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For sale: baby shoes, neverworn. Six simple words whichallow you
to imagine a story,the background, emotions andpeople behind
it.
Investigators in the Costa delSols picture-postcard village
ofCasares are now trying to piecetogether their own story,
andunravel the tragic mystery of ababy girl found dead in a
hugelandfill site.
Forensic teams have now re-vealed that the little girl wasborn
alive and had suffered in-juries before her death, whilepolice
officers have launched amassive manhunt for the miss-ing
mother.
The search has now expand-ed across the Costa del Sol
withofficers combing hospitals andclinics for any clue whichmight
lead to her whereabouts.
Their task is especially ardu-ous as the huge rubbish tiptreats
hundreds of tons of wastefrom all across the Costa delSol. The
little girl was discov-ered a few days after her deathmeaning that
she, and hermother, could have come fromMarbella, Mijas,
Fuengirola, orany number of populous places.
Allowing for the possibilityof a home birth, police are also
questioning pharmacy workers,who may have dispensed cru-cial
drugs to the mother or fam-ily.
Yet despite throwing all oftheir resources behind the case,the
riddle of identity continuesto baffle police who have nowcalled
upon all residents of theCosta del Sol to come forthwith any
information that couldbe valuable and contact theGuardia Civil by
phoning 062.
With the little girl perhapsbeing the victim of infanticide,and
a mother possibly in urgentneed of medical attention, it isvital
that the local communitybecome involved in bringingthe details to
light.
Present in our beautiful, tur-bulent fireball of a world foronly
a few fleeting moments,we have no idea where shecame from, nor who
she mighthave become. Only by finding
her mother can we hope to seeher time on earth evolve be-yond
six simple words.
ISSUE NO. 1605 7 - 13 April 2016 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR
OPINION WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMCOSTA DEL SOL
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A shallow graveHUGE search across Costa del Sol for missing
mother of abandoned baby
By Matthew Elliot
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Nature strikes
THOUSANDS of people attended the vi-brant Natura festival in
Malaga whichsaw an incredible array of natural and or-ganic
products on offer. Vegetarianmeals, delicious cakes and raw
chocolatewere among the culinary treats served.
One of Spains biggest organic festi-vals, Natura ran for three
days from April1 to April 3 and hosted hundreds of stalls,each
dedicated to their very own speciali-ty. These ranged from lucky
charms andcrystals, to an exotic range of teas, and abewildering
array of foods, supplements,potions, concoctions and smoothies.
There was a separate zone which sawlectures and films devoted to
variousecological and organic causes.
Spain is actually home to one of thelargest vegetarian and
environmentalmovements in the world, with new healthand well-being
shops opening up everyday.
By Matthew Elliott
STALLS ranged from lucky charms to crystals
ORGANIC POTIONS: New health and well-being shops are opening up
daily.
A WORKSHOP highlightingthe dangers of the sun (inSpanish) is
taking place onApril 7 at 6pm in Fuengiro-las Casa de la Cultura.
Theevent is mainly aimed at run-
ners and how to protect skinwhilst running in the sun.
A number of dermatologyspecialists will be giving in-formation
on customisingsun protection.
Dangers of sun
THE University of Malaga has tied with another nine
uni-versities for seventh place on a ranking of the best
Spanishhigher education centres carried out by BBVA bank. Al-though
its teaching was reported to have improved thisyear, it lost points
in terms of investigation due to a lack offunds.
Far from the best
ONE hundred and thirty seven companies on the Costa delSol were
awarded with the Sicted Tourism Quality Certifi-cate on Tuesday
(April 5).
The certificates aim to guarantee that the services whichare
provided are of excellent quality and give tourists peaceof
mind.
Andalucia is now the Spanish region with the most townswith
Sicted-certified establishments.
Costa wins award
LOCAL NEWS
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OUTRAGE and despair in equal mea-sure greeted the controversial
arrest ofa British couple, who ran foul of thelaw when trying to
save a pregnantdonkey they reported as being in adreadful condition
of neglect.
Peter Singh and his wife Jean run asmall charity dedicated to
rescuingabused animals in Spain and across Eu-rope, and have
previously attracted theunwelcome attention of the Local
Po-lice.
Alerted to the plight of a donkey Pe-ter described as pregnant,
blind in oneeye, with a hoof like a tennis ball, andmalnourished
such that she was mereskin and bones, the couple felt therewas no
choice but to take drastic action.
The following day they sneakedthrough the unlocked gate of the
farmin Fortuna, Murcia and quietly re-
trieved the distressed animal with theintention of returning to
their base inPinoso, Alicante to seek urgent medicalcare for
her.
What happened next has ignited furyacross the British expat
community andanimal lovers in fearsome numbers.
Upon their arrival back in Pinosothey were greeted by a Local
Police carlying in wait, attuned to their plans, andwhat Peter has
told EWN was an ag-gressively racist tirade from an officerof the
law.
The couple were reportedly told togo back to England before
being uncer-
emoniously detained for hours whilecharges of animal theft were
drawn upand a court date set in motion.
Condemned to a local stable, over-flowing with horse excrement,
no helpwas proposed for the pregnant donkey,nor further
investigation launchedagainst the owner.
Peter and his wife will now pay theowner and take custody and
care of thedonkey and two others. They havebeen overwhelmed by the
limelight andare now considering moving else-where.
Peters story is in many ways a pow-
erful metaphor for the cultural collisionthat continues to throw
an occasionalspanner in the works of British-Spanishrelations.
Whether its bullfighting orthe donkey taxis of Mijas, British
peo-ple have long championed the battleagainst animal cruelty.
And it is in moments of heated cul-tural clashes that racism and
bitternessrear their ugly heads, after lying unspo-ken in the
shadows.
But had Peter been Pedro, and thedonkey rather been a lamb on a
Lan-cashire farm would the story have beenso different?
Is breaking into someones propertya step too far? Where do you
draw theline? More to the point where shouldwe collectively draw
the line?
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One mans beast is another mans equal
By Matthew Elliott
Your papers,your views
Sordid affairIt makes my blood boil that themayor of Pinoso can
condonesuch cruelty to animals andtreat a man in this way. Sortyour
policeman out and bethankful you have a caring guylike Peter whos
taking theseneglected animals in. Nastasha
Legal leadDisturbing treatment towardsPeter and Jean in their
attemptto rescue this donkey. Howev-er, legally theyve taken the
an-imal without consent. Even theRSPCA are not legally allowedto
enter private property andconfiscate animals. Hopefullytheir good
intentions will bemade aware to local authori-ties and charges will
bedropped. Karel
Rotten eggsI have worked with severalSpanish charities while I
livedin Spain and there are some ter-rible prejudices towards
theEnglish, often in the smallerhamlets. Peter and Jean are tru-ly
amazing in what they do, butthere are some very sad, sadis-tic
people out there, police in-cluded, who like to push peoplearound,
using their position tointimidate. Viviene
Joint forceMaybe for future cases likethis, the couple would be
wiseto work in conjunction withone of the local Spanish
animalcharities. They could advisethem of the best way of
goingabout it without getting them-selves into trouble.
Hopefully,all of the publicity will bring anend to all of this. .J
Gorman
Skewed priorIf this isnt discrimination Idont know what is. Its
a crimein Spain to mistreat animals sowhy has this law not been
en-forced on the owner? This mandeserves a medal. Its a dis-grace,
he should be let off andthe owner summoned. Lynn
Our readers have been ex-pressing their views on anarticle
regarding theBritish couple arrestedwhile trying to save a don-key
in Spain, which fea-tured on our website.
Here are just a few of yourcomments and remember welike to hear
from everyone re-gardless of which side of thefence you may
sit.
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WHEN injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty
The Euro Weekly News is proud to contribute 100 to helpPeter and
Jean with the costs of saving the donkey and her un-
born child. If you would like to help, contact them
[email protected] for details.
DREADFUL CONDITIONS: Donkey was mere skin and bones.
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The other side of the story
EURO WEEKLY NEWS re-cently had the opportunity tocontact both
the mayor ofPinoso, Lazaro Azorin, and theChief of the Local
Police,Quintin Mohedano, to heartheir versions of the events.
Mayor Azorin was not inPinoso last week when theevents took
place.
He was, however, adamant inhis assertion the Local Police
ofPinoso work hard to protect therights of all citizens of
Pinoso,regardless of their race or na-tionality.
He stated that he believes thework of Peter and other
animalcharities is admirable and im-portant, and supports it
whole-heartedly, but that he does notcondone illegal behaviour.
In regards to the situation ofPeter and the donkey, he
statedthat even if the intention wasgood, the action was
incorrect.
Meanwhile, Police ChiefMohedano pointed out that Pe-
ter and his wife failed at anypoint to report the situation
tothe Local Police or any animalprotection service. He empha-sised
that the actions of Peterand his wife were illegal, justlike the
theft of any other per-sonal property.
He vehemently denied thefact the police had treated Peterin a
racist manner, and notedthat Peter spoke very littleSpanish and may
have mis-construed the situation.
He also disagreed with Pe-ters assertion that the donkeyhad been
abused. He acknowl-edged that the animal had prob-lems with its
hoof and eye, butsaid that these issues were at-tributable to
age.
He further went on to under-line that the decision to pay2,000
to the owner of thedonkey was a decision reachedbetween the two
men, and thatthe responsibility of the policein such situations is
simply toreport illegal situations to theappropriate legal
authorities.
