Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 23 - 29 September 2021 Issue 1890

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23 - 29 Sept 2021

Tokyo winner IVAN CANO, a 26-year-old athlete who is visually-impaired and took silver for his 7.04-metre long jump in the Tokyo Olympics, recently visited Campello. Cano is a frequent visitor to the municipality where his father Jose Antonio Cano is the chief of the Local Police force.

Fiestas boost

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THE regional government has declared Altea’s principal fiestas, which combine Moors and Christians parades and Cristo del Sagrario events, as Fiestas of Tourist Interest. These are held each year at the end of September, although the 2021 celebrations have been scaleddown owing to anti-Covid regulations.

Fly-tippers OVER a recent two-week period, Alfaz Town Hall started proceedings against seven members of the public and business-owners for irregularly dumping garden waste, rubble and household appliances.

Public Safety councillor Toni Such called on members of the public to inform the town hall whenever they spotted flytipping.

Photo credit: APROP

APROP ADOPTION: Estrella found a forever home.

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Another 10 years

JAVEA’S Club Nautico renewed its concession to use the port in‐ stallation for the next 10 years.

It is the first Valencian Community yacht club to obtain a re‐ newal, announced regional Public Works secretary Maria Perez who recently visited the port.

Renewing the concession involves spending €2.592 million in improvements scheduled to be completed in time for Easter.

Three jetties will be modernised and the electrical installation replaced at another two.

The existing sailing school will be demolished, while its re‐ placement will be “completely accessible, more modern and to‐ tally efficient,” revealed the Club Nautico president, Arturo Miquel.

The yacht club is also committed to sustainability, with 30 per cent of its electricity produced by solar panels.

There will be a system for removing rubbish from the water in line with the Club Nautico’s commitment to the environment, which is made evident each year with the renewal of its Blue Flag, Miquel pointed out.

Residents and visitors strolling through the port will also no‐ tice a difference, he announced, as the pavements between the harbourside fish market and the club installation will be widened to five metres, he added.

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Beach stint finishes

BENIDORM mayor Toni Perez bade farewell to the 58 young as‐ sistants present on the municipali‐ ty’s principal beaches this sum‐ mer.

He thanked them for the work they had carried out, providing in‐ formation for beachgoers and en‐

suring that anti‐Covid regulations were observed.

“Because of you, Benidorm’s beaches once again set an example for health and safety, they provided perfect attention and were a place where users could enjoy the best‐ possible experience,” Perez said

Mind your language THE use of Valenciano recently caused conflict in Calpe.

Beachgoer Paula spoke Valenciano when she commented to a lifesaver on the Fossa beach that the foot‐shower was not working.

“In Spanish, madam!” he declared sharply in reply.

When Paula explained that she had every right to address the lifesaver in Valenciano, reproaching him for his rudeness, he fol‐ lowed her shouting, “Sinverguenza! (shameless). En castellano!

Que no tiene verguenza!”

The Plataforma per la Llengua, an association that defends the use of Valenciano, has now lodged a complaint with the Drets Lin‐ guistics (Linguistic Rights) Office and asked Calpe Town Hall to fine the lifesaver. Citizens have the right to use Valenciano, the Platafor‐ ma said, and are entitled to be answered in that language by public sector employees. That includes concessionary companies includ‐ ing the lifesaving service contracted by Calpe Town Hall, the Plataforma pointed out.

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Tourists return BRITISH tourists accounted for almost 16 per of Benidorm’s market quota during the sec‐ ond week of September.

“The international market is responding each week and growing steadily,” the Costa Blanca hoteliers’ association Hosbec announced. Hotel oc‐ cupancy was “behaving well” compared with September 2020, the association added.

During the second week of the month, the Valencian Com‐ munity’s hotels were more than 70 per cent full, but had fallen to below 40 per cent by this time last year, with half of them closed. According to Hos‐ bec figures they now account for only 15 per cent of the total.

“Here at Hosbec we were regarding the start of the au‐ tumn with uncertainty as the school year began and family tourists returned home,” ad‐ mitted the association presided

by Toni Mayor.

“But it looks as though the recovery of tourism is gradually getting re‐established.”

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NIBS EXTRA More sand CALPE Town Hall began reconstructing the La Fossa promenade, badly damaged by Storm Gloria in January 2020. The central government is paying half of the €110,586 cost which includes demolishing the Hipocampos lookout point and eliminating a large raised flowerbed to gain another 300 square metres of beach.

Local boy ALFAZ resident Alejandro Ortiz Montesinos aged 22, was one of the team of lifesavers who went to the rescue of a young Ukrainian woman who fell from Benidorm’s Castillo landmark.

He has spent the last five summers as a Benidorm lifeguard, switching to swimming pools during the winter.

Joint effort VILLAJOYOSA hosted a training session for police officers from all over Spain on the Study and Analysis of Intelligence, Terrorism and Organised Crime from local perspectives. National government sub-delegate Araceli Poblador emphasised the need to adapt to new times and “outthink wrongdoers” by pooling information from all forces.

Action plan TEULADA-MORAIRA councillors voted unanimously in favour of joining the EU’s Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. The town hall will be committed to introducing measures that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 per cent before 2030 and creating an action plan with input from local residents.

ITV unit A MOBILE ITV station for roadworthiness testing will visit Finestrat’s Plaza de la Union Europea at 10.30am on Friday October 15. The tests, restricted to agricultural vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds, will cost €13.08 for tractors and €17.73 for motorcycles and mopeds, but €27.47 for those with catalytic converters.

Rabbit war THE fences surrounding Benissa’s municipal allotments have been reinforced with electrowelded wire mesh that will help to protect produce from voracious rabbits who sneak in from rural areas to eat the growers’ crops.

The irrigation system has also been improved with the addition of a 10,000-litre water deposit.

ALMOST 40 friends and members of the Anglican church in Albir met recently for afternoon tea.

“We have missed this sort of gathering during the pandemic as the Church’s social life is an impor‐ tant part of our worship together,” the Costa Blanca Anglican Chap‐ laincy explained.

Tables were kept to a minimum so there was no overcrowding, and the Chaplaincy was very grate‐ ful for the use the premises of the Norwegian Seafarers’ Church.

This was a perfect setting for af‐ ternoon tea followed by a guess‐ the‐weight of a cake competition, a fun quiz and much more in a very happy atmosphere.

Holy Communion is held in Albir every Sunday at 9.30am, again at the Norwegian Seafarers’ church.

To reach the church, turn right immediately after Consum, con‐

AUTUMN has arrived and many U3A Marina Baixa groups have reconvened after the summer break. One of the first to meet again was the Watercolour group, when eight members cre‐ ated some beautiful work enti‐ tled Harvest Mouse. The Spanish Grammar groups also met again, adhering to the continued re‐ strictions relating to Covid‐19 with some new members and others continuing their studies.

The Craft group continues to meet every Thursday and the popular Wine and Dine group met in Albir for their monthly op‐ portunity to meet socially with friends. The U3A Marina Baixa’s next monthly will take place on

A BULLFIGHTING association is threatening legal action against Or‐ ba Town Hall for cancelling bull‐run‐ ning during the August fiestas.

Local mayor Ignasi Cervera pointed out that the town hall and the fiestas’ organising committee

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Time for tea Photo credit: Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy

ALBIR ANGLICANS: Social life is an important part of their worship together. tinue up the hill and take the sec‐ ond turning on right, past the front of the Hotel Rober Palas.

The next turning to the left is Calle Mart, and the church is on

It’s all go September 27 at 11am in the Auditorium of the Casa de Cul‐ tura in Alfaz.

Visitors are always welcome with most of the Group leaders available to provide any informa‐ tion required.

There will be a short Power‐ point presentation from the Spanish Culture group reporting many of the topics covered over the past months.

“If you would like to know more about the association why not visit our website www.marinabaixa.com where full details can be found,” secre‐ tary Kath Bailey said.

the right, opposite open ground.

There is also a regular weekday service every Thursday at 11am at the Forum Mare Nostrum in Alfaz, with a healing service on the sec‐

Voluntariado Social challenge ALFAZ’S Other Nationalities coun‐ cillor Martine Mertens held a monthly meeting with represen‐ tatives from local foreign resi‐ dents’ associations.

“There were no meetings in Ju‐ ly or August, as that is when many members return to their countries of origin, and this was the first meeting after the summer,” Mertens explained.

“We announced town hall ac‐ tivities and the associations re‐ vealed their immediate plans and projects to ensure better collabo‐ ration and coordination between us all,” the councillor said.

On this occasion, Joanna Wil‐ son, treasurer of Asociacion Vol‐ untariado Social (Social Volun‐

A load of bull agreed to the cancellation when the municipality had the area’s highest Covid‐incidence rate.

According to Alejandro Cano, president of the Castellon‐based as‐ sociation, the town hall broke the

Sports prize for Anemona ANEMONA, the Marina Baja self‐help association for women with breast and gynaecological can‐ cers, has won a sports prize.

The PROMIS (World Professionals for Social In‐ tegration) awards recognise the efforts of sport‐ ing and social bodies, professionals and official in‐ stitutions which promote inclusion inside sport.

The local association was chosen on the strength of its Anemona a Golpe de Remo rowing pro‐ gramme that empowers and assists women as they recover from cancer.

The Anemona rowers will receive their award in the Gender Diversity in Sport category on Sat‐ urday, September 25, at the Veles e Vents build‐ ing in Valencia City’s marina.

ond Thursday of the month.

For further information, ring the local church wardens Elaine Mitchell (636 164 467) or Paul Winter (602 218 483).

The ceremony will be presided by Monica Olta, the Valencian Community’s vice‐president who also heads the regional government’s Equality and Inclusive Policies departments.

This edition of the PROMIS awards will draw attention to the projects like Anemona’s whose social impact was not diminished despite the stringent conditions imposed by the State of Alarm restrictions.

The Anemona rowers not only continued with their programme but “rowed” recently to Santia‐ go de Compostela using rowing machines at Benidorm’s Club Nautico for part of the journey, before completing the last sections aboard a “trainera” rowing boat and on foot.

teers) which is presided by Anto‐ nio Viso and runs the local Food Bank, detailed their activities car‐ ried out in 2020. She also thanked the foreign collectives for their support.

“All of these groups are com‐ mitted to social issues and provide all kinds of help,” Mertens added.

The Covid‐19 pandemic has been a challenge, hindering fundraising activities and increas‐ ing the number of people who needed aid from the Food Bank.

Despite the problems, and thanks to help from the institu‐ tions, private individuals and asso‐ ciations, Voluntariado Social had managed to reach all its 2020 tar‐ gets. law by allowing pared‐down fiestas but excluding Bous al Carrer. If the local Asociacion Taurina in Orba now wished to organise bull‐run‐ ning, they should present a propos‐ al, accompanied by financing plans and health and safety measures, Cervera told the Spanish media.

“If the Castellon association feels the need to go to court, let them,” he added.

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Monument to heroes A MONUMENT to blood donors now presides Teula‐ da‐Moraira’s Plaza Gabriel Miro.

The four‐metre high sculp‐ ture, the work of artist Quico Torres, is a town hall initiative to symbolise and give visibili‐ ty to the great work carried out by blood donors.

Teulada‐Moraira mayor Raul Llobell thanked all the individuals and associations who had made the sculpture possible.

“This is a monument to blood donors, but we could say that it is a sculpture to the heroes who have saved so many lives,” Llobell said.

“If we knew this before, possibly we are even more aware of it now after living through a pandemic,” he added.

Llobell called on every‐ body to continue emphasis‐ ing the need for blood donors and to recruit new donors.

“I’m proud that Teulada‐ Moraira is such a public‐spirit‐ ed municipality regarding health issues,” the mayor de‐ clared.

The town hall’s Health councillor Susanne Katzgrau explained that the sculpture was chosen by the donors who took part in the munici‐ pality’s Marathon Session in December 2018.

“Teulada‐Moraira has al‐ ways had very good blood donation figures,” said the president of Alicante Province’s Blood Donors’ As‐ sociation, Juan Adolfo Colla‐ do. What was more, he added, local donor Rosa Ivars received a diploma in 2017 after having made more than 60 donations between 1963 and 2016.

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EXTREME reaction. A 64‐year‐old Moroccan was arrest‐ ed after driving into Javea’s Plaza Adolfo Suarez, a pedes‐ trian area.

The car deliberately mowed down several terrace ta‐ bles outside a restaurant and although nobody was in‐ jured, witnesses prevented him from leaving before the Guardia Civil arrived.

He was later taken into custody and charged with at‐ tempted homicide after confessing that he had intended to kill one of the diners following an argument.

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Pego animal shelter needs repairs THE APROP animal shelter’s dog ken‐ nels in Pego are in desperate need of renovation.

“The structures that house the d o g s a r e r u n d o w n a n d d o n o t p r o‐ vide a safe enough place for our pre‐ cious animals,” APROP’s Ruth Martin told the Euro Weekly News.

“There is damaged fencing every‐ where, which poses a real risk that the dogs could hurt themselves or es‐ cape.”

Ruth explained that in their current state the kennels let in water when it rains, they do not provide adequate shade from the heat and in windy conditions the metal roof panels move.

“As you can imagine this frequently scares our dogs!” she said.

A major overhaul of the kennels will obviously have a positive effect on the dogs’ physical, psychological

and emotional well‐being. That in turn would help with their rehabilita‐ tion needs and improve their chances of finding a forever home.

“We estimate that €14,000 is need‐ ed just for phase one of the works, so financial donations are a priority for us,” Ruth revealed.

More information about donating can be found on the www.aprop‐ pego.org multilingual website.

Ruth also suggested that volun‐ teers might want to organise their own fundraiser.

“If you need ideas please get in touch, we will be happy to help you help us!” she said.

“We also would love to hear from anyone who might be able to help by volunteering their time, skills or ma‐ terials for the construction work. If so, please contact us on our apropego@gmail.com address.”

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Barbarians Rugby Host Mallorca and Alicante Clubs this weekend in Denia TRAINING is still going strong in preparation for the new season and the upcoming friendly games this weekend.

The seniors play a representa‐ tive team from Mallorca whilst the Academy S14 and S16 teams play teams from Alicante.

The Academy teams play in the morning whilst the seniors play in the afternoon (times on website www.barbariansmari naalta.com).

Everyone is looking forward to the new league season now we seem to have Covid behind us and it looks like it’s going to be hard fought one across all the lev‐ els.

The Barbarians play at the Poli‐ deportivo in Denia and welcome players of all ages from 14 to 18 for the academy section and over 18s for the seniors team.

BARBARIANS: Welcome players from all countries.

The club bases its philosophy on the traditional ideals of Bar‐ barians rugby welcoming players from all countries, all faiths and both boys and girls, men and women. They currently have players from Spain, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, France New Zealand, Germany, Holland, Italy, Scotland, Armenia and even some from England, so wherever you are from, you are welcome.

Training is on Tuesdays and

Thursdays from 6.30 till 7.45 for the U14, U16 and U18 teams and from 7.45 to 9.15 for the seniors.

If you are interested in taking up rugby or you played previous‐ ly then you are more than wel‐ come to turn up to one of their training sessions and get in‐ volved.

Alternatively call Mac on 609 646 349 for more information.

Training is taken in both Spanish and English.

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The Balcony of the Mediterranean.

EXPERTS belonging to the vaccines committee, which is attached to the Ministry of health, are debating whether people who were vaccinated with the Janssen vaccine should be given a second dose. According to data from the Ministry of health, nearly two million people across Spain have so far received the Janssen vaccine.

According to reports, it has not yet been confirmed whether the

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A WOMAN who fell after taking a selfie from an iconic Benidorm tourist spot has died in hospital.

The 26-year-old Ukrainian woman was left in a critical condition on Tuesday, September 14 after she fell from the Castle Viewpoint also known as the Balcony of the Mediterranean. According to health authorities, she was taking a selfie when she fell.

