Marbella Casino board face charges of document falsification

 

TWELVE of the Marbella Casino’s 14-strong board face charges of document falsification. The Casino, one of the town’s oldest but with no links to the Casino de Marbella in Nueva Andalucia, has been at the centre of internal conflict for several years. Differences over renting out of part of its La Alameda installation to a restaurant business resulted in the sacking of the Casino’s former president Antonio Ric and ex-secretary Manuel Porras in April 2010. Both started legal proceedings against the remaining board members, claiming that their rights had been violated and they were excluded from the meeting which decided to remove them. After examining the dismissal document, the judge from Marbella’s Number Two Court decided there were grounds for suspecting forgery. He has now summonsed 12 board members, including the current president, Agustín de la Fuente Perucho, for questioning on September 19.

Spanish site crashes as lawmakers reveal worth

 

In a country with 21 percent unemployment, learning the net worth of lawmakers plugging austerity right and left is turning out to be irresistible. Spanish parliament released such numbers for the first time and its website immediately crashed. Hours later access was still spotty. Highlights of Thursday's revelations: Mariano Rajoy, the conservative likely to be the next prime minister, reports having nearly euro600,000 ($843,000) in bank accounts and shares, plus properties in Madrid, the Canary Islands and his native Galicia. His Socialist opponent Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba reports having about euro1 million ($1.4 million), a Madrid apartment, a parking place and no debts. This transparency stems from a reform approved July 10.

Puerto Banus Saturday market Marbella shopping

 

The Puerto Banus street market in Marbella is on every Saturday from 9am to 2-3pm. It’s next to the Plaza de Toros (bullring), 10 minute walk from the port.

The STR6 livery as well as the Toro Rosso drivers' suits will carry Cepsa branding for the rest of the season after the team signed a sponsorship deal with the Spanish oil company.

Toro Rosso sign deal with Cepsa

The Faenza-based squad confirmed on Tuesday that it has strengthened ties with the Abu Dhabi-backed Cepsa. Abu Dhabi government fund International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), which also owns stake in Daimler through state-owned subsidiary Aabar Investments, owns Cepsa. Aabar and IPIC in turn own Swiss-based Falcon Private Bank and Canada's Nova Chemicals who are both Toro Rosso sponsors.

Although no financial details of the deal were released, the team revealed that Cepsa's logo will appear on the drivers' race suits and on the nose, rear wing and rear wing endplates of the cars from this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.

Toro Rosso are currently owned by Red Bull but the Austrian energy drinks company is ready to offload the team and Spanish paper AS reported last week that Cepsa could become a full title sponsorship from 2012 and beyond.

Death causes concern in the Sierra Nevada

 

The death last Saturday of a 42 year old worker from Cetursa, the company which runs the Sierra Nevada ski resort, has reset alarm bells ringing in Granada. The 42 year old died of a heart attack in his home in Güéjar Sierra and it’s not the first time that an employee at the Sierra Nevada has died so young. Union Commisiones Obreras calculates that some 20 employees have died over the past ten years from heart attacks, while a similar number have had to leave their posts because of permanent incapacity. Workers at the ski station think it is because they work at altitude, and although they get an extra payment for doing so, they are increasingly worried about their health. The first symptom of working at altitude is tiredness as the number of red cells in the b blood increases. Workers are now calling on the Junta, the owner of the Cetursa company, to carrying out an exhaustive study into the risks of working at such a height to see if there are preventative measures which can be taken. President of the workers committee, Miguel Ángel Vargas, has told the press that a study was started three years ago, and now because of the recession there is no money to complete it.

Pilots complain of laser lights at Málaga airport

 

The Spanish Air Safety Agency has called on the local authorities in Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga to control the lights coming from discotheques on the Costa del Sol. The high powered spotlights and laser lights fired up into the sky to draw attention to their venues are bothering pilots trying to land and take off at Málaga airport. The pilots say the problem is worse in the summer and obviously on night time flights. There is a body in Spain, The Department of Operative Coordination of Airspace, which can inform the discos about the conditions which are attached to using such lights, limiting the bother to pilots and allowing the normal development of services at the airport. The Department is requesting that they are allowed to control new opening licences on such establishments to ensure correct use near airports. Alhaurín de la Torre Town Hall commented that they have already sent a local policeman to patrol the airport area, to stop anybody pointing laser lights at the planes.

