Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 24 February - 2 March 2022 Issue 1912

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Additional vaccines HAVING spent so much time, effort and money in fighting the pandemic, it might appear that vacci‐ nations against other viruses and diseases may have been overlooked.

The good news for the health of the Balearic population is that almost €10 million is to be spent during 2022 and 2023 on a range of different vac‐ cines, all of which are considered important to protect the health of the younger generation.

The argument of the Ministry of Health is that when population cover‐ age is very high, as is the case with childhood vac‐ cination, the benefit is not only individual, but also collective.

Vaccines to be ob‐ tained include those that protect against chicken‐ pox, measles, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, papillo‐ ma virus and pneumococ‐ cus.

Although the pro‐ gramme covers the next years, it may be extended until 2025.

Protect against disease.

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HAPPY Palma taxis BALEARICS Credit: Palma Council

FACE TO FACE: The well attended meeting.

Credit: Balearic Government

BALEARIC ISLANDS DAY: Minister Mercedes Garrido confirmed the celebrations.

THE Balearic Government is at last able to allow proper celebrations to take place to mark Balearic Islands Day on March 1 following past restrictions caused by the pandemic.

Announcing that there will be 255 sponsored ac‐ tivities across the four is‐ lands, Minister for the Pres‐ idency, Civil Service and Equality, Mercedes Garrido said “this year we will have a very special day, which will be a reunion, with which we will be able to celebrate that despite the adversities we are a fight‐ ing society, showing soli‐ darity, which brings out the

best in itself when it is most needed and able to recover and move for‐ ward.”

Palma will continue to be the epicentre of the cele‐ brations, with 164 activi‐ ties, although there will be a great involvement of the municipalities to move the focus from just the city and some 30 events will take place across Mallorca.

Likewise, 30 events are planned in Menorca, 23 in Ibiza and eight in For‐ mentera and all residents wherever they are will be invited to take part to cel‐ ebrate the day that the Balearics were recognised

as an Autonomous Com‐ munity.

It all starts on Monday February 28 with presenta‐ tion of medals and awards and there will be special ar‐ tisan markets set up around Palma with music and cul‐ ture of the Balearic Islands coming to the forefront.

Gastronomy will also have its place and Feixina Park will be the gastronom‐ ic centre, where live cook‐ ing shows, a fair featuring local produce, wine tasting, workshops and demonstra‐ tions will take place.

For full details of all that is going on visit www. caib.es.

LOOKING forward to Easter and the new summer season, the Palma Council held its first face to face meeting since the start of the pandemic with repre‐ sentatives of the various taxi associations to discuss plans for the future.

Of particular interest to the members of the associ‐ ations was the possibility of extending working hours in anticipation of the influx of larger numbers of visi‐ tors than in 2021.

This was considered doubly important as not only will tourists be assured of an efficient service but longer hours will allow drivers to recoup some of the financial losses of the past two years.

Also present at the meeting were members of the opposition parties, Ciudadanos, Partido Popular and Vox.

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Close the Circle THE Consell de Mallorca is working with the Col‐ lege of Agricultural Technical Engineers of the Balearic Islands to discuss a new organic proposal, ‘Close the Cir‐ cle’ to be presented to the European Union Next Generation fund for financing.

The programme which is likely to cost €200 million, if agreed, will see the construction of five organic treat‐ ment plants to be locat‐ ed in Marratxi, Santa Margalida, Calvia, Felan‐ itx and Llucmajor which will take organic matter on Mallorca and convert it to fertiliser.

Currently imported fertiliser costs in the re‐ gion of €70 per tonne and it is estimated that once up and running, these on island plants will be able to quadruple current production to 80,000 tonnes a year at a cost of €3 per tonne.

Not only will this be a tremendous saving, al‐ lowing for more organic growing, but there will be an important envi‐ ronmental benefit as waste matter will be used rather than simply sent to landfill, proving the old saying “where there’s muck, there’s brass!”

Better museums

THE Spanish Ministry of Cul‐ ture is to refurbish the muse‐ ums of Mallorca, Muro and the Can Sales library in Pal‐ ma, with an investment of €8 million.

The ministry’s secretary‐ general for Culture and Sport, Víctor Francos, and the Balearic government’s councillor for European Funds, Universities and Cul‐ ture, Miquel Company, met in Palma.

Víctor Francos explained that “the budget allocation, which is reflected in the Gen‐ eral State Budget, and the multi‐year forecast for the next five years” would allow them to respond to the his‐ torical needs of the Balearic Islands with regards to cul‐ tural matters, especially in terms of their museums.

The refurbishment of the Museu de Mallorca in Palma will be carried out in several phases. The water leaks in

REFURBISHMENT: Discussing the plans.

the basement will be re‐ paired, the space will be pre‐ pared to house the perma‐ nent archaeology exhibition and new display cases will be installed.

An investment of €249,273 has already been planned for 2022.

The plan also includes the comprehensive architectural

refurbishment of the Ethno‐ logical Museum of Muro, which has needed such re‐ furbishment for years.

Work is scheduled to begin in 2023. The museum, which today can be visited free of charge, shows the different spaces of a traditional house, and holds important pieces of an ethnological nature.

Statue returned

AT long last the Alcudia horse sculpture by Aligi Sassu was returned to its place on the Polisportiu roundabout on Tuesday February 22.

It was involved in a traffic accident several years ago and was the subject of a wrangle over insurance, but an agreement was reached be‐ tween the Alcudia Council and insurers so that each bore part of the €16,000 restoration and

resiting costs. Having toppled over after the ac‐ cident, it was left to deteriorate until such time as a decision was made to bring it back to its original state. The work was undertaken at the Can Martet de Sant Llorenç workshop under the supervision of sculptor Miguel Ginard Sarasate and the statue was returned to its spot on the roundabout with the minimum of disruption to passing traffic.

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Earthquake rocks ACCORDING to the Marratxi Police on Mal‐ lorca, an earthquake of low intensity shook parts of the island on Tuesday, February 22.

The movement was reportedly felt by some of the residents of Marratxi, Santa Maria, and other towns in the Raiguer region. At around 7.40pm they noticed a strong tremor for a few minutes. There were no reports of any injuries or material damage.

On March 18, 2021, the island was hit by a much larger quake of a higher intensity, mea‐ suring around 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale. This one had its epicentre located off the Algerian coast, and it struck the Balearic tourist hotspot during the early hours of the morning.

Even though only a slight movement was registered, it was reported as being felt by res‐ idents of Palma, s’Arenal, and Manacor at the time. No structural damage to any property was recorded, and the emergency services were not deployed.

Dumped vehicles ABANDONED cars are being removed from the streets of Palma following the creation of the new Son Oms car park.

A total of 167 cars have been identified of which 94 are currently being stored at the car park whilst the balance of 73 has been removed and sold for scrap. The build up of vehicles was caused by the closure of the Son Toells depot, but the opening of the new park has allowed the council to take speedy action to make the city safer and to free up the roads. Currently, abandoning a vehicle on the street is punishable by a €1,600 fine but the council is looking to increase this to €3,000 for the worst of‐ fenders. Whilst there are private companies pre‐ pared to purchase old vehicles and deregister them, there is also a facility for owners of broken‐ down vehicles to contact the Local Police for assis‐ tance in advising methods of safe and legal disposal Information from the 010 Telephone Support Service and at the Citizen Service Offices (OAC).

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NIBS EXTRA Green Calvia MUNICIPAL public com‐ pany Calvia 2000, has been given the highest award by the Blue Pajari‐ tas programme, in recog‐ nition of excellence in the management of the col‐ lection and recycling of waste paper and card‐ board and the work that it undertook during 2021 as part of its environmen‐ tal commitment.

Bach festival

Aquaman in Mallorca

AQUAMAN and Dune star Jason Momoa is currently in Mallorca filming one of the episodes for his new eight‐part HBO Max competition ‘The Climb’ which sees him with friend and fellow climber Chris Sharma.

W h e n t h e s h o w w a s f i r s t a n‐ nounced, the actor and thrill seeker Momoa said “It’s a dream come true to create a show with one of my idols, my good friend, and legendary climber Chris Sharma. I’m thrilled to be part‐ nering with HBO Max and to pro‐ duce alongside IPC to bring you this incredible show about my favourite sport, rock climbing.”

