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Art in the Axarquia AXARQUIA ART are holding their fourth annual Riogordo exhibition from October 4 until October 25 at Museo Etnografico de Riogordo on Calle Iglesia 14.
Flamenco fest THE 17th Flamenco Night in Algarrobo is taking place tomorrow at 10pm. It will feature Paco Cachele, Rocio Segura, Rosi Campos and Rocio Luna. Entrance is free.
Get fit! COLMENAR Council has invested a grant from the Government of Malaga to buy new gym equipment, including treadmills and elliptical trainers. Anyone interested in participating in the municipality’s sports programme can register at the Sports Department.
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Power of the people leads to Ashya reunion PEOPLE power has led to cancer-stricken Ashya King, aged five, being reunited with his parents. English prosecutors decided to drop the case against Brett and Naghemeh King after more than 160,000 people signed an online petition demanding the release of the couple, who were being held for an extradition hearing. Prosecutors were left scrambling to get in touch with the Spanish authorities to secure the couple’s release after the public outcry. On Tuesday evening, the couple were finally released and travelled to Malaga for a reunion with Ashya yesterday (Wednesday). In their first press meeting after they were released from prison on the orders of a judge in Madrid, the Kings spoke about their ordeal. Brett said he would happily spend years in
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jail to stop the NHS treating his son, because in his words, ‘its doctors are going to kill him or turn him into a vegetable’. Brett said he and his wife Naghemeh were being hunted across Europe by police as if they were terrorists, and that staff at the Southampton hospital knew he would take his son abroad. Almost breaking down
in tears, he told the press that they were desperate to see Ashya because ‘he hasn’t got too many months to live’. He added: “When we were in prison there wasn’t a minute that went by without our hearts hurting to see Ashya. My wife spent most of the time crying in the cell. “I was going to ask to move cells because I
was worried and I couldn’t listen to my wife crying. When you are locked up you can’t do anything.” An international hunt
was launched when the boy, who suffers from a brain tumour, was taken from a UK hospital. This thrust the Axarquia into the world’s spotlight after Ashya’s parents were arrested at a Benjarafe hostel on Saturday. They were separated from Ashya, who was taken to hospital. His parents had posted a YouTube video asking for the hunt to be called off and explaining their actions. In it, Brett said that they were not withdrawing treatment from their son, but rather wanted to seek an alternative therapy not available in the UK.
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VERANO AZUL: Shot in Nerja.
Nerja to honour Verano Azul
NERJA Council has passed a unanimous motion to honour the producers of Spanish TV series, Verano Azul. Originally aired by TVE in the 1980s and rerun in 2014, Verano Azul (Blue Summer) was shot in Nerja and tells the story of a group of youngsters aged between nine and 17, who have a series of thrilling adventures while on holiday on Costa del Sol. It was later broadcast in Latin America, Portugal, France, Poland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and in the former Czechoslovakia.
Nerja authorities have now decided to pay tribute to Carlos Martinez Ramos, Juan Jose Sanchez Villa and Antonio Pozueco Perez, some of the producers and directors of the Spanish TV series. Ever since Verano Azul was shot 35 years ago, they have never stopped visiting Nerja and promoting the municipality. Now they are to be named Tourists of Honour on September 12 and some of the original actors are expected to attend the official ceremony.
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Swimming race ALBERTO ESQUITINO was the winner of the La Herradura Across-The-Bay-Race. Esquitino crossed the finishing line with a 1-minute 12-second advantage over runner-up Pedro Miguel Serrano Vazquez.
ANOTHER American journalist has been beheaded by Islamic terrorists, according to a monitoring group. Islamic State (ISIS) has released a video which it claims shows the beheading of Steven Sotloff. It would appear to be the work of the same man who murdered James Foley last month, according to the Site Intel Group,
the US had dedicated significant time and resources in an effort to rescue him, especially since his life was threatened several weeks ago. Called A Second Message to America, the video was released on Tuesday, showing Mr Sotloff in an orange jumpsuit, as Mr Foley had been. The Washington Post also said it had seen the video. Alexandre Lopez Flickr
Cleaning company SALOBREÑA Council has asked the municipal cleaning company Cepsa to fully honour its contract, including all its conditions. Locals have complained about the company failing to sweep and hose down pavements in certain areas of town.
which says it has seen the video. In the video, Mr Sotloff is executed, and then his killer threatens the life of a British hostage next. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said: “Our thoughts and prayers, first and foremost, are with Mr Sotloff and Mr Sotloff’s family and those who worked with him.” He added that
Yacht rescue GUARDIA CIVIL in La Herradura rescued six people on board a yacht with engine trouble off La Herradura. The engine broke down approximately one nautical mile off the bay and the vessel had no way of returning to the port.
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THE 21st Concurso Traditional de Verdiales traditional flamenco music style from Almogia - is to take place on Saturday September 20 in Benagalbon. Prizes amount to €9,000.
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HE Romans and Carthaginians will be marching once again in the historic city of Cartagena. It is nearly time for the annual display that attracts tens of thousands for 10 days of festivities to celebrate the city’s more than 2,000-year history. And this time round it is more special as the ‘Legionaries’ buckle on their armour for the 25th anniversary of the event that has grown bigger and bigger. A series of re-enactions over the course of the festival - billed as the biggest on the Mediter-
Quote of the Week I would like to publicly condemn all forms of violence, especially violence against those most vulnerable and in particular violence against women and minors.’ Valladolid Mayor Javier Leon de la Riva publicly apologised on Tuesday at an official council meeting to people who may have taken offence at comments he made over false cries of rape.
ranean celebrate landmark moments from the Second Punic War. The festival will open with the lighting of the ‘sacred fire’ on Friday, September 19. The fire will start at the city’s port at 6.45pm before the official sacred flame is lit at the Molinete Archeological Park. Throughout the festival there is a packed programme of events from music and craft workshops to costumed re-enactments. Cartagena was re-founded in 227 BC by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair and later became a major Roman city due to its strategic position and port.
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RUBEN RUFAZA was the winner of the X-Terra Circuit held at Pantano de la Viñuela. Ruzafa crossed the finishing line after 3 hours, 29 minutes and 43 seconds, beating the other 149 athletes that also participated in the event. Mugor / Flickr
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Gruesome find THE body of a woman was found last Thursday off San Cristobal in Almuñecar. A beachgoer saw the body floating in the water and alerted Local Police officers. It appears the body was that of a 70-year-old woman from Jaen.
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VELEZ CF are to play Union Deportiva San Pedro on Sunday at 7pm on matchday three of Group Nine of Spain’s Third Division. After a painful defeat against Huetor Tajar, Velez CF will try to secure their second win of the season.
Illegal immigration NATIONAL POLICE officers caught three illegal immigrants hiding underneath lorries that were coming through Motril Port. It appears one of them was hiding in a tool compartment, while the other two were hanging onto the undersides of the vehicles.
Landfill site NERJA Council is requesting the Junta to do something about the landfill located at Barranco del Viejo. Should the request remain unanswered, local authorities could reportedly raise the matter with the Ministry of the Environment.
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is the number of extras HBO is looking for in Spain for the upcoming fifth season of Game of Thrones scheduled to be shot in several natural locations in Sevilla. More than 500 hopefuls showed up at the auditions held in Osuna this week.
Another season TAUTVYDAS SABONIS is to play one more season for Fertilidad Clinicas Rincon. The Lithuanian basketball player is excited about the new season and said it will be hard at first, but he is sure the team will do a great job.
Guadalinfo centre TORROX Council inaugurated a new Guadalinfo Centre. The Guadalinfo Network project was launched in 2003 and currently includes 756 centres that offer public Internet access.
And finally... According to recent studies conducted in Spain, the Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of breast cancer by 30 per cent. It is estimated that as many as 26,000 women in Spain are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
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Russian Ballet THE Russian National Ballet performed at Parque El Majuelo in Almuñecar to a packed audience. The two-hour show included traditional Cossack dances and a performance of Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar.
Cultural agenda SALOBREÑA has organised a comprehensive cultural agenda for September. The programme includes dancing, painting exhibitions, talks on children’s education and a get-together of translators.
NERJA: Irish doctor resuscitated little girl.
Doctor saves girl from drowning
AN Irish doctor holidaying in Nerja saved a threeyear-old girl from drowning in a private pool in Los Huertos. The girl from Madrid, who was on holiday with her parents and grandparents, fell into the pool when her parents were distracted, said eyewitnesses talking to Spanish newspaper, Diario Sur. “She was with her father and fell in the pool. Fortunately, the doctor saw her floating and got her out of the water fast,” said Francisco Agudo. Anthony Hobbs, the Irish doctor, started
performing CPR on the little girl, who came to in a matter of seconds. She was then rushed to Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquia, where she underwent a full examination. She was released in a matter of hours after doctors found her to be in good health. The family returned to Madrid the following day and it appears Dr Hobbs is no longer in Nerja either. “The family has holidayed here before, but I had never seen the Irish doctor. This is the first time something like this has happened. My children grew up here, as
well as other children from the neighbourhood, and we had never gone through anything similar,” said Agudo. Local Police officers said Dr Hobbs prevented a tragedy when he saved the little girl. This is the second near drowning registered in Malaga Province in recent weeks. On Monday last week two police officers rescued a two-year-old Russian boy from drowning in Mijas. Unfortunately, a twoyear-old boy from Scotland was not so lucky and drowned on August 18 after falling into a neighbour’s pool. He was being watched by his father who is said to have lost sight of him. The father later found the boy floating in the water. Even though Local Police officers and doctors did everything they could to save the boy’s life for more than 40 minutes, it was all in vain as the boy later died.
Poetry ready ASOCIACION ARTEX has organised a poetry reading for next Tuesday at 9pm at Explanada Peñon Del Santo in Almuñecar called ‘Poemas de la Luna’ (Moon Poems).
Flamenco fest PALACETE La Najarra is to host a flamenco show next Thursday at 9.30pm with singer Rafael Muñoz, guitarist Ricardo de la Juana and violinist El Harrak Ahmed.
New book JOSE LUIS ENTRALA is to present his book ‘Granada: Un Siglo De Anecdotas’ on Tuesday September 23 at 8pm at the Casa Cultura in Almuñecar.
