to have landed at the new Malaga port by the end of the year, foreigners for the first time now outnumber Spanish tourists to the city. Cruise liner passengers are being credited with breathing new life into the city’s streets and businesses, boosting trade during the worst recession of a generation. Malaga is an increasingly popular port of call, with the city enjoying a 11.25 per cent rise in cruise ship passengers up to the end of August. In contrast the Balearic Islands saw passenger arrivals fall 25.2 per cent and Barcelona 14.3 per cent in the same period. While Barcelona remains mainland Spain’s busiest cruise port by far, Malaga is now second, with much of its success credited
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PORT OF CALL: Malaga is now the second busiest in Spain.
Malaga cruising up the Spanish port rankings to the new cruise passenger terminal opened earlier this year. As part of an extensive port redevelopment, a €21.3-million terminal capable of accommodating 200-metre-long ships and cruise liners - was built. A state-of-the-art, 900-squaremetre two-level pier at Quay Two has a mobile bridge to connect liners to the dock. Meanwhile,
Land ahoy CULTURAL and leisure attractions are Malaga City’s main draw, according to Councillor for Culture, Tourism and Sport Damian Caneda. The city now offers an increasing number of chic restaurants in the winding lanes of the old city, along with tapas bars frequented by tourists and locals alike, with Malagueños nicknamed ‘boquerones’ after the huge amounts of fried fish they consume. While some bars are cool and modern in design, others are more traditional tavernas. Art lovers can visit the Picasso or more recently opened Carmen Thyssen museums, and the Roman amphithetre is an increasingly popular tourist destination. The cathedral is ever-popular along with trips to the Gibralfaro, and there is also superb shopping with Calle Larios the top attraction.
Quay One offers passengers and city tourists alike shopping and leisure space along with restaurants and food outlets. Malaga’s tourist board representative, Antonio Montejo Romero, described the new cruise passenger terminal as an exciting addition to Malaga’s extensive offering for tourists during its opening.
Changing tides MALAGA has been a port for 3,000 years. Originally called Malaka and founded by the Phoenicians in 1,000BC, the city was once capital of the Islamic Kingdom of Granada. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries the port grew rapidly as an export base for cereals and goods, and in the 20th century was expanded, though following a decline in use in the second half parts were converted for residential use. Nowadays 10 wharfs are in use, including three for cruise liners and mega-yachts. In total as well as the arriving cruise liners, the port handles major imports including cement, cereals, grains, petrol and fertilisers. It also handles 39,000 vehicles a year and 450,000 containers.
“We now give a unique experience for arriving passengers in that they can be in the heart of the city in five minutes,” he said. Anxious for the city to cash in, since the opening Malaga City Hall has agreed to shops staying open on Sundays and bank holidays to provide cruise passengers the opportunity to shop and spend more during city visits. Meanwhile, the Malaga-Costa del Sol Cruise Tourism Forum has been set up to promote the city, and Malaga City Hall invested more than €61,000 in a campaign at the recent World Travel Market exhibition in London. Britain is one of Malaga’s main markets, with 36 per cent of arriving cruise liner passengers from the UK. October - traditionally one of the busiest for cruises - saw 45 liners dock, and November started well with 12 ships arriving between November 2-9. But it is not all plain sailing for the port, with reports indicating that Royal Caribbean and Costa Cruises are considering pulling out in 2013.
‘Pay up’ notaries are told CONSUMERS’ association OCU has called for Spain’s notaries and property registrars to return €400 million overcharged between 2007 and 2012. Last year OCU detected ‘excessive charges’ in 92 per cent of notaries and registrars’ fees for mortgage cancellations. The association lodged a formal complaint with the Public Prosecution Office, requesting an investigation into irregular conduct by both and reimbursement where overcharging occurred. Between December 2007 and May 2012, mortgages were cancelled on 1.6 million homes, according to national statistics’ office, INE. Notaries should have charged a fixed fee of €30.5 regardless of the value of the mortgage, OCU claims. Together with other expenses the total should in no case have exceeded around €70 but instead they charged an average of €260. Registrars were charging an average of €144 instead of OCU’S estimated €24. The Prosecution Department has finally concluded that OCU’s accusations are founded. The association now intends to write to Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon as well as the General Directorate of Notaries and Registrars, asking what steps they propose to take.
Solar wars THE heat is rising following a European Commission-launched probe into alleged illegal subsidies in the €21 billion import trade of solar panels from China.
Deadly dream THE Catholic Church has been angered by a Polish coffin-maker who produced a calendar featuring topless models next to his caskets in an effort to boost sales.
€6bn cuts GERMAN giant Siemens will cut €6 billion from its running costs by the end of 2014 as it fights to stay competitive during the global downturn.
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the accident happened. His wife was critically injured.
OTELS are used to disappearing towels and cutlery, often disappearing with an unpaid bill. Those of us resident in Spain will know the feeling. How often do we have visitors who, after a week or so of wining, dining; sharing the good life and the bed and roof, then disappear By Mike Walsh with a cheery wave. www.michaelwalsh.es Most even get To comment on any of the issues free airport pickraised in Mike’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com ups and watch /columnists/mike-walsh whilst you enter the contents of your wallet into the supermarket check-out lady’s lap. I had a 12-month cuckoo in my nest. Not many leave a box of VISITORS: Not many express their gratitude for your generosity. chocolates on the coffee table to express their gratitude at such largesse. It comes with the territory.
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A record you don’t want to break HE was one very unlucky guy to make it into the record books.
For the first time on record there was only one fatality on Spanish roads over a recent weekend. The average is 10 accidents resulting in death.