CHIEF of police and mayor weigh in on the events of last
week
By Sam Croft
MAYOR LAZARO AZORIN: Recently spoke with the Euro Weekly
News.
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Art loversAN exciting exhibit of theworks of a young
awardwinning Hungarian artistwill go on display at Fuen-girolas
Casa de la Culturafrom today until April 28.Hajnal Miklos
watercolourworks represent bonds be-tween humans and nature.
Golf eventEXCLUSIVE Marbellagolf courses will be pro-moted this
weekend at theMadrid Golf Experienceevent, the most importantof its
kind in Spain. Golfplayers, managers,brands, and club
repre-sentatives will attend.
Easy peasy A TRANSPORT mobileapp, named Moovit, whichhas taken
the world bystorm has now addedMalaga to its list of cities,meaning
people can nowplan journeys much easier.
NEWS EXTRA
UNEMPLOYMENTfigures for March re-leased this week werepositive,
with 3,581fewer jobless people onthe books in MalagaProvince,
probablythanks to this yearsearly Easter.
In fact the March re-sult, which saw the to-tal number of
peopleregistered in theprovince as out of workfall to 180,429,
wasone of the best in all ofAndalucia where theregional fall was
of6,543 people.
Compared to March2015 there were 11,470fewer jobless
peopleregistered at the end oflast month, a 6 per centyear-on-year
decrease.
Easterjobsboost
ON Thursday April 1, Local Police werealerted by neighbours to
the fact that threemen were breaking in to a house located inCalle
Castilla, near Avenida Carlos Hayain Malaga City.
Police quickly arrived and spotted oneman outside of the
property keeping watchand following his detention, they saw twomore
running to hide in the garage of thehouse, but as the police
approached theyturned themselves in to the officers andwere
arrested for attempted burglary.
Apart from the surprise of the ease ofthe arrest, there was
another awaiting theofficers who upon exploring the house fur-ther
found a state-of-the-art marihuanaplantation, equipped with all the
necessarytools from humidifiers to air filters andmore than 500
plants.
The investigators quickly assumed thatthe incompetent trio knew
exactly whatwas in the house and that the plants were
in actual fact their target and although thiscould not be proved
unless the burglarsmade a confession, the officers were surethat
this was the case.
Due to the importance of the find, the
National Police were alerted and theycommenced enquiries in
order to identifythe owner of the house who it later turnedout was
actually in prison awaiting trial onan unconnected matter.
NATIONAL POLICE were alerted and commenced enquiries
Burglars make ahash of things
By John Smith
SURPRISE FIND:Police found plantsin the house.
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PROVINCE councils ask for DGT collaboration
Councils mergefor better safety
NightmareincidentA VIOLENT hit and run hasseen a man in Marbel
lacharged with at temptedmurder, after he reportedlyran over his
victim next tothe deputy mayors office inLas Chapas, then backed
upto strike him again.
Witnesses immediatelycalled police and ambulanceservices, who
arrived on thescene and the vict im wasswiftly taken to
hospital.
Lucki ly they also man-aged to write down the li-cense plate
number of theassailants car, and, livingclose by, he was
arrestedwithin hours.
MARBELLA Council has an-nounced that a new residentsservice
point has been openedat its offices in Nueva Andalu-cia.
The new service will beopen from 9am to 2pm to pro-
vide local information and ser-vices.
Youths, in particular, will bepleased to know that the
officewill enable them to check onYouth Department events
andactivities, request youth cards
or register for courses.Residents will also be able
to book and pay for use of mu-nicipal sports facilities and
ac-tivities there.
To contact the service pointby call dial: 952 761 604.
Residents service point
THE Costa del Sol and Malaga Province coun-cils have asked the
Spanish DGT traffic authori-ties for collaboration, in order to try
and reducefatal traffic accidents following a bad 2015 forlocal
roads.
One of the ideas on the table is to create ageneral board to
focus specifically on the fight to
reduce accidents, the DGT has reported.Most of the accidents in
the province last year
happened on the streets of towns and villages,the authority has
reported, and there were 17deaths on the roads, seven more than in
2014.
The authorities consider that unless somethingis done 2016 could
be another black year, andstress that so far four pedestrians have
been hitand killed in the province.
By Eleanor Hawkins
COLLISIONS: There has been 17 deaths on local roads this year so
far.
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Star powerDESPERATE HOUSE-WIVES actress Eva Lon-goria will be in
Marbellathis summer to support theGlobal Gift charity founda-tion
at their charity galadinner, on July 17 at theMelia Don Pepe
hotel.
Killer caughtA MAN was arrested byNational Police officers
inMalaga acting on a war-rant issued by France, foralleged
manslaughter. Hehad been sentenced to 30years in prison and hadfled
to Tunisia beforereaching Spain.
Past regretsCORRUPTION scandalscould cost Marbella 20million
this year accordingto Mayor Jose Bernal.Stretching back more thana
decade, the inquiries passon legal fees and debts tothe present
administration.
NEWS EXTRA
MARBELLA residents are up in armsabout youngsters drinking
alcohol inpublic places, most recent ly in theFrancisco Norte
sports facility.
The sports facility is currently un-dergoing refurbishment work
but thishasnt put off the thirsty youngsters,eager for the perfect
spot to indulge intheir underage drinking escapades. Lo-cal
residents have complained over the
youths throwing parties in the con-struction site.
The site is also being damaged asthe youths paint the walls and
scatterlitter around. Calls for the council tobe more vigilant have
been made.
TORREMOLINOS SafetyDepartment has launcheda safety programme
incollaboration withMAPFRE insurance com-pany.
To commemorate thelaunch, they are hosting anevent next Friday
April 8and Saturday April 9,which will consist of sev-eral
activities and familyworkshops, and will takeplace in the car park
ofPablo Ruiz Picasso cultur-al centre.
The event will last from10am to 8pm on bothdays, and it is aimed
forpeople aged three and up-wards.
The public will bebriefed on fire drills andfirst aid, as well
as havethe chance to participatein bike safety workshops.
A bouncy castle forchildren and a police dogexhibition will be
amongstthe many other activities.
Safety workshop
By Emily Chettle
Drinking in publicLOCAL youths drinking habits causes concern to
Marbella residents
TROUBLED YOUTH: The youngsters have been giving residents
problems with their anti-social behaviour.
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OFFICIAL Cambridge English Language Assess-ment exams will be
held in Torremolinos in thefuture, following an agreement signed by
the lo-cal council with the University of Malaga onTuesday (April
5).
In addition, Torremolinos Council and the Al-liance Francaise,
an organisation that aims to pro-mote French language and culture
around theworld, agreed that the linguistic examinations forthis
institution will also begin to take place in Tor-remolinos in the
near future.
Culture Councillor, Aida Blanes, said thatthanks to this
initiative, those interested in takingpart in these exams will not
have to travel outsideof Torremolinos any more. The exams will
takeplace in the Pablo Ruiz Picasso Cultural Centrestarting from
next June.
Following on from this, Alliance Francaise rep-resentative,
Emilio Ortega, said that other kinds ofagreements may also be
reached with Torremoli-nos in order to bring more of their cultural
activi-ties to the town.
ENGLISH exams to be available in the town
Torremolinos to becomeCosta language centre
SEVERAL councils inMalaga Province will haveto give back money
to theSpanish Treasury becausethey have not met the rev-enue
expectations of theSpanish Government.
According to the law, allof Spains councils annuallyreceive a
portion of the taxrevenue from the SpanishGovernment. This
amountdepends on an estimationmade each year by the gov-ernment to
predict whatpercentage each councilshould collect from the
tax-es.
Issues arise when a coun-cil collects less money thanexpected.
In the case of adeficit, they will have to re-turn the total amount
pro-vided to them by the Span-ish Government.
This is the scenario thatoccurred in several towns inthe Malaga
Province in2013, as the financial crisismade Spanish tax
incomesfall. The councils of Malagaprovinces affected by thiswill
have to return a total of21 million because theydid not meet their
tax objec-tives for that year.
Some of the 18 towncouncils of the Costa delSol who have to
refund var-ious amounts of money tothe Spanish Governmentare:
Malaga (11 million),Marbella (1.3 million),Estepona (1.2
million),Torremolinos (893,939),Fuengirola (558.459),Benalmadena
(275,268),Mijas (241,884) and Al-haurin de la Torre(211,724).
Government toask councils formoney back
Home helpMIJAS has announced itwill support the future
con-struction of 1,062 state-sub-sidised homes near Torre-blanca
del Sol, with an aimto solving housing prob-lems for local
residents.
Double talkTHE primary school inNueva Andalucia andMalaga City's
VictoriaKent primary school willjoin the provincial bilin-gual
schools network forthe 2016/2017 academicyear, the Education
De-partment has announced.
House fire NEIGHBOURS had to beevacuated on Thursday,March 31,
from theirhomes on Calle San Javier,Las Lagunas, after a firebroke
out. There were noinjuries or damages to be-longings after a sofa
fire,the fire service announced.
NEWS EXTRA
LINGUISTIC: French exams will be available through the Alliance
Francaise.
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White Asparagus Season
White asparagus is one of the greatest spring ingredi-ents you
can find. Only seasonally available on themenu from April to June,
white asparagus has more ofa delicate flavour compared to green
asparagus, yet fullof antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.
White asparagus is grown underground and protect-ed from
sunlight, therefore chlorophyll never forms,keeping the asparagus
white, not green, this also helps
create the delicate flavour and extremely tender tex-ture.