Marbella Town Hall debt continues to increase

 

Despite paying off a million € every month to Hacienda and Social Security, the debt at Marbella Town Hall is continuing to increase. The million € payment is only covering the interest generated on the debt amassed in the 15 years of the GIL administration in the town when the Mayor was the late Jesús Gil y Gil. The debt which remains is put at some 300 million €, and the administration led by the PP Mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, says the Town Hall is suffocated. Three moratoria and different agreements reached between the Town Hall and Central Government have not solved the matter. Hacienda and Personal coordinator, Carlos Rubio, has said that there are already judicial sentences in favour of the Town Hall worth some 400 million €, and he told La Opinión de Málaga that this should be taken into account. The Mayor travelled to Madrid on Monday to meet with the PP Economy Spokesman in Congress, Cristóbal Montoro to discuss the matter. They agreed to present Congress with the proposal to allow debt payments to be linked to the judicial processes which are open, investigating the differet corruption cases which have emptied the public purse in Marbella. The PP notes however that the PSOE does not want to get implicated in the problem.

Surgeons repair Spanish king's ruptured tendon

 

Spanish surgeons successfully repaired 73-year-old King Juan Carlos's ruptured Achilles tendon on Monday, medical and palace officials said. The popular monarch had surgery to the Achilles tendon of his left foot at the private USP San Jose hospital in Madrid and has returned to his Zarzuela palace on the outskirts of the capital, they said. "The procedure was carried out successfully under epidural anaesthetic," the hospital said in a statement. Surgeons repaired the tendon through open reconstruction surgery, strengthening it with a transplant from the king's own body and with plasma rich in growth factor, it said. In typical open surgery, a surgeon makes a long incision along the back of the leg and sews the broken tendon back together. The ankle is often immobilized for up to three months afterwards. "His majesty is feeling well at the Zarzuela palace, where he will continue his recovery," said the statement, signed by operating surgeon Angel Villamor and the palace's chief physician, Avelino Barros. The king underwent surgery by the same team on June 3 to place an artificial joint in his right knee and he has since been seen in public relying on a crutch. He will now embark on a "long programme of rehabilitation" and the heel will be temporarily immobilised, the palace had said earlier. The king had a benign tumour removed from a lung in May 2010 when he was kept four days in hospital and then had 10 days' rest at a private Barcelona clinic. In September last year the royal household said he had completely recovered from the lung operation and would not require further tests. Born January 5, 1938, in Rome, Juan Carlos was proclaimed king November 22, 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco who had designated him as his successor since 1969. After Franco's death, the king promised to rule for all Spaniards, signing a new constitution three years later and defending parliamentary democracy from an attempted right-wing military coup in 1981.

you basically get to sit on the beach all day in Marbella, hiding your tanned face behind a copy of the Mirror with eyes-holes cut into it

It must be quite nice to be a paparazzi photographer at the moment - you basically get to sit on the beach all day in Marbella, hiding your tanned face behind a copy of the Mirror with eyes-holes cut into it, and then occasionally putting down your cocktail and picking up your camera to snap a passing "star" of TOWIE or similar. It certainly beats hanging around outside The Ivy in the rain hoping to catch a glimpse of Christopher Biggins.

And where there's paps, there's Imogen Thomas. We can only assume she's doing that stupid praying pose because the beach in question is called Buddha Beach - unless we've missed a "HOW I GAVE UP FOOTBALLERS AND FOUND GOD BUT DON'T WORRY I'LL STILL GET MY BOOBIES OUT FOR CASH" exclusive?

There is one thing we like about Imogen - her super-sexy, slim but curvy, attainable if we gave up nachos, body.

We would go on to tell you the things we don't like about Imogen, but the internet would break.

The reality star's latest venture hits shelves next week

Katie Price

You may recall word that Katie Price was planning on her latest venture being a magazine. Well it’s true. Unfortunately.

