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€28.9 MILLION INVESTMENT
THE Provincial Council has announced this week that it will be investing €28.9 mil‐ lion within towns in the Malaga Province. According to reports, the province’s small municipali‐ ties will receive the funding, which can be used for any programmes that the councils have planned. Meanwhile, the municipalities will also re‐ ceive a further €6.4 million to be used for other invest‐ ments sanctioned by the Provincial Council. The Provincial Council said it will approve the plan in a council session, which is “the most important after the budget,” according to the deputy responsible, Francisco Oblare. The plan has the support of the political parties Partido Popular (PP), Ciudadanos and of independent Juan Cassa.
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: Will approve the plan in a council session.
Oblare explained each town will receive a minimum of €278,000, with the amount
based on population size and with a maximum of €600,000 handed to the most populat‐
ed municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, in‐ cluding Alora, Torrox, Manilva
Lost Fishermen found
OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil found the four lost Moroccan fishermen in a boat off Nerja. The maritime branch of the Guardia Civil have reportedly located and rescued the crew of a Moroccan fishing boat which had become lost and drifted for four days. The group were rescued in the early hours of Saturday March 13 around two-and-ahalf miles off the coast of Nerja, before being guided back to Motril in their own boat. According to the crew, they had been hired to pick up an old fishing boat in the Moroccan port of Nador and sail it to Tangiers. They set off earlier in March but became lost without navigational equipment or any means of communication.
NERJA: The boat was found 2.5 miles from the coast.
The boat was reportedly in a bad condition and was being brought to Tangiers to be
restored by its new owner, who called the authorities when the crew did not arrive.
After the crew had docked in Motril Port they received food.
and Archidona. The Council also plans to grant funding to towns with
between 20,000 and 25,000 inhabitants, including Coin, Alhaurin el Grande, Cartama and Nerja. Meanwhile, the €6.4 mil‐ lion funding to be used for programmes sanctioned by the Provincial Council will be made up of €5.7 million from the Provincial Council and the rest contributed by the mu‐ nicipalities. Of the €5.7 million, €3.5 million will go towards invest‐ ment in a series of improve‐ ments, including in schools and tourism, while a further €2.2 million is expected to go towards spending and ser‐ vices programmes. The news comes after the head of Costa del Sol Tourism, Francisco Salado, demanded Spain’s central government give the same amount of tourism funding to Malaga as to the Costa del Sol.
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Tourist destination Prison fight
THE Party Popular will propose that the council start preparing a motion to the regional govern‐ ment to have Velez‐Malaga de‐ clared a Tourist Municipality of Andalucia at next week’s ple‐ nary session. PP spokesman, Luis Garcia, stressed this would ensure ade‐ quate provision of essential ser‐ vices as a result of tourist activi‐ ty. “It is evident that tourism generates wealth and employ‐ ment. Municipalities increase their income by increasing the collection of municipal taxes, but not everything is beneficial and tourist municipalities face the problem of having to ensure the
LUIS GARCIA: Wants to provide essential services. provision of essential services to this floating population.” Garcia added that the fact this
Nerja Demanding €479,000 for Fire Station COUNCILLORS in Nerja have demanded the Junta pays €479,000 for a fire station. The proposal, presented by the Mayor’s Office, the De‐ partment of Security and Transportation, the Depart‐ ment of Economy and Finance and the spokesperson for the Partido Popular (PP) was approved, with politicians saying the money owed for building Nerja’s station should be paid. The council said the Junta had refused to help pay for the fire station. It said: “As a consequence of the lack of generosity shown by the Junta de Andalucia governed by Susana Díaz, demonstrating that it does not have the political will to build the Nerja Fire Station, the council and the Provincial Council signed an agreement in 2014 anticipat‐ ing the necessary financing that allowed it to be built.” It added it wanted the parliament, “to pay the people of Nerja… the contribution we have made to finance and execute a project that It was not our responsibility to do.”
increase in population occurs on very specific dates generates problems when organising and planning municipal services, “so that municipalities are forced to implement services (cleaning, garbage collection, public trans‐ port, road safety, surveillance of coasts and beaches, etc) at irreg‐ ular times and on a greater scale than normal. As such, being declared a tourist municipality guarantees “a figure that allows us to offer and promote quality in terms of services to the tourist popula‐ tion.”
AN inmate has died after fight at a prison in Malaga. The victim was transferred by helicopter to the Regional Hospital of Malaga in ‘a very serious condition’ after receiving numerous blows to the body and a severe head injury. The Penitentiary Institution has opened an investigation after the fight on Friday, March 12, at Archidona prison in which the 39-yearold inmate ‘took a brutal beating from another prisoner,’ reports Ca dena SER. According to the Professional Association of Prison Officials, several wardens had managed to revive the victim, but he died in hospital the following morning. The fight broke out in a ‘closed regime’ section of the prison where prisoners classed as ‘dangerous’ are held. No further details have been released as an investigation is underway, but sources confirmed ‘several wardens’ had to intervene to try to separate the two inmates, in which one suffered ‘fatal injuries.’
Scholarships for Music and Dance ALMUÑECAR Council has given 11 students scholarships to the Municipal School of Music and Dance. According to councillor for Culture and Education, Alberto Garcia Gilabert, the council has approved plans to grant 11 scholarships to the Municipal School of Music and Dance in Almuñecar, for a total amount of €2,800. He said that these scholarships that have been granted were given based on a scoring basis and explained that the council’s budget for scholarships was €5,000. Councillor Garcia Gilabert said the scholarships awarded, which cover two groups of €350 and €175, represented all the applications received and will be used, “to promote and disseminate the study of music as a way to contribute to the development of this cultural activity that has important roots in the municipality.” He added: “Therefore, there is nothing better than doing it while supporting our future musicians.”
Supporting Military Careers POLITICIANS from Motril Council have met to discuss their support for military careers. The mayor of Motril, Luisa Maria Garcia Chamorro, received the Subdelegate for Defence in Granada, Fed‐ erico Gonzalez Vigo, sharing the concerns of many young people about joining the army. Motril Council said: “Access to a military career, to the army, is an aspiration of thousands of young people throughout the country and many from Motril who are applying for the two annual calls for soldiers and sailors from the Ministry of Defence. Mayor Garcia Chamorro spoke of “the commitment of the town, which has a strong link with the Armed Forces, as demonstrated by the long historical involvement of Motril with the Air Force.”
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Multinational exhibition THROUGHOUT April, the spa‐ cious exhibition area at the Bio Beach Club restaurant in El Morche will be filled with a wonderfully diverse range of works by members of Aneda art group. The Nerja‐based group con‐ sists of artists of different nation‐ alities who usually showcase their art every month. Aneda ‐ Asociación Nerjaña de Arte ‐ has 25 enthusiastic members, and it is based in Calle Granada in Nerja. Group chairperson Laura Viqueira, said: “We organise exhibitions, classes and work‐ shops, and also have an art class for children. Our aim is to promote art in the Axarquia area.” Last year, Aneda organised an exhibition of works created by members during lockdown. Fittingly titled ‘Arte en el Con‐ finamiento’ (Art in Confinement) the exhibition was “very impres‐ sive” said Laura “because the artworks were all so different and made in such a troubling time.” These and other works were exhibited in October in the Sala Municipal in Nerja. You can visit the next group exhibition from April 1 to 29 from 9am to 9.30pm every day except Tuesdays. To find out more about the exhibition in El Morche or about Aneda and its activities, call Lau‐ ra on 677 637 997. New members are always welcome, and English and French are spoken.
