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500,000 tourists may be greeted by strikes By Amanda Surber MORE than 500,000 tourists travelling through Mallorca on the weekend of July 20 could be met with difficulties as a result of hotel and transport strikes. July 20 is the proposed date for hotel strikes while July 21 and 22 are reserved for various transport strikes. Son Sant Joan airport have estimated approximately 400,000
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passengers during said weekend, Saturday being an especially busy day; however, approximately 158,000 passengers and 890 flights will be added by that date. Palma Port may also enter into the airport’s estimations if it is affected as it was during last year’s strike when it was forced to cancel cruises. Sylvia Riera, travel agent with Balears Aviba, described the
Mood serves up another tasty dish STAFF and clients at Mood Beach Bar and Restaurant think the judges of the Mister Balearics competition missed a trick last weekend. Joan Mir (pictured) a member of the team of chefs at Mood Beach, was voted as first runner-up in the hotly fought competition, behind Johnathan Plaza who was crowned this year’s Mister Baleares. “We’re very proud of Joan,” said Margaret Whittaker OBE, the owner of Mood, “he’s not only a very handsome young man, but a great chef and a really nice guy.” Hands off though, girls, he’s taken! FAVOURITE CHEF: Joan Mir.
various unions’ intentions as “unacceptable because they are playing with the island’s economic interests. Now is not the time for strikes. As cancellations and lack of sales show, damage has already been done by announcing it.” British and German tour operators, ABTA and DRV respectively, are also concerned about the damaging effect the strikes could potentially have on not only the tourism of Mallorca, but also the economic consequences. Managers Inmaculada de Benito and Salvador Servera declared: “We are going to negotiate until the last minute.”
Internet job scam halted NATIONAL POLICE have arrested and charged 35 scammers who worked out of Palma, ripping off 1,000 people by falsely offering them jobs. Among the 35 arrested were the three leaders of the scam, a Spaniard, a Colombian, and an Ecuadorian. They led an operation to take advantage of individuals all over Spain who were searching for work via the internet. Victims who responded to online advertisements were tricked into giving ID and bank account details. The members involved in the operation stole a total of €500,000.
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New arrivals area open PALMA DE MALLORCA AIRPORT opened its improved arrivals area to travellers after completing the first phase of refurbishment. Car rental companies and tourist information centres have moved onto the floor that is dedicated to arriving passengers.
Immigrants held POLICE arrested nine immigrants who were trying to reach the coast between Cap Ses Salines and s’Almonia cove in a dinghy. They will be deported to Algeria, their country of origin.
Fare woes PUBLIC transport fare increases have caused discontent among users of urban trains, metros and buses in Palma. A simple train ticket now costs between €1.50 and €3.50 and commuters are expressing their frustration.
Medical delays PATIENTS may have to wait longer this summer as operating theatres in Mallorca hospitals are reduced by half and health centres close their doors at 5.30pm. As a result, people may find delays in medical services.
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Just champion! A real win-win night for Spain
By Brendan Small FORGET the economic woes, unemployment, concerns over the euro and the dead property market. Spain’s football team, by winning the UEFA Euro 2012 Soccer Championships, provided a muchneeded fillip to summer life in general throughout the nation. The 4-0 drubbing of Italy saw the nation switch into party mode, from the costas to the plazas of Madrid, from the northern stretches of Galicia to the crowded streets of Barcelona. Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards, expats and tourists stayed glued to television screens - at home, in cafÊs and restaurants, as well as in plazas and on street corners - as Spain gained the historic victory that made them real champions, having won the same trophy in 2008, followed by the side’s historic World Cup win in 2010. They became the first side in history to notch up three on the trot!
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Twister reports EMERGENCY services received 374 calls reporting damages caused by a twister in Mallorca.
Train delay A SHORT-CIRCUIT was the cause of a three-hour wait for train and metro travellers who use the Palma-Enllac line.
In debt PALMA City Hall confirmed that its deficit is at its highest ever at â‚Ź31 million. Julia Martinez, said: “Palma may receive â‚Ź4 million annually if the Madrid Treasury approves the 2011 petition to liquidate funds.â€?
CELEBRATING: Jubilant fans make some noise after the historic victory. “We had a really busy night, and the victory gave our business a real boost,� said one Mallorca cafe owner. “Some Spanish families extended their day out on the beach to have a snack and watch the game, whereas normally they just go home without
spending extra,� he added. With near deserted main roads, towns and villages were bedecked with flags, and Spanish football shirts the preferred choice of attire. And as a new week dawned cars everywhere were flying the Spanish flag.
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Gomez reaches out to immigrants By Amanda Surber A CONFERENCE was held in Mallorca to discuss various ways to facilitate immigrants’ experiences while in the region. Councillor Antonio Gomez met with the Balearics Delegate Jose Maria Rodriguez to consider ways to help police carry out their jobs, while maintaining respectful treatment of immigrants.
Gomez aims to train the police to work efficiently while collaborating and integrating with the non-Spanish residents. All services, including education and healthcare, currently provided to foreigners will continue, although it is clear that the immigrant population is as equally affected by the struggling economy as everyone else. During their meeting, the councillor addressed issues important to immigrants, like
how to obtain residence cards effectively. Rodriguez pointed out the importance of the discussion considering the Balearic Islands have the highest immigrant population in Spain with approximately 250,000 foreigners that make up 23 per cent of the residents. According to Rodriguez, it is necessary to understand the population and their way of organising as they put roots down in the Balearic Islands.
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PROCESSING in Palma courts is moving slowly due to a faulty computer program used throughout the offices. Every day for the past three weeks, employees have reportedly been at a standstill due to the faulty system.
Forest fire IT took 12 hours to control a forest fire that claimed 16 hectares of land near kilometre seven of the Palma-Puigpunyent highway in Palma.
Scheduled care STARTING this week health centres in the Islas Baleares offer a scheduled service from 8am to 5.30pm Monday through Thursday and 8am to 3pm on Fridays.
A MOTORCYCLIST, aged 45, was killed in an accident involving another vehicle in Palma. Despite the rescue crew’s attempts to resuscitate the man, he died on the scene. Police arrested the driver of the car.
Price hike RUNNING RIOT: Up to a million people visit Pamplona for the annual Running of the Bulls.
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LAMENCO, wine, sunshine, and olive oil are all synonymous with modernday Spain. And there is also the annual Running of the Bulls Festival in Pamplona, Navarre, in the Northern Pyrenees. An estimated one million people visit Pamplona annually for the Festival of San Fermín, which this year opens tomorrow
(Friday) with a grand fireworks’ display and general partying. This will be followed each morning for the next seven days by a daily running of the bulls, followed by a bullfight at 6.30pm involving animals from that day’s run, and ending with more night-time partying. The festival events were central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
Unemployment numbers down BALEARES is the autonomous region where unemployment has decreased the most in June. There were 5,237 fewer unemployed people than in May, meaning it has gone down 6.35 per cent in one month. This decrease is much better than the national average, which has only gone down 2.10 per cent. June is the third month in a row to show reductions this year, although this is always expected in June, given that the summer months usually bring more tourism and vacation-related job opportunities. Despite this improvement, year-on-year unemployment has risen in Baleares compared to last year, with an 8.09 per cent increment.
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GENDER studies groups from the Balearic Islands University held conferences to discuss sexual harassment in the university environment. Also present were equality groups from other universities, public employees, and any individuals interested in the topic.
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PREDICTIONS of Mallorca’s economical growth in 2012 have decreased from 0.3 per cent to 0.02 per cent. The government claimed that the reduction is a result of ‘complete uncertainty’ and ‘doubts regarding the euro.’
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IB-SALUT estimated that in the next five years 894 healthcare workers will have retired, that is 7.35 per cent fewer healthcare professionals by 2016.
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EC President Jose Manuel Barroso, who applauded the measures approved by EU leaders to stabilise debt, but warned the end of the crisis was still distant.
Miss Baleares CANDIDATES for Miss Baleares 2012 vistited Grup Serra’s editorial teams in the Palau de la Premsa. The young ladies showed interest in the editorial process of daily and weekly press.
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million people on average watched 15.48 the Euro 2012 final match between
Spain and Italy on TV on Sunday, making it the match with the most viewers in history. At 10.32pm there were more than 17.88 million people watching.
FIRST time students will pay 10 per cent, or €89, more to enrol at Balearic Islands University for the coming academic year. Prices will double or, in some cases, increase 600 per cent for returning students.
Home show SINGER, Conxa Buika, is stopping home in Muro (Mallorca) to perform songs from her newest album, El Ultimo Trago (The Last Drink). Despite living in Miami (USA), Concha Buika still considers Mallorca her home where “my mom and my memories are.”
and finally... A MAN was arrested in Sevilla for teaching his 11-year-old son how to drive. The man, who is a driving instructor, had taken the child on the A8100 road between Carmona and Utrera, where he was spotted driving slowly and dangerously, and was stopped by police.
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Supreme Court confirms sentence for sex offender sexually abusing six children in Palma. The accused is a 67-year-old man, who had been Head of the Free Time Cultural
Association. According to the sentence, he had used his position to gain the girls’ trust and sexually abuse them. Five of the girls he had abused had
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been victimised on several occasions, because of which some of them have had to undergo treatment due to psychological after-effects.
A MILLIONAIRE is suing his ex-wife over her vast £640,000 designer shoe collection which she kept from their divorce settlement three years ago.
Won’t breathe THE UK is facing fines if it fails to improve air quality quickly, after the European Commission refused plans to delay improvements.
Queen’s visit THE final day of the Queen’s two-day visit to Northern Ireland was marked by an historic handshake and a huge party.
FUNDRAISING: €5,000 was donated to Aspinob children’s charity.
Charity shop doing well THE Cala Nova cancer Shop has now been open for six months and would like to thank everyone for their generosity. They were able to give another donation last month of €5,000, to Aspinob children’s charity. The charity was happy as their funding has recently been cut. They are now in the process of organising
a Fashion Show at Mood Beach on August 23 to raise as much money as possible for both cancer charities on the island. If anyone could help with any really good as new clothes, raffle prizes or an auction prize they would be most grateful. They are situated in San Agustin in front of the Cala Nova Sailing School.
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Goa – Through The Lens THE photographer Samantha Hemsley held her inaugural evening last weekend for her first exhibition Goa – Through the lens. Samantha is well known for capturing the beauty of women in her photography, but in February of this year, she decided to explore a different beauty of the people of Goa and Gokarna as they went about their daily business. The evening at the Restaurant L'Escargot in Santa Eugenia was well supported. The exhibition can be viewed Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening from 6pm until 11pm and Sunday from midday to 4pm and runs until mid August. For more information visit www.samanthahemsley.com. EXHIBITION: Photographer Samatha Hemsley.
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THE Supreme Court has confirmed the 15 year prison sentence initially given to expresident of the Pere Garau neighbourhood community for
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A NEW track from British band Muse was selected to be the official song of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Bad tweet JUDGEMENT has been reserved in the appeal of a man who was found guilty of posting a comment on Twitter threatening to blow up an airport.
Caesar found NEARLY 50,000 coins thought to have been hidden away from Julius Caesar’s advancing army have been found on British island Jersey.
Bad sausage A LADY mayor in Louth, Lincolnshire, wore an eight foottall pink sausage costume to welcome the Olympic torch to the town to promote the famous local product. But stunned residents gasped in horror as dozens claimed she looked more like a giant phallus.
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Man jailed for killing partner A 23-YEAR-OLD was convicted in Barcelona of shooting and killing his partner in August 2009. The victim was eight months’ pregnant at the time. The child she was carrying was delivered by Caesarean but died the day after the shooting. The man, then aged 20, was carrying a pistol because he had been ‘negotiating’ with some men, he told the court. They had allegedly stolen jewellery at his brother’s wedding, he claimed, and he had no idea that there was a bullet in the chamber. He fired the gun ‘because of the noise the lift made’ when they reached the 10th floor of the building where they lived, he said. The court imposed a sentence of 19 years and six months after a jury found him guilty of shooting his wife and causing the death of the unborn child.
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Youths unclear of history HALF of young Germans are unsure whether the Nazi state was a dictatorship, and even more are not sure whether the Socialist East German regime was one.
No fun fair PREVENTION: Better clinical practices could reduce treatment errors.