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‘Illegal’ homeowners call for amendment to Spanish law THE owners of properties built on non-urban land are calling for amendments to Spanish legislation to ‘protect the people who bought in good faith’. Complaints made by homeowners who invested in properties illegally built on nonurban land – land that was not for construction – over the last two decades have been directed at the Junta de Andalucia regional government and Spain’s central government to request that Spanish legislation currently in force be amended to protect the people who bought homes in good faith. Most owners of these illegally built rural homes are foreigners and
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ESTEBAN GONZALEZ PONS: SOHA representatives met the Member of the European Parliament. members of SOHA (Save Our Homes Axarquia). Formed in January 2008 by Axarquia residents, SOHA seeks to ‘protect the rights of Axarquia residents in accordance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, help residents protect their homes with legal and
direct action and actively campaign for the establishment of an amnesty for honest homeowners in Axarquia’. During the European election campaign, several members of SOHA had a meeting in Almeria with Valencia-born Esteban Gonzalez Pons, who is a member of the European
Parliament, to inform him of their request for a change to Spanish law. “Fortunately, there has not been a large number of demolition orders, unlike the amount we have witnessed elsewhere in Andalucia. However, there have been cases in which homeowners who bought properties in good faith have found themselves implicated in judicial processes, even though they had licences issued by the councils and all the necessary permits endorsed by lawyers,” said Town Planning Councillor for Alcaucin and spokesman for SOHA, Mario Blancke. The biggest problem facing owners of rural properties is that Andalucian legislation has
not resolved the situation of illegally built homes, which never come under the statute of limitations. “It is absurd that something as serious as a homicide can come under the statute of limitations but dividing land into plots will not,” said Blancke, who added that Decrees 6/2010 and 2/2012 have not solved the problems. The way he sees it, the Junta de Andalucia should stop giving the responsibility to local councils. “The Junta cannot claim they did not know anything about construction in the countryside. They are equally responsible, or even more so, because they took money for the licences,” he added.
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Three cultures festival success THE Ninth ‘3 Culturas Festival’ in Frigiliana had a great turnout. Held from August 28 until August 31, the festival saw close to 20,000 people arrive in the small Axarquia town for a festival celebrating the Muslim, Jewish and Christian cultures and organised to bring a message of peace and prove that it is possible for people to live together in peace despite their religious differences. It is estimated that nearly 5,000 people attended the five concerts that had been played until Friday last week – Kepa Junkera, Miguel Campello El Bicho, Revolver, La Musgaña and Karavansar – and that the 22 bars participating in the tapas route had served a whopping 18,000 tapas in two days. In addition, organisers expected nearly 3,000 people for the concerts scheduled for Saturday and Sunday – La Shara, 17 Hippies, Mudejar, Les Morenillas and La Banda Morisca.
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Jobless rate THE number of unemployed people in Velez Malaga rose from 9,392 in late July to 9,450. But unemployment fell in Torrox, Nerja and Rincon de la Victoria by 22, 64 and 92 people respectively. HARRIERS: A social, non-competitive club.
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DO you fancy doing something a bit different and challenging? Why not join Axarquia Hash House Harriers? Axarquia Hash House Harriers is a social, non-competitive club. Every second Sunday at 12 noon we meet at different places throughout Axarquia. Members take turns acting as ‘hares’ which involves laying a trail of flour. The rest of the hash (the ‘hounds’) follow the trail, which takes about two hours, and eventually leads back to the start. Hounds can walk, jog or run along the route according to their ability. To liven things up the hares include some false paths and deadends. To liven up flagging hounds a beer/soft drinks stop is included
along the way and cold drinks are also provided at the end of the hash. After the hash we usually head to a nearby restaurant for a very sociable meal. The hash is open to all ages, abilities and nationalities. All you need is a good pair of trainers, a reasonable level of fitness and a sense of humour. Bottles of water are provided at the start and hares are happy to look after valuables for you. We charge €4 per run, which includes water, beer, crisps and soft drinks. The hash is a great way to exercise, socialise and see different parts of the Axarquia. For more information go to www.ah3.co.uk.
Less crime ACCORDING to a Ministry of the Interior report, aggravated robberies in Motril fell by 38.5 per cent between January and June, while thefts dropped by 24.8 per cent.
Padel tennis IU Councillor Daniela Pique has criticised a Motril council decision to privatise the municipal padel tennis courts.
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No vacancies HOTEL OCCUPANCY in Nerja during August was 96 per cent, according to data from the Nerja Municipal Tourist Office.
Plaza win CAFETERIA PLAZA beat Rarolillos Rojos 77-65 in the final of the 35th Basketball Tournament Juan Muñoz held in Nerja between July and August.
Feria beauty THE registration period for the beauty pageant Amparo Muñoz to be held at the Real Feria de San Miguel will be open until Friday next week. Hopefuls can register at Asociacion de Comerciantes y Empresarios de Velez Malaga (ACEV).
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An Irish invasion! AN Irish invasion took place last week as 10 football coaches and 17 children descended on VelezMalaga to run football camps and play matches against the local teams. This joint venture was organised by the Centro Cristiano, a Spanishspeaking evangelical church in Velez, and Coaching for Christ, a Christian sporting organisation based in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The partnership has been going for more than four years now, but this time around a group of teenagers from their centre in Ahoghill, County Antrim, was invited to play games against the local teams. They liaised with Velez FC, who were also excited about the idea and lent them their facilities during the week. From Monday to Thursday football camps were held as in previous years with more than 85 different children attending the morning and evening sessions. On the final day there were the World Cup tournaments with medals for all the children who took part, and trophies for the winners. Halfway through the week the
FOOTBALL CAMP: More than 85 children attended the sessions. teenagers arrived and spent a day trying to get used to the humid conditions. They played their first match against Velez Cadets. They took the lead, but eventually lost 4-1, and Velez won a beautiful World Cup replica! The following day they defeated a local community team 9-1. The real test came on Saturday as they played in a seven-a-side tournament with
Velez FC, Torre del Mar FC and the community team. Both semi-finals went to penalties, and both the Northern Irish team and Velez FC made it through to the final, which the Coaching for Christ team eventually won 3-0. For more information: www.coaching4christ.co.uk, centrocristianovelez@hotmail.com or call 651 653 838
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Beach boost SPAIN’S Central Government has spent more than €808,769 on Axarquia’s beaches between 2011 and 2014. As stated in a report issued by Torrox Councillor and Congresswoman Maria Bena, Central Government spent the money over the last three years in a series of projects aimed at improving most of the beaches on the Axarquia coast. “The Government is constantly investing in the coast, because it is aware of how important it is for the Eastern Costa del Sol to optimise its quality,” said Baena. The Government has so far spent €369,316 in Velez Malaga, €270,119 in Torrox, €91,753 in Algarrobo, €61,410 in Rincon de la Victoria and €16,171 in Nerja.
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A VELEZ-MALAGA resident contacted a New Zealand couple via Facebook to return a camera they had lost with pictures of their holidays in Spain and America.
Tennis champ AGUSTIN BOJE was crowned champion for the second year in a row of the 11th Torneo de Tenis a la Amistad held in Almuñecar, after beating Quino Muñoz in the final.
Beach wins FIFTY teams took part in the Fourth Beach Volleyball Circuit held in Almuñecar. Winners in the male category were Aloisio-Mendez, while Perez-Perez were the female champions.
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Blue zone parking system to be ready before next year THE blue zone parking system in Velez-Malaga and Torre del Mar could come into operation before 2015. After 20 years of long delays and heated controversy, the system could finally be operational by the end of this year, according to Mayor Francisco Delgado. “We will not believe it until we see it, but this is a priority for Torre del
Mar” said ACET President Manuel Frutos talking to Spanish newspaper, Diario Sur. “Charging 46 cents for half an hour and 92 for an hour was too much, but we were able to reduce prices to 35 and 80 cents. However, we wanted drivers to be charged one cent per minute,” he added. The rates were agreed upon by the council and local businesses, and
VELEZ-MALAGA: The blue zone parking system involves 196 spaces.
drivers are to be charged 35 cents for half an hour and 80 cents for one hour
Jobs for the needy RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council is to provide employment to residents at risk of social exclusion. As part of its Social Inclusion Programme, the council will hire 43 local residents at risk of social exclusion for up to three months. As stated by Mayor Francisco Salado, they will earn €750
and hold environment-related jobs. The Social Inclusion Programme was created by the Junta de Andalucia and the council last year through the investment of €139,828 to help families at risk of social exclusion. Rincon de la Victoria Council is already accepting applications for the programme.
and there is to be a special weekly rate of €5 for residents. Anyone parking in a blue area and failing to pay will be fined €6, while vehicles exceeding the parking time by less than one hour are to be fined €3. Even though the scheme in Velez-Malaga looks nothing like the one requested by local shopkeepers, it involves 196 spaces in El Pozancon, Camino Viejo de Malaga
(opposite Supermercado Mas and next to Iglesia San Antonio de Padua), Calle Canalejas, Calle Reñidero and Plaza Reyes Catolicos. In Torre del Mar there will be 160 spaces in Calle San Martin, Calle del Rio, Calle del Mar and Plaza de la Axarquia. However, not everyone seems to be happy with the scheme, as many local residents would have reportedly preferred a system resembling the one put in place in Torrox, which is completely free. The blue zone parking system in Velez-Malaga and Torre del Mar is to be operated by Amivel, the Velez-Malaga Association for Disabled People.
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Nerja calls for improved summer health services NERJA Council has unanimously adopted two motions concerning
healthcare services in the region. It is to request the
Food drive in Torrox A GROUP of Axarquia young people has organised an event to feed the hungry. Several young men and women from Torrox and other Axarquia towns organised a food drive last Monday to help needy families at risk of social exclusion through a recently-founded charitable organisation known as APIS. The organisation is the FOOD DRIVE: Helping brainchild of a group of families at risk of social social workers who exclusion wanted to actively fight poverty and the social exclusion facing hundreds of Axarquia families, said APIS President Cristina Gonzalez. The families particulary need oil, tuna, tinned food, juice, cereals, milk and sugar, APIS posted on social media. The food drive – called Primer Festival de APIS Axarquia – was held on Monday between 7.30pm and midnight at Teatro Villa in Torrox. Gonzalez encouraged local residents and everyone to turn up at their school with donations. The event included live music and activities for children.
Space to breathe RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council has given the green light to an environmental project in Torre de Benagalbon. It involves building a 14,000-square-metre green lung in Torre de Benagalbon. Mayor Francisco Salado said the project was part of the General Plan for Urban Zoning. It to be built by Oasis Urbano Medio Ambiente for €128,393.33, and located on an abandoned plot near Centro Educativo La Marina.
Department of Health Management of the Axarquia to bring back the traumatology and the physical rehabilitation services previously offered at Nerja Health Centre, and which have been closed since last summer. Furthermore, the council has turned down the Summer Health Plan of Andalucia as they consider it is not adequate. The Nerja authorities
have requested that all health services be kept at an optimum level and more doctors are on call and available for duty during all of the summer. According to the council, welfare has deteriorated, emergency services have been overcrowded, doctors have been under too much pressure with excessive workloads and waiting lists have increased.