Traffic accidents occur for many reasons but a new factor is reduced traffic and speeds due to the economic crisis. There have been 1.2 million fewer drivers on the road in
2012; a 10 per cent drop in traffic fatalities. The unfortunate victim was Damià Badia Serentill, a teacher from Raimat in Lleida. He had been out collecting mushrooms when
When after World War Two the United Nations (UN) imposed a trade embargo on Francoist Spain in an attempt to starve it into submission, Juan Peron’s Argentine government came to Spain’s aid. Vital foods and medicines got through; for this reason, Eva Peron is still a revered icon for many in Spain. Austerity measures, it is said, are plunging Hispaniola back into the severe shortages and endemic poverty of the Franco period. The Ministry of Health and Social Services concede that 8 million people are now registered as being in need of state aid. Not good when this appalling figure is set against Spain’s small population. Spain is a country big enough to be a self-sufficient major exporter of foodstuffs. It could have taken over the Ukraine’s pre-Communist position as ‘bread basket of Europe.’ What went wrong? Who will now come to Spain’s aid?
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Spanish need a lesson on school books AS a former high school teacher in US public schools, American families do not pay one single dollar for student textbooks, unless the material is damaged due to borrower ‘negligence’. Students must ‘cover’ them adequately, but the taxpayer never has to pay for textbooks or other pupil school supplies. That is precisely why they’re called Public Schools: they are paid for via our federal (Washington DC) and state (Massachusetts) budgets. Quoting two recent Spanish Press complaints regarding textbook cost abuse: ‘Textbooks: €400 Heist’, El Mundo, and ‘Armed Robbery: €900 Euros: textbooks for 3 sons’, 20 Minutos, I have never understood why in crisis Spain it is obligatory to buy new textbooks annually in every school subject, with the exaggerated expense this entails for a struggling family of two or more school-aged children. The list of reusable textbooks for the following years and future student use is almost unending. Some privileged publishing companies and other fat cats are ‘making hay while the sun shines’ at the expense of many already downtrodden, down-and-out families in Spain. Richard M McBride, Benidorm, (Alicante)
Pricey Endesa WHAT does Endesa do with the money it extorts for an overpriced and unreliable service? On November 7 the electricity went off six or seven times in Mijas Pueblo. It’s getting to be a daily occurrence. We are now paying probably double the price that it was about five years ago. I’m certain the Endesa shareholders will be very happy with their dividends but what about the poor customers having an inadequate service? Each time the power fails we worry about what will be the next appliance ruined, not to mention the freezer food contents! I am a very disgruntled Endesa customer. Gerry N Hill, Mijas (Malaga)
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Snapped! By Celia Fernandez of Alora, Malaga
15 - 21 November 2012 Axarquía - Málaga East unaware of the linguistic discrimination against the Castilian language currently enforced by the Generalitat government in Cataluña. I therefore would encourage you to travel there and speak to the many Catalonians whose mother tongue is not Catalan. They will reveal what doesn’t appear in the Press or on the news. Also check with some parties in Cataluña who are trying to fight this. The totalitarian adjective would have been better applied to the current government in Cataluña, which ironically is applying the same linguistic cleansing that Franco applied there after the Civil War. Tony Partida, Alhaurin de la Torre (Malaga)
Clean-up praise NORMALLY a 4x4 is the ideal vehicle for residents and visitors alike using a dry river bed to reach properties in Los Lagares, an outlying rural district of Alora. But following the recent heavy rains, this photograph by Alora based expatriate Celia Fernandez clearly shows a dinghy would be more useful.
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Cry for help WHEN will the Spanish government start to do something to help the tourist trade? Bar and restaurant owners have to pay huge amounts in social security and town hall rates, but get very little in return. Spain needs more of the golfing tourists who kept many restaurants profitable in out of summer months to return. What does the government do? Raises IVA from 8 to 21 per cent. Are they mad? Be prepared for a lot more bar and restaurant closures this winter. We have already been bled dry. J Evans, Fuengirola (Malaga)
Religious joke HOW can the Catholic Church be so insular spending half-a-million euros restoring the Nuestra Senora de Encarnacion Church in Torrox! What have they done it for, the people’s souls? What about the stomachs, shelter or education of the people? Such money could provide so much for homeless families in need. If ever anything was going to convince me to be an atheist, this has to be it. Catholicism is a joke! Norma by email, Competa (Malaga)
ALL the staff of Orihuela Town Hall should be thanked for the great improvement in service since the coalition has taken over. It is now a pleasure to attend the offices and meet the staff who are helpful, pleasant and co-operative. Veronica and the staff of the basura office after listening to concerns about the standard of service have made a great difference to our El Ghalan area. We have noticed there are lots of other clean-up procedures in place over Orihuela Costa which are appreciated by the community. Mill and Syd Bull, Orihuela Costa (Murcia)
Kind neighbours I DISAGREE with Jennifer Rogers’ letter ‘So anti-social unless family’ (Issue 1427). We have wonderful Spanish neighbours. My motto is you reap what you sow. Maureen Turner, Rambla de Oria (Almeria)
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YOUR editorial Totalitarian mind (Issue 1420), about the Spanish Education Minister J Wert is misinformed and misleading. While the minister’s choice of words were rather poor, you have to understand what he meant. He wants to try to enforce the current laws about protecting the linguistic rights of the Spanish speaking Catalonians, almost half of the population there, specifically in education. I must assume that you are
AFTER losing my cash card, my last hope was ExPats where I had been shopping. I called them and not only had they found my card, but had also put notices all over the shop asking me to contact the manager. In this day and age when one loses items like cash cards, one can normally kiss them goodbye. It is very refreshing that places like ExPats exist, and my thanks go to staff for being so honest. R Smith By email
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Surviving the whims of kings
HENRY VIII was a tyrant. Grossly overweight with bad breath and a foul smelling wound on his leg; at the age of 48, convinced he was still the handsome prince of his youth, he took a wife of barely 16 and then had her executed. During the last years of his reign, England lived in fear of his whims, for the whim of a king could mean death for his subjects. The sight of 16-year-old Catherine Howard being dragged screaming to the executioner’s block was not one of England’s finest moments. Nor was the execution of the two young courtiers (framed by Catherine’s ambitious uncle the Duke of Norfolk), who suffered the traitor’s fate of being hung, drawn and quartered. That Henry was mad is in no doubt, pain from his leg would have been excruciating and his life as a monarch feared and fawned over had engendered in him an ego the size of a football stadium and a belief he was God’s envoy on earth. England’s most powerful families sent him sycophantic men who used their young daughters, nieces, granddaughters as pawns in their games of power.
