EWN
GETS IT
.com
ISSUE NO. 1488
EWN FRONT EXTRA
Road rage A 25-YEAR-OLD Alicantino was stabbed for defending his 20-year-old learnerdriver girlfriend. He had tried to remonstrate with the occupants of a car which cut her up and then continued to brake and accelerate in front of her.
Debt dispute CONTRACTORS Parking La Via are suing Denia Town Hall for €1.9 million. The company claims this amount was incurred for modifications to the underground car park it completed in 2005.
New role THE Central Cinema in Javea’s Old Town is to be restored. Acquired 13 years ago, it will be turned into a cultural centre, the town hall announced.
Busy TRAM ALICANTE’S TRAM moved more than 7.3 million travellers on its five lines in 2013. Line 1, between Luceros and Benidorm, was the most used.
9 - 15 JANUARY 2014
WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Getting away with it Tourists who assault police escape lightly ASSAULTING a policeman rarely has grave consequences these days. It can even work out cheap, claimed Manuel Soler, the SUP police union’s Benidorm secretary. A tourist who turns aggressive and punches a policeman without causing serious physical harm usually gets away with a fine of between €200 and €300, Soler said. “What’s more, he will be out on the street next day, often without paying anything at all. In fact, the majority don’t turn up in court when summonsed. A ‘search and arrest’ order will be issued but it ends up forgotten in a drawer,” he added. Members of Benidorm’s National and Local Police Forces were attacked on 114 occasions last year. Most of the incidents involved
violent foreigners, according to Soler, and were triggered by things getting out of control.
This was particularly true of the ‘English zone’ in and around Calle Mallorca, he added.
Emblematic supermarket to be auctioned off after 33 years OFFICIAL receivers have decided to put up for auction the oncemighty Supermercado La Nucia. Once one of the few places where foreign residents could buy products they missed from home, it was founded by brothers Enrique
and Juan Bautista Mendoza just over 33 years ago. It gradually but inexorably fell victim to the economic crisis and the brothers failed to reach agreement over the supermarket’s future and it is now in receivership.
An auction was decided on to ensure that the business continues to operate and the 34 employees do not lose their jobs. It will be held on January 23 in Alicante, with the reserve price set at €2,213,539.