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NIBS EXTRA Tech upgrade RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council plans to supply both the Civil Protection Service and the Volunteers’ Association with a pioneering communications system that will be integrated into the new Local Coordination Centre “which will improve the daily work they have been carrying out, providing information, prevention and help to citizens.”
Intense art THE exhibition hall in Nerja will host the works of local artist Álvaro Manén who was born in Velez-Malaga in 1979, and specialises in creating pieces using different plastic and material techniques, “awakening beautiful and intense emotions through his works,” from April 3 to 14.
Easter Week A ROUTE made up of various dioramas - religious and cultural scenes - where visitors can find different scenes of ‘the passion of Christ’ has been put together by Velez-Malaga Council around the municipality to mark Easter Week which will remain in place until April 4.
Green light VELEZ-MALAGA, which has the highest population in Axarquia, has asked the Junta de Andalucia to modify the decree for the declaration of tourist municipalities and to comply with the €305,686 educational investment planned for the CEIP José Luis Villar Palasí to fix the roof and carry out other repairs.
Road network THE Diputacion de Malaga will allocate €20.6 million this year to the improvement and modernisation of the road network in Axarquia, double the amount usually earmarked for roads in the province, of which Benamargosa and Cutar, Rincon de la Victoria and Benagalbon are expected to receive a large chunk.
Water supply SOME €70,000 is to be injected into the water supply system at Nerja's Condal Urbanisation, to cover the cost of hydraulic works and the replacement of 300 metres of pipes in Calles Coral and Condal. The council aims to ‘provide residents with the quality standard of water supply enjoyed elsewhere.’
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New officers welcomed N E R JA Council has announced two new police officers have joined the Local Police. According to Nerja Council, the two new Local Police officers have already begun their training after being taken on as interns. The council said the recruits started “after the completion of the selection process for internal promotion.” It added: “The officers must now pass the training course at the Linares Public Safety School (ESPLI), lasting
LOCAL POLICE: Have welcomed new recruits. two months, to proceed with their final appointment.”
Councillor for Security and Transportation, Francisco
Arce, said the officers had been taken on following a recruitment process looking at their final qualifications. He welcomed the new recruits, “since with these two new additions, there will be five officers who will be part of the Nerja Local Police staff, which will result in a better service and greater security for our residents.” He added: “We continue in this way with the municipal government’s commitment to improving our Local Police staff.”
Complaints Over Lack of Pay POLICE officers in Motril are complaining they have not been paid for their work in Torrenueva. The workers’ union for the police, SIPLG, has said Motril’s municipal police officers have not been paid for their work in Torrenueva. Currently Motril provides policing for
How to apply for Tourism Certificate NERJA Council has told compa‐ nies to apply for a tourism quality certificate in an effort to improve tourism. The council is telling business‐ es to apply for the Certificate of Comprehensive System of Span‐ ish Tourism Quality in SICTED Destinations. The Tourism Office will advise companies from Nerja in the tourism sector to obtain the Cer‐ tificate of Comprehensive System of Spanish Tourism Quality in SICTED Destinations, granted by the Secretary of State for Tourism, with the support of the Spanish Federation of Municipali‐ ties and Provinces FEMP. The news was announced by the councillor for Tourism, Gema Garcia, who said: “The council is going to offer advice so that more local companies linked to this important sector of our economy benefit from this free badge that recognises effort in the continuous improvement of the services offered to our visi‐ tors.”
the newly independent municipality of Torrenueva as it cannot afford the ex‐ pense of setting up a police station, pro‐ viding staff and patrol vehicles, and the other expenses of maintaining a munici‐ pal police station. The arrangement has been in place for two years, ever since Torrenueva Costa
became separate from Motril, however Torrenueva hopes to be able to eventu‐ ally provide its own police service. According to SIPLG, however, while Torrenueva pays Motril for policing the money has not been paid to the officers who have patrolled the town in the last four months.
Day Centre Funding ALMUÑECAR Council has asked for funding to create a day centre. The mayor of Almuñecar, Trinidad Herrera, said she would like funding for a day centre after she met with a visiting politician. Meeting with new Andalucian delegate Manuel Montalvo on his first visit to Almuñecar after he took office, Mayor Trinidad Herrera was joined by deputy mayor, Beatriz Gonzalez and the councillors for Services and Tourism, Maria del Carmen Reinoso and Daniel Bar‐ bero. Mayor Herrera told the politicians she would like to create a day centre in Almuñecar. Montalvo said: “This visit serves to find out the needs and have a real idea of issues such as dependency, to improve them with a possible residence or day centre, and I will also visit the Active Participation Centre to assess possible improvements for the future. It is a centre that has more than ,3000 members.”
Canine Rescue Unit at Fire Station
€70,000 Investment to Improve Water Supply
ALMUÑECAR’S fire station has an‐ nounced its new Canine Rescue Unit. The council said the Canine Rescue Unit was created to help in the search for miss‐ ing people after receiving two new dogs. Councillor for Security Francisco Robles Rivas said Almuñecar has reached agree‐ ment with the owners of the two dogs “to be transferred by their owners, David Cabrera Jimenez and Jose Antonio Cabrera Alaminos… to the Canine Rescue Unit.” Head of the Almuñecar firefighters Jose Luis Varela said: “The two dogs have been trained to search for people.” He added: “The agreement reached by the council and the owners of the dogs is very important since it makes the canine unit at the Almuñecar Fire Station official.
NERJA Council has announced it will invest €70,000 in improving the water supply in Con‐ dal. The mayor of Nerja, Jose Alberto Armijo, an‐ nounced the plans to invest €70,000 in improving Condal’s water supply following a vote. Mayor Alberto Armijo, who is head of the In‐ frastructure Service, said that the council will car‐ ry out improvement works on Calles Coral and Condal, replacing more than 300 metres of pipes from the supply network. He said: “The projects, drawn up by the munici‐ pal technical engineer, Alberto Extremera, will see the renovation of the water distribution networks of the homes belonging to phases 1 and 2 of the Condal Urbanisation (Calles Coral and Condal), and have a budget total of €70,000, which will be financed with the council’s own resources.”
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Yelmo Cinemas Reopen THE Yelmo cinema chain has announced they will be reopening their cinemas again throughout Spain, start‐ ing today Thursday March 18, and in the province of Málaga from tomorrow, Friday March 19, to coincide with Father’s Day, after being closed for some months due to the coro‐ navirus restrictions. Yelmo’s cinema com‐ plexes in Plaza Mayor, Vialia, and Rincón de la Victoria will once again offer their screenings with the security mea‐ sures that are already in place, a situation the same as mid‐June of last year, and will also adapt to any new mea‐ sures that might be brought in by the health authorities.
Motril Offers New Training Programmes MOTRIL Council has an‐ nounced it will begin sev‐ en new training pro‐ grammes to help improve employment. Councillor Maria Ange‐ les Escamez said the training would “provide unemployed people in Motril with a prepara‐ tion, in some cases, pro‐ viding them with a Certifi‐ cate of Professionalism that enables them to work in the correspond‐ ing trades and improve the employability of the participants.” She added the training “is open to all for guid‐ ance, training of unem‐ ployed people, which is more necessary in these days when the pandemic has accentuated the vul‐ nerability of many people to access employment.” The courses will in‐ clude ‘Sales Activities’ with a duration of 625 hours and ‘Basic Restau‐ rant and Bar Operations.’