Mishaps in A&E AT least 12 per cent of people attending an emergencies department at a Spanish hospital suffer some type of mishap. In 35 per cent of cases this is caused by errors during medical tests, 27 per cent are nursing-related and 24 per cent are caused by incorrectly prescribed or applied medication. At least 70 per cent of mishaps could be prevented with
Cleaners ‘on the black’ MORE than 30,000 home helps are expected to swell the numbers of workers employed in the submerged economy. On June 30 the specific Social Security tier for domestic workers ceased to exist. Those with one employer were automatically reregistered in the general category but cleaners working for several people had to re-register themselves. As anyone not complying with the new regulation automatically lost Social Security cover, around 36,700 workers remain outside the system, according to the UGT trade union. The final figure will be closer to 30,000, the union believes, once Social Security offices finish processing the flood of re-registrations.announced. There are an estimated 700,000 domestic employees in Spain but in 2011 only 297,000 were covered by Social Security and approximately 400,000 worked ‘on the black’.
better clinical practices, found a study of A&E departments (EVADUR). A further 1.4 per cent of people died, found the study which examined the case histories of 3,854 emergency patients at 21 Spanish hospitals. Twelve per cent suffered what the study termed ‘an adverse event’ and in 54.8 per cent of cases, this harmed the patient. Forty-three per cent of incidents were either not apparent or not detected until after the patient was discharged from hospital. The most common profile of a person likely to suffer an adverse event after emergency hospital treatment is approximately 60 years old and already suffering from a chronic disorder, the study revealed. The most likely complication is infection, non-serious injury or a worsening of the ailment that required emergency treatment in the first place. Friday is the most hectic day for A&E in the hospitals studied, and Tuesday the quietest. Busiest times are between 8am and 4pm and the slackest from 4pm until midnight. Most adverse incidents occur when A&E is busiest but medical complexity is also responsible, as are medical staff’s work schedules. A&E attended to more than 26 million patients in 2008, making this the most-used health service Most cleaners work illegally. after primary care.
A FAIRGROUND ride span out of control, throwing a car carrying three people into a group of walkers, leaving seven injured.
Bad crows BERLINERS have complained they are still being pecked on the head by aggressive crows, despite the warning signs.
Mad cow A RUNAWAY cow broke into a house after trying to attack another cow, which turned out to be her own reflection in the kitchen’s window.
Burglar buzz POLICE called to a break-in found the ‘noisy intruder possibly armed with a drill’ was a vibrator buzzing against the apart-ment’s pipes.
Record paper EUROPE’S top-selling newspaper, the German daily Bild, made it into the record books for its 60th anniversary edition, of which 41 million copies were distributed. This set a record for ‘the biggest distribution of a free special edition of a newspaper.’
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Brutal killing in Madrid AS a triumphant Iker Casillas flourished the European Cup, three masked men beat a notary’s wife to death in Madrid. The murder occurred Sunday night in an upmarket urbanisation in the city’s Fuencaral-El Pardo district. The three men broke into the house, looking for valuables as the notary, his son and the son’s fiancĂŠe watched Spain’s football team collect their awards. The victim, aged 62, felt unwell and went to her bedroom. Her son followed soon afterwards after hearing ‘a strange noise’, said sources close to the case. Once upstairs, the 32year-old came face to face with two masked men dressed in black. A third hit him over the head, leaving him semi-conscious although he managed to go downstairs and warn his father. The men escaped in the meantime and after finding his wife lying in a pool of blood, the notary rang the emergency services. Owing to the gravity of her wounds, medics could do nothing to save her. The son was taken to the La Concepcion Clinic for treatment. The upstairs rooms were ransacked, according to some sources, although police did not confirm this. The family is ‘totally normal, unassuming and hardworking’, said a neighbour. Earlier that evening before the match, the notary was seen walking the family’s golden retriever, others remembered, expressing surprise that the dog had ignored the intruders. Later, the son’s girlfriend recalled seeing an unfamiliar car near the house, they said. CCTV footage of the neighbourhood is now being examined, but although the notary’s villa has security cameras, these did not show the attackers, sources revealed.
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DGT gives with one hand, takes away with the other EIGHTEEN million drivers are to receive a bonus point on their driving licences. Those who have never had points deducted now have 15, a gift that comes six years after Spain’s points system was introduced. Two bonus points were previously awarded to exemplary drivers in 2009, bringing their to-
tal up to 14. Of Spain’s 26 million drivers, 4.9 million were responsible for driving offences costing points. Of these, 1.4 million committed two or more offences. But how easy will it be to avoid losing points in future? Guardia Civil Traffic police are under renewed
pressure, with constant verbal orders from the Interior Ministry to fine more motorists, they claim. Officers failing to bring in sufficient fines lose their productivity bonus, according to police sources. They are also warned that they stand to lose around â‚Ź230 from their wages if their ‘performance’ does not improve.
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SCANDINAVIAN PRESS Stories making headlines in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Broken Leg? Press 1! DENMARK – Emergency rooms in hospitals are attempting to cut waiting times by forcing patients to call before they turn up.
Unemployment affects maternity leave take-up JOB insecurity and financial uncertainty are obliging couples to delay having children. Even those who decide to go ahead and start a family do not take all the maternity and paternity leave they are entitled to. Maternity leave fell by 10
SHM break-up SWEDEN – DJ trio Swedish House Mafia announced that their upcoming tour will be the last the group plays together, ending four years of massive commercial success.
Hacker held NORWAY – A Norwegian is amongst 24 arrested in an FBI action against an international hacking group which is alleged to have misused 400,000 credit cards.
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per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with 2011. “This is due to unemployment, because the leave is linked to work,” said family researcher Margarita Leon. “If people feel that employers will look at them in a bad light or think twice
about renewing contracts, obviously they are not going to claim their rights.” The tendency to take less maternity and paternity leave is negative for the future, warned economist Carmen Castro. Prejudice continues to exist at all levels and it is necessary to raise awareness to ensure progress in this area, she said. Spain’s birth rate fell for the third year running in 2011, she pointed out, and women were waiting until they were over 34 to start families. “People say they would like to have more children, but their jobs Spain falls short of the European average. and finances put them off. High unemployment amongst younger women forces them to 35 per cent in Europe. This more than a quarter of the put motherhood on falls to 8 per cent for those week, found a survey for hold and have their who work at home during the Masfamilia foundation. first child much later,” Leon agreed.
More homework required ONLY 26 per cent of Spanish employees work from home, compared with
Deaths outstrip births FEWER babies were born in Spain for the third year running, revealed 2011 figures from the national statistics’ office, INE. Mothers gave birth later last year, at an average age of 31.4 years, and had 1.35 children each, compared with 1.38 in 2010. Last year’s 468,430 registered births were 3.5 per cent fewer than in 2010 while the 387,347 deaths showed a 1.9 per cent increase. Life expectancy for males born last year rose to 79.1 years but remains practically unchanged for females at 84.9 years. Non-Spanish mothers gave birth to 90,390 babies - 19.3 per cent of the total - lower than the 98,845 - 20.4 per cent registered in 2010. Foreign residents accounted for 2.4 per cent of deaths although they represent more than 12 per cent of Spain’s population.
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House gloom HOUSE prices last month fell back to such a degree that the annual pace of decline has now hit its highest rate for almost three years as the economy remains weak with little sign of a bounce-back, according to mortgage lender Nationwide.
Biggest race FORMULA ONE’S British billionaire chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has offered to pay more than €43m to stage a grand prix in Central London. It would be the biggest motor race in the world.
So confident DEBENHAMS, Britain’s No. 2 department store group, said it was confident it could keep growing after a push into non-clothing areas saw it beat sales’ forecasts.
MADRID’S bid to host the tsunami and nuclear 2020 Olympic Games could explosion last year. be under threat. Meanwhile, Istanbul The nation’s precarious contines to fight for the economic situation and opportunity to host the delicate financial outlook Euro 2020 Soccer are acting as a negative to Championship, which the Spain hosting the games in Olympic committee eight years’ time. considers unrealistic. As the world at large Interestingly, if the focuses on the 2012 British Olympic Committee follows Olympics due to open in its own unofficial rule of the London later this month, games being held in the International Olympic alternating continents, with Committee has Europe admitted that it hosting this is conscious of year’s games Spain’s present in London, challenges. OLYMPIC lottery and with Brazil These could scammers are using a chosen for the lead to Madrid letter emblazoned with 2016 games in finding difficulty an imitation London Rio de Janeiro, in finding 2012 logo and Olympic then on paper sponsors for the rings to swindle it should be 2020 games, personal details out of Asia’s turn to despite the city unsuspecting victims be the chosen to be earlier netting probably as the 2020 the highest forwarded to criminal venue. score of 8.08 out gangs abroad. Madrid, of the three along with remaining Tokyo and candidates. Istanbul, has been invited Second in the points to the London Olympics to chart is Tokyo (8.02) which see how this year’s games is applying for the fourth are run. time, while Istanbul gained Early next year the 6.98 points, with this the Olympic Committee will city’s fifth Olympic bid. visit each short-listed city, Though the economic and this will be followed by situation is putting a dark a full report and verbal cloud over Madrid’s hopes, presentation being Tokyo may have problems submitted. The final with power supplies decision will be made in following the earthquake, 14 months’ time.
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SELLING UP: Prince Albert.
DESPITE the world’s economic woes... and especially those in Euro-land, it seems unlikely that the reason Prince Albert II of Monaco has decided to auction off part of the luxury car collection started by his father Prince Rainier III, is personal financial hardship. Bentley, Panhard and Porsche are among cars going under the hammer.
FLASHBACK: The 1992 Barcelona Olympics were heralded globally as a success.
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REGARDING your article on the European health card, can you direct me to the department I need to contact in the UK? I was told by a Spanish receptionist that they will not let us see a doctor with just the card, but, as I am 66, I could obtain from England a Proof of Pensioner certificate. I rang every department I could while we were in England but no one knew what I was talking about. The overseas helpline said they must be confusing me with a Spanish resident who needs an S1 form. In the end I gave up, having spoken to five departments and seven people. Please help as no one in England seems aware You and the of such proof. P M (by email) Law in Spain By David Searl
YOU said in your article that pensioners who visit Spain can obtain a Proof of Pensioner certificate. Where do we apply for this? J V S (by email) When people use terms like ‘see a doctor’, this leads me to believe that we have a misunderstanding of how the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) really works. The EHIC covers free emergency treatment or treatment for a medical problem which arises during the person’s visit to Spain. If a visitor falls and breaks an arm or suffers a heart attack while on holiday, they will be treated. If visitors simply do not feel well and want to ‘see a doctor’, the EHIC does not cover this. In short, the EHIC is designed for the emergency room. For proof of pensioner status, this basically comes from the Department of Works and Pensions (DWP). If in the UK, go to your local healthcare trust, with your EHIC and some recent correspondence with the DWP, addressed to your UK address. With these two documents, they can issue a certificate good for three months. If in Spain, start with the nearest UK Consulate. They should have a DWP representative. If PM, my first questioner, called the Overseas Healthcare Team on 0191 218 1999 and got no help, I should be surprised.
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Christmas joy...178 days in advance WITH just 178 days until Christmas, London toy shop Hamleys has released its list of predicted topselling festive gifts, tipping traditional favourites including Mickey Mouse and Barbie alongside more modern hits such as Moshi Monsters.
£££ THE Spice Girls reunited to launch a new musical based on songs that made them one of the biggest bands of the 90s. Viva Forever!, written by Jennifer Saunders and produced by Mamma Mia!
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ritish usiness riefs
mastermind Judy Craymer, opens in London’s West End on December 11.
£££ THE Coryton oil refinery in Essex, the most modern and efficient of its five plants in Western Europe, has closed, doomed by bankruptcy. The plant is to become a storage depot in a deal
between Royal Dutch Shell, Vopak and Greenergy.
£££ SIR JIMMY SAVILE’S life has been unveiled with treasured possessions catalogued ahead of a huge charity auction. The items which belonged to the nation’s once favourite discjockey include a €112,000 RollsRoyce Corniche, and a €14,800 gold and diamond encrusted Rolex watch.
