Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 17 - 23 February 2022 Issue 1911

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€10m Fund THE Balearic Islands are set to receive €9.6 mil‐ lion to fight domestic abuse and help fami‐ lies.

Of the €9.6 million, the majority of the funds, €4.9 million, will go towards implement‐ ing Spain’s Co‐responsi‐ ble Plan.

The plan, which was announced by the cen‐ tral government, is aimed at facilitating the reconciliation of fami‐ lies with children up to 16 through professional care.

The government has also allocated State Pact against Gender Vi‐ olence another €4.1 million to the Balearic Islands for use imple‐ menting it.

The Pact was created in response to the num‐ ber of murders of wom‐ en at the hands of do‐ mestic violence in Spain.

Approved in Decem‐ ber 2017, the Pact brings together institu‐ tions, organisations and experts to create measures to eradicate violence against wom‐ en.

Spain’s government has committed a total of €307 million to a fund to fight domestic violence across the country.

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LUXURY TOURISM OCCUPANCY FIGURES: Are expected to exceed last year’s summer season.

MALLORCA’S luxury tourism sector is set to be at 90 per cent occupancy this Easter, ac‐ cording to one expert.

Jesus Cuartero, president of Essentially Mal‐ lorca, has predicted that tourism on Mallorca will skyrocket this year, with occupancy figures over Easter expected to exceed last year’s summer season and reach near pre‐pandemic levels.

Last Easter, Mallorca’s luxury tourism sector had an average occupancy of 70 per cent.

Mr Cuartero told one publication: “We take a positive view of last year, where especially in high season we reached very high occupa‐ tions.”

He added that there is a focus on the luxury tourism sector in particular on Mallorca this year.

He said: “We are committed to quality over quantity, a strategic vision in which our part‐ ners have been working for many years.”

Another study by the Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises of Mallorca (Pimem) and the company Processing Smart has also predicted high tourism levels on the island this

year. According to the company Roiback, at the moment the Balearic Islands show a growth of 50 per cent in stays for Easter and a 30 per cent increase in the summer.

Dingus, another company that worked on the study, pointed to an increase in the average stay without a drop in prices. It said that 47 per cent of reservations are for between five and seven days and that reservations of more than eight days have risen to 31 per cent.

Mallorca House Rent added that prices in July and August could even rise between 5 and 15 per cent.

Fideltur, an online marketing technology platform, found that sun and beach holidays continue to be the most requested at 39 per cent, followed by the health and wellness mar‐ ket at 18 per cent.

Tourism numbers across Spain had dropped dramatically during some parts of the pan‐ demic, however changes to rules over quaran‐ tine, Covid passports and mask wearing are expected to lead to an increase in the number of visitors visiting the country once again this year.

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Animal protection law THE Animal Protection Law is set to be approved in Spain tomorrow, Friday February 18.

According to government sources, the new law will see private individuals banned from breeding animals along with zero healthy animals being allowed to be slaughtered.

The new law will also mean an end to animals being on sale in pet shops.

The forthcoming law will respond to the ‘feelings of soci‐ ety.’ It is felt that Spain ‘has not tolerated the mistreat‐ ment, abandonment and slaughter of animals for some time’.

A key part of the new law will mean that animals must not be abandoned. It is estimated that up to 300,000 pets are abandoned each year in Spain.

The law will also mean that private individuals are only able to keep five animals at home.

It is expected that penalties will be put in place for the breeding of exotic animals and for cockfighting.

The future law has caused controversy within the Min‐ istry of Agriculture.

The Ministry had hoped to control regulations for hunt‐ ing dogs and other activities.

Hunting is a big part of the culture in many areas of Spain.

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Safer journey THE pressure group Volem Via Verda in Alaro has been suc‐ cessful in obtaining agreement from the Ministry for Mobility to make life safer for those trying to catch a train.

It argued that the Alaro‐Consell train sta‐ tion is four kilometres away from the centre of Alaro and to walk or travel by bicycle, espe‐ cially in the dark was very hazardous.

On Monday February 14, Minister Josep Marí met with representa‐ tives of the group to confirm that it was in‐ tended that the aban‐ doned tram route which runs for just over two kilometres would be used to cre‐ ate the new pathway and would be properly illuminated.

It will be necessary to compensate land owners nearby who will find compulsory purchase orders on some of their land, but with an overall budget of €1,264,925, it is hoped that the work will be put out to ten‐ der later this year and completed within six months of work com‐ mencing.

Civil War victim

A NEW Civil War victim has been identified from the Calvia cemetery exhuma‐ tions as DNA analysis re‐ vealed his identity as Josep Pont Cladera from Pollensa.

He was a maker of es‐ padrilles and driver who had been president of the Joven‐ tut Pollencina, which organ‐ ised events for young people of the area and boasted its own football team.

He was arrested and re‐ moved from Pollensa prison before being executed by the fascists on September 30, 1936, at kilometre 9 of the road from Palma to Andratx, before his body was placed into the mass grave at the Calvia cemetery.

This is the second person to be identified by DNA from

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VICTIM FOUND: Announcement of the latest identification.

this pit which contained body parts of an estimated 20 victims of the Civil War. Since 2014, the Govern‐ ment of the Balearic Islands has identified a total of 36 victims of the Franco regime

and has recovered the skele‐ tons of 218 individuals, as well as remains or fragments with evidence of wounds which had been placed in different cemeteries around the islands.

Freeze on hotels

A FREEZE on building new hotels in Mallorca and the other islands as well as a hold on new tourist rental properties for four years was an‐ nounced on Friday February 11.

The Balearic Government said that it has tak‐ en this decision in order to ensure that the tourist offer is beneficial to both visitors and residents on the islands and that it wants to en‐ sure all of its new sustainability regulations are working properly.

Currently, Mallorca has numerous approved tourist rental properties, closely followed by Ibiza, but this so called ‘stock exchange’ cannot be increased and proprietors as well as hotel owners have to comply with new regulations

concerning both the circular economy and sus‐ tainability.

Understandably there has been an outcry from two main organisations, the Association of Builders of the Balearic Islands fears that their members, many of whom rely on new builds will be seriously hurt by this decision as they try to recover from hold ups caused by the pan‐ demic.

The other group Habtur Balearics represents tourist rental property owners and argues that as one in three visitors to the islands choose rental property, if the economy is to recover with the arrival of more tourists, then the rental stock needs to be enlarged to cope.

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Elderly isolated

BALEARIC consumer organisation Consubal has highlighted the difficulty that many elderly people experience with banks and public or‐ ganisations. Initially complaining following the petition organised by a retired doctor about the lack of interest from banks in their elderly customers and the problems they find being unable to obtain assistance, Consubal has gone a step further. Its president, Alfonso Ro‐ dríguez said on Monday February 14 that hav‐ ing trouble with their banks is nothing, com‐ pared to the treatment elderly people can expect from public administrations.

Much of this stems from the way in which organisations have amended their working practices due to the pandemic whereby so much more is now being undertaken virtually and this is causing upset and effective isolation for those who just can’t cope with modern technology. Even what should be a simple procedure such as making an appointment to see a doctor has become increasingly more difficult and many council and government of‐ fices don’t allow face to face meetings.

Although these problems are not strictly within the remit of Consubal, it appears that more and more elderly people are turning to the organisation asking for help and advice, hence the decision to go public on the problem.

New parking meters IT’S out with the old and in with the new on the streets of Manacor as operators of the municipal public company SAM have started to replace the parking meters in the town.

The change has begun on Avinguda del Torrent, where one of the new parking meters has already been installed and the rest of the old devices have been removed. Some 20 parking meters will be re‐ placed in order to improve the service.

The new devices are energy self‐sufficient, will al‐ low payment by card and will ensure that tickets are not swapped as motorists will have to enter their vehicle registration details.

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NIBS EXTRA Peaceful protest ON the same day (Febru‐ ary 12) that it was an‐ nounced that the Covid passport was no longer needed to enter hospital‐ ity outlets, several thou‐ sand people took part in a peaceful protest against all pandemic restrictions in Palma which was or‐ ganised by Baleares Ac‐ ción.

Rest in peace THE late Mallorcan born Bishop Antoni Vadell Fer‐ rer, the auxiliary bishop of Barcelona, passed away on Saturday Febru‐ ary 12 aged just 49 due to incurable pancreatic can‐ cer. A special funeral ser‐ vice in his honour was held in the Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca on Tuesday February 15.

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Mallorca Live

THE Mallorca Live Festival 2022 takes place in Calvia June 24 to 26 and has at‐ tracted some major names, not just from Spain but from the UK and USA. Each day there is at least one headlining chart topper so that on June 24 it’s Span‐ ish rapper C Tangana who was a huge hit with the crowd in 2017.

On June 25, it’s the turn of Grammy Award‐winning singer‐songwriter Christina Aguilera known for her powerful voice and hit songs, having sold some 43

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Christina Aguilera will promote her new album.

million records worldwide and she’ll be promoting her new Spanish language al‐

bum La Fuerza.

On the same night there will be an appearance from

Move healthy

Press launch AMAZON PRIME took over Palma’s Bellver Cas‐ tle on the evening of Sun‐ day February 13 to reveal details of its new series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and flew in press and celebri‐ ty guests from Spain and around the world.

Football fever IN the same way that football fan violence has returned to UK terraces, something similar is hap‐ pening in the Balearics al‐ though the fighting has also erupted onto the pitch resulting in one ref‐ eree having to go to hos‐ pital and others may refuse to oversee future matches.

Night buses DUE to the number of EMT Palma bus service employees who had suc‐ cumbed to coronavirus, the council had to cancel the night bus service sev‐ eral weeks ago. Happily, now as so many have re‐ covered it will return with effect from Friday, February 18.

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8KM WALK: People of all ages took part.

STARTING the season, the Consell de Mallorca staged an eight kilo‐ metre walk to promote respiratory health.

Some 250 people took part in the fourth Annual Respira‐Net on Sunday February 13 along the beach at Port d’Alcudia.

Aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of preventing

lung disease, those who took part were able to take advantage of a number of different medical tests once they had finished in order to show healthy pulse, heart rate and oxygen levels. Participants includ‐ ed families looking for an enjoy‐ able day out and members of the ‘Move Healthy!’ programme of Al‐ cudia and Can Picafort.

Quiet zones ALTHOUGH some may argue that new quiet zones being introduced at Palma Airport by AENA will be responsible for more noise as people scramble to occupy them, it is a step in the right di‐ rection, especially for those who be‐ come nervous at the thought of flying.

