ISSUE NO. 1433
20 - 26 DECEMBER 2012
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READERS AND ADVERTISERS A MERRY XMAS
5m plus! THE number of expatriates living in Spain swelled 234 per cent from 2001 to last year. And during that time, Spain’s overall population figure, including nationals and expatriates, has increased 14.6 per cent to 46,815,916, almost six million more than in 2001. In the latest census, the
Five-day countdown is child’s play CHRISTMAS is still five days away, but excitement is already mounting for the three young Ambrosio children. Here nine-yearold Ivan nurses his baby brother Daniel, with sister Laura also keen to line up for the camera in front of their homely Christmas tree.
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Expats swell population
National Institute of Statistics (INE) took a sample of 11 per cent of the population, visiting one million homes and quizzing 5.4 million people. Ten years ago, there were 1,572,013 foreign residents. Now there are 5,252,473, a rise of 234 per cent. In 2001, there were 57,533
Romanians in Spain and now there are 798,104, which is 1,287 per cent more, making them the most numerous group of foreigners. Meanwhile, the Paraguayan population has risen 6,836 per cent to 121,721. In regions including the Balearic Islands, Murcia, Valencia and Cataluña, the number of foreign residents has risen so much that it now represents more than 15 per cent of the total population. The town with the most foreigners is Rojales, in Alicante, where fewer than three in every 10 are Spanish. At the opposite end of the scale, in Ubrique, Cadiz Province, foreign residents represent less than 1 per cent of the population. The youngest foreign residents in Spain are the Africans and Asians, compared to the European residents who are much older.
FRONT EXTRA
Rescue call answered FIREMEN rescued a German girl who got wedged upside down between two rocks on a riverbank. The 15-yearold from Torrox had fallen while trying to retrieve her iPhone.
Town sex ban “A COUPLE could have intercourse in certain places in town before. Now Mayor Bonilla has forbidden it,” complained local IU party spokesman Salvador Marin about new by-laws in Velez.
Child in need MASSAGES were given to people in Frigiliana to raise funds for supporting the health treatment of Pablo Fernandez, a local child suffering from Cerebral Palsy.
Aquarium bid THE contract for running Almuñecar Aquarium will be put out to tender in early 2013. Workers will be laid off until it reopens.
No drilling THE Malaga PSOE party has called for the banning of gas and oil drilling off the province’s coast, claiming it could put the tourist industry at risk.