Monopoly money, aka quantitative easing... QUANTITATIVE EASING, if it didn’t sound so official, slipping as it does with such facility from the lips of senior bankers, might be considered dangerous or even illegal. Some of you might recall the plan by the Nazis during the Second World War to print millions of expertly-counterfeited Bank of England £5 notes to drop across Britain. This scheme, had it been carried through, might have done untold damage to Britain’s international credit, and possibly adversely affected the war effort. If one now transposes 2012 billions for those 1940s’ millions, it’s not difficult to see the similarity, except that in 2012 it is our own Bank of England that is printing the stuff and putting it into circulation. The reason for issuing the first round of quantitative easing (QE) a few years ago did have some merit, for it helped refinance banks caught up in the 2008 Lehman Bros’ fiasco so that they could cover overdrafts and loans to businesses, large, medium-sized and small. This should have had the effect of easing the recession, improving employment prospects, especially for young people, and generally filtering through to the High Street to get the economy moving again. That was the plan, but it appears now that the banks preferred to use this injection of new money as capital to lend to one another, and at the same time setting Libor, the inter-bank rate (at least by some) upon which commercial credit is based, artificially high. This made their balance-sheets look good, pleased the shareholders, and satisfied the Stock Exchange - at the expense of you and me. Small and medium businesses are to this
DANGER: Printing money could jeopardise the economy.
Jim Collins Costa Blanca
day being charged unnecessarily high rates on their overdrafts, with the extra costs naturally being passed on to their customers. This has meant the pockets of the ordinary man in the street have been hit twice, by a cost of living above the official figures, and by mortgage rates set artificially high by the joint action of quantitativeeasing and banking-industry manipulation. There is a great hue and cry now, of course, with various politicians calling for ‘heads to roll’, and yet Sir Mervyn King, Chairman of the Bank of England, as well as lending his voice to the clamour for tougher banking regulation, was talking, only a week or two ago, about the possibility of QE issue number three. The damage inflicted upon Britain’s economy - not to mention
the international reputation of London as a world financial centre is impossible even to estimate at this juncture. How can anyone know with any accuracy, how many innovative young entrepreneurs have been discouraged from putting their ideas into practice by banks refusing them ‘start-up’ loans or setting the rates impossibly high? How many small and mediumsized businesses have been forced to close their doors, able no longer to service their overpriced overdrafts? The Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS), perhaps the most respected in its field, has warned that “the Bank of England, with its dual programme of money printing and ultra-low official interest rates, might be putting Britain’s economy at risk.” With this in mind, it can only be hoped that wiser, and perhaps more far-seeing, minds will prevail before the present dangerous trend evolves into something even worse.
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www.euroweeklynews.com THE banking crisis in 2008 undermined the financial strength of institutions such as banks and insurance companies, and people are now once again concerned about the safety of their savings. The only certain way for investors to achieve security from institutional failure is through a state controlled investor protection regime. Luxembourg stands out among EU Member States with its exceptionally strong culture of investor protection. It has a regime which provides maximum security to investors without limit. The Grand Duchy is in the top 10 financial centres worldwide. It is the second largest investment funds centre after the US and the leading private banking centre in the Eurozone. Its financial centre is founded on a modern regulatory framework, which is continuously updated. It has attracted banks, insurance companies and investment fund promoters from across the world. It has a flourishing insurance market with all the principal players having a presence and making use of the freedom to offer cross border services in the EU. Many of its institutions specialise in unit linked life assurance, an increasingly popular vehicle for wealth management. Luxembourg was one of the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC), which became the European Union (EU), and continues to play an important
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Luxembourg For Investor Protection l by Bill Blevins, Financia Correspondent, Blevins Franks
role in EU politics. It houses a number of EU institutions including the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and the European Court of Justice. It has built a reputation for investor protection, tax certainty, anti money laundering practice and banking confidentiality. Historically many high net worth individuals used offshore financial centres for confidentiality and tax mitigation. However, apart from a lack of regulation and investor protection, they have also been under attack from European and international bodies, with the result that investors who use them are placing their assets at risk for no real or sustainable benefits. In contrast, Luxembourg’s regulations are governed by EU directives that require strict financial controls and supervision to provide investors with a secure
onshore regime that can still offer tax benefits. Investor protection Luxembourg’s investor protection is unique within Europe. The cornerstone of this regime is the legal requirement that all clients’ assets must be held by an independent custodian bank approved by the State regulator, the Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA). This arrangement involving the CAA, custodian bank and insurance company is known as the “Triangle of Security”. These are the key points:• The regime ensures that the legal separation of clients’ assets from the insurance company’s shareholders and creditors, so investors are protected from exposure to the company’s credit risk. • The insurance company maintains a register of all assets and how they are invested, which is monitored by the CAA. • All policyholder assets are deposited with a custodian bank. • The bank is required to ringfence clients’ securities (eg investment funds, shares, bonds etc) – i.e. they are off its balance sheet. If the bank fails, these securities remain in segregated client accounts.
• The bank is bound by the regulator’s legal powers to protect the assets on behalf of investors. • 100% of the policyholder’s securities are protected. Cash deposits are not securities and so are not segregated, but cash held in monetary funds is treated as securities and so are protected. Tax certainty Most investors take out European investment bonds for tax planning reasons. Luxembourg offers the greatest certainty that these tax breaks will continue. EU and UK authorities have no jurisdiction over Luxembourg based bonds, nor can they discriminate against them as it is against EU laws to discriminate against the products of another Member State. Compliant Luxembourg based bonds enjoy the same preferential tax treatment as locally offered bonds. The same cannot be said of non EU locations, such as the Isle of Man. The tax-free roll-up of investment income and capital gains, which applies to Luxembourg based European Bonds, is the same that applies across most of Europe (excluding the UK), so there is no political pressure to change this system. Withholding tax advantages are
available through Luxembourg’s extensive double tax treaty network. Financial privacy Luxembourg law provides absolute confidentiality. Institutions are legally forbidden from divulging client information to third parties (except in relation to criminal activities). Individual financial privacy remains important for many high net worth individuals. As part of the EU, Luxembourg participates in the EU Savings Tax Directive on savings income, but it applies a withholding tax rather than automatic exchange of information. This situation will only change if Switzerland ends its banking secrecy. Over the years Luxembourg has finely tuned its financial services industry into one offering unparalleled investor protection, client confidentiality and legitimate tax planning opportunities. Many British expatriates in Spain have already taken advantage of Luxembourg’s favourable arrangements. A consultation with an experienced tax and wealth management adviser such as Blevins Franks can help with structures suitable for your individual circumstances. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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LONDON - FTSE 100 C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G. 5.00 1.93
NET VOLUME 2,972,622
Admiral Group
1,169.00
-23.00
-1.93
601,001
Aggreko
2,085.00
13.00
0.63
374,345
AMEC
1,026.00
24.00
2.40
1,449,899
Anglo American
2,109.00
20.50
0.98
2,797,689
Antofagasta
CU RR EN CI ES
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 2
C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Aberdeen Asset Manag. 264.70
0.80276
1.24568 Units per €
United States $..................................................... 1.25825 Japan Yen ¥.......................................................... 99.9318 Switzerland Francs............................................... 1.20121 Denmark Kroner ................................................... 7.43463 Norway Kroner...................................................... 7.51782
1,097.00
9.00
0.83
1,359,104
ARM Holdings
511.00
5.50
1.09
3,482,250
Ashmore Group
353.30
4.80
1.38
896,369
C O M PA N Y
PRICE(P)
Assoc. British Foods
1,288.00
6.00
0.47
851,842
B. American Tobacco
3,298.00
56.50
AstraZeneca
2,882.00
29.00
1.02
3,066,224
519.00
British Land Co
C O M PA N Y Centrica Compass Group CRH
PRICE(P) CHANGE 319.60 1.60
% C H G. 0.50
VOLUME 9,361,799
670.00
1.00
0.15
3,431,177
1,241.00
9.00
0.73
2,026,870
Croda International
2,299.00
36.00
1.59
408,585
Diageo
1,658.00
16.00
0.97
3,218,471
Eurasian Natural Res
425.60
10.20
2.46
2,270,200
EVRAZ
258.50
-2.20
-0.84
2,585,806
NET VOLUME
Experian
916.00
15.50
1.72
2,159,102
1.74
1,971,654
Fresnillo
1,490.00
33.00
2.26
584,172
8.50
1.67
2,599,938
G4S
283.70
4.60
1.65
2,083,591
GKN
181.70
1.10
0.61
5,476,018
1,472.00
25.00
1.73
6,631,665
C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G.
Aviva
282.70
10.10
3.71
15,626,492
British Sky Broadcasting
687.50
-9.00
-1.29
4,010,478
Babcock International
864.50
11.00
1.29
1,067,062
BT Group
215.30
3.90
1.84
14,221,651
BAE SYSTEMS
290.70
2.10
0.73
6,344,280
Bunzl
1,055.00
12.00
1.15
719,378
Glencore International
299.00
3.45
1.17
12,062,371
Barclays
168.40
5.55
3.41
100,162,201
Burberry Group
1,336.00
11.00
0.83
2,398,316
Hammerson
450.00
7.10
1.60
2,023,937
BG Group
1,323.00
23.00
1.77
5,085,370
Capita
658.50
2.50
0.38
1,902,702
Hargreaves Lansdown
537.00
7.50
1.42
459,906
BHP Billiton
1,830.00
24.00
1.33
4,651,638
Capital Shopping Centres 321.20
-0.80
-0.25
2,428,129
HSBC Holdings
570.10
9.00
1.60
19,705,992
432.50
10.55
2.50
24,679,006
Carnival
3.00
0.14
562,025
ICAP
339.80
2.30
0.68
1,333,040
BP
2,185.00
GlaxoSmithKline
IMI
DOW JONES
NASDAQ
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 2
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 2
C O M PA N Y
PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME
MMM 3M Co
88.87
-0.73
-0.81%
98,355
AA Alcoa Inc
8.62
-0.13
-1.54%
1,031,488
AXP American Express Co
58.88
+0.67
+1.15%
176,641
T AT&T Inc
35.95
+0.29
+0.81%
639,456
7.96
-0.22
-2.75%
6,585,783
BAC Bank of America Corp BA Boeing Co
73.19
-1.11
-1.49%
113,222
CAT Caterpillar Inc
83.07
-1.84
-2.17%
318,971
CVX Chevron Corp
105.06
-0.44
-0.42%
237,280
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc
17.02
-0.15
-0.87%
1,180,085
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
48.77
-1.80
-3.56%
412,734
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp
84.71
-0.86
-1.01%
601,700
GE General Electric Co
20.36
-0.48
-2.33%
2,262,301
HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co
19.98
-0.13
-0.65%
557,692
HD Home Depot Inc
52.86
-0.13
-0.25%
361,272
INTC Intel Corp
26.50
-0.15
-0.58%
1,144,710
IBM International Business Machines Co... 195.09 -0.49
-0.25%
79,868
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
67.74
+0.18
+0.27%
504,286
JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co
35.87
+0.14
+0.39%
1,295,846
KFT Kraft Foods Inc
38.52
-0.10
-0.26%
323,032
MCD McDonald's Corp
87.95
-0.58
-0.66%
109,034
MRK Merck & Co Inc
41.77
+0.02
+0.05%
413,047
MSFT Microsoft Corp
30.35
-0.24
-0.78%
1,431,812
PFE Pfizer Inc
22.87
-0.13
-0.57%
749,911
PG Procter & Gamble Co