The woman was rescued from the water and evacuated to the General Hospital in Alicante after

Janssen second dose debate has resulted in a formal proposal which would go before the Public Health Commission for further consultation.

It appears that the reason for the discussions on the booster vaccinations for Janssen come down to the fact that there has been an increasing number of outbreaks in prisons.

At the last meeting of the vaccines committee it was discussed how contagions were increasing among prison inmates. This has been reported by both the autonomous communities and the prisons themselves. Prisoners are one of the groups in Spain that were injected with the single dose Janssen jab.

Compulsory Covid pass in Italy ITALY is set to be the first European country to require all workers to have a Covid pass. The controversial move would reportedly mean that only unemployed people and pensioners will be exempt from having a ‘green pass’.

If the move goes ahead Italy will be the first country in Europe to make coronavirus health passes mandatory for all staff. So far, a draft proposal has been presented by the Italian government but it is expected that from the start of October workers in both the public and private sectors will need to be able to show a digital vaccine certificate.

The government hope that the potential move would mean that

more people would get vaccinated and that this will see the infection rate fall.

The government is worried that Covid cases could soar over the winter.

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FIRST authorised drug. The Ministry of Health has approved the use in Spain of the first drug made exclusively based on cannabidiol (CBD) ‐ one of the components of the cannabis plant ‐ after two years of clinical trials involving 714 people, and it is already used to treat patients suffering from two forms of epilepsy. This new product ‐ ‘Epidyolex’ ‐ was presented on Tuesday, September 14, at a press conference held by the GW Pharma‐ ceuticals laboratory, a world leader in cannabinoid‐based drugs and now part of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, but the first drug this company has market‐ ed in Spain. Together with clobazam, the drug can be used for the treat‐ ment of seizures associated with Lennox‐Gastault syndrome (LGS), and Dravet syndrome (DS), and will be dispensed in a hospital pharmacy.

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Benidorm selfie tragedy suffering from various traumas and symptoms of drowning.

The woman went with a friend to the viewpoint which is one of most visited and photographed points in the Valencia region. She was taking a selfie on a railing and trying to get a shot of the beach in the background when she fell around 20 metres

down the cliff into the sea.

Lifeguards rushed to rescue the injured woman and manoeuvred her to some nearby rocks. They performed advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation manoeuvres before transferring her to hospital. Unfortunately, she passed away on Friday September 17.

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23 - 29 September 2021 THE Guardia Civil has arrested a gang of 21 criminals accused of defrauding nearly 600 elderly and disabled people in Spain.

According to police, the gang made around €1.7 million from their crimes, with some victims losing up to €100,000.

The investigation identified 592 victims in La Rioja, Asturias, Avila, Barcelona, Burgos, Cadiz, Cantabria, Galicia, Granada, Leon, Malaga, Madrid, Navarra, Basque Country, Segovia, Soria, and Val‐ ladolid.

Police have arrested and inves‐ tigated 11 men and 10 women af‐ ter they allegedly used aggressive sales tactics to generate confusion in the victims. In some cases, they left families bankrupt after taking payments of €30,000, €50,000 and up to €100,000.

The criminal network used the black market to acquire identity packs of people who had bought book collections from other com‐ panies, or had been the victims of previous scams.

They told people who had pur‐ chased book collections from oth‐ er companies the purchase con‐ tract required them to buy the new editions, charging between €1,900 and €3,000. The gang even claimed to be lawyers for the pub‐ lisher and told one person to pay

Fraud gang arrested

GUARDIA CIVIL: Carried out an investigation.

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the debt owed to the company.

The group also defrauded el‐ derly and disabled people by pos‐ ing as legal advisers and offering their services, offering an annual contract between €2,400 and €3,400.

As part of their investigation, police carried out a total of five searches in companies and homes in Madrid, Getafe and Mejorada del Campo, seizing computers and computer equipment suspected of being used by the gang.

Proceedings opened against Simon THE courts of Madrid have ordered that pro‐ ceedings be opened against Fernando Simon, the director of the Centre for the Coordination of Emergencies and Health Alerts. They are in‐ vestigating if there was a crime of prevarication for how the coronavirus pandemic was man‐ aged by him.

According to reports, a complaint was filed by the Christian Lawyers Association against “Fernando Simon and against the President, Pedro Sanchez, the ministers Irene Montero, Margarita Robles and Fernando Grande‐Mar‐ laska and against the former Vice‐Presidents of the Executive Carmen Calvo and Pablo Igle‐ sias and the former ministers Jose Luis Abalos

36 million

and Salvador Illa.”

The judge has made the decision to only open proceedings against Simon though because “the procedural situation of the persons with immu‐ nity at the time when the complaint was filed in the Supreme Court was already resolved by the Supreme Court.”

The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers had decided to initiate criminal proceedings against the Spanish Government due to how they handled the coronavirus pandemic. The or‐ ganisation believes that the government did not take the pandemic seriously enough as it did not take sufficient measures despite being informed of how lethal the virus is.

More than 36 million US adults cannot read above a third grade level.

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LAVA: Involcan worker measuring temperature.

Volcano Erupts THE island of La Palma in the Canary Islands suffered a vol‐ canic eruption on Sunday September 19 which has im‐ pacted life in the region.

Seismic activity began on September 14, followed by an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale five days later.

Authorities put an evacuation plan in place in anticipation of the eruption of the island’s Cumbre Vieja volcano.

The volcano erupted on September 19 causing lava to flow out of open fissures, with more appearing throughout the day. Work began to evacuate more people including tourists and to gather data on the ground to manage the situation.

The area was put on red alert and President Pedro Sanchez cancelled a planned trip to New York to fly to the island.

On September 20, the lava moved into highly populated ar‐ eas and around 10,000 people were evacuated. Citizens were also advised to stay away from

the El Paso area.

A new fissure opened on the north side of the volcano on September 21, prompting more emergency measures. Images released showed houses en‐ gulfed in lava. The volcano emit‐ ted thousands of tons of sulphur dioxide and locals were warned of the risk of acid rain.

Measuring the poisonous gas will be key to predicting when the eruption might end.

On September 21, the lava approached the sea, increasing the risk of toxic gases and explo‐ sions. Authorities have estab‐ lished an exclusion zone in the area manned by security forces on land and sea.

The Canary Islands’ govern‐ ment swiftly prepared a draft law to enable homes to be ur‐ gently rebuilt on the island.

This Cumbre Vieja volcano is one of the most active volca‐ noes on the archipelago, and has been responsible for two of the last three eruptions, in 1949 and 1971.

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THE Ministry for Home Affairs will create specific groups against hate crimes within the General Information Commis‐ sariat and the provincial infor‐ mation brigades of the National Police, as well as in the Infor‐ mation Headquarters of the Guardia Civil and peripheral units.

This is one of the measures approved in the Follow‐up Commission of the Action Plan to Combat Hate Crimes, chaired by President Pedro Sanchez, and which analysed the plan’s action lines, which will be in force from 2022‐ 2024.

Minister Fernando Grande‐ Marlaska said it was vital to strengthen ties with organisa‐ tions and institutions from all

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Hate crimes unite

fields against hate crimes.

“Their collaboration has been key to the implementa‐ tion of the first action plan and we are determined to further encourage their participation and listen to their proposals,” he said.

“We must also work specifi‐ cally to tackle hate crimes di‐ rected at the gypsy community, which increased by more than 57 per cent in 2020,” he added.

The new plan will establish eight priority action lines and introduce new measures com‐

plementary to the first plan approved in March 2019, in force until 2021, which provid‐ ed law enforcement with tools to deal with hate crimes and incidents, with a steady growth of around 9 per cent per year since 2014.

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Climate change fight ALICANTE has joined the Global Goals Jam climate change initiative and held an event to spark creative ideas. The project includes 80 capi‐ tals from around the world who work to find solu‐ tions to climate change through the use of new tech‐ nologies. Over the space of two weekends teams had to come together to devise inno‐ vative digital solutions for sus‐ tainable urban development.

The winning proposal from the weekend’s activities was a ‘water escape room’ to teach

Sparking creative ideas.

teenagers responsible water consumption.

Councillor for Employment and Development, Mari Car‐ men de España, commented: “this initiative is promoted by the Local Development Agen‐ cy to transform our city into the Mediterranean capital of the technology industry and digital entrepreneurship.”

Readers’ poll

Political correctness gone too far READERS have overwhelmingly voted to say they believe politi‐ cial correctness has gone too far.

Following the news that a re‐ cent collection by Spanish de‐ sign house Balenciaga had been accused of cultural appro‐ priation, the Euro Weekly News asked its readers what they thought.

A huge 96.6 per cent told us they believed we are all now too politically correct. Mean‐ while just 3.4 per cent said they only thought political correct‐ ness had gone too far in some ways. The issue saw large num‐

SPANISH BRAND: Was accused of cultural appropriation.

bers of readers get in touch to share their thoughts, with many enthusi‐ astically agreeing that it has gone too far.

Ian Forrest said: “Yes 100%.”

Meanwhile, Annick Mizel said: “Yes, yes, yes.”

Spanish brand Balenciaga was earlier this month accused of cul‐ tural appropriation after revealing its ‘Tropme‐L’oeil’ sweatpants which come complete with an ex‐ posed boxer short over the waist‐ band, a fashion choice made fa‐ mous during the 90s in hip‐hop culture. TikTok user @ mr200m__ posted a video where he com‐

mented on the sweat‐ pants and said: “This feels racist. This feels very racist, guys.

“They have woven these box‐ ers inside the trousers.”

The video has been viewed over 1.5 million times and was captioned: “You know when something feels racist @sxbwxyy I have questions.”

Other users later agreed, with one saying: “Black men being dis‐ criminated against and devalued for sagging pants and Balenciaga is profiting off the style. Crazy how it’s ghetto until they put a price on it.”

Disaster unit call

SPAIN has called for the creation of a European Mili‐ tary Emergency Unit to quickly and efficiently deal with natural disasters.

President Pedro Sanchez said that one of the com‐ mon challenges shared by the countries of the Mediter‐ ranean is the climate emergency “which particularly af‐ fects the Mediterranean countries from an environmental, social and economic perspective.”

Spain and eight other countries have now signed a Joint Declaration that addresses the challenges coun‐ tries face due to the climate emergency. “We insist on the need for the EU to take the vulnerability of our ecosystems into account when formulating its energy and climate policy, and to assess the capacity of each

state to contribute to climate goals,” said Sanchez.

He also pointed out that the consequences of cli‐ mate change are a problem that concerns everyone and thanked the firefighting personnel who “risk their lives to defend the lives of their compatriots.”

The Euro‐Mediterranean Group was formed in 2014 as an informal forum to bring the positions of Mediter‐ ranean countries closer together in EU negotiations. It is currently made up of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Portu‐ gal, Malta and Cyprus, along with Croatia and Slovenia, who recently joined. This initiative was led by Spain, which is committed to a ‘plural and diverse’ EuroMed in order to strengthen the positions of the nine Member States within the EU.

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Agriculture meeting SPAIN’S Minister for Agricul‐ ture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has held a meeting with the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas J Vilsack, to discuss issues of bilateral in‐ terest in the agri‐food sector.

During the meeting, which took place within the frame‐ work of the G20 agriculture ministers’ meeting in Florence, both leaders agreed on the im‐ portance of closer cooperation in scientific research and tech‐ nological innovation, in order to move towards greater sustain‐ ability of agri‐food systems, in terms of security, nutrition and competitiveness. Both Planas and Vilsack said they valued the need to defend a transition to‐ wards sustainable and healthy food systems in the different in‐ ternational forums, which al‐ low the Sustainable Develop‐ ment Goals to be met, while at the same time guaranteeing the productive capacity of farmers and livestock breeders.

The United States is Spain’s most important trading part‐ ner outside the European Union, with sales of agri‐food products accounting for 18 per cent of total Spanish ex‐ ports to that market.

The agri‐food trade balance is positive for Spain by almost €514 million, according to 2020 data, with exports worth close to €2 billion (0.3 per cent year‐on‐year growth) and im‐ ports worth around €1.4 bil‐ lion (year‐on‐year decrease of 11 per cent).

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Mexico Celebrates

ON September 16, Mexico cel‐ ebrated the anniversary of the country’s independence from Spain, and honoured its pre‐ Hispanic culture.

For the second year in a row, the celebrations were held without citizens. Mexi‐ can President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador also led a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the coron‐ avirus pandemic. Mexico has lost almost 270,000 people to the pandemic and has recorded 3.5 million infec‐ tions.

Cadets from the military college handed over the Mexi‐ can flag as Lopez Obrador took to the central balcony at

the National Palace. He then began the celebrations of the 211th anniversary of the be‐ ginning of Mexico’s Indepen‐ dence.

According to the National Geographic: “On September 16, Mexicans around the globe will celebrate the an‐ niversary of the country’s in‐ dependence from Spain. The day is marked by a national holiday in Mexico, a re‐enact‐ ment of a historic moment from the revolution’s leader, and an array of performances from fireworks to dance rou‐ tines.”

Lopez Obrador said: “Long live the cultures of pre‐Hispan‐ ic Mexico.”

Readers’ poll

Expats rejoice over dropped PCR tests

EXPATS in Spain have told the Euro Weekly News they are happy with the UK govern‐ ment’s announcement that vac‐ cinated travellers will no longer require PCR tests to travel back to England from October 4.

The EWN asked readers whether they thought the move was a good idea while Covid rates continue to rise, and the overwhelming majority, 93.3 per cent, said they do, with only 6.7 per cent saying testing should still be required.

One reader, Melissa Baker, said: “Yaaay. Time to move on.

Be cautious, be sensible and we will all be ok. Let’s get travel moving again.”

Paul Hannant shared her views, saying: “As a homeowner in Spain and the UK, I’m delight‐ ed to no longer be getting ripped off by already, extremely wealthy pharmaceutical compa‐ nies.”

Meanwhile, Colin Carter also

PCR TESTS: Will no longer be necessary for travel to the UK. expressed concern over the price of tests, saying: “This PCR test has been a cash cow for many companies and pharmacies here in Spain and the UK. “If you are fully vaccinated I cannot see a problem.”

However, some readers said that they felt travellers should still be tested, while others criti‐ cised travellers who did not think about the safety of others.

Stella Scott said: “It wouldn’t be so bad if people still would

wear their masks properly. Espe‐ cially when instructed to do so in certain places like airlines and airports. I’ve just flown over to Spain and there were people on the plane laughing because they didn’t have their masks on and coming through the airport.”

The issue of PCR tests for trav‐ ellers had caused controversy earlier this year, with the costs of tests leaving some expats in Spain unable to visit their family and friends in the UK.

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Netflix fight SPAIN is fighting back against Netflix and the rise of video streaming. The number of stores that pro‐ vide actual physical copies of movies in Spain runs on‐ ly into the hundreds, but the stores are fighting back against the digital era.

According to industry fig‐ ures there are now only around 300 video stores left in Spain as the majority of people these days turn to Amazon Prime and Net‐ flix to easily watch movies in their own home.

Some people are wary of digital platforms, and be‐ lieve that they control what people can see. Marcia Se‐ buro, owner of a store in Madrid commented that: “You are forced to see what the company wants you to see, you don’t have any au‐ tonomy. They start boxing you in, they narrow down your tastes. I have 50,000 titles here [in Ficciones], neither Netflix or HBO to‐ gether have as many as my catalogue.”

Vaccine milestone THREE out of four people in Spain are now fully vaccinat‐ ed against the ongoing coro‐ navirus pandemic.

According to the latest da‐ ta, published on Wednesday, September 15 by the Min‐ istry of Health, three out of four people in Spain have re‐ ceived either both jabs of a double‐dose vaccine or a sin‐ gle dose of the Janssen prod‐ uct.

The government reached its target of 70 per cent of the population immunised just a couple of weeks ago. The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, said this new figure was “tremendously rele‐ vant.”