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Friendly reminder NERJA Council reminds all local residents that the last day to pay the IBI property tax is Friday next week (September 12).
Blues Festival LA HERRADURA is to host a Blues Festival on Friday and Saturday next week (September 12 and 13) at Jardines Del Castillo.
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Teacher played major role in discovery of Nerja Cave MARO is to celebrate its patron saint’s feast day in honour of Virgen de las Maravillas between tomorrow and next Monday. This year’s town crier is to be retired teacher Carlos Saura, who came out of anonymity on January 12 for the 55th anniversary of the discovery of Cueva de Nerja (Nerja Cave). He was one of the first people to
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Saura will have the opportunity to meet many of his students, whom he has not seen in decades.
The festivities will also give Nerja and the town of Maro the chance to pay off an historical debt to the retired teacher, because, until now, his name has never been mentioned in the history books when talking about the discovery of Cueva de Nerja. Saura played a major role
in the discovery of the cave, and even before that, because he had always encouraged his students to use their creative imagination and inspired them to explore their surroundings. After the students made the discovery, Saura convinced other teachers of the importance of promoting further expeditions into the cave.
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HE treatment of the King family, who took their sick child out of a UK hospital and travelled to Spain, raises serious concerns about the rights of parents. Initially there were worries for the health of five-year-old Ashya, who is seriously ill with cancer. In that case the authorities were probably right to launch a hunt to track down the family. But once found and it became clear the parents were acting, in their opinion, with the best interests of Ashya at heart, was it really necessary to arrest them and whisk them hundreds of kilometres away to Madrid for an extradition hearing? Was it necessary to admit the little boy into hospital and then refuse him the comfort of visits from his obviously loving parents and siblings? A five-year-old-boy, seriously ill in
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FOLLOWING their painful 3-0 defeat against Valencia at Mestalla, Malaga is looking to secure all three points this weekend when they play Levante on Saturday at 10pm in La Rosaleda.
BENINAR marsh in Almeria contains almost 70 per cent less water than was measured in the same time in 2013, reflecting approximately 16.8 per cent of its capacity
Recycling classes CHILDREN in Albox have enjoyed puppet shows during a campaign to raise recycling awareness. The lessons are provided by Almanzora-Levante-Velez y Ecoembes consortium.
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Nut rustlers THE rising price of almonds has triggered large-scale robberies in the area around Elda. Even on the clandestine market they will be fetching up to €1.50 a kilo, growers said.
Parlem valencia DENIA Town Hall offers free Valenciano lessons at all levels for parents of pupils at local schools, municipal employees and the unemployed. More information at Denia’s Oficina de Promocio del Valencia.
Jellyfish alert SEVEN HUNDRED Benidorm beachgoers were stung by jellyfish within the same three-day period. Medics were surprised, as until then they had been treating a maximum of 10 stings per day.
Angry birds COLLARED doves colonising Playa de San Juan and other Alicante City suburbs are increasingly unpopular, together with birds some residents say are magpies. They are noisy and dirty, they complained.
MAZARRON’S outdoor municipal pool is being covered to allow indoor swimming in the winter months. The pool is expected to be open in October.
THE average temperature in Murcia this August was 26.2 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees higher than usual. It was the also the fifth driest August since 1941
SERON ham has been approved by the European Commission for inclusion in the register of protected designations of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indication (PGI).
ENVIRONMENT groups are applying this week for the reversal of judgement on the Algarrobico hotel, built in a natural park, which dictated that the licences granted in 2003 were lawful.
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IFACH: Digging out the past.
Community that settled Marina Alta
THE Pobla de Ifach excavations at the foot of the Calpe landmark are over for this year. The dig, overseen by the Alicante Archaeology Museum (MARQ) brought to light what must have been a guardroom, said dig director and archaeologist Jose Luis Menendez. Located at the approach to the mediaeval settlement it was around six metres wide and 16 metres long. The 40 student volunteers from 17 Spanish and European universities who spent July and August at the site have now uncovered approximately half of the building. They also located plaster walls with graffiti scrawled by the inhabitants and users of the building which was constructed between 1305 and 1325. Pobla d’Ifach was destroyed and abandoned in 1400, Menendez said, but it was the nucleus of Marina Alta towns like Calpe, Benissa and Teulada that were peopled by the descendants of the hundred or so families who once lived there. Juan Bautista Rosello, who heads the Alicante Diputacion’s Culture department, applauded this year’s findings. The natural and archaeological importance of the enclave was fundamental, he said, not only for Calpe but for the entire province.
Cliff drama A 33-YEAR-OLD British tourist was trapped after attempting to climb the cliff below San Jaime church in Benidorm. She was provided with a safety harness and eventually winched to safety by firemen.
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Data share A COMPLAINT has been made about Murcia’s four public hospitals ceding patient information to private data centres without the consent of patients.
Pilgrimage inspiration FIVE Spina Bifida sufferers from Alicante
have taken on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in their wheelchairs, covering 67km with their family members and volunteers of the Spina Bifida Association.
Council fight MEETING at Torrevieja Town Hall ended in a near bust up with Mayor Eduardo Dolon pushing away Greens Councillor Jose Manuel Dolon when he approached the bench bringing a copy of a document.
Ozone fire A FIRE broke out in a restaurant in the Ozone commercial and leisure area in Torrevieja. Fire fighters distinguished the flames without having to evacuate.
Language courses THE application period for one of the language scholarships offered by Universidad de Malaga will be open until September 15. The scholarships are for the high school students with the best results on the national university entrance exams.
Tourist day TORREMOLINOS is to celebrate today its official Tourist Day, with which the council seeks to acknowledge the important role played by the tourism sector. There is to be a free paella at Plaza La Nogalera.
Finding motivation FUENGIROLA Council is to conduct a workshop especially organised for the unemployed that is to be taught by psychologists and is to focus on, among other topics, on how to deal with stress and anxiety.
Art exhibition THE Fundacion Picasso-Museo Casa Natal is hosting an art exhibition called Picasso: El Minotauro en su laberinto until Saturday September 28. The exhibition features pictures from private collectors and the Fundacion Juan March.
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Injured worker A WORKER has been injured after falling about three metres whilst repairing a roof in Calle Picornell in Palma. It is believed the arches which supported the roof collapsed.
Teachers meeting MALLORCA’S Department of Education, Culture and Universities has called for a meeting today (Thursday) to discuss social and labour improvements for teachers to improve the quality of teaching.
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BRITISH PRESS Norwegian Mohammed NORWAY - For the first time in the capital’s history, Mohammed is the most common name for boys and men in Oslo. There are 4,801 Mohammeds, 4,667 Jans and 4,155 Pers living in the capital.
ISIS terror NORWAY - A gang of four suspected ISIS terrorists are thought to be responsible for the recent terror alert in Norway according to the Dagbladet newspaper. It is not known if they were supposed to perpetrate a terror attack or just spark an alert by their presence.
Sami tears SWEDEN - A Sami museum in northern Sweden had to be evacuated after a man and a woman sprayed an unknown substance into the air. Around 20 people were affected by the spray and several vomited at the scene but nobody required hospital treatment.
Green light DENMARK - The Danish parliament has given the go ahead for the use of a Hercules aircraft and 55 military personnel to transport weaponry and other military supplies to Iraq. They are to contribute to the campaign against the jihadist fighters in the north of the country.
Racism prize SWEDEN - Emir Selimi, a Roma advocate, has been hailed as an inspirational figure after he scooped the Wallenberg prize for setting up an association to help eradicate racism in the community.
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WORSHIPPERS at the St Michael and All Angels Church in Uffington, Lincolnshire, have been told by local church authorities that they cannot serve cups of tea and biscuits on their church altar - it should only be used for worship and not snacks.
GERMAN politicians have announced new measures to stop EU citizens from taking advantage of the German social welfare system. Immigrants will be expected to find work within six months of arriving or be sent home.
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AFTERNOON television viewing reached an awkward climax when a cheeky contestant on Countdown spelt out ‘orgasmed’ for eight points. This left host, Rachel Riley, grinning.
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KATE MIDDLETON, Duchess of Cambridge, has been Simpsonised: Italian artist, Alexsandro Palombo, has drawn more than 50 cartoons of Kate posing around Buckingham Palace in various outfits.
A WOMAN in Hampshire got the shock of her life when she opened the door to her rarely used spare room and found a massive wasp’s nest covering most of the bed. Pest control experts reckon there were around 5,000 of the stinging insects in the enormous nest.
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THE World Gravy Wrestling Championships, held in a pub car park in Lancashire, had gravy loving participants in fancy dress wrestling with each other in around 1,500 litres of the sticky, meaty sauce.
KIM JONG-UN is, apparently, a huge Manchester United fan - the North Korean dictator has ordered state television to broadcast all of the team’s matches. Observers have said they are being illegally streamed, but this is not against Korean law.
RUSSIAN PRESS €3.1 million loan IN the face of the threat of Western sanctions that could cut off Russian airlines from Boeing and Airbus fleets, the Russian government is to guarantee loans of up to €3.1 million to help finance Russia’s new passenger airliner, the MC21.
World Cup 2018 THE Otkrytie Arena in the north west of Moscow has been officially opened by President Putin - it is the latest World Cup stadium to be completed and will be home to the city’s famous Spartak club.
McDonald’s closures IN the middle of the Russian stand-off with the West about the Ukraine, the Moscow courts have closed three of the city’s McDonalds restaurants
Six soldiers THE German military, Bundeswehr, has sent six soldiers to northern Iraq to take charge of aid and military equipment deliveries to the Kurds who are fighting ISIS, the Islamist terror group.
Suspect fire POLICE investigators in Berlin now suspect that the fire which damaged the Mevlana mosque, in the central neighbourhood of Kreuzberg, was started deliberately.
Fighting food AS well as military equipment the German government has sent burgers and sausages to the Kurds to keep them fed in their fight against the Islamist forces in the north of Iraq.
Journalists attacked TWO Russian journalists have been attacked, threatened and told to leave town while on a fact-seeking mission asking questions about the deaths of Russian paratroopers allegedly killed in the Ukraine.
THE most expensive flat in Berlin has sold for €5.7 million. The centrally located penthouse has a wine cellar, a private gym and a sauna from which to view the city’s skyline.
SPARTAK CLUB: Now have a new stadium. for breaches of sanitary rules. Russian businessmen believe the closures are linked to the crisis in the Ukraine.
Border mistake A GROUP of nine Russian paratroopers which was captured by Ukrainian forces claimed innocence at a press conference. Kiev has accused them of being on a special mission in support of separatist pro-Russian insurgents - they say they crossed the border by mistake.