60.90
-0.35
-0.57%
250,797
KO The Coca-Cola Co
78.58
+0.39
+0.50%
283,937
TRV Travelers Companies Inc
63.81
-0.03
-0.05%
90,444
UTX United Technologies Corp
75.22
-0.31
-0.41%
184,056
VZ Verizon Communications Inc
44.67
+0.23
+0.52%
263,277
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc
69.32
-0.40
-0.57%
388,702
DIS Walt Disney Co
48.43
-0.07
-0.14%
390,192
C O M PA N Y
PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
Most Advanced Brightpoint, Inc. $8.81 Lincare Holdings Inc. $41.32 NCI, Inc. $4.72 ATP Oil & Gas Corporation $3.90 Horizon Pharma, Inc. $8.10 Chindex International, Inc. $10.89 Corinthian Colleges, Inc. $3.19 BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. $2.88 Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4.64 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.705 Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. $5.96 Theravance, Inc. $24.05 Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. $2.27 Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. $7.34
3.40 / +62.85% 7.30 / +21.46% 0.67 / +16.55% 0.54 / +16.13% 0.97 / +13.62% 1.09 / +11.12% 0.30 / +10.38% 0.25 / +9.88% 0.40 / +9.43% 2.50 / +8.88% 0.46 / +8.36% 1.83 / +8.24% 0.17 / +8.10% 0.54 / +7.94%
841.50
10.00
1.20
1,260,289
Imperial Tobacco
2,504.00
49.00
2.00
1,571,261
InterContinental
1,551.00
16.00
1.04
996,609
Intl Cons Airlines
158.60
-0.90
-0.56
4,459,306
2,694.00
22.00
0.82
260,870
77.80
1.20
1.57
11,990,153
Intertek Group ITV Johnson Matthey
2,207.00
-1.00
-0.05
701,204
Kazakhmys
730.00
8.50
1.18
1,245,587
Kingfisher
289.00
1.60
0.56
5,951,628
Land Securities Group
750.50
12.00
1.62
2,389,944
Legal & General Group
128.50
1.20
0.94
13,236,390
Lloyds Banking Group
31.48
0.38
1.22 138,113,695
Marks & Spencer
327.90
2.90
0.89
3,808,150
Meggitt
388.30
3.00
0.78
1,323,726
Morrison (Wm)
267.00
0.90
0.34
9,263,579
National Grid
681.00
5.50
0.81
5,611,507
3,195.00
-4.00
-0.13
506,982
154.00
2.60
1.72
9,235,088
1,262.00
-4.00
-0.32
1,895,368
768.50
6.50
0.85
1,122,122 1,562,841
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Most Declined Liquidity Services, Inc. $39.72 IRIDEX Corporation $3.62 Le Gaga Holdings Limited $4.33 OpenTable, Inc. $40.47 pSivida Corp. $2.11 Vera Bradley, Inc. $19.41 National American University Holdings, Inc. $3.97 Groupon, Inc. $9.83 FirstCity Financial Corporation $8.00 Casella Waste Systems, Inc. $5.44 The Hackett Group, Inc. $5.19 Omega Flex, Inc. $11.12 MakeMyTrip Limited $15.38 Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. $5.19
Petrofac 11.46 / -22.39% 0.55 / -13.19% 0.56 / -11.63% 4.54 / -10.09% 0.20 / -8.66% 1.66 / -7.90% 0.33 / -7.67% 0.80 / -7.53% 0.65 / -7.51% 0.41 / -7.01% 0.38 / -6.82% 0.79 / -6.63% 1.05 / -6.39% 0.35 / -6.32%
1,437.00
49.00
3.53
Polymetal International
919.50
10.50
1.16
378,876
Prudential
751.50
13.50
1.83
3,524,702
Randgold Resources
5,800.00
65.00
1.13
208,053
Reckitt Benckiser
3,446.00
81.00
2.41
2,038,636
Reed Elsevier
516.00
4.50
0.88
1,962,074
Resolution
198.00
2.10
1.07
2,918,886
REXAM
423.60
2.60
0.62
1,727,782
3,060.50
41.50
1.37
3,588,881
Rolls-Royce Holdings
869.00
11.00
1.28
2,866,598
Royal Bank of Scotland
219.00
3.70
1.72
11,629,086
2,239.50
14.50
0.65
2,615,547
108.60
0.50
0.46
9,655,787
2,574.50
19.50
0.76
1,867,076
280.30
3.00
1.08
2,334,760 4,122,257
Rio Tinto
Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group Sainsbury (J) Schroders Serco Group
304.50
3.10
1.03
1,370.00
34.00
2.54
270,872
544.00
8.00
1.49
740,848
Severn Trent
1,662.00
9.00
0.54
705,668
Shire
1,841.00
9.00
0.49
2,898,771 1,386,280
Smith & Nephew
639.00
1.50
0.24
Smiths Group
1,018.00
3.00
0.30
800,971
SSE
1,401.00
10.00
0.72
1,870,186
Standard Chartered
1,419.00
34.50
2.49
4,340,193
Standard Life
234.40
1.00
0.43
3,303,225
Tate & Lyle
647.50
0.00
0.00
1,539,109
Tesco
314.70
4.65
1.50
14,380,620
Tullow Oil
1,493.00
23.00
1.56
2,709,349
Unilever
2,155.00
11.00
0.51
2,852,373
United Utilities Group
679.50
4.50
0.67
2,191,458
Vedanta Resources
906.00
-6.00
-0.66
1,233,790
Vodafone Group
179.40
0.15
0.08
81,157,719
Weir Group
1,563.00
33.00
2.16
1,246,905
Whitbread
2,087.00
59.00
2.91
692,623
Wolseley
2,393.00
16.00
0.67
988,289
WPP
796.00
23.00
2.98
4,736,890
Xstrata
802.90
4.30
0.54
7,008,144
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How to avoid visits by family and friends costing a fortune
APPLICATIONS open next Friday (July 13) for young Spanish to work with the United Nations Suitable candidates, who must be under 32 with a good university degree, work experience, and an excellent level of French and English, are wanted to work in a variety of areas, including architecture plus social, economic and political affairs. Other official UN languages, including Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Spanish will gain points, and with the UN’s work with Africa, Portuguese and Swahili are also highly valued. The closing date for aplications is September 12, and an examination for selected candidates will take place in Madrid on December 5.
EXPATRIATES living in the South of Spain are the envy of people based in Northern Europe. On wet and windy days - in the middle of July - family and friends back home wish that they too had sandy beaches, cheap A look food and drink at finance and that for females fabulous Andalucían Jane Plunkett weather to jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. enjoy. com So it’s not surprising that everyone wants to jet off to Spain - to visit expatriate family and friends – for their holidays. Having guests stay is always a fantastic experience and something I hope never stops occurring. But, equally, it can be an absolute drain on finances.
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Just when I thought I might get to the end of a month with a little left over in the account to go towards savings, my phone rings and it’s another would-be visitor looking to taking a sunshine holiday. With that goes any plans of taking it easy moneywise, and eating salad and toast for a month. Entertaining guests costs extra money. One small example is buying flowers for THE crypt in which Elvis Presley was first buried was withdrawn from a huge Los Angeles auction of sports the house because you want the place to look nice. Then there is the fridge to stock and music memorabilia following protests from fans. up, and if like me more eating out to
Elvis fans get their wish
THE CURRENT ACCOUNT WITH A WORLD OF BENEFITS.
avoid feeling guilty about looking tight or not showing the guest a good enough time. Such guilt can lead to all intended budgets being smashed. So how can the experience of having guests be enjoyable but not at the same time end up in massive debt? The main rule is to be honest. The visitors are either family or close friends and they know times are tough, so let them know, for example, that the euro doesn’t go as far as the pound, and that you’ll have to think of inventive ways to enjoy each other’s company without breaking the bank. Do you have a terrace or garden? This alone is a mega attraction for guests from colder climates, so use it. Buy a cheap BBQ and cook at home. There really is no need to spend money eating out in restaurants every night. Look out for fun and different things to do that don’t cost much. Here in Cordoba we have Cine de Verano. A €3 ticket provides a beautiful outdoor cinema experience and you can even sneak in your own sandwiches, though it’s pretty cheap to eat there, too. Don’t let guests squash budget plans. Speak the truth and make an effort to have fun in the sun on the cheap!
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‘Inevitable’ rise in IVA is set to cost families €900 a year SPAIN’S added-value tax, IVA, is almost certain to rise on products currently charged at 4 and 8 per cent. Such an increase could cost the average family in Spain almost €900 extra a year. Despite Mariano Rajoy’s earlier vows that his government would not increase IVA, the Treasury (Hacienda) is already examining plans at the behest of Brussels, ministry sources have disclosed. At present there are no plans to increase the highest IVA rate of 18 per cent to 20 per cent, the same sources say. But if the powers-that-be in Brussels are to be placated, and as one of the conditions for the bank bailout, all products in the 4 and 8 per cent tiers could rise. At present the reduced rate applies to food, water, healthcare articles including spectacles and contact lenses and health products for animals. Inland public transport, as well as sea and air travel to the Balearics, attracts the 8 per cent
RISING COSTS: An IVA increase will push up shopping bills. rate, together with most hotel and catering services and house
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government for every ticket sold for the cinema, theatre, concerts, circuses, museums and exhibitions. Bread and flour also incur 8 per cent IVA. The State also takes almost 12 cents of a €1.40 cup of coffee, and the same amount on a €1.40 croissant. It receives another 4 per cent from the price of the newspaper that clients read as they drink the coffee and eat their croissant. Eight per cent IVA is added to every taxi journey, every night in an hotel and every ‘menu del dia’ consumed. Super-reduced 4 per cent IVA applies to staples like fruit, vegetables, rice, milk, eggs and cheese. Books and magazines enter this tranche, as do cars, prosthetics for the disabled and social housing construction. Eliminating the two lower IVA tiers could cost the average Spanish family an extra €877.25 each year, with a noticeable impact on food, warns consumer association OCU.
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Not so cool! ICE CREAM shortages were experienced on the first day of summer in New York when record-breaking temperatures rose into the 90s, sending children seeking relief in the spray of fire hydrants.
Tweet tea! A TWITTER-ACTIVATED vending machine is dispensing free iced tea in exchange for a Tweet in South Africa in what developers say is the world’s first sampling drive via the microblogging site.
Land ahoy! A MAN-MADE floating island with a €5.2 million price tag is being marketed to the megarich by an Austrian firm which claims the 20mx37m ‘can be anchored anywhere its owners choose’.
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Sky is the limit for Lee, a man of the stars
Day and night are very different for Lee Osborne whose daytime role running a property company is in total contrast to also being a leading amateur astronomer. Nicole Hallett reports.
What is amateur astronomy? It is a vast subject and as a hobby there are many different ways of enjoying it. Some people can be just knowledge based and never look at the sky. Others take images of deep sky objects. Most, like me, have either binoculars or a telescope to gaze at the sky, although even naked eye astronomy is fun. How did you become interested? In the mid-80s I was interested in Halley’s comet and attended lectures by prominent astronomer Sir Patrick Moore. Most interested in? Star clusters, planets, the moon and meteor showers, for which I have made an all-sky camera. What is your role in the Costa del Sol Astronomy Club?
I am the head of it and arrange everything, encouraging observing sessions and holding talks with presentations. Have you met any famous astronomers? Sir Patrick Moore on many occasions, and I have also been to his house a few times; Ninian Boyle and Andy Burns are very approachable. Proudest achievement? I am one of only three people to complete the Moore marathon and was mentioned on the BBC Sky at Night programme. Who would you like to sit next to at a dinner party? Comedian Peter Kay always makes me laugh and I love Bob Marley’s music. Did you want to become an astronomer as a child? Only as an amateur. I am not clever enough to do it professionally.
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Vital Statistics • Lives: Mijas Golf, Malaga • Age: 37 • Birthplace: Chichester, UK • Status: In a relationship • Job: Property management company owner • Hobbies: Astronomy,mountain walking and geocaching • In Spain: 11 years • Best thing in Spain: The countryside • Worst: Driving • Always in fridge: Beer and chocolate.
EWN COMMENT New meanings MARIANO RAJOY won last year’s elections because voters thought he could solve the economic crisis, not because they wanted the PP’s promised reversal of gay marriage or abortion laws. Meanwhile, the Royal Academy of Spanish Language has made up its own mind
and accepts the term ‘matrimonio homosexual’. So now Rajoy faces the double task of rewriting the lexicon as well as performing economic miracles.
No sugar for this pill THE Spanish take more medication than any other EU country and the cost is crippling the health system. Spending cuts that are stripping away much of the health system’s flesh in order to ensure that its backbone survives means that 485 medicines will no longer be provided free. Anyone needing Ibuprofen or Almax will now have to pay for their own. And about time, too.