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Spanish French dual nationality SEPE website back online SPANISH President, Pedro Sanchez, and the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, have signed an agreement that will allow dual citizenship.
Thanks to the agreement which was signed during the Spanish-French summit on Monday, March 15, in Montauban, France, Spanish citizens who want to obtain French na-
Gas Bottles Increase THE price of a 12.5kg butane gas bottle increased by 4.96 per cent on Tuesday March 16, making the price €13.96 per bottle, the third consecutive price rise, the highest the price has been since January 2019. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demo‐ graphic Challenge claims that the regular bi‐monthly price re‐ view that is conducted, bases the bottle prices on the interna‐ tional price of the raw materials of propane and butane involved, which saw a 17.02 per cent increase, as well as the in‐ creased cost of freight and the fluctuation in the money mar‐ kets of the Euro against the US dollar. This week’s price rise comes on top of similar rises of just un‐ der 5 per cent each time in November and January, after the months previous to November had shown a decrease in price, when the government had made the decision to suspend the bi‐monthly reviews during the height of the pandemic.
tionality would not first have to renounce their own as had happened until now. According to the calculations of the Spanish President, this could benefit more than 350,000 Spaniards in France and some 160,000 French citizens in Spain. This is Spain’s first dual nationality agreement in Europe, although there were already several in place with countries in the Ibero-American space, that is, those who have Spanish or Portuguese as one of their official languages. There are currently dual nationality agreements in place with Portugal, Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea and 12 American countries: Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Argentina and Colombia.
THE State Public Employment Service (SEPE) website is once again giving users appointments and the pre-application service for individual benefits is also up and running. Services on the website were partially restored on Monday, March 15, following a cyber attack on Tuesday March 9 that
left the agency’s online services down for a week. Experts from the National Cryptological Centre, the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) and the General Secretariat for Digital Administration have worked tirelessly to get the services running as normal as soon as possible with the maximum
Not fare! PEDRO BRITOS, head of the Vice Ministry of Transport, confirmed on Monday March 15, that at least 15 public transport companies have been denounced and sanctioned after slashing the frequency of their buses. Hundreds of passengers have reportedly taken to social media over the last few days to air their anger at having to use ‘overcrowd‐ ed public transport’ because of the cuts. Britos told Monumental 1080 AM a series of meetings are to be held with transportation companies to “correct the problem and strengthen the areas where the regulated ones occur to avoid crowds.” “We are going to take actions so that no worker lacks the service to get to work and then home. We cannot deny the situation, we have 15 companies sanctioned for not complying with the frequen‐ cy,” he said. Britos added that “there are transport companies that have declared bankruptcy and that they are working on quick solu‐ tions to cover the itineraries.” The minister also told the radio station that the government is “finishing some adjustments’ to plans for the Armed Forces to step in “to transport citizens” and reinforced night timetables in light of new restrictions. He warned that all companies at fault have been sanctioned and “sanctions will continue for those that do not comply with the service.”
safety conditions, according to the Ministry of Employment. Other functions on the web are still not available, but the service to get an appointment in an unemployment office is available and so is the first step to apply for benefits. The other functions should be restored gradually as experts work as quickly as possible. Deadlines for requesting benefits have been extended. The Director General of SEPE, Gerardo Gutierrez, said the security problem had been contained. He ruled out that the agency’s computer applications or confidential data had been affected. The situation, he said “will not affect the rights of applicants for benefits, since the deadlines will be extended by as many days as the applications are out of service.”
Nasal Spray withdrawn THE Taffix nasal spray, which claimed to stop any type of virus getting through the nasal cavities, has been withdrawn by the Spanish Agency of Medicines due to the doubts from the clients and scientists. An investigation is being carried out at the European level into the spray, leading Spanish health authorities to remove it from sale. The spray had promised protection from contracting viruses, however Spanish health experts say its effectiveness had not been scientifically proven after carrying out various studies. The news comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced countries should carry on giving the AstraZeneca vaccine following concerns over side effects.
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Royal Mail Sunday Delivery ROYAL MAIL has announced it is beginning a Sunday par‐ cel delivery service to help
Sculpture Awards
A COMPETITION to create a sculpture award that not only reflects the commitment and efforts shown throughout Andalucia in the area of conservation, but also reflects the spirit of the PAMA for the Andalucian Environment Awards has been announced. People in Andalucia continue to work hard to prevent climate change and protect the environment and these awards aim to recognise that. The awards also hope to inspire companies, organisations and scientists throughout Andalucia to actively partake in the Andalucian Green Revolution and join in with the fight against climate change. The awards hope to encourage individuals to join in too, as no contribution to the environment is too small. The competition deadline is 2pm on April 8.
major retailers tap into the online shopping boom. The company said it hoped to ‘usher in a new era’ of trust‐ ed, seven‐day‐a‐week deliv‐ eries when the scheme be‐ gins next month. The postal service, which said this week that revenues had soared in the past year, has delivered a total of 496 million parcels in the last three months of 2020 ‐ an all‐time high. Customers are now used to Sunday deliveries, which
are part and parcel of ser‐ vices offered by online retail‐ ers such as global giant Ama‐ zon. Royal Mail will start off with a number of as‐yet‐un‐ named major retailers before expanding over the year. A new parcel hub, with the capacity to process a million parcels a day, is being built by the Royal Mail in Daven‐ try, Northamptonshire ‐ it is the second ‐ and largest ‐ parcel hub constructed to date.
Spaniards Stay At Home THE number of young Spanish remaining in the family home instead of moving into their own place has increased consider‐ ably since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Youth in Spain 2020 Report conducted by the Institute of Youth (Injuve). This is hardly surprising, since the study also found that a large portion of Spaniards aged between 15 and 29 are also more worried about their job prospects and financial future than ever before.
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Prison for using spy-cam A spy device was installed.
A CUBAN resident of Palma, aged 32, is facing two and a half years in prison for using a spy camera in the home of his sister and brother-in-law. According to the public prosecutor, he could hear and see what was happening in the apartment despite no
Suspension of AstraZeneca Vaccines SPAIN’S Ministry of Health has announced the suspension of all AstraZeneca vaccines as of Monday, March 15. Although some 814,278 doses of the jab have been used in Spain without incidence, the Health Minister convened an emergency meeting to halt the administration of any more of the vaccines for a minimum of 15 days. The decision to temporarily ban all use of the jab comes after several other European countries halted their inoculations over fears of potentially lethal blood clots. Having previously declared the vaccine safe, Spain’s Health Minister, Carolina Darias, convened the meeting at which it was agreed that Spain would no longer administer the AstraZeneca vaccine until a thorough investigation into side-effects has taken place. This is in spite of the fact that the European Medicines Agency has insisted that “the benefit-risk is still considered positive” and that “we do not see any problem in continuing the vaccination campaign with AstraZeneca.”
longer living there. He denied having made any profit from the recording, and said that the device did not record any audio or video, just a motion sensor to warn him if anyone approached his room, where he kept valuable items. He explained that he didn’t trust his sister’s partner, suspecting abuse as well as fearing for his belongings. He had been forced to leave the home because they couldn’t get along and they knew the camera was there. Meanwhile, his brother-inlaw said that the accused knew what he and his partner were talking about and says that the details he gave the police could only be known if he listened to their conversations. The defendant denied this and explained that his sister had told him about the abuse. If found guilty, he could also face a fine of €5,400 for a crime against privacy. His sister, who reported him, refused to testify in court.