Sea Grill restaurant, with breathtaking Mediter-ranean views,
will be presenting a special menu whereWhite Asparagus is paired
with King Crab, HotSmoked Wagyu and Veal Tenderloin.
Come enjoy the beachfront restaurant and thefresh delightful
White Asparagus menu!
For reservations please call9528 209 00 or email
[email protected]
in Sea Grill!
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KEITH SPITALNICK will take part in the Malaga half-marathon as
part of his epic journey
THE one common denominator that binds allshapes and colours of
British society is a solid,deep rooted support of charitable
causes, sayslong-term expatriate Keith Spitalnick as he pre-pares
for this weekends Malaga half-marathon.
It will be Keiths second 13-mile run in oneweek, with only a few
days to recuperate fromlast weekends exploits in Madrid, and
formspart of an epic 1,500 kilometre journey he willundertake to
raise much-needed funds for theButterfly Children (DEBRA).
A very rare occurrence, Butterfly Skin is aninherited condition
that affects roughly 1,000people in Spain and their families. It is
extreme-ly painful for those who have it and can causeuntold
emotional agony for parents and closefamily.
With skin so fragile it is comparable to thewings of a
butterfly, just the slightest touch cancause a serious blister,
making hugs and every-day human contact difficult. With many
differ-ing degrees, the condition can also affect thebody
internally, leading to severe physical painand disability.
It is precisely the rarity of Butterfly Skin, andthe unfortunate
lack of awareness, that inspiredKeith to become a road warrior
fighting for thecause. Having now run 436 kilometres, andraised
close to 1,000, the Marbella-based char-ity are delighted to have
their very own ForrestGump aboard.
The devoted team at the Butterfly Children
(DEBRA) acknowledgethe terrific supporttheyve received
fromkind-hearted expats,especially important as they only receive7
per cent of their funding from the state.
With the funds that Keith raises they will beable to continue
their vital work supporting peo-
ple with Butterfly Skin and their familiesthrough some
particularly hard times. Togetherthey contribute nurses,
psychologists and socialworkers to help normalise the lives of
peoplewho often feel alone, fragile and frightened.
Keith is terribly modest about his own impact,cheerfully
describing his pro-ject as a balding, middle-aged mans attempt to
run1,500kms in 365 days. But heis drawing attention to a beau-tiful
cause, a charity which isdoing everything it can to lenda voice to
the voiceless, andhelp the Butterfly Children fi-nally flourish in
a human em-brace.
You can make a differencetoo, simply by following Keithsprogress
on his wonderfully light-hearted online account of his ad-venture
at www.gofundme.com/1500km-challenge. You can also
visit the www.butterflychildrencharity.com to seethe
considerable work of this very special chari-ty.
Run, Forrest, run! By Matthew Elliott
EPIC JOURNEY: Keith Spitalnick is planning to run 1,500kms in365
days to raise money for the Butterfly Children (DEBRA).
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CONTRACT has been awarded to Hermanos Campano SL
Caminito del ReyGrandparentsarrestedA PAIR of overzealous
grandparents were arrested afterbecoming embroiled in a school yard
brawl betweentwo four-year-olds.
Wasting no time, the grandmother allegedly marchedup to the
mother of the other child, punched her, andpulled her hair with no
thought for fair play.
When the police finally arrived, the grandfather, per-haps
feeling outdone, put up a grand show of resistancethat saw him also
carted off to the police station to ex-plain himself. School
management at the Blas Infanteprimary in Ciudad Jardin, Malaga, are
now consideringwhat action they will take against the greying
rascals.
Buried in BenahavisTHE Guardia Civil is currently investigating
the discoveryof a corpse found in El Paraiso residential area in
Bena-havis. The mans hands had been tied and it has been al-leged
that he had died from a gunshot wound to the head.The police are
now investigating the murder.
The man was discovered on Tuesday March 29 when aworker, who was
taking debris out of a house, found thebody. The body had been
buried close to the surface in thegarden of one of the neighbouring
houses in the residentialarea.
Police were quick on the scene and confirmed that thecorpse was
in a decomposing state. After exhuming thebody, officers took it to
the Malaga Legal Medicine Insti-tute, where it will go under a
post-mortem examination.
THE contract to manage the Caminito delRey for the next four
years has beenawarded to Hermanos Campano SL for areported 300,000
per annum, and thewalk itself will reopen on April 22, withthe
first tickets being made available on-line on April 18.
Prospective visitors will need to be veryquick in making
bookings through theoriginal website www.caminitodelrey.info,which
is being retained by the new man-aging agents as only 10 per cent
of theavailable tickets will be sold to the generalpublic at a cost
of 10 per person.
The lions share of the tickets will beshared between local
businesses and tour
operators, with schools receiving agreater percentage than the
public atlarge.
On the positive side, it is expected thatconsiderable funds will
be expended onimproving the visitor experience duringthe life of
this contract with the introduc-tion of a tunnel, a waterfall and
two visi-tor centres.
Alva
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Shut
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CAMINITO DEL REY: Will reopen on April 22, with the first
tickets available from April 18.
By John Smith
WITH spring now upon us there are far moregolden opportunities
to explore the terrific natureof Spain and the Costa del Sol. If
youre lookingto do something a little different, actually
verydifferent, from the norm then take a trip inlandfor a
scientific tour of a wild wolf habitat.
At first it might be a tough sell to your partner,although any
children would likely jump at thechance, after all wolves are
dangerous animalsthat would devour us in a heartbeat if they
could,right? Well the short answer is no and the truth isfar more
fascinating and complex than you couldpossibly imagine.
Based in Antequera, a lovely drive less than anhour from the
coast, the Lobo Park is a uniquescientific park that is dedicated
to protectingwolves and providing them with a raw naturalhabitat.
The Lobo Park shuns the idea of profitand exists purely as a
sanctuary and means ofconnecting humans and wild wolves so that
wedeepen our understanding of them.
There are incredible guided tours in English,German and Spanish
during which you can seefor yourself the mesmerising dynamics of a
wolfpack. You will catch a glimpse of three differentspecies in the
wild, Alaskan, Eurasian and Iberianwolves, something only a very
few people in his-tory can say that they have done.
The key thing to remember is that this is not azoo and that a
wolf kept captive in a zoo is, un-
fortunately, a different beast altogether. At theLobo Park, the
staff take tremendous care to al-low them to be as free as
possible, while helpingthem overcome their natural shyness of
humans.
It makes the Lobo Park one of the only placesin the entire world
where you can see differentwolves in all of their natural
glory.
So why not do something different with yourday? The Lobo Park
tours are absolutely fascinat-ing and filled with thought provoking
facts and
trivia, while the sight of wolves is some-thing you and your
partner or family will betalking about for years to come.
To arrange a tour, or to find out more, youcan visit their
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toarrange an experience you certainly wont forget.Guided tours are
at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and16:30 except Wednesday.
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Guided tours are at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and16:30 every day
except Wednesday.
FOR A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, OR FOR ADAYTIME GUIDED TOUR:
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AT one time, this area wasknown as the Costa delCrime, and
because of unusu-al extradition rules, had morethan its fair share
of Britishcriminals who came to enjoythe proceeds of their
activi-ties and the lifestyle in thesun.
Whilst many have left andothers have been arrested, onewho first
arrived in Marbellain the 1990s has decided thathe would turn his
knowledgeof criminal activities and
those involved with them intoa highly successful business,where
he can advise and offerlegal support to expats whofall foul of
Spanish law.
His business JaCogLaw,which was set up in 2012, ex-ists to steer
those in troublewith the law through the intri-cacies of the
Spanish system,and he has been particularlysuccessful with this
enterpris-ing and innovative activity.
Forty-five-year-old JasonCoghlan makes no secret ofthe fact that
he used to workon the wrong side of the law,
and has had a number ofprison sentences followinghis expulsion
from theMarines when just 20.
Now, he has a successfulbusiness not just in Spain butalso in
Thailand and is in theprocess of expanding to Pak-istan as well. If
people can af-ford him, then he will workwith the silly child who
hasdone something stupid likegetting involved in a fight orbeing
found drunk, or he canassist those whose careers of-ten see them in
trouble withthe law.
He doesnt accept sex of-fenders under any circum-stances but
when he doeswork with someone, he givesthem good advice as
towhether their defence is cred-ible and their case iswinnable.
Sometimes, hemight try to bargain down toa less serious offence,
but arecord of 183 successful de-fences shows why his busi-ness is
so successful.
Now, he finds himself thestar of a new VICE documen-tary,
together with his friendand business colleague Anto-nio Flores of
Lawbird, Walk-ing Heavy: Britains MostNotorious Reformed Crimi-nal,
which looks at JasonCoghlan and what makes himtick.
The 45-minute documen-
tary makes fascinating view-ing and can be found on theinternet,
but readers shouldbeware that the language andthe actual story are
quitestrong, so please view withthis in mind.
Jason commented on thefact that he was to be featured
in this documentary saying:JaCogLaw was the bestmove that I have
ever made,and every day when I get upfor work I have got a bigsmile
on my face because Ilove what I do Life hasnever been this good -
as mydad always says!
Theres a young guycalled Bradley who featuresin my new film and
he is aprime example of what makesme feel good about the workthat I
do I hope that youenjoy the movie and I apolo-gise for my bad
language inadvance!
