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PALMA VISITS NEW YORK ON July 14, 75 tour operators from the American mar‐ ket were introduced to Palma as a cosmopolitan, open, modern and safe city. The event, which took place at the Midtown Loft Terrace in New York, was at‐ tended by the mayor of Palma, José Hila, the councillor for Tourism, Elena Navarro, and the manager of the Palma 365 Tourism Foundation, Pedro Homar. The mayor said: “We know that American tourists are looking for a very tailor‐made product, that they seek excellence and quality, and Palma has it all.” During the event, Palma’s private sector had the chance to hold individual meetings with various tour operators as part of a strategy that the Foundation is carrying out with the American market on the East Coast.
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Tamsin Brown THE Son Amer shelter in Escorca will be 100 per cent accessible for people with visual and hearing disabilities and re‐ duced mobility. The shelter already had ramps and a lift, but it will now incorpo‐ rate some important new features, mak‐ ing it the first fully accessible shelter in Mallorca. All the signs at the shelter giving infor‐ mation such as room numbers and the rules for sharing dormitories have been updated, combining pictures, arrows, text and Braille, and the ramps and stairs have tactile bands. Speaking on July 16, the councillor for Sustainability and the Environment of the Consell de Mallorca, Aurora Ribot, said: “We are proud to be able to say that the Consell de Mallorca’s network of shelters will have the first 100 per cent accessible refuge in Mallorca. We will continue to work to break down barriers so that more people can get to know and enjoy the Serra de Tramuntana, be‐ cause it is clear to us that an apprecia‐ tion of nature will help us to protect it.” Inmaculada Férriz, the island’s director of the Environment, added: “Shelters like Son Amer provide opportunities for
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INTRODUCTION: The promotional event in NYC. CLOSER TO NATURE: The Son Amer shelter.
everyone to enjoy spending the night in the Serra de Tramuntana, which can be experienced in many different ways and bring us all closer to nature.” The Son Amer shelter on the Pedra en Sec GR 221 route is located at the top of a hill that overlooks the whole valley of Lluc, in the Tramuntana mountain range. It has 52 beds available in six dor‐
mitories (one with 24 beds, one with eight beds, two with six beds and two with four beds). Among other services, there is a food and drinks service, elec‐ tricity, hot water, heating, wi‐fi, tele‐ phone service and laundry service. For more information, visit https://caminsdepedra.conselldemallor ca.cat/‐/son‐amer‐1.
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IMAS citizens’ advice office Tamsin Brown THE new citizens’ advice office that the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (I M A S) has opened in Palma is fully accessible, well-connected to the city centre and multi-purpose. It was designed from the outset with the specific needs of citizens in mind, and its main function is to respond to the growing number of people who use the service and to improve the care offered to them. The new facilities have been fully operational since Monday July 11.
They have a central room with six workstations where citizens can talk to professionals, six offices, a playroom where children can wait, a meeting room and another room that will be temporarily used by professionals from the Consell’s Directorate of Equality. Around 20 profession-
als work at the new facilities, including administrative staff, social educators, sign language interpreters and legal staff. The opening hours are from 9am to 5pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 9am to 2pm on Tuesdays and Fridays. Appointments are required and
Aid for Ukraine T H E councillor for the Presidency of the Consell de Mallorca, Javier de J uan, spoke at the plenary session held on July 14 and presented the humanitarian actions that the C onsell de Mallorca has carried out for the people of Ukraine. The aid has been provided through the Mallorcan Solidarity Fund. T he M allorcan S olidarity Fund is currently carrying out three humanitarian aid projects for Ukrainian citizens. The first project involves actions such as rebuilding infrastructure to guarantee the water and electricity supply. Since the Russian invasion on February 24,
more than 265,400 refugees have arrived in Slovakia, mostly women and children. The second project aims to support the S lovak municipalities that have welcomed the displaced population by providing reading workshops and social activities for children and purchasing materials such as blankets for the refugee arrival centre. The aim of the third project is to provide humanitarian aid to the internally displaced population and to the non-displaced population affected by the war in the regions of Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Zakarpattya.
can be requested through the IMAS website.