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THE passion in Spain as the national squad reached the Euro 2012 soccer finals was highly evident in Alhaurin el Grande. My wife counted 82 flags hanging from homes as we drove through the town en-route to the coast for the San Juan celebrations. One week later, and with the Spanish squad by this time safely through to the finals, there were 109 flags flying from balconies and business windows on the same route. Now I hope the passion and pride can assist the nation to pull out of the many economic problems it is facing as part of the eurozone. N Snelson, Cartama (Costa del Sol)
Snapped! By S Jensen, Sotogrande
Theft alert AS a frequent visitor to southern Spain, why do the authorities not erect signs warning tourists of the dangers of pickpockets. Over the years while I have only once been a victim of theft in Spain, I have lost count of the number of people I have heard about who have had holidays ruined by theft. From the crowded seafronts in many resorts on the Costa del Sol to the beaches in Costa Blanca, from the shopping aisles of many leading supermarkets to inland Sunday markets that attract so many, all too often people fall victim to opportunist thieves. With credit cards and wallets stolen, often along with passports and travel documents, holidays are totally ruined. If signs were erected warning of pickpockets, and the theft of handbags outside cafes etc, more people would be on guard. Everywhere in the world sadly has to face up to the fact of dishonest people. Therefore signs would not negatively reflect on Spain as being any worse than other places. N Gonzales, Bristol (UK)
Sickly charge I WAS recently prescribed statin tablets to lower my cholesterol by the doctor I use through a personal private medical insurance my wife and I have. On noting that the tablets ‘to be taken daily for the rest of my life’ cost more than €34 a month, I decided to use the Spanish health system, to which I am entitled as a British pensioner, for a second opinion. The health service doctor agreed I needed statins, and prescribed some,
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which upon collection from the same chemist, I noted would have cost me (if not on free prescription) only €2.40 for a month’s supply....a huge saving. Is it any wonder that some friends who have only medical insurance feel they are frequently ripped off. N Warne, Palma de Mallorca
Hotel thought WITH regard to the possible demolition of the illegally built Algarrobico Hotel in Almeria. Why not offer the site to the Spanish Legion and Navy as a training exercise for their demolition engineers in the use of controlled explosives? Six months should be long enough to reduce the structure to a pile of ballast. This could then be loaded onto offshore barges and shipped around the headland to Carboneras and used to construct an artificial reef to try to eliminate the movement of sand from one end of the beach to the other. Alternatively the ballast could be shipped further along to where the commercial port is being extended
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365 steps and more!
ON a recent visit to Mallorca, I snapped the famous 365 Calvery Steps in Pollenca town after climbing to the top. To my amazement,when I climbed them I initially discovered that rather than one for every day of the year, there appeared to be more than 400 steps. However, later I was told that in recent years a few extra steps have been added at the bottom... and officially there are in fact just 365 of the original ones. Quite a climb... but a nice attraction in the generally unspoilt part of northern Mallorca.
and used there. The site remaining will need sculpturing to return it to its natural look, with the planting of succulents and bushes assisting a return to nature in a few years. John H Taylor, by email
Cycling danger MANY expats claim that while the majority of Spanish drive fast, they show lane discipline on the main highways. Well this might be the case on the main roads, but on local roads, as a cyclist, I can assure you while the bus drivers are generally thoughtful and considerate, many of the taxi drivers and normal motorists are not. Regularly bus drivers show patience and give right of way as I cycle between Torre and Mojacar. But I have learned to expect few courtesies from normal drivers and taxi men who frequently appear more concerned with just getting from A to B without any thought for others. Norman Thomson, Torre Almeria
Pat on the back HAVING lived in Spain for seven years, while the bureaucracy continues to amaze and disappoint me, customer service continues to impress me. The latest example was last week when my wife shopped in Plaza Mayor near Malaga, buying a blouse at the Bershka outlet. On arriving home she felt it was too big, so we drove back to Fuengirola
5 - 11 July 2012 Mallorca and visited the Bershka shop in the Miramar shopping centre as we were not keen to have to drive a further 15kms all the way back to Plaza Mayor. The staff could not have been more helpful, agreeing to exchange the item for a smaller size, even though it had not been bought at that shop, but a different branch. M Nell, Calahonda
Deadly view MIKE WALSH gives a balanced rationale for the return of capital punishment for murder (Issue 1407). Whilst touring Brazil years ago, six London lawyers in the same hotel where I was staying invited me to a local snack bar. However, the atmosphere turned hostile when I said hanging should be restored for murder as clearly stated in ‘Thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’ All six disagreed, citing the inhumanity of state execution and abolitionists’ fear of a miscarriage of justice. Defending my view that the risk of one unfortunate death is the price society has to pay to protect lawabiding citizens – and put the wind up would-be murderers as Mr Walsh’s New York examples demonstrate – the group were not content to ‘agree to disagree,’ and didn’t speak to me again. Ostracised for speaking the Gospel truth; a human quality murder defence lawyers know nothing about. T Davies , Málaga
Bumpy excess WHY do the Spanish authorities seem so determined to have sleeping policemen (speed bumps) on almost every straight stretch of road? On an eight-kilometre drive near my home there are 28, with many so quickly in succession that they really are not required. K Davies, Rincon de la Victoria
Happy note I AM delighted to note that the English/Spanish crossword in your Time Out section is a weekly feature. When it first appeared I thought it was probably just a one-off, but over the weeks since it was introduced I have found it an addictive, and entertaining, addition to your first class entertainment section which both my wife and I individually complete every week. Keep up the good work... and I enjoy the rest of the newspaper as well. N Hannah, Marbella
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over... it is now’. But the shock in that basement was sliceable. You can imagine this ol’ boy in the midst of all that! With YEESSS battling to burst forth from tortured lungs, I managed to slip quietly out. I left the following day. Till then I was surrounded by blank faces and subdued conversations. The whole country went into shock. The problem is their arrogant attitude prevents them from learning from their mistakes. Mistakes like thinking they could win the ‘Third World War’ on the economic battlefield. What a farce that is turning into! But they won’t concede. They’ll not admit defeat until it has cost them all they have and the whole thing lies in tatters around their feet. Sound familiar? Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
SCIENTISTS in Australia have discovered a huge graveyard of ancient, rhino-sized megawombats. The site in Queensland is thought to contain up to 50 diprotodon skeletons between 100,000 and 200,000 years old.
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A MULTITUDE of ‘I told you sos’ this week. High street bankers have been shown to be no better than common criminals. Egypt has become the first ‘Arab Spring’ country to enter the summer as an Islamic state. (More to follow!) The Euro and EEC are still floundering. EAPY EE And finally SAYS IT Sharapova is screaming OTHERS THINK IT even louder. But it was GERMAN FANS: Defeat seems to leave them totally crushed. the Germans going out of right, and the Euro 2012 soccer always going to win. It’s a I was in Germany in complete high of World championships that really sort of naive arrogance and 1966. Believe me, they had Cup-winners euphoria. tickled me. The utterly the flaw in their character won the World Cup long In true Leapy’s law stunned look on the faces that Margaret Thatcher before that historical final fashion, I watched the of both players and fans spoke of. It makes their against England. Parades game in the basement staff alike was absolutely typical. every defeat absolutely had been organised. Every quarters of a large hotel in The problem with the crushing. petrol station had an Wiesbaden! As the Germans (I do have The odd thing about our enormous football in a net commentary was in German friends – or did!) is ‘Alemanian’ allies is that strung up on the forecourt. German, I didn’t actually that they are always utterly they never seem to learn Parties had been arranged hear the time-honoured convinced they are in the the lessons of history. and the country was on a phrase ‘They think it’s all
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A HAIRLESS British dog called Mugly has won the title of ugliest dog in the world, in a competition held in the US. The Chinese Crested pooch from Peterborough won $1,000 and a year’s supply of dog biscuits.
Brazen thief NEW YORK police launched a search for a thief who walked into a Manhattan art gallery, swiped a Salvador Dali painting off the wall, stuffed it into a shopping bag and calmly left.
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HAT are we going to do about Magalluf? The violence, vandalism and crimes that are being committed in the area just seem to be getting worse and worse. I think I am right to be truly distressed by the events over the past week: another two deaths from balconing and an appalling hit and run incident. On Sunday evening there were apparently about 1,000 young people walking on ‘The Strip’ (Punta Ballena, the main road where most of the bars are). A man was trying to drive his Range Rover car through this huge crowd of people and as you would expect wasn’t getting anywhere fast. The crowd apparently started banging on the windows of the car which spooked the driver who then put his foot on the accelerator and knocked down and ran over five young people. The driver didn’t stop then; no, he drove away and was subsequently arrested two days later. Yes, he may have been provoked, it must have been
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Family Matters Vicki Mcleod
ROAD RAGE: Certain behaviour on the island has to stop. frightening to be in a car with drunken youths banging on the windows, but two wrongs don’t make a right and some of these young people were seriously hurt. The road shouldn’t have been open to traffic in my
opinion. It used to be closed to general traffic and was controlled by the police, you needed to have a residents’ permit to get access to the road after dark. Surely they should return to that practice? According to
Calvia Council, the ‘cleaning up’ of Magalluf has already started with the arrest of the unlicensed masseuses on the beach, the ‘looky looky’ men and the prostitutes. Well, I was in Magalluf on Tuesday evening for the
Mallorca Rocks gig, and I can tell you there were definitely plenty of prostitutes and ‘looky looky’ men still in action. The planned gentrification of the area has begun with the high profile and ostentatious opening of new businesses recently, but unless you’re in a bubble and transferred to the door of said high-class establishments wearing your rose-tinted glasses, I don’t know how you can fail to notice the fact that next door you can still buy cheap booze in a bucket and drink it with a load of young men all wearing identical mankinis. The first I knew of the hit and run incident was when a smart phone video of it started to go viral and was doing the rounds on Facebook. Hardly the greatest advert for our island, huh? I’d much rather it was the Estrella Damm ad which had made us all feel so proud that we live here. Funnily enough, that’s an ad for booze too... www.familymattersmallorca.com
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Booze on the job AFTER reports of boozing on the job, traffic police in the Philippines will require to take breathalyser tests. The new policy covering the 1,400 Metro Manila traffic enforcers was imposed following complaints.
Atlas found A 415-YEAR-OLD atlas stolen from Sweden’s Royal Library more than a decade ago was recovered in the United States and has been returned.
Odd load AUSTRIAN police stopped five Romanians with overflowing lorries transporting 9.5 tonnes of garlic. The five men could not prove the load belonged to them.
Giant lump DOCTORS in Mexico successfully removed a 15kg benign tumour from a two-year-old boy, which weighed more than he did. The boy was born with the the lump that covered the right side of his body from underneath his arm to his hip.
New record A 28-YEAR-OLD man broke the world skateboard speed record hitting an impressive 80mph on Les Eboulements, Quebec, Canada, a road which has an 18-degree incline. His aerodynamic suit was worth £1,500.
Safe sex A NORWEGIAN sexual health charity asked men to don condoms for a ‘sex hour’ to raise awareness about safesex. A study found that Norwegians were the most sexually active Scandinavians but used the least protection.
Listen here - real men do not use prostitutes HOLIDAYS in the sub-tropical climate of Spain are rarely forgotten. Preferably forgotten is the slime trail left by widespread prostitution that fouls the highways and byways of Spain. The laws that once governed public morality were fed into the Spanish parliament’s shredder. Prostitution, like incest, was removed from the statute books as being a crime. Mike Walsh Some will claim it is none of our business vwww.michaelwalsh.es if, in exchange Mike Walsh. Based the Costa Blanca, for a little pin international journalist, author and professional money or writer: ex-business assessment executive Guild of Master Craftsmen. European correspondent college fees, Boston Revolutionary Radio. the strumpet can hold her hand out after what comes naturally. The truth is far different. Prostitution in Spain is legal and unregulated; pimping is illegal but largely tolerated. It is estimated that between PUBLIC ANGER: Prostitution should be made illegal in Spain. 200,000 and 400,000 women work as ‘street workers.’ Taking and Africa. caught in a vice of immigrant advantage of Spanish tolerance, Often this is done under illegality and their sordid trade. hundreds of thousands of pretext of a legitimate job, For the mafias who trade in women and young men are perhaps in the tourist industry. them, like the slave-dealers of shipped to Spain from South On arrival their passports may old, the trade in human flesh is America, Eastern Europe, Russia be confiscated and they are as lucrative as dealing in drugs.
It is commonplace to see virtually naked teenagers offering themselves at the side of the roads and on roundabouts. Many are illegal immigrants and off the radar and so their criminal masters control their lives. In the Spanish border town of La Jonquera, so many street workers littered the pavements that Europe’s largest 101 room brothel was provided for their activities. Hookers are charged €70 per night. Other local authorities responded by setting up areas where prostitutes are allowed to sell their services without harassment; usually industrial estates. Throughout Spain there is public anger at the prevalence of prostitution; urban areas are shunned or local residents turn vigilante. They often take their protests to the police and local seats of government. The authorities respond but dealing with the problem is like nailing jelly to the wall. One police officer says: “These women, and the people who pimp them, do not pay the fines; they have no bank accounts; they have no fixed abode.” It is high time for Spanish legislators to follow examples set by Sweden, Norway and Finland, where prostitution is illegal. But, it is the client, not the prostitute, penalised by hefty fines and possible prison sentences. Prostitution is a front for money laundering, tax evasion, Generalitat official told criminality, paedophilia, his mother that he political and other forms could work ‘wherever of corruption; blackmail. he wanted.’ It fuels exploitation, Cotino did meet some cruelty, slavery, venereal families in Torrente, disease, drug abuse and where 21 of the victims body trading. lived, a spokesman Prostitution is not a admitted, and he was victimless crime. It is accompanied by Jose one of the few crimes in Santiago Miquel which both parties are Soriano, then a local victims. Those who use councillor and now them demean mayor. themselves, open No offers of work themselves to blackmail, were made and the social ostracism, and meetings were ‘a ruin their self respect gesture’ towards the and their reputations. victims, Miquel Is there a solution? maintained. “The Yes; get the message Speaker demonstrated across loud and clear. great humanity,” he Real men do not use added. prostitutes.