JASON COGHLAN turned his knowledge into a successful
business
Crime can pay if you are cleverBy John Smith
SCIENTISTS have issued a re-quest to the national governmentthat
the Sierra Bermeja mountainsin Estepona be deemed a nationalpark
and be certified as such.
I f the marvel lous mountainrange is officially recognised as
anational park, it will automaticallybe entitled to far greater
protectionmeasures from the various vulturecapitalists and resource
pillagerswho often target such sites.
With a vast expanse reachingacross 40,000 hectares, Estepona
isblessed with a myriad of naturalcharms and residents would
cer-tainly embrace their purity beingmaintained and cherished.
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DOCUMENTARY: Jason Coghlan and Will Fairman, director/producer
ofthe Vice film on location in Manchester.
SCIENTISTS REQUEST: Mountains to be certified as a national
park.
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CONSERVATIVES ABROAD, Cos-ta del Sol group understand thatthere
is some confusion amongstpotential voters in the area as towhat is
fact and what is fiction asfar as the Brexit referendum is
con-cerned, and are holding an openmeeting with speakers from
bothsides at Tamisa Golf Hotel, Fuen-girola on Wednesday Apri l 13
at1pm, with free admission whils tdrinks and tapas will be provided
toattendees.
They say in a press release thatthere is no doubt that the
UnitedKingdom is approaching one of thebiggest decisions to be
faced in alifetime. In the 1975 referendumover 67 per cent voted to
remain inthe EU (Common Market) and un-der 33 per cent against on a
65 percent turnout.
The Conservative Party is splitwith a number of high profile
mem-bers in the Brexit camp. In fairnessDavid Cameron has allowed
mem-bers to vote according to their con-science. Ironically, in the
1975 ref-
erendum i t was Labour that washopelessly spl i t by two to
oneagainst. This time it is the turn ofthe Tories to be split.
Many expats now living in Spainare concerned as to how and
whether a Brexit vote will affecttheir life and benefits here.
Respect-ing both sides of the argument, Con-servatives Abroad have
arranged theopen meeting with speakers on bothsides and there will
also be an op-portunity to ask questions.
If a property is no longer ownedin the UK and providing one has
notlived abroad for more than 15 years,details can be obtained from
the lastconstituency where there was enti-tlement to vote. It is
not too late toregister to vote in the referendum,details available
on www.electorialcommission.org.uk but do ensure thatyou register
as an overseas voter,not a UK based voter as at least oneof our
readers did by mistake.
For enquiries regarding the eventand to book a space, please
contactJudith on 628 193 260 or John on639 197 165.
POTENTIAL voters can attend an open meeting to hear speakers
from both sides
Brexit advice and adrink in Fuengirola
By John Smith
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTS: There are two, this one is in
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A YOUNG Irishmandied in Torremolinoson March 30 afterfalling
into a swim-ming pool.
Apparently the mandrowned but it will stillneed to be
confirmedby the post-mortem ex-amination.
The incident oc-curred around 7pm in ablock of holiday
flatslocated on Calle Jaen.Emergency Serviceswere alerted that
theman, 21, had fallen intoa swimming pool andwas unconscious.
National Police offi-cers and medical work-ers went to the scene
ofthe accident but wereunable to help the man,and he was
pronounceddead on the scene.
Irishmandies inpool
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School worksALTOGETHER 173 im-provement and mainte-nance jobs
have been doneat schools in San Pedrosince June 2015, the coun-cil
has announced. Workincluded everything fromfixing water pipes to
prun-ing trees.
Post awardsSEVERAL MalagaProvince post offices, onein Malaga
City and therest in Axarquia, have re-ceived awards for
out-standing service, takinginto account indicatorsincluding
quality of deliv-eries and service.
Top qualityBENALMADENAS Hol-iday Resort hotel complexhas become
the first on theCosta del Sol to receive aSabor a Malaga (Taste
ofMalaga) quality certifi-cate.
NEWS EXTRA
THE Malaga Film Festival is almost under-way with the opening
presentation kickingoff proceedings. On April 5, the introducto-ry
speeches were made for the 19th annualFilm Festival of Malaga,
which will takeplace from April 22 to May 1.
The presentations were led by the mayor
of Malaga and other representatives fromthe city council, who
unveiled the festivalschedule of 1,785 films that will be
shownacross different categories such as Spanishfilms, shorts,
documentaries and LatinAmerican films.
Growing in popularity every year, the
film festival yet again aims to be a big suc-cess as it will
host a mix between Spanishand International actors and directors
withyoung talent being promoted.
Tickets for the festival are now availablefor sale through the
website www.festivaldemalaga.com
MALAGA has been foundto be the Spanish Provincewhere the
greatest propor-tion of workers wagesgoes to covering
mortgagepayments, a new study hasrevealed.
Whereas in Madrid orBarcelona mortgage hold-ers need 22 per cent
oftheir salaries to pay themonthly instalments, inMalaga the study
by Tinsaproperty appraisal compa-ny revealed the average is33 per
cent.
However, rather thanproperty prices this iscaused by salary
levels,which are lower than thenational average in Mala-ga.
MORE than 40 secondary school studentsfrom Malaga, France,
Austria, Greece andGermany paid a visit to Marbella TownHall on
Wednesday April 6 for an officialvisit as part of the Erasmus+
educationaland exchange programme.
Accompanied by Youth Departmenthead Manuel Garcia, Marbella
MayorJose Bernal welcomed the students andteachers and encouraged
them to digdeep into the history and cultural wealthof
Marbella.
With more than 220 students currentlytaking part, the Erasmus+
programmelasts two academic years.
Workingto live
33per cent of Malagasalaries go towards mortgage payments
The Malaga Film Festival
By Eleanor Hawkins
A European visitMARBELLA Town Hall welcomed students as part of
an Erasmus programme
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME: More than 40 secondary school students
attended.
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TWO men have been arrested after a carchase took place on a
motorway betweenMarbella and Estepona on March 29.
The incident occurred after an undercoverpolice car spotted a
dark Audi A3 driving atspeeds of around 180 km an hour on the
mo-
torway close to Estepona. After ignoring the request by the
police to
stop, the driver sped off at high speed, and apolice chase
ensued as highway police fol-lowed the reckless driver down the
N-340motorway.
The vehicle took the Rosario motorwayexit, near Marbella and
kept driving throughtown. The car was later found abandonednear the
beach.
The driver and the passenger of the car,two foreign nationals in
their 20s, were fi-
nally spotted in Avenida Cervantes, in Mar-bella.
Other drivers witnessed the incident andcorroborated the
irresponsible driving. TheAudi even hit a few cars whilst trying to
getaway but luckily no one was injured.
Two men arrested after car chase along motorway
A NEW project to search forRoman remains around Mar-bella Castle
is being discussedby the town council.
Following investigationsmade by two separate compa-nies who
surveyed the castle, itis thought that the area datesfrom before
the Muslim periodin the eighth century.
The companies surveyed thearea and also looked deeper in-to the
walls of the castle to get abetter understanding of whenthe castle
and surrounding areasdate from.
Findings included pre-Mus-lim remains in at least threespots of
the walls, including afew towers. The remains arestill being
investigated and thecouncil will decide on whetherto make further
excavationswhen the research is fully com-pleted.
Culture Councillor GemaMidon said there is still a lot
toconsider, and depending on thebudget for next year, future
ex-cavations would go ahead due
to the amount there is to study. Irrespective of budget
inves-
tigations have taken place in thepast in order to determine
theorigins of the construction.
MAY dig near castle to search for remains
Marbella Councilspossible project
CASTLE: It is thought it dates back to the eighth century.
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AN unfair dismissal case inTorremolinos will see the coun-cil
pay out 65,000 in compen-sation to a former manager.
Francisco Cabrera claimedhe was dismissed simply be-cause he
belonged to the rivalPP party which didnt sit wellwith the ruling
PSOE regime.
The council had claimed thereal reason was his high salarywhich,
at 76,165 in 2014, wassignificantly higher than eventhe mayors. The
judges ruledthat the sacking was unfair andordered the financial
redress.
A MAN from Marbella was ar-rested after a night out in Mala-ga
City centre for allegedly at-tacking a cabbie.
Local Police officers in CalleLarios were alerted and arrivedto
find the 35-year-old insultingand hitting a driver, who had
re-fused to allow the man into histaxi as he was drunk.
Unfair dismissal
Drunk anddisorderly
Improvements atFuengirola stationWORK to include improving
access for travellers with reduced mobility
LAST week from April 1 Renfe, theSpanish train company,
startedwork aimed to improve the accessi-bility of Fuengirola train
station.
Specifically, the project consistsof the installation of a new
pave-ment in order to make it easier fortravellers with reduced
mobility toaccess the platforms.
Moreover, the current illumina-tion system will be replaced with
anLED technology one. The total in-vestment for this work, which
willcontinue until the beginning of thesummer, will be 198,000.
Fuengirola station has one of thehighest number of passengers in
thearea as it registers approximately2.4 million travellers each
year.
There are 52 trains daily, travel-ling in each direction, to and
fromMalaga, with an average frequencyof 20 minutes. FUENGIROLA
STATION: Refurbishment work to take place.
STUDENTS playing truant will bequaking in their muddy boots
afterBenalmadena Council decided tocreate a municipal school
truancyboard to tackle the blight.
The newly forged board will meetevery three months to make a
reporton the issue, which will then be sentto the provincial
education depart-ment.