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Made in Spain
VACCINE: Important for manufacturing industry. ACCORDING to reports, Spain could begin manufacturing the Sputnik V vaccine. Spain’s Ministry of Health said the country is one of the candidates to manufacture the Russian vaccine. According to reports, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) is in talks with several companies with facilities that have the capacity to produce them. Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF, which markets the vaccine around the world, said he had already reached agreements with production facilities in Italy, Spain, France and Germany to produce Sputnik. However, a spokeswoman for Health said she is not aware that there are any agreements. The company signed the first agreement with RDIF to manufacture the vaccine in Europe in Italy with pharmaceutical company Adienne, as confirmed by the fund and the ItalianRussian chamber of commerce. This move is an important step for the Russian drug, since one of the requirements of the European Union to approve, buy and distribute vaccines among their countries is that they have manufacturing capacity on European soil.
Raising cancer funds A SPANISH cop is to run 180km to fund Jaen’s first palliative unit for children with cancer. National Police officer Miguel Echevarria, based in Linares, plans to complete his marathon in 24 hours to raise funds for Jaen Hospital in collaboration with the organisation Pídeme La Luna (Ask For The Moon). He will set off from La Guardia de Jaén on March 20 and end in the Bulevar park in the capital, and has already raised around €15,000. After spending an afternoon with children with cancer, the father‐of‐two told Cope: “It was something very special” and prompted him to do some‐ thing to help. He decided to collaborate with the charity association Pi‐ deme La Luna, and is inviting other runners to take part in his challenge. Runners can buy a bib for €10 and up to 80 people can take part in different sections of the route, complying with Covid security measures estab‐ lished by the health authori‐ ties.
SPANISH COP: To run 180 kms in 24 hours.
€3 M to Control Migration
THE Guardia Civil Support Command, the financial representative of the Guardia Civil, had applied for the grant for their AMIGO‐ 2019 operation within the European Commission’s Internal Secu‐ rity Fund (FSI), which was approved with a maximum grant of €3,046,170.25. The AMIGO‐2019 operation, which covers the expenses of the activities of the Guardia Civil in response to the migration situa‐ tion in the south of Spain, was put in place due to the increase in migration from north Africa. They are responsible for the surveil‐ lance of coasts and borders in Spain and use a large number of re‐ sources to manage migration, which has increased in recent years. They said: “To maintain the level of assistance and oper‐ ability of the units deployed there, it was decided to develop an operation that would allow the established deployment to con‐ tinue, replenishing the resources used.” The Internal Security Fund 2014‐2020 covers different missions related to the protection of the southern border of Europe and the management of migration. It finances mainly the deployment of personnel to control immigration, as well as the costs of trans‐ portation, cleaning and food for staff.
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Illegal Racing Gathering THE Local Police of Jerez de la Frontera in Cadiz Province, last Sunday March 7, broke up a gath‐ ering of around 400 people who were attending a con‐ centration of illegal motor‐ bike racing on the derelict grounds of the old sugar factory in the Jerez district of Guadalcacín. Officers discovered a home‐made racing circuit built out of old car tyres, with two cars and two motorbikes being confis‐ cated for not having any valid insurance, and around 100 fines were given for failing to comply with the coronavirus re‐ strictions. Many of the people tried to flee as soon as the police were spotted approaching, leaving behind large amounts of alcohol which they had been also con‐ suming illegally in public.
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Freed After Stabbing Friend A WOMAN has been freed by a court in Malaga after allegedly stabbing her friend 17 times. The incident is said to have taken place at a hostel in Puerto de la Torre where the women were staying with several friends, celebrating a birthday. Police say that after consuming a few drinks, the detainee, 25, allegedly attacked her friend, 28, with a sharp object, before guests in an adjoining room called police. After officers arrived, the victim was no longer there as she has been taken to hospital by a friend due to her injuries. Police say blood stains found at the scene show the assault
OFFICERS: Found blood stains at the scene. could have started in the room before moving outside. After looking around they found a knife and another sharp object, with experts now working to determine which weapon was used. The detainee was also assisted by the health workers, since she
had some minor injuries, including scratches. The victim was treated at Malaga’s Regional Hospital for 17 stab wounds, however none of them reached her vital areas and they were not very deep. The woman was discharged several hours later.
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Bears With A Future THE brown bear has been ex‐ periencing a slow comeback in northern Spain in recent years, and a new campaign launched by the European Life pro‐ gramme has set an objective to encourage population growth even further. ‘Bears with a future’ aims to protect the species from the effects of climate change by planting some 150,000 additional trees and large shrubs in their habi‐ tat. According to the Spanish Cat‐ alogue of Threatened Species, the brown bear in this country faces two distinct climatic chal‐ lenges. Firstly, the rise in global temperatures means that bears
£26M bullion robber broke
THE brains behind £26M Brink’s‐Mat bullion robbery has died broke, aged 78. Despite masterminding Britan’s biggest robbery at a warehouse on Heathrow’s perimeter in 1983, Brian ‘The Colonel’ Robinson was ‘cheated’ out of his share and never received a penny on his release from prison. The stolen 6,800 gold ingots, diamonds and cash would be worth £100 million (€117 million) today. The crime that shook the nation left a trail of eight murders and
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a worldwide hunt for the loot. Armed raiders got away with £30 million worth of pure gold af‐ ter Robinson recruited his brother‐in‐law, warehouse guard Tony Black, who went on to shop him to police. Robinson was jailed for 25 years together with co‐ringleader Micky McAvoy. But on his release, he ‘didn’t get a tanner’ having been ‘cheat‐ ed’ by the ‘people he trusted,’ according to an associate. His funeral has been delayed by family and friends until April 12 so that a wake can be held on a licensed premises.
aren’t hibernating for as long each year, exposing them to more dangers. Secondly, irregu‐ lar harvests of native fruits such as blueberries have severely de‐ pleted their food supply. The project has a total bud‐ get of €2.58 million, will have a
contribution from the EU of al‐ most €2 million and will last un‐ til March 31, 2025. The aim is to ensure the animals have enough food that they don’t have to come too close to hu‐ mans and to educate the public about this endangered species.
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Ilegal broadcast Network dismantled.
THE National Police disman‐ tled a network for illegally broadcasting audiovisual content that had been downloaded more than 100 million times with suspected illicit gains of around €5 mil‐ lion. The operation was carried out with the Andorra and Portuguese police, EUROPOL,
Property scam fraudster NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a 33‐year‐old fraudster in Zaragoza who was wanted throughout much of Spain. The person under investigation always operated through the same modus operandi, making use of a well‐known internet por‐ tal for buying and selling flats, where he asked for an amount of money that was always well below the market price. At least three people had made complaints against him once the scam had been carried out and they had paid him amounts ranging between €200 and €2,100, although more are expected to come forward. Police in Madrid had identified the perpetrator, but not his lo‐ cation, and a national search and arrest warrant was issued which resulted in him being found and taken into custody in Zaragoza. He has since been released with charges. He has a criminal record for similar crimes for which he had been arrested in several locations throughout Spain.