Alleged ‘jobs for silence’ to relatives of victims VALENCIA’S regional government tried to buy them off with jobs, alleged relatives of victims killed in the 2006 Metro accident. Forty-three people died and 47 were injured when the speeding train derailed on July 3. Juan Cotino, then head of the agriculture department, later visited several of their families. On at least two visits, Cotino – now Speaker of the regional parliament – suggested jobs to close relatives of victims, it is claimed. During the meetings, Cotino always repeated
the official theory that the accident was ‘inevitable and impossible to predict.’ He also enquired about the circumstances of the victims’ brothers and sisters. “He asked my two sons if they worked or studied. He said if they needed anything, we only had to let him know,” recalled a mother whose daughter died in the accident. “My elder son replied that they wanted to find work on their own merits, without outside help,” explained the woman, who asked to
remain anonymous “to avoid problems.” “We said goodbye and closed the door behind him. We didn’t want to see him,” she said. She viewed the visit as a sop to the affected families, some of whom were initiating criminal proceedings for negligence against the state-run FGV railway service. Leonardo Pedrero, whose father died in the accident, also received a job offer, he claimed. Cotino did not visit his Torrente home, the 44-year-old said, but a
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CHEERS: A good Mojito requires the right mix of mint, Bacardi, brown sugar and soda water.
A Mojito is like a cool breeze on a hot day A
REALLY good Mojito is hard to make. It requires just the right mix of mint leaves, Bacardi, brown sugar and soda water and lots and lots of crushed ice. A good Mojito is like a cool breeze on a hot day. It should taste clean and fresh with a mere hint of sweetness. It should not knock your socks off or send you hurtling from your bar stool to leave you crumpled in an undignified heap on the floor. As much as I enjoy making Mojitos mine have a tendency to taste like chewing gum soaked in rocket fuel (my own brother has advised me never to attempt to concoct one again; in fact, he likened my last attempt to the slime found at the bottom of a prehistoric tar pit). Unlike frivolous cocktails like Piña Colada, the Mojito is masculine and beefy. It is the prize cage fighter of cocktails, the testosterone fuelled aperitif drunk by Hemingway and Castro; it is a Cuban carnival rather than an aftereight drinks party at Henley; the Mojito is a promise of sun soaked sand and hot bodies gyrating rhythmically along the barrio ; the sound of whistles and laughter, of whispered desire, hot
Suzanne Manners Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character).
nights and dark bars; of men wearing Panama hats and sly smiles as they disappear into the shadows, the cadence of cicadas in the humid afternoon. Yes, I am a romantic and I do have the tendency to imbue simple things with greater meaning, but isn’t that what being an artist is all about? Anyway, the Mojito obsession this week is the consequence of drinking a particularly large and particularly strong one in a bar on Thursday. I knew it was strong because my son began to make sense and I interpreted his “For God’s sake, mum!” as “Mum, I love you and you are the most intelligent mother in the whole world and you are always right.” That was just before sliding gracefully from the bar stool and onto the floor. As I’m writing this, basking in the heat of the afternoon, cold beer in hand, I am watching the weather news from the UK. We Brits are always surprised at the vagaries of the weather and yet it has never
been any other way. As a child I remember frozen pipes in March, thunderstorms in August, floods and even tornadoes. Before the barrier, the Thames was always flooding, Wales was always wet and it always snowed when you least expected it. Even though it snows in most places every winter, local councils still run out of grit and trains crawl to a halt. The only typical weather you can be certain of in the UK is untypical weather. It is no wonder we Brits are so pragmatic in our packing, not only PG Tips teabags but an umbrella or two, sunscreen, bathing suit and coat. We pack like schizophrenic travel reps. Five years in Spain has taught me to relax about the weather; June, hot, July, hot, August, very hot, September, hot...you get the picture. So what do I pack when travelling in Spain? Sarong, bikini, sunscreen, mint leaves, a bottle of Bacardi, brown sugar and a couple of bottles of Cava. What else?
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No junk makes for clear skin By Michel Wahba SIMPLE habits like a daily cup of coffee or a fast-food lunch could be undermining your efforts towards maintaining a healthy skin. New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Deborah Wattenberg wrote several books and articles exploring ways to keep the skin young and undamaged. The first advice she has for her patients is to quit smoking. “Smoking is probably the worst thing you can possibly do for your body, including your skin,” Wattenberg says. Nicotine and other chemicals found in cigarettes destroy the skin’s elastin and collagen, leading to wrinkles and fine lines, she added “habitual smoking can also lead to those pucker lines around the mouth.” Although a study revealed that some wines fight off sunburns, it is suggested that alcohol, along with sweets, caffeine and junk food are some of healthy skin’s enemies. Wattenberg explains that they prevent water from reaching the skin, consequently drying it off. She suggests doubling the suggested six to eight glasses of water a day, in order to keep the skin
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hydrated. Getting away with six hours of sleep or less a day may not only affect you mentally, but it’ll also show on your face and your skin, Wattenberg warns. “When you don't sleep, stress causes the release of the hormone cortisol, which makes your skin oily and causes acne, which makes your skin look less attractive,” she explains. She also says that being nice to acne-prone skin will pay off. Scrubbing the acne aggressively will only cause “scarring, pigmentation and make HEALTHY: Coffee can protect against heart failure. it worse.” Finally, Wattenberg stresses on the importance of wearing sunscreen, even during winter. She adds “sunscreen is the key to a youthful skin.” By Michel Wahba MODERATE coffee consumption is suggested to protect against heart failure, according to a new study. While most health organisations warn against habitual coffee consumption, others indicate that coffee could reduce the risk of prostate cancer, among other benefits. The research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre found that moderate coffee drinkers had an 11 per cent lower risk of heart failure. The study was aiming to shift the previous, often conflicting, information from a definitive yes or no, to a question of how much. “Our results did show a possible benefit, but like with so many other things we consume, it depends on how much coffee you drink,” said lead author Elizabeth Mostofsky.
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Bureaucracy is a job creation initiative that is hard to beat THERE is quirkiness to Spanish bureaucracy. It is unnecessarily complex; is it because they can exploit its weaknesses amidst the confusion. Bureaucracy is a job creation initiative and a fundraiser hard to beat. A new scam is to fine those with Alicante registered cars that have ITVs done in some other provinces. Now they fine non-Spanish residents up to â‚Ź1,000 for nonpossession of a Spanish driving licence. They could easily set up a periodical desk at advertised town halls. A couple of English speaking clerks could efficiently process many applications. Better that than hundreds of expats cluttering up offices a 100 mile round trip away. But no; that would be too simple and a cheap solution for a bureaucrat to grasp.
Corrupt banking NOTHING epitomises unbridled corruption and breathtaking incompetence than do the banks. Even politicians get it right occasionally. Although their morality is elastic, even they know it stretches only so far. Not so with the banks; they now make and manipulate each hijacked country’s fiscal laws. Are we mad? We must be living in Alice’s Wonderland. If you have the stomach for it take a peek at El Pais or the British dailies; your heart will sink. There is only one solution. Make the banks fall on their swords; absorb their losses and declare insolvency. Nationalise the banking system and make it directly accountable to the people through parliament, firewalled against corruption. Others have done it; nations and American states. In every single case economies thrive and the people are made wealthier. There are too many politicians enmeshed in our banking system; turkeys don’t vote for Christmas. This has got to change or we all sink with the vipers in their parliamentary counting houses.
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There is a strong feeling of 'self' this week, and you realise that you have many things to be thankful for. These thoughts come after a period of uncertainty that saw a lack of progress.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) You know in your heart that you should take control of your future. This is a time to talk with others and consider their thoughts. At the end of the day, however, you are the one who has the final say.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) At times this week you will feel that a certain relationship is not developing along the right lines. Although it seems that your efforts are often in vain, this is a situation that requires thought and patience on your part. It is perhaps a good time to look to your business matters for a change of scene and to set your mind on a more constructive course.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You should not feel responsible for the failings of others. Although you may think you could have done more in a certain situation, it is unlikely that any significant difference would have resulted. This is a busy time but also one in which a small persistent voice will be heard: the voice of logic and practicality. Listen to it.
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Born July 6, 1980, he is a Spanish basketball player who currently plays with Los Angeles Lakers. His mother was a doctor and his father was a chief nurse who worked at the hospital in Barcelona where Pau was born. When Magic Johnson announced his HIV-positive status in 1991, Gasol, 11, decided that he wanted to be a doctor and find a cure for AIDS. He enrolled in medical school at Barcelona University but left as his basketball career advanced. He taught himself Italian and French and also speaks English.
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A long-term relationship has its wobbly moments this week, but all is not lost. Listen to your heart as it speaks louder than any other voice. You know what you need but that may conflict with what you feel you should want. In an ideal world, these two areas would be in harmony. Give a little happiness to others and your own heart will be lighter.
Your sense of balance in the universe could be upset, but do not let this sour either your thoughts or your character. You are in the eye of the storm so take this time to think. A bit of care and attention is what you need and you know where to find it.
This is not a time to drift into things because the planets are urging you to take control and forge ahead. Let others know exactly what you want and expect from them. If you do not, others will make decisions for you that could prove less desirable.
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Feel sympathy for those who lack the gift of insight. Their lack of understanding upsets you, but their horizons are narrow. This is a time of giving to yourself. Look forward to some time away or indulging in something that really relaxes you. Should you be searching for someone special, they may be closer than you know.
Someone who appears to be putting themselves in the way of your progress could simply be trying to help. They may have a valid point to make but just not be good at expressing themselves. Be aware of this because there could be a link to your health and love life.
Making firm decisions in your love life may prove difficult. Do not be rushed. This is far from a straightforward week and you need to remember how to relax. You are able to deal with what comes your way but it is upsetting to find that someone has been less than honest.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) With your mind sharp and energy high, you want to make fast progress and, indeed, you can. You are only too aware of the time that has been wasted waiting for others. Now, most of that may be dealt with. See how others react when you do not. Leaving others to their own devices works better than nagging. Your lack of interest could worry them.
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When you meet opposition try to use persuasion and logic to win the day. Failing that, you may decide that ʻenough is enoughʼ and forge ahead, anyway. In this positive mood you find yourself attractive to the opposite sex. That does not mean you have a right to be pushy. Just use your charm. Combining business with pleasure could lead to trouble, so try to keep these two areas separate.
