Bomb transported on passenger flight

Bomb transported on passenger fli...

five cents charge on single use plastic bags from January 1 2011

Junta de Andalucía has said it is to apply a five cents charge on single use plastic bags from January 1 2011. From 2012 charge will increases to ten cents.The regional budget for next year describes the charge as having the objective ‘of reducing the use of the bags, reducing the contamination they produce and therefore contribute to the protection of the environment.’The measure is forecast to bring an income of 45.4 million € to the Junta in...

five cents charge on single use plastic bags from January 1 2011

Junta de Andalucía has said it is to apply a five cents charge on single use plastic bags from January 1 2011. From 2012 charge will increases to ten cents.The regional budget for next year describes the charge as having the objective ‘of reducing the use of the bags, reducing the contamination they produce and therefore contribute to the protection of the environment.’The measure is forecast to bring an income of 45.4 million € to the Junta in...

Europe's largest whorehouse raided after just nine days

Europe's largest whorehouse raided after just nine days: "Five Brazilian women were found in the Paradise club in La Jonquera were in the country illegallyWhat has been described as Europe’s largest knocking shop, the Paradise club near the border with France at La Jonquera, has been raided by police after being open no more than nine days.Police arrested five Brazilian girls for not having their papers in order, and identified the 125 prostitutes...

Spanish Banks Expected To Increase Discounts On Housing Inventory

Spanish Banks Expected To Increase Discounts On Housing Inventory: "Banks in Spain, now the country’s biggest property owners having re-possessed so many homes, will have to offer discounts of up to 50% in 2010 if they are to shift their stock of real estate, according to a new report.Current discounts are simply not big enough to interest buyers, says the report from BNP Paribas Real Estate, the real estate arm of French bank BNP Paribas.The prediction...

Spanish Coastal Real Estate Hit Hard By Market Downturn

Spanish Coastal Real Estate Hit Hard By Market Downturn: "Residential property prices in Spain have fallen between 3.7% and 5% over the 12 months to the end of September with the popular coastal regions taking the worst hit.The latest figures from the Ministry of Housing show prices down 3.7% while the Tinsa index is down 5% year on year. The average price of property is €1,832 per square meter, down from €1,903 per square meter a year ago, according...

Marbella Town Hall is coming to the rescue of Antonio Banderas.

A modification to the PGOU is being made specifically for the actorMarbella Town Hall is coming to the rescue of Antonio Banderas. Diario Sur reports that the council will approve a modification to the five month old PGOU Urban Plan specifically to clear the actor of handing over...

Valderrama Masters betting | Golf365 | Golf News, Live Golf Scores, Equipment Reviews, Blogs

Valderrama Masters betting | Golf365 | Golf News, Live Golf Scores, Equipment Reviews, Blogs: "Golf will have a new World Number One come Sunday evening and he'll be a European. Sounds good, doesn't it? England vs Germany. Westwood vs Kaymer. Except Westwood can do nothing but look on in the hope that Martin Kaymer doesn't do what Martin Kaymer does best and win the Andalucia Valderamma Masters as the European Tour returns to its spiritual home after...

Miguel Garcia 'continues to improve' after heart-attack during Spanish league game | Mail Online

Miguel Garcia 'continues to improve' after heart-attack during Spanish league game | Mail Online: "Spanish second division side UD Salamanca have released a very positive statement about the health of player Miguel Garcia who 'died' for almost half a minute during Sunday's match against Real Betis.Garcia collapsed in the centre circle after suffering a heart attack early in the second half. The 31-year-old was revived on the pitch before being rushed...

Malaya court case takes 20 days break to consider the defence lawyers preliminary questions

Malaya court case takes 20 days break to consider the defence lawyers preliminary questions: "Malaya court case, investigating the corruption in Marbella Town Hall, and currently underway in the Ciudad de la Justicia in Málaga, has been suspended for 20 days.The time is for the tribunal to consider the preliminary questions which have been placed by the lawyers representing the 95 accused, many of which were demands for parts of the case or evidence...

first people to be given the so called ‘Shadow invoice’ by the Andalucian Health Service, which informs patients as to the cost of their treatment

scheme was launched on Monday in the Costa del Sol hospital in MarbellaThe first people to be given the so called ‘Shadow invoice’ by the Andalucian Health Service, which informs patients as to the cost of their treatment, are praising the idea.The idea is to roll out the paid already invoices across the region so that the public gets an idea of just how expensive hospital treatment really is, and the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella has been chosen...