After the meeting of the Inter‐territorial Council, Darias said the ongoing rate of the vaccination pro‐ gramme in Spain “continues to be good.” She added that Spain is “the leading country in terms of vaccination and we are among the first in the European Union to reach this point.”

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Minimum wage agreement

ON September 16, the Span‐ ish government and trade unions agreed to raise the minimum wage (SMI) by €15 a month. This raise is in the middle of the range that is recommended by experts, NEW STORES: Spain will have lower prices.

FRENCH company Hubside.

Store is set to expand in Spain, and they could save you mon‐ ey when you need a mobile phone or other device. This year, the chain hopes to ex‐ pand its presence to 30 stores.

By the end of 2023, that num‐ ber will rise to 100 sites across the country.

Hubside.Store is part of the French group Indexia. They are reinforcing their commitment to Spain by opening shops in “the main capitals of the na‐ tional market,” according to general manager Jean Pierre Galera. The store’s unique busi‐ ness model aims to sell and rent both new and recondi‐ tioned electronic devices.

The store believes in respon‐ sible consumerism. They also fight against planned obsoles‐ cence of electrical goods. The chain firmly believes in the re‐ conditioned market. Galera boasted: “We have a disruptive and innovative business model, we are the only retailer that of‐ fers new and reconditioned de‐ vices.”

They offer keen prices de‐ signed to turn customers away from the Internet. A statement said: “In order to achieve these objectives, the company will be opening new stores in several shopping centres in Madrid, and five new stores in the cities of Vigo, Sevilla, Vitoria, Oviedo and Zaragoza.”

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which is €12 to €19.

This increase will not have the backing of business or‐ ganisations who have reject‐ ed the increase, claiming that the Spanish economy could be damaged in these

Madrid chef honoured AVANT-GARDE Chef Dabiz Munoz of DiverXo in Madrid has won The Best Chef Top100 Award.

The awards, sponsored by Perlage, placed Chef Bjorn Frantzen of Frantzen in Stockholm in second. He also took the award for The Best Chef voted by Chefs. Andoni Luis Aduriz of Mugaritz in San Sebastian took a huge jump from his previous 45th position on last year’s list to third place. The Best Chef Sci‐ ence Award powered by LSG Group went to Joan Roca from Cat‐ alonia.

According to the organisers the award is a “distinction for the chef who is outstanding in relation to research, experimental techniques and transformation.” The Top 100 list included 13 Spanish chefs.

Munoz said the awards list will “help restaurants, but also the people of the country.” He added, “What comes to me, comes to Madrid, which to me is one of the most exciting cities in the world today for gastronomy.”

According to DiverXo’s website the restaurant provides diners with, “A journey through the hedonistic, greedy and creative world of Dabiz Munoz, avant‐garde cuisine in which everything is possible.” Menus start at €250 per person with pairing options beginning at €150.

early stages of recovery from the health pandemic.

However, the unions are positive about the agree‐ ment, saying the increase “takes place in a context of economic difficulty, of in‐ crease of the consumer price index and of the dis‐ proportionate increase of electricity, which totally and absolutely justify the in‐ crease.” They will also de‐ mand the minimum wage will be set at €1,000 per month next year.

Second Deputy Prime Minister, Yolanda Díaz,

asked the employers to “re‐ turn to the path of reunion.”

Díaz also criticised the atti‐ tude of the Employers’ As‐ sociation during the negoti‐ ations: “They entered asking for zero and came out ask‐ ing for zero ‐ that is not ne‐ gotiating.”

Experts recommended an increase of between €12 and €19 to start with to reach 60 per cent of the av‐ erage net salary. To get to this number, they have tak‐ en the average net salary of a full‐time worker from the most recent data available.

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GUARDIAN angel. The family of three‐year‐old Anthony ‘AJ’ Elfalak believe that he was kept safe by a Guardian Angel and the power of prayer after he went missing from the family home and spent three days in the Australian bush, escaping with only scratches, nappy rash and ant bites despite his ordeal.

A NSW Police helicopter recorded footage of the rescue and the devout Coptic Orthodox Christian family believe that when the boy was discovered an angel could be seen sitting on the rocks be‐ side him.

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Washing machine gift A NEW dad in Tucson, Arizona needed to support his family and set out to buy a second‐ hand washing machine and dryer. The machines were more than a new dad could af‐

ford so he told the seller he had just had a new child, and asked if they could give him a dis‐ count.

Chris Blaze said: “I just went to buy a Samsung washer and

dryer from a guy and he was asking $500. I told him I just had a kid and if he could take $400 I’d be really grateful.”

The buyer kindly agreed to the new dad’s request and Chris headed off home with a new washer and a dryer. But Chris was in for a surprise when he got home, and hooked up the new kit.

Chris said: “I got home, hooked everything up and it worked great, I opened up the dryer and I was shocked to find the money sitting in there.” He continued, “I got a message

“A gift for the new baby.” from the seller saying ‘check the dryer, a gift for the new ba‐ by’.”

The new dad has been left feeling extremely grateful and this heart‐warming story shows that kindness is still alive and well in the world.

VISITORS to Madrid can now take advantage of a unique hostel that of‐ fers guests the chance to spend the night in a capsule. The Oxygen Hostel is the first capsule hotel in Madrid, but not the first in Spain. This type of accommodation is more commonly found in Japan. The rooms are very small, but have affordable prices and are well‐equipped.

The low‐cost capsules provide a unique stay in the Spanish capital.

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New saliva antigen test A S P A N I S H company, RYPO, has announced the launch of a new antigen test that uses saliva to test for Covid that provides self‐diagnosis.

They issued a press release stating the use of self‐di‐ agnostic antigen tests has surged among citizens since their sale without prescription went public in July 2020.

Using its knowledge of the market and its distribu‐ tion network, the company decided to create a new private antigen test that can be performed with saliva.

The tests are easier to use and less invasive than na‐ sopharyngeal ones.

“These tests, which have an accuracy of 97 per cent, are manufactured by Alltest and have the regulatory European certifications which allow their validation, distribution and sale to the population,” RYPO com‐ mented.

RYPO is the only Spanish company that distributes the tests in Portugal and Spain. They are also in negoti‐ ations to distribute in Latin America.

Madrid capsule hotel According to the hostel, guests re‐ ceive a ‘unique experience’ in a ‘fu‐ turistic and comfortable’ environ‐ ment.

The hostel has 22 capsules and is located at Calle Rafael del Riego 19.

The hostel has single and double cap‐ sules. All the capsules are well‐ equipped and have individual bath‐

rooms, Wi‐Fi and air conditioning with prices starting at only €20 each night. The hostel also boasts a lounge and a kitchen which guests can share.

They also offer excursions and have a 24‐hour reception.

The hostel is located close to Atocha station and just 600 metres from the Reina Sofia Museum.

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Supporting the LGTBI SPAIN’S central government condemned crimes against the LGTBI com‐ munity at a protest by far‐right activists in Madrid on Saturday, Septem‐ ber 18. The Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, announced she will re‐ port a series of hate crimes against LGBTI people at the protest in Chueca to prosecutors.

She said: “We will inform the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the LGBTI and racist hatred. In addition, we are urgently processing the Trans and LGTBI Rights Act, which allows for the protection of rights.”

Minister of Rights and Agenda 2030, Ione Belarra, added: “We will do everything in our power to combat hatred against the LGTBI community and racism. We will take these facts to the Prosecutor’s Office and we will expedite the processing of the LGTBI and Trans Rights Act.” A group of far‐right activists marched through Madrid’s Chueca neigh‐ bourhood on Saturday shouting “out of our neighbourhoods” and “out of Madrid.” The march was convened by the Madrid Seguro neighbourhood association to position itself against the government’s Trans Rights laws.

The protest set off in Plaza de Chueca, a meeting point for the LGTBI com‐ munity. Marchers also reportedly condemned immigrants.

Ryanair policy returns ONE of Ryanair’s most hated policies is set to return.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hit international travel hard.

Due to the uncertainty, Ryanair brought in a customer‐friendly policy which gave customers the ability to change their departure date for free.

This zero‐fee policy is set to be scrapped at the end of September.

EU travel has rebounded and the return to normality means Ryanair will bring back fees for all customers who want to change their flight date.

Passengers who book their flights before September 30 and fly before De‐ cember 31, will not have to pay the fees. However, those who need to change their departure date beyond the 24‐hour grace period, will be hit with fees. Fees will begin at €35.

Fees could also occur if the new flight is more expensive than the origi‐ nal, with the customer expected to pay the difference.

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Vehicle left hanging AN accident in Barcelona left a van suspended two storeys above a gaping drop after crash‐ ing through the parapet of a bridge. The incident occurred in the Sarria Sant Gervasi district of the Catalonian city on Friday, September 17.

The van left the road and crashed through the brick balustrading on Avenida JV Foix.

The vehicle finished with the front half hanging precariously over a two‐storey drop.

The Local Police force mo‐ bilised to the scene of the acci‐ dent, along with crews from the city Fire Brigade department.

They faced the task of retrieving the vehicle and preventing it from plummeting to the ground.

The van was towed to safety and the driver escaped unharmed.

For the duration of the opera‐ tion, the incident caused a stir among passers‐by who stopped to observe the peculiar situa‐ tion.

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WEDDING ban. A man has banned children from his wedding but is allowing guests to bring their dogs. One mum took to Mumsnet forum to ask if she was being unreasonable for bat‐ tling her brother‐in‐law over his wish to not have his nephew at his own wedding.

The mum added: “To say we are stunned is an understate‐ ment, to say that dogs are welcome, but his own nephew is‐ n’t! “We are now facing two choices, we either decline to go at all, or try to speak to my [parents‐in‐law].”

SUSPENDED: The van was left hanging over the road below.

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FEATURE

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Knowledge of private interna‐ tional law, and Spanish law, makes us a benchmark law firm in the processing of inheritances with international or cross bor‐ der elements. And on the impli‐ cations regarding inheritance tax for expatriates. With specialisa‐ tion in the execution of foreign Wills in Spain.

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It is essential to keep in mind: First, the different laws that may be applicable to the inheri‐ tance.

Second, the tax implications.

Inheritance tax laws.

Finally, the client's wishes, and the execution of the Will.

Legal advice on inheritance tax in Spain It is essential when making a Will or processing an inheritance,

etc to know the inheritance tax in Spain. And its application to expatriates, or when there are assets out of Spain, etc.

As lawyers, we advise on the tax beforehand, carrying out tax planning, adapted to the client's needs.

Likewise, we advise the heirs, etc on the different tax options, etc.

In addition, we have achieved numerous successes claiming against the tax authorities in Spain, in relation to inheritance tax reclaims.

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Our Probate, Wills and inheri‐ tance tax in Spain As specialist lawyers we can advise you on these matters. In relation to how to progress them in front of the Spanish courts, but also, in those cases, when there is no need to go to court.

For expert professional legal advice, contact us on our web‐ site www.white‐baos.com.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, it merely conveys in‐ formation related to legal issues.

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Gender violence case

IN a suspected case of gender violence, a 25-year-old woman was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Torrecardenas University Hospital in the province of Almeria. It is alleged she was attacked by her

ex-partner, who subsequently handed himself in to the police.

The incident occurred at around 7am on Saturday, September 18.

The emergency services received a call reporting an attack

had occurred by the roundabout that connects the Almeria neighbourhoods of El Alquian, El Toyo and Retamar.

They immediately mobilised patrols from the National Police and the Local Police to the given

location, along with an emergency ambulance.

The medical team confirmed to 112 that they were transferring a 25-year-old woman to the Torrecardenas University Hospital in Almeria. She was later admitted to the ICU and was described as being in a stable condition after the attack.

The alleged aggressor rammed into the victim’s car with his own vehicle. He then took her out of the car with the intention of attacking her in the road. The first police officers to arrive made him stop, at which point the man fled the scene.

He later turned himself in at the Provincial Police Station in Almeria.

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Digital collaboration push THE governments of Andalucia and Murcia are exploring ways of collaborating in digitisation. The aim is to move towards a more agile, efficient and modern administration adapted to the demands of citizens.

Elias Bendodo of the Andalucian Government and Luis Alberto Marin from the Administration of the Region of Murcia held a working meeting in which they addressed, among other issues, the commitment to digitisation.

Bendodo described digitisation as “one of the pillars on which the economic recovery will pivot” after the Covid-19 pandemic. Marin explained that both have sought joint solutions “to one of the fu-

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ture challenges the two communities share, such as the unstoppable and essential process of digital transformation.”

“The way out of the crisis generated by the pandemic necessarily passes through digitisation, and the integration in all areas such as robotics, Big Data, augmented reality or artificial intelligence,” added the Regional Minister of Murcia.

During the meeting, they discussed the Andalucian Digital Agency (ADA) project, a body that has been launched to facilitate the full digitisation of society in order to improve the lives of citizens and boost the community’s economy.

RIVER rescue. One brave woman had to be rescued on Sunday September 19 from the Segura River in Murcia after she made the courageous decision to jump in after her dog who had fallen into the water and risked being swept away.

Once she was safe, a Local Police officer confirmed that she was suffering from signs of hypothermia.

Thankfully, the dog was also rescued and is said to be in perfect health after its ordeal.

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Turtle flies south

AER LINGUS flew a 25kg endangered turtle that washed ashore in County Donegal back to Gran Canaria on September 15. It is hoped the creature will thrive in the warm Canary waters.

The loggerhead sea turtle, lovingly named Julius Caesar or JC because of his fighting spirit, was discovered by a local family on a Donegal beach in 2019, when he was only nine months old.

According to the World Wildlife Fund, Loggerhead sea turtles are “the living representatives of a

Turtle had a fighting spirit. group of reptiles that have existed on Earth and travelled our seas for the last 100 million years.”

JC had been recovering in the Exploris Aquarium, in Co Down.

They think he ended up in Ireland

ELON MUSK’S SpaceX launched the first-ever amateur space crew into orbit on Wednesday, September 15.

The four intrepid travellers blasted off in the Dragon capsule from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The flight marks a milestone for the space tourism market by the company, as the first in history with no professional astronauts on board.

The rocket will spend three days orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 357 miles, 100 miles higher than the International Space Station. Aboard the rocket

after being “caught in the wrong current and swept along the Gulf Stream.

He was suffering from hypothermia, stunned by the cold water, and weighed just a few hundred grams.”

He now weighs 25kg, and could reach 100kg by the time he is fully grown.

French health workers FRANCE suspended around 3,000 health workers for failing to get a Covid jab before the September 15 deadline. France’s health minister Olivier Veran announced the news on Thursday, September 16. Speaking to RTL radio he said: “Yesterday, some 3,000 sus‐ pensions were served on staff in health and social care facilities who had not yet entered into a vaccination course.”

The minister also highlighted: “The con‐ tinuity of care and the security of care and quality of care were assured yesterday in all hospitals and medico‐social facilities.”

He did explain, however, that some services such as coronary angiogram and MRI services were affected negatively

Amateur astronauts is billionaire Jared Isaacman, 38, who invested an undisclosed sum in the trip.

He made his fortune from a paymentprocessing company he founded aged 16.

The 29-year-old childhood cancer survivor, Hayley Arceneux, was also on board. The hospital research worker also became America’s youngest person to go to space.

They were joined by contestant winners Chris Sembroski, 42, who works as

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a data engineer, and Sian Proctor, 51, a community college teacher. Sian Proctor is SpaceX’s first black female spacecraft pilot and only the fourth black female astronaut to go into space.

Proctor said: “There have been three black female astronauts that have made it to space and knowing that I’m going to be the fourth means I have this opportunity to not only accomplish my dream, but also inspire, and inspire the next generation of women and girls of colour.”

for a few hours.

The health sector has nearly three million employees and the health minister ex‐ plained that of the 3,000 suspensions, “a large number” are “only temporary.” Ac‐ cording to the minister most of the suspen‐ sions affect support staff, but there are a “few white coats” that have been suspend‐ ed too.