Alexanderplatz BERLIN police have arrested a man under suspicion of being responsible for the killing of a 30-year-old clubber who was fatally stabbed in front of several eye witnesses in the busy Alexanderplatz area of the city.
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STAT OF WEEK EUROPE loses €136 billion in lowered productivity caused by employees’ stress. Only 29 per cent of Spanish companies protect staff against stress, compared with the EU’s 56 per cent average.
Not much difference SIXTY PER CENT of parents worry about the return to school, revealed comparison website Rastreator.com. Last year families paid an average €670 in registration fees, textbooks, and materials. This rose to €1,080 and €1,530 for state-aided and private schools respectively, found
consumers’ association CECU. Despite their worries only 13 per cent of parents have changed their children’s schools since the crisis. Of those who did, 30 per cent sent them to a cheaper option within the same category. Thirty per cent downscaled from private to state education, just over 25 per cent
Overflowing wine vats predicted CASTILLA-LA MANCHA is yet again on course to produce too much wine. Once this year’s grape harvest has been processed there will be insufficient room in some districts to store the wine following 2013’s record 53million hectolitre production. Castilla-La Mancha’s wine-makers have historically prized volume over quality and shunned the lower yields preferred by many other regions. As a result, some bodegas cannot find buyers for their entire production. There has been less demand from Spain’s catering industry although family consumption has risen slightly. Prompted by
low bulk prices averaging €0.41 a litre, exports increased to 22 million hectolitres last year with most of the wine destined for Italy, France, Portugal and the UK. A further seven million cubic hectometres was used for grape juice but neither the domestic nor foreign markets have been able to absorb Castilla-La Mancha’s 2013 production. The situation can still be remedied, believes Rafael del Rey who heads Spanish Wine Markets Observatory. If the grapes grown in Castilla-La Manca were paid according to calibre, this would discourage overproduction and encourage quality, not quantity, Del Rey said.
changed from state-aided to state and 14 per cent went from private to state-aided. Three-quarters of parents will compare prices this year and 55 per cent are applying for grants. Some will acquire secondhand textbooks and uniforms while others will cut down on meals, transport and extra activities.
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Dodgy business AN extra €46 billion from drugs, contraband and prostitution will now be included in Spain’s GDP. Since there are no official figures, estimates may not be 100 per cent reliable, economists warned.
Fewer lay offs ERE redundancy plans affected 91,169 employees between January and July this year. This was 58 per cent lower than in 2013 when 126,864 were laid off during the same period.
Hasty words equal share rise MODEST pharmaceutical laboratory Bionaturis recently set Spain’s secondary stock market (MAB) abuzz. Its shares shot up by 15 per cent after their website announced it could produce 1 million doses of anti-Ebola vaccine within a month. Next day Bionaturis was obliged to explain it was not developing an Ebola vaccine. It had intended to
say that with sufficient financial backing, the laboratory was capable of producing that amount. “The statement was an error that got out of hand and was taken out of context,” said Bionaturis CEO Victor Manuel Infante. In response to Infante’s admisstion, the stock market immediately responded with a 14 per cent fall in the share price.
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Further afield EIGHTY-FOUR per cent of Spanish civil engineering projects are outside the country and include the Desert AVE to Mecca, the Panama Canal and the Lima (Peru) metro. Last year Sacyr, Ferrovial, ACS, FCC, Acciona and OHL signed contracts worth a record €35 billion compared with €23.4 billion in 2012.
Cheap tweets TWITTER Spain is the latest internet multinational to launch a Spanish subsidiary and has emulated predecessors like Google, Apple, Facebook and Linkedin by routing Spanish income through Ireland. Last year it declared earnings of less than €1 million and paid corporation tax of just €26,067 according to Madrid’s Business Register.
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Time to make a financial plan Loose change A look at finance for females
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THE financial world is forever harping on about how women need to be smarter when it comes to money. Financial advisors and research papers tell us that we need to learn how to manage our money better and they say that in comparison to men we lack financial confidence to make the smartest decisions possible when saving or investing. Of course understanding money helps women, families or business people work towards their goals and secure their financial well-being, but by being told you are bad at
BELIEVE YOURSELF: Confront money management with a smile. something isn’t necessarily the best way to encourage a woman to sharpen up on her financial literacy. A lot of financial dialogue can be pretentious and overwhelming, thus causing some women to become even more scared to approach the subject of money. It doesn’t have to be this way, however! For starters, just keep in mind these small positive steps and you’ll be on your
What if their lawyer is a lemon? Q. A year after we completed on our home purchase in Spain, we still have no You and the Statement of Account, invoice or surplus Law in Spain funds returned to us by our solicitor. By David Searl I have emailed him several times a week for six months but he responds to about every 10th one. When he does reply, he promises that it will all be dealt with by ‘next Monday,’ but the Mondays keep coming and going, with no resolution. On one occasion, he got us to drive all the way to his office. All he had was an envelope with some scribbled figures. He had no idea what was going on and I had to list out the transfers for him. Basically, I need to find a way to get this guy to conclude our dealings in a satisfactory manner and to return surplus monies. So, how can I do this? P.B. (e-mail) If your Spanish lawyer really turns out to be a ‘lemon,’ you have two options available. You can go directly to the ‘Colegio de Abogados,’ which is the Spanish version of the Law Society, with your complaint. Or you can instruct another solicitor. I recommend this second option. Do not be concerned that one lawyer will not go against another. First you need a new lawyer in any case. Second, you are far more likely to retrieve your papers and any money owed to you quickly. Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
way to a more confident financial you. Get started - Don’t let financial jargon frighten you. Set a plan in action to address your money management. Budgets, saving, investing - sit down and put some ideas on papers. Getting started is the first step. Avoid unsolicited advice - The advice of family and friends is invaluable in certain instances, but that
doesn’t mean they are the best people to approach for financial advice. Find a financial advisor that you feel comfortable with or a knowledgeable friend or family member who can give you unbiased advice. Do it your way - Budgets and financial plans are not set in stone. Each person has different needs and therefore designing a budget or method of money management that
you are comfortable with is the most important part of building your financial know-how. If you don’t ask you don’t get - Never shy away from asking your boss for more money. If you are a hard worker and truly believe you deserve a raise then there is no harm in asking. Breathe - Managing your money, properly, for the first time can be tricky so don’t panic if you make some mistakes. Giving up is not going to help, so just ask for some help to see how to face the issues you are facing. Believe in yourself - If you enter any challenge lacking confidence in yourself it is going to take twice as long to overcome any obstacles you may face. Confront money management with a broad smile on your face and believe you have the capability to get money smart.
Importance of customer care in your business Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.
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BUSINESS owners pay much attention to the running of their business. The poor relation on the ‘Must Do’ tick box is often customer care. I was reminded of this when my wife and I were met by ice cold officiousness from a booking clerk as we explained our needs. She had her inner demons. We were, I suppose, in her cross-hairs that day. The staff member’s offhand attitude spoiled for us, and no doubt others, what is known as the customer experience. Of the many business maxims collected one of my favourites is: “If we get it right tell the world. If we get it wrong tell us.” Good business advice but it can be a tough call. It is often easier to avoid unpleasantness and take your business elsewhere. However, it costs seven times as much to attract a new client as to keep an existing one.
As a business owner it pays to strike up a good relationship with customers. It pays extra dividends if you encourage them to help your business by remarking candidly on their customer experience and then putting flaws right. Here are a few facts that focus on the importance of treating the boss (the customer) with friendliness and civility. According to 1st Financial Training Services 96 per cent of customers don’t complain when disappointed by poor service; 91 per cent simply never return. A dissatisfied customer will tell nine to 20 people of their bad experience. Happy clients, according to the White House Office of Consumer Affairs, will express their satisfaction to just four to six people. Marketing sources agree that 70 per cent of buying experiences are based on the customer’s perception of how they were treated. Believe it or not price is secondary. Customers who rate your business five on a nought to five scale are six times more likely to return than a customer who marks you four to five. If your business is quiet whilst rivals are busier, then lack of customer care could be the reason.
OPINION & COMMENT
Keep guns off the streets of Britain… I HAD seen this coming, as we can always count on Leapy Lee to rant on about dramatic events without ever offering any solution that could work. This time he has excelled himself. Hasn’t he seen the footage of the armed police presence in Ferguson, Missouri? Is that what he wants Britain to be like? A country with armed police or soldiers on every corner is not a free country, and I thought naively that a free country is what Leapy wants. Nobody should ignore the threat from Islamic extremists but dealing with them is the job of our intelligence services, and preventing radicalisation is everyone’s job. Stop demonising Muslims, get them involved in all levels of society. Leapy’s recipe would certainly increase the number of Muslims who despair of being truly accepted in Britain. It’s fortunate that his recipe has absolutely no chance of being adopted by the government, but his loose talk has quite enough bad effects. Please Leapy, we love you really, but don’t rant, don’t generalise, just think! Bill Campbell, Mojacar Playa (Almeria) Editor's note: Leapy called for a special armed force of 100,000 to be formed to patrol UK streets to combat Islamic extremists.