That Norfolk survived both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard after having been the architect of both their rise and subsequent fall must have caused their severed heads to spin wildly on Traitor’s Gate. The Tudor attitude towards women is well documented; they were ciphers used solely at the whim of the men who ‘owned’ them. The whims of men have steered us through the centuries. Ultimately, it is the people who indulge or not indulge the whims of great men, the people who allow tyrants to rule and leaders to commit genocide or to rise up
Suzanne Manners Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). To comment on any of the issues raised in Suzanne Manners’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/suzanne-manners.
in dissent. In a democracy the people vote, or protest and stand against a failing leader. In dictatorships, brave souls work from within to topple the throne. Importantly, we women who once whispered in the darkness now lead. Elizabeth I was a great
HENRY VIII: How women have moved on since his times. monarch; she may have been vain and suspicious but at least she didn’t allow her whims to guide her. So as I sit knitting (yes knitting) I reflect on how far we women have grown and developed. No longer at the mercy of tyrant
kings or ambitious uncles, free to dissent and to vote and to make our voices heard above the din of male power; no longer forced to bow to the judgement of men. All men and women deserve to be free from tyranny... I must go now, my son wants his lunch.
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HAT a difference a few months make! Now you can hardly open a UK newspaper without reading about the latest example of corruption being laid bare or scandal uncovered somewhere or other. Take, for instance, the recent failure of a politically-motivated attempt to sue a Greek journalist for naming and shaming alleged Greek account holders in an offshore bank ‘safeguarded’ for two years from tax investigation. A Greek court acquitted Lagarde List magazine-editor Kostas Vaxevanis on all charges. This left Greek leaders at a loss to explain why Greece harbours so many super-rich tax evaders at a time of austerity, shortages and painful cuts for the rest of the country intermittently on strike and on the brink of running out of cash to pay its public servants and pensioners.
Breaking Views NORA JOHNSON Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in Nora’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/norajohnson
Meanwhile in Mexico, hundreds of police officers in Acapulco were fired after failing tests specially aimed at flushing out officials in a corruption scandal enveloping the country’s security services. Mexico, you’ll recall, is engaged in an ongoing battle against corruption with drugs gangs bribing low-paid police officers and state officials. And while we’re on the subject of scandal and corrupt practices, don’t let us forget Britain where even the former Europe Minister,
CORRUPTION: Scandals are being uncovered on a regular basis. Denis MacShane, was fiddling his expenses, where the richest escape tax by offshore deals and where it’s common for tradesmen to suggest VAT can be avoided by paying cash. In fact, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Boris Johnson have all admitted they’ve made cash-in-hand
Habits that will get right on your nerves A British survey of men and women aged 17 to 77 has highlighted what most annoys and irritates them. Now Tony Matthews takes a look at his pet hates. Arrogant people: Those who thinks they are the cat’s whiskers. Know-alls: After sulking, they disappear when they cannot give the right answer. Quiz moaners: Contestants who complain ‘Oh, not sport, or pop music.’ Why enter in the first place? What would they expect on Pointless, The Chase or The Weakest Link? Miserable shop assistants: It costs nothing to smile when serving a customer. Pushy parents: Mums and dads who without a please or may I, guide a buggy down a shop aisle, over the footpath or into a crowd at a packed market, muttering ‘get out of the way.’
Singer who mime: This is embarrassing, along with those who sing out of tune. Directionless drivers: Those who don’t indicate when turning right or left, or do so only at the very last moment. Also drivers who cruise slowly in the fast lane, and motorists who tailgate . Wrong entry: Customers who enter or exit shops through the wrong designated door and who blame other
shoppers for being in the way. Mobile shouters: People who talk loudly in a restaurant/bar/hotel, on public transport, or in company! They should move away. Messy walkers: Pet owners who fail to clean up the mess.
MOBILE TALKERS: People who talk loudly in public.
payments in the past. Still in the UK, there’s additionally the ever-widening, unfolding story of the child abuse scandal at Welsh care homes in the ’70s and ’80s. While the focus is on the alleged involvement of a
former Conservative minister, it’s also claimed that MPs, police officers, lawyers and businessmen were implicated. Indeed, many are demanding an overarching public enquiry into child protection failings generally - by the BBC, NHS, police as well as care homes. Simply put, these past few months have fuelled those conspiracy theorists who question the fundamental integrity of the UK media, police, judiciary and politicians … I’m reminded of the time when Gandhi was asked by a Western journalist what he thought of Western civilization and he replied: “I think it would be a very good idea.” Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Soul Stealer’ & ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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Popping pills out of fashion SPENDING on vitamins has dropped as more people are shunning the expensive health supplements to save money and going back to cheaper fruit and vegetables. According to market analysts Mintel, just 35 per cent of Britons still take vitamin supplements regularly, a fall from 41 per cent in 2008.
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Winter boost WANT to keep healthy this winter? Then try to eat fruit including apples, grapes, oranges, tomatoes and berries every day. On top of that plenty of vegetables, olive oil, garlic and wholegrains should be eaten as well.
