Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 31 March - 6 April 2022 Issue 1917

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TODAY, Thursday March 31, to coincide with World Day for Colon Cancer, a number of specialists will meet in Mallorca to spend the day discussing the Strategy for Colon Cancer in the Balearic Islands, or‐ ganised jointly with the Spanish Association against Cancer.

As part of this strategy, the Balearic Government is implementing a Colon Cancer Screening Pro‐ gramme in the Son Espas‐ es, Son Llatzer and Mana‐ cor hospitals.

The development of this programme is a priority of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, as this is the most common cancer in the Balearic Islands and each year about 850 cases are diagnosed resulting in between 300 and 400 deaths.

The meeting will address specific issues such as the role of primary care pro‐ fessionals as informants and recruiters of partici‐ pants in the Screening Pro‐ gramme; the incorpora‐ tion of human and technological resources, the organisation of screen‐ ings, and the involvement of teams from the various levels of care.

The day will conclude with the sending of letters to invite the target popula‐ tion of the three new ar‐ eas to participate in the programme.

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ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED: Meeting between the Government and Hoteliers.

MALLORCAN hoteliers will make 350 beds available for Ukrainian refugees thanks to an agreement be‐ tween the Government of the Balearic Islands and the Hotel Federation of Mallor‐ ca.

This was announced on Monday March 28 just three days prior to the clo‐ sure of the Covid hotel in Palma which had 250 tem‐ porary places available whilst more accommoda‐ tion was being sought.

Under this agreement which initially lasts for one month, more than 90 rooms, studios and apart‐ ments with a total capacity for more than 350 people in hotels and apartment hotels across the island will

be made available.

The agreement reached with the Hotel Federation of Mallorca means that families will be able to have a roof over their heads in properties owned by mem‐ bers of the Federation and will have a breathing space before the authorities can allocate long‐term housing.

During this time, it is planned that the tempo‐ rary spaces will be adapted and enabled and that the Red Cross will make ar‐ rangements with the Span‐ ish Government, which has overall responsibility for refugees, to obtain accom‐ modation and employ staff to help settle the Ukrainian arrivals in.

“It is an absolutely gener‐

ous and essential agree‐ ment,” said the Minister of Social Affairs and Sports, Fi‐ na Santiago, who claimed that, since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, “the Balearic Islands have had a solidarity response: have mobilised civil society and the main industry of the Balearic Islands to attend to the population move‐ ment.”

The national settlement plan, provides that refugees arriving in any part of Spain without spe‐ cific accommodation should be referred to one of the four centres set up by the Government of Spain on the Peninsula be‐ fore being allocated areas in which to live.

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Vulnerable children THERE has been a groundswell of sympathy in Mallorca for young refugees from Ukraine who have no parent or guardian with them.

On Tuesday March 29, no less than 55 families attended a special presentation hosted by the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) to explain in detail the process of tem‐ porary reception of children from Ukraine who arrive in Mallorca. Those attending had contacted IMAS to enquire about the steps to be taken to be able to temporarily take care of some of the displaced children who are not in the care of relatives or guardians. More than 90 people have requested information through the telephone number 900 100 444 and the form published on the website www.imasmallorca.net.

“It is important to follow the marked and coordinated protocols between public institutions to ensure the safety and well‐being of children.

“They are boys and girls and teenagers who have had to leave their homes and their country fleeing a war. We have to look after his physical, mental and emotional stability,” said the Mallorcan director, Mari Ángeles Fernández.

Those selected as foster carers will receive a minimum of €500 per month.

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PRESENTER: Sophie Monk and friend.

Love Island returns LOVE ISLAND AUSTRALIA is returning to Mallorca for the first time since 2018 as series two was filmed in Fiji and se‐ ries three in Byron Bay, Australia.

Following the premise of other versions of the Love Is‐ land format, the show features a group of single contes‐ tants, known as ‘islanders’ who live together in a luxury villa that is isolated from the outside world, in an attempt to find love. The islanders must couple up, stay together, and win over the hearts of the public who vote for the eventual winners, who share A$50,000, all while surviving the temptations of beautiful bombshells entering the villa.

British born Australian singer, actress and presenter So‐ phie Monk, will return as host to steer the new cast of sexy singles towards finding their perfect match, all while soaking up the Mediterranean sun and having the time of their lives.

Commenting on the news, Sophie said: “I'm so excited to be returning as host of Love Island Australia and with overseas holidays finally coming back into view, I can’t wait to return to beautiful Mallorca to see what’s in store for our brand‐new Islanders.”

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Fighting gender violence ON Tuesday March 29 a new collaboration agreement was entered into between the National Police and Pal‐ ma Local Police aimed at the protection of victims of gen‐ der violence, Viogen.

Signed in the presence of the mayor of Palma, Jose Hi‐ la and delegate of the Span‐ ish Government in the Balearics, Aina Calvo, this is an important agreement be‐ tween these two law en‐ forcement organisations.

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WORKING TOGETHER: Signing the agreement.

The protocol determines that Local Police officers may be required to collaborate with the National Police in

the protection of victims, a function for which they have received prior training.

The Viogen system, which

has been operating since 2007, centralises all the data collected by the State Securi‐ ty Forces as well as judicial and social agencies on each case of gender violence, which allows them to follow up potential or actual abuse to women and their chil‐ dren.

There are currently 1,121 active cases in the system in the municipality of Palma, eight of which are consid‐ ered to be high risk.

Foreign language support A TOTAL of 130 Mallorcan stu‐ dents will have the chance to travel abroad for two‐week in‐ tensive language courses in Ire‐ land, France or Germany this year.

A total of €400,000 is being al‐ located by the Ministry of Educa‐ tion and Vocational Training to cover the entire Balearic area and the opportunity will be open

to sixth‐graders and fourth‐year ESO students.

Fo r M a l l o r c a , t h e r e a r e 1 0 3 places at the two‐week course in Dublin, to improve English, seven in Nantes to improve French and 20 in Freiburg to improve Ger‐ man and all costs including travel and accommodation will be paid for by the Balearic Government.

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picked to travel, there will be a further 282 places in Mallorca at an English‐language summer school, lasting two weeks, Mon‐ day to Friday, 9am to 2pm.

Applications from students at educational establishments sup‐ ported with public funds of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands must be made by April 13.

Farewell to health bus THE Vacubus de Salut, which started touring Mallorca on November 2, was finally withdrawn from service on Sunday March 27.

During its five months of service, its trained

staff vaccinated no less than 6,025 people, giv‐ ing them either their first inoculation against Covid‐19 or their boost‐ er jab.

Ef f e c t i v e l y , i t w a s rounding up those who

had slipped through the vaccination net and were able to turn up without appointments and receive their protec‐ tive dose of vaccine.

During its period of operation, the bus made weekly stops in easy to access and prominent car parks in such centres as Arta, Cala d’Or, Cam‐

pos, Consell, Inca, Man‐ acor, Palma, Port d’Alcu‐ dia and Sa Pobla.

According to the Balearic Health Service, it achieved all that was required of it, not just vaccinating people but making sure that so many were aware of the perceived need to ob‐ tain protection.

Cliff casualty IN the early afternoon of Sunday March 27, volun‐ teers of the Civil Protection Group in Llucmajor were alerted by the 112 service that a dog had fallen over the edge at the Bahia Grande lookout point.

Firefighters and Local Police were also called to the scene and having identified the whereabouts of the animal using a drone, initial attempts to rescue the animal from above failed.

Officers obtained access to a boat moored at the Arenal nautical club to see if they could access from the beach, but without success.

Eventually firefighters from the Llucmajor and Inca forces made the 80‐metre descent from above, but too late as the dog had died from its injuries, al‐ though they were able to return the body to its own‐ ers.

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Art attack THE argument over art‐ work decorating the ex‐ terior of the Artmadams Hotel in Palma continues as supporters try to gather support for it to remain, while Palma councillor Neus Truyol said on Tuesday March 29 that it is not about the quality of the art but the breaking of rules.

Out of control POLICE in Manacor on March 30 had a problem when a bodybuilder who had been fired from his job first ran amok in his former work place and then when calmed and taken to Son Llatzer hos‐ pital ran away and caused the closure of the nearby motorway.

New station GOVERNMENT approval has been given for the expenditure of €3.4 mil‐ lion for the construction of a train station at the Inca Hospital in order to make it easier for pa‐ tients and visitors to travel there by train rather than automobile.

Work is expected to start towards the end of 2022.

Refuges open THE Son Moragues and s’Arenalet refuges have been reopened after be‐ ing closed for renovation including the introduc‐ tion of special key boxes and chemical toilets. It is now possible to make bookings for dates up to May 1 through the IBANAT website.

Extra buses WITH effect from April 4 and despite the fact that the National Government is making a reduction in the cost per litre of fuel, the Palma Council has de‐ cided to increase the number of buses in oper‐ ation during rush hours to make public transport more attractive.

Cancer Charity Shop

THE Cala Nova Cancer Chari‐ ty Shop in Avenida Joan Miro Palma is buzzing as the new Children and Baby shop is stuffed full with quality items donated over recent weeks.