INTERPOL and EUROJUST. The investigation began in October 2018 as a result of complaints filed with the Na‐ tional Police by the ACE ‐ Al‐ liance for Creativity and En‐ tertainment, the Professional Football League and the Pre‐ mier League for unauthorised broadcasting of audiovisual content, subject to Copy‐ right. The police found that the person in charge of the app, called Mobdro, was residing in Andorra and managed the network from there. They also found there were three other people in‐ volved who were promoting the app on web domains in Spain. They did not in fact have a direct relationship with the person in Andorra but had managed to set up a site which provided access to the app from which they ben‐ efited financially. The police have withdrawn the app from the platforms on which it was available in Spain and Portugal.
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THE NHS is trialling miniature capsule cameras, which can be swallowed by patients and provide a cancer diagnosis within hours - helping to speed up cancer checks and catch more cancers early. The imaging technology, in a capsule no bigger than a pill, can provide a rapid diagnosis. Known as a colon capsule endoscopy, the cameras are the latest NHS innovation to help patients access cancer checks at home. “Traditional endoscopies mean patients need to attend hospital and have a tube inserted whereas the new tech-
CAMERA: Size of a pill. nology means that people can go about their normal day,” said NHS England. An initial group of 11,000 patients in England will receive the capsule cameras in more than 40 parts of the country. The NHS said it has prioritised cancer care during the coronavirus pandemic and the
latest figures show that hospitals carried out more than two cancer treatments for every patient they treated for Covid-19. In December 2020, more than 25,000 patients were reportedly treated for cancer and more than 200,000 people had checks - 13,000 more than the same month the previous year. NHS Chief Executive Sir Simon Stevens said: “As we come out of ‘peak Covid’ and the disruption of the pandemic, the NHS is now pushing ahead with genuine innovation to expand services for many other conditions.
Ryanair Adds New Spanish Flights IRISH airline giant Ryanair announced on Thurs‐ day March 11 that it will be opening up Costa Blanca to the Spanish islands by creating nine new connections and a total of 70 routes, a whopping 40 per cent more than summer 2020, and up to 800 weekly flights from Spanish air‐ ports, all operating from July 1. “As vaccination against Covid‐19 intensifies in
the coming months, domestic traffic in Spain is expected to be the first to skyrocket this sum‐ mer,” Ryanair said in a statement. The new routes will link Alicante with Ibiza, Lanzarote and Menorca. In the Costa del Sol, the airline will operate between Menorca, Sevilla and Malaga, as well as a new route between Fuerteventura and Valencia.
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Ball of fire ANOTHER ball of fire was seen crossing the skies of southern and central Spain at a speed of 140,000 km/h at around 1.51am on Monday, March 15. It was caught by SMART pro‐ ject detectors from the obser‐ vatories of Calar Alto (Almeria), Spotted over Spain. Sierra Nevada (Granada), Sevil‐ la of the Andalucia Institute of Astrophysics and La Hita in Tole‐ do. It was seen in the south and centre of Spain, over the Mediter‐ ranean Sea and in the north of Morocco. The rock was part of a comet which upon impacting the atmo‐ sphere at such a high speed became incandescent at a height of 111 kilometres over the Mediterranean, about 70 kilometres from the coast of Andalucia. It travelled southwest and went out at a height of 69 kilometres above the sea, about 29 kilometres from the coast of Morocco.
18 - 24 March 2021 THE Edmaktub association, a team of biologists who investi‐ gate the rare and endangered species of fin whales, has report‐ ed spotting five of them swim‐ ming off the Catalan coast near Garraf. Fin whales can reach up to 24 metres in length and is the largest whale that regularly transits the Mediterranean. The ‘Fin Whale Project’ has been running now for the past eight years, researching the huge mammals that inhabit pelagic areas, that is, in the open sea but at shallow depth, and sporadically, in coastal areas of temperate or cold waters, and stars in seasonal migrations to feed and reproduce. A spokesman for Edmaktub pointed out that this species of the mammal travels annually to the Catalan‐Balearic Sea to feed,
TikTok causes controversy MEMBERS of the National Police force and Guardia Civil are upset by the use of social media, especially TikTok, which they say damages the image of the forces. Both forces have taken to using TikTok, as the Interior Ministry says that it is a way to reach a sector of the population which spends its life watching videos and doesn’t respond well to rules and orders. Like forces in other countries, the Spanish National Police and Guardia Civil have included numerous dance routines, such as the famous ‘Jerusalema challenge’, as well as performances and other
content which many find inappropriate and believe shows them behaving in a ‘ridiculous’ manner. Social media for the forces is handled by their Communication Departments and this controversy has mainly involved the head of the department for the National Police, Antonio Nevado, who responded to criticism by saying that his team was doing an incredible job. A photo had been posted by one of the police unions comparing the work of an officer heading into a dangerous situation and another in a TikTok video, suggesting that it was unfair that both were earning
the same salary. They added that police who “want to dance or be clowns should go to the disco or the circus, but they should leave their uniforms in their lockers or at home.” Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, refuses to accept comments about the videos discrediting the forces and maintains that the aim is to bring them closer to the younger population. The critics are not denying that the channels reach the youths, but they object to the image which is being portrayed, which they say is not serious and does not reflect their work or the fact that they are a figure of authority.
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Endangered Species FIN WHALES: Spotted off the Catalan coast.
although this year, they have ar‐ rived earlier than expected, and the biologists took the opportuni‐ ty to observe, photograph, identi‐ fy and film the five fin whales, us‐ ing a drone, about six miles off the coast of Vilanova y la Geltrú, Barcelona.
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THE EUROWEEKLY NEWS is urg‐ ing its readers to support local businesses in the community by going local through the lock‐ down and for your all your shop‐ ping this year, instead of feeding online giants and superstores. During this lockdown and with Easter upcoming, we challenge you to rediscover your local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the won‐ derfully quirky independent busi‐ nesses in your area. Due to the Covid‐19 pandem‐ ic, you may have to support
many local businesses by order‐ ing online and making use of any click and collect services they can operate if you are unable to get out due to health reasons or lockdown restrictions. The joy of shopping local means that independent busi‐ nesses can help support the local community. Although it may be a euro or two cheaper elsewhere or on‐ line, consider where your money is actually going. By shopping at an independent store you’re putting food on a local family’s
table, and there is no better time than now to give back to your community by making a small gesture and shopping in this way. Many local stores support lo‐ cal charities, support and sponsor local sports teams and in many cases the small independent stores are actually much more than just a small high street shop, they’re a family’s legacy, often passed down through numerous generations and support not just the current owner but the gener‐ ation before. For those stores which are
new, that extra couple of euros spent there are supporting someone’s dream and ambition, and also the courage it took them to step out alone, which is no easy task. It takes quite a large chunk of money to set up an in‐ dependent store and compete with the multinational and chains. So be sure to pre‐order your meat from a local butcher and get your spuds from a local greengrocer, let us revive that community spirit and get to know our neighbours again
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SPEAKING on television, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen promised that she planned to confirm a national reopening schedule for the country by no later than Tuesday March 23. From then on, there will be guidelines as to when bars, restaurants, cinemas and places of higher education can reopen.