These will all perk up the body’s immune system. And to stay healthy people should also eat chicken, eggs, flaxseed oil, milk, oats, raisins, red wine, rice, soya, tea and yoghurt two or three times a week.
Local is best BUY locally produced food. The fresher the better. Vegetables and fish can lose their nutritional value very quickly once harvested.
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Salt and shake style crisps given hot makeover DO you remember ‘salt and shake’; the crisps with a little blue sachet of salt inside? They were launched in the 1920s and were an instant hit allowing consumers to add as much or as little salt as they wanted, but now they have been revised and had a modern-day makeover. Crisp lovers can now buy a bag of crisps with an added condiment bag – of scorching jalapeno chilli pepper seasoning. The crisps, made exclusively for Tesco, have been launched at more than 400 branches of the supermarket chain. Crisp buyer Lee Bannerman said: “Sweet chilli flavoured crisps have been around for more than 10 years but we believe that customers are now ready for something hotter... you can completely control just how hot you want to make them, depending on how much you use.”
HOT AND SHAKE: Now try something completely different.
Juicy fruit is a superfood
VITAMIN-PACKED: Fresh mangoes.
Calories on nutrition labels not accurate RESEARCHERS at Tufts University, USA, recently analysed 269 food items from 42 national sitdown and fast-food restaurant chains, and they found that nearly 20 per cent of samples contained 100 or more calories than reported by the restaurants. Think about it like this: if every meal you eat has 100 more calories than you need, you’ll gain more than two stone this year.
MANGOES are the latest superfood. Rich in Vitamins C and A as well as having traces of Vitamins E, B and K, the juicy fruit packs a nutitional punch well above its weight. They are high in cancer fighting antioxidants, low in carbohydrates and, like other yellow or orange fruit including pumpkin and carrot, they are an excellent source of betacarotene, according to the Better Health blog. They also contain Vitamin E and selenium, which help protect against heart disease and cancer. On top of that you can get 40 per cent of your daily fibre intake from just one mango. Research has shown that dietary fibre has a protective effect against degenerative diseases, especially with regards to the heart, may help
prevent certain types of cancer, as well as lowering blood cholesterol levels. The nutritional value of mango makes it good for weight gain, eye disorders, hair loss, heat stroke, prickly heat, diabetes, bacterial infections, sinusitis, piles, indigestion, constipation, morning sickness, diarrhoea, dysentery and scurvy, Mango, being high in calories and carbohydrates, is good for those who are trying to gain weight. The phenolic compound found in mangoes has been found to have powerful antioxidant and anticancer properties. Being high in iron, mango is said to be good for pregnant women and people with anaemia. Mango is believed to be effective in relieving clogged pores of the skin.
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Back to the ‘campo’, where the flavour is Get to know the Spanish way of life from Raul Candela, a Spaniard born and raised.
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RURAL PRIDE: It is not all sun, sea and siesta in Spain. Discover a different way of life in small towns.
FUNNY beverage advertisement on Spanish television proposes “bringing together countryside towns who need people, and people who need countryside towns.” The advert is very symptomatic of the new migration and cultural trends going on in Spain. Traditionally, living in the countryside - the ‘campo’ - was a synonym of being a country bumpkin (a ‘paleto’) with poor cultural skills, unsophisticated manners, weak patrimony and a bleak future. But especially since the present economic crisis first broke out, people
have started to build some sort of countryside rural pride. There is increasing nostalgia, especially among those born in towns who have then moved to cities, as well as among people raised in urban areas and who are now thinking outside the box. The fact is, for many, living in the city is not the life that appeared promised. Such a lifestyle can take a lot of time to get to work and back; petrol prices have significantly increased; and many find no time to raise the children, so hire a babysitter. This has led to some realising it may not be worth spending 12 hours a day away from home to hardly make it through the month because they have a mortgage to pay. Our grandparents sought life in the city because in Franco’s dictatorship there were almost no public welfare services elsewhere. Life was miserable back then, but there have been huge improvements in the last 40 years, with good health, education and other services now widely available. Who would have thought that Spain would be able to boast availability of the internet to middle-ofnowhere areas by this early in the Third Millennium? But with some salaries no longer balancing out with the extra expense of living in cities any more and with five million people unemployed, staff speak some English. some Spaniards are beginning to move back to certificate (or family book if born the countryside, where life is in Spain). If living with just one not only simpler, but parent, authorisation will also be also cheaper and healthier. Of course, owning a vehicle needed from the other parent • If the parents are separated or is a must, but that is a small divorced, an agreement price to pay. My advice is that for people confirming custody of the child who have a Spanish friend must also be presented • With the correct documents to living in the countryside - or hand, registration should be one who has relatives there completed within about 10 don’t miss the opportunity to minutes. Most expatriates will find spend a few days and try to that staff in the municipal register discover what the campo is offices - especially within areas really all about. Mix with the with a large foreign community - locals and you will get to meet ‘the real Spain’. usually speak English.
Signing on the padron is easier than many fear EXPATRIATES signing on the municipal register - despite many beliefs - do not face mounds of paperwork. It is now possible to be included in the municipal register - officially known as the padron - with only a passport or national ID card following changes earlier this year in the Spanish Immigration Law. Padrons are issued at the municipal register office (oficina del padrón), normally within local town halls. However, on occasions registration is at Tourist Offices and Foreign Resident Council departments. For this reason is it advisable to make phone or email contact before setting off to register. Padron benefits - including sport and leisure activity discounts, bus passes and a number of other issues - can vary, according to locations. To register, the following
AYUNTAMIENTO DOS HERMANAS: Often registration department documents - originals plus a photocopy - are required: • Passport or national ID card (in force)
Q AND A: Question: My wife works and finds it difficult to go to the town hall to register. Can I sign her up on her behalf? Answer: You can register all relatives - including your children - as well as friends, but only with the full required documentation. It is not sufficient to merely present a signed authorisation on their behalf.