I t i s es t imated that 38 out of3,325 primary school students
and124 out of 1,584 secondary school-ers missed lessons without
satisfy-ing the curiosity of their teachers asto why.
APRIL 24 will be Mijas Day at theTivoli World amusement park in
Be-nalmadena, the council has announced.
Tourism councillor for Mijas Santia-go Martin reported that the
event willrun from noon to 7pm, and those regis-tered on the census
can collect free en-try tickets to the park for the day at Mi-jas
Tourism Office and the counciloffices in La Cala and Las
Lagunas.
Troublesometruants
Mijas Day atTivoli World
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UNLIKE the English tuitionfee system, fees at the Universi-ty of
Malaga will not rise dur-ing the next academic year.
This means that the typicalcost of a four-year-degree willbe
757.20 per year and willremain the same across eachdegree
course.
Masters degrees fees will al-so remain the same, althoughthey do
vary across differentcourses. It is a stark contrast tothe
challenges faced by Englishstudents who, almost alone inEurope,
face debilitating feesthat can reach more than10,000 per annum.
PROFESSIONAL tourismexperts from an eyebrowraising collection of
coun-tr ies wil l join the usualsuspects as Malaga getsset to
welcome themfor a special t r iparound the region organ-ised by
tourist chiefs atthe Andalucian govern-ment.
The guided tours will be
aimed at promoting vari-ous aspects of the industryand s t
rengthening t ieswith the regions repre-sented by the gaggle
ofbloggers and journalists.
Scr ibes f rom the UK,Germany and Ireland willform an
interesting groupwith counterparts from theeastern areas of
Kuwaitand Saudi Arabia.
THE earth continues to move for Costa del Sol residents,with
minor tremors on a daily basis occasionally inter-spersed with
slightly more significant movements.
On Saturday April 2 there were six tremors of note, al-though
none exceeded 3.9 on the Richter scale and thereforewent mostly
unfelt.
Five of the six had epicentres in the Alboran Sea off
theMoroccan coast, while the other was registered off the coastof
Fuengirola.
A MAN from Torremolinos hasbeen jailed for nine months bya
Malaga court for threateningand insulting his mother andslapping
his 13-year-old brotherduring a family row in Decem-ber 2014.
He has also been bannedfrom going within 500 metresof his
brother for two years.
MALAGA came eighth in a ranking of the top10 Spanish provinces
with the most popular cui-sine drawn up by La Nevera Roja food
deliverywebsite.
A total of 1,000 customers answered a surveycreated by the
website and awarded Valencia,Madrid and Cordoba with the top three
places.
In order to judge and rate the gastronomy ofeach region,
different recipes were shown to thecustomers, who had to identify
which provincethe dish belonged to.
The most popular dish from Malaga, accord-ing to survey
responses, is Espetos of grilledsardines.
Educationcomes first
Family issuesSome furtherminor tremors
Spreadingthe word
Malaga in top 10of popular cuisineEIGHTH in the ranking of a
survey by a food website
ESPETO: Malagas most popular dish.
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GOLF is big business in Spainand especially on the Costadel Sol,
or Costa del Golf as itis commonly referred toamongst
aficionados.
With more than 70 golfcourses in the Malaga Region,the Costa del
Sol is withoutdoubt the leading golf traveldestination in Europe.
In addi-tion to the pleasant year-roundweather, golfers are
attractedto some of the best coursesSpain has to offer.
The courses are now beingrecognised with 27 golf cours-es in the
Costa del Sol rated assome of the best in Spain ac-cording to
British golf experts.
Further to the rating thecourses are seeing much
moreinternational support. The ex-perts even go as far to statethat
four out of six best Span-ish golf courses are located onthe
Costa.
The most outstanding golfcourse on the Costa according
to the experts is the So-togrande Royal Golf Club,which is in
the second positionof their top 100 ranking Span-ish courses.
This isnt the first time thegolf sector on the Costa delSol has
received praise. OnMarch 31 another prestigiousworldwide golf
reference, theGolf Digest, also highlightsCosta del Sol as one of
thebest places to play golf inSpain.
Best golf courses are on theCosta, British experts say
SOTOGRANDE GOLF: The course is ranked in second position of the
top 100 Spanish courses.
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CRUISE season has officiallystarted in Malaga although
pre-dictions this year are not ex-pected to be as buoyant as
inprevious years with 25 per centfewer travellers expected due
tosmaller ships landing in port.
According to the figures un-veiled by the port, 53,020cruise
passengers are expectedin Malaga during April. Thismeans 17,791
fewer tourists
than the previous April. April isan important date in the
cruis-ing calendar as it sets the barfor the rest of the year in
termsof numbers and predictions.
Nevertheless, 43 cruises areexpected to dock in MalagaPort this
April, five more thanin the same month last year.
The decrease in passengernumbers is caused by the di-mensions of
the ships which arenow smaller than in previousyears and all of
which have a
capacity of fewer than 1,000passengers.
Sources from Malaga Portdownplayed this drop as theyoutlined
that the capital is set toreceive more than 140,000 pas-sengers
from 93 cruises be-tween March and June. Theywere also keen to
highlight thescheduled activity by theBritish company
ThomsonCruises whose ships will bring56,000 passengers to the
citybetween May and October.
FORTY-THREE cruises are expected in April
Whatever floatsyour boatBy Emily Chettle
THE broad church of Malagas provincial firestations will now
include Estepona after thecouncil voted in favour of merging with
the re-gional service. Deputy mayor Pilar Fernandez-Figares claims
the new agreement will both im-prove local services and reduce
residents
taxes, as they are typically lower at the provin-cial level.
The council itself will also save money as 30per cent of
expenditure will now be taken onby the province, which will also
increase stafffrom 27 to 35 people.
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DELTA AIRLINES,who connect Malagaand JFK airport inNew York, has
an-nounced flightswill resume againbetween the two cities forthe
summer season.
Delta, who manages theroute in a joint venture withAir France,
KLM and Alitalia,has scheduled six weeklyfights until May 23.
Fromthen there will be daily flightsbetween Malaga and JFK.
Travel agencies have ex-plained that this route is inhigh demand
connecting trav-ellers in both directions.
Most flights will be offeredin a Boeing 767-300 with 210
seats, althoughDelta has strengthenedthe route with a 164-seat
Boeing 757-200which will travel twicea week.
Nat Pieper, Delta Vice-President for Europe, MiddleEast and
Africa said: TheUnited States is one of thebiggest markets in terms
ofvisitors to Andalucia, so withthese 2,700 weekly seats
betweenMalaga and the USA we willmeet the growing demand
andtherefore promote tourism.
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SUMMER programme
By Emily Chettle
Get ready for MissMarbella 2016REGISTRATIONS for Miss Marbella
for this years SanBernabe fair are to remain open until April 15
according toMarbella Town Council. There are different categories
ac-cording to age of the participants but all contestants must
beaged between seven and 25.
Registration can be done in any of the deputy mayors of-fices
and a photocopy of the ID, a contact number as well asa census
certificate must be provided. Minors must providea written
authorisation by their parents or tutors before reg-istering.
The winner will be chosen by a jury on April 29 at 9pm inParque
de la Constitucion auditorium.
REPORTED in the EWN atthe time of his guilty verdict,a
Fuengirola man has nowbeen sentenced to eightyears imprisonment for
vir-tually stalking and black-mailing nine youngstersaged between
11 and 17.
The man had created a so-cial network account mas-querading as a
16-year-oldteenager in order to contactgirls and lure them into
ex-
posing themselves via web-cam.
At that point he beganblackmailing them withthreats that he
would releasethe images unless they senthim more revealing
ones.
He admitted his guilt andhas also been exiled fromFuengirola for
nine years, al-though his mental i l lnessplayed a mitigating role
inthe sentence.
Cyberstalker sentenced
Malaga to JFKflights soar
DELTA AIRLINES:Connecting to New
York for the summer.
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A SINGAPORE multinationalhas turned its sights to Malagain its
search for developmentland in the Costa del Sol.
ARC Resorts has beensearching for investment op-portunities in
the region andalthough the contacts withMalaga City Council are
stillin an early stage, councilsources admitted that they are
on the right track.ARC representatives have
had several meetings withCity Hall and Malaga Port au-thorities
last week. Sourcesclose to the negotiation saidthat the
multi-national compa-ny had shown special interestin Malaga
Port.
Spanish representative forARC Jose Maria Ezquerdosaid that it is
still too early todraw up an action plan, but he
assured that the project willbe related to tourism andleisure.
No solid plans wereunveiled although he did con-firm that the
project will belarge scale.
ARC currently has projectsin Europe, Central and SouthAsia and
has six internationalheadquarters located in SriLanka, Kazajistan,
the UK,Switzerland, Monaco andSpain.
SPECIAL interest was shown in the port area
Singapore looksfor Spanish landBy Emily Chettle
SUICIDE is Spains most common non-naturalcause of death. New
data has shown that 179people committed suicide in Malaga
Provincein 2013, according to the Spanish Statistics
In-stitute.
Now in a bid to tackle suicide head on sever-al Malaga
associations have created the Alienta
programme. This consists of several toolsaimed at collecting and
providing useful infor-mation in order to prevent suicide,
especiallyamong youngsters where there is a higher risk.
Included in the new campaign, is the
websitewww.razonesparavivir.org, which focuses onproviding
information and raising awareness.