Some people have chosen to resign over the mandatory coronavirus vaccines. Veran said: “A few dozen resignations have been recorded in the country.”

President Emmanuel Macron made coro‐ navirus vaccines compulsory for healthcare workers back in July.

Mallorca cooking show A DUTCH TV cooking show called ‘The Heart of the Mediterranean’ has filmed several seg‐ ments in Mallorca.

Filming began in September in different areas across the island including Mercat del Olivar and the Fornet de la Soca. Local products are showcased as part of the show. Palma City councillor and president of the Palma Film Office, Rodrigo Romero explained: “This type of programme publi‐ cises the culture and local products of Mal‐ lorca, and attracts cultural tourism interest‐

ed in culture and of higher quality.”

The series, produced by Backbone Market‐ ing, contains a total of 12 chapters dedicated to local products from Mallorca, highlighting its culinary wealth. In each episode, traditional Mallorcan recipes are fused with local produce and Dutch cuisine. In addition, the series is linked to the publication of a book that will col‐ lect these recipes. This series will be broadcast on the main television network in the Nether‐ lands and even more on other communica‐ tion channels.

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Spain continues to be a favourite destination for expatriates, including those making the most of their retirement years. There are many benefits to living here, but you need to navigate a foreign tax regime and understand how it affects you. And one key difference between UK and Spanish taxation is Spain’s imposition of a ‘wealth tax’.

Wealth tax and pensions Wealth tax is payable on the net value of most of your capital assets – real estate, investments, shareholdings, jewellery, art, cars etc.

There are some exclusions, and it is

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Spanish wealth tax - are your pensions included?

Wealth tax is effectively an annual tax on your capital assets, payable in addition to income and capital gains taxes. The value of your assets is added up as at 31 December, and if the total exceeds the available allowances, the excess is subject to wealth tax. Spanish residents are liable on worldwide assets, non-residents on Spanish assets.

The allowances are high, so it’s wealthier people who are affected by this tax – but whether or not your pension is included could make a significant difference. For UK nationals, Brexit has unfortunately had an impact here.

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exempt from wealth tax, a ruling by Spain’s Directorate-General for Tax concluded that non-EU pension plans do not qualify for the wealth tax exemption. Binding ruling V1049-19 of May 2019 states that: “the consolidated rights and economic rights of pension plans established in non-EU Members States may not benefit from the exemption”.

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not payable on general household contents, pension rights (other than purchased annuities), certain shareholdings in family companies and business assets, and potentially for some antiques and art.

However, although pension plans are generally listed as one of the assets

This means that Spanish wealth tax now applies to a UK pension fund, from the point at which a member can take benefits. Your UK personal pension funds will be added to your other worldwide assets to calculate your annual tax liability.

You could try defending your pension plan with the tax authorities. Alternatively, consider transferring your funds into a Spanish or EU pension plan, such as an EU-based Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS).

Wealth tax rates and allowances Each individual benefits from a personal tax-free allowance of €700,000 (€500,000 in Comunidad Valenciana and Cataluña). Residents also have a €300,000 main home allowance.

Wealth tax rates vary in the Autonomous Regions: In Valenciana rates range from 0.25% to 3.5%; in Murcia from 0.24% to 3%; in Andalucía from 0.2% to 2.5%; in Cataluña from 0.21% to 2.75% and in the Balearic Islands from 0.28% to 3.45%. Madrid currently provides a 100% tax-free relief Tax planning If wealth tax or other Spanish taxes concern you, ask a specialist tax and wealth management adviser to review your tax planning and the way you own assets – there may be options to reduce your wealth tax liability. For example, there are compliant tax-effi-

cient investment structures that can allow you to reduce your income and wealth tax bills in Spain.

If you’re worried about the impact of your UK pensions, an adviser can talk you through the options. You could, for example, transfer your funds into a Spanish arrangement or EU-based QROPS that will qualify for the wealth tax exemption. Doing so could also unlock other benefits not usually available to UK pensions, such as currency and estate planning flexibility. The UK’s 25% Overseas Transfer Charge does not currently apply to EU transfers, so this is a good time to review your position.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; individuals should seek personalised advice.

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Proof of status call

THE governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have called on their UK coun‐ terparts to offer some form of physical proof of settled or pre‐settled status to EU citi‐ zens.

According to the Scottish Government, “Currently, EU cit‐ izens who have secured settled

or pre‐settled status have no way of proving with physical documentation that they have the right to reside in the UK, po‐ tentially causing problems for their employment and access to services.”

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland ministers have written a joint letter in which they have

Energy losses

ENERGY suppliers Iberdrola and Endesa lost €4.9 billion of market capital‐ isation in the space of two days after the Spanish government announced measures to control electricity prices in Spain.

The government approved a package of measures to lower electricity bills for consumers. This hit both Endesa and Iberdrola hard and their shares fell by 3.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent respectively on Wednesday, September 15. The Council of Ministers on Tuesday September 14 ap‐ proved a royal decree which limited electricity prices with a temporary re‐ duction of the excess remuneration that electricity providers receive, amongst other measures.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs questioned the move stating: “These measures appear to go against the current energy market design, and look like a step towards partial regulation of energy bills. As seen in 2013, this could be in breach of the EU Energy Directive.”

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voiced their concern over the lack of a physical form of proof.

The letter was sent to Kevin Foster, UK Minister for Future Borders and Immigration and it has been signed by Minister for Europe Jenny Gilruth, Wales’ Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt, Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill.

They believe a physical docu‐ ment, in addition to the existing digital proof, would give EU citi‐ zens additional security and re‐ assurance. They also believe that it would help prevent dis‐ crimination and help out em‐ ployers too.

The letter said: “We all have an obligation under the Euro‐ pean Union (Withdrawal Agree‐ ment) Act 2020 to ensure that EU citizens are treated fairly.”

Adding, “All other groups are given physical proof. It cannot be right to deny EU citizens the reassurance that is offered to other migrant groups.”

There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. Today, there are around three trillion trees and 400 billion stars.

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Readers’ poll

Readers split over mandatory vaccines

A RECENT Euro Weekly News poll over whether health work‐ ers should be forced to have the Covid vaccine has split reader opinions, with some arguing in defence of human rights and others putting the needs of vul‐ nerable patients first.

The poll asking whether the jab should be mandatory for health workers, saw a narrow majority of 59.5 per cent of EWN readers saying they be‐ lieve workers should be forced to have the vaccine to keep their jobs.

Meanwhile, a further 40.5 per cent said they believed it was up to the individual to choose whether they had the jab.

The controversial issue of mandatory vaccines for some workers sparked a lively debate among EWN readers on Face‐

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Vaccine for health workers. book following the news that France had fired 3,000 health care professionals who refused to be vaccinated.

Many readers told the EWN they thought it was the respon‐ sibility of those looking after the vulnerable to protect their pa‐ tients, with one man, Kenneth Carslund, saying: “If they want to work in that area yes. They are there to heal and protect.

Not to in the worst case kill.”

Another reader, Denice Carter, argued that other vaccines are already mandatory for health workers.

She said: “I had to have the flu jab when working for the NHS, so yes you should. That’s what your job is all about, looking after others.”

However, others took to Facebook to slam the decision of some countries to enforce vaccines, saying it failed work‐ ers’ human rights.

Mark Hatchett said: “No, they shouldn’t have to, it’s their personal choice to take it or not, same as every citizen’s choice.”

Countries including the UK, Italy and France have all made vaccines mandatory for some health workers.

Italian man arrested

POLICE in Barcelona have arrested an Italian man suspected of belonging to the Mafia.

Officers from the Guardia Civil arrested the 42‐ year‐old who had been wanted by the Italian au‐ thorities since 2017. The man had been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for Mafia‐related activities in Italy.

The Guardia Civil discovered the man had been living in Spain for more than three years to evade justice in Italy and used security systems to avoid being caught.

Maximum coin allowance

The detainee was approached by officers of the Guardia Civil near the Plaza de la Universidad in Barcelona as he left his home. The operation was carried out by officers of the Judicial Police of the Guardia Civil together with the Escape Team of Jus‐ tice of the Central Operational Unit.

The arrest was the result of the Guardia Civil working with the Italian authorities to track down wanted criminals living in Spain. Several other members of Italian organised crime gangs have been arrested as a result of the operation.

MANY people like to use up the spare change accumu‐ lated in their wallets or purses. Yet few realise that busi‐ nesses can refuse to take more than 50 coins and banks can apply a fee for having to use technical or human re‐ sources to count large numbers of loose change.

Article 11 of EU Regulation number 2169/2015 states that “no party shall be obliged to accept more than 50 coins in a single payment.” Banks in Spain sometimes use this clause as a reason to not accept payments at the window.

However, they can provide the service, particularly to businesses that usually end up with a large amount of coins. But they must provide a receipt stating the amount, indicate that the payment is subject to count‐ ing and apply a commission fee.

“The collection of this commission does not deviate from good banking practices, as long as it is duly in‐ formed of its existence and of the way to calculate its amount,” emphasised the Bank of Spain.

IS bride claim

SHAMIMA BEGUM allegedly told friends in private she would never betray any of the Brits she knows who joined IS. The 22‐year‐ old jihadi bride claimed this week she no longer posed any threat to the country and could be an asset in the fight against terror‐ ism. She also claimed Boris Johnson and his government didn’t know what they were do‐ ing.

However, it has since been alleged by a source that she has sworn not to reveal the identities of any other Brits who also left the UK and joined the ranks of IS. The source de‐ scribed this as a red line for Begum. However, she has talked about helping to de‐radicalise children and stop them from following in her footsteps.

Begum told Good Morning Britain she was “dumb” for running away from her home in Bethnal Green in East London when she was just 15 years old to join IS in Syria.

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Francoist medals withdrawn

A new Royal decree.

THE Minister of Labour, Yolanda Diaz is set to withdraw the Medal of Merit from members of the Franco dictatorship.

A new Royal decree has been published by the Ministry of Labour that can remove medals from people whose be‐ haviour is considered to be “incompatible with democratic values.”

Diaz plans to withdraw the medal of merit from members of the Franco dictatorship who remain on the list of recipients and who still hold the medal. The medal is con‐ sidered to be one of the most important that the Spanish state can award to civilians.

The new Royal decree was published on Mon‐ day, September 20, by the Ministry of Labour and included updated regulations regarding the medal. Article 10 estab‐ lishes the Medal may be subject to review and/or withdrawn for conduct incompatible with “civic and professional exem‐ plarity.”

Or when the beneficia‐ ry has formed part of “the apparatus of repres‐ sion of the Franco dicta‐ torship.”

The decree also means that medals can also be withdrawn from recipi‐ ents who are considered to be “responsible for acts constituting an of‐ fence” or who have “en‐ gaged in conduct incom‐ patible with democratic values and the guiding principles for the protec‐ tion of human rights.”

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Spanish Sport Investment PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez has announced that the upcoming investment in Spanish sport will be “historic” and will exceed previous levels by 40 per cent.

Speaking to Olympians and Paralympians at a ceremony in Madrid, Sanchez said they are “the best representatives our country could have.”

Their results “confirm not only the strengths of our sport as a world power in many disciplines, but also give us good reason to believe that Span‐ ish Olympic sport is on the verge of a new cycle of success and expansion,” he said.

“Tokyo 2020 was the start of a new era in pub‐ lic policies to support Olympic and Paralympic sport in our country, with the largest budget ever allocated after Barcelona 92.”

“Between 2019 and 2023 we are going to dedicate €1 billion to sport, almost 40 per cent more than in the period 2015‐2018. We are able to make this commitment because we are the only European country that has made THROUGHOUT history, pan‐ demics have been a key driver of human population change, thanks to mortality and declining fertility rates. A new study shows Covid‐19 is no exception.

The research (Early Assessment of the Relationship Between the Covid‐19 Pandemic and Births in High‐Income Countries) reported that births declined by 8.4 per cent in Spain and by 7.1 per cent

Investment will exceed previous levels. sport one of the levers of economic recovery,” he added.

Sanchez also praised the sporting representa‐ tives as a “living expression of the richness and di‐ versity of our country, and an example of being welcoming and of integration. A living example of the value of sport in the face of discrimination, in‐ tolerance and extremism.”

The next Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Paris in 2024.

Covid birthrate decline in the United States.

In their research, Sanders and his co‐authors reported on the re‐ lationship between the Covid‐19 pandemic and births for 22 high‐ income countries. They found particularly strong declines in southern Europe: Italy (‐9.1 per cent), Spain (‐8.4 per cent) and

Portugal (‐6.6 per cent), while Denmark, Finland, Germany, and The Netherlands saw no decline at all.

Of the results, the authors wrote: “When compared to the large fall in southern Europe, the relative stability of [crude birth rates] in northern Europe points

THE Education at a Glance 2021 report, presented on September 16 by the Organisation for Eco‐ nomic Cooperation and Develop‐ ment (OCDE), revealed that 19.9 per cent of Spanish youths are nei‐ ther in work nor education.

Italy took first place with a high‐ er share of young people who nei‐ ther work nor study at 24.8 per cent, while Greece, with 19.3 per cent, was third. According to edu‐ cation and employment experts, the coronavirus pandemic may explain why Spain has fallen be‐ hind other European countries, such as Germany, Norway and Sweden, where the percentage of NEETs is far less, standing at an av‐ erage of 10 per cent.

“The pandemic destroyed many of the jobs that young people can easily access without needing train‐ to the role of policies in support of families and employment in re‐ ducing any impact on births.”

Author Seth Sanders said: “The bottom line is that there was a lot of variation across countries in the decline. We don’t address why, but we think a lot of it has to do with the degree of economic dis‐ ruption, coupled with the degree of social support in the absence of employment.”

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Youth not working

Many Spanish youths are neither in work nor education. ing, particularly in the services sec‐ tor,” said Nacho Sequeira, the managing director of Fundación Ex‐ it (Exit Foundation), an organisation dedicated to helping vulnerable youngsters join the workforce.

“The labour market is polarised.

There are highly trained people in sectors such as technology, while those in more difficult situations

are condemned to temporary work and constantly losing their job. This has intensified with the pandemic,” he added.

Many youngsters were also forced to work from home. Prob‐ lems with internet access in some rural areas of the country had a detrimental effect on their educa‐ tion.

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DREAM comes true. A family have been reunited with their long lost cat who had been missing for a staggering 10 years.

Luckily 12‐year‐old cat Forbes was spotted in Aberdeen, looking in need of some TLC and medical treatment. He was discovered only two miles from his family home, which he had gone missing from a decade ago.

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TV unity

ITV, STV, Sky, and Channel 4 have joined forces to promote the Daily Mile and transform children’s health. The campaign comes as part of a £10 mil‐ lion commitment from broadcasters to improve the physical and mental health of children.

The initiative is effective at getting children back in‐ to fitness after school clo‐ sures caused by the coron‐ avirus. According to ITV: “The Daily Mile is inclusive and accessible to all. It en‐ courages children to run,

jog, wheel or walk at their own pace outdoors for 15 minutes every day, and im‐ proves concentration and attainment in class.”

Annabel Barratt, ITV’s Se‐ nior Manager of Social Pur‐ pose explained how the pro‐ gramme boosts children’s mental well‐being: “We’re incredibly proud of the suc‐ cess of our partnership with the Daily Mile so far. After the last school year was so difficult, ITV wants to use our platform and reach to encourage more healthy choices, and we’re so

DAILY MILE: Will help to transform children’s health. pleased Sky and Channel 4 are on board too.”

The Daily Mile was founded by Elaine Wyllie MBE who said: “Thank you to ITV, STV, Sky and Chan‐ nel 4. Their help to raise awareness is so important.

It’s been brilliant to see

children returning to school and back to The Dai‐ ly Mile. They are all having fun together outdoors and staying fit in a way that comes naturally to them.

This has never been as im‐ portant as it is now,” said Elaine.