Work provider I WAS glad to see that the Euro Weekly News has the insight to be able to solve the recession. Your article on “Dreambeach” made me laugh. Just one look at the picture on the front cover of your last edition makes me want to vomit. Do you really think that organising events such as these help the local community and economy? You mentioned jobs for local people. What type of jobs? What type of contracts? These young party animals abound in the Mojacar area. But the sad truth is that I don't see
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Language hurdle I BOUGHT a washing machine in September 2011 for €229 and paid on the advice of the saleslady a further €40 to extend the warranty to 2014. The machine failed totally in July 2014 and I requested a full refund but was told to contact the store’s insurance company. The assistance I received was totally unhelpful and a telephone number I was given has been useless as I am always informed that no English-speaking person was available. At least six emails have been to no avail and the store itself is completely unhelpful. I would be very grateful, if through your paper you could make your readers aware that customer service often falls very short of what most customers would expect. Roy Phillips, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Refuse problem THIS is what we see right along the coastline whilst out on our boat just off the marker buoys. Do bathers realise what they are swimming in? Sarah, Benalmadena (Malaga)
them contribute to the local economy. Yes, they do create jobs as someone needs to clean up after them. Someone needs to repair the trail of damage they leave in their wake. Extra police are called in to keep order when they are at play. These are jobs, yes, but they are paid for from our pockets in the form of tax. Personally, I would prefer to pay that tax just to keep them away. Sean O’Connell (by email)
Share the dream REGARDING your headline article in the Costa de Almeria edition, “Dreambeach brings in €7 million,” it would be very good if some of this was given back to the village. It was not easy for us residents to have more than 80,000 people in our village and a thank you would be great. Perhaps a garden where we could sit in the shade? Keep fit equipment, a petanca court, or even just the clean-up
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the village could do with? I love living here in Villaricos but it could be made so much better. Come on: spend some of this money on our village. JJ, Villaricos (Almeria)
Vicious circle THE Endesa website will not let me register for their Online Office. I emailed them for assistance as indicated on the website. They replied that I need to register on the website for Online Office before they can answer my
question. I email them back to repeat my question. I get a response that they do not answer emails and I need to register on the website for Online Office! Is there any way of getting some human intervention and assistance from Endesa? Nick Horne (by email)
Flour remedy A FEW days ago I reached out for my hot iron without looking, missed the handle and grabbed the base. The pain was immense. I rushed to the pantry and thrust my hand into a bag of flour, squeezing my burnt fingers as advised in your newspaper. After a few moments all was tenderness and, as your correspondent stated, no blisters, no red marks, no pain! As to the subsequent letter on the same subject warning of the dangers of this action, maybe it depends on the seriousness of the burn. Olivia Qualtrough, Nova Sta Ponsa (Mallorca)
YOUR photo of rubbish at Cabo Roig is only the tip of the iceberg. To cross from one side of the strip to the other necessitates either wading through rubbish in the underpass or trying to avoid bottles, litter and worse on the foot bridge. Add to this overflowing bins and dangerous footpaths and one can only assume people visit here for the cheap booze. Roll on winter! M.Turner (by email)
The real thing I MUST respond to Flora Simmons’ letter No Bargain which appeared in response to my letter in the previous edition. My comments regarding people buying fake polo shirts from the Looky-Looky men was written from their point of view i.e. the shirts are perfect to them at around €15 rather than an extortionate €85. As for my not knowing the difference between the fakes and the real thing, quite right: I don’t own either. And is Ms Simmons seriously saying that the 'real' shirts aren't made in sweatshops on the other side of the world? Richard Franklyn, Benalmadena (Malaga)
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We’re all the same on the inside A
LL this PC and racist rubbish really has to stop. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it’s highly likely it could actually be a duck. If you’ve got frizzy hair a broad nose and thick lips you are probably of African descent. If you have slanted eyes and a round face, you could well have connections with China, Japan or certain other Asian origins. If you are white with a narrow nose and round eyes you are likely to be from Europe or some western civilization. These dammed PC and racist ranters have actually managed to get millions of us denying our very existence. All of us are exactly the same on the inside; we have just evolved differently on the out, generally because of the wide assortment of environments that exist on this planet of ours. All these interfering PC
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT pillocks are using the insecurity and immaturity of vast numbers of people to create racial hatred where it never existed before. ‘Paki’ was not considered a derogatory expression, until they decided it was. It was merely a more convenient shortening of the word Pakistani. The description of Jap is the same, as is Brit. What we all need to do is grow up. There was no racism intended when the Black and White Minstrels made themselves up for a bit of fun. Many Japanese and Chinese carnival participants paint their faces white. The Golly on the jar of marmalade was merely a black doll, nothing more, nothing less; rather flattering really. The people
ANE POOLE, from SPC International Real Estate, has been in Spain for 25 years and has seen a lot of changes for the good in terms of equality for women. “Things like working as a notary were mainly done just by men but now there are a lot of female notaries and lawyers so in that respect women have become freer,” she said, adding: “I think a lot of it is down to the woman herself, and attitudes have changed as many women have to work. The only thing I do think Spain is at fault with now is the new law on abortion, which is a backward step for the country and women.” Gabrielle Discher, owner of Country Life health food store in Benissa, does not believe that Spain as a whole can be classed as backward in women’s rights. “As always, it is just the view of a few. Spain is now much more open-minded. I personally have never felt mistreated or been in a situation where I have felt inequality against women,” she remarked. But Matt Shatford of Weekend Sport, Vera Playa, said: “Yes, I think Spain is behind the times sometimes with regards to equality but that tends to be the older men who are stuck in their ways. The younger groups are completely the other way and much more respectful of women and equality so I think things are definitely improving.” And Lynda ‘Loulou’ Barnes, of
BLACK OR WHITE: There is no difference on the inside. who make these decisions are in fact the biggest bigoted racists of all. The whole lot of these sponging trouble makers should be fired and their interfering, public money
financed organisations, closed down for good. If they are allowed to continue unabated, I dread to think where it will all end. Probably with the banning of the words black and white altogether. Just a
Spain not so in the Dark Ages THE question of equality of the sexes has raised its head with several Spanish politicians being accused of a Dark Ages mentality towards women. Do you think Spain is backward when it comes to women’s rights or is it no worse than anywhere else? What can be done to improve equality?
minute, hasn’t that already begun? Is it not, in some circles, already frowned upon to ask for a black or white coffee? With or without milk is I understand now the more acceptable term. Give us a break. The recent vomit inducing events in Rotherham are a prime example of the alarming events that can occur as a result of these interfering and highly dangerous PC committees. Bunches of busybodies, which fester in our societies like uncontrollable tumours. Well it’s high time they were all stopped in their tracks. If they are not, we’ll all be at each other’s throats for simply existing at all. What do ya mean, we already are? Never mind. Chins up everyone. It’ll be a brighter day tomorrow!
Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.
Loulou’s Hair Design in Velez Rubio, said: “I’ve had no experience of being treated as less of an equal here in Spain. If anything it was worse in the UK. Certainly no examples come to mind. I feel more respected here than the UK and am treated more like a lady.” Paula Read-Kenny of Sophia’s Wellness Centre in Arboleas agreed. “I have not found it to be a problem. But then I think that if you give a good account of yourself and prove your own worth, it is never an issue,” she said.
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JANE POOLE: Abortion laws are a step backwards
PAULA: No problems
GABRIELLE: Spain is more open-minded now
MATT SHATFORD: Spain is behind the times
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Rain, mud and empty beaches - welcome to the end of the British summer
YOU haven’t been able to move recently for press ads urging us to visit this or that hot city, this or that hot beach resort. Yes, we’ve been bombarded on all sides by images of scantily dressed women and unrealistically smiling family groups trying to turn current concerns - the recession, the UK’s late-summer blustery weather, mother-in-law’s annual visit - into sun-drenched bliss. But hey, now there’s an alternative if you’re looking for a late summer break and a bit of travel one-upmanship! And just think of all those ‘triffic’ photos you’ll be able to upload on your return on Facebook! While Foreign Office advice puts Crimean War battleground tours off-limits to ordinary travellers, optimistic firms are already offering tourists in Ukraine the chance to visit the modern-day war zones. Adverts for trips have appeared in areas frequented by tourists, containing phrases like “Impress your friends
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Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson
with the ultimate selfies” and “see where the fighting’s actually taking place.” Unbelievable! Or how about a trip to Afghanistan, Iraq or Algeria? All available to visit by intrepid tourists courtesy of gung-ho tour companies, though finding adequate travel insurance might be a problem and bullet-proof vests definitely recommended. Alternatively, you could check out charming Chernobyl (tours offered inside the 30-mile exclusion zone around the site, avoiding still-dangerous areas). But hang on! Visiting Iraq, Siberia and so on is so last year; it’s like the Michael Kors
SUMMER BREAK: All things considered, I’d rather stay in Spain. statement handbag of tourism. Why think only of war zones or the developing world for that buzz of holiday excitement? There’s a country much closer that may seem a very safe destination but statistics show otherwise unfortunately. The USA. The United States has the highest gun ownership rate in the world and the highest per capita rate of firearm-related murders of
all developed countries. The number of guns has increased by more than 60 per cent since 1994: 310 million guns in a country of 307 million people more than one gun per person. And where, recently, a nineyear-old girl accidentally killed a gun instructor as he showed her how to use an Uzi at a shooting range in Arizona. Sub-machine gun? Nine-year-old? What was
she even doing there? So where will you be spending a late summer break? All things considered, I’d rather stay here in Spain… Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Retribution’, ‘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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A history of false flag operations Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
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HEN the Malayan airliner MH17 carrying 298 passengers was destroyed, there was comfort from knowing that the flight recorders would be analysed in the incorruptible West. In light of subsequent Dutch refusal to release the flight recorder’s data and shillyshally over release of support data held by Kiev and the United States, the flight recorders might just as well have been sent to North Korea. Happily, flight recorders provide only a jigsaw piece in such tragedies. Almost certainly the US-installed Ukrainian puppet regime was responsible and the US and EU are complicit in this awful crime. With the war going badly Kiev desperately needed a reason to demonise Russia to justify a NATO response. If blame for the MH17 calamity could be pinned on Russia then both prayers would be answered. False Flag operations are acts of
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war carried out by covert forces to justify conflict. America and Britain have a long and disgraceful history of arranging such operations. The sinking of the Maine, a US battleship in 1898 was never a Spanish provocation. The on-board explosion was an act of sabotage. The subsequent US conspired war soon relieved Spain of Guam, the Philippines and Cuba.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which American warships were ‘attacked’ by the Vietnamese, was later revealed to be a US inspired operation. The bogus outrage brought about the highly profitable Vietnam War. The passenger liner Lusitania was torpedoed in 1915 after the US consul was sneakily informed that arms valued at £6 million had been illicitly loaded. This removed the ship’s neutral status. The subsequent loss of 1,200 passengers
including 128 American citizens, brought the US into the profitable World War One. In September 1939 British liner Athenia was torpedoed with similar loss of British and US life. This inspired ruse to bring the US into the war failed to get the backing of the American people. Opportunity for America to join in the spoils of war was delayed. The later Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was instigated by US Naval Intelligence. Drawing up an eight point plan to sanction Japan into oblivion, the Japanese responded by fighting their way out of the US trade embargo corner. Due to its defensive alliance, Germany was obliged to side with Japan. Their doing so conveniently brought the US into World War Two. Wars are profitable: The US spent $2 trillion (€1.51 trillion) on the Iraq War, 90 per cent of which profits went to 1 per cent of the US population, mostly located in Congress, the Senate and America’s elite. Senators who voted to attack Syria received 83 per cent more campaign money from military contractors than did those lawmakers voting no. Sadly, the downed Malayan airliner is merely the latest in a long list of False Flag operations.
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OLITICAL soul mates Mariano Rajoy and Angela Merkel had a holiday lovein, with the German chancellor promising to back Spain wherever possible. That includes easing Spain’s Economy minister Luis de Guindos into the Eurogroup presidency, as the government has long felt that it is under-represented in Brussels. De Guindos, Merkel said, was an excellent Economy minister at a difficult time. De Guindos, of course, is used to enduring hard times as he headed Lehman Brothers’ operations in Spain and Portugal. We all know what happened to Lehman Brothers in 2008 as we
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Money and murder LIKE other European countries Spain unofficially pays ransom to release its nationals held hostage by terrorist groups. When journalists Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, captured in northern Syria in September 2013, were released last March the Spanish government said nothing about how their freedom was obtained. Answer no questions and tell no lies, was the implicit message.