Deepest condolences THE Spanish shipping company Trasmed, part of the Grimaldi Group, mourns the loss of 81‐ year‐old Vittorio Morace, the father of the CEO of Trasmed, Et‐ tore Morace. They extended their deepest condolences to his family and friends on Tuesday July 19. Born in 1941 in Naples, Vittorio Morace was hugely influential in the sector. He began his ac‐ tivity as a shipowner at a very young age with a small cargo ship in the 1970s, when his pas‐ sion for fast ferries was also born. In the early 1980s, he moved to Spain, where he established the first high‐speed maritime connections between the Canary Islands. In the 1990s he headed the company SNAV and launched fast ferry lines from Egypt to Den‐ mark. At the end of the 1990s, he founded Lib‐ erty Lines, one of the most important compa‐ nies in fast passenger transport in the world, connecting the smaller islands of Sicily, Croatia and Greece. With his loss, the shipping world bids farewell to a figure who has helped to write the recent history of pas‐ senger shipping. May he rest in peace.
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NIBS EXTRA Beaches app THE Mallorca Beaches app (listed as Majorca Beaches in Google Play/the Apple Store) is a digital tool provided by the Consell de Mallorca de‐ signed to provide real‐time in‐ formation on the level of oc‐ cupation and bathing conditions on beaches. The free app is available in Cata‐ lan, Spanish, English and Ger‐ man.
Bus drivers THREE new drivers have joined the Municipal Trans‐ port Company (EMT) of Pal‐ ma and have already started driving public buses in the city, having undergone a peri‐ od of training with the com‐ pany. This addition means that all 140 of the people list‐ ed in the company’s employ‐ ment agency have filled va‐ cancies.
Paved streets PALMA’S municipal waste management and water management company, EMAYA, has paved 36,000 m2 on 33 streets in Palma where works had been carried out on the water supply. This work began on April 20, had an investment of €436,950 and involved the direct cre‐ ation of 10 jobs.
Plant biomass THE Inca Town Hall and the company Garden Hotels have signed an innovative agree‐ ment to jointly set up a collec‐ tion and treatment point for plant biomass in the munici‐ pality, to be implemented from September. The aim is to promote the collection of organic waste such as grass, leaves and plant matter.
Public security THE Balearic Islands Govern‐ ment has approved the ex‐ penditure for this year’s Pub‐ lic Security Fund, which will be €2,449,993. These funds are divided between the local councils of the Balearic Islands to reinforce the work of the Local Police and to modernise the material and technologi‐ cal resources available to them.
AS Britain swelters in record breaking heat, the coastal re‐ gions of Spain are nowhere near as hot at the moment, but it will still be very hot continuously for some time. Whilst fans are useful, not everyone realises that al‐ though they create air flow, this could cause a false sense of comfort but don’t reduce body temperature or pre‐ vent heat‐related illnesses. Those who have air condi‐ tioning and can afford to use it would be well advised to do so and wherever possible bring down terrace blinds and pull curtains. Despite the fact that many elderly Mediterranean ladies wear black all year round, the current view is that you will keep cooler if you wear loose, lightweight, light‐ coloured clothing and take cool showers or baths if you
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SUMMER HEAT: Cool down with a cold shower.
get too hot. Some tips are obvious but still need to be repeated so don’t leave children, the el‐ derly or pets in a car whilst you go shopping, try not to
Tamsin Brown THE councillor for the Environment and Territory of the Balearic Islands Govern‐ ment, Miquel Mir, and the vice‐president and councillor for Sustainability and the Environment of the Consell de Mallorca, Aurora Ribot, visited the Sa Dragonera Natural Park on July 15, where a signpost‐ ing project is being carried out with funds from the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS). The Sa Dragonera Natural Park will have about 70 signs providing directions
use ovens if you can use a hob or eat a salad and al‐ ways keep hydrated with plenty of water and little al‐ cohol. If you have to go out use
sunscreen and cover your head and if you wear a mask, make sure it’s made from cotton rather than a synthetic material. Be alert for signs of ex‐ haustion such as soaring temperature, hot dry skin with no sweat, rapid pulse, dizziness or confusion. If you have an animal then follow simple rules as dogs don’t sweat but pant and should never be given ice cubes as this could cause a very adverse reaction and al‐ ways remember that a dog’s paws are vulnerable to hot surfaces. Plenty of water and shade will keep most animals com‐ fortable.