In terminal C which caters for inter‐ national flights there is room for up to 28 people in two different corners, one which has just six armchairs with views of the coming and going of air‐ craft, whilst the other has a mix of ta‐ bles, chairs and sofas all with decent lighting.

In terminal B for those travelling in‐ ter‐island there is room for 20 passen‐ gers with a mixture of sofas, armchairs and tables and in both cases, there are charging stations for mobile phones or other electronic equipment.

These two zones join a similar yet slightly larger one also in Terminal C which was introduced last year.

Humanitarian aid

THE Balearic Government has authorised Ministry of Social Affairs and Sports to allo‐ cate €600,000 to charities and NGOs to as‐ sist in the field of humanitarian aid to devel‐ oping countries during 2022.

This line of assistance is aimed at sup‐ porting the populations of developing countries affected by emergencies or hu‐ manitarian crises with the main goals to protect the lives, rights and dignity of peo‐

Scottish rockers Franz Ferdi‐ nand who have been record‐ ing and touring for 20 years.

The following night, the headline act will be Muse, the ever‐popular Grammy Award winners who can boast six UK number 1 al‐ bums in a row.

There are a whole range of different ticket prices from one day to three as well as VIP options, but for residents of Calvia, there is a guaran‐ teed 30 per cent discount on the cost of basic entry with other discounts for holders of youth cards.

ple, ensure their livelihood, meet the re‐ covery of basic services, care for the vul‐ nerable, displaced or refugee population, and rehabilitate basic community infras‐ tructure. The overall amount is €100,000 more than that given in 2021 and appli‐ cants may bid for up to €60,000 for any single project (€10,000 increase from last year) which must be completed within 12 months.

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Diabetes camp PEOPLE can learn to live with diabetes in Mallorca thanks to the help of ADIBA (the Association of People with Dia‐ betes of the Balearic Islands).

An estimated 10 per cent of the pop‐ ulation either has or will end up with dia‐ betes and it affects people of all ages from the very young to the very old.

ADIBA receives fi‐ nancial support from the Balearic Islands Social Income Tax so that it is able to run diabetes education camps for the fami‐ lies of children aged from six to 17, as they have to learn to cope with its effects 365 days a year and 24 hours a day.

According to one of its specialists, “Many at this age of‐ ten experience de‐ nial.

“They have a bit of a rejection of treat‐ ment, sometimes they look different because they con‐ stantly have to count food, look at sugar, and they look different from other kids.

“I think it’s an added problem in adolescence for chil‐ dren with diabetes.”

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PALMA Council is making life safer for schoolchildren as it has introduced a number of traffic calming measures around 37 schools in the city.

At the request of the various education establishments parking restrictions in some areas have been introduced and some parking spaces removed in order to ensure more space for school entrances and exits and create routes to safer and more accessible schools.

This is an ongoing programme which is also meant to in‐ crease general security around the schools which includes wider pavements, although traffic problems are often caused by parents dropping off or waiting to pick up their children at the beginning and end of the school day.

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T H E AA has said that the average petrol prices in the UK have sur‐ passed 148p/litre for the first time, rising above the previous record high of 147.72p/litre on November 21 last year.

The new high piles further pressure on already stretched motorists who have faced a string of price rises over

UK petrol at record high the last few months, both in the UK and elsewhere.

Spanish petrol prices reached a record high of €1.538/litre on Febru‐ ary 3.

Expectations are that prices will

Electronic nose

SCIENTISTS in Spain have created pioneering new technology that allows res‐ piratory infections to be de‐ tected via breath analysis.

Infections are usually di‐ agnosed by a lengthy proce‐ dure in which sputum is col‐ lected and analysed in a laboratory to identify which microorganism is causing the problem suffered by the patient.

This may have changed thanks to researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and Hos‐ pital Clinic de Barcelona, who have managed to cre‐ ate a type of technology that can analyse patients’ breath and give a very quick and effective diagnosis of lung infections caused by

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Infections detected via breath analysis.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria that is resis‐ tant to many drugs.

The scientists involved have created an automatic ‘electronic nose’ (e‐nose) with sensors that can quick‐ ly and non‐invasively diag‐ nose bacterial lung infec‐ tions. The e‐nose analyse

volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the patient’s ex‐ haled breath.

Breath sampling had pre‐ viously been used to detect asthma, sucrose intolerance and abnormal bacterial growth in the small intes‐ tine, but has never been able to detect lung diseases.

continue to rise in the short term as the world returns to normal and de‐ mand rises. That coupled with the ongoing tensions in the Ukraine will continue to drive prices up as in‐ vestors look to take profits and coun‐

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tries concerned about supply look to stock up.

Efforts earlier this year by the USA and others to encourage OPEC to in‐ crease output has done little to slow down the rise in prices, that despite countries like the USA releasing some of its stores to try and deal with some of the demand.

Police abolish height rules SPAIN’S Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande‐Marlaska, has announced that the Spanish National Police will abolish the mini‐ mum height requirement for those who wish to enter the force in a move which could in‐ crease the number of Spain’s female officers.

The measure could be implemented in the next round of selection tests, which are sched‐ uled for 2023. Grande‐Marlaska stressed that the measure will help to break “one of the glass ceilings” that has prevented many wom‐ en from joining the force. “The current regula‐ tion is more restrictive for women.

The limit is only two centimetres below the

average height of women, while for men the margin is up to nine centimetres,” said the minister. With this change, the National Police is now on a par with other civilian police forces in European countries, such as France, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Slovakia, Swe‐ den, Norway, Austria, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Romania, Denmark and Germany, as these police forces do not have a height re‐ quirement for access to their selection tests.

Minimum height requirements will only be maintained for certain special units ‐ IPU, RPU and GEO ‐ where height affects the specific police work they carry out.

Crash at Heathrow Airport A FIRE engine crashed at Heathrow Airport on Mon‐ day, February 14, leaving its driver rushed to hospital. The incident at 9.40am involved a private airport fire engine.

Social media users shared

footage of the crash where the engine was seen lying on its side. Emergency vehicles could be seen surrounding the vehicle. Despite the crash, Heathrow Airport was able to carry on as normal.

Officers from the Metropoli‐ tan Police attended the acci‐ dent and confirmed that the driver had been taken to hospital.

A Metropolitan police spokesperson commented: “At around 9:40am on Febru‐

ary 14 a fire engine over‐ turned on the airfield at Heathrow Airport.

“The driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

No reports of any other in‐ juries. No arrests were made.” A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport explained: “Our teams responded to a traffic incident involving one of our airside fire engines. No passengers have been in‐ jured and the airport contin‐ ues to operate normally.”

Cave paintings vandalised SEPRONA, the Nature Protection Service of the Guardia Civil, is investigating who may have vandalised a set of 6,000‐year‐ old cave paintings in Spain. The paintings, considered to be of historical importance, are located on the Peñón del Muerto, in Solana del Pino, between Ciudad Real and Jaen.

According to Seprona, vandals painted a large Spanish flag over the paintings that are visible from the passing road that connects the area with Andujar (Jaen). The mayor of Solana del Pino said that this is not the first time the paintings have been targeted, “15 years ago some interested party already took a piece of stone with some very unique paintings.”

Continuing, the mayor explained that she hopes the investiga‐ tion can find who undertook this “unfortunate cultural attack” that has been carried out with “premeditation and cruelty.”

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A COUPLE claim Ryanair flew them 1,200 km from their intended destina‐ tion. The couple from the UK had a massive sur‐ prise on their romantic getaway when they land‐ ed in the wrong country.

Simon Forster and Em‐ ma Schofield from the UK had been heading to Copenhagen from Manch‐ ester Airport and have demanded an apology from Ryanair after land‐ ing in Paris.

The couple claim that when they reached

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Ryanair mishap FLIGHT: Landed in Paris rather than Copenhagen.

Manchester Airport they were hit with terrible queues but say that their

passports and boarding passes were checked at the departure gate by

EU parcel problems EXPATS across Europe have been com‐ plaining of issues receiving their parcels following Brexit.

One expat in Spain told one publication: “For Christmas my mum sent me a couple of books and some cards with a declared value of about £35, on top of which I then had to pay the post office €20.”

They added: “The breakdown on the re‐ ceipt said half of it was from customs fees with VAT added and the other half was just listed as additional.”

Another person shared a similar story

from Italy and said: “I live in Italy and I have been charged every time something from the UK arrives.

“If you don’t have the cash there and then to give the delivery driver you are then given a form to head to the post of‐ fice, which, as you can imagine, is never a joy.

“A birthday card sent on October 11, 2021 from the UK arrived this week ... I have stopped buying things from the UK and have asked friends and family to stop sending parcels.”

Multilingual plan

THE Spanish Government has revealed plans to translate the Official State Gazette (BOE) in‐ to multiple languages using Artificial Intelli‐ gence.

The government is currently working on a pilot project to automatically translate certain texts into Spain’s various official languages fol‐ lowing a row over the use of regional lan‐ guages.

Viçenc Vidal, a member of the political coalition Mes per Mallorca, complained that the government had stopped translating leg‐ islative texts into Catalan in May 2021.

The Balearic senator stated that the BOE, the official statements over law made by the

government, had been translated into Catalan from 1998 until October 2020, when the agreement between the State and the Cata‐ lan Generalitat was terminated, and then con‐ tinued with funding from only the Catalan re‐ gional government until May 2021.

“This interruption has been caused by ad‐ ministrative obstacles that it should be possi‐ ble to resolve, as they are not too costly by any means and are a flagrant breach of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. Does the state intend to resolve this issue, which undermines the linguistic rights of the Catalan‐speaking community?” asked Vidal.

Barrister removed from BA flight in row POLICE have confirmed that a leading barrister and his family were removed from a BA flight after a row broke out when crew refused to let their nanny sit with them in business class.

Charles Banner QC, 41, paid for business class but their nanny’s seat had been downgraded because BA had oversold the seats, sparking an argument. Mr

Banner told one publication he was “upset” when the row broke out, which even‐ tually led to the pilot turning the plan round on the tar‐ mac and refusing to fly un‐ less the family were re‐ moved. He said: “If BA had told me that the nanny could not sit with us in business then we would not have travelled and could have got a later flight. But they only

told us that when we got to the boarding gate.”

He added: “The police es‐ corted our family back through immigration. They made clear that this was just standard protocol and that no offence had been alleged or committed.” A spokesman for BA said: “We do not toler‐ ate disruptive behaviour and the safety of our customers and crew is our top priority.”

Ryanair crew and they were allowed to board.

The UK couple told one publication how they boarded “the only waiting plane on the runway.”

Simon explained that on boarding cabin crew told them “Oh don’t wor‐ ry about it” when they tried to show their board‐ ing passes.