Katie : My Magazine is a 115 page marvel of modern publishing – a marvel at the fact a number of trees have been chopped down to make it!

The wonders contained within the issue are making the perfect Sunday roast, cars, animals and a section entitled Things You Might Not Know About Me. Could also be Things We Couldn’t Give Two Shits about Me really.

So what don’t we know about the industrious Ms Price? Well she likes the smell of sweaty horses and can’t leave one Rice Crispy in a bowl. Hmm. She also likes junior versions of Trivial Pursuit – maybe because she has a chance at getting some of the questions right?

Tweeting from her Marbella holiday, the reality star said, “Can’t wait to launch my new magazine. It’s my latest venture. I’ve done it exclusively with WH Smith. It’s called Katie.”

The magazine hits shelves on September 7^th priced £3.99. Or you could buy a few hundred gummy bears instead. They might last longer.

The Only Way Is Essex star Maria Fowler hasn't yet started her diet, as the 25-year-old was spotted yesterday indulging in a greasy meal at Burger King in Marbella.

She's said she wants to slim down to a tiny size six because she's not happy with photographs of herself.

But perhaps The Only Way Is Essex star Maria Fowler hasn't yet started her diet, as the 25-year-old was spotted yesterday indulging in a greasy meal at Burger King in Marbella.

Dressed in an Ann Summers monokini, Maria kept her sunglasses on as she enjoyed a Double Whopper burger and chips at the fast food outlet.

Tucking in: Maria Fowler was yesterday spotted popping in to Burger King in Marbella after spending the day on the beach

Maria's meal came as she admitted to Closer magazine she is conscious of 'looking big' in photographs, despite being a size 8.

And Maria, who has posed naked for Breast Cancer Care's Pink Fridays campaign in the publication, has even taken up boxing in a bid to lose a few pounds.

She said: 'I see bits others wouldn’t that I’d like to change! I see paparazzi pics of me in a bikini, and I think I look too big - I hate it. I really want to be size 6.'

Enjoying that? The Only Way Is Essex star ordered a Double Whopper burger sandwich and onion rings despite saying she wants to slim to a size six

Chowing down: Maria looked as though she was thoroughly enjoying her meal

Maria, who is also planning to have an advanced laser liposuction procedure to get rid of 'a small pocket of fat' on her bottom, also spoke to Closer about her mother Trudy's battle with breast cancer.

The TOWIE star revealed Trudy, 56, told her she was suffering from the disease five years ago, leaving her 'numb with shock'.

And Maria said while posing completely naked was 'nerve-wracking', she wanted to do it to raise awareness of breast cancer.

Baring all: Maria posed naked in this week's Closer magazine to promote Breast Cancer Care's Pink Fridays campaign 

 

She explained: 'My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. When she broke the news to me, I was numb. I just thought, "Oh my God, no."

'It was grade three - which is really aggressive - and she had to have chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a mastectomy. She passed the five-year mark at Christmas - she was only given a 70 per cent chance of living that long at first.'

 

 

 

Maria added one of the most difficult parts of seeing her mother go through such a battle was when she lost her hair.

She said: 'When she had chemo, Mum decided to cut off her hair before it fell out. I did it for her – but she looked like a child. It was horrible.'

But Maria also revealed it was her mother who first encouraged her to move from Derby to Essex to pursue her glamour-modelling career.

She added: Mum told me to do it. Seeing me follow my dreams helped her. We speak all the time, and she comes to visit me loads too.'

Trudy also encouraged Maria to have her breast enlargement, knowing it was something she wanted to do.

Maria said: 'My boob job was just after Mum’s reconstruction. She told me to go for it - she said she’d have done it years ago if she could have!'

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Splashing around: Maria was spotted yesterday enjoying a dip wearing a cute Dolly Boutique bikini

'Looking big': Maria said is not happy with the way she looks in a bikini

Katie Price disgusted by bullfight in Marbella

She's no doubt seen her share of awful sights in her time, recently witnessing two horses being mowed down by the car she was in.

But Katie Price was overcome with disgust when she attended a bullfight. 