Sa Dragonera signposting and information and recommendations about the environment. Most of the new signs have already been installed and the rest will be added later this year. The signs have been placed along the Llebeig, Na Pòpia and Tramuntana routes, as well as at the port and other points of interest. Signs on the Pantaleu islet are there to remind people that they
Functional diversity THE president of the Consell de Mallorca, Catalina Cladera, and the councillor for Social Rights and president of the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS), Sofia Alonso, visited the headquarters of the Asnimo Foundation in Marrachi on July 13. The Consell has been collaborating with the organisa‐ tion through IMAS for two decades now. Catalina Cladera said: “For more than 20 years, we have been working with this organisation to support people with disabilities throughout their lives and to meet their individual needs regarding integration into the workplace, access to housing and support so that they have the same opportuni‐ ties.” During the visit, Cladera and Alonso met with the manager of the Asnimo Foundation, Bartomeu Márquez, who explained the various programmes they run. The organisation has been working with people with functional diversity in Mallorca for al‐ most 50 years. Most of them have Down’s syn‐ drome or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), although some have other types of disability. Its model of care focuses on each individual and their specific needs.
may not disembark there, as this could in‐ terfere with the nesting season of pro‐ tected species. Ribot said: “The new information pan‐ els will help people to discover the biodi‐ versity of the island, enjoy a guided tour independently and delve deeper into the natural and cultural heritage of the is‐ land.”
Son Caulelles cave works THE Consell de Mallorca an‐ nounced the completion of the work undertaken to restore the prehistoric cave of Son Caulelles, in Portol, Marrachi, on Friday July 15. The president of the Consell, Catalina Cladera, the councillor for Social Affairs and Sports of the Balearic Islands Government, Fina Santiago, and the president of the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS), Sofia Alonso, visited the cave. The work has improved the condition of the cave and provided an accessible route from the neigh‐ bouring retirement home. The Son Caulelles cave is consid‐ ered one of the most important ar‐ chaeological sites in Marrachi and dates back to the Bronze Age. The artificial cave was dug direct‐ ly into the rock and its function was funerary. It served as a tomb for a clan or family, who were buried in‐
side it with a series of objects in‐ cluding jewellery, ceramics and weapons. It is accessed through a small entrance of three steps lead‐ ing down to a narrow doorway.
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CAT scanner AS part of the Spanish government’s Investment in High‐Tech Equipment Plan (INVEAT), the Hospi‐ tal Comarcal d’Inca has begun installing a new first‐generation CAT scan‐ ner. The new CAT scanner will be operational in about a month’s time and represents an investment of €477,950, with funding from the European Next Generation funds. While the new CAT scanner is being pre‐ pared, the hospital has a temporary one next to the conference room. This CAT scanner will be operational for three to four weeks. The council‐ lor for Health and Con‐ sumer Affairs of the Balearic Islands Govern‐ ment, Patricia Gómez, and the director of the Health Service, Juli Fuster, visited the hospital to see the CAT scanner on Tues‐ day July 19. The main objective of the INVEAT Plan is to in‐ crease overall survival rates and improve quality of life by diagnosing dis‐ eases in their early stages and making rapid thera‐ peutic intervention possi‐ ble. The hospitals of the Balearic Islands will re‐ new 95 per cent of the high‐tech diagnostic imaging equipment that is more than 12 years old thanks to funding from the INVEAT Plan.
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ON July 13, the mayor of Calvia, Alfonso Ro‐ dríguez Badal, and the territorial director of the companies Hidrobal and Aterca, Guillermo Carbonero, signed collaborative agreements for the provision of aid to people who are in situa‐ tions of economic vulnerability. The aid will al‐ low them to be exempt from paying 100 per cent of the water bill and the aim is that they do not have their water supply cut if they are unable to pay the bills. H i d r o b a l a n d At e r c a , w h i c h m a n a g e t h e drinking water supply in Calvia, will create a fund for this purpose with a joint annual con‐ tribution of €20,000 for two years. Aterca man‐ ages the supply to the areas of Peguera, Costa de la Calma and part of Santa Ponça, while Hidrobal manages it in the rest of the munici‐ pality. The town hall will evaluate the economic sit‐ uations of people in Calvia who may be eligi‐ ble. Calvia was also the first municipality in the Balearic Islands to guarantee the electricity supply to the most vulnerable families.
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Half-price travel passes Tamsin Brown THE mayor of Palma, Jose Hila, ac‐ companied by the deputy mayor for Sustainable Mobility, Francesc Dalmau, and the manager of EMT Palma, Mateu Marcús, has ex‐ plained how one of the measures announced by the central govern‐ ment in response to the current inflation and rising fuel prices will be applied to Palma’s municipal transport company (EMT). Speaking on Monday July 18, the mayor said: “We have to con‐ tinue to stand by the citizens to help combat the current price ris‐ es caused by the war in Ukraine. These measures will directly ben‐ efit regular users of public trans‐ port and encourage those who do
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REDUCING PRICES: Palma will have half-price travel passes from September.
not use it to try it.” He went on to say: “We are re‐ ducing the prices of travel passes because we are clearly commit‐ ted to sustainability and public transport. One person who gets on a bus is one less car on the
road in Palma.” From September 1 to December 31, the prices of the EMT Palma travel passes will be halved. This means that the 20‐trip card, which now costs €13, will cost just €6.50.