Elton John cancels dates

SIR ELTON JOHN has postponed the remaining UK and Euro‐ pean dates of his 2021 Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. The singer said the decision was taken “with great sadness and a heavy heart.” The dates are set to be rescheduled.

The 74‐year‐old explained on Twitter: “At the end of my sum‐ mer break I fell awkwardly on a hard surface and have been in considerable pain and discomfort in my hip ever since.” He added, “Despite intensive physio and specialist treatment, the pain has continued to get worse and is leading to increasing diffi‐ culties moving. I have been advised to have an operation as soon as possible.”

Sir Elton will still play at the Global Citizen charity event in late September as he does not want “to let the charity down.” He continued, “Being just five songs it’s a very different physical un‐ dertaking to the demands of playing for close to three hours ev‐ ery night on tour and travelling overnight between countries.”

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Hitting pockets HOUSEHOLDS across Spain are already feeling the unprece‐ dented rise in electricity prices.

Both private customers and businesses are being hit hard. In August average electricity bills grew by over 30 per cent com‐ pared to those seen in the same month in 2020. Many people have seen other prices increase too, not just their electricity bill.

High energy prices are the main reason that inflation has also increased. This is true all across the European continent.

In August, general consumer prices grew by over 3 per cent compared to those a year earli‐ er. Reportedly, 38 per cent of this increase is due to the rise in electricity prices.

According to estimates, most households in Spain spend about 3.6 per cent of their bud‐ get paying for electricity. Many common expenses are linked to the consumer price index (CPI).

This includes rent, pensions, some salaries, road tolls and other municipal charges such as public parking. This means high electricity prices affect other ar‐ eas of daily life in Spain.

Afghan refugee donation

THE Minister for Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares, has an‐ nounced that Spain will con‐ tribute €20 million in humanitar‐ ian assistance to the Afghan crisis, of which at least €7 million will be delivered this year.

Albares, who made the an‐ nouncement during his speech at the Afghanistan Humanitari‐ an Aid Conference held by videoconference from Geneva, said Spain is committed to the Afghan people and the need to provide urgent aid “to avoid the drama of a humanitarian crisis of major proportions.”

The minister also praised the efforts of those assisting the many displaced people and vic‐ tims in the Afghan crisis and, in particular, those who have lost their lives in this effort. “It is es‐ sential to ensure that humani‐ tarian actors can carry out their work in safety and security,” he said.

“We are not going to turn our backs on this crisis. Spain will continue to work so that the many years invested in creating

€20 million given in aid. a better future for the country have not been in vain,” he added.

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Madrid student party

AROUND 25,000 students gathered at Madrid University on Friday, September 17, to celebrate the start of the aca‐ demic year with a botellón (bottle party). Police said with‐ out a prepared operation, dis‐ solving the crowd was “an al‐ most impossible task.”

Instead, officers limited themselves to checking that there were no incidents and guarded the entrances and ex‐ its to the subway. Images of the night party soon flooded social media, attracting thou‐ sands more to the event. Sub‐ way platforms were also full of young people.

AN ex‐hacker took to TikTok to reveal the tricks to find hidden cameras in Airbnb apart‐ ments. The accommodation platform is the most popular way to rent flats or rooms as a cheaper alternative to hotels. However, there may be a sinister risk when using this type of service.

Thousands of complaints have come to light from customers who discovered cameras installed in the homes. In most cases, they were small cameras, hidden in order to record

BOTTLE PARTY: Around 25,000 students attended.

There were no major inci‐ dents and police never entered the premises. However, an am‐ bulance entered to treat some‐ one in an alcoholic coma in front of the Law School. The size of the crowds meant it

took the vehicle 10 minutes to advance just over 20 metres to reach the student.

The first revellers arrived at the facilities around 11pm at night and the last ones left the campus at 7am.

Airbnb camera trick the guests covertly. Marcus Hutchins, a British hacker who works as a cybersecurity re‐ searcher, has revealed through his TikTok ac‐ count (@malwaretech), how to detect these devices. The trick is to shine a bright light on any technological product that is in a suspi‐ cious position or oriented towards a specific place. A blue reflection is an indication where a

camera is hidden. It is easier to discover the cameras with the lights off. The video earned more than 20 million views, with Hutchins confirming that “you are going to want to check any suspicious device or hole that is in front of the shower, the dressing room or the bed.” He advises checking locations such as fire alarms, plugs and alarm clocks.

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Global health call

SPANISH Health Minister Car‐ olina Darias has called for a strong global health system to protect against future health threats, such as the Covid‐19 pandemic.

Speaking at the 71st WHO‐Eu‐ ro Regional Committee, Darias said Spain suports the search for “extraordinary global responses to global health emergencies.”

“No country and no region will be safe until we are all safe,” she said. To date, Spain has donated more than six million vaccines to Latin America through the COV‐ AX mechanism, and will contin‐ ue to collaborate with third countries in 2021 to reach the 22.5 million committed.

She confirmed that Spain is committed to promoting multi‐ lateralism and defending public health in Europe and around the world, supporting the leadership of the World Health Organisa‐ tion in all its areas, especially when it comes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.

Darias reiterated Spain’s com‐ mitment to work hand in hand with the World Health Organisa‐

tion (WHO) and the WHO‐Eu‐ rope Regional Committee in pro‐ moting healthy living and well being throughout the world.

She also stressed the need to increase response and resilience capacities, as well as multilateral

coordination, in order to leave no one behind, as one of the lessons learned from the Covid‐ 19 pandemic. National health systems, much like Spain’s sys‐ tem or the NHS, had played a key role, she added.

Drone yacht deliveries HOME food deliveries are commonplace nowadays with just a few taps on an app needed to place your order. But what happens if you are sailing off the coast of Ibiza in a beautiful yacht and you suddenly get hun‐ gry?

This summer, the solu‐ tion arrived in the form of DroneToYacht, a company that uses electric drones to deliver food to vessels moored a few miles off the coast. The app was built by the Spanish company Aero‐ camaras and has already caused a sensation in the Mediterranean.

The drones travel at a

Drones deliver food.

maximum speed of 32 knots and are equipped with a 20‐metre reel to lower the food to the hun‐ gry customers. Multiple hospitality outlets have signed up to the platform giving plenty of choice. The firm is already considering expanding its operation to other places in Spain, and also the Caribbean.

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Amazon anniversary

AMAZON SPAIN is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The com‐ pany has invested a staggering €6,800 million in Spain since it set up operation Sunshine a decade ago.

Ruth Diaz and her team launched Amazon into the country, at a point in time when online shopping was not all that popular. She said: “At

Ten years in Spain.

Vets training offer THE College of Veterinarians in Almeria is offering extra training to professionals working with animals.

This training will take place from September 25 until May 2022, and the initial sessions will be taught online. In the last session, at‐ tendees can take part in person at the headquarters of the Official College of Veterinarians in Almeria, where they will be hosting a party for those who attended the training.

The director of Zooclinic, Jaume Roig Sastre, will be the speaker responsible for the training. He is qualified as an advisor and evalua‐ tor in the procedures of accreditation of professional competencies through work experience and non‐formal training.

The sessions will run until May 7 with the delivery of accredita‐ tions and a party at the College headquarters.

Registrations to attend the course can be made until September 23, with discounts for members. For more information, contact 950 250 666.

Amazon we always think big, but 10 years ago we couldn’t imagine what we would achieve.”

Diaz is now vice president of Amazon Fashion Europe. Be‐ fore joining Amazon Spain she worked in international general management for 18 years. She made the decision to opt for Amazon in Spain to join a small team that was doing something new and exciting.

She explained: “It was a nice project. It had the codename Sunshine. We started with a small but motivated team.” She added, “Spain had a very low penetration in e‐commerce, there was little on offer and we wanted to do something big.”

When Amazon started in Spain it only had a small work‐ force and no head offices. The company has now grown to be one of the top 15 employers in Spain. It is expected by the end of 2021 that Amazon will have a staggering 15,000 permanent employees. Amazon now has over 30 centres in Spain and has invested millions of euros over the last 10 years.

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MARKS & SPENCER blamed Brexit supply woes for its upcoming French store closures. The company announced they will close 11 of its French stores by the end of the year.

Managing director of M&S International, Paul Friston, commented that: “The lengthy and complex export processes now in place following the UK’s exit from the European Union are significantly constraining the sup-

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SUPPLY WOES: Following the UK’s exit from the EU. ply of fresh and chilled product from the UK into Europe

Harry and Meghan influence TIME magazine named Harry and Meghan among the 100 most influential people. The list includes 54 women and 46 men.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made the list along with US President Joe Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US president Donald Trump. The list is made up of people from across society and also includes Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, and singers Britney Spears and Billie Eilish.

Speaking about the list, Time magazine editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said that all the people included were “extraordinary leaders from around the world working to build a better future.” Felsenthal also said that these people “in a year of crisis have leaped into the fray.”

Chef Jose Andres who founded the World Kitchen charity believes that Harry and Meghan are full of compassion. He said: “In a world where everyone has an opinion about people they don’t know, the Duke and Duchess have compassion for people they don’t know.” He added, “They don’t just opine, they run towards the struggle.”

and continuing to impact product availability for customers and the performance of our business in France.”

The nine stores based at railway stations and airports in France in partnership with Lagardere Travel Retail are expected to continue trading as normal. The M&S website in France will not be affected.

Friston added: “The supply chain complexities in place following the UK’s exit from the European Union, now make it near impossible for us to serve fresh and chilled products to customers to the high standards they expect, resulting in an ongoing impact to the performance of our business.”

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Former Doctor arrested Catalan future discussed THE Guardia Civil arrested former doctor Noelia de Mingo for stabbing two women in Madrid. She was previously convicted of killing three people at the Foundation in Madrid in 2003.

De Mingo was working as a doctor at the Madrid Foundation in 2003 when she suf‐ fered from a psychotic breakdown and killed three people. The latest incident occurred on Monday, September 20. She was arrested for assaulting two women in the Madrid town of El Molar. The former doctor had lived in the town since she was released from psychiatric care.

The attacker headed into a supermarket on Avenida de España and stabbed one of the cashiers before escaping the confusion. She then headed to a nearby pharmacy and

Woman had a breakdown. stabbed another woman with a knife. She is now being held by the Guardia Civil at their command post in El Molar.

Emergency services rushed to the scene to stabilise the women before taking them to nearby facilities. A 46‐year‐old woman is said to be in a serious condition after being trans‐ ferred by helicopter to the Hospital 12 de Oc‐ tubre. The second victim was taken to La Paz.

AUTHORITIES met in Spain on September 14 to discuss the future of Catalonia. Not much progress was made other than an agreement to hold regular meetings for as long as it takes to reach a conclusion.

Relations between Barcelona and Madrid have been tense since Catalan sep‐ aratists attempted a unilater‐ al break in October 2017.

However, authorities on both sides believe the meeting is a step forward as there has been no other dialogue since February 2020.

Thousands line the streets THOUSANDS of people gathered in Barcelona to protest against the expansion of the El Prat airport, on Sunday, Septem‐ ber 19, demanding a more sustainable economic model that is not based on in‐ tensive growth.

The protest, brought together environ‐ mental organisations, social movements, all of whom are opposed to all kinds of

new infrastructures in Catalonia. Police cal‐ culated an attendance of 10,000 people, a figure that the organisers raised to 90,000.

The motto of the protest is Extensions, no. Fighting for the climate, health and life.

The protest was called long before the stoppage of the El Prat expansion was de‐ cided due to lack of political consensus and has been maintained to make clear the op‐

position of these organisations to any oth‐ er project for the growth of this infrastruc‐ ture. The high point of the campaign for the protesters against the expansion was the invitation to the Vice President of the Government and Minister Yolanda Díaz to visit La Ricarda, an area of high environ‐ mental value that would be most affected by the planned expansion.

Spanish President Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and Pere Aragonès of the Catalan Re‐ publican Left (ERC) both ad‐ mitted that they have very different views on the sub‐ ject of independence. How‐ ever, they agreed it was im‐ portant to keep dialogue and communication channels open.

The differences were evi‐ dent at the news conference after the meeting. Aragonès is pushing for full amnesty for those who were tried and convicted for their part in the secession attempt in 2017.

Nine of those involved were pardoned this year by the Sánchez government. He also defends a new referendum for residents after opinion sur‐ veys have shown almost an even split over the issue.

“Catalan society cannot go through any more cleavages and fractures,” said Sánchez about a new referendum.

“Images are important from a political viewpoint,” he added.

Aragonès agreed on the importance of “showcasing the value of the negotiation and creating trust.”

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RARE albino pond turtle. A resident of the Catalonian city of Tarragona reported the discovery in Terra Alta of a very small white turtle hatchling, which subsequently turned out that the creature was in fact an albino leprous turtle, one of the native semiaquatic tortoise species of the Iberian Penin‐ sula, yet lacking any skin pigmentation in both the eyes and the skin, a condition which is extremely rare, but sometimes it happens, thanks to genetic mutations, and is in danger of extinction in this country.

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Pfizer recalls anti-smoking treatment P F I Z E R is voluntarily re‐ calling all batches of its anti‐smoking drug Chantix ‐ which is marketed in Eu‐ rope as Champix ‐ due to high levels of cancer‐caus‐ ing agents called ni‐ trosamines being detected in the pills.

According to a statement last Thursday, September 16, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this recall is for all 0.5mg and 1mg varenicline lozenge batches, stating their belief that prolonged ingestion of the drug can

lead to a “potential in‐ creased risk of cancer in humans, but there is no immediate risk for patients taking this drug.”

As a result, on Friday, S e p t e m b e r 1 7 , t h e F DA said that patients taking the recalled drug “should continue to take their cur‐ rent drug until their phar‐ macist provides a replace‐ ment, or their doctor prescribes a different treatment,” adding, “The health benefits of quitting smoking outweigh the can‐ cer risk from the ni‐ trosamine impurity in varenicline.”

Pfizer had initially paused the distribution of the drug in June and has already recalled several batches of the drug, with the company saying at the time that this distribution pause was carried out as a precaution, pending fur‐ ther testing, but, Pfizer then extended the recall to additional batches of the anti‐smoking drug in Au‐ gust.

EU fishing approval

Post-Brexit Gibraltar delay

THE EU has adopted a proposal for sustainable fishing oppor‐ tunities for 2022 in the Mediterranean. The proposal pro‐ motes the sustainable management of fish stocks in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas and delivers on the politi‐ cal commitments made in the MedFish4Ever and Sofia Decla‐ rations.

Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Vir‐ ginijus Sinkevicius, said: “Sustainable fisheries management in all of the EU’s sea basins is our commitment and responsibility.

While we have seen some improvement in recent years in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, we are still far from reaching sustainable levels and more effort is needed to achieve this goal. We are, therefore, today making our proposal for fish catches in the two sea basins fully reliant on scientific advice.”

The ultimate objective is to reach the maximum sustainable yield ‐ the amount of fish that fishers can take out of the sea without compromising the regeneration and future productivi‐ ty of the stock ‐ by January 1, 2025, at the latest.

THE Regional Ministry of Health and Fam‐ ilies has reported that Listeria monocyto‐ genes has been detected in a batch of fresh goat’s and cow’s milk cheese from the company Quesos Los Vázquez SL. The batch was distributed in Sevilla, Cadiz and Huelva.

According to the company from Castilleja del Campo (Sevilla) listeria was detected in a 250‐gram package of the cheese with an expiry date of 07.10.21.

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THE UK’s Brexit intentions were made public five years ago and this also signalled Gibraltar’s wish to leave the European Union (EU).

However, after all this time, the region is still waiting for an interna‐ tional treaty that will ensure shared prosperity on both sides of the bor‐ der. Spain’s new Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, said that he considers the matter “a priority,” but there is still no proof of when the negotiation of that long‐awaited agreement will begin.

Numerous delays mean that Gibrexit is now stuck in technical talks between the 27 other coun‐ tries that make up the bloc.

Food alert They have launched the protocol for the withdrawal of the product, and they have notified their customers.