The glamour model was in the audience for the traditional sporting event, which took place in Marbella where she is currently holidaying with boyfriend Leandro Penna.

Can't look: Katie Price puts her hand to her face during the bullfight in Marbella unable to watch as boyfriend Leandro Penna concentrates on the action

 

Shock, horror: The glamour model couldn't stomach the event - appearing to be in a state of shock or disgust throughout

She was seen covering her face, putting her hand to her mouth and appeared unable to watch for most of the day.

 

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Meanwhile, in the arena, a matador did his daily work and took care of the bull in the most gory way possible, sticking a spear in between its shoulders. 

Katie later revealed she only went to the event out of politeness toward Leandro's mum Mercedes and dad Hector who were visiting and had arranged the day out.

Ban: Miss Price later tweeted to say express her thoughts on the traditional sport saying that she thought it should be banned

A well known animal lover, Katie had reservations about the day but told The People: 'Leo and I were invited and I did not want to offend, especially given Leo’s Latin origins. I did not ­imagine it would be so ­shocking but it is part of Spanish ­culture. I don’t want to disrespect that.'

She also said: 'I admit I was shocked by its brutality and I would not go again. But I can now say that with knowledge of the experience.'

And later tweeted to followers to speak her mind on the sport, writing: 'I have to say bull­fighting should be banned. It was horrific!'

Over the shock: Katie Price heads out for an evening in Marbella with her boyfriend Leandro Penna

 

A source close to the model said: 'She was really distressed and thought it was disgraceful. She wants to use her fame to try to encourage a boycott.

The next night Katie was accompanied by her boyfriend Leandro Penna on another night out in the Spanish resort. 

Wearing her trademark skimpy white shorts with a red T-shirt featuring an image of an open mouth, with the word 'Rock' written on it, Miss Price appeared to have overcome the shock she endured during Saturday's bullfight. 

Shy: The model appeared unhappy at being photographed

Her Argentinian lover led the way as the couple spent another evening out and about in Marbella, where they have been holidaying for the past week. 

Leandro's ensemble was just as summery as his girlfriend's, wearing a bright peach T-shirt with 'Hawaii' written across the front and tight grey jeans. 

Oddly, the usually camera-friendly star was a little shy during this particular evening out.

Barbaric: The model accompanied her beau to a bullfight last week but she was left in shock at the gory event

Meanwhile, Katie is allegedly upset that her Best Gay Friend Gary Cockerill turned down an invitation to go to Spain with her, instead choosing to fly out to Greece with Tamara Ecclestone instead.

The boys' decision to snub her Marbella invite left Katie - who is currently on holiday with her boyfriend Leandro Penna and her three children - extremely disappointed.

A source told BANG Showbiz: 'Katie was really keen for Gary and Phil to come to Marbella with her and have some fun as it's the place to be this summer. When Gary said he couldn't go because he was flying to Greece with Tamara she was gutted. They have been friends for such a ling time and Katie believes his loyalty should lie with her.'

Appalled: Miss Price appeared to still be perturbed after her ordeal at the bullfight

 

 

reality star, 25, was seen sipping on champagne cocktails as she enjoyed the pool party during her second day on holiday in Marbella.

Yesterday she indulged her wild side in an animal print bikini and today Maria Fowler showed her metal. 

The reality star, 25, was seen sipping on champagne cocktails as she enjoyed the pool party during her second day on holiday in Marbella. 

Maria, who is currently on a girls' holiday having left her boyfriend Craig at home, showed off her trim figure in a strapless black and gold bikini. 

Chain reaction: Maria Fowler donned a strapless black and gold print bikini with chain detail today as she spent the day at Sisu boutique hotel

 

And the Ann Summers two-piece not only boasted a link print but also had a chain attaching her bikini top to the bottoms for a bondage-inspired seductive look. 

Maria and her friends descended on the Sisu boutique hotel for a pool party organised by Unique Parties, Mark Wright's promotions company. 