In this all‐encompassing com‐ petition, amateur climbers are

Credit: YouTube

Jason Momoa, rock climber.

New hospitality jobs Demolition

Cold snap EVEN Mallorca can’t es‐ cape the effects of the bad weather which has affected much of north‐ ern Europe over the past week or so and latest forecasts anticipate a very cold weekend start‐ ing on February 25 with the chance of snow on high ground.

A different sport IF axe throwing was easy, they would call it darts explains a manual on the art of throwing a hatchet at a wooden board and now for the first time, you can do this at a new‐ ly opened stress relief centre in Palma.

Cleaning up SEVEN months ago, the historic Son Cladera wa‐ ter mill in Sa Pobla was tagged with three initials and brightly coloured paint. Now after a long investigation about the correct way to remove the graffiti, the Consell de Mallorca has confirmed that work will start short‐ ly.

put through a rigorous series of mental and physical challenges, utilising the most intimidating ascents in the world to crown the world’s best amateur climber.

Said to be recovering from his recent break up with actress Lisa Bonet, (former wife of Lenny Kravitz) with whom he has two children, he needs to keep fo‐ cused when climbing The Devil’s Cave in Manacor’s Porto Cristo.

No date has yet been set for the airing of this innovative new programme, but fans of this ac‐ tion man actor can look forward to seeing him in forthcoming films Aquaman 2, Slumberland and Fast and Furious 10.

Credit: PalmaActiva

THE Inca Council will be supporting four consecu‐ tive Sunday concerts ded‐ icated to the work of Jo‐ hann Sebastian Bach as part of the Inca Interna‐ tional Baroque Music Fes‐ tival (fimb’22) at the Teatro Principal with the first taking place on February 27.

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SELECTION PROCESS: Interviews took place at PalmaActiva offices.

THE municipal employment depart‐ ment PalmaActiva has organised a staff selection process for the Mar‐ riott hotel chain to fill 130 jobs.

In just two days more than 600 people were interviewed by Marriott International and Son Vida Golf Hu‐ man Resources managers as they need to employ 130 people in recep‐ tion, as well as kitchen, bar, restau‐ rant and floor service staff. According to Rodrigo Romero, Palma councillor for Economic Promotion and Employ‐ ment, “there is a certain reactivation of the sector in anticipation that the

season will be very good.” Romero al‐ so added that the chains need skilled workers, which is why they are im‐ proving conditions to retain staff.

The selection days are an initiative of PalmaActiva which facilitates direct contact between jobseekers and hu‐ man resources managers of compa‐ nies looking for staff.

During this selection period, Pal‐ maActiva supported Marriott during all phases of the process: disseminat‐ ing the offers on social media, making the first selection and then providing space to conduct interviews.

Foreign workers

AGRICULTURAL sales are important to Mal‐ lorca but there aren’t enough workers pre‐ pared to undertake the job of planting and harvesting.

To cope with the deficit, the Pagesos Soli‐ daris Foundation was created 20 years ago with the support of a trio of agrarian unions in order to combat the situation.

An agreement was struck between the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the

agency

THE Agency for the Defence of the Territory of Mallorca (ADT) is an autonomous body of the Consell de Mallorca.

Its main role is to review the legal status of buildings across the island in order to en‐ sure that their construction has been offi‐ cially approved.

In the event that this is not the case, then the ADT has the power to require the de‐ molition of any property which breaches the rules concerning planning permission and works closely with many Mallorcan municipalities to ensure compliance.

It is by no means a toothless organisation as at the end of January this year it issued demolition orders on nine properties based in seven municipalities and announced on Twitter on February 18 that it had arranged for the demolition of a 250 square metre restaurant terrace which had been built on rustic ground without permis‐ sion.

Balearic Government in order to allow mi‐ grant workers from Colombia to take up jobs on the land which Mallorcans don’t ap‐ ply for. Every year, between 300 and 400 Colombian workers are given contracts, ac‐ commodation and return tickets in order to ensure that fresh fruit and vegetables grown locally are available for sale.

Financial support is given to this project from the Social Income Tax levy.

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The Rua returns MARRATXI was the first town in Mallorca to cel‐ ebrate this year’s Rua on Saturday February 19 with 15 participating groups representing dance, music and colour.

Having spent so long without the chance to ‘party’, hundreds of local residents and visitors braved the cold and wind to enjoy the festivi‐ ties.

Although most of the participating groups came from Marratxi, there were some from Lloseta and Palma who couldn’t wait to dress up.

It all started at 4pm as the groups gathered outside the iconic slaughterhouse before setting off an hour later through the streets en route to the town hall led by the municipal band.

Winners were decid‐ ed by a special jury with prizes awarded in a number of categories based on the originality of the group, their cos‐ tumes, music and carni‐ val spirit.

Mayor of Marratxí, Miquel Cabot, said he was “very pleased to be able to celebrate the Rua again and to gradu‐ ally return to normal.

This year’s Rua has been a sign that Marratxi is a happy and festive town.”

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THE Balearic Government wants to stop some Palma stores from selling alcohol late at night after bars and restaurants have closed. It is calling in the Guardia Civil to visit mini‐mar‐ kets in the areas of Carrer Arago and Passeig Marítim follow‐ ing numerous complaints from local residents about noise and rowdy behaviour. Although it recognises that the Palma Council and its Green Patrol has attempted to control the situ‐ ation, it believes that penalties given for breaches are so low that it is to the financial benefit of stores to pay the minor fines and carry on selling. If a visit from the Guardia Civil does‐ n’t persuade shop owners to be more careful, then it may be necessary to consider additional sanctions, although it is hoped that good sense will prevail.

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Frantic travellers Priceless art find

H O L I D AY M A K E R S at Heathrow airport who were desperate to get their flights ended up walking down the M4, according to witnesses. A key airport tunnel had become blocked on Mon‐ day, February 21.

The Oxford Bus Compa‐ ny had taken to Twitter to confirm that a bus had broken down. Heavy de‐ lays were caused after the bus broke down in the Heathrow CBS Tun‐ nel.

Heathrow Airport had urged people not to walk down the motorway. One witness stated: “People walking along hard shoul‐ der with suitcases ‐ it’s lethal.” One couple re‐ turning from holiday told MyLondon how they had been stuck for two hours.

Speaking to the UK press a Heathrow spokes‐ person stated: “Our col‐ leagues responded to a broken down bus earlier today which caused tem‐ porary congestion in the central terminal area tun‐ nel.

AIRPORT: A key tunnel had become blocked.

The vehicle has now been removed and traffic

is flowing freely again through the tunnel.”

Facebook spies ACCORDING to one publication, the UK government has launched an internal enquiry to identify ‘Facebook spies’ that may have leaked secret details about its plans to regulate social media to Facebook.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who recently be‐ came Meta’s new president of Global Affairs, is reported to have been fed sensitive information that will affect the company and its dominance in the market.

It is understood that the search will cover the Treasury, For‐ eign Office, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with the probe launched last week after a Financial Times article on the government’s upcoming Online Safety Bill. That bill aims to police social media platforms.

An unnamed source has told the publication that fears about a potential leak had been raised as early as June 2020, when Clegg apparently cited classified information from one such let‐ ter during a Zoom call with government officials.

A DRAWING bought at a yard sale for around €26 in 2017 has been valued at in excess of €9 million accord‐ ing to Agnews Gallery ‐ the London auction house in possession of the artwork.

Boston‐based art collec‐ tor Clifford Schorer, who is a consultant to the gallery, told one media outlet that he came across the rare art‐ work, thought to have been completed in 1503, by chance on the way to a par‐ ty in Massachusetts in 2019.He had forgotten to bring a gift to the party and so took a detour to a book‐ store, which sold col‐ lectable volumes, en route. The artwork had been purchased at a yard sale at the home of an ar‐ chitect who had been gifted the piece from his art dealer father.

The 16th century drawing by Albrecht Dür‐ er, who died in 1528, is regarded as both the greatest German artist of his time and as one of the most important artists and intellectuals of the European Renaissance.

DRAWING: Rare artwork is thought to be from 1503.

UK ‘living with Covid’ BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed his ‘Living With Covid’ plan in the House of Commons on Monday, February 21. This news finally puts England on a path to‐ wards normality, with the last remaining lockdown re‐ strictions set to be axed in the next few days.

