ISSUE NO. 1432
WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM MARKUS MAINKA / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
13 - 19 DECEMBER 2012
HOLIDAY REPRIEVE: But new strike dates may be set after Christmas.
Iberia strike now off
THE six-day strike planned by Iberia for the run-up to Christmas has been called off.
Industrial action was planned for tomorrow (Friday), and Monday to Friday (December 17-21) but
according to the spokesman for the airline sector of the General Workers’ Union (UGT), Francisco Rodriguez, it has been called off ‘to avoid problems for people who are travelling’. The strike committee met this week to consider setting new dates for the strikes after Christmas, but rangers are cutting at the time of going to down on overtime. “I Press, the exact details guarantee there are were unknown. fewer people taking The strikes are in protest care of areas in against Iberia’s plans to Axarquia mountains dismiss 4,500 staff where wild goats live. members and cut salaries They are falling short by up to 35 per cent. of resources,” Acedo There are also plans to said, adding: “It is no cancel 15 per cent of use reporting poaching routes and ground 25 when there is no one planes, as well as making to monitor it.” changes to maintenance and ground services.
Poaching on the rise in Axarquia’s natural parks
ILLEGAL hunting of animals in the Axarquia and Serrania de Ronda mountains has increased dramatically. Since the beginning of the financial crisis, reported cases of poaching have risen by more than 50 per cent, the Andalucian Hunting Federation
reports. The damage caused by illegal hunters is huge, according to the federation’s deputy in Malaga, Pedro Acedo. Some people pay good money for the head of a protected species, in most cases the wild goat or Iberian ibex. As a consequence of budgetary cuts, forest
FRONT EXTRA
Fatal crash on A7207 A MAN aged 54 died after being knocked down by a car at the A-7207 road in Torrox, near La Mula bar. The 22-year-old driver suffered minor injuries.
Heritage site A SEVENTEENTH century monument in Velez, known as the ‘Camarin de los Desamparados’, has being restored. It marks the spot those executed by Napoleonic squads would look at before being shot.
Poor show NO mayors from the different Axarquia towns attended the presentation of the newly-opened Mayor Information Office at Velez Town Hall.
Much closer THE first petrol station in Torrox’s old town will open as soon as possible, the town hall has announced. Residents will be saved a six-kilometre trip to the nearest station in El Morche.
Property sale AN estimated €600,000 could be added to the public coffers if the parking and shopping area at the La Cala del Moral health centre is sold, Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall has announced.