There is a range of unused and nearly new baby clothes and children’s things includ‐ ing toys, books, push chairs, games and puzzles.

Added to these has been a large selection of children’s car seats and booster seats in pristine condition which are available in both shops priced at between €10 and €20.

All these seats were donat‐

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Presentation of the car seats

ed by Othman Ktiri, the founder and owner of OK Mobility whose inspiration is ‘moving people and inspiring freedom to help make this

world a little better’.

He is committed to collab‐ orating not only with Cala Nova Charity Cancer Shop but the main cancer charities

including AECC and Aspanob to offer help to people and families fighting cancer in the Baleares.

The shop has also collected and donated a lot of medical items to the Ukrainian Church at the Parque de Bomberos in Son Castillot and Ukrainian refugees who arrive in Mallorca are invited to contact the charity to see if it can help.

From Saturday April 2, the €1 sale begins on all clothes for both men and ladies and there are additional bargains in the children’s and furni‐ ture shop as well.

Gala for Ukraine

THE Consell de Mallorca is to collaborate with the Gala Som organised for the benefit of UNICEF for Ukraine.

The institution joins the support from other enti‐ ties, companies, adminis‐ trations and the media to make this act of solidarity possible for the benefit of Ukrainian children.

The Gala takes place on Sunday April 10 from

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BENEFITING CHILDREN: Promoting the Gala.

7pm to 9pm in the Balearic Islands Auditori‐ um of the Palau de Con‐

gressos with entry cost‐ ing €10, although it will be possible to donate

Supporting the elderly THE Consell de Mallorca has increased its 2022 subsidies for the elderly through various groups and foundations on the is‐ land.

This year it will make €1,780,000 avail‐ able, an increase of €120,000 compared to last year.

Councillor for the Presidency, Javier de Juan, said on Tuesday March 29 that now is the time to enjoy leisure activities and that “the group that has suffered the most from the pandemic is the one that deserves it the most. That is why we are strengthening our commitment to a fig‐ ure even higher than before the health crisis.”

He went on to explain that the aim is to promote and facilitate the development

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Councillor de Juan explained about the increased subsidies.

of actions aimed at the development of active, healthy and satisfactory ageing.

In total, it is estimated that about 170 associations will benefit from these grants for maintenance and develop‐ ment, whilst 50 would apply for subsidies to pay the rent and 100 will be able to purchase a selection of goods.

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more at the event.

Councillor for the Presi‐ dency, Javier de Juan, said that the council is leading the reception of Ukrainian families in Mal‐ lorca and that through the Mallorcan Solidarity Fund, which cooperates with Ukrainian municipal‐ ities, it is supplying aid on the ground, so far backed by an extraordinary con‐ tribution to the Fund of €100,000.

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Award winning crafts

THE Consell de Mal‐ lorca has opened the first Exhibition of Crafts Awards of Mal‐ lorca which will show all the winning pieces from the 2021 awards at the Cultur‐ al Centere of La Mis‐ ericordia in Palma.

The event was at‐ tended by the Minis‐ ter of Economic Pro‐ motion and Local Development, Jaume Alzamora, the direc‐ tor of Crafts, Marta Catala, and the ma‐ jority of artisan pro‐ fessionals who sub‐ mitted their candidacy, including the five winners.

The exhibition con‐ sists of 25 pieces of very different handi‐ crafts, from jew‐ ellery, silverware, ce‐ ramics, fabrics and leather to musical in‐ struments and glass, herbal and food products, as well as a school project.

This is the first time that the council has dedicated an exhibi‐ tion to all the pieces presented at the Mallorca Craft Awards and pays homage to artisans from Mallorca and coincides with the national celebration of European Craft Days and will be open until April 2.

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TWO central car parks in Manacor offer cheap bike parking with a season ticket costing just €5 per quarter.

Having removed spaces for four cars, the council’s Mobil‐ ity Department is able to make space for 48 bicycles in the underground car parks in Placa de Sant Jaume and Na Camella.

The measure aims to promote the use of bicycles in the town centre and facilitate their use among residents who do not have a space to store them or find themselves using balconies to keep their bikes safe.

This plan allows 24‐hour access to the car parks and the spaces are under surveillance for safety’s sake.

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Living in Spain A WEEK‐LONG campaign aimed at English speakers who live in Spain, own a second home in Spain, or are thinking of moving here either to work or re‐ tire, has been launched by Age in Spain.

The ‘Living in Spain’ campaign makes available free of charge a major re‐ source of more than 40 guides produced by Age in Spain and covering all as‐ pects of life in Spain from how to get married, learn Spanish, and register your car, to getting health care, accessing employment and benefits, and applying to live permanently in Spain. The organisation’s website will be updated each day with new fea‐ tures.

Age in Spain has been advising and guiding En‐ glish‐speaking residents and newcomers for 30 years. With a volunteer management board and a small core staff, it has a country‐wide network of volunteers who deliver in‐ formation and additional support via its infoline, while a befriending service

puts socially isolated and vulnerable people in touch with others for support.

Age in Spain’s chief ex‐ ecutive, Helen Weir, said the campaign will make people more aware of what’s on offer and attract new users to their website.

“Apart from the huge bank of information peo‐ ple can access on our web‐ site, the campaign will fea‐ ture stories from people who have made the move successfully and have fit‐ ted comfortably into the Spanish way of life. People can hear how they dealt with the challenges they encountered as well as the pitfalls they might have avoided,” she said.

“We are also launching a survey so we can learn more about the issues people face when they de‐ cide to make the move. In this way we will continue to improve our service.

“We’re inviting people to visit our website this week, www.ageinspain. org/living inspain, go to our Facebook page, or call our infoline on +34 932 209 741,” she added.

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Action plan SPAIN has approved a War Re‐ sponse Action Plan, through w h i c h € 1 6 b i l l i o n w i l l b e m o‐ bilised to ‘fairly distribute the ef‐ fects of the war and to preserve the path of growth and job cre‐ ation as much as possible’.

Speaking on Monday March 28, President Pedro Sanchez said the plan will protect families, workers and displaced persons; it will in‐ clude measures to support the economic and business fabric and will be aimed at areas such as transport, cybersecurity and ener‐

WOMEN overwhelmingly attributed their lack of workplace confidence to experiences with man‐ agers, leaders, and col‐ leagues, according to a new Women’s Workplace Confidence study that analysed responses of hundreds of diverse pro‐ fessional women across in‐ dustries, function, seniori‐ ty, and age.

The 2022 report ex‐ plores intrinsic and organi‐ sational influencers of women’s workplace confi‐ dence, behaviours result‐ ing from diminished confi‐ dence, why women leave companies, and what they are missing ‐ and need most ‐ from organisations to increase confidence, make valuable contribu‐ tions, and thrive.

“The report highlights the reality that confidence isn’t a buzzword for wom‐ en, it directly influences their engagement, produc‐

gy. The package of measures will cost around €6 billion, in addition to €10 billion in loans.

“No one is protected from this war. We cannot promise that the effects of the war on our economy and therefore on our lives will not be felt. But what we can promise is that the government of Spain will do its utmost to mitigate its effects as much as possible.

“And we can also promise that we will distribute the sacrifices in a balanced manner, so that no sector, and even less so the most

Plan to protect families.

vulnerable groups, feel neglected or abandoned to their fate,” he said.

Working women tivity, and retention in or‐ ganisations,” said Velera Wilson, founder of Posi‐ tive Identity, the organisa‐ tion leading the study.

“Particularly now during the Great Resignation and Reshuffle era, women are choosing organisations that will help them grow,

the study provides insight into what organisations can do to support and re‐ tain female talent,” she added on March 29.

Dangerous toys BETWEEN October 2021 and January 31, 2022, Europol coordinated oper‐ ation Ludus II targeting trafficking of counterfeit toys and other goods.

Ludus II, led by the Guardia Civil, National Police and the Spanish Cus‐ toms authorities and co‐led by the Romanian Police, involved law en‐ forcement authorities from 21 coun‐ tries in total.

The seizures, worth €18 million, made during the operation include counterfeit and illegal puzzle games, video games and related characters, board and card games, dolls and

puppets from famous TV series, bricks for children and clothing and accessories from famous brands.

The seized goods contain risks such as chemical exposure, strangu‐ lation, choking, electric shock, dam‐ age to hearing and fire hazards.

The EU Anti‐Fraud Office and the European Union Intellectual Proper‐ ty Office also supported the opera‐ tion, while the World Customs Or‐ ganisation took part as an observer and provided secure communication with its members to support the op‐ erational activities.

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POLICE in Dorset were hunting a man who escaped from cus‐ tody on Saturday March 26, wearing only his socks, his under‐ wear and sporting a beard. Following extensive enquiries, Kyle Eglington was located by officers from Dorset Police’s Tactical Firearms Team during the evening of Monday March 28. The state of his dress was not noted in the report.