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Across 1 Looked forward to Ted finishing the former PE college (8) 5 A request to leap around! (4) 9 Give a warning to the left prior to conclusion (7) 10 Hero-worship promotion mineral (5) 11 Take Enid out to eat (4) 12 Hold a rally in favour of an experiment (7) 15 One examining a canopy (6) 16 Riddle resolved in game (6) 19 Telly or silly thing to put your shopping in (7) 21 Bland apartment (4) 24 Oasis and Nirvana dropping Ecstasy (5) 25 Rebuild old Escort into a two-wheeled vehicle (7) 26 Quietly unwell, so take a tablet (4) 27 Forgave Dicky and Pedro (8) Down 1 Speed up different, deep exit (8) 2 Father lets out mother and himself (7) 3 Hands in screwdriver (4) 4 Affected Leeds regimentʼs senior figures (6) 6 They have pride in their families (5) 7 Stunned when American gets married (4) 8 Telling on an old country pursuit (7)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Come (4) 3 Tiendas (5) 8 Quizás (7) 9 Hacha (herramienta) (3) 10 Sobrina (5) 11 To hate (5) 12 Garlic (3) 13 Rings (on finger) (7) 14 Muñecas (juguetes)
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Jimmy Carr’s ‘error of judgement’ is it really worthy of an apology? A UK Cabinet minister has condemned people like Jimmy Carr who use tax avoidance loopholes as the “moral equivalent of benefit cheats”. Hang on! This is rather like a Mafia Don lecturing someone who hasn’t paid his protection money on his moral failings NORA JOHNSON to pay up! Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of Benefit cheats years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime are indeed thrillers. committing a crime. But whatever we think is a fair amount of tax, following the tax law to the letter isn’t. I’m not a Jimmy Carr fan. But is it entirely fair to hold him up as some satanic individual? He’s not broken any laws. He employed somebody to give him tax advice and taken it. Benefit TAX AVOIDANCE: Keep taxes reasonable cheats, though, are stealing money from the taxpayer. Carr is still a reasonable percentage earns more for taxpayer – he’s just a taxpayer with a the taxman than over-taxing them. good accountant. It’s not Carr who’s Remember the brain drain and requests wrong; it’s the complexity of the system for the last British businessman to turn that allows him to pay so little. off the lights as he emigrated? Well, it’s It’s well known that taxing people a all coming back again with the regrowth
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pay them. Hit them for half or more of their earnings and the tax avoidance gurus will earn a fortune, leaving the country worse off. What is needed is a simple and fair system. The other real question here is what do people get for their taxes? Eyewatering sums of taxpayers’ money have been frittered away on useless political projects, disastrous social engineering experiments and futile desert wars. Whilst there is a moral duty to pay taxes that are due, there’s also a moral imperative on governments that they don’t take more of a worker’s income than is strictly necessary. Successive governments have breached that imperative. Most people would agree, I’m sure, that much of their money has been simply wasted. Carr is far too easy a target. Lots of ‘celebs’ allegedly engage in tax avoidance. And if Jimmy Carr finds himself overtaxed, will he simply in future be known as ‘Jimmy Bicycle?’ Nora Johnson’s novels, Soul Stealer & The De Clerambault Code (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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Longevity on this island is worn like a badge of honour and quite rightly so as making it work here is not easy. The airport has special revolving doors for the people who come on hols, decide to come back and open a bar and leave two years later broke and battered. As the saying goes ‘How do you make a small fortune in Mallorca?’ Answer ‘Come here with a large fortune.’ However, despite the island’s challenges, it has its many compensations too. No matter how tough things get a walk on the beach in the sunshine is free. Anyway us locals have never had it so good! Last week we had our favourite subject making headlines…the weather! First we had everyone puffing out their cheeks and muttering Mucho calor as sweat ran down your back just sitting still and bits started to melt off you. Then, just as we were getting used to the Tenko conditions a dark cloud came from nowhere and blew a few trees down! This gave the badge-wearing
ex-pats the perfect opportunity to regale anyone who would listen with tales of the great 2007 tornado and even (for those who were really showing off) the even bigger tornado of 2003. Mallorca doesn’t do things by half, and that includes the weather. In my column last week I was saying that this place is full of surprises and that includes what Mother Nature decides to throw into the mix. So you thought it was safe to go out and leave your washing on the balcony after four weeks of continuous sunshine… I’ll show you! No, here it is always best to expect the unexpected and that includes the weather. One of my mates who is very organised always has a fan, a shawl and an umbrella within reach. But then her badge of service for living here has ‘18 years’ embroidered on it! Finally, a quick hello to a lovely lady called Donna, a gorgeous Scouser with a cracking pair of pins who reads this column every week, just because it will give her a nice surprise!
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Compiled by Laura Penn from Spectrum FM If you are a performer or a venue with live music email information to Laura@spectrumfm.net for inclusion in the gig guide. • THURSDAY ARRON REECE – Monroes, Magaluf 8.30pm JP BRADSHAW – Tropical Gardens, Cala Dor (Michael Buble tribute) RONAN LEONARD & MIKEY – Seans Place, Santa Ponsa, 10pm VINNIE SCOTT – Palma Bar Puerto Pollenca 9.30pm ABBA ANGELS - Finnegans Magaluf 10pm DÉJÀ VU – 80s duo Delaneys Bar, Sa Coma ARRON REECE – Arthurs Bar, Magaluf 11.15pm WEIGHTLESS ASTRONAUTS – Durty Nellys, Santa Ponsa midnight.
• FRIDAY ARRON REECE – Monroes, Magaluf 8.30pm JP BRADSHAW – Trotters Bar Can Picafort RONAN LEONARD & MIKEY – Seans Place, Santa Ponsa, 10pm ARRON REECE – Piano Bar 10pm (Ratpack & Blues Brothers show) VINNIE SCOTT – McTavishes in Santa Ponsa 10pm ABBA ANGELS - The Fountain Magaluf 10.30pm GEE CARMICHAEL – JK LEOS BAR 11pm WEIGHTLESS ASTRONAUTS – Durty Nellys, Santa Ponsa midnight.
• SATURDAY ARRON REECE – Monroes, Magaluf 8.30pm JP BRADSHAW – Finnegans, Magaluf (Neil Diamond tribute) RONAN LEONARD & MIKEY – Seans Place, Santa Ponsa, 10pm HATS at Aroma, El Toro, 9pm. ABBA ANGELS - Shipwrecked Can Picafort 9pm VINNIE SCOTT at Hotel Cala Bona 9.30pm WEIGHTLESS ASTRONAUTS – Durty Nellys, Santa Ponsa midnight. VERA LYNNS – Mrs Doyles Magaluf 11pm
• SUNDAY JP BRADSHAW – Stadium, Palmanova, 9.30pm (Michael Buble tribute) RONAN LEONARD & MIKEY – Seans Place, Santa Ponsa, 10pm ABBA ANGELS - Ruby Tuesdays Palma Nova 10.15pm VINNIE SCOTT – Eden Paradise, Cala D Or 9.30pm WEIGHTLESS ASTRONAUTS – Durty Nellys, Santa Ponsa midnight.
• MONDAY ARRON REECE – Monroes, Magaluf 8.30pm IAN DUNCAN – Hotel Paraiso, Alcudia VINNIE SCOTT – Club Mac Alcudia 9pm ABBA ANGELS – Santa Ponsa Park 9pm JP BRADSHAW – Tropical Gardens, Cala Dor GEE CARMICHAEL - Santa Lucia Hotel Palma Nova 10.00pm RONAN LEONARD & MIKEY – Seans Place, Santa Ponsa, 10pm ARRON REECE – Piano Bar, Magaluf 10pm WEIGHTLESS ASTRONAUTS – Durty Nellys, Santa Ponsa midnight.
• TUESDAY ARRON REECE – Monroes, Magaluf 8.30pm RICKY STEVENS - Delaney's Bar, Cala Millor Rd, SA COMA 9pm ABBA ANGELS - Astoria Playa Alcudia 9.15pm RONAN LEONARD & MIKEY – Seans Place, Santa Ponsa, 10pm JP BRADSHAW – Benny Hills, Magaluf, request show 10pm VINNE SCOTT – Britannia Bar. Sa Coma 10pm WEIGHTLESS ASTRONAUTS – Durty Nellys, Santa Ponsa midnight.
• WEDNESDAY ARRON REECE – Monroes, Magaluf 8.30pm JP BRADSHAW – Jardin del Luz, Santa Ponsa ABBA ANGELS - Palms Bar, Pto Pollenca 9.30pm RONAN LEONARD & MIKEY – Seans Place, Santa Ponsa, 10pm VINNIE SCOTT – Finnegans, Magaluf 10pm ARRON REECE – Piano Bar, Magaluf 10.30pm (Country & Beatles show) WEIGHTLESS ASTRONAUTS – Durty Nellys, Santa Ponsa midnight.
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W hat’s On On What’s SPECTRUM CALENDAR OF EVENTS By Laura Penn • Thur July 5 - GUIDED TOUR of the parish church of Porreres in English at 11am. €3 for adults and children go free. - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracota Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - MALLORCA ROCKS featuring Mark Ronson, Zane Lowe, Disclosure and Rudimental. €25 to €50 and €15 for residents. Doors open at 7pm. - CONCERT – as part of the 34th International Music Festival in Deya Sabine Grossmeier and Suzanne Bradbury perform at the Son Marroig centre at 9pm- €20, €10 for students. - MUSICAL – ‘DADDY COOL’ at the Trui Theatre in Palma starring Sheila Ferguson. €30.85 to 63.85. Starts 9.30pm. - CONCERT by Mallorca-born popular singer Concha Buika at the Plaza de Toros (bullring) in Muro. 10pm €25. - CONCERT as part of the Fiestas de Sant Pere in Andratx. ‘Les Espelmes’ at the Port pier at 9pm. - MUSIC FESTIVAL at Bellver castle with a performance of ‘The Magic Flute’ by the Balearic Symphony Orchestra. €10 to €30. 9.30pm - CONCERT by Mallorca-born popular singer Concha Buika at the Plaza de Toros (bullring) in Muro. 10pm €25. - FASHION NIGHT as part of the fiestas de Sant Victoria in Campanet. 10pm. - CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT by pianist David Goméz at the Port Andratx lighthouse at 10pm. €20 to €30.
• Fri July 6 - FREE GUIDED TOURS – One of Alcudia town lasting two hours and starting at 10am from the door of the church. The other of the Es Baluard museum of modern art in Palma. Tours in English every Friday starting at 10.30am at the museum’s ticket office. Limited to 20 places. - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracota Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - ABC BUSINESS LUNCH at Máxime Restaurant, Vall d’Or Golf at 1.30pm. €40 for abcVIP club members and clients and €50 for all other guests. - CONCERT - by Maika Makowski at Passeig des Born in Palma 8.30pm. Free. - CONCERT – ‘Moon River’ by Cap.Pela at Sa Màniga Auditorium in Cala Millor. €12. 9.30pm. - CHARITY CONCERT – by the ‘Blauets de Lluc’ (Blue boys from Lluc monastery) at Sa Casa Llarga in aid of Can Gazá. €10.9pm. - MUSICAL – ‘DADDY COOL’ at the Trui Theatre in Palma starring Sheila Ferguson. €30.85 to 63.85. Starts 9.30pm. - CONCERT – ‘Romeo & Juliet by the Balearic Symphony Orchestra at Santa Domingo Cloisters as part of the 51st Music Festival in Pollensa. €30 to €50. - NIGHT OF ROCK – performances by Get Back, Old Noise and Pirates Pirtas as part of the fiestas de
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• Sat July 7 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracota Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - TRIATHLON as part of the fiestas de Sant Pere at Es Sluet in Andratx. 7pm. - SUMMER PARTY – ‘White is Nice’ party by the Lions Club which celebrates its 7th anniversary at Mood Beach Club in Costa Den Blanes. €75 (€25 to the club’s charities on the island). - MUSICAL – ‘DADDY COOL’ at the Trui Theatre in Palma starring Sheila Ferguson. €30.85 to 63.85. Starts 9.30pm. - CONCERT – by Serrat & Sabina with the orchestra from the Titanic featuring ‘Dos Pájaros Contraatacan’ at the Palma Arena. €40 to €100. 10pm.
• Mon July 9 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracota Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - MUSICAL – ‘DADDY COOL’ at the Trui Theatre in Palma starring Sheila Ferguson. €30.85 to 63.85. Starts 9.30pm. - CUISINE FAIR – the 7th Seafood Cuisine Display in Porto Cristo. - ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR – as part of the Fira Del Carme in Cala Bona.
• Tues July 10 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracota Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - MALLORCA ROCKS 2nd BIRTHDAY featuring Kasabian and Toy. €25 to €50 and €15 for residents. Doors open at 7pm. - MALLORCA LIVE – at BCM square in Magaluf featuring Example and DJ Wire. - MUSICAL – ‘DADDY COOL’ at the Trui Theatre in Palma starring Sheila Ferguson. €30.85 to 63.85. Starts 9.30pm. - ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR – as part of the Fira Del Carme in Cala Bona. - FOLK DANCING – as part of the fiestas del Carme in Capdepera. Dances by Aires Gabellins, Els Sonador de Jote and Meateixes de Capdepera. 9pm.
• Wed July 11 - EXHIBITION of the Chinese Terracota Army at the Poligino de Levante 11am to 9pm. €10 for residents €14 for non-residents. - ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR – as part of the Fira Del Carme in Cala Bona. - MUSICAL – ‘DADDY COOL’ at the Trui Theatre in Palma starring Sheila Ferguson. €30.85 to 63.85. Starts 9.30pm.
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IMBALANCE: In some regions a state-subsidised apartment costs more than a pre-owned one.