In contrast, the UK and the US refuse to pay ransom, hence the avoidable death of the American journalist James Foley at the hands of ISIS. Possibly both countries’ firmness of purpose should be applauded, but whichever path a government takes it will still play into the extremists’ hands. If ISIS gets the money this funds further operations although money is the least of their worries, considering some of their other sources. If it doesn’t, they will happily butcher a heathen hostage, all for the glory of God, in a blaze of publicity. Money or murder: it’s all the same to them.
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TOMAS GOMEZ, secretary general of the PSOE party in the Madrid region is likely to run as city mayor in next year’s municipal elections. Not everyone within the party has felt comfortable in Gomez’s presence, least of all the former president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero or Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba. Gomez challenged them both, but unblinkingly and unhesitatingly backed the new national secretary general, Pedro Sanchez. So now it’s time to call in the marker and give Gomez his due. SOUL MATES: Merkel and Rajoy.
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Unwanted attentions KALE BORROKA, or street fighting, is urban guerrilla action indulged in by radical young nationalists in the Basque region. Pro-ETA and belonging to the abertzale extreme left, they not long ago burnt five buses in the Loiu (Vizcaya), demanding the transfer of ETA prisoners to the Basque region and the release of those who are ill. The Basque separatist group still exists but announced a ceasefire three years ago and according to police in the Basque region, the latest kale borroka action lacks ‘social support.’ And their intelligence confirms that ETA is not planning a return to violence, they said. Even the Sortu separatist nationalist party condemned the busburnings. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
Ready for a change? Release the old you fish, is helping you to blend your intuition with your mind so that you can make the best choices for you. This is a great time to move forward with creative pursuits such as writing, music and art. If you don’t feel creatively inspired simply look at what you would like to create more of in your life. Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac so its influence is helping you to finally release all thoughts, beliefs and actions that no longer serve you. Around this time you may receive flashes of inspiration and insight, so take note and act on them! As we head towards the end of the month, the new moon, ruled by the sign of Libra on
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As September is the ninth month of the year, and Numerology works within nine year cycles, this indicates a time of ending and new beginnings. As the trees shed their leaves, nature is reminding you that this is a time of change, and that in fact life never stands still. So let go gracefully and acknowledge what needs to end in your life. In the traditional tarot deck the major arcana cards relating to the number nine are the Hermit and the Moon. Both of these cards are asking you to honour your own truth. Take time for yourself this month to get clear about what is important to you and what you need in your life. Free your
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U3A photo group seeks new exhibiting venue FOLLOWING the recent closure of La Taperia La Jarta in Torre del Mar, where the U3A Photography Group had been exhibiting their photos for just over a year, they are now faced with the challenge of trying to find a new home for their exhibition work. They would like to find a bar, restaurant, hotel, or other public space, where they can hang their pictures and offer them for sale. Ideally there would be a good footfall throughout the year. The group, which is part of the international University of the Third Age (U3A) organisation, exhibits a wide range of members’ photos, and changes them over once every six weeks, so as to keep the exhibition looking fresh and give visitors or customers to the host premises something new to look at on a regular basis. The members of the group are drawn from a wide geographical area in Axarquia, and each have their own skill, expertise and photographic interest, which means that the
HANGING PHOTOS: Ideal for adding interest to blank walls. exhibits are a general mix of shots. Commenting on their search, Group Leader, Adrian Wilkinson, said: “We are sure that there must be a number of restaurants or similar businesses who have got lots of blank walls that would be enhanced by a display of photographs for their customers to look at.” Just before the closure of La Jarta,
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Man jailed for torching former partner’s house MALAGA Provincial Court has sentenced a man to two years behind bars for setting his ex-partner’s house on fire in 2007. He was also ordered to pay the woman €6,000 for pain and suffering and €3,267 for property damage. The man arrived at his former partner’s residence in Torrox on January 1, 2007, sometime between 1am and 2.55am and set the living-room on fire after breaking its glass door with a hammer. The flames spread rapidly to the rest of the house, but no human lives were put at risk as the woman
and her family were not on the premises at the time. It appears the man decided to burn the house down and exact revenge on his expartner after she broke up with him. The court came to the conclusion that the man had only intended to cause damage to the the woman’s house, and that he had a personality disorder. However, the judge ruled that his disorder was not a mitigating circumstance since the defence did not prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the man was not aware of what he was doing at the time of the incident.
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Visit from the far side? A COUPLE from Cadiz out walking their dog in a nearby forest encountered something in the night-time sky that has caused some controversy. A two-minute video appears to show what could be a UFO buzzing around the night sky. Naturally those with a healthy dose of scepticism explain away the phenomenon as being tricks of light, drones and toy helicopters. The couple appear to be quite normal and dumbfounded by the experience; the wife suggests it was a satellite, only for her husband, Jose, to dismiss the idea. Perhaps the most compelling evidence of their eerie experience is the sound of their obviously distressed dog. In the age of smartphone technology and HD cameras, this is merely the latest video of unexplained flying objects to appear over Spain. None, however, has matched the perplexity of the Manises UFO
UFO: Numerous sightings over Spain have been recorded on video. case in 1979, when for the first time in history a commercial flight was forced to make an emergency landing because of a UFO. Flight JK-297 from Salzburg to Las Palmas was forced to take evasive measures to avoid a fast-moving object with red
lights, half a kilometre away. As the airplane landed, three new UFO signals were detected by local radar, each one with an estimated diameter of 200 metres. A Mirage F-1 was scrambled to identify the inexplicable phenomenon. The pilot had to
increase his speed to mach 1.4 to gain visual contact with what he saw as a cone-shaped object displaying bright colours. When the pilot closed in on the object, it responded by accelerating and took off again. The pilot in hot pursuit mysteriously had his avionics
scrambled. After a 90-minute pursuit, fearing fuel loss, the pilot was forced to return to base. Questions were asked about the incident in the Spanish Parliament; an official explanation dismissed the notion of UFO sightings, claiming the phenomenon was a freak optical illusion. The official Air Force report was classified until 1994. The avionic difficulties experienced by the fighter were not mentioned in the official Air Force report. The pilot denied suggestions that his equipment had been jammed by the US Navy sixth fleet stationed in the Mediterranean, claiming it was too far away and his instruments were only jammed when he attempted to track the UFO with an infrared homing missile. To see the video go to www.euroweeklynews.com and search ‘A visit from the far side’.
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Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 8 represents Y and 16 represents C, so fill in Y every time the figure 8 appears and C every time the figure 16 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.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 7 Astral, 8 Tomato, 10 Thinner, 11 Suede, 12 Snap, 13 Salem, 17 Regal, 18 Sale, 22 Orate, 23 Evasive, 24 Steven, 25 Severs. Down: 1 Lactose, 2 Ethical, 3 Faint, 4 Dossier, 5 Bagel, 6 Boxes, 9 Break a leg, 14 Revered, 15 Cabinet, 16 Release, 19 Noisy, 20 Dated, 21 Valet. QUICK Across: 1 Research, 5 Spot, 9 Again, 10 Deepest, 11 Old, 12 Happy, 13 Trade, 14 Sheds, 17 Slim, 19 Kept, 21 Steep, 24 Swift, 25 Reign, 27 Pea, 28 Imitate, 29 Ideal, 30 Full, 31 Stressed. Down: 1 Reaches, 2 Sharp, 3 Annoys, 4 Cuddle, 6 Prepare, 7 Title, 8 Debts, 15 Hat, 16 Due, 18 Initial, 20 Tangled, 21 Steam, 22 Expect, 23 Praise, 24 Stiff, 26 Ideas.
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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 To hunt (5) 3 Health (5) 5 Tronco (leño) (3) 7 Atrasos (financiero) (7) 9 Royal (4) 10 Parte (4) 14 Faint (medical) (7) 15 Brazo (de persona) (3) 16 Anchor (5) 17 To walk (5) Down 1 Heat (warmth) (5) 2 Leer (4) 3 Seguro (convencido) (4) 4 Two (3) 6 Hierba (5) 8 Spider (5) 11 To take (5) 12 Berry (4) 13 Mouth (of person, animal, bottle) (4) 14 Day (3)
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 (CEASES) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. ASSERT
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MORE than 65 million adults and 10 million children around the world suffer from obesity. It is no secret that morbid obesity is one of the leading causes of dangerous diseases, but what are some of the most common obesityrelated conditions? High blood pressure and obesity usually rank high on the list of life-threatening problems resulting from an excess of body fat. High blood pressure is the main
cause of death among people older than 25, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Data show that approximately 75 million people suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure. Weight gain is known to increase blood pressure and research has shown that obese patients usually display an increase in blood volume and arterial resistance. Obesity is one of the major factors in the development of insulin
resistance, which can result in Type 2 diabetes. Nearly 100 per cent of diabetes patients have Type 2 diabetes, says WHO. Obesity makes cells more resistant to the effects of insulin making it more likely for people to develop diabetes. Other dangerous diseases or conditions related to obesity include heart disease, high cholesterol levels, cancer, back pain, infertility, ulcers, skin infections and gallstones.
Plan your holiday to help your feel better NEXT time you choose your holiday destination, think about any health ailments you may have. Website tuMedico.es has developed a number of general recommendations. Hypertension If suffering from hypertension, a beach location is advisable, according to Joaquin Capdevila who helped create the site: “Blood pressure increases as you move away from sea level.” To avoid sudden drops or rises in blood pressure levels, Capdevila advises: “No physical exercise during the hottest hours of the day and the monitoring of exposure to the sun.”
HEALTH AILMENTS: Choose your holiday wisely. Allergies and asthmatics If you suffer from a lot of allergies or asthma, more mountainous locations are best as the presence of mites and pollutants in the atmosphere are lower and the pollination period is shorter. Eczema and
Psoriasis It is best not to spend too long in swimming pools as the chlorine in the water can act as a skin irritant and aggravate the eczema. For psoriasis sufferers, head to the beach as the salt water of the sea can actually help ease symptoms.
Struggle to sleep? Try eating rice EATING rice could help you sleep. A study of nearly 2,000 people found that the more rice participants ate, the better they rated their sleep quality. Researchers from the Kanazawa Medical University in Japan also tested and compared bread and noodles, but the same link was not found. Rice is a high glycaemic index (GI) food which increases levels of a protein used to make serotonin which is known to induce sleep.