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Deal brokered FOLLOWING an agreement with the representatives of the Freight and Passenger Departments of the National Road Transport Committee, the Minister for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sanchez, has an‐ nounced that the government will give a subsidy to hauliers of €20 per litre or kilo of fuel, of which 15 cents will come from the public budget and 15 cents will be borne by the oil product operators, and will be applied to diesel, petrol, gas and adblue.

This benefit will mean more than €600 million for the transport sector.

Savings of around €700 per lor‐ ry per month are estimated and which will be in force from April 1 to June 30, extendable depend‐ ing on the evolution of the mar‐ kets.

The measure, together with di‐ rect aid to the sector of €450 mil‐ lion, will inject more than €1 bil‐ lion into the sector, the government said on Friday March 25 as part of an immediate aid plan to alleviate the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine.

RECORD sums of money are being with‐ drawn from banks in Russia amid soaring inflation and shortages of products from medicines to food.

According to the Central Bank, the per‐ sonal savings of Russians plunged 3.5 per cent (£8.7 billion) last month, in what is believed to be the largest withdrawal in a month since the Soviet Union col‐ lapsed.

Western sanctions have stopped the central bank from being able to access around half of its $640 billion in gold and foreign currency reserves.

The rouble has fallen to a record low and weekly inflation has hit 2.2 per cent, with analysts at Goldman Sachs saying the economy in Russia is set to shrink by a huge 10 per cent and with announce‐ ments that the cost of living in Russia has increased by 14 per cent.

Shelves in shops are being emptied of personal hygiene products amid panic buying, bringing back memories of the late Soviet era when shortages were rife.

Supermarkets are rationing sales of sta‐ ple foods such as flour and sugar and videos are circulating on social media of shoppers scrapping over items.

Medicine shortages in chemists is in‐ creasing, with doctors reporting short‐ ages of 80 medicines including essential insulin and pain killers, while sales of an‐ ti‐depressants have multiplied by four.

Around 400 companies, including Mc‐ Donald’s and Coca‐Cola have stopped or suspended sales in Russia in protest of

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SUPERMARKETS: Shelves are being emptied as people panic buy.

the invasion of Ukraine. This is expected to leave around 200,000 people without a job. Apple suspended the sale of its products in Russia last month, with Ukraine urging it to block Russian users from access to its app.

Pro‐Kremlin figures have started post‐ ing lists of so‐called enemies on social media while Putin, 69, has called critics

of the invasion he is leading “traitors and scum.”

Even with this economic strain, Russian polls show that 70 per cent of people say they support what has been called a “special operation” to “denazify and de‐ militarise” Ukraine. Some of those who were around during the Soviet Union still support Putin.

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Warfare capabilities Israel-Arab meeting SANCTIONS implemented by the US have targeted a wide variety of individuals and businesses including defence, but the su‐ perpower has announced that it intends to go further and target Russia’s warfare capabilities.

Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, he said: “We are planning to target additional sectors that are critical to the Kremlin’s ability to operate its war ma‐ chine.

“The goal is to undermine Russia’s abili‐ ty to build and maintain the tools of war.

In addition to sanctioning companies in sectors that enable the Kremlin’s malign activities, we also plan to take actions to disrupt their critical supply chains,” he added on Monday March 28.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had already said that Washington would continue to target companies that supply

TOOLS OF WAR: Goal is to undermine Russia’s ability to build them.

Russia’s defence equipment, as well as targeting Russian suppliers.

Adeyemo was not specific as to how the US intended to further disrupt Russia’s warfare capabilities beyond imposing trade and financial sanctions. It is under‐ stood that these efforts will be undertak‐ en in coordination with allies and other countries implementing measures against the Kremlin.

New direction SPAIN supports the new direction taken by the In‐ ternational Energy Agency (IEA) which aims to decar‐ bonise the global energy system.

“It is time to speed up the transformation of the energy model and take advantage of its great eco‐ nomic opportunities and environmental benefits, while at the same time solving our energy security problems,” said Teresa Ribera, Vice‐President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demo‐ graphic Challenge, during the IEA Ministerial Meet‐ ing held in Paris on Thurs‐ day March 24 to approve the organisation’s new strategic orientation.

“We need to lift the bar‐ riers that prevent the de‐ ployment of affordable, safe and sustainable tech‐ nologies to achieve the cli‐ mate goals set by the Paris Treaty,” she added during her speech at the Plenary Session of the Ministerial Meeting. Ribera also out‐ lined her current priorities, starting with “tackling the ‘contagion effect’ from gas prices to electricity prices” and reducing European demand for Russian sup‐ plies, with a particular im‐ pact on international trade in liquefied natural gas and the optimisation of storage infrastructures in the EU.

THE US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has been lauded for bringing together Israel and four Arab states, in what was an unprece‐ dented meeting to bring countries in the Mid‐ dle East closer together.

The significance of the meeting held on Monday March 28 is hugely important for re‐ lations and the future of peace in the Middle East, particularly in light of the current geopo‐ litical climate.

The four countries, the United Arab Emi‐ rates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt, all have a common interest in that they wish to see the Palestinian situation resolved as they do Iran as the enemy. All the countries are threat‐ ened either directly or indirectly by Iran’s sup‐ port of terrorist organisations that seek to THE Minister for the Presi‐ dency, Parliamentary Rela‐ tions and Democratic Memo‐ ry, Felix Bolanos, chaired the seventh meeting of the Na‐ tional Security Situation Committee, which is analysing the situation be‐ tween Russia and Ukraine on Thursday March 24.

The Situation Committee discussed the work of the var‐ ious groups set up to deal with cyber‐security, the im‐ plementation of sanctions BRITISH Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed in a writ‐ ten statement to the House of Commons that an April ex‐ it had been agreed for Met Police Chief Dame Cressida Dick.

The statement, on Monday March 28, also confirmed that Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House will temporari‐

Bringing countries closer together.

overthrow moderate governments in the area.

At the end of the meeting the six ministers hailed it as a breakthrough, saying they were determined to repeat the meeting in the Is‐ raeli desert every year. They did however mention one caveat, and that is the need for progress in the negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Situation Committee against Russia and the recep‐ tion of refugees. Regarding the latter, it was reported that more than 24,000 people have been assisted by the re‐ ception system and 15,706 applications for temporary protection have been for‐ malised, of which 1,969 were processed by March 23 alone.

An estimated 3,605 dis‐ placed Ukrainian students are

estimated to be enrolled in school in Spain.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the min‐ istries of Foreign Affairs, De‐ fence, Interior, Transport, Labour, Economic Affairs, Eco‐ logical Transition, Industry, Fi‐ nance, Agriculture, Territorial Policy and Inclusion, as well as representatives of the Nation‐ al Intelligence Centre.

Dick is done ly stand in as head of the force until the next commissioner is appointed, although no details were given as to how long that process will take.

Patel also indicated that the outgoing Chief Inspector of

Suspected poisoning RUSSIAN billionaire Roman Abramovich showed symptoms of suspected poisoning following his involvement in peace talks but has since recovered, a source close to him said on March 28. Abramovich, along with two Ukrainian peace ne‐ gotiators, were allegedly ill earlier in March following a round of negotiations with their Russian counterparts in Kyiv.

Symptoms included peeling skin on their hands and faces, constant running tears, and red eyes.

Abramovich has longstanding ties with President Vladimir Putin and had apparently offered to act as a mediator to bro‐ ker peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

With an estimated fortune worth around £10 billion, the Chelsea owner has been hit by sanctions from the UK Gov‐ ernment. He is also banned from entering Britain, where he owns homes, as well as the London football club, which is now up for sale.

Constabulary, Sir Tom Winsor, will investigate the circum‐ stances surrounding the February resignation of the Met Police chief.

Dame Cressida quit unex‐ pectedly in February after be‐ ing ‘put on notice’ by London Mayor Sadiq Khan over her handling of a number of cases.

She was criticised by Khan for failing to tackle allegations of misogyny, racism and bullying within the Met. In February the Indepen‐ dent Office for Police Conduct handed her 15 recommenda‐ tions following a report into ‘disgraceful’ misconduct by of‐ ficers at Charing Cross Police Station. The report uncovered disturbing WhatsApp mes‐ sages between officers that in‐ cluded racist, homophobic and misogynistic language as well as ‘jokes’ about rape and sexual violence.

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A NORFOLK woman has found a real‐ life treasure chest during a beach clean‐up event.

Jennie Fitzgerald, a 38‐year‐old medi‐ cal secretary at the Norfolk and Nor‐ wich University Hospital, made the dis‐ covery on Sunday March 20.

While taking part in a beach clearing event between Cart Gap and Happis‐

THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has confirmed that Brexit has hit overseas trade.

“We are still trying to work through what all the impacts are. It was always inevitable that there would be a change in our trade intensity with Europe as a result of the change in the trade relationship,” he said on Monday March 28.

“Without doubt we are changing our

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burgh, she uncovered a wooden trea‐ sure chest.

The amazing find came as Mrs Fitzgerald was about to leave the beach

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trading relationship with the EU and that means a different set of controls and things people will have to do and that will obvi‐ ously have an impact.

