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SPRING GARDEN PARTY FOR AGE CONCERN
The Spring Garden Party in aid of Age Concern now has a new dedicated website where you can find all relevant information about the event. New information and updates will be posted here to keep you all up to date.
If you wish to purchase tickets for the event you can do so at […]
SAN PEDRO TUNNEL TAKING SHAPE
Work on the scheme to take the A7 main road underground is now 75% completed. Specialised machinery is now digging underground to shape the gallery that will eventually become a double tunnel with four lanes of traffic.
Work on the new underpass has exposed the core of San Pedro Alcántara; well as far down as a […]
IATA - Airlines lose 1.7 billion dollars from ash chaos
Airlines have lost around 1.7 billion dollars after it´s week without revenue due to the chaos caused by volcanic ash, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Wednesday. Giovanni Bisignani told reporters in Berlin that at the height of the upheaval on Saturday and Sunday, carriers were losing 400 million dollars per […]
VOLCANIC ASH JOKES - THE BEST AND WORST
Here´s a round-up of some of the best and the worst of what Facebook, Twitter and various blog sites have to offer.
It’s a bit early for Iceland volcano jokes. We should wait awhile for the dust to settle.
I see that America has declared war on Iceland. Apparently they are accusing them of harbouring […]
CIGARETTE SALES UP IN SPITE OF BAN
The sales of cigarettes have gone up in Spain since the so-called ‘anti-smoking law’ became effective at the beginning of 2006.
According to the ministry of the economy, last year saw tobacconists netting sales of 12,536 million euros, a growth of 1.38 per cent on the previous year’s 12,365 million.
Only in the Comunidad Valenciana and the […]
SPANISH BEACHES GET FACELIFT
The weary eyes of Félix Ojeda gaze angrily at the Atlantic Ocean. The storms which have battered the whole of Spain in recent months are the cause of his bitter look. The fury of the waves, the wind and the rain carried away his small beach bar called Tucán in Matalascañas (Huelva) which was the […]
TV CENSORSHIP CONDEMNED
Environmental organisations in Spain on Monday condemned a decision by the Environment Ministry to censor a television documentary on the construction of illegal housing on the Mediterranean.
The programme which was to be aired on TVE, the public television station, shows an infinite number of ecological disasters caused by the actions or failures of various administrations […]
SPAIN TURNS TO TOP CHEF TO BOOST TOURISM
Spain has called in its world-renowned chef Ferran Adria to help spice up its image as a tourist destination in what analysts say is a shrewd move to revive a key recession-hit industry.
Adria, the Spanish guru of avant-garde cuisine, is the face of a new campaign to promote Spain’s cultural and gastronomic strengths and prove […]
NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL GETS OFF TO AN EARLY START
Getting off to an early start has been the order of the day for the new Terminal 3 on the first full day after it´s inauguration. It was officially opened yesterday by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. Thirty flights and 3.700 passengers went through it in its first 12 hours.
The director of the airport, […]
DEVELOPERS OWES COMMUNITIES MILLIONS
The financial crisis is leaving communities of residents with mounting debts. Their lack of income however is not just due to individual owners getting behind with their monthly fees but developers of new buildings who have stopped paying community fees for the numerous apartments that they have failed to sell.
This trend has been confirmed […]