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Spain on a plate: Almeria THE gastronomy in the province of Almeria, Andalucia, is, as well as their own original dishes, a mixture of influences from the Granada Alpujarra region and the Murcia kitchen. One of the most popular dishes which is also served as a tapa in the bars is Jibia en salsa (cuttlefish in sauce). The cuttlefish is usually either boiled or grilled lightly and the sauce is made with a strong saffron influence and the juices from the fish – simple but very tasty. It is usually garnished with vegetables which have been boiled in the sauce to make them tastier. Caballa con pimientos (mackerel with peppers) is another typical dish of the area and, as the name suggests, it consists of lightly grilled mackerel, just seasoned with salt, and roasted peppers with a very light yet full flavoured wine reduction sauce. Cazon en adobo (marinated
SAUSAGES IN WINE: One of the best tapas in Almeria. dogfish) is one of the region’s favourite tapas and is just simply dogfish which has been marinated in a mix of vinegar, saffron, oregano, paprika, salt and water. Just leave for a few hours then coat it with flour and deep fry. Serve with a lemon wedge or a little of the left over marinade. Salchichas al vino (sausages in
wine) is another tapas bar favourite. This is sausages fried in olive oil and when they are nearly done onions and other vegetables are thrown in to absorb the flavour of the meat juices coming off the sausages and topped off with a healthy dash of wine reduce and serve. Just remember to start off with good quality sausages.
Did you know? EVERYONE knows cutting onions makes them cry but do they know it is a chemical reaction that happens when the inside of an onion is exposed to oxygen? Do people who hate Brussels sprouts know that they have a genetic predisposition to hate them which is found in one in every five adults? Here are a few other food facts that are not commonly known. Cranberries could be used to play handball. Cranberries have also been called bounceberries as when they are ripe they bounce just like rubber balls.
Red sweets are dyed with crushed up red insects like the cochineal beetle. Scientists have found an apple, lemon juice, spinach, green tea, parsley and mint are among the best remedies to get rid of offensive garlic breath. The average ear of corn has an even number of rows - usually 16. Most Wasabi is not Wasabi but coloured horseradish. Apples, pears and plums all belong to the rose family. In Brazil one of the most popular pizza toppings is green peas.
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ROM being virtually unknown outside of Italy a few months ago, Matteo Renzi (pictured) has suddenly become an international political celebrity. The new star of Italian politics has seen a meteoric rise, which has astonished even the most cynical of political observers. Within the space of one year, Renzi, described as the ‘Rottamatore’ (the scrapper), has gone from being Mayor of Florence, to leader of the Partido Democratico (PD), where he was elected, to become the country’s youngest ever Prime Minister - unelected - in a web of intrigue worthy of the Florentine Medicis. And in last May’s European Elections Renzi’s PD party was one of the few ruling parties to win an overall majority with a turnout of more than 50 per cent leaving his rivals, the Movimento Cinque Stelle of Beppe Grillo and Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, far behind. He is currently presiding over the EU as Italy took over the running of the European Union under its rotating system of member states in June. Matteo Renzi first entered politics after obtaining a law degree at Florence University, joining the Democracy is Freedom Party, known as La Margherita (Daisy). After becoming President of the Province of Florence between 2004 and 2009, he came to prominence in 2009 when he was elected Mayor of Florence and became a leading member of the PD party, created in 2007 from an amalgam of Italy’s socialist parties. A charismatic personality It is hard not to compare the youthful, relaxed and often smiling Renzi with John F Kennedy, Bill Clinton and Barack
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Obama, whose charisma captured the youth of their nation and propelled them to the White House. While Mayor of Florence, Renzi cycled to work without bodyguards in contrast to Berlusconi who was almost hidden by his henchmen whenever he ventures out in public Since his arrival at the Chigi Palace in Rome, Renzi has established a loyal team dedicated to promoting his ideas, and himself, to a wide audience through a programme, which would have impressed Barack Obama’s campaign organisers. His personality and oratory talent have made him a darling of the media, which he exploits to the full. His first decision as Prime Minister was to keep his promise and offer ministerial positions to a significant number of female politicians. The Road to Rome In 2012, as part of his campaign to become PD Party Secretary, he engaged in a nationwide tour in a camper with his name and the word ‘ADESSO’ (NOW) blazoned all over it. Running an American style campaign with banners and flags bearing his name waved aloft, he addressed packed audiences in opera houses, meeting halls, theatres, conference centres and open-air venues repeating his message: “Change has
never been so close.” He under-stands and uses the power of social net-works and the internet through his blog, always signing off with the words, ‘un sorriso’ (a smile) and has raised funds through appealing for donations direct from the public. If few Italians had heard of Renzi prior to his tour, it made him a national figure and an icon for the country’s youth, disillusioned with the constant infighting, inaction and corruption in Italian politics where the old guard never changes. In October last year, Renzi organised ‘Leopolda 13’ the fourth in what has become an annual meeting for the PD at the Leopolda exhibition centre in Florence, in which more than 15,000 people participated. The converted railway station virtually became the PD headquarters for the three-day event. Political and union leaders were not the only speakers. Renzi invited students and workers to address the audience with their own personal views on bringing change to Italy, and there were round tables where people could participate in open discussions with political representatives. The meeting received national media attention and on the final day there was standing room only when Renzi closed
the event with a concluding speech lasting an hour. While the meeting was about the future, Italy’s past was not forgotten. In the main entrance, a Vespa 125 and an early Fiat 500 were a reminder of Italy’s creative heritage. With a clear mandate to lead Italy into a new era, he has fixed four main pillars: Italy, Europe, Jobs and Education. He intends to bring profound reforms to the Italian Parliament: modifying or abolishing the Senate, which he argues does the same job as the Parliament; reducing the number of provinces and local government; ending the privileges, high salaries, pensions and corruption in the public sector; improving education, culture and tourism, and simplifying the administration while making it more transparent. Renzi supports a united Europe. However, his proposal to grant nationality to asylum seekers without consultation with other member states may be met with a hostile reception from the extremist populist parties who were the other main victors of the Euro Elections. Whatever the future holds in Rome, the bike-riding Renzi has one thing on his side in a land where old politicians never seem to die. He is only 39 years old. (c)peter fieldman
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EAR by year, as I age towards 80, I realise that many of the villagers that reach 95 and even 100 in our valley, and worldwide, have eaten and drank herbs as infusions on a regular basis, including rose hips and olive leaves. Perhaps even more important, as coastal cities have grown and become hubs of pollution, has been the quality of air that one can still inhale in mountain valleys.
My calculations if you wish to check ONE litre of liquid oxygen weighs 1.14 kilos. One litre of liquid oxygen requires 861 litres of gaseous oxygen. If one walks slowly, gardens gently or calmly does housework, one inhales around 20 litres of air per minute which adds up to 28,800 litres a day. Air includes 21 per cent of oxygen so we breathe in some 6,048 litres of gaseous oxygen per day which is equal to 7.02 litres of liquid oxygen which would weigh eight kilos. When air is drawn into our lungs and then exhaled we absorb around 5 per cent of the oxygen into our blood stream. This weighs around 400 grammes a day.
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Air scented heavily with the evaporated oils of herbs like rosemary, lavender and thyme. And 20 per cent of that air is the vital oxygen that we take in via our lungs every second of our lives night and day. Indeed, although we rarely look at it this way, for many oxygen is a very major ingredient in our Mediterranean diets. Typically 300 to 400 grammes a day, and plants eat it too. In a polluted environment pollutants can create a strain on the lungs and the heart. Long term this can cause unwanted chronic deceases. In a garden environment where beneficial aromatic plants have been planted wisely the evaporated natural oils in the air can be of added benefit. Plants that create natural aromatherapy effects include aromatic herbs such as lavender, sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon verbena, perfumed roses, citrus trees, pine trees and eucalyptus. The figure of 400 grammes of oxygen a day is for a moderate level of physical activity. Heavy pruning and sawing during the winter cutback, the digging of planting holes, the preparing of the soil for the planting of vegetables, the digging planting holes for trees or a strenuous walk in the mountains with
HEALTHY: Mountain living is good for you. major climbs can significantly increase one’s ingestion of oxygen to half a kilo or more a day. Even on a balanced diet, with 50 per cent or more of ecologically grown and processed fruits and vegetables of
raw live energy, the proportion of oxygen in the diet is significant. I suspect that this is something that most of us rarely think about whether enthusiastic or reluctant gardeners. So do preserve and improve the quality of
the air in your gardens not just with plants but also by minimising spraying with insecticides and fungicides and when you have to use them use only ecological ones. Bottles of neem oil, propolis in alcohol, garlic and eco potassium
soap or washing up liquid will deal with almost all problems except for the weevils attacking palm trees and agaves.
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Challenge me! British home owner in Spain finds pet friendly family By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch OCCASIONALLY I am approached with some interesting demands “We have several pets dogs, cats, hens - all rescued strays that need a watchful eye while we’re on holiday. Please find a sitter.” Well, I like a challenge! How can I do this you ask? Easy. I run a friendly network called HouseSitMatch.com that recruits from pools of pet professionals, experienced sitters, and collaborative home and pet owners who are happy to network. We meet online, we register, present our situation in a Profile and don’t actually connect until we learn about
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HERE David gives some more advice on agility training for dogs. THE first contact obstacle will be the Scale or ‘A’ Frame and is best for the beginner dog, although many handlers will not believe this when they see the height is two metres. It is wide and a lot more formidable than a dog walk plank, which is also excellent for training beginner dogs. There will also be low jumps and a tunnel which dogs seem to love. Control training is needed to get from one obstacle to another and as the young dogs progress we start to teach different commands to turn the
AGILITY TRAINING: Obstacles are excellent for beginner dogs. dog to the left and right. A very important exercise for any dog is the ‘down’ and the wait. Another important exercise is the ‘send away’ to send the dog ahead of the handler. An easy way to teach the dog the send away is to hold your dog and get someone to put his food on one side of the room, then send the dog to his food from increasing distances away.