Party girl: Maria made the most of her fab figure by donning a strapless bikini from Ann Summers with chain detailing for the pool party 

 

Relaxing with the girl: Maria was seen sunbathing on a large bed at the party, which was held by Unique Parties, Mark Wright's promotions company

And it seems that Maria was certainly in for a large day as she posed with a methuselah of Belvedere vodka for a snap to post to her Twitter account.

It's all white on the night for Katie Price and her boyfriend Leandro Penna as they indulge in Marbella's lavish nightlife

With a magazine of her own on the way, you'd think Katie Price might want to shun the world of clubs in order to check the last proofs and oversee the first issue's final stages.

But the one-time glamour model turned entrepreneur is currently holidaying in Puerto Banus, Marbella with her boyfriend Leandro Penna and her children, Harvey, Junior and Princess Tiaamii.

And last night she left the kids at their plush resort while she spent the evening with her new love taking in some of the delights that the Spanish town's nightlife has to offer. 

The whitest whites: Katie Price and Leandro Penna head out to the Tibu nightclub in Puerto Banus, Marbella

The couple had seemingly planned out their outfits together before heading out, synchronising their outfits to a tee - both wearing summery white.

 

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Katie, 33, wore a sheer flesh coloured vest through which her bra underneath was clearly visible.

She finished off the ensemble with a regulation pair of short shorts, in white - matching Leandro's 'Man from Del Monte' get up which consisted of a white shirt and linen trousers with a trendy pair of sandals. All that was missing was the trademark Panama hat.

Kiss my face: The model-turned-entrepreneur plants a smooch on her boyfriend's cheek during their night out

The pair headed to the town's Tibu nightclub which is billed as 'The club to be and be seen'. 

Open day and night, Tibu comprises an outside terrace where visitors can soak up the Mediterranean rays during the day and, of course, put on their gladrags to party at night. 

While the couple spend time with Price's family in Marbella, news of her new magazine was announced.

Ringing the changes: Miss Price had a gleaming ring on her engagement finger - however, she is often seen with rings on this finger

During her 10 years of fame, Katie Price has turned her hand to a variety of jobs, including modelling, acting, singing, designing, writing and launching a perfume range.

But now the mother-of-three is preparing to launch another venture - her own magazine.

Perhaps inspired by Oprah Winfrey's 'O' magazine, Price will save her exclusives for her 'Katie' magazine, which goes on sale next month.

One in four vehicle owners fail to meet their obligation with the ITV test centre; the figure shoots up to 70 per cent for mopeds