• The EU Certificate of Residence is not required by law, though some town halls may seek it for further confirmation • Title deed (if a property owner), rental contract (if renting a home) • People living as guests (relatives or friends) in a property for more than three months should produce an authorisation signed by the owner or the tenant plus a copy of their ID card and the title deed • People under the age of 18 should also produce their birth
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money manipulators who provide the billions of dollars to place their own pet puppets in these positions of power? These people are the real schemers and shifters in this world we laughingly refer to as ‘ours’. Well, I’ve got news. It’s not ours. This planet is not a democracy. This is simply the illusion they create. It’s theirs. Each and every one of us who are outside their shadowy financial portals of power exists under their sufferance and is completely expendable. This small, faceless bunch of bandits are nothing more than gamblers dealing in inconceivable amounts of money and power stakes. The losers who backed Romney in this latest two-horse race saw untold billions wiped from their stock market ‘bookie shops’ when their man came second. Mind you, when your income is in the region of millions a minute, I doubt they’ll be crying in their beer for too long. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
Positive back-fire A MAN who took his exgirlfriend’s pregnancy test for a joke discovered that he had testicular cancer after it was revealed as positive.
Croc alert A CROCODILE, on the loose for two years, has been recaptured by police in the Gaza Strip. It took an internet search, shark nets and two weeks of floating in a sewage pond before the reptile was rounded up.
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HOSE regular perusers of this blurb will know only too well my personal opinion of the BBC. For years now I have considered this alleged bastion of British free speech and integrity nothing more than a bunch of subversives, using the taxpayers’ EAPY EE money to maniSAYS IT pulate and distort news items and OTHERS THINK IT political reporting to further their own DEBACLE: The BBC have lost credibility. biased, left-wing preferences. I still recall watching an early morning interview with Tony Blair sounded utterly persuasive and them have been shown the door. during his New Labour totally positive. It was a blatant If I had my way I’d sack the lot of campaign.The whole thing was a manipulative disgrace (and the ‘em and start again. complete propaganda disaster. I wife’s wasted early call didn’t go Let’s all get back to the no longer remember the exact down too well either!). standards of the 40s and 50s, dialogue, but recall it was so bad This latest debacle is a typical which was about the last time I took my life in my hands and example of their complete distain you could truly believe in woke the wife specifically to listen for the viewing public. Well, anything they reported on at all. to it when it was re-aired later. I they’ve finally gone too far. At Did not the obscene amounts needn’t have bothered. Some long last the total arrogance of of money spent on the recent US half-an-hour later when ‘Slippery’ this whole despicable bunch has presidential campaign bring reappeared, the whole thing had backfired on them and I for one home once and for all that it is been chomped, chopped and hope that by the time this column not the elected politicians who edited to such an extent that it all goes out a great deal more of rule the world, but the faceless
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For all of the things that you want to do, there are three others that you wish to do. Maybe they are waiting for their own time to come. During the course of this week you will be thinking of what the future could hold, even though dealing with practical issues.
HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When it isnʼt possible to change something, often it is just as effective to rearrange it. That is the solution which comes to you this week. Instead of being frustrated at a delay, try changing the conditions or times.
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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at the moment. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the recent past, but this week everything falls into place. Why, you wonder, have you worried so much about things which could not be changed?
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have long-standing friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once. Solution on website.
Just joking Did you hear about the guy who lost his left arm and leg in a car crash? He’s all right now. What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A nervous wreck. What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall? “Dam”. Have you got a funny joke? jokes@euroweeklynews.com Include full name and town you live in.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset which is your health. This week, then, is all about boosting this valuable commodity and building its future.
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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Pat yourself on the back for all of your efforts of recent weeks. Looking back just
TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 21
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aged, dang, drag, dreg, edge, edgy, egad, gale, gean, gear, geed, geld, gene, glad, glee, glen, grad, gran, gray, grey, gyre, rage, rang, yang, agley, agree, angel, anger, angle, angry, eager, eagle, eager, edger, elegy, gayer, genre, glade, gland, glare, glary, glean, gnarl, grade, grand, greed, green, gyral, lager, large, ledge, ledgy, leger, raged, range, rangy, regal, agreed, anergy, angled, angler, argyle, danger, dangle, energy, enrage, gander, garden, geared, gender, genera, glared, gnarly, grande, grayed, greedy, greeny, greyed, ledger, legend, ranged, regale, regnal, angered, dangler, derange, eagerly, enlarge, enraged, general, gleaned, gleaner, gnarled, grandee, grandly, greenly, grenade, regaled, enlarged, LEGENDARY
Word ladder CAME
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As the saying goes, ʻno one ever said it would be easyʼ. In the past few months you have found this to be true. Hard work is not alien to you, but there is a point where you want to shout ʻenoughʼ. It may be business or home life needs some rearranging, or that someone is moving job and the routine is severely disrupted. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) As a home-loving Libran, you are torn between making changes to your surroundings and getting some cash in on the business side. Apparently, it is not possible to do both because energy levels fluctuate.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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Move from the start word (CAME) to the end word (WITH) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
CAME CASE CASH WASH WISH WITH
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you
a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated. Give yourself a break at the weekend and do something with a loved one that you have not done together for some time.
1. TINKY WINKY, DIPSY, LAA-LLA and PO, 2. IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA and IOWA,
view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions.
3. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (GWR), LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY
feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of more progress possible elsewhere.