Sterling falls vs euro on QE risk; UK GDP awaited | Reuters

Sterling falls vs euro on QE risk; UK GDP awaited | Reuters: "Sterling fell to its lowest in nearly seven months against the euro on Monday, weighed down by the possibility the Bank of England may loosen monetary policy and that GDP data on Tuesday could point to a stuttering UK recovery.The pound rose against a broadly weaker dollar as a Group of 20 agreement to shun competitive currency devaluations was viewed as a green light to resume dollar-selling...

Prostitutes ordered to wear fluorescent jackets on Spanish roads | Mail Online

Prostitutes ordered to wear fluorescent jackets on Spanish roads | Mail Online: "Street prostitutes have been ordered by police to wear fluorescent jackets to prevent road accidents outside a Spanish town.Officers have been fining the sex workers £35 (40 euros) for failing to wear...

Analysis: French oil industry recovery to take time | Reuters

Analysis: French oil industry recovery to take time | Reuters: "France's oil industry is unlikely to make a swift return to normality even as some refineries prepared to return to work, given that more strikes are in the diary and workers continue to block a key port.Workers at three of France's 12 refineries on Monday voted to lift blockades and restart operations after President Nicolas Sarkozy got Senate approval on Friday for a bill raising the...

Ryanair has announced that it is pulling out of Santiago de Compostela from January 11.

Ryanair has announced that it is pulling out of Santiago de Compostela from January 11. It’s a serious blow to the Xunta de Galicia regional government as it means the end to international connections from the Lavacolla airport. The airline currently flies to Rome, Frankfurt and London moving 150,000 passengers a year. The announcement was made in Santiago by the airlines Marketing and Sales Director for Spain, Portugal, Malta and Morocco, Luis Fernández-Mellado,...

RBS may sell $1.6 billion Spain property portfolio | Reuters

RBS may sell $1.6 billion Spain property portfolio | Reuters: "Spanish commercial property loans add to a 3 billion pound portfolio of British real estate loans also on the block. Private equity firms and specialized investors looking to pick up the assets at a discount would be the likely buyers.Part-nationalized RBS is attempting to shrink its 'non-core' division and has said it may sell assets.There were 44 billion pounds of real estate assets...

Keith Richards has accused a Scottish film director of setting up an affair between his lover and Mick Jagger.

ROCK legend Keith Richards has accused a Scottish film director of setting up an affair between his lover and Mick Jagger.He accused Edinburgh-born Donald Cammell of encouraging his Rolling Stones band-mate to bed Richards' then girlfriend Anita Pallenberg.Richards then had a one-night stand with Jagger's girlfriend Marianne Faithfull in revenge, causing a lifelong rift.The guitar hero launches a scathing attack on Cammell, who later shot himself...

latest generation iPhone, smothering it in £5 million worth of diamonds including two massive swappable stones which sit on the home button.

Stuart Hughes, the Liverpudlian purveyor of eye-wateringly expensive gadgets, has been at it again.In May he produced a golden iPad worth £130,000, and before that he knocked out a gold Nintendo Wii which cost £300,000. Indeed, a year ago he produced a gold and diamond studded iPhone 3GS with a £2 million price tag.Now he’s gone and bettered that with the latest generation iPhone, smothering it in £5 million worth of diamonds including two massive...

continued costal development is suicide

The sun is setting over the Atlantic waves on El Palmar beach, casting long shadows of two wetsuit-clad teenagers leaning against their surfboards. But as the light fades on another peaceful day in this remote corner of southern Spain, the Andalucian government and the property developers it backs are hard at work finalising their plans to shake up the region, and build a hotel for 1,300 people.The decision has sparked a fierce debate over the past...