Anyone who has consumed this prod‐ uct and has presented symptoms compat‐ ible with listeriosis such as vomiting, diar‐ rhoea or fever, should head to their health centre.

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Young Scientists SPANISH youngster, Carla Caro Villanova has won €7,000 for her work on a support vector machine on D‐Wave’s quantum annealer.

Among the many research topics were quantum computing, innovative solar cells and a statistical investigation into gender stereotyping in five to seven year olds.

The second and third prizes were granted to projects from Bulgaria, Czechia, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Belarus, and Canada.

Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for In‐ novation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said, “Congratulations to all winners of this year’s contest on their out‐ standing achievement. The last year has shown us the importance of excellent re‐ search and innovation in overcoming crises that affect all of us. This competi‐ tion celebrates a new generation of tal‐ ents whose discoveries and innovations will be essential to shape the future we want to live in. I’m really proud of our youth’s exceptional work.”

The EU Contest for Young Scientists was set up by the European Commission in 1989 to encourage cooperation and ex‐ change between young scientists and to give them the opportunity to be guided by some of Europe’s most prominent re‐ searchers.

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Falsified prescriptions Hunting banned O F F I C E R S from the National Police have arrested a 69-year-old who was formally employed at a health centre in Gijion, as the alleged perpetrator of crimes against public health and fraud. The man is believed to have fraudulently purchased medicines using 1,263 false prescriptions, worth a staggering €45,800.

The man is a resident of Gijon’s Pumarin neighbourhood, and he had bought medicines from multiple pharmacies in the area. Police are also investigating the possibility that he had been selling medicines abroad via the Internet.

The issue first came to light in April after a complaint was filed by an official of the Health Services of the Principality of Asturias. The official had detected that synthetic opiates of a potent variety were being purchased using forged prescriptions.

During the investigation

MEDICINES: Were bought from multiple pharmacies. officers discovered that over 1,200 prescriptions had been stamped using a stamp which had previously been stolen from a Gijon health centre.

It turns out that the man had been using various identities when making purchases, which made it all the more difficult to identify him.

The man had also been assigning the prescriptions to various patients who belonged to the health centre where the stamp was stolen from.

Police set about monitoring the various pharmacies

where the purchases had been made from. They eventually were able to locate a potential suspect, who had been caught on CCTV. Police identified him as a former employee of the health centre. The man had worked with the health centre until 2010 when he had obtained the medical stamp.

He had also accessed confidential patient data.

When police searched the man’s house they discovered medical prescriptions and private data too.

They also discovered drugs at the property.

THE hunting of wolves is now banned across Spain with new regulations that came into force on Wednesday, September 22.

As of Tuesday, September 21, the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus) was included in the List of Species under Special Protection Regime. This means that from Wednesday the hunting of the species across Spain is now banned, according to the order of the Ministry for Ecological Transition.

The decision to protect the species is said to have been a close one, but wolves have now been added to the (LESPRE) list and the Spanish Catalogue of Endangered Species. The As‐ sociation for the Conservation and Study of the Iberian Wolf (ASCEL) had requested that wolves in Spain be considered as vulnerable.

Previously the hunting of wolves had been allowed to the north of the river Duero. To the south, the hunting of wolves was forbidden as they were already in the LESPRE list. This was due to the fact that the number of wolves in the north was said to be favourable.

It is expected the autonomous communities of Galicia, As‐ turias, Cantabria and Castilla y Leon will appeal the decision. The areas are home to 95 per cent of the wolf population in Spain.

WOLVES: Are now a protected species.

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DANISH gardeners are being advised by experts not to get upset if they spot mole hills this autumn as they are beneficial to the garden, eating pests and as insular creatures will fight off other moles whilst hills can be flattened.

AFFRONTED by a Russian Government law requiring that French Champagne exported to that country should have the added message ‘sparkling wine’ on its labels, the Interprofessional Champagne Wines Committee asked its members to boycott Russia in July, but has now reversed that decision.

THE NETHERLANDS Wrong man THE Dutch government has acknowledged that it wrongly gave information to Spanish police leading to the arrest of former pilot Julio Poch, who then spent eight years in an Argentine jail after allegedly being involved in Junta death flights. He will be compensated with €600,000.

BELGIUM Buy a Fresher THE Rector of Antwerp University is seeking a ban on the auction of first year students (freshers) who when purchased have to spend up to a week undertaking several tasks for his or her ‘master or mistress’ as the rules are not clear on what tasks are set.

GERMANY Hunger strike A group of young climate activists who call themselves the ‘last generation’ are camped outside the Reichstag in Berlin on hunger strike which they say they will keep up until the three main candidates to replace Angela Merkel come to speak to them.

NORWAY Embassy squatters ACCORDING to a Taliban spokesman, the fact that there are some 60 odd members of that group living in the Norwegian Embassy in Kabul, is because they are doing so to protect the abandoned Embassy from theft and it remains the sovereign property of the Norwegian Government.

FINLAND Too Green Party THE Finnish Green Party has lost more than 50 members in days after the party voted in favour of an initiative calling for the legalisation of cannabis in Finland by a very close 183 votes to 181, according to a report by news group Uutissuomalainen.

SWEDEN Heterosexual ban A GAY priest in Sweden has taken a stance against the option given to priests to refuse to marry same sex couples as a matter of conscience, so to highlight what he considers to be an absurd rule, he has now declined to marry heterosexual couples.

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Mind the Gap LAST July, US fashion group Gap indicated that it intended to pull out of the UK market completely, but this is now to change as it has signed a deal with UK retailer Next to be represented online, with some concessions also going in store.

Digital technology SWISS company Wisekey which develops technology following principles based on the understanding that technology shall serve people and not people serve technology has teamed up with Gibraltar and La Linea to create the La Linea / Gibraltar 4th Industrial Revolution Centre of Excellence which was promoted in the USA.

Taking off AIRLINE bosses are furious with the management of Heathrow Airport as it appears that they intend to increase the charge per passenger this year, for long haul almost doubling from £38.33 to £67.86 (according to the Telegraph) in an attempt to recoup pandemic losses.

Power play A NEW Basque startup company Arrecife Systems has discovered a way of creating electricity by imitating the action of reefs which break down the power of waves and in this case, by using turbines they can harness the power of water (even in shallow rivers) to extract power.

Turned down A FATHER and son business based in Bristol, Revolutionworks were initially disappointed when their invention that made a push bike an electric bike by adding a lightweight motor was turned down in July on Dragon’s Den UK. One of the reasons was because they refused to outsource production to China as they wanted to continue to produce the motor in England and whilst the investment was not forthcoming, they have been encouraged by the publicity they received.

An added benefit was the number of customers who have said that they are happy to buy British.

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is the amount that a collector paid to purchase at STAT OF auction a vintage unopened copy of a Super Mario €1.69 million Bros computer game.

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Empty shelves in UK for Xmas IT rather looks like Scrooge could ruin Britain’s Christmas as disputes between major supermarket groups and unions could lead to strikes and empty shelves.

The news is full of the fact that there are insufficient HGV drivers in Britain at the moment due supposedly to a combination of the pan‐ demic and Brexit.

This of course means that lorry drivers are in a position to make themselves heard and this is what is happening

with Tesco drivers and ware‐ house staff.

According to their union, Unite, workers at four Tesco distribution centres have re‐ jected a below inflation pay offer and if their members vote for strike action, Tesco’s shelves will quickly become empty this winter, potential‐ ly affecting the Christmas pe‐ riod.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Tesco’s staff have kept working throughout the pan‐

LEGALLY SPEAKING Can lawyer retain funds?

Two months ago a friend sold her house. The es‐ tate agency accepted the initial €6,000 deposit (which they are holding on to) and four weeks later her lawyer accepted the 10 per cent deposit minus €6,000.

This was a non‐refundable deposit.

Her lawyer is refusing to pay this deposit into her ac‐ count saying that the deposits are part of the full pur‐ chase price and will be paid to her, minus fees and costs, on the signing of the escritura. This causes problems for my friend as she needs to put down a deposit to buy an‐ other house, but cannot do so as her lawyer is holding on to the deposit for her house. What is the legal situation?

Can a lawyer legally hold onto a deposit? If not, can my friend insist that the deposit is paid over to her before the signing of the escritura?

D W (Costa Blanca)

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It depends on the YOU AND THE LAW terms of the agree‐ IN SPAIN ment signed with the lawyer. Has she granted Power of Attorney to the lawyer? Does her con‐ tract specify that the lawyer is the depositario of the funds? If she has not done this, then she has the right to claim her funds back.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

SPAIN’S employment continues to rise as economy improves according to Social Security Minister Jose Luis Escriva.

He expanded on the employment situation on Thursday, September 16, as he confirmed that he expected to see a further 80,000 jobs created in September, following on from the 76,000 created in August.

During his speech, he pointed out

demic and that alone surely means they deserve a de‐ cent pay rise. Instead, they are being offered what is, in effect, a pay cut.

“Tesco’s shareholders will be well rewarded out of Tesco’s £3 billion pound profits. Unite is preparing for industrial action now to make sure the workers get their share as well.”

The union argues that Tesco’s ‘full and final pay of‐ fer’ of a 2.5 per cent pay in‐ crease (which workers have

rejected) is actually a pay cut as currently inflation is run‐ ning at 4.8 per cent in the UK. This ballot follows the threat of a strike at delivery group Yodel, after 250 of its couriers voted for industrial action over pay and condi‐ tions, which could affect de‐ liveries for Marks & Spencer, Aldi and Very from Yodel’s three depots in England and Scotland, whilst industrial ac‐ tion is being considered by other groups as well.

In good hands

Qatar and Spain QATAR is a major investor in Spain said Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno during a recent visit to the Middle East country and met with its Deputy Prime Minister.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al‐ Thani said that Spain was one of Qatar’s important partners in the investment and commerce fields.

He confirmed that he agreed with the Spanish minister to en‐ hance that partnership and praised the vision of the Spanish government regarding economic transformation in Spain, saying that Qatar looks forward to being part of that transformation and a supporter of it.

For his part, the Spanish foreign minister stressed his country’s pride in the strong relations with Qatar, noting that Qatar is one of the most influential investors in Spain.

EU problem Exactly how you want it.

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Pre‐planning and pre‐paying at today’s prices ensures that your preferences are respected, and the funeral fees in your plan are guar‐ anteed to be paid, no matter how prices rise in the future.

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Rise in Employment that 540,000 jobs have been created since May of this year and praised the government for the work that it had done to accelerate the economic re‐ covery following the onset of the Covid‐19 pandemic.

In addition, some 300,000 workers

who were supported by the ERTE (fur‐ lough) had also returned to work and the number being supported by the State continued to drop significantly.

Much of the reason for the latest spurt of workers returning to their jobs was thanks to the resurgence of

THE Spanish President raised the matter of electricity prices at the EUMED9 meet‐ ing held in Athens and at‐ tended by leaders of all Eu‐ ropean Union countries with borders to the Mediter‐ ranean.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen joined Pedro Sánchez and eight other EU leaders on Friday September 17 for the EUMED 9 Summit.

In his speech, he made it clear that in his opinion, the matter of electricity price rises should be considered a European Union rather than country by country problem and that the EU member states should look to solve the problem on a European level. travel and tourism, not just visitors ar‐ riving from abroad, but also because of the number of Spaniards who had decided to take their holidays within the country.

The larger the number of people who do return to work, the smaller the financial burden on the tax payer as he estimated that the cost of sup‐ port due to the pandemic was in the region of €40 billion.

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Pedro Sánchez spoke to World Economic Forum

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VIRTUAL SESSION: President Sánchez explained Spain’s strategy.

THE World Economic Forum in Geneva hosted a ‘Country Strategy Dialogue on Spain with President Pedro Sánchez’ for its partners on Tuesday September 14.

It was chaired by Børge Brende, President of the Fo‐ rum and the session gave CEOs from around the world an opportunity to hear di‐ rectly from Sánchez on the factors behind Spain’s re‐ silience to the economic shocks of the pandemic and its post‐Covid‐19 recovery strategy.

In the virtual session, Sánchez explained his gov‐ ernment’s policy priorities and answered questions from CEOs on promoting in‐ novation, a digital economy, a green transition and social justice in Spain, and on im‐ proving the enabling envi‐ ronment for long‐term in‐ vestors.

“After deploying unprece‐ dented economic, financial

and social measures to pro‐ tect our economies, Spain is experiencing strong recov‐ ery. We want to build the economy of the future, and to do it in an inclusive way, leaving no one behind.

“We want to attract top talent and quality, innova‐ tion‐centric investments. In summary, we want to trans‐ form the Spanish economy and we want to do it togeth‐ er with the private sector,” he said.

“The world economy is again growing. Spain is on track to be one of the fastest‐growing economies among G20 countries.

“With Spain being among the key stakeholders in the European Union recovery fund, President Sánchez and his government have provid‐ ed important leadership on how to use the current mo‐ mentum for a truly transfor‐ mative agenda, for Spain, but also for Europe,” com‐

M&S succumbs to Brexit THE latest casualty in the Brexit fall out has been Marks and Spencer which has operated food stores in France for decades.

It has however announced that due to difficulty in supplying its franchisee’s 11 shops in that country with fresh and chilled foods that it has no option other than to pull out of the arrangement.

It will however continue to supply nine stores at French travel hubs in railway and metro stations and may increase its range of frozen items, similar to the arrangements it now has in the Czech Republic.

mented Brende.

More than 80 partners of the World Economic Forum from around the world par‐ ticipated in the virtual ses‐ sion.

BUSINESS EXTRA Vectura sale DESPITE protests from health groups, Philip Morris International, manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes appears to have won its battle to take over British inhaler firm Vectura at a cost of £1 billion (€1.13 billion). Needing 50 per cent approval of shareholders it has reportedly gained three quarters.

Inditex up A HUGE jump in sales by Zara (up from €5.5 billion to €8.5 billion) has helped Spanish clothing and home furnishing retailer Inditex to report a 49 per cent sales jump to €11.94 billion in the first half of the year ending July 31, 2021, when compared to 2020 results.

Robot deliveries THE Co-op Group in the UK has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Amazon Prime, enabling customers to shop online with a promise of same-day delivery.

In addition, it will be extending its trial of using robot machines to make deliveries.

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A powerful machine LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WITHOUT question the news media is the most powerful propaganda machine on the planet. This is why, in any coup or takeover operation, the first places the insurgents or rebels make for are the offices of the newspapers or TV and radio outlets.

Once this is achieved they can deliver their messages and rhetoric to all and sundry.

Although the social media can often give us a broader spectrum of events, the main media is nevertheless still the world’s most influential outlet. Quite often however, it is not what they do report that is the most revealing of their intentions, but what they actually decide to omit.

How often have you said to yourself, whatever happened to ‘so and so’? Or how did that story of what’s his/her name finally pan out? It’s actually quite simple. The censorship of exclusion can often be the most powerful disinformation of all. Did you notice how quickly the assassination of the Saudi journalist Jamal

Khashoggi ultimately disappeared from the front pages? There was no way the Saudi Royal family would be brought down or threatened by the untimely demise of some relatively small time dissident. You can bet some form of high diplomatic influence was brought to bear and the media instructed to play it all down until it was conveniently forgotten, which they duly did. Some weeks ago London’s Mayor Khan announced that he was working on a scheme to purchase council houses to accommodate Afghan refugees.

With indigenous locals and UK veterans sleeping rough and others on long council waiting lists, this statement obviously caused such an indignant outcry with the general public, the leftie media haven’t breathed a word about it since. I also refer you to the glaring lack of publicity on Khan’s ‘houses for Muslims only’ project which is presumably still under way, but has been extremely conspicuous by its absence in any of the major media outlets.

Reports of the efforts to reinstate the young toe‐rag Shamima Begum have also been somewhat sparse over the last few months.