The pair were rather surprised when they touched down and at passport control were greeted with “bonjour.”

The couple’s romantic getaway to Copenhagen ended up with them land‐ ing in Beauvais in France.

Ryanair commented: “It is each passenger’s re‐ sponsibility to ensure they board the correct aircraft.

“There are several touchpoints throughout the passenger journey which inform passengers of the aircraft’s destina‐ tion.”

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£109,915,000 EuroMillions win AN eye‐watering £109,915,000 EuroMillions jackpot was paid out to a UK winner on Valentine’s Day. One lucky person in the UK walked away with the 10th biggest National Lottery win in history. According to Camelot, the person would have to decide to go public for their identity to be released. At the moment the person has decided to stay anonymous. The National Lottery’s Senior Winners’ Advisor Andy Carter revealed: “We’re absolutely delighted that the winner of this amazing EuroMillions jackpot prize has come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win.

He went on to add: “What an incredible moment for this lucky ticket‐holder and it’s safe to say that it’s likely to have been the best Valentine’s Day ever for them!”

The highest ever EuroMillions jackpot came in at £170 mil‐ lion. The draw was held on October 18, 2019, and the winner then also wished to remain anonymous.

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GARETH HUGHES was due payment for Storm Arwen‐re‐ lated damages, but never expected it would be for a mon‐ strous £2,324,252,080,110.

The accountant from Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire took to Twitter to jokingly thank the provider for his cheque. He posted an image of the cheque made out in his name, showing the obviously ridiculous numerical error.

As soon as the clerical error was identified, the cheque was stopped so it could not be cashed.

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Royal pay rise THE salaries of King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Queen Sofia will rise by 2 per cent this year, according to the General State Budget.

This means that Felipe VI will receive around €259,000 and Queen Letizia just over €142,000.

Queen Sofia will receive €116,525 in 2022, some €2,000 more than last year.

The Royal Household’s budget for 2022 is published on their official website.

The General State Budget for 2022 includes a current transfer to the King ‘for the support of his family and the Royal Household’ amounting to €8,431,150, the allocation of which is decided by King Fe‐ lipe.

Unlike last year, when the Royal Household decided not to apply the 0.9 per cent salary increase to civil ser‐ vants, they have applied the 2 per cent increase to all salaries provided for by the General State Budget.

Media Markt slashes prices

E L E C T R O N I C S retail company Media Markt accidentally cut the prices of all its comput‐ er games to under €1 in a computer glitch on February 10.

It is not known why the website had the problem, but Media Markt may end up can‐ celling the orders.

Despite this, some users took advantage of the glitch to buy video games at a price of one cent, including all shipping and han‐ dling.

The brand will proba‐ bly cancel the items purchased during the few minutes that the incident lasted.

However, there have been similar cases with other companies where sellers have had to deliver their dis‐ counted products due to similar problems.

An example of this was the case of the

COMPUTER GLITCH: Some users took advantage to buy cheap video games.

French chain Fnac in October 2019, which listed a Huawei P30 at

€139.90 when its retail price was €699.90. Dur‐ ing the time that the

CONCERNS have been raised by two US Senators who believe the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is spying on Americans, carrying out unwarranted surveillance on unwitting people.

The accusation was made by Senators Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich in a letter to intelligence officials and the two Democrats called for declassifying details of the clandestine programme. Government data collection has been the subject of much controversy in the US, although domestic spying is prohibited by the CIA’s 1947 char‐

accidental offer lasted, 13,000 orders were made for the product.

CIA spy claims ter. Officially the organisation and National Security Agency (NSA) have a foreign surveil‐ lance mission. But in 2013, a programme of data collection using extensive internet and phone surveillance by American intelligence was disclosed to the public by Edward Snow‐ den, a CIA contractor‐turned whistle‐blower.

An analysis of the leak found some 90 per cent of those being monitored were ordi‐ nary Americans.

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1st Beijing Games medal SPANISH athlete Queralt Castellet is thrilled to have brought home the first medal for Spain at the Bei‐ jing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Castellet from Barcelona walked away with the silver medal in the snowboard halfpipe test.

Castellet was “excited” and “very happy” to finish in second place. She was beat‐ en by the favourite to win, the American Chloe Kim. Via the Royal Spanish Win‐ ter Sports Federation (RFEDI) Castellet told one publica‐ tion: “I am excited, I am very happy; it has been an incred‐ ible day, I have won the medal! It has been incredi‐ ble, I started a little bit bad and then all the nerves came, but I was able to get the round I wanted, in the second round; a round I have been working towards for a long, long time. Many years. I’m very happy.” This is the fifth games for the 32‐ year‐old from Sabadell.

20M Jubilee flowers THE Tower of London is going to be complete‐ ly covered with around 20 million flowers to commemorate the Queen’s platinum jubilee, as she becomes the first royal to achieve 70 years of service.

To show their and the public’s appreciation, the moat will be planted with flowers that will bloom from late spring through to the end of summer, fading in the autumn only to return the following year.

Urban horticulture experts at Sheffield Uni‐ versity have picked 29 different species that will bloom at different times providing a kalei‐ doscope of colours in a project called Su‐ perbloom.

Tom O’Leary, HRP’s director of public en‐ gagement, told one publication “We’re aiming

DISPLAY: This one will keep changing.

to plant by the end of March and then boom! It all comes into flower in time for the Jubilee weekend in June.

“But unlike most displays, this one will keep changing over the summer months. It’s push‐ ing the boundaries.”

EE glitch charges woman £25,000 EE customers have been warned to check their bills after a glitch charged a woman £25,000. Multiple customers have been af‐ fected by the overcharging glitch after travel‐ ling in America, Mexico, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The issue began when data passes pur‐ chased for roaming when abroad were not activated. One EE customer took to social me‐ dia to complain about the staggering charges.

They said: “I have incorrectly had over £1,000

of roaming data added to my bill and my ac‐ count suspended. I keep trying to contact EE via phone and it keeps getting cut off.”

Another customer told one publication how they had spent a month in the US and been hit with an eye watering charge of £25,000. EE are aware of the issue and will be contacting customers. The company com‐ mented: “We are contacting affected cus‐ tomers to reassure them that they won’t have to pay for these incorrect charges.”

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MEGHAN and Harry have their ‘eye on the money like pal James Corden’, accord‐ ing to a royal expert.

Since moving to America, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have grabbed lucra‐ tive deals with Netflix and Spotify, with one epxert say‐ ing that the pair are “very driven by money.”

Journalist Richard Min‐ eards writes for The Mon‐ tecito Journal, which is Harry

Jab less effective A STUDY performed in the United States has revealed that the Pfizer and Moder‐ na booster jabs against Covid become less effec‐ tive after four months.

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the effec‐ tiveness of the antigens provided by the booster in preventing hospital admis‐ sion is 91 per cent for the first two months after it has been given. However, it drops to 78 per cent after four months.

According to the study, it is predicted that the level of protection will drop to 33 per cent by the fifth month, although it is still too early to know the ex‐ act percentage, as not all the results have been ob‐ tained.The CDC recom‐ mends, for now, that ev‐ eryone over the age of 12 receive a booster dose five months after receiving the second dose of the vac‐ cine.

and Meghan’s local paper.

The former royal corre‐ spondent told one publica‐ tion: “They’ve obviously got their eye on the money like their good friend James Cor‐ den, who now earns some‐ thing like $12 million per season of The Late Late Show.

“I think they’d like to get on that sort of level where hopefully they can earn lots of money and get their views

across, but also do good things with The Archewell foundation as well.”

The expert believes that Meghan and Harry will stay in the US long‐term. He com‐ mented: “I don’t think they’ll move back to the UK at all.

“The British people see [Meghan] as the Wallis Simpson stealing the golden prince. They are much more welcome on this side of the Atlantic.”

‘New way to be in love’ GOOD MORNING BRITAIN host Kate Gar‐ raway has revealed she’s found a ‘new way to be in love’ with husband Derek who spent more than a year in hospital after he was hit with Covid.

Kate said that a “new path is emerging” for the pair.

She explained: “I’m not sure that we’ve ever fallen out of love, but I think a new path is emerging, a new way to be in love. He puts huge trust in me.

“He just says, ‘Whatever you think’, which is wonder‐ ful, but I do get quite tearful

A new path is emerging.

about it. I think, ‘God, I hope I’m worthy of that trust’.”

Kate shared details about the pair’s relationship and said: “I’ve got his back. That is a relationship in itself, isn’t it? How many times do cou‐ ples have doubts about each other? That’s a positive thing to come out of this, to have that certainty of each other.

He and I are very close.”

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A TOURIST playing a slot machine in Las Vegas has been tracked down after he hit the jackpot of $230,000 (€203,000) but a malfunction meant he wasn’t notified that he was a winner. After a long search the Nevada Gaming Control Board have tracked down the winner, Robert Tay‐ lor from Arizona. Taylor is understood to be delighted with the news of his winnings, and was amazed to find that the gaming board had tracked him down to tell of the ma‐ chine’s malfunctions.

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Nuclear experiments

How to stop future pandemics BILL GATES, Microsoft co‐ founder, says in his new book that he knows how to stop future pandemics.

The billionaire, who fore‐ cast the next pandemic some years back, has been the subject of many conspiracy theories as a result of his views and knowledge on the subject.

His new book ‘How to Prevent the Next Pan‐ demic,’ claims that by in‐ vesting in healthcare, vac‐ cines, and ‘global pathogen surveillance,’ another pandemic like Covid‐19 can be prevent‐ ed.

Due for release in May, Gates announced in a blog post that the book will outline “the specific steps we can take to not only stop future pan‐ demics but, in the pro‐ cess, provide better health care for everyone around the world.”

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TRAPPED: The crocodile was seen regularly.

Rescuers free croc from tyre

A 4.5-METRE saltwater fe‐ male crocodile had become an icon in Palu, Indonesia where the croc was regular‐ ly seen with a tyre around its neck for six years. Resi‐ dents were becoming in‐ creasingly concerned for the reptile with the tyre getting tighter and running the risk of choking her.

In early January, 35‐year‐ old bird catcher and trader Tili was determined to res‐ cue the reptile after he saw her frequently sunbathing at a nearby estuary.

“I have experiences and skills in catching animals, not

only birds, but farm animals that are released from the cage,” he said, “I believe I can rescue the crocodile with my skills.”

Tili devised a trap using ropes of various sizes tied to a tree near the river. He laid chickens down as bait and after three weeks of waiting and several failed attempts he finally trapped the croc.

With the help of two of his friends, Tili pulled the trapped crocodile ashore and sawed through the tyre, which was 50 centimetres in diameter.