In 2010 a total of 476,294 vehicles registered in the province of Malaga were due to take their ITV test. However only 352,223 actually made it to a test centre: 74 per cent. The remaining 26 per cent makes Malaga the Andalusian province with the most cars on the roads that haven’t passed the motor vehicle test, according to statistics from the ITV organisation that forms part of the regional_Economy, Innovation and Science Department. The ITV test is obligatory, either annually or every two years, for vehicles over a certain age in order to ensure that the cars, lorries and motorcycles are roadworthy and therefore do not pose a risk to road safety.
As well as expressing their concern at this “worrying” figure, experts have attempted to find an explanation for the statistics. According to Mario Arnaldo of the association Automovilistas Europeos Asociados, the high proportion could be put down to the large volume of vehicles registered in the province. “However if we look at the figures, in Seville there were even more vehicles due to take the test (559,989) and there the level of compliance with the law was greater, 76 per cent, so the volume theory does not hold by itself”, he argues. While Malaga is only two per cent behind Seville the difference between this province and Cordoba or Jaén, for example is much greater, as there 82 per cent of vehicles take the test.
Crisis and tourism
Joaquín Zamora is the manager of Veiasa, the Junta de Andalucía’s firm that carries out the compulsory tests. He suggests other reasons: “It could be that the economic situation has influenced the figures. The fact that the crisis, and especially unemployment, has hit this province hard, even more so than other areas, could be a factor”, he maintains. “In 2009 the rate of compliance was 75 per cent which shows a slight downward trend which could be due to the crisis”, he continues. At the same time however he brings in another factor especially relevant to this province: tourism. “There are a lot of people who leave a vehicle here because they visit sporadically, but they do not live in Malaga, and do not take the vehicles in for their ITV”.
Arnaldo repeats his alarm at the effect the ITV figures could have on road safety. “The fact that one in four vehicles is not taken for testing is very negative”, he states, pointing out his agreement with Zamora’s impression that financial problems are taking their toll. On average the takings of car repair workshops have fallen by 15 per cent and less spending on car repairs implies that there are more vehicles on the road with mechanical problems. “This could lead to more owners dodging the ITV, fearing that their vehicle’s won’t pass and they will have to spend more”, he points out. Arnaldo also suggests that the new obligation of having to show proof of insurance when taking the test could also affect the figures. “Malaga is the sixth province in Spain with the most uninsured vehicles on the roads”, he reveals before demanding “greater controls” from the relevant authorities, “as this violation of the law increases danger on the roads”.
Moped problem
Looking at the figures for different types of vehicles, owners of two wheels are more likely to dodge their ITV than those with four. In the case of mopeds, only 32 per cent of owners take them for their ITV, that is, less than a third, despite the test being compulsory since 2007. Zamora points that the fact that scooters and mopeds have only been obliged to take the test for the last few years is most likely the explanation. “As it has only come in recently, the idea of taking a moped for a regular inspection has not yet become established”, he says. “What’s more as these vehicles are only used inside cities and towns less attention is paid to their condition, although we also have to bear in mind that the majority of owners are young people”, he adds, while stressing his concern at such a high rate of violation of a regulation. “We have made a huge effort to make life easier for owners, providing mobile testing units that go to different towns. But to our surprise when we have visited towns where 15 or 20 owners were due to being their mopeds for a test, only one has turned up. The Local Police, who are responsible for enforcing the regulation should step up their controls”, claims the manager of Veiasa.
In the case of motorcycles only 50 per cent of owners take the test, while the proportion for cars goes up to 78 per cent.
Joaquín Zamora explains that of those vehicles that are taken for their ITV, 25.4 per cent fail on their first visit. This failure rate goes down to 23.3 per cent for cars, while 46.25 per cent of heavy goods vehicles (over 3,500 kilos) were found to have some kind of defect. Similarly 37 per cent of buses and coaches failed their ITV in 2010.
The most common reasons for failing the test were problems with: headlights and indicators (12%); axles and suspension (10%); brakes (8.3%); or emissions (5.7%).
Marbella
The province’s seventh ITV test centre is due to open this summer in San Pedro Alcántara. Work started on the new centre in July last year, delayed significantly by the large number of bids received for the construction contract. The new centre is expected to test some 72,000 vehicles a year, relieving congestion at the existing centres around the province. At the moment there are two in the city of Malaga (El Palo and the Guadalhorce industrial estate), and one in Algarrobo, Antequera, Ronda and Estepona. The San Pedro centre is expected to create 21 jobs.

 

HOTELS in coastal areas in Spain were more expensive in August than July.

HOTELS in coastal areas in Spain were more expensive in August than July. The average price of hotel rooms in coastal destinations increased by 19 per cent, according to Trivago’s Hotel Price Index.

Marbella reached €200 room a night, up nine per cent, placing it as the municipality in Spain with the highest average hotel rate beating the usually expensive cities of Barcelona and Madrid whose room rates were €120 and €89 respectively. The biggest price rise was in Malaga by 23 per cent due to the annual feria held each year in the city, although the average price was just €97 per night. 

The Balearic Islands registered increases of 18 per cent this month with an average price of €151 per night. The Canary Islands was up 13 per cent to €94 per night.

Benidorm’s average hotel rate so far this month is €145 per night, which is 12 per cent more than in July.

In Salou in Catalonia prices reached €167, up six per cent.

By region the increases were 12 per cent for Murcia, 10 per cent for Andalucia and seven per cent for Valencia, to €87, €91 and €94 respectively. In the Cantabria Region the average price was €140, which is 27 per cent more than in July.

Asturias’s average hotel rate was €103 per night, up 23 per cent.

Galicia registered an 11 per cent increase to €91 per cent.

There were no major changes to hotel rates in inland municipalities, except Navarra where prices fell by 40 per cent from €124 in July when the San Fermin festival is held to €75 per night this month.