From today Thursday February 24, the mandatory self‐ isolation period of five days will be removed, allowing people to stay at work without having to quarantine.

Even so, the government advice is still for anybody who has the virus to preferably stay at home to avoid passing it on to their workmates.The free Covid handout of £500 that was being paid to those in financial difficulties while self‐isolating is due to be scrapped on March 24. Free coronavirus tests will be gradually phased out from April 1, but will still be available to those in the most vulnerable of health positions, or age groups. The emergency rule al‐ lowing local councils to make decisions in response to outbreaks will also be removed.

Hero cop

A ONE-YEAR-OLD girl in a critical condi‐ tion after hitting her head was saved by National Police offi‐ cers in Sevilla on Fri‐ day, February 18.

The infant had fallen at home and struck the back of her head on the floor, and was in a critical condition.

The incident occurred in a property located on Calle Fe‐ ria. An emergency call was put out via the 091 services re‐ questing immediate assis‐ tance from any patrols in the vicinity.

A National Police patrol that was in the area responded to the location, where they found the father holding his motion‐ less daughter in his arms. They verified the child was having serious difficulties breathing on her own, with very weak vital signs and unresponsive to cognitive stimuli. The officers immediately performed CPR on the baby and made the de‐ cision to transfer the baby and her father in the police vehicle to the hospital, where doctors were able to save her life.

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Secret coronation plans BUCKINGHAM PALACE has reportedly started drawing up plans in secret for Prince Charles and Camilla’s corona‐ tion following the Queen’s stated wish that the latter be named as Queen Consort when Charles succeeds her.

Insiders suggest the plans dubbed Operation Gold Orb include a ceremony that will be significantly less lavish than the Queen’s, which reported‐ ly cost £1.5 million, roughly the equivalent of £46 million in today’s money. Charles is to be crowned King alongside Queen Camilla and it is thought that he is hoping for a ‘shorter’ and ‘far cheaper’ cer‐ emony than that of his moth‐ er's, which took place in 1953.

Reports also suggest that the number of guests attend‐ ing the event will be slashed by three‐quarters, with one royal insider saying that Harry and Meghan may not even join Charles on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the historic event.

Healthiest city

VALENCIA: Spain’s third largest city.

A STUDY by a British magazine has voted Valencia to be the healthiest city in the world Spain’s third‐largest city by population was chosen from a long list of cities located around the world. The publication produced an extensive report to choose the 20 cities where the health of citizens is paramount.

Their study analysed multiple factors in each city, including life expectancy, the cost of being healthy, air quality, obesity rates, city safety, and the number of hours of sunlight per year in each city.

Spain has been recognised by the World Health Organisa‐ tion (WHO), as the country with the sixth‐highest life ex‐ pectancy in the world. Although Spaniards and many foreign tourists know the great virtues of this Mediterranean city, the municipality is usually behind Barcelona or Madrid on the list of Spanish destinations.

The study highlighted that Valencia was in third place in the life expectancy index of the 20 cities analysed. According to the report, this is mainly due to the Mediterranean lifestyle of its inhabitants, which favours greater longevity.

24 February - 2 March 2022 A LEAK revealed on Sun‐ day, February 20, by me‐ dia outlets around the world has exposed the accounts of 30,000 clients of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse with money from questionable operations owned by personalities from around the world.

One of the most promi‐ nent names included in the list is that of the Philippine dictator Ferdi‐ nand Marcos, and his wife Imelda Marcos. They are estimated to have

THE women’s curling team led by Eve Muirhead crushed Japan in the finals held on Sunday, February 20.

Team GB can hold their head high and will leave the Olympics with two medals. The men’s curling team won a silver medal.

It was Muirhead’s fourth Olympics. Teammates Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds, and Hailey Duff walked away with a gold medal on their first endeavour.

An emotional Muirhead cried on the podium.

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stolen $10 billion during the three terms that Mar‐ cos was in charge of the country, until 1986.

Among the politicians included is Pavlo Lazarenko, Ukraine’s prime minister from 1997 to 1998. A month after resigning, he opened the first of two Credit Suisse accounts with almost eight million Swiss francs.

GB gold Speaking to the media she commented: “It’s a dream come true.

Transparency Interna‐ tional estimates that Lazarenko stole $200 mil‐ lion, collecting half of his profits from businessmen in the country. He was convicted in Switzerland for money laundering in 2000 and subsequently sentenced to nine years in prison for corruption in the United States in 2006.

“That was my third semi‐ final, and the two I lost were hard but I bounced back and here we are. We are Olympic champions. It’s such a special moment.”

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LOCAL POLICE in Valencia fined a man €800 after he went to report that a prostitute had not completed her services. When he went to make his complaint the ‘John’ was informed that the local ordinance re‐ quired that he be fined for soliciting the services of a prostitute.

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Queen suffers from Covid T H E monarch tested positive for Covid on Sunday, February 20.

According to one palace source, multiple cases of Covid have broken out at Windsor Castle. The Queen has been self‐isolating at Windsor since she tested positive for Covid at the weekend.

On Tuesday, February 22, the

Has mild cold-like symptoms.

Pele struggling after chemotherapy BRAZILIAN football legend Pele is ‘struggling to eat or sleep’ after chemotherapy. He is still in hospital and is suffering from a urinary tract infection. The 81‐year‐old was ad‐ mitted to the hospital on February 13 for a chemotherapy session for his colon tumour. Due to a urinary tract infection though he has had to remain in hospital. Heis said to be in a stable condition though reported‐ ly ‘struggling to eat or sleep’. Last week he received an endoscopy

which left him in a weakened state.

Pele is battling tumours in his lung, liver and intestine. It is hoped that in the next few days he will be able to head home. No date for his hospital discharge has been set yet though.

Back in December last year foot‐ ball fans were worried when Pele suffered from a health scare. Luckily though he was discharged before Christmas and was able to celebrate with his family.

Queen was forced to cancel all her virtual engagements for the day. The Queen is said to be suffering from mild cold‐like symptoms.

Buckingham Palace an‐ nounced on Sunday that the Queen had tested positive. The Palace revealed that the monarch would carry on light duties while at Windsor Castle.

She would also carry out virtual audiences while self‐isolating.

On Tuesday morning a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said: “As Her Majesty is still experiencing mild cold‐like symptoms she has decided not to undertake her planned virtu‐ al engagements today, but will continue with light duties.”

It is possible that engage‐ ments that are set to take place in the next few days could also be cancelled.

According to reports, the Queen is triple jabbed. Her ini‐ tial vaccination was in January 2021. She received her second shot in March. It is thought that she has received her booster shot too.

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Haemorrhagic virus THE haemorrhagic virus that causes Crimean‐Congo fever has been found in some areas of Spain.

A study published by the National Centre for Microbiology confirms that the virus has been detected in five autonomous communities: An‐ dalucia, Extremadura, Madrid, Castilla y Leon, and Castilla‐La Mancha.

Viral hemorrhagic fevers give rise to diseases that can be fatal, and are caused by different viruses such as arenaviruses, filoviruses, bun‐ yaviruses, togaviruses and flaviviruses. Among these diseases is the one that causes Crimean‐Congo fever, until now considered an exotic disease in Spain, but which is already present in several areas of the country. The first case was detected in 2013, and the virus was trans‐ mitted by a tick, although other animals such as deer, wild boar or roe deer are also transmitting agents.

Among the most frequent symptoms caused by this disease are fever, muscle pain, dizziness, neck pain and stiffness, lumbago, headache, eye irritation and photophobia.

Flooding and more rain THE Environment Agency issued more warnings for flooding in the north of England and parts of the West Midlands earlier in the week, saying that more rain is likely to hamper recovery efforts. With three storms having passed over the UK within a week, thousands have been evacuated, mil‐ lions left without power and at least three people have died.

There were around 90 flood warnings in place including two “severe warnings” for the River Severn, possibly endangering life, with some homes already having been evacuated as the water levels rise.

Clean ups began across the country including in Matlock, Derbyshire, where the town’s high street was submerged, the third time it has been hit by devastating floods in three years.

Efforts to restore power continued throughout the country.

More flooding was forecast as the waters made their way down the rivers and more rain falls, which will continue to hamper recovery efforts.

The myth of middle age WITH science evolving, meaning people are living longer, when exactly is middle age and have the goalposts changed?