Lifeguard strike called off Credit: Palma Town Hall
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RESOLVING MATTERS: The meeting at TAMIB.
A MEETING was held on Friday July 15 at the Court of Arbitra‐ tion and Mediation of the Balearic Islands (TAMIB) between the lifeguarding company Emergències Setmil and representatives of the workers of the Pal‐ ma beach lifeguard service. The meeting, which was also attend‐ ed by Ramon Perpinyà, the councillor for the Environment of the Palma Town Hall, end‐ ed with an agreement. The strike that had been scheduled for the following day was called off. The town hall wel‐ comed the agreement. “This demonstrates the willingness to ne‐ gotiate of this govern‐
ment team, which al‐ ways seeks agree‐ ments and solutions,” said the mayor, José Hila, who had been ac‐ tively involved in the negotiations since the start of the dispute. “I would like to thank the negotiating parties for their work to resolve the situa‐ tion,” he added. According to the agreement, there will be improvements to the working conditions of the lifeguards and changes to the service they provide. These in‐ clude extending the beach season from Ea s t e r t o O c t o b e r 3 1 , making improvements to the watchtowers, hiring more staff and providing better pay.
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Collaboration with Andorra THE minister of European Funds, Universities and Culture of the Balearic Islands Government, Miquel Company, met with the Andorran min‐ ister of Culture and Sports, Sílvia Riva, on Mon‐ day July 18 to address shared issues related to language and culture. Company and Riva agreed to work towards the recognition of official diplomas of the Cata‐ lan language in both territories. This would also reinforce the already strong ties between the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia and would mean that diplomas in Catalan are offi‐ cially recognised in all Catalan‐speaking territo‐
ries. After the meeting, Company and Riva wel‐ comed students from the Carlemany Catalan Language Centre in Prague for their language immersion programme in Alcudia. The collabo‐ ration between the centre and the Alcudia Town Hall has meant that students have been visiting for seven years. “This is an international project for the pro‐ motion of our language that allows links to be established with other institutions in the Cata‐ lan‐speaking world. The fundamental aim of the stay is the immersion of the student in a Catalan linguistic and cultural environment,” said Riva.
Supporting the community ANDRÉS ROMÁN ROMERO arrived in Mallorca from Madrid at just 21 years old. Martin Blake is originally from Chester in the UK and moved to Mallorca in 2002. After meeting Andrés, they opened the independent optician Op‐ tica Santa Maria together in May 2003. In 2011 Specsavers ap‐ proached them to bring the brand to Mallorca. They thought it was an excellent
opportunity for themselves as business owners, and also to create jobs and training opportunities for the com‐ munity. • A Community Champion Specsavers Ópticas in San‐ ta Ponça are currently run‐ ning a campaign called ‘No child without glasses’ where parents of children from CEIP Son Ferrer who aren’t able to afford glasses are able to ap‐ ply for free glasses.
They collect glasses in store to be sent to people who don’t have access to glasses and are an official drop off point for the Santa Ponça Food Bank. The store is located in Av‐ da. Rei Jaume 1, 117, Santa Ponça and complete eye tests are free. For more information, or to book an eye test, visit www.specsavers.es or call 871 964 331.
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AS reported by the Guardia Civil in a statement on Saturday, July 16, during a drug trafficking search of a private property in the Valencian municipality of Guadassuar, officers uncovered an incredible treasure trove of more than 1,000 archaeological artefacts. The remains of ceramics, in‐
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Archaeological artefacts found
cluding tiles, pots and bowls were discovered neatly arranged on work tables clearly for classifica‐ tion and restoration. Other items were found already restored and displayed in different areas of the
home. Some of the archaeologi‐ cal pieces were estimated to date back to between the 12th and 18th centuries. A 68‐year‐old man has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for crimes against
Spanish man tackles wildfire
Peter McLaren‐Kennedy A VIDEO posted on Tuesday, July 19 shows the reality of a wildfire, how quick it can move and just how quick it can engulf what is in its path. A man in Spain was trying to safeguard his hometown from the fire by clearing the ground, however, the flames moved too quickly engulfing his excavator in seconds. Local hero Angel was trying to save a petrol station from the flames when they caught up with him and his excavator. According to a friend who spoke to the Spanish media, Ángel Martin Ballestero was trying to clear a path between the flames and the petrol station but with winds of 30 to 40 km/h they caught up with him. Luckily he managed to escape losing most of his clothes in the process. Ballestero is apparently in hospital having suffered 60 per cent burns over all of his body, but is miraculously still alive, however the story could have been very different.