THE Joint European Torus (JET) experimental fu‐ sion machine based near Abingdon in Oxford‐ shire has enabled scientists to generate energy that releases heat 10 times hotter than the sun.

A new record for generating energy from nucle‐ ar fusion, the same process that powers our Sun is seen as a potential future source of near limitless power. The experiment generated around 59 megajoules, or 11 Megawatts of energy in a five second burst, enough to power around 10,000

A PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE report has said that the only detectable impact of Brexit so far, has been that it de‐ livers an increased burden on business with added paper‐ work, costs and delays and that it fails to deliver opportunities.

The committee stated that much more work was needed by government to ease the ad‐ ministrative and cost burden of business, warning of lengthy border delays and lorry queues once passenger numbers re‐ turn to normal.

The committee also called for an end to “overpromising” from the UK Government, dis‐ missing the Government’s aim to create the “most effective

homes. Still in its infancy the amount of energy needed to conduct the experiment was more than what was produced, however it represents a major step forward in fusion reaction.

“These landmark results have taken us a huge step closer to conquering one of the biggest sci‐ entific and engineering challenges of them all,” said Professor Ian Chapman, Chief Executive of the UK Atomic Energy Agency that co‐funds and operates JET.

Brexit failed

border in the world” by 2025 as being “optimistic, given where things stand today.”

Dame Meg Hillier, Chair of the Public Accounts Commit‐ tee, said: “One of the great promises of Brexit was freeing

British businesses to give them the headroom to maximise their productivity and contribu‐ tion to the economy, even more desperately needed now on the long road to recovery from the pandemic.

and finally...

THE body of 70‐year‐old Marinella Beretta was discovered by police in the district of Prestino in north‐western Italy. She had been sitting at her kitchen table for over two years. Mummifi‐ cation only happens in rare circumstances, so it is not yet clear how the body came to be in this state.

GO LOCAL

THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has urged its readers to support local businesses in the community by shopping locally in recent times.

Now things are heading back to normal, we challenge you to main‐ tain that habit by supporting local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky independent busi‐ nesses in your area.

Local businesses make our villages, towns and cities what they are.

They add unique character. They are convenient. And they offer ex‐ cellent produce from known suppliers. The joy of shopping locally means that independent businesses can support the local communi‐ ty. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actually going?By shopping lo‐ cally you’re putting food on a local family’s table and there is nothing

better than giving back to the communities that have given us so much. Local stores support charities and they sponsor local sports teams. In many cases, they are much more than just a business, they’re a legacy. They may have supported generations of the same family. Likewise, brand new local stores and bars may help the gener‐ ations of the future fulfil their dreams and ambitions.

Remember, your local store is going up against multinationals and chains. They can’t win that battle on their own. So give them your support. Spending your money local‐ ly will make a real difference to the local economy.

Local businesses recirculate a greater share of every euro they receive at local level. They create locally owned supply chains and they invest in their employees.

So remember, buy local.

When you go shop‐ ping ‐ go local!

BUY LOCAL: By shopping locally, independent businesses can help support the local community.

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SCIENTISTS have discovered a previously‐unknown side ef‐ fect of common painkillers such as paracetamol, ibupro‐ fen and aspirin.

Although over‐the‐counter medicines are almost always safe and are subject to very strict controls, there is always a small risk of side effects. Scien‐ tists have recently discovered a new adverse effect that could

Painkiller side effect affect those who regularly use a common type of OTC drug.

The medicines in question are acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), paracetamol and non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen. The potential side effect that they may cause is tinnitus, which causes irritating

Black box for cars ALL new cars in Spain will have to include a black box from July 6. The boxes will record relevant information if an accident occurs.

The black box also known as EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) could potentially impact insurance prices, ac‐ cording to insurance compara‐ tor Acierto.com. This will de‐ pend on what data insurance companies have access to though. In the event of an acci‐ dent, the black box will store the data which was recorded within the 30 seconds before the accident took place. The box will also store five seconds

worth of data from after the accident. The data will then be available for relevant authori‐ ties to help determine the cause of an accident.

Reportedly all this informa‐ tion will only be made avail‐ able anonymously. No person‐ al data such as gender, age or name of the driver is expected to be recorded. Details such as vehicle speed, engine revolu‐ tions and whether the brakes were applied will be recorded.

Other information such as the position of the accelerator, frontal and side‐impact forces and any steering movements will be recorded too.

noises in the ear. The noises may be constant or intermit‐ tent.

Tinnitus may cause ringing, buzzing, high‐pitched or low‐ pitched noises, tingling or throbbing, and may be tempo‐ rary or chronic. Its exact cause is somewhat uncertain and possi‐

bly varied (some think it may be caused by muscle contractions, others by signals generated by nerve cells in the ear). At pre‐ sent, there is no really effective way to treat it and it may be de‐ bilitating.

Now, research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine has concluded that frequent use of these drugs can cause chronic tinnitus.

NEWS

OTC DRUGS: Are subject to very strict controls.

Allergy sufferers multiplying WHEN thinking about allergy season, many people associate it with spring and flowers. However, itching and inflamma‐ tion is becoming increasingly common in winter thanks to cli‐ mate change and droughts. Dr Ana Perez Montero, head of the Allergology Service of the Quironsalud Madrid University Hospital said: “Most people know spring plants, but in winter there are others such as Cupressaceae (Arizona and Cypress‐

es belong to them) that pollinate in winter.”

According to research published in 2021, pollen seasons now start 20 days earlier, are 10 days longer and have 21 per cent more pollen than in 1990, meaning more days of trouble for allergy sufferers with itching, sneezing and a runny nose, according to the journal Proceedings of the National Acade‐ my of Sciences.

Pensioner ‘thrown in air’ A PENSIONER who was thrown in the air during Ryanair flight ‘turbulence’ has settled a court action.

Australian pensioner Lynette Peucker, 72, from Gisborne, South Victoria had been heading from Italy to

Belgium on a flight in September 2015 when the Ryanair flight was hit by tur‐ bulence, she fell and frac‐ tured her ankle.

The pensioner alleged that the airline failed to warn her of the impending turbulence.

She claimed that passengers

had been walking freely in the plane and that the seat‐ belt sign was turned off.

Due to the incident, Lynette has said that she suf‐ fered from an extreme and immediate psychological re‐ action. She is now afraid of flying. Ryanair had disputed

the claims and said that if the accident took place it was not due to an act of negli‐ gence on behalf of the air‐ line. Ryanair also said the passenger had flown many times and should have been aware of the possibility of encountering turbulence.

€4 billion in grants Drought affects electric bills

A STUDY has revealed that despite not paying taxes in most countries including Spain, Amazon has received more than €4 billion in public subsi‐ dies since 2012.

The e‐commerce giant,

which achieved record sales in Europe in 2020 of €44 billion, has been identified as having re‐ ceived grants and al‐ lowances from 13 coun‐ tries to build warehouses, data centres

and even in one case au‐ dio visual production units.

Large companies like Amazon are well known for their tendency to seek the most advantageous tax situations, often at the expense of tradi‐ tional businesses like Zara’s parent company Iniditex that paid five times as much tax as Amazon did in 2020.

Many are already unhappy that the likes of Amazon were favoured during the pandemic, but this news will do little to appease them.

Amongst those is the international trade union UNI Global Union and the Ameri‐ can pro‐transparency organisation Good Jobs First, who conducted the investigation. They were able to detect 407 Amazon facilities in 13 countries that have been subsidised with public money.

THE current drought in Spain resulting from the prolonged lack of rainfall is affecting electricity bills.

Reservoirs are at around 45 per cent of their capacity and the drought which is empty‐ ing reservoirs, causing the desertification of soil and spoiling crops, is also in‐ creasing bills.

The less hydropower there is, the more it costs to produce electricity.

This combined with the cold winter temperatures, more time spent working from home and the few hours of daylight, indicate that electricity bills are likely to continue to be particularly high in 2022.

The Spanish govern‐ ment, led by the Minister for the Ecological Transi‐ tion, Teresa Ribera, has long been committed to renewable energy. De‐ spite this, renewable en‐ ergy sources, for the mo‐ ment, cannot tackle the

problem.

“Using hydraulic re‐ serves with the reservoirs in this situation is sui‐ cide,” argued Ignacio Durán Escribano, profes‐ sor of Atomic and Nuclear Physics at the University

of Santiago.

“We will never know how much rain will fall in spring, now that we have just come from an anticy‐ clonic spell and the reser‐ voirs have been emp‐ tied,” he added.

Covid support funds THE UK government has reminded businesses that a signif‐ icant amount of funding, £850 million, is still available to help them recover from the effects of the pandemic.

Business Minister Paul Scully encouraged business own‐ ers to apply for the remaining Covid support grants via their local councils. The councils have been asked to pro‐ vide the eligible businesses with the grants as quickly as possible.

Mr Scully said: “We’re working to get our economy run‐ ning on all cylinders again so we can focus on making the UK the best place in the world to work and do business, creating jobs along the way.

“Eligible businesses should apply as soon as possible for the grants available to help them put the pandemic behind them and get on a sounder footing to achieve success.”

STATS

366

There are 366 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

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EUROPEAN PRESS DENMARK

Rocky start

Top 10

JUST a month after the first spade moved earth to mark construction of the artificial island in Copenhagen harbour, it has been revealed that the first phase alone is going to overshoot the budget by some 66 per cent, an additional cost equivalent to €27 million.

THE Danes seem to relish international polls which show them to be in the top 10 and this time it’s the 2021 Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit where Denmark ranks six, although it was beaten by neighbours Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.

THE NETHERLANDS Janssen vaccine

Blind eye

AFRICAN countries are worried that a decision

by Johnson & Johnson to temporarily stop production of the Janssen vaccine and switch to production of a more lucrative vaccine in Holland will mean that they will not receive the number of doses ordered, but Janssen say they have large stocks.

FOUR Dutch police unions who are campaigning for a new pay and conditions agreement have urged their members not to issue fines to clubs and cafes which opened late on Saturday February 12 in defiance of the coronavirus rules.

BELGIUM Top dogs

Beer money

THE most popular names for dogs registered in the Belgian province of Flanders were Max for males and Luna for females, although with a total of 113,000 canines added to the 2021 database Dog ID, the number of different names was enormous.

BELGIUM is famous for the number of beers it produces, but there is bad news for lovers of the hop as prices are rising steeply due to a surge in the wholesale cost of aluminium which has rebounded to 2008 levels, so canned beer is rising also.