You and your dog can have fun with agility if it is timed correctly and provided you and your dog are ready to progress. In my opinion it is important to remember that a dog that is happy and enjoying himself, is much more likely to try hard to please his owner, than one who is afraid he is going to get told off for a mistake. For your local radio frequency log onto www.talkradioeurope.com
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UIS and CJ Munoz are the husband and wife team who represent the international Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH) in Spain. A few weeks ago they received an email from a colleague in South Africa bearing the mysterious heading, “Over to you.” CJ speaking exclusively to Euro News Weekly, unravels a tale of unbearable cruelty, kindness, cuteness and hope. “We received an email from CACH colleague Linda Park, in South Africa pointing us to the Facebook page ‘Volunteers in Africa Beware’ that had a compelling story. It all started when a photograph of four young men on holiday at the Terra Mítica adventure park in Benidorm was posted on the social media site,” CJ reported. The photograph that provoked the ire of the internet showed the four smiling lads holding a small, obviously stressed lion cub. The owner, a Spanish woman, was using not just one, but two lion cubs to lure tourists into having a photograph taken and then charging them €10 per photograph. Comments on social media poured in, denigrating the owner for her treatment of the cubs, particularly the accusation that she deliberately kept them small by keeping them on a diet of milk. Her rationale being the smaller, the cuter, the more tourist snaps. A fair bit of detective work later CJ and Luis had identified the park the photo had been taken in and from there a road trip from their Madrid home to Benidorm was undertaken. Luis says, “We contacted Guardia Civil Seprona, (the Spanish Special Police Service for the protection of Nature), and they quickly responded. They found the owner who had some papers indicating that she had purchased the cubs from a circus in France, but as she had no birth certificates for the cubs proving they were born in captivity, Seprona impounded the cubs.” The owner was told the cubs would be returned to her if she could produce the rest of the papers required. Oddly enough,
NEW HOME: The cubs will be transported to South Africa. RESCUED: The cubs received expert medical care. she gave up her rights of ownership before the case came to court and Seprona placed the cubs in the care of the Raul Merida Sanctuary in Alicante. After a bout of bureaucratic juggling, CJ and Luis were rewarded with a remarkable stroke of luck. They were awarded custody of the cubs and allowed to take them back to Madrid for medical treatment and their long path back to rehabilitation. In Madrid they were fortunate to be introduced to the highly experienced wildlife veterinarian Doctor Debra McCauley, who set about diagnosing the cubs’ ailments and providing expert medical care.
Desperate to find a permanent home for the cubs in Europe, CJ and Luis approached various organisations for help. Unfortunately there are more lions and tigers waiting to be rescued than places in Europe able to take them. So the search widened worldwide. Eventually discussions with the famous ‘Lion whisperer,’ Kevin Richardson took place and so enamoured was he with the cubs that Kevin offered them a permanent home at his 1,300 hectare lion sanctuary in Dinokeng, South Africa. As Euro Weekly News pet owners will be aware, the trials and tribulations involved in getting the correct paperwork and transportation for domestic
pets from the UK to Spain is fraught with difficulties, imagine for a moment the complexity and costs of transporting two young lion cubs from Madrid to Johannesburg. Vaccinations, clearances, permits for both export and import, import and transport permits for South Africa, veterinary certificates and so on. Then there are the logistics. Nobody flies direct from Spain to South Africa since the crises and the cubs will have to be flown from one of Europe’s northern hubs, London, Frankfurt or Amsterdam, although Luis is investigating possible direct flights from Cairo, Egypt. Most importantly the cubs
who are reckoned to be only three-and-a-half-months old need to be transported in a smooth and stress-free environment. The rescue of the cubs has been done on a voluntary basis by CJ and Luis at considerable personal expense. Naturally more money will be required to cover the remaining medical treatment, care, feeding and of course transportation. A fundraising page has been set up to contribute towards the costs, already roughly €5,000 has been raised, nearly half way to the €12,000 target. As CJ and Luis’s colleague in South Africa said, “Over to You.”
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Range Rover Sport SVR is unveiled in Moscow LAND ROVER unveiled its eagerly anticipated Range Rover Sport SVR to global media at the prestigious Moscow International Auto Show (MIAS). The first Land Rover to wear the new highperformance SVR badge, the Range Rover Sport SVR has been created by Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations. The SVR is built on the success of the new Range Rover Sport with its all-aluminium monocoque, retaining the comfort, refinement and all-terrain versatility for which the Range Rover family is globally renowned. The Range Rover Sport SVR is the fastest and the most powerful Land Rover ever. In initial tests, Land Rover’s most dynamic SUV has lapped
NEW ERA: Paving the way for future models.
World premiere of Volvo XC90 SPORT SVR: First to wear the new badge. Germany’s legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife racetrack in just eight minutes 14 seconds, one of the fastest times ever recorded by a standard production SUV. The SVR’s rangetopping 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine
has been developed to produce 550PS and 680Nm and is capable of accelerating from 0-100km/h in a breathtaking 4.7 seconds and on to an electronically limited top speed of 260km/h. An advanced ZF 8HP70 eight-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel-drive chassis have been optimised to complement the astonishing performance, whatever the weather. The Russian debut of the Discovery Vision concept gives the vision of a future Discovery family and showcases a whole range of technological innovations by Jaguar Land Rover engineers. Next generation HMI assists with a wide selection of infotainment options that do not distract the driver from the road. Pioneering ‘Transparent Bonnet’ technology, laser referencing and
laser scanning will help the driver to overcome even the harshest challenges, on and off road. The first member of the new family, inspired by Discovery Vision Concept, will be revealed on September 3. The Moscow audience will also see the Jaguar C-X17 concept, the first sports crossover by Jaguar which debuted in Frankfurt in 2013. Jaguar C-X17 combines the character and driving experience of a sports car with increased presence, style and flexibility. The C-X17 has been created as a design study to introduce Jaguar’s allnew advanced aluminum monocoque architecture, on which an exciting range of future Jaguars will be built. The first model of the new range will be the Jaguar XE compact sports saloon. Rollout of this model will begin in 2015.
MONTHS of speculation ended after Volvo Cars unveiled its all-new Volvo XC90. The manufacturer says it has delivered on a promise to introduce a visually striking, premium quality seven-seat SUV with world leading safety features, new powertrain technologies, an unrivalled combination of power and fuel efficiency and a superlative interior finish. Three years in the making and part of an €8.34 billion investment programme, the new XC90 marks the beginning of a new chapter in Volvo’s history, capturing its future design direction, incorporating its own range of new technologies and utilising its new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) technology. “This is one of the most important days in our history. We are not just launching a car, but relaunching our brand. This day marks a new era. The XC90 paves the way for a portfolio of exciting new cars to come in the future,” said Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Car Group.
The car will be the first from Volvo to carry the company’s new more prominent iron mark, which has the iconic arrow aligned with the diagonal slash across the grille. Together with the Tshaped Thor’s Hammer DRL lights, the iron mark introduces an entirely new, distinctive and confident face for Volvo’s forthcoming generation of cars. The XC90’s larger bonnet with its new topography, the beltline and the sharpened shoulders connecting with the tattoo-like, new rear lights are other important design signatures that will be mirrored across the range. To add more visual muscle from the sides, the XC90 comes with a range of wheel sizes up to 22 inches. “The overall impression, both exterior and interior, has a strong connection to the key elements of the Swedish lifestyle: the generous space, the celebration of light and the focus on wellbeing,” said Thomas Ingenlath, Senior Vice President Design of Volvo Car Group.
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England cricketers hit for six and Federer chasing six From Back Page having been dumped out of the League Cup 4-0 by MK Dons a few days earlier. Championship leaders Nottingham Forest won 1-0 at Sheffield Wednesday, Wigan whipped hapless Birmingham 4-0 and Watford beat Huddersfield 4-2. In Leagues One and Two there were wins for leaders Peterborough (3-1 at Colchester) and Burton Albion (2-1 at Mansfield) respectively, while SPL leaders Inverness CT beat Kilmarnock 2-0. Here in Spain, Real Madrid threw away an 11minute two-goal lead to lose 4-2 at Real Sociedad while Barcelona defeated Villarreal 1-0. INTERNATIONALS Last night, England (captained by Wayne
Rooney) played Norway in a friendly at Wembley and Germany met Argentina; tonight it’s France-Spain and Italy-Holland and on Saturday Brazil meet Colombia. Hungary play Northern Ireland in a European qualifier on Sunday and this weekend there are several FA Cup qualifying ties. CRICKET - England started this week two-nil down in the five ODI series with India, having lost both the second and third games quite comprehensively. The fourth game took place on Tuesday while the fifth and final encounter is on Friday. Alastair Cook’s team need to get it sorted as the World Cup is coming up soon in Australia/New Zealand. TRIATHLON - American Gwen Jorgensen won the
World Series Grand Triathlon final; England’s Jodie Stimpson was fourth. The Brownlee brothers, Jonny and Alistair, finished first and second respectively in the Stockholm stage of the ITU World Series and GB triathlete Ben Dijkstra (aged 15) won two gold medals in the Youth Olympics in China. DIARY OF EVENTS This weekend sees the
finals of the men’s and women’s singles at the US Open tennis championship at Flushing Meadows where Roger Federer is going for his sixth Grand Slam title on American soil. We have the Italian F1 Grand Prix from Monza on Sunday where Lewis Hamilton will be aiming to close the gap on Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg (it was Vettel, Alonso, Webber, 1-2-3 last year).
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GOALS GALORE - There were 32 goals scored in the Premiership last weekend, nine on Merseyside where Chelsea whipped Everton 6-3 as Jose Mourinho’s
men became the first team since Arsenal in August 2009 to score half-a-dozen goals at Goodison Park. Neil Warnock, back in charge at Selhurst Park, saw his Crystal Palace side draw 3-3 at Newcastle... Swansea went top of the table, albeit briefly after beating WBA 3-0... That scoreline was matched by Mario Balotelli’s Liverpool at Tottenham... Stoke City won 1-0 at champions Manchester City... and Aston Villa, QPR and Southampton all recorded victories while Leicester v Arsenal and Burnley v Manchester United drew - United Turn to Page 47
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Marc Marquez Spain’s ‘MM’ - the ‘Motorcyle Machine’ Marc Marquez - got back to his winning ways last Sunday with his 11th victory of the year (in 12 races) in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Jorge Lorenzo was second and Valentino Rossi third. ‘MM’ leads fellow countryman Dani Pedrosa by 288 points to 199 in the rider’s championship. TO READ MORE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
GINS go Swedish and aggregate hotting up GINS played a played a Swedish Medal at Añoreta, giving players the chance to play a medal game without losing too many balls or racking up double figures on their score card. Winning the men’s competition was Joe Dines who scored a net 70, with Peter Hobbs (73) second. For the ladies, Lyn
McAllister (79) was first with Diana Elliott (84) second. The Aggregate Scores competition is hotting up now; with one month to go Joe Dines is the leader for the men with 30 points, second is Dan McAllister with 25 points and close behind with 20 points is Brian Lynch.
For the ladies, Lyn McAllister is running away with it, a fantastic lead over the field of 20 points, she has 46 points. Second is Anne Jones with 26 points and third, Diana Elliott on 22 points. At Baviera, GINS played a Bonus Ball competition. The winning team was that of Derek Sibson, Steff Elsey, Kate Fairbrother and John Conlan (155 points) In second were Pepe Gil, Gill Sibson, Jon Rose and Roger Davey (Wild Card) (148). In third place were Robert Durston, Marney Dick, Mike Else and Ian Fairbrother, with 146 points.