historical heritage, against public health ‐ drug trafficking ‐ and ille‐ gal possession of weapons. Dur‐ ing the aforementioned search, officers seized a shotgun and a ri‐ fle, both without the mandatory
documentation. The archaeologi‐ cal remains have been delivered to the Municipal Museum of Alzi‐ ra, which has proclaimed the finding to be of great cultural and economic interest.
A good cause THE Euro Weekly News’ campaign to push the UK and Spanish governments to work together to allow British tourists and other groups to use their Blue Badges while in Spain has prompted an outpouring of personal stories from the ex‐ pat community. Many UK expats have been in contact with EWN to share their story. Kenneth Wescott told us: “I am regis‐ tered disabled and a British Blue Badge holder. I reside in my villa in Maro for periods up to 90 days as per the Brexit agreement. “We have signed the Blue Badge = My Freedom cam‐ paign. I have regularly com‐ municated with Nerja Town Hall about this matter. Dis‐ abled parking is essential for me to provide space for my wife to assemble mobility scooters and to get out of our car. “I have been in regular communication with the UK
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British Blue Badges. government (Grant Shapps ‐ Minister for Transport and Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP) re‐ garding the EU situation re‐ garding Blue badges. “Cur‐ rently there 20 EU countries who have signed an agree‐ ment for blue badge use.” Many other readers have al‐ so contacted the EWN saying that disabled friends and family members will struggle to park now that British tourists cannot use their Blue Badges in Spain without risking a fine. Please help to push the UK
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UNDER the slogan ‘Future is Now’, Liberty Seguros held its Annual Expatriates Con‐ vention on June 7 in Malaga, bringing together over 50 in‐ termediaries and partners. The company wanted to give the expatriate sector its own space to share details of its strategy with intermedi‐ aries‐attendees and sought
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to highlight the need to lead the transformation of the in‐ surance business. During the conference ‐ which was the first face‐to‐ face meeting following two years of the pandemic ‐ Lib‐
Hacker alert REGIONAL authorities in the Valencian Community have alerted health personnel of a new telephone scam that is being carried out. Criminals will make a call to people while pretending to be from the Min‐ istry of Health. They use the excuse of the second booster dose of the Covid vaccine to hack the mobile of the victims. These hackers call the mobile phones of people who are expecting to be called to go and receive the latest jab. They already know the person’s name in advance, as well as their email, address and of course the phone number. By providing this infor‐ mation, the person receiving the call trusts and fol‐ lows the instructions of the pirates making the call. The thieves then send a code to the victim by SMS, and from the moment it is opened, they hack the phone. This gives the hacker the probability of obtaining personal information, passwords, and bank details. In the case of any such call, it is advis‐ able to hang up the phone immediately.
erty announced the compre‐ hensive and technological overhaul that it has been de‐ veloping for the past two years to completely trans‐ form its structures, process‐ es, and ways of working in order to establish a more competitive and sustainable long‐term model. The conference was at‐ tended by Jesús Núñez, Ex‐ ecutive Sales and Distribu‐ tion Leader for Europe Markets; Daniel Moreno, Spain Distribution and WEM Partners Director, and Rafael Nadales, Director of Expatri‐ ates of Liberty Seguros. They were accompanied by addi‐ tional partners and collabo‐ rators, such as Carglass, Asitur and PLC Spain. Jesús Núñez said: “The adoption of new technolo‐ gies and the acquisition of digital competencies are key to continuing to provide val‐ ue to an increasingly de‐ manding and digital cus‐ tomer. For Liberty, it is a priority to accompany inter‐ mediaries in their transfor‐
mation and to ensure we provide them with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed in a future that is al‐ ready here.” Daniel Moreno underlined the key role of intermedi‐ aries in insurance distribu‐ tion. According to Daniel: “Intermediaries are essential so that we can develop and offer personalised products to our customers in order to ensure they only pay for what they really need. This is a role that is even more rele‐ vant when dealing with ex‐ patriate customers with spe‐ cific insurance and advice needs.” During the meeting, Liber‐ ty also presented the ‘Pres‐ tige Award’ in the Expatri‐ ates category to the Paul Cunningham Nurses Founda‐ tion (founded and chaired by Jenny Cunningham) for its work supporting terminally ill people with home help from both specialist nursing staff and other resources to help both patients and their families.