GERMANY Child abuse

Charging points

WHILST not accepting personal blame, frail former Pope Benedict has admitted in a letter issued by lawyers that errors occurred in handling sexual abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich, adding that he felt profound shame, deep sorrow and sought forgiveness.

ACCORDING to the German Automotive Industry Association (VDA) the country is likely to be way behind its target of installing one million charging points for electric cars by 2030, as it needs to fit 2,000 each week, but currently manages just 250.

FRANCE Freedom convoy

Les Hijabeuses

APPARENTLY inspired by the Canadian freedom convoy, some 200 vehicles are setting off from Nice en route to Paris and then Brussels in order to protest about the imposition of the need to show Covid passports to enter premises, whilst more set out from Perpignan.

A GROUP of 100 women planned to play a game of football outside the National Assembly building in Paris wearing hijabs, to show their disagreement with a proposed law which would ban wearing the covering whilst playing sport, but the protest was itself banned.

NORWAY Bank row

Unmasked

IT was assumed that NATO would ask current chief Jens Stoltenberg to extend his role due to the Ukraine crisis, thus diverting controversy over being appointed Head of the Norwegian Central Bank, this was not to be and questions about his new job are being asked.

THE Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that as all members of crew and passengers on its vessels have to be double vaccinated, it will, from next month no-longer require passengers to wear face masks on board, although they may do so if they wish.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Foreign relations LATEST foreign dignitary to be wel‐ comed to Spain by President Sanchez was Chairman of the Pres‐ idency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zeljko Komsic on February 9 to dis‐ cuss their economic relationship as well as potential membership of the European Union in the future.

UK economy DESPITE gloomy predictions, the UK economy bounced back in 2021 with growth of 7.5 per cent even though December saw a slight reduction caused by Omi‐ cron. This is the best growth rate since 1941, although it still hasn’t got back to 2019 figures.

Easy export A UKRAINIAN based company No‐ va Poshta Global, is encouraging residents there to visit its website to order goods from Spain which it will then deliver. It appears that there is a better choice of goods at cheaper prices than can be ob‐ tained in Ukrainian shops.

Vodafone bid AS Vodafone UK, one of the coun‐ try’s major suppliers of mobile phone technology, looks to merge with other European suppliers, it has just rejected an €11.4 billion takeover bid from an Italian con‐ sortium as not being in sharehold‐ ers’ best financial interests.

Organic takeover ALVINESA NATURAL INGREDI‐ ENTS, an industry leader in its pro‐ duction process based on circular economy principles, has an‐ nounced the acquisition of Cades Penedes.

Based in Penedes, one of the most renowned wine‐producing regions in Spain it is the leading Catalan manufacturer of sustain‐ able ingredients.

Alvinesa markets a wide range of natural ingredients made from grape pomace (skin and pips) for use in the food, beverage, nutri‐ tion, animal feed and oenology in‐ dustries, so the acquisition of Cades Penedes provides Alvinesa with access to a source of raw ma‐ terials from high‐quality organically produced grapes.

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€40 billion

is the current value of energy supplier Naturgy, which plans to recreate itself as two separate companies on the Spanish stock exchange.

I’m old not stupid petition ‘I’M old not stupid’ is the headline of a petition by Spanish pensioner Car‐ los San Juan, a 78‐year‐old man who is asking for more humane treatment in bank branches.

The retired Valencian doctor sim‐ ply explained on change.org “I am al‐ most 80 years old and it makes me very sad to see that banks have for‐ gotten older people like me.

“Now almost everything is online... and not all of us understand ma‐ chines. We do not deserve this exclu‐ sion. That is why I am calling for more humane treatment at bank branch‐ es.”

He went on to complain that more and more bank branches were being closed and it was becoming increas‐ ingly necessary to use difficult to un‐ derstand cash machines to do more than simply withdraw cash.

Perhaps unexpectedly, he was in‐ vited to visit the Ministry of Finance in Madrid to discuss the matter and he arrived to much excitement from the press on Tuesday February 8 ac‐ companied by 610,000 signatures.

Following this he was surprised and delighted that Minister Nadia Calviño came to talk to him and she promised that something would be

LEGALLY SPEAKING

done and even gave an undertaking that this would happen by the end of February.

Next on the agenda was a walk past a number of Spanish banks fol‐ lowed by the press, a call to the Bank of Spain and then a meeting with the three banking associations who also promised to take action to review the situation.

This seems to have had some im‐ mediate success as already San‐ tander has announced that it would extend personal appointments from 10am to 1pm, so for once, people power seems to be working.

Where there’s a will…

Can he stop drain?

We live in a rented ground floor apartment and we have a neighbour who lives above us who al‐ so rents their apartment.

When they water the plants on their balcony the dirty water pours onto our patio from the drain hole. I have spoken with them on several occasions but they just ig‐ nore this. I have contacted the rental agent and the Man‐ agement company of the apartment block. They have written to the owner of the apartment above but the situ‐ ation still exists. What should I do to stop the dirty water from falling on to our patio? I attach emails from the Man‐ agement company. This will be the third time they said they would contact the owner.

G H (Costa Blanca) You seem DAVID SEARL to be un‐ aware that you live YOU AND THE LAW in a registered Com‐ IN SPAIN munity of Property Owners. This community is regulated by Spain’s Law of Horizontal Property. Its chief officer is the president elected by vote at the Annual General Meeting. Your owner is a member. Your way forward is to contact your owner and explain the problem. Perhaps the president can help. The drain is supposed to connect directly to the main downpipe, not flood onto the terrace below.

The owner of the flat above may be held responsible.

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

IT is expected that on February 22 the Spanish cabinet will approve an in‐ crease in the minimum wage back‐ dated to January 1.

Newspaper reports concerning the actual amount involved have been confusing with some stating the amount will be €1,000 per month and others €1,167, but surprisingly both figures are correct depending on how many months there are in a year.

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Minimum wage explained The actual annual amount is to be €14,000 which if divided by 12 con‐ verts to the higher figure, but many companies and organisations in Spain work on a 14 month year as they give bonuses in summer and at Christmas.

Taking the latter calculation, the in‐ crease is €35 per month when com‐

pared to the 2021 figure and is actual‐ ly €4 a month more than originally anticipated in order for the govern‐ ment to meet the unions’ demands of €1,000.

When the government came into power in 2018, it stated its intention to increase the minimum wage to be 60 per cent of the average annual

Poundland grows ALTHOUGH at one time ap‐ pearing to be suffering finan‐ cially, Poundland (which now sells some goods at more than one pound) has bounced back and has just opened a new flagship store in Nottingham.

It’s three times bigger than the average Poundland store at 18,000 square feet and will employ some 75 new mem‐ bers of staff whilst stocking the shop with a large range of frozen food as well as a num‐ ber of new ranges only avail‐ able there.

If successful the plan is to open more larger outlets across the country and as in this case, taking over proper‐ ties previously run by now defunct companies such as Arcadia.

Mental health AROUND one in four workers in Spain (27 per cent) are con‐ sidering leaving their job this year, mainly due to mental health reasons or economic conditions.

This percentage is higher than the 23 per cent recorded in 2021, according to an Info‐ Jobs survey.

For workers thinking of quitting, the main reasons for leaving their jobs are mental health (32 per cent), econom‐ ic conditions (27 per cent), the desire to do something different (26 per cent) and work‐life balance (24 per cent).

Mental and physical health become the main reasons for leaving the workplace among older employees. wage in the country and although it has upped the minimum annually from an original starting base of €735 it still has a long way to go.

Not unsurprisingly, the employers’ associations opposed the increase ar‐ guing that the economy would not be able to support this additional cost which will benefit nearly two million workers, but will have to comply with the decision.

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COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) 3I Group 1.309,50 1.356,00 Abrdn 236,90 241,40 Admiral Group 3.027,5 3.033,0 Anglo American 3.500,0 3.560,5 Antofagasta 1.342,00 1.369,50 Ashtead Group 4.832,0 4.891,0 Associated British Foods 1.862,5 1.882,0 AstraZeneca 8.335,0 8.467,0 Auto Trader Group Plc 634,20 641,60 Avast 624,80 625,20 Aveva 2.640,0 2.693,0 Aviva 433,35 437,80 B&M European Value Retail SA575,60 576,40 BAE Systems 601,00 606,20 Bank VTB DRC 1,026 1,072 Barclays 196,92 199,60 Barratt Developments 610,80 617,80 Berkeley 4.063,0 4.070,0 BHP Group 2.520,00 2.537,50 BP 405,10 417,15 British American Tobacco 3.420,0 3.430,0 British Land Company 537,60 538,60 BT Group 194,05 197,20 Bunzl 2.649,0 2.685,0 Burberry Group 1.942,5 1.968,0 Carnival 1.472,2 1.492,2 Centrica 77,78 78,56 Coca Cola HBC AG 2.405,0 2.469,0 Compass 1.771,50 1.784,00 CRH 3.652,0 3.703,0 Croda Intl 7.262,0 7.300,0 DCC 6.336,0 6.388,0 Diageo 3.644,8 3.681,2 DS Smith 368,10 374,40 EasyJet 682,23 685,40 Experian 2.829,0 2.879,0 Ferguson 10.835,0 10.975,0 Flutter Entertainment 11.020,0 11.160,0 Fresnillo 644,28 648,00 GlaxoSmithKline 1.611,60 1.620,20 Glencore 411,55 417,15 Halma 2.333,0 2.350,0 Hargreaves Lansdown 1.317,50 1.329,00 Hikma Pharma 1.950,50 1.966,00 HSBC 556,50 559,90 IAG 163,63 164,60 Imperial Brands 1.799,29 1.819,00 Informa 604,00 605,00 InterContinental 4.999,0 5.024,0

% CHG. 1.305,50 235,20 3.003,5 3.484,5 1.332,50 4.790,0 1.849,5 8.287,0 628,20 616,60 2.614,0 430,50 566,80 595,20 1,012 194,50 605,80 4.021,0 2.509,00 403,65 3.370,0 532,00 192,15 2.644,0 1.921,5 1.450,8 77,40 2.390,0 1.747,00 3.631,0 7.186,0 6.304,0 3.623,2 365,80 663,40 2.818,0 10.770,0 10.860,0 616,00 1.602,80 408,45 2.313,0 1.308,50 1.935,50 552,40 159,44 1.778,00 592,60 4.950,0

NET VOL 131,31K 763,80K 6,10K 51,63K 126,13K 114,93K 298,55K 495,02K 260,44K 812,35K 73,50K 1,53M 377,48K 1,32M 404,82K 11,61M 451,91K 30,75K 899,78K 3,35M 1,11M 153,20K 3,33M 41,90K 138,50K 559,39K 5,33M 144,10K 343,92K 169,35K 23,75K 14,08K 46,97K 291,14K 1,53M 293,83K 103,23K 55,87K 415,03K 1,18M 4,29M 100,95K 233,15K 52,85K 5,28M 10,97M 469,82K 507,47K 54,59K