Once again, this is because the public’s reaction would be so hostile it could jeopardise the

whole leftie operation, which you can bet is still under full ‘woke’ throttle with her ethnic legal teams earning fortunes from tax payer’s money in the process. Donald Trump’s achievements while in power (and there were many) were consistently absent from the popular pages.

Were you also aware that with the breaking up of the Arctic ice sheets, methane, a greenhouse gas which is far more harmful than carbon monoxide, is being released into the atmosphere at an alarming rate and could result in temperature changes of four to six degrees centigrade in just TWO decades? This would not only be an utter disaster for the planet, but make cutting CO2 emissions an utter waste of time. Better to not publish that. After all, what would all the Thunderberg ’wokers’ do then?

Protest for God to retilt the Planet? Not to mention endangering the billions about to be earned by the electric car manufacturers.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland Mon and Fri. 1pm till 4.

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Travel

Elche: a city of variety

PALM GROVE: The city boasts a Unesco World Heritage Site.

ELCHE - and its predecessor, La Alcudia, was settled by the Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Goths and Moors. So it is safe to say that the city has some history.

But the city offers far more than museums - in fact, part of its appeal is its variety.

The coastal location provides it the obligatory beach attraction but there are cultural options aplenty for those looking for a more sophisticated experience.

Perhaps the most notable is the Basilica of Santa Maria - an impressive, Arabic-looking

structure well worth a visit. Another must for architecture is the Torre de la Calahorra.

If greenery is your thing then the Palm Grove of Elche should be right up your garden path, having been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

Twinned with six towns - including Toulouse in France Elche is within striking distance of Alicante, for those who want the allure of one of Spain’s largest cities. But Elche should be easily big enough for all travel needs and boasts a number of top restaurants and hotels.

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LOST IN TRANSLATION: A LANGUAGE IN ITS OWN WORLD than two hours due to government cuts rather than the total incompetence of those in ‘command’.

And as for ‘community’ ‐ a group of people whom leftie politicians wrongly believe share the same beliefs, aspirations and vulnerabili‐ ty ‐ one such is a ‘trans(gender) activist’ ac‐ quaintance. When he/she bangs on about how absolutely everything is transphobic, I describe it as ‘transplaining’.

Add to all this those oft‐repeated phrases like: ‘just saying’, ‘must‐have’ and, ugh, ‘stay‐ cation’. Which brings me on to Vajazzle.

Oops! Maybe need to go and look that one up? Just saying...

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TRENDY new words have got themselves in‐ to the latest updates of the Oxford English Dictionary to show that the OED is down with the kids and dead with it. Words like ‘deadname’ (addressing a transgender per‐ son by a former name); ‘glitter bomb’ (a shower of glitter thrown over someone, of‐ ten as a prank or as part of a political protest); ‘tap‐to‐pay’ (using contactless technology); ‘unmute’ (think: Zooming!) and ‘herd mentality’ (thinking like, err, sheep).

Others to make the grade include ‘social distance’, ‘gender pay gap’, ‘me‐too’ and ‘es‐ sential worker’.

But a new study has shown that they don’t stay very long in our vocabulary. They disap‐ pear very fast. Good! Here are some more recent words and phrases that hopefully also fall by the wayside very soon: ‘Right’ and ‘like’ which are used these days

NEW WORDS: Now appear in the latest versions of the Oxford English Dictionary. as nearly every other word by teenagers and youngsters. Not forgetting ‘well good’, ‘cool’ and ‘no way’. How about dropping ‘survivor’ when the word is intended to convey some‐ one who has outlived a life‐threatening situ‐ ation? I’d also add ‘victim’. I mean, who isn’t a ‘survivor’ or ‘victim’ now?

How about ‘austerity’? The reason given by chief constables and council executives

for doing nothing useful but continuing to devote all available resources to meet gen‐ der/diversity targets. You could also include ‘pothole’: a wheel‐smashing black hole in the road deliberately left untended to remind citizens of austerity.

Also ‘government cuts’ as in the Manch‐ ester Fire Brigade held back from helping those in the bombed out Arena for more

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The whole world is going crazy!

MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION

Views of a Grumpy Old Man WELL what a time to be grumpy - the whole world is going to hell in a hand basket! You have the crazy situation in Afghanistan where the USA and UK, after 20 years, decided that Afghans can manage without them only to realise two days after making the announcement the Taliban took over and proved what a waste of time the whole training of an Afghan army was. Time will tell how bad it’s going to get, but my guess is it’s going to be a total disaster especially for the women.

Then there’s the food shortage. It comes to something when Nando’s is the headline story on News at Ten. WHAT is going on? KFC, Greggs, Maccy D’s all running out of food along with Iceland and other supermarkets in the same boat (most likely the Titanic by the sounds of it). I don’t really understand it but it’s all to do with CO2 and the fact that there has been a global rise in the price of gas.

Supermarkets and food firms say the gas price rise has caused a shortage of carbon dioxide which is threatening UK supplies of

meat and fresh produce, as well as fizzy drinks. It follows the shutting down of two large fertiliser plants in Teesside and Cheshire - which produce CO2 as a by-product - with the owners citing the increase in gas prices.

The UK Government blames the rise on the pandemic lockdowns and a reopening of the economy. Well they would wouldn’t they? Never able to take the blame for anything as usual. Of course, the ridiculous price of gas is affecting the public as well but have no fear Boris Johnson sought to reassure consumers the price increases were only “temporary” as the world economy picked up after the Covid pandemic. So that’s that sorted.

I wouldn’t believe that idiot if he told me... well anything really! Oh and this is the comparison he made so we idiots could understand: “It’s like everybody going to put the kettle on at the end of a TV programme, you’re seeing huge stresses on the world supply systems.” Thanks Boris - you plank!

So let’s see what happens next. All I know is that if the price hikes in power is the same as it has been here, there are going to be serious problems with people being unable to pay bills, never mind trying to get a bucket of chicken.

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Hello Euro Weekly, I wanted to make people aware of the dangers of walking on the beach with your dogs. Last week I was on an Estepona beach enjoying a sea front walk with my dogs.

Within five minutes one of my dogs swallowed a fish hook. I had to rush him to the vet where he had an x-ray and an op several hours later. This cost me 800€!!!

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NOTHING IS SIMPLE THERE has been some confusion concerning the UK Government decision to scrap the Amber travel list from October 4 and remove some countries from the Red list as this applies to England only.

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales make their own decisions through their devolved parliaments and at the moment none have indicated that they intend to follow suit completely, although in the past both Northern Ireland and Wales have tended to.

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Expats slam political correctness As an American descended from slaves - a BLACK WOMAN, I’m here to tell you this IS NOT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS to point out how European Fashion likes to steal American Black Culture.

White people get all exasperated about racism because they have to face what their ancestors did or benefited from. In the US, black men are stopped and harassed daily for their clothing choices.

People all over the world like American Black Culture, but don’t like American Black people.

If any people on this planet have the right to be exasperated it is American Blacks. Europeans, in particular Western Europeans, need to learn how the wealth of their nations was built on the back of West African Slavery.

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to reports from the Scottish Parliament.

For English holidaymakers travelling to Spain, they will no longer need to take a PCR test before they return provided that they have received both vaccinations and the good news is that if you are visiting England but are resident in Spain you will be treated in exactly the same way.

With effect from a date to be confirmed in the latter part of October, England will also replace the need to take a day two PCR test with a cheaper lateral flow test, reducing the cost of tests on

arrival into England.

All of this is being introduced in time for parents and children in England to consider holidaying abroad for half-term which means a potential additional boost to the earnings of the Spanish hospitality industry which has to be positive news.

Things do change rapidly but anything that allows those with families overseas to spend less money to get to see them is to be welcomed as is the possible unexpected increase in trade for hotels, restaurants and shops in Spain’s holiday destinations in October.

COVID TEST: Now not necessary if you are fully vaccinated.

Lloyd Maidment All I know is children spread it. Two of our friends, both double jabbed have been fine for months, as soon as their grandchildren visited they both fell ill, one is now suffering with long term Covid.

I think an antigen test to board a plane is very important to protect those around you. Both my wife and I look great and you wouldn’t think we have underlying illnesses, we do. I agree we can’t be locked in forever, but a more uniform approach between all countries would be better.

Ann McConnell As Covid can allegedly still be spread by the vaccinated, the whole thing is a pantomime anyway.

Paul Hannant As a homeowner in Spain and the UK, I’m delighted to no longer be getting ripped off by already, extremely wealthy pharmaceutical companies...

Colin Carter This PCR test has been a cash cow for many companies and pharmacies here in Spain and the UK. If you are fully vaccinated I cannot see a problem. We cannot be kept locked up forever.

Denise Haslam Yessssssss I’m happppppppy.

Linda Mary McCoy Great news - long awaited.

Kate Elizabeth Schofield Yes. It’s time to live our lives.

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Driven by my personal demons to over‐ come the adversity of a bullied childhood and a lack of confidence. And a determina‐ tion to understand and combine my an‐ guish and wisdom into a model for suc‐ cess. I aim to help women achieve their biggest most audacious goals in life and business.

I know what got ‐ and still gets ‐ in the way of becoming my best self.

“Nobody’s perfect, I certainly won’t be the first, but why is it as women, particularly, we feel we need to be?”

I rarely meet a woman who doesn’t suf‐

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fer some level of self‐doubt, thinking she has to be successful in every aspect of her life. I believe it’s this thinking that sets us up for failure ‐ striving for perfection, try‐ ing to please everyone except ourselves.

“Not good enoughness” ‐ that’s our ene‐ my.

I’m sooooo excited to share this amazing platform and welcome you to the inaugural #TheWoman‐ Beyond column, my aim to share simple tips and hacks to help you change your thinking ‐ to change your life.

This week is about, self‐actualisation: Abraham Maslow’s (the positive psycholo‐ gy grandfather) powerful wisdom. He studied the greatest people of his genera‐ tion, like Eleanor Roosevelt and Albert Ein‐ stein and tells us about the importance of realising our potential. In fact, he said: “What one CAN be, one MUST be.”

Our need to self‐actualise is as impor‐ tant as our need to breathe. It’s like soul oxygen. As humans, we have an innate drive to reach the next goal, to want more, to achieve our dreams.

As women we often leave these on the back burner, putting others, family and loved ones, before ourselves. In the gap between what we’re capable of being and what we’re actually being is where stress lives, I’ve heard so many women say “there’s more to life than this.”

So, STOP, for a moment, answer this: What must YOU be? Really, think about that… What MUST you be?

It’s easy to allow all the reasons why we can’t BE what we’d love to be, block us.

The gap becomes a chasm! I’ve heard my‐ self and so many other women say, “I don’t have a choice.” In any moment, we ALWAYS have choice. We can step forward into growth or we can step back into safe‐ ty. It’s like plus one or minus one.

How we feel at the end of the day is

largely determined by these tiny CHOICES, how often do we let minus moments trick‐ le into our lives? If you’re like me, the an‐ swer is too many! Think about the alterna‐ tive, how about sprinkling our days, with loads of +1s? I PROMISE you’re going to feel more alive and radiant.

Aggregate and compound these tiny choices and the power is infinite.

What do YOU want?

Powerfully, the man himself (Maslow) said: “If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life.”

Stay focussed, keep positive and choose to +1 in every moment.

Love, Hugs, High Fives and Fist Bumps Toni x To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

Please do get in touch if you have any questions. Follow me, chat and share your thoughts and network with other fabulous women in my Visionary Women Facebook Group.

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By Clinica Britannia

Dealing with Cataracts

CATARACTS are generally an age‐related condition that causes a clouding effect to the lens of the eye. A decrease in the clar‐ ity of vision occurs, colours can also ap‐ pear faded and a sensitivity to light and glare often suffered when driving. The use of prescription glasses cannot help improve this condition, so surgery is the only option.

There is now a new revolutionary Trifo‐ cal lens available, this has different zones to correct different types of vision. It can be implanted in the affected eye to enable patients clear near, far and intermediate vision after surgery.

The out‐patient surgery generally takes between 30‐60 minutes and is performed under local anaesthetic. A microscopic in‐ cision is made by the surgeon into the cornea and the cataracted lens removed, the Trifocal lens is then implanted in its place, with the use of microsurgical instru‐ ments.

Visual problems caused by presby‐ opia,myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism can also be successfully corrected with

Trifocal lenses are implanted in the eye. this method. In most cases after a short and very safe operation the patient will be able to enjoy high‐quality vision, leading an active life without having to wear glass‐ es or contact lenses.

If you are suffering with sight problems then contact your Health provider who can give you further advice.

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Getting to the root of it FACIAL hair care is not exclusive to men. Unruly eyebrows, and fuzzy top lip or chin are just some of the issues every woman has to deal with, and are the least pleasant of all treatments.

But there are ways to make it easier by choosing the right method of removal for your pref‐ erences, hair type and require‐ ments.

Most females are familiar with plucking and own a pair of tweezers.

This technique is better for small, indi‐ vidual areas such as brows but it’s impor‐ tant to be diligent about cleaning them.

Leading dermatologists recom‐ mend using warm soap and water after every use and storing them in a dry place.

Another common method of hair removal is waxing. Using ei‐ ther soft wax which is pulled off with cloth strips, or hard wax that hardens and is pulled off on its own, or pre‐packed strips, this technique can be used on the up‐ per lip, cheeks, chin and eyebrows.

But it can cause irritation if the

METHODS: Plucking with tweezers and shaving are easy homes methods WAXING: Great for removing hair from any part of the face. skin is sensitive to products used. If not done properly, waxing can re‐ sult in incomplete extraction of the hair follicle and breakage of the hair shaft, which may become in‐ flamed. If the hair follicle becomes trapped under the skin it can result in ingrown hairs.

It’s a myth that shaving makes the hair grow coarser and more densely. It may feel pricklier be‐ cause it’s been cut, but it isn’t any thicker.

But it is recommended to take precautions for a smoother finish.

Shaving in or straight after a shower softens the skin, which is particularly helpful if the hair is coarse or thick. A two‐blade razor is preferable as is using a pre‐shave oil to prevent razor burn and a hy‐ drating moisturiser afterwards to sooth the skin.

Middle Eastern and Asian coun‐ tries swear by threading which in‐ volves using a thin, doubled cotton thread pulled taut to roll over tar‐ geted areas, pulling out hairs. Like tweezers, it works well on smaller areas, but is not as labour inten‐ sive. Many salons offer this method and waxing.

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Osteoporosis

I A M a female in my mid‐50s who is going through the menopause. One of my main concerns is that I will suffer with weakening of the bones, can you please give me some advice on what I can do to put my mind at rest?

Osteoporosis can have a major impact on a per‐ son’s quality of life and level of activity, as they age into their se‐ nior years, so early detection of this disease is essential. It often af‐ fects women of menopausal age like yourself and in some cases men and children, although very rare.

This chronic disease involves a grad‐ ual bone loss, the bone becomes spongy, less dense, and therefore more susceptible to breaks and fractures.

There is now available an Achilles

A bone density test.

Bone Density machine.

This is an effective and affordable way for an initial risk assessment of Osteopenia (pre‐osteoporosis) and Os‐ teporosis. The machine with the use of high frequency sound waves can evalu‐ ate the os calcis (bone status in the heel).

The exam is quick and comfortable and is performed with the patient seat‐ ed with one foot placed on the foot‐ plate.

Additionally a blood test can also help with early detection of Osteoporosis, so please contact your GP who can give you further advice and organise any necessary tests.

MOST of us have at least once wo‐ ken up with a throbbing head and dry mouth and sworn ‘I’m never drinking again.’

What seems like a good idea the night before often leads to a miserable day after.

Heavy drinking can lead to inflam­ mation of the stomach and intestines, poor­quality sleep, and the production of toxic substances that lead to vomit­ ing, sweating and an increased heart rate.

Hangovers can also hamper the ability to concentrate and affect short term loss, according to experts. And despite the majority of the adult popu­ lation having endured one at some point, nobody seems to be able to pro­ vide a credible ‘hangover cure.’