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FIRE HEROES: Professionals have worked tirelessly to control the Costa del Sol’s recent fires.
THE Sierra de Mijas in the Costa del Sol suffered a large fire on Friday, July 15 which scorched more than 2,000 hectares of land and blazed for two days before finally be‐ ing declared ‘stabilised’ on Sunday, July 17. Police are now investigating whether the fire was start‐ ed intentionally or negligently. Starting in El Higueron, the fire rapidly spread to Alhau‐ rin de la Torre and Alhaurin el Grande. The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Car‐ men Crespo, from the Advanced Command Post, said the forest fire was not due to natural causes. Meanwhile Junta de Andalucia president Juanma Moreno thanked the more than 400 people who worked to battle the blaze. Spain’s current heatwave and low relative humidity have made forest fires a recurrent feature of the national news over the last week, with high wind speeds in some places also helping to spread the flames.
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Officer saves baby SPAIN’S Guardia Civil posted the news on Facebook about an officer that had heroically saved the life of a baby on Wednesday, July 14. The post on Facebook read: “We present to you, Irene, a colleague from Citizen Security in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid). “Yesterday she saved the life of a baby by performing resuscitation manoeuvres on him until the medi‐ cal services arrived and he now re‐ covers favourably. “Today Irene has put on her uni‐ form again, she has reviewed her service and is back at work with the satisfaction of having fulfilled her duty. “This is our day‐to‐day helping and serving the citizen.” The public was quick to respond. One posted: “Thank you for saving
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IRENE: Saved the baby boy’s life.
that little boy how proud we are of your work.” Another posted: “Long live the Guardia Civil for the work and ef‐ fort they do, congratulations to all of them and thank you for saving lives, long live the Guardia Civil!”
Oldest relative
AN archaeological site in the Atapuerca Mountains near the city of Burgos in northern Spain, which is known for its rich fossil record, has unearthed a jaw‐ bone fossil. The fragmented skull is believed to be the oldest of its kind ever found in Europe. It includes part of the upper jawbone (maxilla) and a tooth of a hominid who lived approximately 1.4 million years ago, according to a science publica‐ tion on Sunday, July 17. John Hawks, who is an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin‐Madi‐ son, in America, although not affiliated with the recent dig, said that the new discovery helps give insight into the locals previously in the area. “We don’t know yet exactly where this piece of the upper jaw is going to fit, and it’s going to take a lot of work and comparison for that team to determine [this],” John Hawks told the publication. “But whatever they determine, this is tied to a site with evidence of be‐ haviour.”
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Whatsapp cyber scam THE Guardia Civil has warned of a scam that is taking place through WhatsApp that several users have denounced in recent days. Specifically, mobile users receive a message on their phones in which they are invited to be part of a Coca‐Cola promotion in which they can re‐ ceive up to €500 for their supposed 130th anniversary, as reported on Saturday, July 16, by Spanish news sources. As reported by the In‐ ternet Security Office, the user receives a mes‐ sage that seems to gen‐ uinely come from Coca‐ Cola. It promotes gifts for the drinks company’s 130th anniversary, ac‐ companied by a link where the gifts can sup‐ posedly be purchased. On this website, it asks the user to answer a survey where they can win a mini fridge. The message will always be the same: you have won a prize and in order to claim it you must send the message to 20 friends through What‐ sApp who must fill out a form with personal data. In reality, it is a sub‐ scription to a service where the user actually agrees to pay €43.50 ev‐ ery 14 days.
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Wayne’s (new) world FOOTBALLER, Wayne Rooney, who has negotiated a role as head coach of the Washington DC football team in America, has decided to leave Coleen and their children in the UK and make the move alone. Wayne has confirmed that his wife, Colleen, has given him her blessing according to the UK media sources on Wednesday, July 13. The Rooney family tried moving to America in 2018, but Wayne Rooney quit
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ROONEY: Confirmed he will go to America.
playing football abroad sooner than expected because Coleen was desperate to be nearer her family in the UK. The confirmation comes
Resignation rejection
after Coleen told friends that she has no desire to return to America. A source close to Coleen told the media source on Monday, July 11: “She’s made her views clear to Wayne. “There’s no way she will want to go to Washington. The last time, she absolutely hated it there. !She doesn’t want to live outside the north west of England, never mind live in Washington again.”