PROTESTORS occupied three of France’s national theatres to demand that cultural venues which have been closed since October be reopened. They argue that if shops and other businesses have been allowed to accept customers then the same should be true for entertainment.
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A REPORT by NRC newspaper suggests that for at least a decade, the Oost-Nederland police illegally shared criminal information and personal details of people suspected of illegal cannabis cultivation with the Tax Authority which then calculated likely illicit income and sent out tax bills.
Erling Lorentzen the husband of the late Princess Ragnhild, has died in Oslo aged 98. He joined the resistance against the Nazi’s and eventually went for training in Scotland before returning to undertake acts of sabotage and later married the Princess in 1953.
BELGIUM What a hoot IN protest about the difficulty of complying with mobility rules in Brussels which makes it very difficult to own a car, hundreds of motorists drove around Brussel-Noord station to hoot their horns. It is estimated that 150 taxis, 80 motorcycles, and 50 drivers in cars took part.
GERMANY Terminal closure FIRST started in 2006 and dogged by delays and accusations of corruption, the Berlin Brandenburg airport finally opened in October 2020, becoming the only commercial airport in the country’s capital but passenger numbers are far less than expected so its T5 will close for one year.
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FINLAND Airport scare A MILITARY exercise at Helsinki Airport went disastrously wrong when two armed military police officers mistakenly went into the main passenger area rather than the closed off area where they should have been. Two frightened passengers who the officers thought were targets had guns pointed at them.
SWEDEN Dog smugglers TWO people, who were stopped by customs officers in December have been jailed for six months by a Malmo Court after they were charged with illegally trying to import nine French bulldogs and four other dogs which had not been inoculated against rabies.
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FINANCE Fastest growing SPANISH temporary work platform Jobandtalent has obtained an investment of €100 million from a Japanese company to add to €88 million received from French investor Infravia. With €500 million turnover, the company has been named one of the fastest growing European businesses by the Financial Times and Statista.
GDP down COMMENTING on the fact that UK Gross Domestic Product dropped a further 2.9 per cent in January, INFINOX, spokesperson Ulas Akincilar, told City AM “The UK economy may look like a punch-drunk boxer hanging off the ropes, but the blows are doing less damage each time.”
Malaysian imports SPAIN is one of the major markets for the import of palm oil, bio diesel and rubber from Malaysia and this appears likely to continue to grow. In general terms, Spain imports around €1 billion worth of Malaysian products annually and exports just over €600 million.
Massive losses HAMMERSON, the owner of the Bullring and Brent Cross shopping centres as well as Bicester Village Outlet Centre has indicated that it will need to sell more of its properties in order to continue after losing £1.7 billion (€1.87 billion) in 2020.
McDiversity THE Spanish division of burger giant McDonald’s is taking a ground breaking step in introducing procedures to manage and assist sexual diversity. Faced with a changing world and the need for equality, its 35-point plan includes ways of assisting staff who look to initiate gender reassignment. It is assumed that if this caring attitude for staff needs is successful it will be introduced across the bulk of the network of McDonald’s outlets in more than 100 countries subject to whatever local laws may apply.
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is the amount that the Spanish Government plans to give to companies and the self-employed by way of pandemic aid.
UK pet boom over lockdown Imports and
ONE industry that is going to see a definite upturn in business is that connected with pets as British house‐ holds ramped up pet own‐ ership according to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association (PFMA). There are now an esti‐ mated 34 million pets in the UK including 12 mil‐ lion cats and 12 million dogs, 3.2 million small mammals such as guinea pigs and hamsters, three million birds and 1.5 mil‐
lion reptiles. There are al‐ so five million aquaria. This equates to 17 mil‐ lion households responsi‐ ble for a pet’s welfare. No‐ tably, over a third (38 per cent) of new owners claimed that having a new pet was like having a new baby and almost a fifth (17 per cent) of families with children admitted that training was more chal‐ lenging than expected. Almost two thirds (59 per cent) of new owners
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are aged 16 to 34 and 56 per cent of new pet own‐ ers have children at home. Although 74 per cent claim their pet has helped their mental health through the pandemic, the annual PFMA study raises pet welfare con‐ cerns, especially as al‐ ready 5 per cent of all new pets have been given up as people were unable to cope. The big fear now is that whilst the decision to buy
a pet during lockdown seemed a sensible and caring option, when peo‐ ple start returning to work the new pets are suddenly going to find themselves in a completely different and often newly isolated environment. In the meantime how‐ ever, an increase of around 10 per cent in new pets is going to see com‐ panies like Pets at Home enjoy significant addition‐ al turnover.
Inditex does it again
Can they get Covid Jab? We had our residencia appointments can‐ celled last year because of the pandemic and we have been waiting since August for anoth‐ er. We registered our intention online to apply for residencia before December 31. We are reluctant to go back to the UK in case we obtain an appoint‐ ment when we are away. We are hoping we can have a Covid‐19 jab here. We have been told that we can register at our local health centre with our Padron, NIE and passport. Can you confirm this? I have also been told our EHIC cards are okay until expiry date. F T (by email) It is correct that your European health YOU AND THE LAW care cards are valid IN SPAIN until their expiry date. However, your chances of obtaining a Covid vaccination on the Spanish health system are not good. Earlier information given online referred only to persons with Covid symptoms and seeking treatment. This was misinterpreted and does not refer to persons simply wanting a vaccination. You wish to apply for a TIE card as a non‐EU citizen to reside in Spain and the date to do this has been extended beyond June 30 for an indefinite period.
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
ALTHOUGH for years Netflix publicly accepted that people tended to share their password with friends, tough competition is making the company recon‐ sider its position. When you sign up for their online streaming you have to create a password, not just to protect you, but also to ensure that others can’t take advan‐
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Inditex Uterqüe store in Valladolid. EVEN the pandemic can’t stop the incredible growth of the world’s largest fashion retailer, Spain’s Inditex which made a €1.1 billion profit in 2020. Yes, sales did drop by 28 per cent from €28.2 billion to €20.4 billion but online sales grew by 77 per cent to €6.6 billion and in the circumstances, a €1.1 bil‐ lion profit is certainly a great achievement for the group. According to Chairman Pablo Isla, “Inditex has emerged stronger after such a challenging year thanks to the amazing commitment dis‐ played by everyone here at the company.” Zara and Zara Home contin‐ ue to be the most lucrative of the group’s businesses but all
divisions saw significant sales despite the fact that at one time during 2020 every single one of its 6,829 stores was closed at some stage during the year. It even managed to launch 25 additional online platforms throughout the world and 29 new stores as well as donating huge amounts of resources to different governments, chari‐ ties and health services in a bid to assist in the fight against the pandemic. Looking at Spain, it in‐ creased its purchasing from home suppliers and spent some €4 billion with them as well as paying tax (much of this in Spain) amounting to €4.8 billion.
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tage of watching the Netflix pro‐ grammes free of charge. In the agreement that you enter into with the company (but probably never read) it does state that account details should not be shared with any‐
one outside of your household. Research studies however suggest that out of its 200 mil‐ lion plus subscribers worldwide, as many as 40 million may share their password with friends, so Netflix is actively requesting
confirmation from viewers whether they are in a house‐ hold which includes a sub‐ scriber. Everyone who watches Net‐ flix, using a particular password can be traced to the subscriber
EXPORT of British goods to the European Union fell by 40.7 per cent in January according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) whilst imports also fell. The UK spend was £5.3 billion (€5.8 billion) down on European products, but spent £8.9 billion (€9.8 billion) less on European imports in the first month fol‐ lowing new trading rules intro‐ duced due to Brexit. The ONS suggest that this is a temporary blip as companies get used to new rules and partly be‐ cause many had stocked up with European made goods prior to December 31, 2020.