Although there is evidence behind what works to relieve symptoms and what doesn’t.

The most frequently reported symptom of a heavy night drinking is dehydration.

Alcohol is a diuretic and makes us urinate more often and around four drinks can eliminate between 600 and 1,000 ml of water from the body.

Heavy alcohol consumption can al­ so cause sweating, vomiting and diar­ rhoea, which also cause the body to lose fluids, and lead to thirst, weakness, dry mouth and light­headedness.

Drinking water may relieve some of these symptoms, but a combination of

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water and an electrolyte supplement is more effective in tackling some of the symptoms of your hangover.

While some swear by a full fry up with a plate of greasy bacon and eggs, others can’t face it after a hard night partying.

Foods such as bacon, eggs and even broccoli contain an amino acid called ‘cysteine,’

which scientists claim can decrease the amount of the toxic chemical ‘acetalde­ hyde,’ which is produced as your body metabolises alcohol.

Acetaldehyde contributes to hangover symptoms such as in­ creased heart rate, nausea and vomiting, but there is limited re­ search supporting the benefits of

NO CURE: But there is evidence behind what works to relieve hangover symptoms and what doesn’t.

FULL ENGLISH: Eating protein, fat and carbohydrates before drinking has been shown to slow the absorption of alcohol.

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es or wives’ tales certain foods as hangover cures.

However, eating protein, fat and carbohydrates before drinking has been shown to slow the absorption of alcohol. One reason we feel terrible af­ ter drinking is down to the effects that alcohol has on our sleep.

Alcohol­induced sleep can be short­ er and poorer quality, but the tired­ ness you feel can be reversed by the nation’s favourite stimulant ­ caffeine.

Then there’s the common phrase, ‘hair of the dog.’

But experts stress drinking during a

hangover is simply dangerous, as vital organs such as the liver need time to repair the damage caused by a heavy session. Government guidelines rec­ ommend that you should avoid alco­ hol for 48 hours after a heavy drinking session. Pharmaceutical products are

being marketed to drinkers which claim to relieve hangover symptoms by increasing the speed at which the body gets rid of the toxic chemical ac­ etaldehyde.

But there is currently no evidence that any conventional or complemen­ tary medicine can cure a hangover.

The only sure fire way to avoid hang­ over hell is to apparently drink alcohol in moderation or not at all.

Heart valves

UNIVERSITY researchers in America have found that 12 per cent of people who die when their hearts suddenly stop beating have MVP, a con‐ dition that affects one in every 100 people and is considered harmless.

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when the valves that separate the different chambers of the heart do not close properly.

This can affect how blood flows around the body, but NHS Choices claims that it often does not require treatment.

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15th anniversary activities THE U3A Marina Baixa has met again following its summer break, with 20 members gathering for lunch at Godoy’s Restau‐ rant in Albir on Friday, September 17.

Its next meeting will be on

Monday, September 27 at 11am in the Auditorium at the Casa de Cultura, in Alfaz de Pi, when members will be handing in nominations for the position of presi‐ dent. After the meeting, the association will have lunch at the Oasis Restaurant in La Nucia.

After the humid and high temperatures of the sum‐ mer the evenings have be‐ gun to slowly cool. On Mon‐ day, October 4, the Strollers, under the leader‐ ship of Carole and Andy Gra‐ ham, will be meeting out‐ side the Hotel Esmeralda in Calpe at 5.30pm for a 6.00pm stroll along the shoreline clifftop path last‐ ing around 30 minutes each way. For those less mobile there will be a nearby road option, but with the oppor‐ tunity to meet together for well‐earned refreshments both during and at the end of the stroll.

On Friday, October 29, the U3A Marina Baixa will hold its monthly ‘Wine and

LUNCH: Was enjoyed at Godoy’s Restaurant in Albir.

Dine’ at the Transylvania Restaurant in Albir.

The association will also be hosting a trip on Friday, December 3 organised by travel co‐ordinators Mar‐ garet and Malcolm Hamer to Liquor 43 on the outskirts of Cartagena.

The trip will provide members with an opportu‐ nity to both taste the ‘liquid gold’ and learn a little of its production.

Later in the month, from December 23 to 27, mem‐ bers will be able to enjoy

Christmas in Peñiscola at the Hotel Peñiscola Plaza Suites 4* Superior. Spaces are still available and book‐ ings can be made at the general meeting.

U3A Marina Baixa are cel‐ ebrating their 15th anniver‐ sary this year having provid‐ ed a variety of activities and events enabling expats to make new friends and to see and learn more about Spain.

For more information about the association, visit u3amarinabaixa.com.

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RECENT MEETING: Members were urged to continue with their donations.

Red Cross appeal AT the U3A Calpe’s first general meeting of the new season, pres‐ ident Liam McKervey announced that a recent appeal for support from the Red Cross has seen U3A members so far raise €250 in do‐ nations.

The Red Cross currently has 41 babies under six months in Calpe in need of food and nappies, and U3A members have been donat‐ ing cash and items, providing enough food for each child.

At its most recent meeting, the U3A Calpe agreed to continue to support local children and ex‐ pand its Christmas toy collection to include clothing for babies and toddlers.

Meanwhile, members were urged to continue with their do‐ nations of cash and baby supplies to the Red Cross office in Calle Maria Jorro. The president has al‐ so contacted other U3A organisa‐ tions in the region to alert them to the problems currently faced by the Red Cross and praised the support already received from Vall De Pop. The speaker at the meeting was local author Chris Hare, who gave a talk about his career as a people photographer. He then went on to illustrate how inci‐ dents from real life had been helpful to him in developing char‐ acters for his recently‐published

novel, and read an extract from his book.

The next U3A Calpe general meeting will be held in the Salon Balu on Thursday, October 21 at 10.30am. The Choir, led by Mary Anderton, will be performing a selection of items as a ‘taster’ for their forthcoming Christmas Car‐ ol concert on Thursday, Novem‐ ber 25.

The choir is seeking more male voices, but all are welcome at re‐ hearsals on Wednesdays 6pm to 7.30pm, in the Civic Centre.

The choir also needs an ac‐ companist. To get involved, con‐ tact Mary Anderton through the website www.u3a.org.

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CANTAMUS: The concert includes a range from musical theatre to pop music.

www.euroweeklynews.com CHOIR group Cantamus will be performing ‘For the Love of Mu‐ sic’ at the La Fustera church in Benissa on Thursday, September 30 at 7.30 pm.

The choir said: “There has been a lot of fun and laughter during the rehearsals which shines through in the music the group are singing. The concert in‐ cludes a range of genres from

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Love of music musical theatre to pop music and will leave you feeling uplifted and positive.”

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THE 28th Alfaz de Pi Jazz Festival will come to a close on Saturday, September 25 with a performance by the Manolo Vallas at 9pm.

At the free concert, the quintet will pre‐ sent its latest music, ‘El baile de las musas,’ recently awarded the Carles Santos Prize for best jazz record 2020.

The Valencian saxophonist Manolo Valls will be accompanied by Pepe Zaragoza on trumpet, Amadeo Moscardo on piano, Os‐

be given to Caritas to help them continue their work supporting local families.

If you are interested in joining Cantamus, go along to their next rehearsal after the concert on Monday October 4 at 10.45am at La Fustera church.

Jazz festival car Cuchillo on double bass and Ruben Diaz on drums.

The festival is taking place in Alfaz de Pi’s Casa de Cultura, and during its almost three decades of history, has hosted big names, including Lou Bennet, Tete Montoliu, Pedro Iturralde and Ximo Tebar.

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Party times ON Thursday, September 16, the U3A Moraira‐Teulada saw their hog roast in the Font Santa park attract 200 people and raise more than €900 for MABS, the association’s charity for 2021.

Food was provided by Costa Blanca Hogs, and proceedings got underway at noon with music pro‐ vided by saxophonist Frank Abrams accompanying vocalist David Bellingham. The event was organised by Peter and Pauline Griffiths, assisted by members of the social committee and other U3A members. Prue Jackson, the U3A’s President, gave a vote of thanks to everyone who had helped make this event a success for all their hard work, while Jacqui Phillips MBE, President of MABS, expressed her appreciation for the much‐needed donation.

The U3A Moraira‐Teulada has a large membership, but wants to encourage new members to join and is offering free membership for those who join before the end of November 2021.

If you are currently resident in the Moraira Teulada area, have a second home here or visit the area regularly, visit

www.u3amoraira‐teulada.org to look at their wide variety of groups and activities.

New members can join via their website or by emailing the Membership Secretary, member ship_secretary@u3amoraira‐teu lada.org.

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Dangers of a Where should they sleep? ‘butcher’s dog’ diet AN adult dog spends around 12 hours of the day sleeping, and a lot more goes into their deci‐ sion about where to sleep than you may realise.

Most dogs prefer to sleep at the foot or side of your bed, on their favourite cushion or blan‐ ket or just their dog bed, so long as it’s in a warm spot that is protected from draughts.

Many also like to nap on your bed throughout the day while you’re out of the house because it smells like you, or in other rooms where people tend to gather.

However, some dogs prefer their own crate, so they can enjoy some priva‐ cy away from the hustle and bustle.

No matter where your

SLEEPING: But in your bed is not the best place. dog chooses to get in a few winks, it’s probably best not to let your dog sleep in your bed with you, especially if they are a new introduction to the home.

A dog should never be‐ lieve they have a right to

sleep in your bed, as this will make them think they are the household’s domi‐ nant member.

All that training will go right out the window if your dog wins the bed war and starts to assert their authority over you.

Pet protection gone too far?

THERE’S reportedly a growing community of people who believe it’s dangerous to vaccinate your pets.

The advocates behind the cam‐ paign claim that immunising do‐ mestic animals can cause various diseases and disorders ‐ including autism ‐ that could shorten your pet’s life.

While the alleged risks of vacci‐ nating children have been broad‐ cast for many years now, the sup‐ posed danger vaccines pose to animals is a relatively new talking point.

The website www.doglisten er.co.uk alleges an American veteri‐ nary paper revealed around 22,000 cats develop cancer at the point of vaccination every year in the USA. Immunisation also reportedly causes thyroid disease, arthritis and parvovirus, according to various an‐ ti‐vaccine protestors.

Others claim that pets are being over‐vaccinated, as most injections are designed to last for at least sev‐ en years, and many fear smaller an‐ imals are subjected to injections that are stronger than they need.

However, immunologists claim large and small dogs require the same dosage.

FAN OF NEEDLES: Should animal owners vaccinate their pets?

IN the vein of the clean eating health food trend that involves going back to basics and con‐ suming raw, unprocessed food, some dog owners are re‐ jecting traditional pet food and going back to a more old‐ school ‘butcher’s dog’ diet con‐ sisting of raw meat.

This food is still often bought pre‐prepared so it can be easily served and frozen for conve‐ nience.

However, a recent study has suggested these raw meat products could contain bacteri‐ al and parasitic diseases, which are not necessarily a problem for dogs ‐ although they can suffer from food poisoning ‐ but they can become carriers of the bacteria.

This can then be spread through their faeces, which could then make their owners seriously ill.

Storing the meat at ‐20°C could help to kill the bacteria

WILD: Golden Retriever eats a raw chicken. and handling the food sensibly should help minimise the risks.

Always make sure to wash your hands with hot water and soap after handling the dog food and picking up your pet’s faeces.

You should also keep your

cutlery and bowls separate from your dogs and try to keep him out of the kitchen if possi‐ ble.

By following these precau‐ tions, you should have no prob‐ lems feeding your pet raw meat.

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Skoda Superb iV - automotive acreage!

ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack IT may come as a surprise to many who have cast doubt on Skoda cars over the years that the Czech manufacturer keeps company

with the likes of Peugeot and Mer‐ cedes Benz as one of the oldest car manufacturers in the world.

Founded in 1895 as Laurin & Kle‐ ment, now their top‐line models, they are part of VAG and produce a plethora of models from eco to equipment laden SUVs.

The Superb has been a feature of the Skoda range for some years and in its latest guise has taken on even better eco creden‐ tials with plug‐in hybrid versions.

They are badged iV and use the 1.4 TSi petrol engine combined with a 85kw electric motor and plug‐in charging.

With a potential pure electric range of 37 miles it’s enough for a commute, and offers three drive modes ‐ e‐mode, Sport and Hybrid. You can choose pure electric, hybrid where the car de‐ cides or sport where both com‐ bustion and electric power com‐ bine. In electric, or sport, it

SKODA SUPERB: Really does live up to its name. produces very decent accelera‐ tion with the benchmark 62 mph arriving in 7.7 seconds, which for a large car like the Superb is im‐

Facts at a Glance Model: Skoda Superb iV SE-L Hatchback (Plug-in Hybrid) Engine: 1.4 TSI 218 PS petrol with 84 kw battery Gears: DSG 6-speed automatic Price: €44,321/£37,790 Performance: 0-100 kph (62 mph) 7.7 seconds/Maximum Speed 225 kph (140 mph) Economy: Pure electric range 59 km / 37 miles - 1.1 l/100km/256 mpg Weighted combined Emissions: 40 g/km - WLTP Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

pressive. Mated to the six‐speed DSG automatic transmission it’s a relaxing and comfortable drive.

There’s space aplenty for all and rear occupants are particu‐ larly well catered for with enough legroom for even the tallest per‐ son to stretch out. The acreage continues in the boot where you could carry enough supplies for a veritable army.

As with all plug‐in hybrids a home charger is an essential to make the most of the electric side of the Superb, not to men‐ tion being easier and more prac‐ tical. For those who feel range anxiety prevents moving to a pure electric car the hybrids offer

a very sensible alternative with a combustion engine to increase practicality.

Priced from €44,321 / £37,790 the Superb iV range is offered in hatch and estate form and comes with an impressive basic standard equipment list that in‐ cludes adaptive LED head lights, privacy glass, heated front seats, leather, power driver’s seat, navi‐ gation, climate, keyless entry and start and electric heated, ad‐ justable and folding door mirrors.

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The new Renault 5 will be on sale in 2024 GILLES LE BORGNE, Re‐ nault’s vice president of engi‐ neering, has confirmed to Au‐ to Express, that the company’s new R‐5 will enter production in 2024, and that its price will be between €20,000 and €25,000, “but it should still be profitable. That is the challenge,” meaning this model will be around 33 per cent cheaper than a Re‐ nault Zoe. This new Renault 5 will be a retro but electric design mod‐ el, that will coexist, among others like the Twingo, and the recently launched Renault Megane E‐Tech, which uses the CMF‐EV platform, while the electric Renault 5 will use the CMF‐BEV platform, specif‐ ic for small cars, and will be re‐ leased with it.

Like the new electric Megane, the Renault 5 will be manufactured at the Douai plant in northern France, be‐

coming another of the brand’s ‘Made in Electricity’ models.

Some media had speculated that its battery would be LiFe‐ PO4 chemistry, but the deci‐ sion was made finally to use NCM cells, that is, the most conventional in the produc‐ tion of electric cars today, and would be manufactured in Douai by AESC, having 40 kWh of capacity.

Renault says there will be another model using a battery of a larger capacity of 52 kWh, which would reach up to 400 kms of autonomy, and will be the most expensive version of the Renault 5.

It is likely that the Renault 5 with the 40 kWh battery will lack the possibility of carrying out fast charges, so it will probably only use alternating current, however, it is proba‐ ble that ‐ as happens in the Megane with the 60 kWh bat‐ tery ‐ the 52 kWh Renault 5

RENAULT 5: The new vehicle will be a retro, but electric design model. battery would incorporate di‐ rect current recharging.

Renault’s purpose is to have a model in its range to rival the Fiat 500e, Honda, and Mi‐

ni Cooper SE, among others, and there is apparently anoth‐ er electroretro model in the pipeline, the electric Renault 4.

and finally...

SMARTER CITIES. Spain is in the process of building smarter cities with an increase in the use of electric bikes and scoot‐ ers as a form of transport by people in large cities.

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