(LNER), LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY (LMS) and SOUTHERN RAIL-
Expecting too much help from others has held you back in the recent past. It makes sense to be part of a team only when everyone is pulling their weight. Some things are best done alone for real progress.
Ines Sastre, Born on November 21, 1973, she is a Spanish actress and model. She has performed in more than 20 films, including ʻVidocqʼ and ʻThe Lost Cityʼ. She was the face of Lancômeʼs perfume Trésor.
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family and distinctly damaged life, aided by his best friend Harry Biscuit and definitely not aided by his cruel and ironically named guardian Mr Gently Benevolent and his accomplices, the fearsome Hardthrasher siblings. Add in grim circumstances, mistaken
(kneecap), TIBIA (shinbone) and FIBULA (calf bone), 6. GRYFFINDOR, HUF-
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be optimistic, and why not? It wonʼt hurt to hurry someone along rather than having them go at their own pace.
Bleak Expectations began as a riotously funny Sony Award winning Radio 4 comedy but it was so amazing it has transformed itself into an equally splendid book. Featuring added jokes and lots of extra bits of story and additional dimensions to characters, it recounts the adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to repair his destroyed
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated. Some things have to be done alone, or so you think, but others have gone through this before you so they are able to give support.
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(MENORCA), IBIZA (EIVISSA) and FORMENTERA, 9. MARGARET (MEG),
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Crosswords CRYPTIC
ENGLISH - SPANISH
Across 1 Like a bird slightly injured (6) 5 Dairy food for a dirty fighter (6) 8 Spanish painter involved in yoga (4) 9 Ignominious hoax leads to fuel spill (8) 10 War paint in defeat across one quiet street (8) 11 Streak without South African tramp (4) 12 The beloved compilerʼs expression of dismay (4,2) 14 Portray part of old epic tale (6) 16 Cold weather from the first of September, instantly (4) 18 False encouragement before debts (8) 20 Fashionable police force at hospital department event (8) 21 Female with hole in her footwear (4) 22 Weigh a female donkey (6) 23 Syʼs red, can look stylish (6) Down 2 Adore lookers (but not doers), we hear (7) 3 Flies the deer back north in (5) 4 Detest scruffy kidʼs lie (7) 5 Capital of Belgium has a dearth of ebony (5) 6 Move otter record to canopy (7) 7 Draw out end, but crew regularly
Funagram 1. Unscramble the name of a bestselling American author: BINS ROLL BY 2. Unscramble the name of a popular type of (sweet) biscuit (two words): ECOLOGISTS HID ACE VET
Across 1 En alguna parte (9) 5 Fechas (días precisos) (5) 7 Letter (mail) (5) 9 Pulgar (5) 10 Anillos (5) 11 Carreteras (5) 12 Italia (5) 14 Navajas (9)
Down 1 Triste (persona) (3) 2 Lavabo (9) 3 Scorpion (9) 4 Hierba (5) 6 Truffle (5) 8 Income (from property) (5) 9 Late (after usual time) (5) 13 Sí (3)
Co d e B r e a ke r missing (5) 13 War returning? Conceal television series (7) 14 Wasnʼt sure about party, but confused journalist (7) 15 Slips company up on
25 See 23 Down 1 Flower part (5) 2 Diluting agent (7) 3 Dreamy happiness (5) 4 Tremble (6) 5 Pilotʼs compartment (7) 6 Last letter of Greek alphabet (5) 7 Money matters (7) 12 Roosts (7) 13 Menacing (7) 15 Flags (7) 16 Worldʼs largest desert (6) 18 Bohemian dance (5) 19 Overly sentimental (5) 20 Terminated (5)
Play on Words
AREA
CHAOFRGE
Answers: A grey area, In charge of
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Across 1/6 Postpone (3,3) 3 Fundamental (5) 6 See 1 8 Capital of Georgia (7) 9 Free from dirt (5) 10 Loans (5) 11 Make clear (7) 12 Forgive (6) 14 Balanced (6) 17 Duplicate (7) 19 Slightly burn (5) 21 Greeting (5) 22 Put to use (7) 23/25 Neptune, for example (3,3) 24 Frightening (5)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents Q and 3 represents L, so fill in Q every time the figure 1 appears and L every time the figure 3 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Saturday (7) 17 No points on afternoon prayers (5) 18 A dialectic name for various ducks seems backward (5) 19 An edition for the children (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Socks, 4 Random, 9 Trained, 10 Slaps, 11 Less, 12 Purpose, 13 Rat, 14 Fine, 16 Easy, 18 Pad, 20 Extreme, 21 Bait, 24 Ranks, 25 Chicane, 26 Spends, 27 Sings. Down: 1 Settle, 2 Chaps, 3 Song, 5 Absorbed, 6 Dragons, 7 Master, 8 Adept, 13 Released, 15 Intense, 17 Beards, 18 Peach, 19 Others, 22 Again, 23 Digs. QUICK - Across: 1 Decent, 4 Tennis, 9 Stature, 10 Tutor, 11 After, 12 Realise, 13 Ale, 14 Rebel, 16 Eager, 18 Son, 19 Gnocchi, 21 Focus, 23 Evict, 24 Narrate, 25 Seethe, 26 Defeat. Down: 1 Despair, 2 Chant, 3 Neutral, 5 Extra, 6 Nothing, 7 Serve, 8 Depressions, 15 Bromine, 16 Enforce, 17 Respect, 19 Guess, 20 Catch, 22 Chase. ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Ruta, 3 Obras, 6 Syrup, 8 Truth, 10 Rat, 11 Llave, 12 Ounce, 13 Nun, 14 Sound, 15 Steep, 16 Zorro, 17 Head. Down: 1 Results, 2 Tartamudo, 4 Buttons, 5 Aguanieve, 7 Prender, 9 Huesped.