Luxury ice cream ITALIAN company Ferrero Rocher is to launch ice cream versions of the famous chocolate as well as Raffaello brands made in Spain. Initially to be marketed in Aus‐ tria, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, it will be manufactured in the Ice Cream Factory Comaker plant in Valencia Province which it acquired in 2019 through its Ferrero Ibérica subsidiary. Once these test markets have shown that there is a demand for these distinctive ‘luxury’ chocolate ice cream brands, they will be rolled out across Europe and beyond. and whilst it may be complicat‐ ed, the company could police who is watching without having paid. The problem for Netflix is that in the USA, its largest mar‐ ket, there are so many new platforms such as Disney+, Amazon Prime, and HBO MAX it can’t afford to have so many ‘freeloaders’.
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PIONEERING DECISION: Minister of Labour Yolanda Díaz explains the legislation. LAST September the Span‐ ish Supreme Court ruled that a delivery rider for Glo‐ vo should be recognised as an employee not a self‐em‐ ployed worker. This meant that the Span‐ ish Government had to take action to recognise this de‐ cision and it has now an‐ nounced that a new law will be introduced to regu‐ larise the situation of food delivery drivers for not just Glovo, but Deliveroo and others. Only recently, the UK courts made a similar deci‐ sion with regards to Uber drivers and it seems that this will become an area which will be reviewed by the majority of govern‐ ments throughout Europe. Although the Spanish Government has taken its time to prepare legislation and has consulted the ma‐ jor companies in both main‐ line and what is know as the ‘gig’ industries as well
as trade union leaders, it appears to be looking to go further than initially ex‐ pected. Announcing the decision, Minister of Labour Yolanda Díaz said that the legisla‐ tion (which should be com‐ plied with within 90 days) is pioneering and part of a modernisation of the labour market. What was groundbreak‐ ing was her later observa‐ tion that “Algorithms must serve people and labour rights. With the new legisla‐ tion, workers’ representa‐ tives will be able to access the employment impact of algorithms and artificial in‐ telligence systems on all platforms.” This means that if it ap‐ pears that certain drivers are being favoured over others, it will be possible for representatives of other workers to demand access to the programming of allo‐ cation of work.
EU checks postponed CHECKS on some EU goods coming into the UK will be delayed by six months in order to give businesses more time to prepare. The official government explanation is that the new timetable would help firms recovering in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst it is difficult for businesses to bring certain British goods into Spain following Brexit, physical checks on products such as meat and dairy products entering the UK from the EU due from July will now begin in January 2022.
APS, the association rep‐ resenting companies in‐ volved with digital plat‐ forms has indicated that they oppose this particular part of the new legislation as it could hurt Spain’s digi‐ tal economy expansion.
BUSINESS EXTRA John Lewis THE John Lewis Chairman Sharon White has warned of further ‘painful’ store closures as the company reported its first ever annual loss as the 2019 profit of £146 million (€160.5 million) turned into a £517 million (€568.5 million) loss in 2020 due to the pandemic.
MWC shock ALTHOUGH it was hoped that the Mobile World Conference would take place in Barcelona after being cancelled last year, its future hangs in doubt as megabrands Ericsson, Facebook, Nokia, Oracle and Sony have now pulled out of the June show and others may follow.
Coaled feet ENCOURAGED by environmental group charity ShareAction and pension funds, HSBC Bank has indicated that it will stop financing projects which include the use or mining of coal by 2040 provided that 75 per cent of shareholders vote in favour of the decision.
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The whine-fest was pure pantomime LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THIS week I intended to give advice on the upkeep of your Azaleas. Dream on! On second thoughts, I decided I’d better toe the journalistic line and scribe my views on a subject that has probably occupied more columnists’ grey matter than the death of Lady Diana and the abdication of King Edward put together. Yes, of course I’m referring once again to THAT interview. Last week I wrote a few lines decrying the whole charade, however that was only after viewing the first carefully selected trailers that had ‘leaked’ out. Later, after seething through the whole painfully contrived event, I felt even more convinced that this was a clever PR exercise, designed to do nothing more than absolve Ms Meghan from the majority of public opinion, which considered she had captured and lured a young impressionable man from his loving family and was subsequently
PR PROJECT: No Oscars for their recent performance.
using him to further her own career and raise her status in Hollywood society. Well, to my mind, the plan to restore this young lady’s ever so important
‘celebrity integrity’ failed miserably. This was a calculated and extremely expensive Public Relations project from the very outset and was undoubtedly
the result of many meetings between Ms Oprah, her PR department and Ms Markel. (Harry was probably issued with a script to peruse at home!) The whole intelligence insulting debacle involved a cast consisting of three people, one of the richest black women in America; a mixed race Hollywood soap actress, married into Royalty and a young, privileged and utterly spoiled Prince. The ‘shoot’ took place under the California sunshine in the gazebo of a millionaire friend, just a stone’s throw from their own respective multi‐million dollar mansions and showed them discussing as to how discriminated against and victimised they all were! I mean, just how much of mugs do they take us all for? One of the main problems faced by the PR people was to somehow reverse public opinion that her split with (yet another) family ‐ was not due Meghan’s connivance or manipulation. No Oscars in that direction either. I thought their performances were mediocre and almost laughingly implausible. They would never have
gotten a series out of it. Even the usual racist accusations and close up of Oprah’s ‘jaw drop’, which was always intended to be a show stopper, was badly delivered and lacking in authenticity. They hadn’t even coordinated their individual scripts. Anyway, if my own family was prone to having three nipples and I wondered if a new born family member would follow the same trait; it wouldn’t make me a ‘nipple’ist’, merely a curious in‐ law. No this whole whine‐fest was pure pantomime. Those who are interested in body language will, I’m sure, also have noticed that throughout the whole discussion, it was her Ladyship’s hand resting firmly on top of his, pinning it securely to the arm of the chair. Position normal I would ascertain! Late Sunday newsflash. Relatives of George Floyd have been awarded $25 million! There you are, his life was worth something after all! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com. Expatradioscotland. Mon. Wed. Fri.