Malagas bid to prevent suicide
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A FACEBOOK campaignhas been launched to helpthose who were
affected bya fire in Estepona on Tues-day March 29.
The blaze occurred onAvenida Los Reales and af-fected four
houses, one ofwhich was completely de-s t royed. The other
threewere damaged by thesmoke to varying degrees.
In order to give thesefamilies a helping hand, agroup of
Facebook users
cal led Estepona en Alma(Estepona in Soul) has setup a campaign
that aims toraise funds for them duringthis difficult time.
The campaign is encour-aging businesses in thetown to set up a
moneybox, so that anyone whowants to can contribute.
The initiative, which hasno deadline, urges all pro-fessionals
and citizens toget involved in any waythey can.
THE PP faction in Mijas hasreported that on March 31,Mayor Juan
Carlos Maldona-do (Ciudadanos), threw aMijas resident out of a
ple-nary session, for, accordingto the mayor, staring at mein an
insolent way.
The incident apparentlyoccurred when the mayor re-alised that a
woman, who didnot belong to any politicalparty, was staring at
him.
The mayor instructed fourpolice officers to remove thewoman, who
did not put upresistance.
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THE good tourism news con-tinues in Andalucia, now thatthe
Spanish Government hasannounced (on March 30) thatthe region has
set a new record.
For the first time in history,Andalucia was visited by morethan
one million tourists in thefirst two months of the year.
The exact number,1,007,345, represents a 17.4per cent increase
compared tothe same period last year.
This achievement is evenmore impressive, given thatthese are
typically the twoweakest months of the yearfrom a touristic
standpoint.
The majority of the visitorshailed from the United King-dom,
with 26.5 per cent, fol-lowed by France, with 14.1 percent. These
numbers allow An-dalucia to further strengthen itsposition as the
third most pre-ferred destination worldwidefor foreign
tourists.
HISTORY made as over one million tourists visit during January
and February
Record tourism numbersBy Sam Croft
MARBELLA: One of the most popular places for tourists to visit,
even in the quieter months
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30-year-oldman, who was allegedlyinvolved in two thefts atMarbella
spas duringFebruary and March.
The accused allegedlywent into the spas in theguise of a
customer, andbroke the padlocks ofseveral lockers in order tosteal
different items, in-cluding personal docu-ments, credit cards, a
mo-bile phone and 775 incash.
The man was apparent-ly spotted by securitystaff in the spa of a
Mar-bella hotel. He ran awayand left a bag in the hotel,which
apparently con-tained the stolen items aswell as his own
personaldocumentation, withwhich the officers wereable to track him
down.
Allegedspa thiefarrested
Mijas mayorgawker isbanished
Esteponahouse fire
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FOR a few years now, thelack of hospital beds in Mala-ga has
been a concern for pro-fessional associations andunions.
Now, the Health departmentof the Junta de Andalucia re-gional
government has admit-ted that there is an urgent needto increase
the scope of health
services in Malaga. Enlargingcurrent facilities next to
theMalaga Civil Hospital is thepreferred option instead ofbuilding
a new hospital.
The Juntas Health delegatedismissed last March 30 theidea of
building a new hospi-tal in the capital as he consid-ers it a big
investment thatwould take many years tocomplete. However, he
said
he was open to consideringthe idea of extending the facil-ities
of Civil Hospital throughthe 48,619 square-metre areanext to it,
owned by MalagaProvincial Council.
The health delegate contin-ued that his department is cur-rently
assessing the needs ofMalaga hospitals in order todetermine the
size of the pro-ject.
URGENT need for better health services
More Malagahospitals needed By Emily Chettle
ONE of the most popular hotels in Torremoli-nos, the four
starred Las Palomas hotel is to beauctioned next April 14 at
12pm.
Although in its heyday the hotel saw hugesuccess and popularity,
the establishment hasremained closed since 2012 due to
bankruptcybut now will be auctioned in order to pay the
debts of the company who managed it. The ho-tel has been valued
at 18.5 million and thereis a chance for the buyer to also purchase
allthe equipment inside. The minimum bid to par-ticipate in the
auction is 60 per cent of the val-ued price, which is 10.8 million
in this case.Bids are welcomed until April 12 at 3pm.
Auction of Torremolinos hotel
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APRIL can be an irritating month, as some-times a whole raft of
bills arrive together dueto companieswanting to pushcertain charges
in-to the new finan-cial year. Therecould be a com-munity
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pay so it wouldhelp to be able tospread the load.
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SEVERAL parts ofMalaga were plungedinto darkness on April
4,during a blackout whichaffected the CiudadJardin district,
AvenidaDoctor Maraon andAvenida Luis Buuel.
The blackout, whichoccurred between6.45am and 7.40am, af-fected
about 1,000 peo-ple, as their neighbour-hoods were darkened
forapproximately an hour.
According to the En-desa electricity compa-ny, the blackout
wascaused by a breakdownin an underground sec-tion of the lighting
grid.
By 8.45am, workerswere still trying to findwhere the
breakdownoccurred.
Lightsout inMalaga
THE physical and psychological dis-ability charity, Fuensocial,
has re-ceived a cheque for 5,000 from alocal institution.
The donor of the contribution, TheHispanic Nordic Association
(AHN),
is a non-profitable institution, whichcarries out several
leisure and sport-ing activities. It has more than 1,500members
split all over the Costa delSol, mostly in Fuengirola.
AHN representative Michael Em-denborg highlighted the
outstandingwork carried out by Fuensocial, and
said that he hopes this donation willencourage other foreign
institutionsbased in the town to contribute.
Specifically, the donated moneywill be used for music therapy, a
ser-vice that the Fuensocial associationhas not been able to
develop due tolack of funds.
FUENSOCIAL received 5,000 for music therapy
Fuengirola charitygets kind donation
By Emily Chettle
ALMOST 100 cyclists could be seen rid-ing through Marbella
ringing their bellson April 3, and they were on a mission.
The event was organised to demandthat the Junta de Andalucia
regional gov-ernment comply with its scheduled pro-ject; the
creation of bicycle lanes includ-ed in the Plan Andaluz de la
Bicicleta(Andalucia Bicycle Programme).
The ride was organised by the cyclistsassociation Andalucia por
la Bici (An-dalucia for Bikes), and took place simul-taneously in
the eight capitals of Andalu-cia, as well as in Marbella,
Mijas,Fuengirola, Algeciras and Jerez.
The cyclists were protesting the factthat in 2014 the regional
government ap-proved the bicycle programme, and allo-cated around
420 million for it up until2020, but then the next year
noticeablyreduced the budget for the project.
In addition, Marbella cyclists were al-so demanding that the
town council signthe agreement that will allow the pro-gramme to be
developed in Marbella,which would result in 55 kilometres ofnew
bicycle lanes.
Riding fora reason
LOVELY GESTURE: The Hispanic Nordic Association generously
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THREE and a half thousand bananas,apples and oranges will be
handed outto runners, who are competing at theMalaga half marathon,
by the Merca-malaga, Malagas food market.
Two tonnes of fruit is due to be giv-en to the participants of
the Ciudad deMalaga Half Marathon, which is tak-ing place on April
10.
The fruit will be dished out in sev-eral spots, distributed
throughout the21 kilometre-long race through the
city. Mercamalaga General ManagerJaime Touchard highlighted
that: Weare working on supporting fruit con-sumption as it is a
healthy and key el-ement in our diet.
Mercamalaga is the biggest foodmarket in the east side of
Andalucia.
ATHLETES will be given free fruit during their run
Malaga food market togive away tonnes of fruit
By Emily Chettle
FITNESS FANATICS: Runners in a previous Malaga marathon.
BENALMADENA Council approved thebudget for 2016 in a plenary
sessionwhich took place on March 31.
Mayor Victor Navas lamented that thebudget is limited, due to
the need to lowerthe high amount of debts accrued by thecouncil. He
indicated that approximately23 per cent of the budget will be
allocatedfor paying these debts.
Nevertheless, Navas announced thatmoney allocated for those
departmentsconsidered essential, including tourismand trade, will
be doubled. He also out-lined several projects expected to
resume,including the Torrequebrada promenadeand Paseo del
Generalife.
The tourism budget will now be a hefty70,000 and include a
series of importantmeasures aimed at boosting sportstourism. A bike
park in Monte Calamorroand an increase of water sports on thecoast
are the centrepiece of plans.
The council will also invest in thecleanliness of beaches and
the efficiencyof public services. Seasonal tourism haslong posed a
problem for communitiesthroughout southern Spain, and the questnow
is to find ways of capitalising onyear-round sunny weather and
mitigatingreliance on the summer boom.
Benalmadenaplanning change
Cleaning upAN ENORMOUS
230,000 investment fromthe province will allowCasares to improve
key ur-ban areas, by creating greenspaces, enlarging parks
andrefurbishing alleyways.The work will be part of awider
investment plan.
Cuba music TOMORROW evening,Friday April 8, the groupHabana
Vieja will per-form in Esteponas PadreManuel Cultural Centre.Cuban
classics are on thecards, as the group ex-ports the beats of
theCaribbean.
Japan invitedJAPANESE tourists don-ning gas masks in the areamay
increase, as represen-tatives of various Andalu-cian provinces are
flockingto Tokyo to promote theirregions at a host of events.
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THE famous Sohail Castleof Fuengirola will host theseventh edi t
ion of thetowns Dogs Day thiscoming Sunday April 10.Hundreds of
animal loversfrom al l over MalagaProvince are expected toattend
the event.