Britannica states: “mid‐ dle age, period of human adulthood that immediate‐ ly precedes the onset of old age.”

But this also begs the question ‐ When does mid‐ dle age end and old age be‐ ing?

Old age used to mean somewhere around 60, however many in their 60s and 70s now enjoy a quality of life to rival those in their 20s, thanks to improve‐ ments in healthcare tech‐ nology, and let’s face it some impressive saving over a lifetime of work giv‐ ing them better funding in later life than previous gen‐ erations.

But not only are older people now enjoying in‐ creased quality of life, our mind set around ageing has also changed.

Cast your mind back to

MIDDLE AGE: People are living longer thanks to improvements in healthcare technology.

your teens and remember thinking middle age was around 30 years old ‐ meaning we would all be dead by 60 if that was the case. Anyone in their 30s was considered a ‘proper adult’, yet now vast swathes of millenials still live at home, are yet to buy their home, or have any of the other traits traditionally seen as ‘adult’.

If you factor in rising life

expectancies in much of the world, slower maturity rates amongst young adults, and those in their 60s and 70s now enjoying a better quality of life, does this mean middle aged has suddenly been moved back by 20 years?

What do you think? Are you prepared to yet be la‐ belled old age, or do you still consider yourself mid‐ dle aged?

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Poland loses EU funding Thai prison teen warning

THE European Court of Jus‐ tice on February 16 ruled against Hungary and Poland, who effectively lost their court challenge to an EU rule that allows billions of euros of funding to be conditional on democratic standards.

In its judgement the Court said that complying with rule of law was a con‐ dition of enjoying mem‐ bership of the EU, dealing a blow to the govern‐ ments in Hungary and Poland who have been widely accused of back‐ sliding on standards in re‐ cent years.

Hungary’s governing party condemned the rul‐ ing as a political decision, arguing against the court ruling that “sound finan‐ cial management of the EU’s budget” could be se‐ riously compromised by breaches of rule of law.

They added that EU member states signed up to common values such as rule of law and solidarity

and the EU “must be able to defend those values.”

Both countries have been investigated for un‐ dermining the indepen‐

dence of courts, media and non‐governmental or‐ ganisations and both are key recipients of EU fund‐ ing.

Met Officers charged THE CPS in the UK has confirmed that two serving Met Police Officers and one former officer are being charged with sharing ‘racist and misogynistic mes‐ sages’ via WhatsApp with Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens.

The charges follow an investigation by the Indepen‐ dent Officer for Police Conduct with all three accused of sending grossly offensive messages on a public com‐ munications network contrary to section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.

The three are due to appear at Westminster Magis‐ trates’ Court on March 16. The CPS said it cannot con‐ firm the names of the officers for operational reasons.

Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS special crime divi‐ sion, said: “Following a referral of evidence by the In‐ dependent Office for Police Conduct, the CPS has au‐ thorised charges against two serving Metropolitan Police officers and one former officer.”

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The Vatican is the country with the smallest population: 799.

A FACEBOOK page has been set up to raise aware‐ ness of the plight of Ashley Oosthuizen, a young South African student facing a death sentence in a Thai prison and as a warning for travelling students.

The 22‐year‐old from George in the Western Cape of South Africa had no criminal record when she finished school in 2018 and moved to the island of Koh Samui.

After meeting a man who ran a drug dealing business, Ashley became embroiled in an MDMA dealing scan‐ dal when she unwittingly signed for a package con‐ taining the drugs while working at his restaurant.

Police were following the trail and she was immedi‐ ately detained and sen‐ tenced to death. That was later reduced to life impris‐ onment.

A website and Facebook page have now been set up with Ashley’s case serving as a warning for travelling students.

ASHLEY: Serving as a warning to travelling students.

Sánchez hints

SPANISH President Pedro Sánchez has hinted that the mandatory use of masks in in‐ door public spaces could be scrapped “sooner rather than later.”

Speaking at a press confer‐ ence on Monday, February 21, Sánchez said: “Thanks to the contribution of science, we have fewer and fewer cases and the incidence rate does nothing but go down.”

The president said that al‐ though the removal of masks indoors is unlikely to take place immediately, it will be when “science and healthcare pro‐ fessionals say.” Some health

care professionals have al‐ ready recommended the re‐ moval of the mandatory rule from school classrooms.

The press conference oc‐ curred after the president’s meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the Moncloa Palace, which is believed to have sparked fresh debate about the removal of the mandatory indoor mask rule.

Denmark lifted all Covid re‐ strictions on February 2.

Currently, 91 per cent of Spain’s population is fully vac‐ cinated and 49.7 per cent has had a booster dose.

Trapped passenger blasts Ryanair ONE Ryanair passenger has blasted the company after she was charged for water after being trapped on‐board.

The flight had been heading from Cork to London but due to Storm Eunice, it was di‐ verted to Edinburgh.

The passenger told one publication: “They gave us two options when we landed in Edin‐ burgh, they said that we could get off the plane and find our own trans‐ port out of our own pockets, or stay on the plane and wait.

Problems out of its control.

“About nine people got off the plane. We landed in Scotland at 2pm and left at about 5pm. We were just sit‐ ting there for three hours, they wouldn’t let us off. “They had the front door open for air

but they were still charg‐ ing people for water and food.

“When it had tried to land in London earlier people were getting sick, they ran out of sick bags and even then people needed water and they were charging for it.

Ryanair claimed that the problems were out of its control and report‐ edly emailed passengers and said it had: “made all reasonable efforts to prevent and reduce the flight delay, and under‐ stand the inconvenience it may have caused.”

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Public debt up

AS with most nations affect‐ ed by the pandemic, public debt in Spain continued to skyrocket during 2020, but at a rate lower than the gov‐ ernment expected. Accord‐ ing to the Bank of Spain, the country’s debts amounted to €1.427 trillion in Decem‐ ber last year, €81.98 billion above the figure with which it concluded 2020 (€1.346 trillion).

As is to be expected the bulk of the debt, €1.245 tril‐ lion, is owed by the State.

Spain’s national debt level does appear to have peaked, even though it in‐ creased to an all‐time high in 2021. Debt fell in the final quarter of the year by €4.5 trillion, the first drop since the start of the pandemic.

Debt owed by the au‐ tonomous communities rose to €313 billion and that of local authorities by €220 billion. Of most concern is the €99 billion debt owed

by Social Security with the remaining government or‐ ganisations owing €55 bil‐ lion.

NEWS

Children offered vaccine Gambling ban FOLLOWING the announcements that Wales and Scotland will be offering the coronavirus vaccine to children aged five to 11, it is now confirmed that England and Northern Ireland will be doing the same.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed that the UK government’s vaccine advisory body, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Im‐ munisation (JCVI), had advised that the roll‐ out be extended to ensure everyone in the age group is eligible for the jab. Ministers he said have taken on board this recommenda‐ tion.

He added that the NHS in England will “prepare to extend this non‐urgent offer to all children during April.”

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s health min‐ ister Robin Swann announced that the coun‐

VACCINE: Will be given to children.

try would be carrying out the same move.

Mr Javid said: “I have accepted the advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to make a non‐urgent offer of Covid‐19 vac‐ cines to all children aged five to 11 in Eng‐ land.”

Spanish actress investigated

AN award‐winning Spanish actress is be‐ ing investigated for allegedly buying a fraudulent Covid pass. Other big names have been implicated in the scandal too.

Officers from the National Police are in‐ vestigating actress Veronica Echegui after she reportedly bought the fake Covid pass from a criminal organisation that was busted last month in Madrid.

The gang reportedly infiltrated Spain’s National Health System and

used an ‘insider’ nurse.

The nurse had allegedly entered data on the Spanish National Health System to enable certificates to be issued that were ‘real’ but had not involved an actual vacci‐ nation taking place.

Echegui is not the only name to have been implicated in the scandal. Ana Ca‐ meno and Omar Montes have also re‐ portedly been linked to the fake Covid passes.

NHS England has announced that it will from April 1 no longer take money from the gambling industry to fund specialised addiction ser‐ vices, instead the organisa‐ tion will fund these from its own resources.

This as the organisation faces record demand for its specialist support.

The health service’s Na‐ tional Mental Health Direc‐ tor, Claire Murdoch, has writ‐ ten to the grant‐making charity GambleAware to say the NHS will be fully funding its own gambling services across England.