That is, I am sure, a big part of the reason why this is happen‐ ing.”

“I think it is maybe

a bit early to be definitive about which bits are doing what.

The benefit of new trading relationships takes time. They don’t happen overnight. Of course, that will happen over a period of time,” he added.

Email scam

A NEW email scam is doing the rounds, this time purporting to be sent from the Ministry of Health, Spain’s Internet Security Office (OSI) warned on Monday March 28.

The scam emails try to deceive in‐ ternet users by pretending to be sent from the Ministry of Health, offering an ‘extra dose of the Covid‐19 vac‐ cine’ as a way of trapping them.

The email urges the recipient to download a file with details of how

to receive a new dose of the vaccine as soon as possible. But doing so in‐ stalls malware on the recipient’s de‐ vice.

The OSI cautioned: “If you receive this email, try not to open it, instead, delete it and do not download the files that it suggests. In case you did somehow open it then you will need to check your system for the virus and try to eliminate it with an an‐ tivirus program.”

after her day spent clearing the sand.

Spotting a piece of wood that ‘had an unusual shape to it’, she went to take a closer look. “As I moved over to it, I re‐

DURING a tour of the Caribbean, Prince William suggested the royal family would support the Ba‐ hamas’ decision to cut ties with the monarchy.

Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Governor General of the Bahamas, the Duke of Cambridge said on Friday March 25: “Next year, I know you are all looking forward to cele‐ brating 50 years of inde‐ pendence, your golden an‐ niversary. And with Jamaica celebrating 60 years of independence this year, and Belize celebrating 40 years of independence last year, I want to say this, we support with pride and respect your decisions about your future. Rela‐ tionships evolve. Friend‐ ship endures.”

Prince William, the sec‐ ond in line to the throne, was on a week‐long tour of Caribbean Commonwealth countries with the Duchess of Cambridge in honour of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Ju‐ bilee.

“It is touching to see your deep admiration for the

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alised it was quite firmly in the sand,” she said.

When she finally managed to open the sand‐encrusted chest, “coins start‐ ed dropping out, then the gems and the pocket watch, the last thing to come out was a big perfume bottle. I was in shock. I was just sitting there staring at everyone,” she added.

Cutting ties Toured the Caribbean.

Queen and her 70 years of dedicated service to the Commonwealth. I know as

well that my grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, had a soft spot for the Ba‐ hamas. Catherine and I were thinking about him today as we celebrated the return of sloop sailing here by racing off Montagu Beach. He would have been in his element,” he added.

and finally...

EXPERTS said the Cumbre Vieja volcano will not erupt again after 60 seismic events were registered on Thursday March 24.

The seismic network, managed by Involcan, the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands, detect‐ ed a ‘seismic swarm’ in the area of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma.

More than 60 events located at depths of between 10km and 13km were registered. However, Involcan said that these movements are called ‘long periods’ when gases and fluids inside the volcano move about but do not reach the surface.

According to a spokesman for Involcan, the move‐ ments are “normal” at the end of an eruptive pro‐ cess.

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Ukrainian volunteers make urgent plea

DESPITE serious risks to their lives, Ukrainian volunteers re‐ lentlessly persist in their efforts to protect the animals under their care. However, wider awareness in the global com‐ munity is essential if a real dif‐ ference is to be made.

Since the war erupted on February 24, thousands of vol‐ unteer‐led animal shelters locat‐ ed in the middle of war zones have been fully cut off from sup‐ plies. Russian forces are refusing to establish humanitarian corri‐ dors to give volunteers safe ac‐ cess making it impossible to de‐ liver food and supplies. Two volunteers were shot dead by Russian snipers near Kharkiv when attempting to feed ani‐ mals at a zoo, and animal shel‐ ters across the Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions have been un‐ der attack.

Over 3,000 animals and vol‐ unteers are trapped in the country’s largest shelter, Sirius, located in Dymer, 60km north of Kyiv. Iryna Lozova, the Sirius coordinator, said: “For 26 days we have not been able to bring

WAR ZONE: Volunteers are persistent in their efforts to protect the animals under their care.

food and medicine to the peo‐ ple and animals. 3,165 dogs and 218 cats have become hostages. There will only be enough food for the animals for a few more days and there has been no fuel for the generator for two days. We are currently

looking for organisations to help evacuate the animals abroad after the green corridor is created. They need to find a safe home.”

At the Hostomel shelter, one of the oldest shelters in the country, more than 700 animals

and four people have been stranded since the start of the war. The shelter has been hit by shells three times and attacked by a tank. The Hostomel shelter team recently said: “We need at least one green corridor to bring food, medicine, fuel and

water. From the first day of the war, all the employees of the Hostomel animal shelter have remained at their workplace.

We are feeding not only the an‐ imals in the shelter but also those that have been aban‐ doned by people.”

The Feldman‐Eco‐park in Der‐ gachiv, Kharkiv, has also suf‐ fered devastating conse‐ quences. The zoo at the eco‐park had about 2,000 ani‐ mals, and they managed to evacuate four orangutans, nine chimpanzees and 22 alpacas.

The press secretary of the park said: “Unfortunately, in ex‐ treme conditions, animals die not only from injuries but also from the heart rupturing. Ani‐ mals who are constantly in the line of fire experience constant stress, which has a great nega‐ tive impact on their mental state and behaviour.”

The volunteers are urging lo‐ cal and international animal rights organisations to inter‐ vene and facilitate the estab‐ lishment of safe passage to save the animals’ lives.

GO LOCAL

THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has urged its readers to support local businesses in the com‐ munity 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, butch‐ ers, 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 conve‐ nient. And they offer excellent produce from known suppli‐ ers. The joy of shopping locally means that independent busi‐ nesses can support the local community. You may find something a euro or two cheaper online but have you considered where your money is actually going?By shopping locally 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 busi‐ ness, they’re a legacy. They may have supported genera‐ tions of the same family. Like‐ wise, brand new local stores and bars may help the genera‐ tions 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 local economy. Local businesses re‐

circulate a greater share of ev‐ ery 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 shopping ‐ go local!

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Shanghai lockdown

THE largest‐ever city‐ wide lockdown in China was announced on Sun‐ day, March 27, as Shang‐ hai is being lined up for Covid‐19 testing. Authori‐ ties will reportedly lock the huge financial hub city down over a period of nine days, in two stages, while they con‐ duct mass experimental testing.

Shanghai has been struggling for almost one month to contain an out‐

break of coronavirus, al‐ though the number of in‐ fections is low in compar‐ ison to many countries worldwide. It is a massive city with a population of around 25 million, and concern over destabilis‐ ing the economy has so far prevented the author‐ ities from locking it down.

This policy appeared to have changed though on Saturday March 26, when the highest daily number

of Covid infections was registered in the city.

From Monday, March 28, the eastern half of Shang‐ hai had restrictions im‐ posed, lasting until April 1. Then from April 1 to 5, the western side will fol‐ low.

By locking down only half of this giant city at a time, the authorities hope to maintain some sort of economic activity.

It is the commercial capi‐ tal of China.

Spanish film wins

SPANISH production, The Windsheild Wiper, has won the Oscar for Best Animat‐ ed Short Film at the awards ceremony held on March 27.

Director Alberto Mielgo, and producer Leo Sanchez, took to the stage of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to collect the first Os‐ car ever awarded for a Spanish short film.

Mielgo’s Oscar will join the long list of awards received by the director and screen‐ writer for works such as Disney’s 2103 film,

Tron’s Uprising.

He made his debut work as a director with the animated short film The Witness in 2019, and the Netflix anthology Love, Death & Robots. The Windshield Wiper is set in‐ side a cafe. After lunch, while smoking an entire pack of cigarettes, a middle‐aged man asks himself and the audience an am‐ bitious question: what is love? A collection of vignettes and situations lead the man to the desired conclusion.

NEWS

Farewell Phil

ROCK star Phil Collins sparked health fears as he bade fans farewell at his final Genesis concert on March 26 at the O2 Arena in London.

“It’s the last stop of our tour, and it’s the last show for Genesis. After tonight we all have to get real jobs,” Collins joked with the audience.

The Last Domino? Tour featured what is probably the band’s most iconic line up with guitarist‐bassist Mike Rutherford, and keyboard ge‐ nius Tony Banks joining Phil Collins on stage each night, along with Phil’s son Nic on drums.

Collins was not able to per‐ form on the drums due to nerve damage in his back, in‐

COLLINS: Belted out all the band’s classic hits.

stead, he took to a chair, belt‐ ing out the classic hits from the band’s huge repertoire.

The legendary musician has been struggling with his health for about 15 years and uses a walking stick.

“Somehow, during the last Genesis tour, I dislocated

some vertebrae in my upper neck, and that affected my hands. After a successful op‐ eration on my neck, my hands still can’t function nor‐ mally. Maybe in a year or so it will change, but for now it is impossible for me to play drums or piano,” he said.

Covid decline

HALF of all US states saw their population de‐ cline between June 2020 to June 2021, accord‐ ing to the US Census Bureau.