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1.776,50 5.110,0 121,00 277,90 1.721,5 784,60 275,80 52,12 6.836,0 746,40 153,85 1.856,00 1.084,60 243,00 7.134,0 28,44 1.257,00 2.411,6 656,46 1.176,50 5.890,0 2.239,00 493,30 624,40 5.681,0 116,20 7,36 671,20 1.525,00 13,19 3.251,0 1.035,50 1.219,00 2.838,0 2.012,0 1.205,50 1.522,00 11.980,0 1.521,50 1.497,00 536,40 151,00 296,60 268,90 3.853,5 1.051,50 135,84 3.140,6 1.189,50

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1.794,00 5.166,0 122,35 281,10 1.762,0 786,20 278,30 52,92 6.962,0 747,18 155,70 1.902,50 1.096,20 248,20 7.154,0 28,44 1.290,50 2.426,3 663,60 1.202,00 5.906,0 2.269,00 501,60 632,60 5.749,0 117,70 7,55 679,60 1.536,00 13,51 3.291,0 1.062,50 1.233,00 2.859,0 2.045,0 1.206,00 1.524,50 12.085,0 1.535,00 1.519,50 544,60 151,10 297,60 278,10 3.897,5 1.062,50 137,72 3.176,0 1.194,00

1.757,49 5.090,0 120,30 276,60 1.702,0 776,00 271,70 51,41 6.830,0 737,62 151,50 1.842,50 1.083,40 240,40 7.074,0 27,97 1.249,50 2.388,4 652,60 1.156,50 5.836,0 2.236,00 490,50 620,40 5.641,0 113,64 7,20 669,40 1.514,50 13,08 3.226,0 1.028,30 1.218,00 2.835,0 1.999,0 1.191,00 1.506,00 11.900,0 1.517,50 1.489,00 532,00 148,65 295,20 263,20 3.834,0 1.051,50 135,40 3.112,9 1.181,00

8,34K 17,38K 1,75M 330,57K 103,98K 249,96K 4,04M 60,19M 37,43K 4,17K 862,74K 216,61K 488,70K 5,24M 37,34K 374,82K 187,00K 75,38K 275,60K 914,79K 173,88K 564,25K 781,00K 187,71K 506,32K 11,91M 423,44K 252,82K 5,38K 2,28M 37,24K 736,38K 236,62K 29,25K 2,79M 258,02K 78,91K 10,30K 305,51K 4,27K 1,33M 1,21M 1,64M 3,54M 790,43K 168,88K 13,47M 13,59K 383,75K

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PRICE 159,54 191,81 228,20 168,64 212,30 201,24 138,81 53,90 60,29 61,09 363,06 350,29 186,99 132,69 47,63 167,71 153,92 255,16 76,64 295,04 140,18 156,29 207,90 171,76 478,13 53,32 224,69 48,70 135,33 149,47

CHANGE 161,60 197,20 231,47 173,08 221,42 204,65 139,44 55,09 61,98 61,91 374,90 357,34 192,89 134,71 49,11 170,15 158,19 258,76 77,90 304,29 145,05 158,58 219,93 173,95 490,43 53,46 229,10 49,98 137,18 154,69

CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 158,80 3,59M 190,45 4,59M 228,15 3,54M 168,04 93,13M 210,27 11,37M 200,13 3,80M 136,28 12,69M 53,77 19,83M 60,15 19,42M 60,35 6,02M 360,77 3,06M 348,56 3,24M 186,55 5,30M 132,38 4,08M 47,50 36,97M 167,54 13,10M 152,97 15,47M 254,73 3,58M 76,17 9,06M 294,22 38,87M 139,56 6,42M 155,58 8,47M 206,11 8,03M 170,89 1,45M 476,44 2,48M 52,70 18,82M 223,54 7,52M 48,41 7,90M 134,16 7,88M 148,56 17,68M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

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Watching over you

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TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT: Al will be used to track assets.

BIG BROTHER will be watch‐ ing you through the Spanish Tax Agency as the Ministry of Finance unveiled its Annual Tax and Customs Control Plan.

Basically, having been slapped on the wrist by the European Court of Justice over disproportionate fines for not declaring overseas as‐ sets and with the likelihood of having to amend the legis‐ lation, the left‐leaning gov‐ ernment has come up with a new plan.

Still determined to crack down on the hiding of assets abroad, the government in‐ tends to invest in expanding the technological strength of the Tax Agency in order to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to try to detect attempts to either defraud or avoid pay‐ ing tax.

In theory, this is aimed at wealthy Spanish individuals and companies who use tax havens and other financial loopholes to either avoid tax

or to hide their overseas as‐ sets, many of which are be‐ lieved to currently be based in Andorra or Portugal which are more generous as far as taxation is concerned.

It won’t just be traditional assets that will be on the Tax Agency radar as it expects and intends to track holdings of cryptocurrency which is why new technology has to be introduced (as are laws concerning companies trad‐ ing in these ‘currencies’ in Spain) as many holders are protected by the complexity surrounding their undeclared assets.

It looks as if expatriates who formed a significant number of people penalised

by Modelo 720 fines will not in the first instance be under the Tax Agency microscope unless they have significant holdings overseas, but once the AI is working efficiently (and this could take some time) then who knows what could follow.

Amazon grocery arm AS the grocery arm of Amazon in the UK continues to grow, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) there has decided that the company as well as any subsidiaries must now comply with the Gro‐ ceries Supply Code of Practice.

This requirement which applies to all grocery re‐ tailers with an annual turnover in excess of £1 bil‐ lion must be fair to their suppliers and must not try to change contracts at unreasonably short no‐ tice.

In addition, they are required to explain the rea‐ son for dropping any supplier and give them suffi‐ cient advance notice of their intention to terminate thus allowing the supplier to find other outlets.

BUSINESS EXTRA Greater control SPAIN, in the form of Economy Minister Nadia Calviño, wants more con‐ trol over setting its own fiscal targets rather than having the eurozone dic‐ tate goals on borrowing in order to protect the value of the euro, espe‐ cially now with so much post pandemic debt.

Russian imports DESPITE the tension be‐ tween Russia and Spain caused by the Ukraine sit‐ uation, there is still a huge amount of business between the two coun‐ tries especially to the benefit of the Spanish economy according to Ambassador Marcos Gomez Martinez with ris‐ ing exports of wine, olive oil and industrial equip‐ ment.

Looking good DUTCH Bank ING sees strong signs of growth for the Spanish economy in the second quarter of 2022 despite the fact that Omicron stifled tourism in the first quarter but with more visitors mean‐ ing more jobs and greater public investment, the only foreseeable down‐ side is rising inflation.

17 - 23 February 2022

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17 - 23 February 2022

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT OF one thing we can all be assured ‐ none of us will emerge unscathed from the life altering events of the last couple of years!

It truly is akin to slowly emerging from some kind of surreal nightmare. How easily we came to accept stipulations and rulings that a few short months earlier would have been confined to the fictional script of a Stephen King horror movie.

Can you recall that first lockdown in Wuhan; with masked inhabitants and the Chinese police enforcing the curfew and manning barriers to prevent anyone from entering or leaving the town?

I remember turning to a friend and derisively observing that it would be interesting to see the reaction if they dared to try anything like that over here!

Just how wrong can you be? Within weeks, following horror stories of Chinese bodies piling up in the streets and rumours of an unknown killer virus on the rampage, we almost incredulously began to witness similar scenarios evolving in the West.

One particular series of occurrences was the most traumatising of all ‐ people had actually begun to die! Hospitals

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Lest we forget! quickly began to overflow. Images of ambulance medics and hospital staff clad in suits only previously observed after nuclear radiation leaks began to appear in the media.

Fear, particularly of the unknown, motivated a rapidly growing terrified public to passively comply with a whole host of rules and regulations. Dissenters who insisted that their human rights were being violated were quickly brought into line by new emergency rules and threats of serious punishment for non‐ compliance. Confusion reigned. Toilet rolls were at a premium!

Even world leaders were at odds with each other’s opinions as to the seriousness of the situation. Conspiracy theorists abounded. We then became a part of the most extraordinary surreal event of all ‐ a scenario only previously envisaged in the writings of science fiction ‐ total lockdown. And it truly did appear to be the end of society as we knew it.

The most vulnerable cowered behind closed doors, while young volunteers and members of their families ventured out for supplies, many of which were then

carefully bleached before being stored away. For families living in confined home facilities, particularly those with children, it became a living nightmare. Personally I was one of the ‘privileged,’ able to walk a short distance with the dog. Those daily outings were rather like furtively slinking through an eerie twilight zone; somewhat comparable to a deserted film set. On one of my excursions I was in fact pulled up by the police, who sternly requested my ID and address. I meekly obliged, but when you consider I was simply walking my dog, you get some idea of just how subservient and acquiescent to the authorities we had actually become. As we slowly and hopefully emerge from this horrifying pandemic, one thing has been made abundantly clear; when push comes to shove, the authorities have many vays and means of controlling us all!

Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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FEATURE

TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

Inventing Anna : Fake heiress cons NY’s elite

INVENTING ANNA follows the true story of a fake heiress who conned her way into the lives, and the parties, of New York’s elite.

Inventing Anna tells the sto‐ ry of how Anna Sorokin (better known as her fake name, An‐ na Delvey) pretended to be a German heiress to defraud hundreds of thousands of dol‐ lars from banks, hotels and wealthy friends.

This nine‐part drama has a critic rating of 58 per cent and an audience rating of 28 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes and, I have to say, I expected more from this Netflix series. Anna Delvey’s story went under the radar in New York at first, be‐ fore her antics were covered by journalist Vivian Kent (based on the real journalist who picked up the story, Jessi‐ ca Pressler) at ‘Manhattan Magazine’ (New York Maga‐ zine).

Vivian secretly visits Anna at Rikers Island where she is be‐ ing held until her trial, and the

story begins. I remember being enthralled when I first read about Anna Delvey running around in the circles of Man‐ hattan’s super‐rich and jump‐ ing from hotel to hotel without paying the huge bills she had accumulated living her fake lavish lifestyle. I read the Vani‐ ty Fair article written by one of Anna’s former friends Rachel Deloache Williams and I would say I found reading about An‐ na slightly more riveting than this long‐winded drama.