The decision she said was

“heavily influenced” by pa‐ tients who were uncomfort‐ able about using services paid for by the industry.

She added: “Additionally, our clinicians feel there are conflicts of interest in their clinics being part‐funded by resources from the gambling industry.”

Accounts for GambleAware show that it collected £16 mil‐ lion (€19 million) between April and December last year from voluntary donations by the gambling industry to fund treatments, including £1.2 million (€1.44 million) which was given to NHS specialist clinics.

and finally...

EPIC FAIL: A woman tried to make a ‘skylight’ party entrance in Alicante. The woman ended up falling 15 metres. She broke her leg and possibly her hip too in the fall. The rescuers used ropes to climb down to the injured woman.

Fortunately, the rescue mission was completed in the space of a few hours and the woman was rushed to hospital where she received medical attention.

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 maintain that habit by supporting local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky inde‐ pendent businesses in your area.

Local businesses make our villages, towns and cities what they are. They add unique character. They are convenient.

And they offer excellent produce from known suppliers. The joy of shopping local‐

ly means that independent businesses can support the local community. You may find something a euro or two cheaper on‐ line but have you considered where your money is actually going?By shopping local‐ ly you’re putting food on a local family’s table and there is nothing better than giv‐ ing back to the communities that have giv‐ en us so much. Local stores support chari‐ ties 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 generations 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 locally will make a real difference to the lo‐ cal economy. Local businesses recirculate a greater share of every euro they receive at local level. They create locally owned sup‐ ply chains and they invest in their employ‐ ees.

So remember, buy local.

When you go shopping ‐ go local!

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European court rules against Spain’s Modelo 720 penalty regime Since 2013, residents of Spain have been obliged to submit an annual declaration reporting the assets they own outside Spain – Modelo 720 (Form 720). To discourage people from non-compliance, the regulation imposes very high penalties for failing to file Modelo, filing it late, or including false or inaccurate data.

After several complaints were submitted, the European Commission reviewed its legality and opened an infringement procedure against Spain in 2015. After this was ignored, the Commission issued another notice in 2017. Now the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Spain infringed the European principle of free movement of capital, and Spain will be changing its regulations.

Note that this ruling is just against 720’s penalty regime, not against Modelo 720 itself.

and disproportionally high when compared to those applied for failing to report Spanish domestic assets and income. In many cases the penalties and fines amounted to more than 100% of the value of the assets in question.

The Spanish authorities will now change their penalty regime to make it more proportionate and less severe.

By Cathal Rochford, Partner, Blevins Franks

Yes. The obligation to declare your offshore assets and what you need to report was never called into question. If you are a resident of Spain and own assets abroad, it remains compulsory to accurately submit your Modelo 720 each year, if you meet the criteria. There is no sign that this will change in future.

What has changed?

Do I still need to submit Modelo 720 each year?

The ECJ ruled that the penalties were extremely repressive

The ECJ also ruled that the absence of application of the statute of limitation to the tax obligations derived from Modelo 720 infringes the European law principles. From now on, the statute of limitation will be applicable to those tax obligations derived from Modelo 720. Taxpayers will be able to rely in the principle of legal certainty and if four years elapses since they failed to submit, or incorrectly submitted, Modelo 720, the Spanish tax authorities will have lost their right to tax audit the taxpayer and impose penalties.

Will previous penalties be refunded?

Cancer research EL CORTE INGLES has donated €279,258 to cancer research in Spain and is holding a commemorative exhibition in Madrid. This money comes from the proceeds of a campaign organised by El Corte Ingles last autumn, to mark the occasion of World Breast Cancer Day, which is celebrated every October 19.

The company and the association have also inaugurated an exhibition at El Corte Ingles in Sanchinarro, Madrid, to mark the Association’s 50th anniversary of cancer research.

El Corte Ingles has been working closely with the Spanish Association Against Cancer for many years, the result of which is their joint project in favour of research into breast cancer.

The initiative has progressed very positively and has so far funded four projects at various Spanish research centres. The current project,

ONLINE fashion retailer Boohoo has had an ad in the UK banned for showing a mod‐ el wearing thong‐style bikini bottoms by Britain’s advertising regulator for objectifying and sexualising women.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the ad was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence, noting that nei‐ ther the partial nudity nor the

PROCEEDS: Donated by El Corte Ingles.

which has an estimated duration of five years, focuses on personalised immunotherapy and involves a multidisciplinary team from the hospitals Clinic de Barcelona, Doce de Octubre (Madrid), Vall d’Hebron (Barcelona) and the University of Navarra, under the direction of doctor Aleix Prat.

Bikini ad banned bikini bottoms were relevant to the product and that the im‐ ages did not show the product as it would usually be worn.

A statement issued by the watchdog said a series of poses in the listing were “sexually sug‐ gestive”, and another empha‐ sised the model’s exposed skin

rather than the product. Lon‐ don‐listed Boohoo, which has sought to improve its reputa‐ tion after negative publicity over supply chain failings, told ASA that the images were part of its swimwear category and this was why the model wear‐ ing the t‐shirt was in a bikini.

If you were fined in the past for submitting your Modelo 720 late or failing to submit one, you may be able to claim some of the penalty back. This is not automatic; refunds will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Talk to a Spanish tax lawyer.

Who needs to submit Modelo 720 and when?

Modelo 720 is not a tax return as such, but simply an annual requirement to report information about assets. It’s compulsory for those who meet the criteria to be resident in Spain for tax purposes.

It is due by 31st March each year, declaring the offshore assets you owned outside Spain at the end of the previous year.

You have to report all assets in a particular category if the value of your total assets in that category amounts to over €50,000.

The three reporting categories are: 1. Accounts held with financial institutions (banks)

2. Investments 3. Immovable property If you have already submitted Modelo 720 in recent years, you only need to report again if: • The value of an existing asset grew by more than €20,000, or • You sold an asset/closed an account, or • You obtained new assets.

It’s worth noting that Spain can be a more tax-efficient country to live in than many people realise, particularly for your investment capital and income.

Ask a financial adviser to review your assets to make sure they are held in the most tax-efficient, compliant arrangements for Spain. This could reduce your tax liability and provide peace of mind that your tax planning is legitimate in Spain and that submitting Modelo 720 is nothing to fear.

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com

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Catching up

Near beer

ACCORDING to Danmarks Statistik, men are living longer on average than they used to at 79.6 years whilst for women, their lifespan has dropped slightly to 83.4 years.

In the past 30 years, the difference between men and women has fallen from 5.4 to 3.8 years.

RESEARCHERS from the University of Copenhagen say that they have worked out how to infuse the smell of hops into nonalcoholic beer so that it actually tastes like beer. Not only does it taste better but it is greener as hops aren’t transported to the brewery.

THE NETHERLANDS Treasure trove

Brexit boom

THERE was an amazing find by amateur archaeologists who were digging around the Springendal country estate in Twente when they discovered a hoard of gold and silver coins dating back to the 6th century as well as jewellery which may have been buried at a religious site.

THE Dutch foreign investment agency NFIA assisted almost 500 foreign companies to set up offices in Holland in 2021 and believes that part of the reason is thanks to their fear of basing themselves in the UK now that it is no longer part of the European Union.

BELGIUM Good Move

Naked cyclops

AS part of a green programme called Good Move, the Brussels Council has decided that with effect from August 16, 2022 that it will be impossible for traffic to cross the city centre although residents will have camera recognised number plate access.

THE 8.5-metre naked Cyclops who had been amusing drivers for several years has found a new home after being sold for €30,000 by his current owner who is moving to Portugal. He will now stand proud outside a kitchen factory just down the road in Flanders.

GERMANY Golden Bear

Cold bus

THIS year, in a reduced ceremony due to the pandemic, the Golden Bear Award for best film at the Berlin International Film Festival was given to a Catalan film director Carla Simon for Alcarras which tells the story of peach farmers threatened with eviction.

BERLIN can be particularly cold during the winter and a group of volunteers nightly man their Cold Bus which drives around the city offering blankets and hot food to those most in need and even a seat on the bus to allow them to ‘thaw out’.

FRANCE Looted artwork

Mali withdrawal

AS part of the French Government’s programme to return looted art to its rightful owners, it has instructed art galleries such as the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay to return 15 pieces of art including a Gustave Klimt painting to descendants of owners of art stolen by the Nazis.