New easyJet routes EASYJET announced on Thursday, July 14 that it is adding three new routes to its UK network for winter 2022, with packages from easyJet holidays also available. Brand new winter services to some of Eu‐ rope’s favourite city, winter sun, and festive destinations, including London Gatwick to Porto Santo, Bristol to Rovaniemi in Finland, and Manchester to Fuerteventura, are now on sale at www.easyJet.com, and via the mo‐ bile app. Additionally, as of next winter, the airline will once again offer daily flights from
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Liverpool to Paris, flights six times a week from London Luton to Madrid, and a twice‐ weekly service from Manchester to Rovanie‐ mi in Finland. Package holidays are available to book for this winter on all the new and returning routes through easyJet holidays, with a range of holiday types available from adult and family to luxury and undiscovered. All easyJet holidays include flights, accommodation, 23kg of hold luggage, and transfers on winter breaks.
AFTER the Italian gov‐ ernment collapsed on the afternoon of Thursday July 14, Prime Minister Mario Draghi communicated his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella. The country’s head of state reportedly re‐ jected his offer of stepping down and summoned Draghi to appear before Parlia‐ ment on Wednesday, July 20, where he had to explain his reasons for resigning. In the days prior to the upcoming meeting, Mario Draghi had ap‐ parently been tasked with finding a solution to Italy’s political cri‐ sis. The coalition that he had formed fell apart following months of political tensions and struggles between the parties involved, according to the Italian press.
The main protago‐ nist was Matteo Salvi‐ ni, head of the 5 Star Movement, whose par‐ ty refused to partici‐ pate in a vote earlier
on July 14, which turned out to be the last straw for Draghi, who promptly an‐ nounced his resigna‐ tion.
Gatwick water shortage G AT W I C K A I R P O R T , the UK’s second largest, ran out of water forcing toilets and restaurants to close during the heatwave on Thursday, July 14. Disgruntled passengers were quick to vent their frustration on Social Media. One tweeted: “Water shortage at Gatwick Air‐ port. “No food service at some of the restaurants, presumably due to the lack of water, and the terminal is packed. Oh joy.” Gatwick Airport was quick to respond to the tweet with a post that read: “We’re really sorry that we’re experiencing an issue with the supply of water to Gatwick. “We’re working closely with SES Water to get this resolved. Thanks.” Another passenger said: “Gatwick Airport shouldn’t you be warning your customers that nearly all the loos are shut! “Watching kids and pregnant women really upset is a bad vibe.”
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Fans concern for Danniella A P P EA R I N G on the ITV chat show This Morning Danniella Westbrook had fans concerned about a nosebleed on Wednes‐ day, July 13. This Morning an‐ nounced the interview in a tweet that read: “Dan‐ niella Westbrook joined us for a raw and honest chat about how she’s still alive at nearly 50, in spite of all the turmoil she’s faced.” During the interview, aside from advertising her new book, Danniella said: “I’m happy to be
alive after everything I’ve put myself through. I’m waiting to be a nanny, hopefully. “I’m just so happy with this chapter that I’m in.” She added: “I’m just hap‐ py with who I am and I
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Fans show concern for Danniella Westbrook’s nosebleed.
needed to learn that.” In reference to her pre‐ vious cocaine habit, Dan‐ niella confirmed: “You don’t need to go to re‐ hab. All they’re going to do is detox you, you need to get to a meeting.”
BBC radio DJ and mastermind behind hit game show On‐ ly Connect, Chris Stuart, has sadly died after an extensive career at the network, which included providing com‐ mentary on Princess Diana’s funeral, it was confirmed on Wednesday, July 13. Throughout his stellar career, the 72‐year‐old was coined as ‘one of the true greats’ of British broadcast‐ ing. Fans were quick to pay tribute. One post on Twitter read: “RIP Chris Stuart. I’m so sorry to hear this news.” “My deepest sympathies to the family & former col‐ leagues. Chris was a brilliant broadcaster & producer” “Fond memories of listening to him on Radio Wales, Radio 2 & he was the voice of solemnity covering state occasions.” Another fan commented: “He had the perfect radio voice and was the chief inspiration for my Nostalgia In‐ terviews podcast.” “There aren’t many of his ilk still left. RIP.”