Many of the European capitals hotel rates’s are also cheaper this month compared to July.

Luxury yachts floating in crisis in Marbella

Spanish press attention to tourism with luxury yachts have been affected by the economic crisis to a lesser extent. Although the range of luxury yachts is greater than demand so traffic luxury yachts waters along the Costa del Sol. Prices of luxury yachts have fallen since 2009, said Richard Scott, vendors at Ventura Yacht, Puerto Banus, Marbella. Demand is greatest from Russia and the Middle East.
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Customers include people with “big money” that want to have taps in gold or diamonds, helicopter on board, or a smaller submarine. Others move their boat in aircraft between Malaga and Russia. The boats used during the two summer months and priority destinations in Marbella in the Mediterranean, Turkey, Greece, southern France, Italy, the Balearics and Croatia, said Chris Rimmer, director and vendor of the brand Princess in Puerto Banus, many of the people has also luxury Marbella villas, Marbella apartments and property Marbella.
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A major project on the Costa del Sol is La Bajadilla in Marbella. Here comes the sheik from Qatar, Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani, investing large amounts to the port to become a luxury marina. In Puerto Banus lies the yacht on line. Some are owned by the Saudi royal family, such as “Lady Haya” and “Shafer London” which is owned by Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud.
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A boat of the brand Princess will cost 2.2 million Euros while a boat at Ventura Yachts priced from 500.000 Euros to several million Euros. One of the most exclusive boats is “Pershing 115 ‘, 35 meters long and 7.20 meters wide. It is on three floors with two garages and cost 13.5 million Euros. Other boats with three planes are “Custom Line 100 “, 30.75 meters long and 7.25 meters wide, and” Princess 72 “, 22.32 meters long and 5.49 meters wide.

 

NATIONAL POLICE are investigating the robbery of a 500-kilo safe from the palace of Prince Salman of Saudi Arabia in Marbella.

The safe, containing valuable jewellery and watches was apparently wrenched from the wall and taken in a van when the ‘Al Riyad’ palace, opposite the Puente Romano Hotel, was empty. The thieves left via the main gate and although the palace has CCTV cameras, they captured nothing of the robbery.

Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, is the governor of Riad and brother of the deceased King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, and has been spending holidays with his family in Marbella for the past 30 years. This year, as Ramadan is in August, they returned to Saudi Arabia in late July.

Katie Price wears tiny shorts as she ignores the local food to lunch at McDonalds in Marbella

She could have had the pick of the finest tapas as she enjoys her summer holiday in the south of Spain - but Katie Price decided that only McDonalds would hit the spot for lunch yesterday. 

Looking toned and tanned, the star took her children Princess and Junior  out for some Happy Meals as they enjoy a sunshine break in Puerto Banus near Marbella.

The 33-year-old star was wearing a neon pink striped sheer vest top that gave a glimpse of her leopard print bikini underneath.

Thigh's the limit: Katie Price was wearing some tiny denim cut-off shorts on holiday in Marbella, Spain, yesterday

Love you: The star puckered up to her gorgeous little girl Princess on the say there

She'd teamed the top with tiny denim cut-off shorts with a leopard print belt, together with aviator shades and her blonde hair piled on top of her head. 

 

 

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Cute Princess meanwhile has her gorgeous curly white blonde hair even longer than usual and little Junior was so cute he was almost as edible as his Happy Meal.  

The star's Argentinian toyboy lover Leandro Penna and his sister are also out there with Katie and the family.

Al fresco lunch: Katie had treated her children to a Happy Meal each at McDonalds

Family affair: The star is on an extended holiday with 16 members of family, friends and staff

Last week, as she went shopping, he was seen keeping fit by going for a run. 

And yesterday, Katie wrote: 'Cup of tea nooooo leo sister making me there (sic) special coffee and I don't drink coffee but ill try it!!#'

Katie revealed last night that she has one week left in Spain, then said cryptically: 'I love getting excited! I am excited! I'm excited cause soo many good things happening x'

However, despite being on holiday, the star has still been doing a spot of work.