DESPITE opposition from African leaders, President Macron announced on Thursday February 17 that he planned to withdraw French troops from the former colony of Mali which had been propping up the country against incursions by Islamic jihadists as he no longer supports the government there.

NORWAY Nursing shortage

Holiday fears

ALTHOUGH Norway is anxious to increase the number of new nurses entering the health service, a recent call for young people to fill 500 study places, rather than being oversubscribed, saw just 361 places being taken up, fewer than ever before.

A SURVEY of 230,000 Norwegians undertaken for insurance company Fremtind showed that due to fears of the pandemic and restrictions on ease of travel, just 15 per cent of those responding planned to take an overseas winter holiday whilst the balance were content to remain in Norway.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Cash machines THE Catalan government wants to see a law introduced whereby banks are required to install cash machines in every municipality as more and more branches are closed and there are 10,000 fewer machines across the country than there were before the financial cri‐ sis.

Super bonus HAVING deferred bonuses for five years (2016 to 2020), the main di‐ rectors of Santander Bank have been granted a special package which includes an additional 2021 bonus of 2.86 million shares, val‐ ued on February 15, (the day it was agreed) at more than €10 million.

Ulster Bank THE decision by NatWest to close its Ulster Bank subsidiary in the Re‐ public of Ireland is expected to cost £900 million due to the cost of withdrawal and losses on loans but it will release much needed capital to inject back into the Group.

Bounce back IT would appear that the hit that UK retail took from Omicron in De‐ cember was short lived and after a 4 per cent drop in sales prior to Christmas, the retail sector bounced back with a better‐than‐ expected jump of 1.9 per cent in January 2022.

Inditex tests Bizum AS an initial experiment, fashion group Inditex has confirmed to the Spanish Press that it will accept payment via Bizum from cus‐ tomers purchasing online from their Stradivarius, Massimo Dutti and Oysho brands. Bizum is a speedy online payment system owned by 23 Spanish banks which is attracting large numbers of new users within Spain.

It seems to be a natural step for the Spanish fashion giant as other major shopping outlets such as El Corte Inglés already accept this op‐ tion and assuming the trail is suc‐ cessful then expect the option to roll out to the Zara stores.

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€2.5 billion

is the record profit reported by Spain’s leading oil company Repsol for 2021 which will allow it to substantially increase shareholder dividends.

Passengers won’t pay THE International Air Transport As‐ sociation (IATA) believes that a pro‐ posal from Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA), to recov‐ er their €2.3 billion losses by raising airport charges was not in the best long‐term interest of the travel in‐ dustry.

IATA considered that while Covid‐ 19 had a catastrophic impact on travel, it did not have a substantial impact on the financial viability of AENA, as reflected by their 2020 fi‐ nancial statements and their results for the first nine months of 2021.

With the AENA forecast of cash

and credit availability for the coming years, airlines believed that their re‐ quest was not only unjustified but also irresponsible.

“We welcome that the DGAC and the Ministry of Transport have re‐ jected an unjustified request for a cost increase that would have put the recovery of air travel at risk.

“This is a logical decision based on solid financial evidence and it sends a strong message to other airports and air navigation service providers tempted to follow a similar ap‐ proach, that such monopolistic be‐ haviour will not be accepted.

LEGALLY SPEAKING

“Passing on the burden of finan‐ cial recovery to your customers, is not the way to incentivise travel, re‐ establish air connectivity and start putting the Covid‐19 crisis behind us once and for all,” said Rafael Schvartzman, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Europe.

Spain’s framework for air travel, so important to the hospitality in‐ dustry, includes the freezing of charges for the next five years, but still guarantees the future develop‐ ment needs and investments in sus‐ tainable aviation infrastructure in Spain.

The Opal funeral plan

Can she get permission?

I am not resident in Spain but I have visited my flat in Mallorca twice a year since 1981. When I bought the flat, the seller informed me that he paid com‐ munity fees for one and a half apartments. This was due to an earlier error of measurement that was never for‐ mally rectified. I have continued to pay fees at this rate since 1981. Later I realised that I actually had more square metres which I wanted to register with the catas‐ tral office of the town hall and include a new‐build studio apartment as well. The town hall said I needed approval from the community first. The community wants me to pay for two flats, to pay them €15,000, and cover all ex‐ penses for changing every owner’s property share. Can you clarify?

C S (Baleares) You need DAVID SEARL the commu‐ nity’s permission to YOU AND THE LAW register your new‐ IN SPAIN build studio. Their price for this seems rather high and I don’t know how they get a figure of €15,000. It seems to me that your best course of action is to give up your plan for a new stu‐ dio and wait. You are now paying community fees for less property than you actually own. At some point in the future all of these non‐regulation patches will have to be cleared up.

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

DURING the pandemic generally and the lockdown specifically, exercise brand Peloton simply couldn’t keep up with orders for its static bikes and running machines, as consumers all over the world including the UK wanted to keep fit.

But now with gyms opening and many finding other options for spend‐ ing their money rather than on the four figure Peloton machines, income

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Let’s go Peloton has dropped dramatically for both hardware and enrolment in the exer‐ cise classes.

Once valued at around $50 billion on the US stock exchange, it dropped to $10 billion as share prices were slashed, although there has been a slight rally following the announce‐

ment that John Foley, co‐founder chief executive of the firm will step down.

Corporate shareholders are said to be very unhappy in the way that Fo‐ ley managed the company and some appear to want to see it either put up for sale or receive a takeover bid, with

Lack of skill ALTHOUGH Spain is second only to Italy in receiving the most post pandemic financial support from the European Union, it is now facing a prob‐ lem of lack of skilled workers.

There are still significant numbers of unemployed but one industry that suffered dramatically following the 2008 financial crisis was that of commercial building with many workers moving to oth‐ er jobs and not being re‐ placed. Now as large new building projects are being considered, many companies find themselves in the unenvi‐ able position of being unable to bid for work as they simply don’t have a sufficient num‐ ber of trained workers capa‐ ble of taking on the increasing number of new projects.

Mango commits SPANISH fashion brand Man‐ go has taken one step further in its journey towards envi‐ ronmental and social sustain‐ ability. The company, one of the leading groups in the Eu‐ ropean fashion industry, has reviewed the targets set in early 2020 as part of its sus‐ tainability strategic plan and has decided to bring them for‐ ward and now intends that 100 per cent of the polyester used will be recycled by 2025.

Similarly, the firm also plans that by 2025, 100 per cent of cellulose fibres used will be of controlled origin and trace‐ able, bringing forward its orig‐ inal commitment by five years whilst cotton will be only ob‐ tained from sustainable sources. speculation that the company would be an ideal acquisition for Apple, al‐ though other names to be linked in‐ clude Amazon, Nike and Disney.

The other problem is that whilst the concept was fresh, sales were al‐ most guaranteed but there are now other competitors in the market who were able to learn from Peloton’s mistakes and offer possibly slicker and cheaper alternatives.

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FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: Scene from the opening ceremony in 2017.

THE World Trade Center Gibraltar celebrated its fifth anniversary on Tuesday February 15 in a slightly less exuberant manner than in 2017.

At that time, there was no inkling of coronavirus and the brand‐new lobby was crowd‐ ed with people pleased to see the arrival of this new office facility on the Rock.

Within just one month of that ceremony, the building was 98.5 per cent occupied, with nearly 48 per cent of those occupants being new investors to Gibraltar.

Five years on and despite a global pandemic, the building is 100 per cent occupied and is home to a wide array of busi‐ nesses, ranging from estab‐ lished gaming companies with leading global brands and reputations to fast growth start‐ups and trailblaz‐ ers to the new industries that Gibraltar is welcoming.

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Throughout these first five years, World Trade Center Gibraltar has been involved in raising £152,590 for several charitable causes and has fielded teams in several sport‐ ing initiatives, from golf to paddle to beach volleyball, all in the name of charity.

Internationally, at the end of 2021, World Trade Center Gibraltar was involved in funding Operation Magic Car‐ pet, a humanitarian rescue of 92 people from Kabul, in Afghanistan and 78 remain in rental accommodation in Is‐ lamabad, Pakistan.

Most of those remaining are women and young chil‐ dren ‐ donations are still sought via the Operation Magic Carpet page on the Go‐ FundMe website https://go fund.me/a8655716.