France's main airport, Charles de Gaulle, has enough fuel to last only a few days

France's main airport, Charles de Gaulle, has enough fuel to last only a few days, the transport ministry has warned amid strikes against government plans to raise the retirement age.A ministry spokesman said officials were working to restore aviation fuel supplies. Economy Minister Christine Lagarde urged people "not to panic".Oil refineries and fuel depots have been hit by the latest strikes.Meanwhile unions are holding fresh mass protests over...

popular nightclub in Spain named “Mecca” has changed its name after its website was hacked into and a threat of violence was posted

popular nightclub in Spain named “Mecca” has changed its name after its website was hacked into and a threat of violence was posted, The Daily Mail reports. The club has carried the name since the 1980s and continued using it when it reopened this summer after a decade.The threat warned that if the name was not changed there would be a “great war between Spain and the people of Islam.” According to Hudson-NY.org, an Internet video was posted by extremist...

Amaya is considered one of the greatest flamenco dancers who ever lived and one of the most celebrated personalities of the flamenco world.

film screening of Jocelyn Ajami’s 2003 film “Queen of The Gypsies, A Portrait of Carmen Amaya,” will be held in Belmont Massachusetts on Saturday as a fundraiser for the Centre for Arabic Culture in Boston.The documentary film tells the story of legendary flamenco dancer, Carmen...

Spanish official says three Frenchmen died when a small plane they were flying in crashed into the side of a fog-shrouded mountain

Spanish official says three Frenchmen died when a small plane they were flying in crashed into the side of a fog-shrouded mountain in the northern Navarra region.The official with the Navarra regional government says the plane that crashed Tuesday was one of 12 which had taken off from the southern French town of Lezignan-Corbieres as part of a fundraising air rally that was to take them all the way down to Senegal in West Africa.Their first destination...

website containing articles about the locations used in over 460 films

Orson Welles used to say that Spain isn’t so much a country as a continent, due to its wide variety of unspoilt scenery, which is why he made so many films in Spain.Cinema tourism is an undeniable fact; you only need to ask the delighted authorities in New Zealand, where they are...

website containing articles about the locations used in over 460 films

Orson Welles used to say that Spain isn’t so much a country as a continent, due to its wide variety of unspoilt scenery, which is why he made so many films in Spain.Cinema tourism is an undeniable fact; you only need to ask the delighted authorities in New Zealand, where they are still reaping the benefits of visitors attracted by the Lord of the Rings trilogy.Now a new initiative in Spain, a website containing articles about the locations used in...

reordered that the case against the Partido Popular Mayor of Alhaurín de la Torre, Joaquín Villanova

The Málaga Provincial Court has accepted an appeal from the left wingers I.U. and reordered that the case against the Partido Popular Mayor of Alhaurín de la Torre, Joaquín Villanova, be repopened. He faces charges of the misuse of public funds, after allegedly using local civil servants for his own defence in three court cases.Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_27499.shtml#ixzz12FwY1...

reordered that the case against the Partido Popular Mayor of Alhaurín de la Torre, Joaquín Villanova

The Málaga Provincial Court has accepted an appeal from the left wingers I.U. and reordered that the case against the Partido Popular Mayor of Alhaurín de la Torre, Joaquín Villanova, be repopened. He faces charges of the misuse of public funds, after allegedly using local civil servants for his own defence in three court cases.Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_27499.shtml#ixzz12FwY1...

Jesús Zadivar, and Benjamin Martínez, the ex director of a branch of the Cajamar bank in Marbella among others.

two are among ten people facing charges in court in Marbella on Thursday, and say they cannot meet the financial responsibility payments demanded by the judge in the caseThe ex Mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz, and his ex wife, Maite Zaldívar, who have to appear in court on Thursday...

Nirvana head shop in Benalmadena was designed to attract clubbers from the town's busy Sol y Mar 24-hour square -- where several nightclubs stay open

James Bellamy has suffered a setback in his hopes of opening a chain of the controversial stores in Spain.The businessman has closed down his first Nirvana head shop in the Costa del Sol resort of Benalmadena less than three months after opening.Mr Bellamy vacated the premises near a notorious clubber's paradise after pressure from local authorities.Town hall inspectors and local police are thought to have swooped on the shop and taken away dozens...

Sean Connery is furious after he was linked to a criminal investigation into a Spanish land deal.