The festivities will beginat 10am in the Plaza de Es-pana where
a dog paradewil l depart and marchthrough Calle Cuesta andthe
promenade all the wayto Sohail Castle.
As a present, and in or-der to raise awareness ofthe importance
of collect-ing dog excrements, therewill be a free bag carrier
for all the participants. Once the parade arrives
at Sohail Castle, there willbe a number of activitiesfor
everyone, includingdog exhibitions by the Na-t ional Pol ice and s
ta l lsmanned by dog productcompanies, among otherdelights.
There will be two barsand the funds raised fromthem will go to
the severalchari t ies , including theSpanish Associat ionagainst
Cancer and the As-sociation of Alzheimer Pa-tients Relatives.
A NUMBER of activities has been arranged for everyone
Every dog has itsday in FuengirolaBy Matthew Elliott
Food nboots asuccessTHE Estepona Urban Race,which took place on
SundayApril 3, was a mighty successfor local charities as 700
kilo-grams of food was raised andsent to Emaus soup kitchen.
Most of the 1,200 partici-pating runners donated thatfood as the
adults were askedto give voluntarily one kilo ofnon-perishable
goods whenregistering for the event,whereas it was a
mandatoryrequirement for all the chil-dren that wanted to
partici-pate.
One of the organisers of therace, Juan Jose Frias said thatThe
idea is that the children,apart from running, give a ki-lo of food
so we can collect itand take it to the soupkitchen.
This years race saw thehighest amount of food everraised and we
wish we couldimprove every year.
Light saving THERE will be a savingsprogramme in the
lightingnetworks of residential ar-eas in Mijas as the councilhopes
to save 500,000per year on bills. The newscomes after contract
negoti-ations which highlightedmaintenance and improve-ment
works.
Super swingsCHILDRENS parks inCasares have undergonevital
refurbishments to al-low children with reducedmobility to have fun
too.Another park is plannedfor Plaza de la Paz inSecadero.
Keeping busyTHE Youth department ofBenalmadena Council
haspresented a new springtimeschedule which includesmore than 50
different ac-tivities. Theatre, art history,and sport are some
options.
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THE results of Alhaurin elGrandes Tapeando enCuaresma (Tapas in
Lent)tapas contest have been re-vealed.
The prize-giving took placeon April 1 at the municipal li-brary,
with Salmon a La Ale-gria voted in first place, and a
courgette roll with prawnsand cheese closely followingin second
place.
The winning tapa chosenby the customers came fromrestaurant La
Alegria, where-as the second-placed foodwas offered up by
Valle-Solbar.
According to Trade Coun-cillor, Maria Jesus Fernandez,
the number of participants inthe 2016 edition far exceededlast
year. The councillor alsowanted to thank all the localresidents and
the 30 establish-ments that participated.
The tapas contest was partof the programme Vive Al-haurin, aimed
at promotingemployment and trade in thetown.
MALAGA CITY has tightened the bonds withits Filipino community
by erecting a monu-ment of one of the Philippines national he-roes,
Jose Rizal, a noted writer and politicianduring the end of the
countrys Spanish colo-nial period.
The sculpture is located in the gardens ofthe Port Studies
Institute, which can be foundat the entrance to the port.
Of all the Spanish provinces, Malaga has thesecond-highest
number of Filipino residents,according to the Spanish Statistics
Institute,only behind Barcelona.
By Emily Chettle
Top prize tapas
Standing tall
WINNERS of Alhaurin el Grande tapas contest
THE Andalucia Jet Ski Championship tookplace on Benalmadenas
Malapesquerabeach on April 2 and 3.
One of the most important nautical eventsof the calendar, it
drew plenty of eager spec-tators keen to catch a glimpse of the
action.
During the weekend, the BenalmadenaTourism Department organised
a tripthrough the town for prestigious nauticaljournalists, showing
them the most emblem-atic spots of Benalmadena, including
theButterfly Park, the Buddhist Temple, andBenalmadena pueblo.
Jet Ski fun
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THE annual pest purge in Es-tepona has got underway, aspest
controllers try to elimi-nate rats, cockroaches andother insects
that throng thesubterranean sewerage sys-tem under our very
feet.
Once the town centre hasbeen rid of the troublesomecritters,
work will be extend-ed to further areas in thetown.
Some 240 kilometres ofsewers will be affected bythese measures,
along with9,000 wells. Deputy MayorBlas Ruzafa said on April 5that
these works are needed inorder to avoid pests, especial-ly in
summer, when the tem-peratures are higher. In addi-tion, he said
that throughoutthe year all the pest hot spotswill be dealt
with.
Hidralia Water Companyworkers, who are in charge ofthe pest
control, will warn
nearby residents that theremight be extra insects in thestreets
as a consequence of
the fumigation in the sewers.The company is trying to
carry out the work in the ear-
ly hours so that the effect onlocal residents is as limited
aspossible.
ESTEPONA sewerage system to be cleared of pests
Sewer fumigationBy Emily Chettle
PEST CONTROL: Workers will clear 240 kilometres of sewers.
A CASTING event for streetperformers has been held inFuengirola
on April 5.
Although Simon Cowelldidnt make an appearance, 24hopeful
candidates attended thecasting, having to perform infront of a jury
made up of tech-nicians and teachers fromFuengirola music
school.
The winning artists will get alicence, granting them permis-sion
to perform in severalstreets for a year.
With this initiative, the coun-cil aims to standardise
liveartist performances in the town.Culture Councillor
RodrigoRomero said that they want topromote the touristic image
ofFuengirola, and encourage resi-dents and visitors to enjoy
top-quality shows.
Romero also said: Everyyear, people get more and moreinterested
in these licences toperform in the streets and show
a higher level. Much care is putinto the recruitment process,
asthe culture staff gives an unbi-ased and technical
assess-ment.
In total, 21 licences will behanded out to musicians,painters,
photographers andperformers of childrens activi-ties.
The spots where they willperform are: Plaza Marques deCardenosa,
Plaza del Carmen,the fairground entrance, CalleChurruca, Plaza
Picaso, Parquede la Duquesa, Plaza TeresaZabell, Plaza Andres
LopezYebra, Plaza de San Rafael andthe seaside promenade.
Fuengirolasgot talent
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THE worldwide gypsy community will make its pres-ence felt in
Mijas this Friday when travelling commu-nities from all over
celebrate International RomaniDay on April 8. A festive day will
see flamenco danc-ing, a fashion parade, and the reading of a
manifesto.
Mijas Equality Councillor Mari Carmen Carmonasaid: We believe
that we need to keep working in pro-
moting the social inclusion of the gypsycommunity. We must keep
pushing forfighting against all kinds of discrimina-tion that they
might suffer.
Romani people have a long and com-plex history and identity in
Spain, beingsubject to persecution as in most Europeancountries,
but also having an identifiable foot-print on Andalucian culture,
and are less isolated
than in many other places. Known as gitanos, their most evident
impact has
been on music, especially flamenco, which manySpanish people
actually associate with gitano identi-ty. Having arrived in Spain
more than 500 yearsago, gypsy communities spent centuries
sufferingsocial exclusion and discriminatory laws.
Today their situation is far more stable, althoughgitano
populations continue to fare less well thanaverage in indicators of
education, poverty andcrime.
International Romani Day has been celebrat-ed by such icons as
Pope John Paul II and theDalai Lama.
GYPSY community is making its presence felt
Romani partyin Mijas
By Matthew Elliott
All for oneA MONUMENT will bebuilt in Mijas to pay tributeto
mentally disabled peopleand represent the fight ofresidents to have
them in-cluded in the communityfabric. Social inclusion is atthe
forefront of mentalhealth initiatives.
High demandLOCAL products were inhigh demand as Mer-cadona
splashed out520 million on provin-cial produce in 2015, asolid
increase on 2014.Avocados were one of thebest sellers.
Annual meetMORE than 1,000 tourismcompanies were represent-ed at
the annual meeting ofthe International Congressand Convention
Associa-tion in Marbella on April 1.Hotel representatives werealso
in attendance.
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Clean streets andgreen gardensAFTER a huge collective effort, an
impressive 78streets have now been refurnished in Estepona in on-ly
a 13-square kilometre area.
The works have been part of a larger projectnamed Estepona,
Garden of the Costa del Sol,which has devoted thousands of euros to
renovatingpavements and embellishing gardens.
GYPSY COMMUNITY:International Romani
Day will be celebrated on April 8 in Mijas.
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Music formumA MOTHERS day concertwill be performed by theUMT
Youth Band of theUnin Musical Torreve-jense, on May 6 2016 in
thePalacio de la Msica, CalleUnin Musical Torreve-jense 47,
Torrevieja at 8pm.
Tapas pathALMORADI will be enjoy-ing the 11th AlmoradiTapas
Path, known as theXI Sendero del Tapeo fromApril 8 to10 and 15 to
17.You can collect your Fol-leto, your Route Passport,from the
Tourist Informa-tion Office or any of thebars, cafes or
restaurants.
Dance festivalTHE fifth Festival Abril EnDanza, La Terreta
Ballatakes place on April 17 atthe Teatro Principal de Ali-cante.
This Aprils perfor-mance features: TheatreBasel Ballet, Tejido
Conec-tivo, Estonian National Bal-let, OtraDanza plus AlbaAlberola,
Gustavo RamrezSansano, Tanz LuzernerTheater and others.