More than 73 per cent of US counties saw more deaths than births, up from the previous year’s 55 per cent. The only two states to buck the trend were Hawaii and West Virginia who both had more counties reporting a natural in‐ crease in population than a decrease.

“Fewer births, an ageing population and in‐ creased mortality, intensified by the Covid‐19 pandemic, contributed to a rise in natural de‐ crease,” the Census Bureau said in a statement on Thursday March 24.

“The 2020‐2021 period was unique because it was the first time the Covid‐19 pandemic af‐ fected both births and deaths,” it added.

Of those states that did report a natural in‐ crease in population, the percentage was very small with single counties accounting for the change.

In addition to the natural decrease in popula‐

US STATES: Covid contributed to decrease.

tion, some states experienced a decline due to migration, or people moving out of the county to another place within the US. The states most affected by this trend were Alaska, Louisiana and Illinois.

Mercadona denies

MERCADONA has denied accusations circu‐ lating on social networks claiming the super‐ market chain is inflating prices as “completely false.”

A social media post, allegedly from a com‐ pany worker, claimed Mercadona was hiking up prices using the transport strike as an ex‐ cuse to create a false sense of shortages on its shelves.

Posted on March 22, the tweet said: “We have everything, but those at the top tell us to take the product out of the warehouse lit‐ tle by little and continue to give an image of

scarcity, to gradually raise prices every day and get more. This is for oil, milk, etc.”

Mercadona quickly responded with a Face‐ book post: “The information that we are reg‐ ulating the sale of products, and that we do it to raise prices, is completely false. We have taken action against these sources. Every day, we open our stores giving the best service, and for this reason we recommend our clients not hoard unnecessary products. We appreciate the collaboration of our clients.

Share this information among your con‐ tacts.”

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Electricity help

PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez took part in the ordinary Eu‐ ropean Council in Brussels on March 24 and 25, where escalating energy prices were discussed as a priority issue. EU member states agreed that Spain and Portu‐ gal will be able to imple‐ ment temporary and excep‐ tional measures to reduce electricity prices for con‐ sumers and businesses. The measures, which will be sub‐ mitted to the European Commission, will be con‐ firmed “as a matter of ur‐ gency.”

Sanchez said that the mea‐ sure that is “exceptional and temporary, does not involve gas subsidies, nor does it dis‐ tort incentives for clean ener‐ gy or electricity flows be‐ tween countries.” As a result, it does not distort the Euro‐ pean electricity market.

Currently the daily whole‐ sale electricity market price is set by gas‐fired power plants.

For these reasons, Spain will temporarily establish a

benchmark price for gas used to produce electricity that will be substantially lower than the current one.

As gas sets the daily price of electricity, this measure will lower the price of elec‐ tricity bills for consumers.

Model monarch THE Queen is the star of British Vogue’s April edition.

The iconic magazine released two twin covers to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, one cover features a picture of the monarch taken in 1957, the other cov‐ er features actress Anya Taylor‐Joy. It is the first time the Queen has appeared on the cover of Vogue. The cover shows a youthful Queen wearing the Diamond Diadem crown, originally made for King George IV in 1820.

Editor Edward Enninful wrote in the fashion mag’s editorial on Wednesday March 23: “People are forever asking me what the colour of the season is. Most of the time, they seem so disappointed when I explain that the answer is almost never definitive. But for the coming months, I am calling it: the colour of spring/ summer 2022 is platinum.”

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EUROPEAN PRESS DENMARK

Interpreters needed

Wooden office

WHILST Denmark is happy to receive Ukrainian refugees, it is facing a crisis concerning lack of interpreters and after calling for volunteers who speak Ukrainian on social media it is also asking for help from English speakers as many Ukrainians may be proficient in that language.

ON March 21, Copenhagen saw the start of work on its largest building constructed from wood. The eight storey Marmormolen covers 28,000 sqm and although initially thought to be a potential fire hazard, is actually environmentally friendly as timber stores carbon as opposed to emitting CO2.

THE NETHERLANDS Book withdrawn

Amsterdam expands

A CONTROVERSIAL book accusing Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh of betraying Anne Frank and other Jewish people in hiding has been withdrawn from sale by the publishers in Holland after a group of experts said that there was no evidence to support the claims.

HAVING been granted city rights in 1355, in a 2018 referendum the majority of the 20,000 residents of Weesp voted to become assimilated into Amsterdam and this finally occurred officially on Thursday March 24 making it the eighth borough of Amsterdam.

BELGIUM Acrobatic protest

New coin

THERE was excitement in Brussels square, the Flageyplein on March 21 when a man scaled a 15-metre-high art installation as a peace protest, performing acrobatics and playing a trumpet to the crowd below before agreeing to be brought down by the local fire brigade.

THE Belgian Government is to issue a €2 circulating coin to thank the healthcare sector for its actions during the pandemic. The design will feature a cross, stethoscope, heart, syringe, wheelchair and a chemical symbol with the words thank you in three languages.

GERMANY Green Health

Fashion support

TESLA founder Elon Musk travelled to Germany to hand over the first electric vehicles produced at the company’s new factory just outside of Berlin in Grünheide (Green Health in English) as part of the opening ceremony attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday March 22.

DUE to the Russian invasion, Ukrainian fashion designer Jean Gritsfeld, who was due to take part in Berlin Fashion Week was unable to attend or send samples, but in order to bring the collection to the catwalk, volunteers in Berlin retailored it and the show went ahead.

FRANCE Michelin Guide

Festival partner

FOR the first time in its 122 years, on Tuesday March 22, the Michelin Guide for France was unveiled in Cognac rather than Paris and this time there are 627 starred restaurants with two new three star establishments, six two star restaurants and 41 single star newcomers.

AIMING at a younger audience, the Cannes Film Festival due to start on May 17, has teamed up with Chinese owned global App TikTok as one of its partners, so expect to see live back stage action and competitions with winners attending the festival.

NORWAY Royal Covid

Refugee flights

KING HARALD, Norway’s 85-year-old monarch tested positive for corona virus on Tuesday March 22 and although the symptoms were said to be mild, the king has not enjoyed good health recently and was therefore in isolation whilst Crown Prince Haakon, stepped in as regent.

NOT every country that is accepting Ukrainian refugees can afford to support them for long and one of the poorer former USSR states Moldova has reached agreement with Norway for more than 5,000 refugees to be picked up and flown to Norway for resettlement.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Cheaper fuel COMMERCIAL interests have led to Spain’s two largest distributors of diesel and petrol Cepsa and Repsol to drop their prices by 10c a litre in order to try to compete with no‐ nonsense, low‐cost fuel suppliers who by reducing margins are at‐ tracting price conscious drivers.

World champions MOVE over Real Madrid, Manch‐ ester United and Barcelona as for the first time, Manchester City has been declared the football club with the highest turnover in the world in the annual Deloittes Foot‐ ball Money report with an esti‐ mated revenue of €645 million.

TransPerfect MULTINATIONAL language services company TransPerfect has its eyes set firmly on the Spanish market and after purchasing the dubbing studios of the Catalan company Polford (which supplies voiceovers for such stars as Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks) in 2021, is now looking to increase its 350 staff.

Fill your Boots ANOTHER British heritage group, Boots the Chemist looks set to be taken over by an American based investment company, Apollo. Al‐ though rumoured for some time, Sky News said that funding for a £6 billion pound buyout is now being sought from major banks.

Santander Green IN keeping with the Spanish Gov‐ ernment’s campaign to increase ‘green’ projects, Banco Santander announced on March 24 that it has created Santander Green Invest‐ ment, a platform to invest in renew‐ able energy projects that are under development or construction. It confirmed it has made its first in‐ vestment by acquiring stakes in nine solar and wind projects in Spain with a combined capacity of around 500 MW. Under its self‐gov‐ ernance model, a special commit‐ tee approves investments, giving the platform the flexibility it needs to make decisions and can grant green projects the bank guarantees they require and partner with de‐ velopers with proven experience in renewable energy ventures.

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€600 million

is the amount that El Corte Inglés has managed to reduce its indebtedness, by early settlement of a bond due to mature in 2024.

Chancellor’s Spring Statement SINCE 2017 the UK budget has been announced to Parliament in October to allow for tax amendments to be implement‐ ed in time for the new tax year.

This is the responsibility of the Chancellor of the Exche‐ quer and many will remember the old days of Ken Clarke sup‐ ping a glass of whisky during his budget deliveries, as this is the only time that alcohol may be consumed in the House of Commons.

Nowadays, there is also a Spring Statement (a bit like the January transfer window in football) where the Chancellor will review the economy and introduce any new legislation

that may be pertinent at the time.

This is what happened on Wednesday March 23 when Rishi Sunak in fairly sombre terms set out new measures for fighting the constant rise of energy, food and fuel prices.

Importantly he reduced fuel duty by 5p per litre and raised the threshold at which workers start paying National Insurance from £9,600 to £12,570, but would not be moved on his plan to introduce a rise of 1.25p in the pound from April for those workers paying into the fund.