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You can’t just cancel the past MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man SO another week’s gone by, and time to catch up with my grumpiness. Where to start? How about the Dr Seuss books - six of them banned because of racial overtones? I noticed Green Eggs and Ham wasn’t on the list. Surely the reference to ham is insulting because it may offend members of the Muslim and Jewish faiths. Then we have Mr Potato Head now just being called Potato Head. What’s the matter with people? These join the hoo-ha about Gone With the Wind. I read this week about the reediting of a scene from Fawlty Towers - a totally politically incorrect masterpiece of humour of its time. We know that Love Thy Neighbour was racist but nearly everyone appreciated that it was the racist character that was made to look like the ignorant idiot that he was. As with Alf Garnett and his homophobic, misogynistic, racist character and his rants, we laughed because we all knew someone like him. You can’t just erase them. You learn from it. Tom and Jerry, the classic cat and mouse cartoons, some made more than 70 years ago, now carry a warning for subscribers to Amazon Prime
Instant Video. What about the animal cruelty to Bugs Bunny? Elma Fudd has been banned from carrying a gun but can still go after Bugs with an axe. Looney Tunes is the right name for it. Hold on isn’t the word looney offensive? There have been claims of racist stereotyping in the depiction of a black maid in the cartoon series. Amazon’s warning says such prejudice was once ‘commonplace’ in US society. Tom and Jerry, once a staple of children’s British television, is being presented with a cautionary note about ‘ethnic and racial prejudices.’ Uncle Ben’s rice had to have a name change because of racial stereotyping. Over the years many brands have retired their packaging mascots because of various groups complaining. Aunt Jemima Eskimo Pie, Tony the Tiger both changed. What about Mrs Earlswood pickles? They have a woman’s face on the jar. I think she looks Jewish because they used to be called kosher pickles, but do you know what, I’m not offended. There are American sports teams that have changed their names like Cleveland Indians who lost their logo and the Atlanta Braves and so it goes on and on. You can’t cancel the past - it happened. I agree some stuff should be changed but you have to draw the line somewhere - don’t you?? Email: mikesenker@gmail.com
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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
NEWS that fake reviews for products sold on Amazon’s Marketplace are being sold online ‘in bulk’ isn’t surprising. The consumer group Which? found websites selling fake reviews from £5 each and incentivising positive re‐ views in exchange for payment or free prod‐ ucts. Which? even caught UK businesses buy‐ ing five‐star Google reviews in its own recent ‘sting’ operation. But fake reviews have been a problem on eBay, Facebook, Amazon and TripAdvisor for years. Data suggest a huge rise in fake reviews during the first lockdown. With Italy’s antitrust authority fining TripAd‐ visor €500,000 over its ‘defamatory’ hotel re‐ views, maybe it’s time to take stock of some of its highs and lows. First off, there were the threats from some in the travel industry. Like the Broadway Ho‐ tel, Blackpool, that charged a couple £100 af‐ ter posting a critical review describing it as a ‘filthy, dirty rotten stinking hovel run by mup‐ pets.’ (Only to be surpassed by New York’s Union Street Guest House’s surcharge of
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS: Data suggests there has been a huge rise in fake reviews. $500 for negative reviews.) Naturally, this backfired spectacularly for both hotels with numerous mocking reviews on TripAdvisor. Don’t you just love it when bad businesses blame the customer and, instead of
fixing the problem, get uppity when the ensu‐ ing firestorm of bad publicity erupts? You have to give them five out of five for canniness. The BBC should have sent a production crew up to Blackpool to do a remake of Fawlty Tow‐
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OUR AMERICAN COUSINS DAVID WORBOYS I REALLY hoped that we had heard the last of Trump and that I would not feel it necessary to worry about him and to write about him. But I have a daughter living in California and a cousin in New York. Trump may be a boring, infantile loser but the threat facing the USA is anything but boring; it is deeply disturbing. His ‘presidency’ has revealed and unleashed the massive underbelly of racial hatred existing in the USA to‐ day. By his impetuous words and ac‐ tions, Trump is accountable for hun‐ dreds of thousands of deaths, through the mishandling of Covid 19 and immigration, through incitement of racist violence and through his iso‐ lationist foreign policy. To get him to understand that he is a failure would be like trying to
PRESIDENCY: Trump thinks he was the greatest, while also thinking Biden is a disaster. teach a banjo to play the trombone. In his situation, any mature and ra‐ tional person would be taking note of his legacy and reflecting on the catastrophic results of his ‘presiden‐ cy’ as perceived by the world beyond himself and his fans. Instead, Trump proclaims that his was the greatest presidency in histo‐ ry; that he won the election; and that
Biden’s first month in office is the most disastrous ever. And he threat‐ ens to run again for the presidency. These are the words of a madman, yet he is still accepted by most Re‐ publicans in Congress. The GOP suffers from a similar sickness. Only seven Republican sen‐ ators voted for impeachment and not one in Congress has voted for
any of the restorative measures pro‐ posed by Biden and the Democrats. The party is infested with right‐wing extremism. It must seem obvious that Trump has serious mental problems that go beyond an inflated ego. He is simply unfit for office. Apart from the dam‐ age that could be wrought by a dicta‐ torial lunatic with access to the nu‐
clear button, the real danger is from the millions of Americans who are blinded by fanaticism and hatred from recognising reality. And there are enough deluded extremists to commit huge acts of domestic terror‐ ism and to start a civil war. Is there anything in the US consti‐ tution to prevent a lunatic from run‐ ning the country from the White House? The 25th amendment re‐ quires the co‐operation of the Vice‐ President and a 2‐1 vote in Congress to remove an unfit person from the Oval Office. And as this democracy allows lunatics the vote, unless con‐ victed of a felony, Trump could be voted back for another four years in 2025. This would suggest there is a widespread mental problem within the USA. In a country where 4 per cent of interviewees thought Jesus Christ was American and 21 per cent that Christopher Columbus was Ameri‐ can, we all need a safe pair of hands running the White House. So far, so good.
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WITH the authorities still being cautious re Covid, more so in some areas than others, the Costa Walking Football teams are holding sessions again at the various points along the coastline from Calahon‐ da to Nerja. Aston Viñuela and Nerja hope to receive permission this week to use their regular venues. Unfortunately Benahavis’ two teams are ‘out in the cold’ as there is no date in sight for them to resume sessions. Sever‐ al of their players however have been travelling to Calahonda to train with the local team. The League Management team have taken all these factors into account when attempting to put together competitive matches before the season finishes at the end of May and have decided that April be left to the teams to organise friendly matches when and wherever they wish. Malaga WFC have been quick off the mark and have thrown down the gauntlet to the others to play friendly matches. A mini tournament will take place in May with all teams taking part in a ‘Qual‐ ifying Tournament’ on Saturday and Sun‐ day May 15 and 16. Four teams will qual‐ ify for the Finals on the last weekend in May, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30, with
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FORMER Wolves star Diogo Jota proved the difference‐maker for the Premier League champions, scoring in first‐half injury time for Liverpool in a must‐win game for the Reds. However, the game was over‐ shadowed by a late injury to Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio. Patricio was eventually stretchered off in distressing JOTA: Difference-maker. scenes at Molineux when the Portuguese shot‐stopper lay motionless on the pitch after an accidental collision that saw his own defender, Conor Coady, hit his knee against his head. Thankfully, it appears that the Portuguese shot‐stopper is going to recover, with Wolves boss Nuno Espírito Santo telling Sky Sports: “He’s okay and he’s conscious. “He’s okay, he’s going to recover.” Mohamed Salah could have made Liverpool’s win more com‐ fortable had his late effort not been ruled out for offside, in the in‐ cident that led to Patricio’s injury. The incident has sparked debate about the offside rule ‐ with VAR’s involvement under scrutiny. In particular, a debate is ensuing around the rule that assistant referees should not flag offside decisions if they are unsure in order to allow VAR to make a ruling once the move has concluded ‐ which in this case, led to the horrific injury. The 1‐0 victory for Liverpool moves the Anfield side up to sixth in the table and within five points of the top four after securing only their second win in eight Premier League games. Wolves are currently winless in four and find themselves in 13th position.