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Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (DANCED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ACTING CINDER COURSE DANCED (10) DEALER DESIRE INLAND
Quote Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me
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INTENT ISLAND MISERY NORMAL RENDER SENDER SEVERE
SLAYER STEEDS STENCH TASTES TINDER
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Estate, 2 Bitten, 3 Either, 4 Render, 5 Hearts, 6 Suited, 7 Header, 8 Tumble, 9 Neatly, 10 Halted, 11 Dreams, 12 Rioted, 13 Barest, 14 Floats, 15 Metres, 16 Barley, 17 Awaits, 18 Aflame, 19 Seared
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION 1. BILL BRYSON 2. CHOCOLATE DIGESTIVES
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T was truly a night to remember. And it will have a lasting effect on the lives of 17 families in Almeria badly hit by the recent floods. The event was a charity dinner-dance followed by an auction and raffle at the El Mar La Mar in Villaricos, which raised an amazing €12,000 for the flood victims. Prizes at the big fundraising event attended by around 100 people included a round of golf with English cricketer Ian Botham, a weekend for two at the fivestar Don Carlos Hotel in Marbella and a meal with James Hewitt at The Polo House restaurant, plus a flat screen television donated by Euro Weekly News (EWN). EWN Publishers Michel and Steven Euesden attended the function accompanied by key staff from the newspaper’s Costa del Sol headquarters, as well as representatives from the company’s local Almeria office in Mojacar. EWN was the only newspaper with representatives at the charity evening. Michel Euesden said she has always believed that charity begins at home, and “this evening has proved this once again without any doubt. “I have always been fond of Almeria but sadly in recent times it has been hit by a catastrophic chain of events. “Between political decisions - which I am not equipped to comment on raging fires and then the recent floods, this small corner of enchantment was turned by unimaginable nightmares into a zone disintegrating before the eyes of residents,” she said. “However, the local families are not quitters and none more so than the dynamic Richard and Louise Shepherd of El Mar La Mar. “Involved in many charitable events over the years, they put their money where their mouth was, paying personally for all the food and wine. “This means that all - and I mean all the money raised
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through people buying tickets for tonight’s event will go straight to the Red Cross. “And the staff have even donated their tips. “The atmosphere tonight was incredible and credit must also go to Jessica and Richard Shanley, owners of the local Spectrum Radio station.
“Their attendance reflected their efforts in both the lead-up to, and the night itself,” added Michel. Richard Shanley was equally exuberant over the event. “I am thrilled with the funds raised. I can’t think of an event in the area that has
raised so much, and I can’t thank everyone involved enough.” Richard Shepherd, owner of El Mar La Mar, said: “The local community should be proud of what has been achieved. I will be happy sitting down to my Christmas dinner knowing that the families affected will be close to gaining normality in their lives again.”
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Spain’s new buy-to-let property laws EXPATS could benefit from Spain’s soon-to-be new buy-to-let property laws. Current rental laws are more favourable towards tenants. The new measures set to be
unveiled reportedly give more power to landlords. With the new legislation, property owners will be able to take back their home after two months’ notice.
NEW MEASURES: More power to landlords.
Tenants will be given 10 days to pay overdue rent before they can be evicted. There will also be tax relief on rental income, ranging from 60 per cent
to 100 per cent on the condition the property is rented out to working people younger than 30. The tenant’s right to live in the property will be cut to three years with a one-
year agreed extension, instead of the current five years plus a three-year extension. Meanwhile, foreigners bought 12 per cent more properties in the second
quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2011, according to Spain’s Public Works Ministry. Malaga Province was among the most popular areas.
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Toyota celebrates start of Auris TOYOTA’S record of manufacturing in the UK reached another landmark with the official start of production of the allnew Auris at its Burnaston factory. Toyota’s continued investment in its UK operations, which will also see new Auris Touring Sports estate car built at the plant from next year. The decision to build the new Auris hatchback and Touring Sports estate car at TMUK has been supported by Toyota’s investment of around £185 million (€230 million), about £85 million (€105 million) of which was allocated to the supply chain. This takes Toyota’s UK investment total to more than £2.1 billion (or €2.6 billion) since it launched its operations in 1992. The project is also boosting employment and already 800 temporary workers have been recruited by TMUK. Notably all of these have been offered Toyota production apprenticeships. Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “I’m delighted to be here again in Burnaston today to mark the start of production of the latest Auris. It marks another significant milestone as Toyota celebrates 20 years of manufacturing here in the UK. “The automotive industry is one of strategic national importance to the UK. The Automotive Council demonstrates how Government and business can work together.”
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New Maserati Quattroporte, Italian design at its best
New Ford Fiesta safety technology captures
THE new Maserati Quattroporte is a highperformance sports luxury sedan that reinterprets the design features of classic Maseratis in a contemporary design language. Its style was born out of the guiding design principles of Maserati: harmony of shapes, dynamism of lines, Italian elegance. More generous in size when compared to the previous model, the new Quattroporte has a design that is at once graceful and sinuous, fashioned to bring out the sporty nature of the car. Some of the elements characterising the previous model have been purposely maintained: the front grille, the three side vents, the triangular C pillar. At the same time new style and functional features were introduced: the strong belt line that runs through the entire side of the car giving the new Quattroporte a look and feel that is at once muscular and elegant with frameless doors and three side windows.
EVEN the most attentive driver has to blink, and by the time they have opened their eyes Ford’s Active City Stop low-speed collision avoidance technology that is being introduced to new Fiesta in Europe will have captured and processed 15 images of the road ahead in its search for potential hazards. Active City Stop uses a light detecting and ranging sensor to scan the road ahead 50 times every second – more than twice the speed of the movie industry standard frame rate – to help prevent collisions at speeds up to 15 km/h, and help reduce the severity of impacts at speeds of up to 30 km/h.