Explaining that the economy is still fragile and has been hit by the war in Ukraine he made

it clear the funding has to be found for the NHS, but con‐ firmed his belief that it could be possible to reduce income tax by 2024 when the economy should be stronger.

VAT and business rates were reduced on some green tech‐ nology and an extra £500 mil‐ lion was made available to councils for the Household Support Fund to assist vulnera‐ ble families suffering from in‐ creased prices.

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said he was mistaken with his decision to increase National Insurance and didn’t appreciate how badly off low paid workers and pensioners are at the moment.

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The experts at Golden Leaves will ensure that your preferences are followed and respected ‐ without in‐ curring additional charges.

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FOLLOWING an investigation in‐ to the proposed takeover of Morrisons, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that that it could see fuel prices at the pump rise as a re‐ sult.

Private equity firm Clayton Du‐ bilier & Rice (CD&R) wants to ac‐ quire the supermarket chain, with its 339 petrol forecourts.

Should the deal go through, prices could rise in line with some 900 petrol stations already owned by CD&R through their subsidiary petrol station giant Motor Fuel Group.

The two sides were given five days on Wednesday March 23 to offer proposals to ease the con‐ cerns, after which the CMA has five days to decide whether to accept them or pursue a deeper probe if these concerns are not addressed.

Colin Raftery at the CMA said: “Prices for petrol and diesel have recently hit record highs, which makes it even more important that we don’t allow a lack of competition at the pump to make the situation worse.”

Morrisons had said it would lower prices by 5p per litre on Wednesday March 23 in line with the reduction in fuel duty announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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P&O admits sacking illegal MPs were stunned as P&O Ferries ad‐ mitted that the company had broken the law when its CEO appeared before the Transport Committee on Thursday March 24 to explain the sacking of 800 seamen.

When questioned, Peter Hebbleth‐ waite said there was “absolutely no doubt” that under UK employment law the firm was required to consult unions before making the mass cuts.

The justification was that as it con‐

Morrisons petrol costs

sidered it highly unlikely that unions would agree to the plan, it was easier to just go ahead, get rid of them and offer full compensation.

The following day, Transport Secre‐ tary Grant Shapps told Sky News: “I thought what the boss of P&O said yesterday about knowingly breaking the law was brazen and breathtaking, and showed incredible arrogance.”

He then went on to agree that he believed that having broken the law

and used a ‘loophole’ to get round it meant that he should resign immedi‐ ately, joining similar calls from MPs, unions and sacked staff.

The whole matter boils down to money as UK workers were entitled to receive the minimum wage for those 23 or over of £9.50 per hour whilst Heb‐ blethwaite told the committee that for‐ eign agency workers would be paid £5.50 per hour, which is in line with in‐ ternational maritime standards.

GDP reviewed SLIGHTLY better news for the Spanish economy as the National Statistics Office (INE) has in‐ creased its GDP review of the 2021 fourth quarter by 0.2 per cent it announced on March 25.

The initial forecast was 2 per cent but the final result is 2.2 per cent over the previous quarter and suggests that the eurozone’s fourth largest economy still man‐ aged to grow despite the set back due to the increase in the spread of coronavirus in the latter part of the year.

Overall, during 2021, the econ‐ omy bounced back with a 5.1 per cent growth, although in 2020 it fell by 10.8 per cent so there is a long way to go.

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Introducing the gasrouble

NEW PAYMENT: Vladimir Putin recent made the announcement.

MANY have heard of the petrodollar but Russia is in‐ troducing the gasrouble af‐ ter Vladimir Putin an‐ nounced on March 23 that some countries would have to pay for gas in roubles.

A number of countries who oppose the Russian in‐ vasion of Ukraine have been declared unfriendly to Moscow and as they have frozen Russian overseas as‐ sets, it no longer makes sense to accept payment in dollars or euros.

Each of the 27 European Union States alongside the USA, Australia, Canada, Sin‐ gapore and the United Kingdom (including Gibral‐ tar) are included in the list of more than 45 countries who will be required to pay in roubles if they import Russian gas.

Putin said “Russia will continue, of course, to sup‐ ply natural gas in accor‐ dance with volumes and prices ... fixed in previously

concluded contracts.

“The changes will only af‐ fect the currency of pay‐ ment, which will be changed to Russian rou‐ bles.”

State‐controlled energy giant Gazprom which has in the past accepted a huge proportion of payments in euros and dollars was given just one week to amend ex‐ isting contracts.

This decision has helped strengthen the value of the rouble against the euro and dollar particularly and is thought to have caught ma‐ jor importers of Russian gas by surprise.

According to one Russian newspaper, experts inter‐ viewed by the paper are confident that it is in fact the only way to overcome the dominant role of the dollar.

Countries like Germany who depend on large vol‐ umes of Russian gas will now find themselves in a

Libyan cooperation ON Thursday March 24, the Spanish Ambassador to Libya, Javier Larachi met with members of the Libyan Inion of Chambers of Commerce and Government Ministers to discuss ways of upgrading economic co‐ operation between the two countries.

The meeting focused on investment, especially in the field of solar energy, in addition to opening chan‐ nels of communication between economic dealers in both countries.

They also addressed the memorandum of under‐ standing between the Union and the Spanish Cham‐ ber of Commerce, and the importance of activating it, because of its role in promoting cooperation and overcoming economic difficulties.

With an election due in June 2022 and the hope that oil production will increase, the country could be an attractive partner for the Spanish Government.

dilemma as the imposed sanctions appear to have backfired on them.

BUSINESS EXTRA Jade Tower CORDIA INTERNATIONAL, Hungary’s leading residen‐ tial property developer is promoting the sale of a new luxury apartment de‐ velopment Jade Tower, (its first in Spain), close to the beach in Fuengirola to po‐ tential clients in Romania who are looking to invest in second homes or simply move to Spain.

Whites go black TO celebrate the 120th an‐ niversary of Real Madrid and the 20th anniversary of collaboration between the Japanese fashion de‐ signer Yohji Yamamoto and the German sports gi‐ ant Adidas, there is a new all black strip being pro‐ duced which will be more of a fashion statement than just kit.

VW investment EUROPE’S largest vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen which owns the Seat brand announced on Wednesday March 23 that it plans to create its first battery manufacturing fac‐ tory outside of Germany in Valencia, which will em‐ ploy around 3,000 workers and will also start making electric vehicles in its Span‐ ish plants.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT SO now they want to drop Shakespeare from the curriculum of British schools?

Yet another assault on British heritage and culture, which is slowly but surely being eroded by an ill‐intentioned bunch who, assisted by the PC and snowflake brigade, are hell bent on destroying the very fabric of everything our ancestors fought and died for. “It’s too difficult for our students,” they bleat. Aw, well it would be, wouldn’t it? Particularly to youngsters who are too lazy to put their tongues between their teeth, and subsequently pronounce, think as fink, Nothing as nuffink and something as summink.

“We should make it easier and more up to date,” they wail. Oh yes that’s a good idea ‐ let’s see. How shall we rephrase this beautiful quote from Romeo and Juliet?

“When he shall die. Take him and cut him out in little stars. And he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with the night and pay no worship to the garish sun.” What about “When he kicks off, blade him up a bit; and when it gets dark the dude will be lookin’ so good you won’t wanna see the sun come up.”

Mmm, doesn’t somehow have the same

Lingo

ring, does it? Give us a break.

These so‐called teachers are not interested in British culture. They want to destroy the monarchy, introduce their left‐ wing ideals and drag the whole country down to their level. As far as curriculums are concerned, rather than attacking British heritage, perhaps it would be more constructive to make sure some truthful and unbiased British history is taught to their vulnerable and propaganda‐exposed students.

Does President Biden truly inspire confidence as a strong and reliable ally in these dangerous times? Not to me he doesn’t. From his carefully contrived efforts to look buoyant and frisky as he descends the steps of Air Force One, to his heavily scripted speeches, which he peers at through Mr Magoo contact lenses, and reads with all the acumen of an eight‐year‐ old asked to read aloud in the class, I would be hesitant to take his advice on how I should cross the road. His appearance at a press conference in Brussels last week was truly quite laughable.

At the end of his speech, he managed to drop all his paraphernalia on the floor and disappear altogether. We were subsequently treated to an empty podium accompanied by banging and shuffling, as he groped out of sight to retrieve the offending items. There was then a moment of true hiatus as, with bated breath, we waited to see if he would actually appear again. You could almost hear the sighs of relief when he finally popped back up and we then watched as he bemusedly followed the direction of the EU president to where he should now stand. And this bumbler, with an administration stuffed full of wokes, is the saviour of the Western world? Heaven help us all.

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TV & Film Review by Laura Kemp

Emotions run high in Mass

MASS, released late last year and now available on Hulu, is a sensitive and emotional look at the aftermath of a mass shooting at a school in America. With an impres‐ sive 95 per cent critic rat‐ ing and a 91 per cent au‐ dience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this film comes highly recom‐ mended.