I felt the series focused too much on Vivian Kent rather than Anna herself, as she was clearly an intriguing person. Vi‐ vian is still an interesting char‐ acter, however, and her band of colleagues assisting her on the case are a humourous touch. Inventing Anna is still worthy of a watch if you want something to binge over a weekend (be warned, the episodes are around an hour‐ long), but this series fell short of the mark for me.

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PARDON, WHAT A TURN UP FOR THE BOOKS! codswallop! But maybe another at‐ tempt to obliterate our cultural her‐ itage and replace it with woke interna‐ tionalist gibberish.

‘All things considered’, I think I use pretty much all of the above. However, I do find myself these days using other ‘endangered’ words and simple terms, such as: ‘man’, ‘woman’, ‘male’, ‘fe‐ male’, ‘normal’, ‘commonsense’ etc.

Maybe I’m just flogging a dead horse that I’m still using such terms?

Just sayin’.

NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

ACCORDING to a recent survey, tradi‐ tional phrases such as “know your onions” and “pearls before swine” are among those barely used by modern speakers and risk being sent to the, err, “knacker’s yard”.

How I remember being drilled at pri‐ mary school in idioms like “too many cooks spoil the broth”, “a rolling stone gathers no moss” plus ‘“look before you leap” versus “he who hesitates is lost” ‐ which is more helpful? Discuss’, because part of the 11‐plus exam re‐ quired you to complete such sayings.

Though I’m pretty sure “you can’t have your (Birthday) cake and eat it” will forever have a special meaning now for Boris…

But the naval ones are the best. I re‐ member an aunt throwing open the curtains every winter morning, reveal‐ Nora Johnson’s opinions

TRADITIONAL PHRASES: Are hardly used these days by modern speakers.

ing the Jack Frost on the windows and block”, “push the boat out”… saying, “Show a leg!” And, while you All so neat and economical, nothing were slumped in your chair day‐dream‐ wasted, like life on board, these phras‐ ing, teachers saying: “Look lively!” or es were passed from sailors to their “Jump to it!” families, their local areas and spread Later at work, you’d hear “nail your across the nation. And though they colours to the mast”, “showing your took on meanings beyond the sea, the true colours”, a “shot across their original ones remained at their core. bows”. Not to mention: “cut and run”, How on earth do people make them‐ To read more articles from our columnists “broad in the beam”, “touch and go”, selves understood nowadays without and to have your say in the comments go “by and large”, “sailing close to the this fantastic short‐hand? to www.euroweeklynews.com wind”, “copper‐bottomed”, “chock‐a‐ It’s such a huge loss and a load of are her own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

Travel

Travel in Estepona ESTEPONA is one of the most beautiful towns in An‐ dalucia for travel, where you can immerse yourself in culture, art, history and golf.

Estepona is the very essence of a coastal Andalu‐ cian town, renowned for its palm‐fringed coastline, tapas, mountains and histo‐ ry, it is a popular year‐round travel destination.

Many people travel to the Costa del Sol for the weather, and Estepona’s microclimate paired with being surrounded by the Sierra Bermeja mountains and the Mediterranean Sea brings 325 sunny days per year.

The summer months are never unbearably hot and, even in wintertime when the day may start cloudy, the sun comes out on most days.

There’s no shortage of places to go in Estepona,

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Sentinel’, ‘No Safe Place’, ‘Betrayal’, ‘The Girl in the Woods’, ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora‐john son.net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, paper‐ back and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

ESTEPONA: Is known for its microclimate.

from the colourful mean‐ dering streets of the Centro Historia (old town), the ma‐ rina and fishing port with its many bars and shops, the beautiful beaches and golf courses, Estepona’s safari park and its many gardens to enjoy under the Mediter‐ ranean sun.

Estepona also has an abundance of restaurants, from Asian and Thai, Indian, typical tapas, Mediter‐ ranean and Spanish, beach bars and contemporary veg‐ an brunch cafes ‐ there’s

something for all tastes.

The accommodation in Estepona has something to suit all needs. You will find family friendly hotels, adult only hotels, spa hotels, bou‐ tique hotels and even a cosy but stately 16th‐century mansion that has been con‐ verted into tourist apart‐ ments.

Getting to Estepona is fairly easy, with Malaga air‐ port just 83 kilometres away hosting national and international flights throughout the year.

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IN REMEMBRANCE OF A LEGEND

TONI C. EASTWOOD OBE, MBA

#TheWomanBeyond AS you may know by now, the legendary abundance teacher, bestselling author, movie star Bob Proctor passed away on Thursday (Feb 3, 2022) at the age of 87.

Today I am so sad, honestly, this man’s work and teachings truly changed my life, I have tears pouring from my eyes as I write this, so profound how someone I never met can mean so much, and you know what, I didn’t realise just how much until I heard this news.

Bob died the way he lived ‐ on HIS terms, without fear, in a high vibration. One of the last things he said before dying was “I’m ready to fly the Concorde to heaven now.”

WOW, I mean ‐ do final words get any more boss than that?!

In my small tribute to his life’s work and as a thank you for coming into my life, many years ago, I was in my early 20s and his work in‐ spired me to venture into the world of Person‐ al Growth, Success and Mastery. I thought that today I would share some of his wisdom.

His materials have always emphasised the need of having a good self‐image in order to achieve success, with many references to the

Law of Attraction. You may have watched his film The Secret, if not, you really should.

Like many of us, and certainly like me, Proc‐ tor had low self‐esteem and lacked desire as a youngster, dropping out of school after sus‐ taining a thumb injury from a bandsaw and having no goals for the future.

At the age of 26, Proctor was working in a fire department in Toronto when he met a man who gave him the book Think and Grow Rich, which was the first book he had ever read. Again, inspired by Bob, one of the first Personal Growth books I added to my collec‐ tion ‐ if you have not read this, then please do.

Soon after, his life began to alter as a result of this book’s influence. To assist paying off his debt, he started cleaning floors and earning money.

Proctor went on to launch a cleaning service firm, which made him over $100,000 in his first year despite having no formal education or business experience. He went out to study more about this subject after realising the book’s true worth.

Best known for his inspirational narrative and his ability to inspire others all around the world to achieve their goals, through his New

York Times best‐selling book ‘You Were Born Rich’ and his role as a consultant on the film The Secret.

Bob’s set up in business with the equally amazing Sandy Gallagher with the vision to sig‐ nificantly improve the quality of lives globally by elevating the quality of thoughts individual‐ ly. Now that is what I call a BIG HAIRY AUDA‐ TIOUS GOAL!!!

I leave you with Bob’s 10 Rules: 1. Move into Action 2. Have a strong WHY 3. Start with a vision 4. Improve your self‐image 5. Develop awareness 6. Make decisions 7. Get out of the box 8. Grow yourself 9. Surround yourself with greatness 10. #BELIEVE

RIP my friend and mentor.

Love, Hugs, High Fives and Fist Bumps Toni x Toni Eastwood OBE, MBA #TheWomanBeyond PS. Talking of your WHY! Imagine how great it would be to get clarity on your Purpose, your key goals for the next year. How would it feel to break down the barriers and limiting beliefs that have been holding you back for years!!!

Are you ready, let’s get down to it... here’s a chance to absolutely do all of that, sign up to my 5 Ways to A Better You ‐ Mastery Class Be sure to book your place for just £147.00, why not bring a friend for half price.

Join my three‐hour, jam packed session, with scientifically proven tips and tools and re‐ al‐life experience and other likeminded wom‐ en like you over Zoom.

Feb 16 18.00 ‐ 21.00 (GMT) or Feb 23 10.00 ‐ 13.00 https://quantumvantage.co.uk/5‐ways‐to‐ a‐better‐you 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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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD I AM all about showing up for things that you think are important. It is, in fact, why I write this column.

I sit and I write what I

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feel so that other people can engage with those musings and hopefully connect in some way with them, whether they

agree with me or not.

I do it more for the people who will find something they will agree with though, be‐ cause I want to let those people know they aren’t alone in thinking or exist‐ ing in the world in the way that they do.

When facism is on the rise again in almost every country in the world, is rife in media, and the same rhetoric is rehashed time and time again in the name of ‘free speech’, it is important for people to know they are not alone. That it isn’t everybody who wants to repeal rights and take things back to ‘the good old days’ of overt racism, sexism and hostility, and it isn’t ev‐ eryone that wants to kill

the planet in the name of profit.

It is also important to share your ethics and views because it is exact‐ ly what the people up‐ holding the status quo don’t want you to do.

They don’t want people talking openly about their thoughts, experi‐ ences and visions for a better world because the more connections people make with each other over shared goals, the stronger those people be‐ come and the more tangi‐ ble the goals get. They don’t want people exist‐ ing openly in ways that deviate from the stan‐ dard, in case it inspires more people to be their individual selves and not hide away quietly.

Like bosses who don’t

want employees dis‐ cussing salaries, less they figure out they are worth more, people with privi‐ lege don’t want anyone being open about any‐ thing that is different from the ‘norm’, in case they recruit more person‐ nel to the cause.

Whether the people with the upper hand do this through blatant silencing of minorities, or more the more subtle “do what you wish, just don’t shove it in people’s faces,” it has the same aim. Don’t let people know there is another way that varies from the one we tell them about, because once that knowl‐ edge is out, it’s very hard to hide or back away.

People being unapolo‐ getically themselves,

sixsecretstosuccess when who they are and how they think is railed against, is a brave and revolutionary act. How many stories of radical change start with some variation of “I saw some‐ one who was like me standing up for them‐ selves, and realised I could do it too?” And how many times have you heard those that would rather people don’t stand up for them‐ selves, say “kids don’t need to learn about that”, “that’s in the past and we should move on”, or “stop pushing your agenda at me?”

These are all common phrases used to squash the sharing of informa‐ tion and the inspiration behind being different, make no mistake. Keep watch for them, and keep being different!

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DAVID WORBOYS THINKING ALOUD RELATIVELY few people stray from the beaches of Bali. But we were fascinated by reports of the Bali Aga people and had decided to venture into the interior. There was an island in a lake which was accessible by horse and boat. We found a place to stay the night which rented horses to take us over the rough terrain down to the jetty.

The accommodation was an in‐ teresting contrast to our previous night at the Sanur Beach hotel with all its finest holiday facilities.

For the equivalent of DM 15 per night, Helga and I were offered one small room furnished simply with a wooden chair and a double bed. As there were no clothes hangers, no cupboard and no drawers, the chair served as a place to put our clothing. The wooden bed was solid and wide enough, but the stained, springy mattress was partially covered by newspapers while the ‘blankets’

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BALI AGA The welcome to this Paradise was not warm.

were huge potato sacks.