Sean Connery is furious after he was linked to a criminal investigation into a Spanish land deal.The former Bond actor has demanded to know why investigators have publicised the fact that they want to question him without contacting him first.Britain's Ambassador to Spain, Giles...

Marbella Deus Ex | Saudi News Today

Editorial: Marbella Deus Ex | Saudi News Today: "this summer, Marbella’s fortunes experienced a fillip as dramatic as it was unexpected. At the beginning of August Michelle Obama elected to spend a few days of holiday on the Costa del Sol. Talk about Deus ex machine. Those who say...

Victoria Beckham: Not Buying Into Cheating Rumors | GossipCenter - Entertainment News Leaders

Victoria Beckham: Not Buying Into Cheating Rumors | GossipCenter - Entertainment News Leaders: "Despite the fact that David Beckham has been accused of cheating on his wife Victoria with Shery Shabani, it turns out Shabani’s husband (the accuser) is a total nut case.Ms. Shabani has come forward to say that Posh isn’t buying the allegations, and rightfully so. “Victoria knows what a lunatic he is...

Madrid seeks information from Caracas on alleged ETA links (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics

Madrid seeks information from Caracas on alleged ETA links (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics: "Spain on Tuesday tried to avoid a row with Venezuela over allegations that Caracas had links with the militant Basque separatist group ETA. Madrid appreciated the 'very clear and cooperative' answer given by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez - who denied the allegations - Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said. Madrid had requested information...

Ricky Hatton hit with infidelity scandal | Bettor.com

Ricky Hatton hit with infidelity scandal | Bettor.com: "Ricky Hatton hit with infidelity scandalRicky “The Hitman” Hatton has been hit with another devastating scandal.In a move that looks alarmingly like its prequel, Emma Bowe, an Irish women’s boxing champion, has revealed details of an affair with Hatton.Last month Bowe shocked the world when she submitted a video of the British fighter snorting cocaine in a hotel washroom to The News of the World....

Building An Affair Proof Marriage After Infidelity

Building An Affair Proof Marriage After Infidelity: "Your world has been devastated by marital infidelity, but both you and your spouse are working very hard on repairing the damage. The next step in the healing process is to start building an affair proof marriage that will prevent this sort of devastation from ever happening again in your relationship.Let's face it, most affairs or betrayal generally do not occur because one person deliberately...

annual outlay for the Spanish royal family has been reduced from over $12 million to $11.5 million for 2011

annual outlay for the Spanish royal family has been reduced from over $12 million to $11.5 million for 2011 as part of an austerity measure to save the country's recession-hit economy.The royal family received 8.9 million euros (slightly more than $12 million) this year, with the appropriation for 2011 set at 8.43 million euros (about $11.5 million), the government said while presenting the budget in Parliament Thursday.The appropriation for Spain's...

Euro Weekly News | Couple attacked at Marbella luxury villa | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain

Euro Weekly News | Couple attacked at Marbella luxury villa | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain: "MARBELLA - TWO people were injured in an armed robbery at a luxury chalet near the Sierra Blanca urbanization in the Nagueles area of Marbella. Two people armed with knives broke into the home after midnight and once inside, made the occupants hand over all the money and valuables in the house.The 82-year-old Liberian...

The grieving family of an English professor who was brutally killed and dismembered in Spain last month are in shock that her accused killer could be back on the streets in less than a decade - NYPOST.com

The grieving family of an English professor who was brutally killed and dismembered in Spain last month are in shock that her accused killer could be back on the streets in less than a decade - NYPOST.com: "StoryCommentKin fury at Spain over teach slay Grieving loved ones of an English teacher from Westchester who was murdered and dismembered in Spain are in shock that her accused killer could be back on the streets in a decade. 'We don't want vengeance....

Spanish fathers entitled to breastfeeding leave - CNN.com

Spanish fathers entitled to breastfeeding leave - CNN.com: "European Union Court of Justice has ruled that working fathers in Spain have the same right to breastfeeding leave as do moms.Thursday's ruling grants Spanish dads the same rights as the mother of their child to leave work up to twice a day for a total of an hour or to shorten their workday by 30 minutes for the first nine months of the baby's life.The court called the law 'an unjustified...