Mass requires a lot from its audience. The movie is mostly shot in one room and with four actors. This intimate and simple location lets the di‐ alogue and acting shine, emotions run high and it is easy for the audience to forget they are watching a fictional film.

Two couples meet at an Episcopalian church, where the thoughtful script unfolds. We learn that one of the couples are the parents of a school shooter and the other couple are the par‐ ents of one of the victims.

The four‐character piece

includes a powerhouse of actors such as Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Ja‐ son Isaacs (Harry Potter), Martha Plimpton (The Good Wife), and Reed Bir‐ ney (House of Cards).

The script forces the au‐ dience to consider the parents left behind after such tragedies ‐ particu‐ larly the parents of the perpetrator ‐ who, in this case, was a depressed and lonely young man. The unspeakable is confronted in these four walls, which gives the feeling of a stage play or live TV dra‐ ma. Something that struck me was the question of whether people are born bad or whether it is some‐ thing that is learnt.

There is no political dis‐ cussion here, something that is essential to ad‐ dress when looking at the issue of American gun laws and the huge amounts of school shoot‐ ings in the country.

Mass is now available to stream on Hulu.

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How do you solve a problem like Putin?

NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS

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WHEN Ukrainian families are being shelled as they flee for safety and Europe teeters on the edge of the end of everything, who wants to read more about it? If you don’t, turn the page, otherwise read on!

We read of peace talks but if these even‐ tually succeed, what’s the likely outcome?

The deal will probably be an assurance of Ukrainian neutrality and ‘self‐determination’ for Crimea and Donbas, and Putin boasting he ‘got what he wanted’. But actually, he’ll have lost. Badly.

The cost of a ruined economy and being an international outcast for the foreseeable future. A West more united than since the Cold War. Neighbouring states despising Russia. Europe, and especially Germany, ending their devastating dependence on Russian energy. The world ending its devas‐ tating dependence on Russian mineral

PUTIN: Nothing more than a playground bully who understands one language, force.

wealth and, most significantly, finally seeing Putin for the loathsome dictator he is.

This, though, won’t help the brave Ukrainians much in the short term, but hopefully later on. But Putin, and the world, will have seen how inferior the overhyped Russian armed forces have turned out to be

versus a smaller but professional, dedicated and determined foe. Having committed a large part of his ground armed forces to this campaign, Putin should be in no doubt what would happen if he came into conflict with the far more competent NATO. But all this fails to answer the crucial ques‐

tion, can Putin be trusted? He failed to hon‐ our the 2012 deal to end civil war in Syria.

Days before this invasion he said he’d never invade Ukraine.

Sooner or later, we need to confront him.

Not now, and not in a manner that would end up in nuclear warfare. However, he is a playground bully who understands only one language, force. If Ukraine ceded Crimea and Donbas and agreed to ‘demilitarise’ Ukraine now, he’d agree to that provisional‐ ly, but then his brutal war machine would soon afterwards reinvade a weaker Ukraine.

He needs to be stopped. Like the Nazis in the 1930s, some regimes cannot be trusted with keeping their word.

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It’s now official, I am old!

MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION

Views of a Grumpy Old Man WELL, that’s it, it’s official, I’m old. The reason I know that is what looked like a 12year-old child in a white coat with a stethoscope round her neck told me. Of course she wasn’t 12. She was a qualified doctor, a dermatologist, and I had a few marks I wanted her to look at. Her reply to all of them, and I’m sure it was because we were talking in English, “Nothing to worry about it, just because you are old.” I mean I had a sneaky suspicion because we have mirrors in our house, but now it’s official. I’m glad I got a quickish appointment otherwise I would have been ancient.

I bought some glasses from Specsavers here and, to be honest, I wasn’t too impressed with them. So, when I received a text from them telling me I needed to make an appointment for a check-up I ignored it.

They sent me another reminder and this time I decided to reply and said, “Sorry I can’t read this message as my glasses are no good and the font is too small”. I haven’t

heard any more from them. Sorted.

We have had, over the last few days, this browny-orange rain from the Sahara called ‘la calima’ and everyone got very excited and posted pictures of it all over the internet. But then the reality set in. This stuff stains and how the heck do we clean it up?

I mean I’m looking at buildings that were white and are now orange. It is going to cost absolute fortunes to get rid of. So if anyone has any ideas I would appreciate some tips.

The other thing is what it’s done to the air quality, especially if you have any chest problems. I knew those wretched masks would come in handy again one day.

Message to all restaurant owners. Lose the table next to the toilets. I, unfortunately, sat at one today and it’s terrible watching people trying the same door two or three times because someone is in there longer than they think they should be.

Then there is the line of two or three people looking very uncomfortable that you don’t want to make eye contact with and then when the door makes the loud unlocking noise and you glance up you inadvertently do make eye contact. Just get rid of that table.

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Unwanted advice

with their opinion on how people less fortu‐ nate than themselves should be living.

It used to be about how unemployed people

and the working poor had smartphones and flatscreen TVs, egged on by disgusting pro‐ grammes such as Bene‐ fits Street, as if in 2010 these items were space‐ age technology and not the everyday items they already were at that time.

Then it moved on to people posting recipes for bland meals with very little nutritional value that could apparently be made for pennies, as some sort of gotcha mo‐ ment against poor peo‐ ple, not accounting for the cost of getting to the supermarket and the en‐ ergy used to heat the food in the first place.

Now after 12 years of To‐ ry misrule we arrive at a time in which people are turning down root veg‐

etables at food banks be‐ cause they cannot afford to cook them, and there is still a band of uncom‐ passionate fools who think their views about the lives of poor people are necessary and want‐ ed.

Heating your home and eating more than plain boiled pasta has, in the outlook of some, become a luxury that some peo‐ ple are not worthy of.

This isn’t a moral failing on the part of the people who cannot afford to boil potatoes, but rather on the people who hold such abhorrent opinions about them.

The Conservative, capi‐ talist media machine has always done a stellar job of convincing people that they are closer to becom‐ ing a millionaire than

they are to becoming homeless, but we should all know by now that the very opposite is true.

While Rishi Sunak is married to a woman rich‐ er than the Queen and is believed to be the wealthiest man in the House of Commons, and that is no mean feat, he tries to come across as a man of the people and some people buy it.

A man who had to bor‐ row a mid‐price car from a supermarket worker to pose for a photoshoot announcing a pitiful re‐ duction in fuel prices, when there are nurses and teachers who can’t afford to drive to their jobs.

A man who then tried to tap his contactless bank card under a bar‐ code points scanner, so

out of touch with the day‐to‐day he is. He then heads back to parliament to announce a Spring Statement that will dis‐ proportionately punish people on fixed incomes such as pensioners and carers, and still, there are people who think the worst cost of living crisis since the 1950s is some‐ thing that poor people should just be ‘navigat‐ ing better’. It is baffling.

According to the Resolu‐ tion Foundation, 1.3 mil‐ lion people will be plunged into absolute poverty under the Spring Statement.

Instead of those peo‐ ple offering up so‐called advice to those who are under attack, their ener‐ gy would be better off spent fighting back be‐ fore the next wave of cuts claims them too.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO COMMON SENSE?

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EQUALITY: However, in sport, women cannot compete ‘equally’ with males?

Sir/madam I trust Suzanne Manners... Explaining Mansplaining... feels very strongly that all those male Ukrainian soldiers and civilians currently fighting and dying should have accepted her conclusion that as they stand there, legs apart holding their weapons that they are, in her words ‘spoiled, self-obsessed little boys who should shut up and share’ ...and hand their weapons to their womenfolk and head for Poland with their children?

Why not... in her words, ‘this is why equality is so important’?

Reality is also important? For example, in sport, women cannot compete ‘equally’ with males? Or are such world class athletes as Martina Navratilova wrong? The unqualified obsession with ‘equality’ has led to the absurd acceptance of a fully intact male currently winning medals in women’s swimming

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A sad world Dear Euro Weekly, It makes me so sad to see what is happening in the world. This war, and now all the prices going up. I don’t go anywhere because of petrol, and I can now barely afford my cigarettes.

It’s nice to read the paper and see that at least there’s a sense of community here in Spain. I like reading about all the different charities and to see there’s still people who care. So thank you Euro Weekly. I can at least afford

REMEMBERING PHILIP POIGNANT images of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sitting alone at the funeral of her husband of 73 years touched hearts around the world.

Whilst his service of thanksgiving, conducted on Tuesday March 29 at Westminster Abbey, could not have been a joyous occasion, it must have given the Queen some comfort in the fact that she was able to give him a more fitting farewell.

Clearly, now aged 95 and having recently suffered from Covid-19, she is frail and little has been seen of her this year, so there were fears that she either wouldn’t be able to make it, or would need to be in a wheelchair.

In the event, the Queen travelled from Windsor with son Prince Andrew who walked her to her seat whilst the ceremony was kept to 45 minutes in length in order to make it as easy and stress free as possible.

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FAMOUS SLAP: Did it really happen - what do you think?

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Leapy, I would like to speak to you on the telephone No --- --- ---.