Scuba findON Wednesday March 31,an off-duty Guardia Civilofficer
discovered a bundleof drugs whilst diving offthe coast of Pilar de
la Ho-radada. The officer waspractising diving in hisleisure time
when he foundthe 16 kilo bundle, with anestimated value of
26,000around a kilometre from thecoast.
Race for LifeTHE first Solidarity RaceDona Alba takes place
onMay 8 in Novelda. You canrace or just jog along inany of the
three categories.The funds raised will go100 per cent to research
forchildhood cancer treatmentsthrough the Alba Perez
As-sociation.
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
Home againTHE statue of the Virgen de las In-jurias, dropped
during CallosasMoors and Christians fiestas has re-turned to the
parish church. The12,000 restoration was paid for byprivate
donations, local businessesand the town hall.
Slightly shakenA 2.7 intensity earth tremor regis-tered at a
depth of 20 kilometres inwine-producing Requena was fol-lowed
almost 12 hours later by anoth-er that measured 2.9 on the
Richterscale in neighbouring Utiel.
Lift repairMAINTENANCE workers were sentto repair a lift in
Alicante that linksCalle Juan Bautista Lafora with thewalkway of
Postiguet Beach aftersome of the people using it apparent-ly
received a 12-volt shock whenthey pressed the outside button.
Teenage truancyTHE Valencia Criminal Court has or-dered a man to
pay a fine of 720due to his teenage daughter repeated-ly failing to
turn up for her schoolclasses. The judge considered itproven that
the man had failed to pro-vide the appropriate example
andleadership that his young daughterneeded.
MALLORCA
Fire warningTHE Council of Mallorcas Fire Depart-ment is calling
for residents who want tolight fires in agricultural and wooded
ar-eas to be cautious and take preventativemeasures. The recent
heat wave from theSahara has caused a reduction of humidi-ty and an
increase in temperatures whichcan easily set off a forest fire.
Project halted THE Supreme Court has stopped
themacro-urbanisation project in the Serrade Tramuntana which
included the con-struction of 105 homes, premises andgarages and
would have meant an in-crease of 700 inhabitants, confirming
adecision made in 2014 by the BalearicHigh Court.
Train line POLITICAL parties in Arta are joiningtogether to urge
the Balearic Govern-ment to negotiate with Madrid for thedrafting
of a new railway agreement.The groups want to push the local
gov-ernment to review the initial project andcombine the railway
infrastructure withthe current greenway.
Rubbish complaintTHE Neighbourhood Association OrsonWelles de
Son Gotleu has posted photoson its blog of the massive amounts
ofrubbish collecting on streets in the area.President of the
Neighbourhood associa-tion Gines Quionero who is responsiblefor the
blog explained that neighboursare fed up because the city does
noth-ing.
AXARQUA
Torrox injuryA CONSTRUCTION worker fromTorrox, aged 29, was
seriously wound-ed after falling from a height of fivemetres, when,
for unknown reasons,the roof of the building collapsed. Theman was
working on an agricultural ir-rigation tank in the area of Menchon
dePizarrin near Frigiliana.
Frigiliana spiritsAFTER the success of several mystery-themed
events recently held in Frig-iliana, the organisers are bringing
anew session about parapsychology andmystery to the town. The
session willtake place on April 16 at 7pm in theCasa del Apero.
Entrance will be freeand capacity will be limited.
Local policeTHE Local Police of Almuecar arejoining the new
technology platformwhich connects with the emergencyservice of
Andalucia. This platformwill permit officers to find out in
realtime about all incidents they have togo to.
Under surveillanceAFTER the unwarranted removal lastmonth of
several files related to variousdepartments in the town hall in
Nerjaby unknown sources, half a dozenvideo surveillance cameras
have beeninstalled surrounding the building.
COSTA DE ALMERA
Mena defiantFORMER Albox mayor, RogelioMena, has published a
statement in theSpanish press, maintaining his inno-cence and
insisting he is the victim ofcharacter assassination. He was
forcedto step down last month after almosttwo years of wrangling
with the courtsand opposition group Partido Popular.
Motorway mayhemA HUGE car accident which rockedthe A7 motorway
near El Alquian inAlmeria saw firefighters have to helpremove a
badly injured man from hiscompletely destroyed vehicle. The
42-year-old remains in serious conditionin Torrecardenas
hospital.
Solar powerTHE installation of solar panels at Al-box Town Hall
has begun. Once fullyinstalled, the solar panels will providethe
building with 100 per cent of itsenergy while reducing C02
emissionsand keeping municipal costs down.
Swedish TVSOME two-million Swedish TV view-ers will have caught
a glimpse of Mo-jacar after the town was featured on apopular TV
show in that country. Theeight-episode sports reality show M-tarnas
Mstare features elite athletestraining and taking on feats in
thearea.
Flash mob surprise in the city
By Keith NicolPARTICIPATING choirs
taking part in the 30thMeeting Coral caught a few
passersby completely by sur-prise as some members of
par-ticipating choirs, led by the or-ganising coral
FranciscoVallejos, decided to perform oneof those famous Flash
mobsthat are so successful on socialnetworks in Torrevieja.
The performance was worthyto become a viral hit, with itshumour
and perfect execution,also contributing to the surprisefactor that
captivated the specta-tors who joined in with the act.FLASH MOB:
Various choir members took part in Torrevieja.
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
PERFORMANCE was worthy of being a viral hit with perfect
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ONE of the UKs most popularentertainers and personalities,
Ron-nie Corbett, has died. Corbetts pub-licist announced his death
on themorning of Thursday
March 31 and said in a statementthat the 85-year-old was
surroundedby his family.
Minimum wageThe UKs national l iving wage
has gone up as of today April 1which will affect millionsof
workers. Everyone overthe age of 25 will receive7.20 per hour, an
in-
crease of 50p per hour on the previ-ous minimum wage.
Lynx effect FARMERS in the UK are worried
about Romanian immigrants once againbut, rather than chefs or
cat-burglars,these intrepid adventurers are actuallyEurasian
lynxes, which have been rein-troduced to the British Isles after an
ab-sence of more than 1,000 years.
Steel works fireMORE than 100 firefighters tackled
a fierce fire at a Birmingham scrapmetal plant. The fire started
on ClarelAvenue at around 2pm on TuesdayMarch 29 after it ignited
accidentally.
EUROPEAN PRESS
AirBnB tax DENMARK: Parliament
is to tax Danish users ofAirBnB by registering allearnings made
throughshared economy schemes.AirBnB currently allowsusers to make
an easy profitby renting out their homewhen away.
Young sex clip DENMARK: Police in
northern Zealand have finedtwo people for distributing avideo on
social media whichshows extreme sex acts be-tween a young girl - 15
at thetime of recording - and foursimilar aged boys.
Depp in prisonDENMARK: The A-lis-
ters rock band HollywoodVampires, featuring AliceCooper, movie
star JohnnyDepp and Aerosmith guitaristJoe Perry, will perform
onJune 1 at Fngslet at Hors-ens, a former state peniten-tiary that
now serves as acultural centre.
Politicianfound dead
SWEDEN: AlexanderBengtsson, a centre-right lo-cal politician and
high-pro-file anti-racism campaigneris reported to have died,
withSwedish media suggestingthat he was found in a burnt-out
car.
Bomb threat SWEDEN: Part of Land-
vetter airport in westernSweden was evacuated onThursday morning
after anumber of suspicious plasticbags were discovered in
thedomestic flights terminal.
Top of theleague table
FINLAND: Finland hastopped a league table of themost tightly
regulated placesin the EU to eat, drink, lightup or vape, with
Swedencoming a close second.
DUTCH house prices will go upby an average of 4 per cent this
yearand 3 per cent in 2017, according toeconomists at ABN Amro. The
bankhas revised up its price rise fore-casts because of low
interest rates.
Claw-back claimTHE public prosecution department
is trying to claw back 111 millionfrom Dutch businessman Joep
van denNieuwenhuyzen which he is said to
have earned from corruption.
No Molenbeek AN area of Rotterdam where
French terrorist suspect Anis B wasarrested on Sunday is no
Molenbeek,
according to the citys mayor AhmedAboutaleb, in reference to the
Brus-sels district where many of Belgiumssuicide bombers lived.
EU treaty NEXT weeks referendum on an
EU treaty with Ukraine is reallyabout putting pressure on the
Dutchrelationship with Europe, two of theorganisers said in an
interview withthe NRC.
No to abuse ofrefugees
GERMANYS Ministry forFamilies is making up to 200million
available to fight sexualabuse of women and children inrefugee
homes. The scheme isslated to start on April 1 and willprovide
funds to remodelrefugee camps with protectedspaces for women and
children.
No nanny state ACCORDING to the Nanny
State Index released on Thurs-day, Germany is less of ananny
state than most of Eu-rope when it comes to theeveryday pleasures
of boozingand smoking. Germany is sec-ond only to the Czech
Repub-lic in this regard.
Baby names THERES little change in
the 2015 list of new parentsfavourite baby names, withsome
German classics hold-ing on to the top spots. So-phie and
Maximilian weretwo of the most popular.
Suspect case A SUSPECT suitcase that
caused a border crossing be-tween Switzerland and Ger-many to be
evacuated onWednesday turned out to con-tain an electric shaver
that hadturned itself on inside the bag.
Scare labels THE German Health Min-
istry announced on Fridayplans for mandatory warn