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Clegg promoted FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party, Sir Nick Clegg, has done well since being voted out of the UK Parliament as he has just been made pres‐ ident of global affairs at Meta, the newly named group that owns Face‐ book.

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I told you so

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT BY the time you read this, the attack by Russian forces on the Ukraine will probably have already taken place.

The observation, paraphrased by Winston Churchill, that those who ignore the lessons of history are bound to repeat them, has never before rung so true.

If you compare the actions of Adolph Hitler to the activities of Russian president Putin, the parallels are unrelenting.

Hitler built up his forces and developed a dictatorship with absolute control over his citizens. Hitler assured European leaders he had no intention of invading Poland. Hitler falsely accused neighbouring countries of aggressive acts, including the persecution of German immigrants as an excuse for retaliation.

Hitler arrogantly ignored all threats of far‐reaching sanctions and retribution ‐ and more importantly Hitler believed he was absolutely correct in his view that fascism and dictatorship was the only answer.

To me one of the most disturbing events over the last few weeks was the meeting with Putin and China’s president Xi Jinping. Many years ago, in this very

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column, I warned that if Russia ever aligned with China, the World could be in serious trouble.

In the usual way of course the cynics dismissed this as another ‘Leapy rant’.

Well I hate to say I told you so, but I truly believe that China is in full accord with the actions of Russia and the only concession they asked for at their recent meeting was that he wait until the Chinese Olympics were over before launching an attack .

Another factor that Western leaders don’t seem to take on board is that threats of sanctions cut no ice whatsoever. Russia is completely self‐ sufficient, as is China. Between them they have vast reserves of oil, gas, coal and minerals and you only have to walk around a Chinese shop to see they can manufacture just about every commodity under the sun.

They both also produce enough foodstuffs to feed the whole sum of their citizens and can access enough brainwashed and slave workers to grow and produce it. They are both nuclear countries and probably control more warheads than the whole of NATO

members combined.

Well here is my own prophesy ‐ hopefully wrong. Russia will attack. The scale will be disastrous for the whole of the Ukraine. Casualties will be catastrophic. The West will not dare to intervene. Russia will subsequently install its own puppet government.

A dangerous cold war will then prevail, which could last for years. All we can hope is that this is as far as it goes.

If one nuclear weapon is utilised, it could be the end of the civilised world as we know it. Will they be mad enough to do it? I think they possibly could be. They are powerful arrogant fanatics who are convinced democracy is not the answer.

If they are also confident they could actually win such a devastating conflict, we can all put our heads between our legs and kiss our existence goodbye. All this woke and PC nonsense rather pales by comparison, don’t you think!?

Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.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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TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

Series review: Holiday turns into nightmare for Sheridan Smith in No Return A FAMILY holiday takes a turn for the worst in ITV’s four‐part drama series No Return, which is set in Turkey but filmed in locations on the Cos‐ ta del Sol including Nerja, Malaga and Benalmadena.

This series scored a 6.4 out of 10 on IMDB and is definitely worth a watch.

This story of a parent’s worst nightmare is another powerful ITV drama, starring the faultless Sheridan Smith (The Royle Family) as the mother, Kathy, the premise follows the battle between a British family and the Turkish legal system.

Parents Kathy and Martin, played by Michael Jibson (Les Miserables), take their teenage children on an all‐in‐ clusive holiday to Turkey ‐ their big yearly getaway ‐ when their dream holiday plunges into a nightmare as 16‐year‐ old son Noah is dragged away

in handcuffs after being ac‐ cused of sexual assault against another young boy.

The shots of the idyllic beaches and streets filled with flowers make a stark contrast to the narrative of the series as tension is built ahead of Noah’s trial and Kathy and Martin scramble to find a lawyer to help.

Smith’s performance is as powerful as ever, with the typ‐ ical scenes of her puffing away on her cigarette (this time she’s moved onto e‐cigarettes) that we have come to know and love. This dramatic series with a few twists and turns, an unexpected affair and some humour thrown in is a horrify‐ ing but plausible look at legal systems in foreign countries and how one decision can change your life.

The full series of No Return is available to stream on the ITV Hub.

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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS

Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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EVERY new crime drama these days seems to take place in designer houses with bi‐fold doors and fitted kitchens.

Have 1960s kitchen sink dramas been re‐ placed by millennium kitchen island ones now?

Dramas set in schools, hospitals, church‐ es and other places of specialist activity are always found wanting by teachers, nurses/doctors, clergy and receive com‐ plaints about the lack of accuracy. If you really want to know what life is like in, say, a submarine (as in the TV show ‘Vigil’) and what it looks like inside, there are many avenues open to you. If you want to watch a crime drama, never mind where it’s set, enjoy the plot, the characters and the tension ‐ and work out whodunnit.

Having said that, the number of pro‐ grammes of this nature, women getting beaten up, kidnapped, traumatised, mur‐ dered etc seems to be the go‐to theme for lazy programming. Tasteless thrillers re‐ volving around women being attacked by serial killers? There’s just so much of it.

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CLAIRE GORDON FINDING BALANCE IN AN UNEVEN WORLD “IF the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law on‐ ly exists for the poor” is a phrase that I have repeat‐ edly thought about while reading this week’s news.

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soaps (love or hate the concept, they’re mostly great actors). But come the ‘9 o'‐ clock’ dramas, we increasingly get tight‐ mouthed, rapid mumbling. It’s starting to sound like bad ventriloquism.

Maybe it’s trendy in drama schools not to project your voice. Maybe many actors going straight into TV or movies haven’t the onstage experience of having to clear‐ ly project their voices to an audience, whatever the dramatic situation. Bottom line: we, the viewers, end up resorting to subtitles.

OK. Rant over. Next scandal, please!

CRIME DRAMAS: Have the writers run out of creative ideas?

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Have writers or the people commissioning nonentities making fools of themselves. programming run out of creative ideas? Have they no self respect or is the remu‐ Can’t they think of something uplifting to neration too good to resist? show us? I could go on... and on.

I can’t understand either why we can To read more articles from our columnists Steer clear, too, of any programme with hear every word in news bulletins, every and to have your say in the comments go the word ‘celebrity’ in the title. This seems word in adverts (they’re trying to sell you to www.euroweeklynews.com to be the last resting place of out‐of‐work something), every word in the various are her own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

Unjust justice

It is something I have al‐ ways thought true, but that has taken on extra meaning as we have watched various versions

of this so‐called deterrent play out across different scenarios.

Kurt Zouma has been fined €250,000 for abus‐ ing his cat, but not once has been taken out of contention for West Ham’s starting XI. He is still getting paid his wages and he is still play‐ ing football in front of thousands of people ev‐ ery week.

His cats have been tak‐ en from him, but I can’t believe he really cared for them, so I very much doubt that he is both‐ ered. The amount he has been penalised equals two weeks wages. It has‐ n’t broken his bank and other than this small fi‐ nancial blip, his life has carried on as normal. So has the punishment acted

a a deterrent for him, or indeed put off others with his level of funds? I wouldn’t think so.

Fines and fees are in‐ herently unjust in that the effect they have on people’s lives is com‐ pletely unbalanced de‐ pendent on how much money they have. Charg‐ ing everyone the same price for any infraction seems fair on the surface, but when you look closer at the consequences up‐ on the life of the person paying, the difference is clear.

Fines threaten poor people with financial ruin while letting rich people break the law without meaningful repercus‐ sions. Equity requires punishment that is equal‐ ly felt by all offenders.

Fines also fail to meet basic goals of punish‐ ment, like retribution and deterrence. Punishment is partly an expression of a society’s desire to inflict a relative level of discom‐ fort on those who break the law.

But giving wealthy of‐ fenders a slap on the wrist makes a mockery of that objective and while any punishment is sup‐ posed to prevent undesir‐ able conduct from hap‐ pening in the first place, fines deter the wealthy less than everyone else.

The step beyond this is when the wealthy can take an offence that shouldn’t be able to be resolved with a payout and turn it into one, as seems to be the case with Prince Andrew and

his out‐of‐court settle‐ ment.

The claims brought against him are serious and should be assessed fully but, instead, he has been able to dispense money and avoid his mis‐ deeds being exposed.

Before we even get into where the money he has used has come from, we should be outraged that the suggestion of crimes of such magnitude can be washed away with a stream of cash. Settle‐ ments, when they deal with issues of public in‐ terest, mean the public never knows about it.