POWERFUL: Maserati Quattroporte will feature a next generation powertrain. Inside, the design of the Quattroporte aims at essentiality, stressing the simplicity of lines and the functionality of the in-board instrumentation. Functional elements are blended with soft quality surfaces made of prestigious woods and refined leathers. The Maserati proprietary engines of the all-new Maserati Quattroporte have all been designed and developed by Maserati and Ferrari engineers in the
heart of Italy’s motor valley. Passion is indeed the middle name of a whole new generation of Maserati engines that will equip the Maserati Quattroporte and other models to follow. “Maserati stands today at the edge of an unparalleled strategic and industrial growth that will see our presence in the world rise to 50,000 units a year by 2015. This growth is a challenge for which Maserati has carefully
More power for the 911 Carrera S and new personalisation products PORSCHE Exclusive now offers a new power enhancement kit developed for the 911 Carrera S. It focuses specifically on the dynamic properties of the sports car. It boosts the power of the 3.8-litre boxer engine from 400 hp (294 kW) to 430 hp (316 kW), producing even better driving performance. The kit also increases the top speed
by four km/h: to 306 km/h with PDK and to 308 km/h with a seven-speed manual gearbox. However, the enhanced power has not affected fuel economy: fuel consumption values in the NEDC are unchanged despite a power increase of over 7 per cent. More power without higher fuel consumption is made possible by carefully tuned modifications and adaptations to the electronic engine management. The core elements of the Powerkit are special cylinder heads with different camshafts and an entirely new resonance intake system design with six air flaps and a DYNAMIC: 911 Carrera Cabrio with Sports Design package. resonance flap.
prepared and that we all welcome with anticipation,” Harald Wester, Maserati CEO said.
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Defoe and Hernandez hat-trick heroes and Jess is Number One FOOTBALL Congratulations to Celtic who last week pulled off their greatest win for 45 years by beating Barcelona in the Champions League. Chelsea and Manchester United also won but Arsenal drew. In the Europa League, Jermain Defoe’s hat-trick helped Tottenham beat Maribor 3-1, Newcastle drew in Bruges but Liverpool lost to Anzil in Russia. Spurs need four points from their last two games to qualify for the knockout stage; Newcastle and Liverpool are both virtually through. Hot-shot Defoe is now Spurs’ second highest scorer in European competition with 15 goals, behind Martin Chivers on 22. There was another hattrick hero on Saturday – Javier Hernandez for Premiership leaders Manchester United who came back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2. There was a cracking 3-3 draw at The Emirates between Arsenal and Fulham. Gunners’ midfielder Mikel Arteta gave away a first-half penalty and then saw his 95th minute spot-kick saved by Mark Schwarzer. Fulham have never won on Arsenal
HOT-SHOT: Jermain Defoe nets three for Spurs in Europe.
SPORTS SCENE By Tony Matthews A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.
territory in 108 years. Chelsea were held by Liverpool, Manchester City edged past Spurs, West Ham won at Newcastle, WBA likewise at Wigan and David Moyes celebrated his 400th PL game in charge of Everton who pipped Sunderland 2-1. Unfortunately, Southampton can’t keep a cleansheet and QPR (beaten by
DID YOU KNOW? IN 2011-12, a total of 752 non-British professional footballers were engaged by Premiership/ Championship/League clubs. Almost 200 were based in London, with a record 40 at Arsenal, 38 at Chelsea, 32 at Fulham and 23 at Spurs. Manchester City had 37, Liverpool 31 and Manchester United 26. This season could see the number of ‘foreigners’ top 850! Charlie Adam’s first goal for Stoke) and Reading can’t win. That’s why they’re all in the bottom three! Elsewhere, Crystal Palace lead the Championship; Tran-mere and Gillingham are five points clear in League One and Two respectively, and Hibs are
top the SPL, with Celtic second. This weekend it’s the North London derby between Arsenal and Spurs, Norwich welcome leaders Manchester United, neighbours City (second) take on Aston Villa, Everton (fourth) go to Reading, WBA (fifth) play Chelsea (third) and strugglers QPR and Southampton meet at Loftus Road. England manager Roy Hodgson named three ‘new’ players in his squad for last night’s friendly in Sweden, including Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson who played for Finland at youth team level. This was the 24th international against the Swedes. Other friendlies played this week featured LuxembourgScotland, Panama-Spain, Republic of IrelandGreece, Italy-France and Holland-Germany. Northern Ireland met Azerbaijan in a WC qualifier. And the FA are still investigating referee Mark Clattenberg about remarks made to Chelsea players. Round-Up • Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic contested the APT World Tour final at the 02 Arena. • Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott hit centuries in England’s last warm-up friendly ahead of the first Test against
India which starts today. • Jessica Ennis is British Sports Woman of the Year for 2012, and deservedly so! • In the Autumn Rugby internationals, England (ranked fourth in the world) beat Fiji 54-12, Five Nations champions Wales lost 2612 to Argentina, Ireland succumbed 16-12 to South Africa, New Zealand thrashed Scotland 51-22 and France thumped Australia 33-6. Meanwhile, the draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup (in
England) takes place early next month. • England again whipped France 48-4 to win the Autumn Rugby League tournament. • GB’s Nathan Cleverly beat USA’s Shawn Hawk to retain his WBO lightheavyweight title in Los Angeles. • Spain’s Dani Pedrosa won the final MotoGP of the season in Valencia. • By finishing third in the Singapore Open, Rory McIlroy secured top spot in the European money list for 2012. • And I understand Lewis Hamilton has ‘regretted’ moving to Mercedes!
RIVALS: Federer and Djokovic contest the APT World Tour final.