In the corner was a shower area, serviced by a tap mounted just above face level. There was no soap and there were no mirrors but we had one bath towel and a hand towel. The loo was a hole in the floor in a corner, completely ex‐ posed, and there was a second tap

with a spray hose attached for en‐ couraging any residue that had missed the hole to slither down it.

An outside loo would have been preferable, but there was always the great outdoors.

There was no practical alterna‐ tive, so we took it and, as there was no evidence of insects, we slept

reasonably well.

The next day we rode to the shore of the lake. The horses had saddles and reins, but no stirrups.

The boatmen wanted DM 10 for the short return journey to the is‐ land. We had heard that the Bali Aga islanders did not bury their dead but laid the corpses out to de‐

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cay at the edge of the lake. They al‐ so had their teeth filed and chewed a red tobacco to look deliberately fierce. As a result, they appeared to have blood oozing from their teeth.

When we stepped ashore, we saw nether corpses nor any sign of life, so we left the waiting boatmen and wandered along the beach. Af‐ ter a few minutes we were ap‐ proached by three men, one of whose teeth seemed to be bleed‐ ing. They looked hostile and we turned to go back to the boat but they followed and one of them blocked the way. They then shout‐ ed and tried to snatch the cameras but we ran back towards the boat‐ men.

The boatmen seized the oppor‐ tunity to renegotiate the return fare, demanding DM 100. Arguing was not going to get us anywhere, so we paid DM 70 which was all we had with us.

Back in the Sanur Beach hotel, we decided to write this off to ex‐ perience. But what an experience!

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What have you learnt?

ROBERT SHALLIS WITH 2021 now behind us, we would have all experienced different challenges and or struggles, of course we have had some wonderful things happen too. Each of us has our own story to tell which is all relative. It is pretty clear that we cannot change the past but we can most certainly use it to help mould our future and make 2022 a better year. How do we do this?

Firstly, I always like to ask two poignant questions about the past; what have I learnt and what will I do differently next time?

Albert Einstein once said: ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’

So, the key is to use our past mistakes, errors of judgement, whatever it may be, as lessons in order and make changes for the better by simply doing things differently.

In order for things in your life to

Take control of your life and watch the miracles unfold.

change, you have to change things currently in your life.

You may have already tried different ways and methods to achieve something you desire and feel despondent to the point of giving up, however, that is the most important time to shake off those shackles of fear and doubt and push on through.

If you fail at something it doesn’t

make ‘you’ a failure, it simply means the thing you’ve tried has failed. If you keep trying you’ll eventually fail your way to success.

Learning by your failings and mistakes will pave your way to your goal.

Thomas Edison was often ridiculed as he made thousands of attempts before creating the light bulb. When asked how he felt

about his many failings during that time, his reply was “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

He used his failures as lessons in how not to do something which we can all do in whatever we are trying to achieve in our lives.

So, what have you learnt in 2021 that will help you to progress to success in 2022? What lessons can you take to help yourself and others in order to elevate to new heights?

Life is as exciting as you choose it to be. If you’re not happy, content, fulfilled then think about making a change. These are bi‐products of pursuing something with real purpose and creating a lifestyle you want for the benefit of you and those around you. Ask yourself what is important to you and decide whether it’s important enough to be committed or just interested.

Commitment is key and will show itself if its importance is enough to add real value in your life.

Follow your bliss and do not concern yourself with other

people’s negative opinions as its just their opinion and often has more do about them than you. The only opinion that really matters is that which you have of yourself.

You will find you are truly happiest when you’re in the process of achieving your goal. The journey is always the fun part when you look back so enjoy the progressive realisation of whatever dreams you have for 2022.

Look back on 2021 as a year of learning and use its teachings to launch you into 2022 with fresh eyes, renewed vigour and excitement.

Now is the time for you to allow things to start happening for you instead of to you, so take control and watch the miracles unfold.

Good luck!

Rob Shallis www.robshallis.com To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

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FIFTY BEDS AT Christmas Lesley Boreham started a fundraiser on Facebook called ‘A bed for Christmas’, for the dogs at Finca la Castellana Animal Welfare Centre, her target was 50 beds or €1,000.

With lots of work and effort Lesley managed to raise €456 towards the cause, purchasing approximately 25 beds for some of the dogs currently living at the rescue centre. These beds are raised on legs, avoiding the cold coming through the beds and helping to keep the dogs extra cosy. Despite Lesley’s immense efforts, she did not manage to raise the full amount for 50 beds, the €1,000 target she had aimed for originally.

Husband Richard, of Autolease Renting & Autocarga in Benijófar, stepped in and offered to match the amount already raised to make the €1,000 needed for the 50 beds! An amazing and generous gesture which we here at Finca la Castellana are extremely grateful for.

Thank you to Lesley and Richard, and to all the people who either donated or bought these fantastic beds for all our dogs.

Regards, Beccie.

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KURT ZOUMA: Should he have been banned from playing?

Ian Kemp He should have been suspended, prosecuted and made to do community service... an example to young people people that animal abuse is totally unacceptable.

COSY BEDS: Raised on legs to avoid the cold.

Can someone please tell me why the Spanish are only targeting British people regarding the 90-day ruling when visiting Spain?

This ruling has always been in place but never really been enforced, so why are the Germans, Southern Irish, French, Italians etc allowed to stay longer?

ONE STEP FORWARD AS more autonomous communities scrap the need to show a Covid passport to enter hospitality areas it seems that slowly but surely, we are coming to terms with the fact that whilst the coronavirus is here to stay, we have to learn to live with it rather than tr y to fight it tooth and nail.

Perhaps the time has come to spend the next few weeks studying the effects in the UK and Sweden where effectively all restrictions have been removed, to see whether there is any significant rise in fatalities caused by the Omicron variant.

So many people suffered when the most virulent variants arrived, but there is little doubt that many of the restrictions will have helped save lives even though the cost in mental health, economy and freedom were significant.

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This is discrimination. I know of many people that have overstayed in Spain for many months from these countries.

How can this be investigated, I would like some answers, but where from?

Regards, Lesley

OUR VIEW

More and more people across the world are actively protesting about the restrictions that still exist and unless one believes that there is a global conspiracy to keep citizens under control, it seems sensible now to try to return to a type of pre-pandemic normality.

If there is going to be a further wave of a new variant of the virus, it’s going to happen regardless and with all of the information gathered over the last two years, it shouldn’t be difficult to respond quickly and reintroduce safety measures if necessary.

In the meantime, however, everyone and every business needs to be able to plan ahead so that we can all recover from the effects of the past two years and whilst things will never be completely normal, accept the virus in the same way that we accept flu and deal with it accordingly.

Sandra Park I detest what he did. He has been fined. He now knows that he is hated for it. He has to live with that. It won’t be easy. He should go and help at a rescue centre. Then he really will understand why the public have reacted so strongly. Then let him get on with his life.

Alison Kemp Animal cruelty is intolerable. Dreadful thing to do. He will have to live with what he has done and face the consequences.

Laura Margaret He should definitely be banned, animal cruelty has no place in the world and young people look up to footballers.

Janine Turner Go to West Ham page and kick up about this and message the club. Shocking.

Jo Ripley Should have been suspended for a lot longer without pay, which should have been donated to animal charities.

Garry Glennie How funny would it be if Leicester supporters threw soft toy cats onto the park during the game.

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Do dogs really dream about their owners?

ACCORDING to a new theory developed by a Harvard psychologist, dogs are likely to dream about their owners when they sleep. It has already been shown that our four‐legged friends have a similar sleep pat‐ tern to humans, consisting of a phase of deep sleep followed by a period of REM (rapid eye movement).

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Russian teen cleared to compete RUSSIAN figures skater Kamila Valieva reportedly had three drugs that can be used to help the heart, ac‐ cording to her test sample.

Two of the medications are not banned, however one, trimetazidine, is and is known to boost perfor‐ mance and stamina.

Despite finding the drug in Valieva’s system, the

Skater allowed to compete.

court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cleared the Rus‐ sian teen accused of doping, allowing her to compete in the winter Olympics.

Kamila Valieva had failed a test on Christmas Day for a banned substance, raising questions over whether she would be allowed to take part in her next event on Tuesday February 15.

Trippier suffers broken foot in huge blow to Newcastle KIERAN TRIPPIER was signed from Atletico Madrid. His career at Newcastle is not going as well as he would have hoped for. He will be sidelined after being injured minutes in‐ to the second half of the game against As‐ ton Villa on February 13.

The football star underwent X‐rays at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. He made his return to St James’ Park on crutches though, and will need to undergo surgery

later this week.

The 31‐year‐old star has broken his left foot.

The club took to Twitter and said: “Kieran Trippier is set to be sidelined for #NUFC’s upcoming fixtures after fracturing a bone in his foot during yesterday’s win over Aston Villa.

“Wishing you a speedy recovery, @trippi‐ er2.”

CAS upheld the Russian Anti‐Doping Agency’s deci‐ sion to lift her temporary suspension citing ‘excep‐ tional circumstances’.

The skater later came out on top at the women’s sin‐ gles event on Tuesday, and will compete again today, Thursday, February 17.

In passing their judge‐ ment CAS gave their rea‐ sons including Valieva’s sta‐ tus as a ‘protected person’ under the World Anti‐Dop‐ ing Code, ‘serious issues’ in the process of notifying her of her result, and the fact that a suspension could cause her ‘irreparable harm’.

The International Olympic Committee, the World Anti‐ Doping Agency and the In‐ ternational Skating Union had all gone to court to have the ban reinstated, with Valieva’s team current‐ ly under investigation for their role in the fiasco.

Djokovic: I’d rather give up Grand Slams TENNIS ace Novak Djokovic in his first major interview since being booted out of Australia revealed that he would give up on Grand Slams rather than get vaccinated against Covid.

There was much controversy earlier this year after Djokovic was deported from Australia.

Speaking to the BBC the tennis player explained that he believes individuals have the right to choose and that he is not in general an anti‐vaxxer.

He was quizzed over whether he would happily miss Wimbledon and the French Open due to his lack of being jabbed. He replied: “That is the price I’m willing to pay.

“The principles of decision making on my body are more important than any title or anything else, I’m trying to be in tune with my body as much as I possibly can.”

Djokovic revealed that he has: “always been a great stu‐ dent of wellness, well‐being, health, nu‐ trition.

“I was never against vaccination. I understand that, globally, everyone is trying to put a big effort into han‐ dling this virus and seeing, hopeful‐ ly, an end soon to it.”

Djokovic is still open to the possibil‐ ity of being vaccinated against Covid in the future.

Was deported from Australia.