Social housing is a bargain no longer STATE-SUBSIDISED housing in 11 autonomous communities now costs more than a second-hand property. In Teruel, social housing - known as VPO - can cost 30 per cent more. In six other regions, the difference between a subsidised and a preowned property price has narrowed to 10 per cent compared with a precrisis 30 per cent. Social housing in Spain is based
on the concept of building affordable apartments for buyers who would otherwise be unable to get a foot on the property ladder. In 2007, VPO apartments were half the price of non-subsidised properties. The present imbalance is as much the fault of the rigidity of the VPO market as plummeting house prices, experts believe. Many developers shunned subsidised properties, claiming that
the price difference did not make it worth their while. In a bid to attract developers, many regional governments raised VPO prices to the legally-permitted upper limit. By the end of 2008 when the cost of subsidised apartments was at its highest, property prices began to drop. Since then, prices on the open market fell by 18.3 per cent, compared to 1.7 per cent for subsidised homes. In some Spanish provinces, new and preowned homes on the open market remain more expensive than social housing if calculated island in the Western jointly. Pacific now belongs to The difference is more the US but was a noticeable when Spanish possession compared with preuntil it was surrendered owned homes, so in in the SpanishCastilla-La Mancha, for American War of 1898. instance, a second-hand Across the Atlantic, property is 6 per cent Miami Beach in Florida cheaper than a VPO has a Plaza de España, home. In 2007, however, while south of the it would have been 29 per border, Mexico has a cent more expensive. total of five. The biggest price Argentina has six difference between VPO squares bearing Spain’s and pre-owned properties name, but Chile has is found in Teruel (30 per only one. cent), Cuenca (27.8 per So too does La Paz cent) and Jaen (16.5 per (Bolivia), Tegucigalpa cent). Lugo has the least (Honduras), Arequipa difference with 1 per cent (Peru) and Montevideo but in Madrid, Cataluña (Uruguay) and Santo and the Basque region, a Domingo (Dominican VPO apartment is still half Republic). the price of a secondhand property.
Placing Spanish plazas By Linda Hall INSIDE Spain itself, more than 20 town, village and city squares bear the name Plaza de España. But there are even more worldwide, beginning with the Place d’EspagneSpanjeplein in central Brussels. The square is watched over by statues of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, in homage to the Spanish language. Rome has its Piazza di Spagna, named for the palace, which was built on the orders of the Spanish king,
Fernando el Catolico, in 1480. It now houses Spain’s embassy to the Vatican. Still in Europe, Lisbon in Portugal has its Praça de Espanha. In Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkans, Mostar’s Plaza España pays homage to the 22 Spanish soldiers and an interpreter who died on active duty while stationed with the Nato mission there. In Africa, Tetuan (Morocco) and Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) each have a Plaza de España. There is another, even further afield in Agaña in Guam. This
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Fake firms fleece Social Security POLICE arrested 150 people following an investigation of 30 fictitious companies that defrauded millions in social security payments. A further 277 face charges for involvement in the large-scale swindle which operated in Barcelona, Tarragona, Gerona and Jaen. At least 406 people, mainly Moroccans living in Cataluña, paid between €300 and €500 to be registered on the payrolls of non-existent businesses. They were then able to renew work permits. A total of 3,375 people were registered as employees, with 398 ‘working’ long enough to draw unemployment pay totalling €2,667,000. The fraud came to light last year when work inspectors in Barcelona detected firms that appeared to have no valid activity and were in arrears with social security payments. Further investigation uncovered the network of 30 companies. Most of the supposed partners and administrators, many from disadvantaged backgrounds, performed no duties at all. All were figureheads chosen to mask the true identities of the people behind the scam and deflect official scrutiny, police said.
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Jamon, Jamon: More than a movie… more than a delicacy
N an effort to improve my Spanish, I have taken to renting DVDs that have bilingual idioms and subtitles. The 1992 Spanish film ‘Jamon Jamon’, the debut of a young Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, has been my latest venture. This award-winning film has been described as: ‘a tale of ham and passion! …a juxtaposition of emotions combining erotic desires and food… an allegory for Spain itself.’ Jamon (ham) plays a central Consider This role in the movie as US citizen Jack is spending the first years of his retirement in Almeria. His articles have hanging jamon legs been published in Spain and the US. (hoof included) are featured in nearly every scene. That very same likeness of hanging hams is one of the most recognisable images of SPANISH IMAGE: Go to any bar and you Andalucía. Go to any tapas bar and you will likely see the ceiling obscured by dozens of tradition? Is it anything more than a movie these hanging hams. Similarly, while theme, a tasty bocadillo or tapas? Is there visiting Spanish friends, a jamon leg can a larger story here? Consider… often be seen strapped to a cradle-like When the mysterious Celts (c. 800framework (jamonera), usually at the 450BC) first settled in the coastal regions of centre of attention all the while yielding Spain, javali, or wild boar, were among the thin, wafer-like sweet ham morsels to all. If most bountiful wildlife. To the Celts, there is a national Spanish delicacy, jamon domesticating these wild boar to livestock is it. But what do know of the jamon herds became an important part of their
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will find the hams hanging. survival. Javali and their domesticated cousins, pigs, were valued and revered. Ethnographers believe that the many existing statues of pigs and boars were used as territorial markers and ornamented tombs. The Celts quickly learned that cured ham was a long-lasting form of protein. They were coastal people that, over time, developed a system of using sea-salt and air curing to create the proper environmental conditions for food storage. Pig farming and meat-curing were well established by the time of the subsequent early Roman settlements. Roman sculptures of boars (and bulls) can be found in multiple inland sites as both animals were considered to have been spiritually created by pagan Gods. The pig was so valuable that during the age of Augustus ham-shaped coins were in fact the popular currency. The Visigoths, who followed the Romans, preserved and enhanced the delicacy mostly in monasteries and convents. For the first time, a direct connection between Catholicism and jamon developed. By the ninth century, Muslim dominance on the Iberian Peninsula was well established. Islamic consumption of pork is expressly forbidden in the Koran. Islamic jurisprudence specifies which foods are ‘haram’ or unlawful and forbidden. According to the Koran: ‘Forbidden to you is the blood and flesh of the swine.’ Judaism, another of the great monotheistic religions developing on the Iberian Peninsula, also has similar restraints on pork. Like Islam, Jewish religious restriction on the consumption of pork, its flesh and blood is a taboo that originated in the early laws of its scripture. The Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament—Leviticus and Deuteronomy specifically) are very clear in their depiction of pork as unclean as the pig does not chew its cud and is therefore considered taboo and non-kosher. As Inquisitional pressures began to mount in the 15th and 16th centuries, food consumption (in this case, ‘jamon’) began to be used as a way to mark Christian
identity as being different from the ‘other.’ Jamon was used in the persecution of anyone whose allegiance to the king and Catholicism was in doubt. Jewish and Muslim subjects were made to prove their new identity as ‘good Christians’ by the public displays of eating pork in the public squares on Fridays. The tradition of displaying hanging hams on their doors and under their eves was a public proclamation that pork was a food that ‘made one Christian’. For those populations that were so deeply anchored in the prohibition of pork, the pressures to conform to jamon became enormous. Knowing this, Christians, consciously or not, assigned jamon a strong place in all that which was contrary to Judaism and Islam. For example, this ‘Christian meat’ took on symbolic meaning at the ritual of Easter. The benediction of ham allegorically represented the ‘flesh and blood’ of Christ that gathered only Christians together. Abundant pork preparations suggested that Christians would not initiate the dietary taboos of Jews and Muslims. The Easter jamon and its festive pig slaughters reinforced Christian identity. The chorus from an 18th Century Pyrenees’ folk song said it best: “While the Jewish law prohibits lard as heretical The same is not so in Christian lands Let us eat fresh pork. Let us eat! The more we enjoy the piglet The better Catholics we become! Additionally, within the Jewish and Islamic tradition, the openly articulated belief that ‘one’s soul is in the blood,’ required that proper butchering techniques allow animal blood to flow to the ground before being covered by earth. Blood sausages (pork cooked its own blood) especially those developed in the Murcia area are, to this day, a culinary choice that reinforces the notion Christianity is that which directly opposes the Talmud and Koran.
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Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games reviews By Tony Matthews • 9,566 athletes (two-thirds men) from 170 nations entered 286 events in 32 sports • South Africa competed for the first time since 1960 with two of its runners, Elana Meyer and Derartu Tulu, contesting the 10,000m which Tulu won • Following its reunification in 1990, Germany sent one team • Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania also entered for the first time since 1936 while Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina made their debuts • In gymnastics, Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo won six gold medals, four on one day. Michael Phelps would equal this record in 2008 • Fu Mingxia (aged 13 from China) won the men’s high diving event.
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FOOTBALL – Spain, World and double European champions, were brilliant in beating Italy 4-0 in last Sunday’s Euro 2012 final in Kiev. Vicente del Bosque’s ‘passing machine’ outplayed the By Tony Matthews Italians for long periods and won the A former football player and the trophy in style world’s most prolific author of with exquisite football books (more than 100 goals from published), Tony is also the sports Silva, Jordi reporter for Spectrum Radio and Alba, Torres (to lives in the Cabrera mountains. finish joint top scorer) and VICTORIOUS AGAIN: The Spain team have been dubbed ‘The Untouchables’ in the UK Press. Mata. Spain’s victory was the biggest-ever in a European Championship final and besides becoming the first country to reach three major international tournaments in succession, they went one better by winning them all. Boring Spain? What a load of bull!
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Euro 2012 Fact File • 76 goals were scored in 31 matches; the best by Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Sweden v France and Jordi Alba for Spain v Italy in the final • The average attendance for all Euro 2012 games was 46,480 (agg. 1,440,896). The biggest crowd - 64,640 - saw the England-Sweden game... the final was attended by 63,170 • Excluding shoot-outs, only four penalties were awarded: three scored, one missed • 54 players received yellow cards while three saw red:
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Papastathopoulos (Greece), Szczesny (Poland gk) and Andrews (Eire) • The England-Italy encounter was seen by 400 million on TV, a Euro record • My Euro 2012 team – Casillas (Spain), Debuchy (France), Pique, Ramos and Jordi Alba (all Spain), Pirlo (Italy), Iniesta, Xavi, Alonso (all Spain); Ronaldo (Portugal), Ibrahimovic (Sweden) SOCCER EXTRA – Michel Platini wants Euro 2020 to be in one country (12 different cities) or in 12 different countries (one city per country)... Ben Foster has joined
WBA from Birmingham... Brentford want a new ground by 2016 (Lionel Road, Hounslow)... GB’s 17-strong Olympic soccer squad will comprise English and Welsh players only with Bellamy, Richards and Giggs the three over-aged inclusions... and it seems as if NewCo Rangers will start 2012-13 in SL1. TENNIS – Wimbledon ends on Sunday and the big surprise so far was the elimination of Rafael Nadal, beaten by Lukas Rocos, ranked 100th in the world. At the time of going to print, holder Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer (after a scare) and Andy Murray were looking good. The latter’s game against Marcos Baghdatis last Saturday, ended at 11.02pm UK time, Wimbledon’s latest ever finish. CRICKET – Alastair Cook’s inform England beat Australia by 15 runs in the first of ODI and by six wickets in the second. The third game took place yesterday at Edgbaston.
3RD GOAL: Fernando Torres scores for Spain.
ANDRÉS INIESTA: In action for Spain.
MOTOR SPORT – Last weekend Casey Stoner won the Assen MotoGP from Dani Pedrosa and
DID YOU KNOW? During Wimbledon fortnight: • 250 ball boys and girls are engaged • 350 umpires operate on lines and chairs • 660 matches are played in 14 days • Around 54,250 tennis balls are used overall • And 200,000 glasses of Pimm’s go down a treat! Andrea Dovizioso, to join Jorge Lorenzo at the top of the rider’s championship after the Spaniard was ‘recklessly taken out’ on the first bend by Alvaro Bautista. This weekend the bikers will be riding in the German MotoGP while the F1 drivers will be racing in the British GP at Silverstone. GOLF – Welshman Jamie Donaldson (36) won the Irish Open at Royal Port Rush - the first tour victory of his career. ATHLETICS – GB won 17 medals at the European Championships in Helsinki, with Mo Farrah (5,000m), Robbie Garbarz (high jump) and Rhys Williams (hurdles) claiming gold. But, oh, the men mucked it up again in the relay! And has Usain shot his ‘bolt’? The giant sprinter was beaten by Yohan Blake in both the 100m and 200m races at the Jamaican championships last weekend.