Regarding freedom of speech, as per your Euro Weekly article, you are spot on. I have been shut down by Giles Brown, on RTE Radio and personally insulted because I mentioned ‘why are Brit troops in Latvia preventing immigrants from crossing, when we can’t even control our own borders’. Let’s have a chat?

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OUR VIEW

Large crowds gathered outside of the Abbey, not just to try to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty and other members of the Royal Family (with the notable exception of Prince Harry) but also politicians and foreign royals, including the King and Queen of Spain and all other major European royal families.

There was a significant involvement from members of the armed forces with much of the music played during the ceremony being performed by the Band of the Royal Marines as well as a number of the charities which the Duke of Edinburgh held close to his heart over the years.

Although a public ceremony, this was without doubt a very private affair for the Queen, left with her memories of a long and eventful relationship in the same place where she was married in 1947 and we wish her well at this difficult time.

No. Remove him from our screens. That’s what he deserves.

Simon Freebrey A massive overreaction to a poorly thought out joke. I would hope both Chris and Will are reflecting a little today. Move on, it’s chip paper already.

Suzi Mann He was protecting his wife, fair play, I don’t like violence, but at the end of day he did what he thought best.

Dee Rafferty He was protecting his wife. Chris Rock had no right whatsoever to tease about something like that. I would’ve kicked him off the stage.

Gail DM I’m not a violent person at all, neither is my husband. BUT if someone had made derogatory comments about me in such a public place and upset me, I know my husband would have defended me. Family matters. Also I thought the ‘jokes’ etc were monitored! Obviously not. Always two sides to every story!

Gary McGregor Well done Will Smith. Chris Rock thinks it’s OK to slander someone in the name of comedy... Well done Will for standing up for your wife.

Gerard O’Brien Nope. A violent act displaying a violent character.

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DOGS’ brains understand not only what we say, but also how we say it and are able to distin‐ guish the words and tones we use when speaking to them, a new study has revealed.

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by Mark Slack AS estates go VW’s Arteon Shooting Brake has a pres‐ ence, the wide frontal look, muscular rear and sleek lines makes for a stylish driveway addition. Based on the Passat, the Ar‐ teon shooting brake is aimed at being a mix of the practical with added style. It cer‐ tainly turns heads and usu‐ ally for all the right reasons.

The term shooting brake is a delightfully old fashioned one harking back to a time when cars had little space and upper class shooting parties needed transport for all their kit. This German in‐ terpretation of the shooting brake, although not without compromises, is a particular‐ ly appealing one.

Prices start at €45,670 (£38,230) and peak at €65,029 (£54,435) for the top‐line version with all‐

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VW Arteon a shooting brake for a modern generation

(£8,000) worth of extra cost options.

Although the test car was not my favourite in terms of colour, dark grey with black interior, a much brighter and classier colour palette is available and makes the car look much more than its

der petrol engine passes the benchmark 100 kph in 7.8 seconds and a 233 kph max‐ imum speed while return‐ ing, during my week of mostly local driving, 8.3 litres/100 km. There’s even the option of a plug‐in hy‐ brid.

The Arteon Shooting Brake isn’t a small car, in fact it looks even larger thanks to its design, and inside it feels spacious. Standard kit is good with such fare as key‐ less entry and start and tail‐ gate, a superb panoramic sunroof and much, much more. There’s the usual VW solid, quality feel, it’s a car that combines the very best of practical SUVs and tradi‐ tional estates without their bulk and boxiness. It’s a car that’s a very class act.

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SHOOTING BRAKE: It’s a car that’s a very class act.

wheel‐drive. As with all Ger‐ man automotive machines the prices can reach even headier financial heights if you make a start on the op‐ tions list. My R‐Line with 2.0‐ litre TSI petrol power, was listed at €48,322 (£40,450) but had a whopping €9,212

isn’t the point of the Arteon.

Your walking gear, picnic paraphernalia, children’s travel accoutrements or other outdoor activity kit can easily be accommodat‐ ed.

Manufacturers have be‐ come expert at smaller ca‐ pacity, more efficient en‐ gines that still possess decent performance. My Ar‐ teon’s 2.0‐litre, four‐cylin‐

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€48k (£40k) price tag.

If you’re looking for a ca‐ pacious load carrier then the Arteon Shooting Brake is not for you. Its striking lines means that the load practi‐ cality, while better than an equivalent saloon, is not the best, but then that really

Model: VW Arteon Shooting Brake R-Line Engine: 2.0-litre TSI 4-cylinder, turbocharged petrol Gears: 7-speed DSG Automatic Performance: 0-100 kph (62 mph) 7.8 seconds/Maximum Speed 233 kmh (145 mph) Economy: 7.3 L/per 100 km (38.6 mpg) Emissions: 166 g/km WLTP Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

Fine for a dirty car THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) can is‐ sue fines for excessive dirt on a vehicle, espe‐ cially if the windshields and windows are cov‐ ered with mud.

If a traffic officer con‐ siders that a driver is not able to see the road well because of dirt, CARRYING ANIMALS: It is recommended pet carriers be placed on the floor in the rear.

DGT warning on pets THE General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), in addition to highlighting new sanctions that came into force on March 21, has reminded motorists about the impor‐ tance of carrying animals correctly in their vehicles.

Non‐compliance can re‐ sult in fines ranging from €80 to €500, because it is considered not only a dan‐ ger to the safety of the driver, but also to other

road users.

Although the DGT does not have specific regula‐ tions for the transportation of pets, Article 18.1 of the rules of the road states: “Particular care must be taken to ensure that he maintains the appropriate position, that other passen‐ gers maintain the same po‐ sition and that objects or animals carried are properly positioned, so that there is

no interference between the driver and any of them.”

Even if non‐compliance does not mean loss of points on the driver’s li‐ cence, motorists can still be fined €80 if the animal is loose on the floor of the ve‐ hicle or from €200 to €500 if it is on the driver’s seat.

The DGT recommends that pet carriers be placed on the floor in the rear.

DIRTY CARS: Licence plates must also be kept clean.

motorists can be fined between €80 and €200.

According to DGT reg‐ ulations: “The glass sur‐ face of the vehicle must allow, in any case, the driver clear visibility on

all the road on which it is driving.”

Licence plates must also be kept clean and legible. If not, that could be another €200 fine.

SPORT ONE of the biggest shocks in World Cup history took place in Palermo on the evening of Thursday, March 24. Reign‐ ing European champions Italy were playing at home against North Macedonia in the play‐off for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

What happened can only be described as one of the most sensational last‐gasp victories ever to occur. In the dying seconds of the match, with the score at 0‐0, a shot smashed from outside the penalty area by Aleksandar Trajkovski hit the back of the Italian net to give the visitors the most unexpected of wins.

Ironically, Trajkovski used to play for Palermo. There followed scenes of Italian coaching staff and players falling on their knees in total disbelief, while chaotic cele‐ brations ensued among the North Macedonians.

A World Cup without Italy seems almost impossible, yet remarkably, this is the sec‐ ond consecutive campaign that the Azzurri have failed to

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TOTAL DISBELIEF: One of the most sensational last-gasp victories ever to occur. qualify for. Only last Sum‐ mer, Roberto Mancini’s men were hoisting the Euro 2020 trophy into the air at Wemb‐ ley stadium.

They ended up in this set of play‐offs after coming a very unconvincing second in their qualifying group behind

Switzerland, after drawing four of their matches. What appeared on paper to be a foregone conclusion ‐ against a team ranked 67th in world football ‐ has turned into a nightmare.

North Macedonia man‐ aged only four attempts on

goal throughout the game, and had just 34 per cent of the possession. They will now meet Portugal in the play‐off final, who beat Turkey 3‐1 in the other play‐ off semi‐final, thanks to the usual inspirational effort from Cristiano Ronaldo.

F1 drivers feel ‘bullied’ LEWIS HAMILTON is reportedly believed to be among five F1 drivers who feel they were ‘bullied’ into agreeing to al‐ low the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix to continue. A four‐hour meeting had taken place on Friday, March 25, attended by all the drivers, team principals, and the race organisers.

During the first practice session on Friday, Houthi rebels had launched a missile attack on the Aramco petrol refinery just 15km from the Jeddah Corniche circuit. Concerns were immediately raised about the safety of all involved in Sun‐ day’s race, with the FIA being given assurances by local au‐ thorities that they were not in danger.

At least five of the drivers voiced their concerns and dis‐ approval of continuing with the race. It is believed that the five were Lewis Hamilton, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz, Kevin Magnussen, and Sergio Perez.

This group allegedly claimed it was ‘unsafe and irrespon‐ sible’ to let the race go ahead. They also felt that they were bullied into accepting the decision after being put under pressure by FIA bosses who pointed out the possible reper‐ cussions were they not to compete.

It has also been reported that part of the conversation in‐ cluded an unsettling discussion on how easy it would be for the teams to leave the country should they decide to aban‐ don Sunday’s race.

Saudi intelligence sources assured the assembled drivers and teams that despite more warnings from the Houthi rebels, the Corniche race circuit was under no risk of attack.