She's given an interview to this week's issue of OK! magazine, in which she reveals that Dwight Yorke hasn't seen his son, Katie's Price's nine-year-old Harvey, for three years. 

Hola chicas: Katie cuddled Princess as they walked in the hot Spanish sun  

Finger licking good: Adorable little Princess was seen sucking her thumb after her lunch

The glamour model turned business woman said: 'I think it's been about three years since Dwight last saw Harvey. I asked Harvey: 'What colour is Dwight?' and he said: 'Green!' And I said: 'What colour hair has he got?' and he said: 'Yellow!' He may as well because his dad is a clown. It's really sad though I would absolutely love Dwight to  be involved in his life.'

'Dwight, get in touch with your son!

However, she revealed that Leandro was wonderful with her son, saying: 'Because Leo is very animated and sporty, he pushes the boundaries and gets him to do things which we're too frightened to ask him to do.

Fun in the sun: Katie with Harvey and boyfriend Leandro Penna in Puerto Banus earlier this month

'If Harvey's in a bad mood, everybody is like, you can't take him shopping, and Leo is like. "I'm taking him shopping!" And he does and it works!'

And in what will be a blow to ex-husbands Peter Andre and Alex Reid, she said: 'Out of all the guys I've been with, Leo has been the best with Harvey, definitely.

'He has a real love for him and Harvey loves him back - he wants to cuddle him all the time.'

The star has also lashed out again at comedian Frankie Boyle after he mocked Harvey on his Channel 4 show Tramadol Nights. 

She wrote on her Twitter last night: 'FB is a c*** I will stick up for people with disabilities till day I die.'

Katie and the family, as well as friends and staff members bringing the party numbers up to 16, are staying in a luxury villa overlooking Marbella, which has eight bedrooms, a health spa, sauna and swimming pool surrounded by fountains, as well as a flood-lit garden and terrace.

 

 

kosher vacationers to Andalusia’s sun coast were thrilled learn that Chabad opened a fully stocked kosher supermarket this summer in Marbella.

kosher vacationers to Andalusia’s sun coast were thrilled learn that Chabad opened a fully stocked kosher supermarket this summer in Marbella. Ideally located in the center of the 83 mile coastal stretch that runs from Malaga to Gibraltar, the supermarket made news in Europe’s Jewish communities. A breezy two hour flight from most points in western Europe, Spain’s southern coast is a popular vacation destination.

“Every summer we get countless calls from travelers who want to know where they can buy kosher food,” Chana Goldstein, Chabad representative with her husband, Cheski, told lubavitch.com. The steady stream of kosher tourists coming from France, England Belgium and beyond, challenged the Goldsteins to step up to the plate and fill it with the variety of kosher ethnic foods to satisfy diverse palates.

“We get people of Sephardic/Mediterranean, Ashkenzaic European, and American backgrounds, and the Costa del Sol Kosher supermarket caters to them all.”

So did a Jewish concert sponsored by Chabad that drew 2000 people to a bullring in Estepona last week. Three pop singers, and the Eighth Day Band, each with their own Jewish influence and appeal, delivered a spirited musical experience in the town bullring—offered by the municipality for the concert.

In Marbella for six years, Rabbi Goldstein and his wife planned the concert so that Jewish vacationers, backpackers and locals from New York to Israel and all points in between, would have an opportunity to pull their energy together in song and celebration during summer’s high season when so many converge upon the area. "We're especially grateful to Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky for his help with this, the new supermarket and during every step of our growth here," says Rabbi Goldstein. 

It’s Thursday afternoon, and Chana has tallied orders for 800 challahs (twisted Sabbath breads) and still counting, for Shabbat dinner.

Things are slower during the winter months, but with a Jewish community of roughly 150 families dispersed along the coast, and some 600 Jews in Gibraltar, the Goldsteins—the only Chabad representatives in all of Southern Spain—keep busy. Hebrew school, adult education, bar/bat mitzvah services and women’s programs reach Jewish families along the coast and from Seville to Granada.

“We try to reach out to Jewish people spread along the entire area,” says Rabbi Goldstein. “The kosher supermarket—a novelty in this region, will attract many more.”