They also mean that for those who can afford to pay out, a crime has no real dissuasion either and while this is the case, there is no real barrier to the rich doing whatever they please.

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DAVID WORBOYS THINKING ALOUD IT’S almost three years since my first thoughts appeared in Euro Weekly News in the form of an ar‐ ticle entitled UTOPIA, in which I rambled on about the good old days. Since then, my observations have appeared regularly in the Axarquia edition and occasionally in other issues as well.

If a thought comes into my head, whether amusing, trivial or earth‐shattering, I make a note of it and, maybe later, just burst into print expounding on a theme. So, here goes!

I first saw the sea just after the war when I was seven (at Bognor Regis). I didn’t set foot abroad until I was 19 (Calais). By contrast, my first granddaughter flew to Malaga before her second birthday. How the world has changed!

Childhood memories include the books of Enid Blyton, Just William, Arthur Ransome and Big‐ gles; collecting postage stamps, trainspotting and staying at Youth

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In retirement I am enjoying thinking aloud in Axarquia.

Hostels during cycling trips around England.

At school, I discovered the joys of Latin and Algebra before gradu‐ ating to more serious matters, such as dating girls, traditional jazz and pints of Greene King bitter.

Leaving school was celebrated

with an aborted attempt to hitch‐ hike with my soul‐mate John Prior from Calais to Zurich. As we only got one lift (20km) we gave up, backtracked, and finished up in Torquay. It’s a long story.

My career in the financial world took me to many varied parts of

the world, offering the opportunity to get to know different people, their countries and customs.

During the 60s, I lived in Barnes, southwest London before moving to Zurich for two years with Price Waterhouse. The Swiss had a high standard of living and I was able to ski at the weekends and take up photography. Life outside the of‐ fice was one big jolly and we could spend weekends in Austria, France, Germany and Italy.

In the 70s, I lived on Wimbledon Common. During the Fortnight, I would leave work early and drive the seven minutes to watch the tennis, featuring the likes of Ken Rosewall and Jimmy Connors. I re‐ call the Crooked Billet as a second home, dispensing Young’s bitter and Carlsberg Special Brew. I soon joined Avis Rent‐a‐Car and there was extensive business travel in Europe. I was also despatched to Japan, Australia and New Zealand on a special project.

The 80s saw me in Frankfurt for three years as Finance Director of Avis Car Leasing. I missed the trav‐ el, bought a property in Nerja and returned to England. The next company duties involved world‐ wide business travel, opening up new adventures and experiences.

On a trip to Sao Paulo, I met Mar‐ garete and we now have three daughters and three granddaugh‐ ters.

In the early noughties, I wrote my book ‘The Middle‐Class Code’ and, having retired, contributed a regular column on random topics for Nerja’s top magazine, ‘Market Place’.

We are now enjoying retire‐ ment in Axarquia.

Just thinking aloud!

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HEART-WARMING LITTLE STORY? A FRIEND, John, has a Dog Rescue at his home, currently with 53 dogs, all having been abandoned. Last week one of them, Betsy, was found to have large cancerous tumours, which needed immediate chemotherapy if there was to be any chance of saving her life. To raise funds to pay for this treatment, John and my son, Joseph, volunteered to do a 24-hour, non-stop, cycle ride. It was all live-streamed, through which viewers sent many messages of support and encouragement, which were very helpful in maintaining spirits, especially in the early hours of the morning! I think this is a fantastic achievement, for which they raised over €3,000!

Kendall

Electricity prices Re your article on the huge rise in electricity prices in Spain.

Spain is a country of blue skies and bright sunshine for most of the year, so I’m constantly amazed how few people and organisations use solar panels to generate electricity and solar heat exchangers to produce hot water.

RESCUE DOGS: Many messages of support were received.

In countries with a similar climate, such as Israel, these systems are seen everywhere and save bill payers a huge amount as well as reducing the need for electricity generation provision. So why not Spain? All very strange!

Alan

Schengen rules Dear Editor, In reply to your reader Lesley regarding Brits and Schengen rules, I would like to say that all countries in the Schengen area have the right to travel for unlimited time between the Schen-

HOPE FOR PEACE AT t h e t i m e o f w r i t i n g t h i s , i t h a s j u s t b e e n confirmed that Russian troops have entered the two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states.

In retaliation, the UK has declared that it will impose sanctions on Russia which was to be followed by similar actions by the EU and USA. Time will tell whether this will escalate into a more violent conflict, but surely after all that has happened to the world in the last two years of the pandemic, this really isn’t the time to be considering invasion and potential mayhem?

Clearly President Putin sees that now is the time to take advantage of a situation whereby he can move to recover land that once belonged to the USSR and his actions place the

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gen countries and Britain has never been part of this union.

Although being in the EU has facilitated travel within the union, Britain no longer wants to be part of it.

As there are no border checks between EU countries, even those with British passports, my husband for example, legally resident in an EU country could travel for over three months anywhere in the EU. We never get checked travelling between France and Spain where I do a monthly shop and where we spend a few weeks in winter.

Kind regards Rose

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West in a very difficult situation.

Should it sit back and hope that economic restrictions on a huge country which has enormous reser ves of gas and oil and ready markets in countries like China actually make Russia take a step back?

The bleak alternatives in the event that sanctions don’t work is to do nothing and allow the Russian Bear to gobble up everything that it sets its mind on or alternatively throw NATO troops into a war against the invaders in order to protect democracy.

H o p e f u l l y, t h e r e i s a n e l e m e n t o f b l u f f o n P u t i n ’s p a r t a n d t h a t h e w a n t s t o m e e t w i t h President Biden from a position of power so that he can pull back after gaining internationa l k u d o s a n d m a k i n g s u r e t h a t N AT O d o e s n ’ t accept any new members.

DOG OWNERS: May now have to take a course before ownership.

Frances Duncan I’m happy to read about sterilisation having to be implemented. But I do hope that rescue centres get support ie with financing, from local authorities as I think there will be a rise in animals being abandoned until these reforms settle into being the norm.

Edith Farminer Wonder what will happen with hunting dogs. Lots kept locked up together continuously all the time. Will that be illegal?

Keith Boyce It’s a good start, but will need reinforcing ASAP to protect the animals already being discarded around the country. Owners must be held responsible for the well-being of animals in their care.

Tim McMahon When I went to Jersey with our dogs, residents kept taking pictures of them. An elderly lady asked me if I was a rich person or a tourist and obviously it was the tourist answer, certainly not a rich person. She then told me that only rich people living there can afford a dog or cat as it took years of trying with official laws if you wanted a pet.

Graham Edward Ingledow Good!!!

Paula Reich Great idea.

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Novak Djokovic negative PCR test Man Utd dressing IN the United Arab Emirates, a negative PCR 72 hours before the trip is enough to enter the country without any prob‐ lems. As a result, Novak Djokovic is there to compete in the Dubai tournament, an ATP 500 that he has won five times, the last in 2020.

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Champions League final could be moved WITH the current unrest surrounding Russia and Ukraine in Eastern Europe, it is thought highly likely that UEFA will strip St Petersburg of hosting this sea‐ son’s Champions League final. Russian military has moved into Ukraine amid fears of an all‐out invasion.

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room leaks PLAYERS from Manchester United have been told to ‘grow up’ after information was reportedly leaked from the dressing room on more than one occasion. Players are said to have compared one of the coaching assistants with a comedy football manager.

Gary Neville slammed the “disgusting and disrespectful nature of the comments.” Micah Richards called on the team to “grow up.”

Commenting in his Daily Mail column he stated: “The dressing room should be the most secure place a foot‐ baller can spend time professionally, somewhere that is‐ sues of trust should never be doubted.

“So the idea that things could leak out of a dressing room ‐ and be detrimental to your own club ‐ is a concept I cannot get my head around.

“It is why I am flabbergasted by the constant cycle of news that keeps coming out of Manchester United, one that consistently puts them in a bad light.

“Whoever has come up with that [Armas/Lasso com‐ parison] will think it is funny but, really, it is beyond a joke.

“It is totally disrespectful and says more about them than it does Armas.”

He went on to add: “You do not undermine a manager or his staff, you do not invite criticism to your door. If this season is going to be turned around, United’s squad would do well to remember those golden rules.”