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said on Wednes‐ day, July 13: “The offer from Network Rail represents a real terms pay cut for our members and the paltry sum is conditional on RMT members agreeing to dras‐ tic changes in their working lives. “We have made progress on compulsory redundan‐ cies, but Network Rail is still seeking to make our mem‐ bers poorer when we have won in some cases double what they are offering, with other rail operators. “The train operating com‐
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A 24-hour strike is planned.
panies remain stubborn and are refusing to make any new offer which deals with job security and pay.”
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It is understood that a 4 per cent pay rise backdated to January was offered with a further 2 per cent in‐ crease next year. In addi‐ tion, a further 2 per cent was offered conditional on the achievement of so‐ called “modernisation milestones”. The latest 24‐hour strike will take place on Wednes‐ day July 27, the day before the Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham.
Commons chaos BORIS JOHNSON’S penultimate PMQs didn’t go as planned and were actually delayed due to chaotic scenes as two Scottish nationalist MPs were kicked out of the House of Commons. Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ordered the re‐ moval of Alba Party MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill for disrupting the start of the session on Wednesday, July 13. Mr MacAskill, the East Lothian MP, could be heard trying to raise a point of order and appeared to say “we need a referendum” be‐ fore he was drowned out by other MPs, ac‐
cording to UK press sources. Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill were protesting about the UK government’s refusal to transfer the powers necessary to hold a sec‐ ond Scottish independence vote to the Scot‐ tish government. The incident comes after the UK govern‐ ment claimed it would be “premature” for the Supreme Court to consider the legality of Scot‐ land’s devolved administration holding an in‐ dependence referendum without London’s permission.
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Museum of the Sea, Soller LOCATED in the former chapel of St Catherine of Alexandria from Port de Soller, the only natural har‐ bour on the Sierra de Tra‐ montana and for centuries the only marketing route for the people of Soller. The building was built around 1280. Soller in the northwest of Mallorca, sits in the heart of the ‘valley of oranges’ or ‘valley of gold’ as it is some‐ times known, and has much to offer. The Soller Marine Muse‐ um is a small museum in an ancient monastery. Since medieval times, the inhabi‐ tants of Soller have used the
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MARINE MUSEUM: Tells a unique and fascinating story.
Mediterranean Sea as a channel of communication, to avoid the mountains that formerly isolated them from the rest of Mallorca. Port de Soller has stronger links to the sea than many other towns and villages in Mallor‐ ca. The valley of Soller was
the most cut off region of the whole island, so its ancestors decided to build ships and to start trading via the sea. They traded oranges, textiles, olive oil, lemons, fishes and more. In the Museu de la Mar, in Port de Soller, you will find a unique and fascinating story, of a town with the personali‐ ty and charm and which was obsessed with sailing. Hours: Summer (May‐ September): Wednesday to Saturday from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm, Sunday from 10am to 2pm. Santa Catalina d’Alexan‐ dria, 54, Port Sóller (+34) 971 632 204 informaciomaritim @conselldemallorca.net
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Port Adriano Mallorca Festival
DISCOVER the most exclusive marina designed by Philippe Starck. One of the most mod‐ ern ports in the Mediter‐ ranean and an exceptional base for yachts, with design, nautical services, restaurants and shops. A must visit in the Mallorcan summer. The music festival has been running since 2013, improving year upon year, to become the best musical event in the Balearic Islands. More than 60 concerts, an attendance of 70,000 people since its inaugu‐ ration, an international pro‐ gramme open to all styles of contemporary music and the spectacular setting of Port Adriano make it one of the great cultural events of the summer. The music of the festival covers all genres and interna‐ tional artists from all eras. Past performers have included Glo‐ ria Gaynor, Earth Wind & Fire,
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MUSIC FESTIVAL: Takes place in a spectacular setting.
Madeleine Peyroux,and The Electric Light Orchestra, among others. The quality of the organisa‐ tion, the sound and lighting to‐ gether with the beauty of the surroundings and the proximi‐ ty of the audience to the stage, make the concerts in Port Adriano unforgettable. The festival is sponsored by the Balearic Islands Tourism Strategy Agency (AETIB). Following on from Nile Rodgers & CHIC, their first
time here, is The Dire Straits Experience. This live show with former Dire Straits tour‐ ing member Chris White and six world class musicians bringing back to life the music of one of the most creative and unique bands in rock mu‐ sic. Saturday August 6, doors open: 8pm concert starts: 10pm. More info and tickets: http://portadrianomusic.es/ the‐dire‐straits‐experience? lang=en
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Wall walking in Alcúdia Festes de Sant Jaume LOCATED in the far north‐ west of Mallorca, between the bays of Alcúdia and Pollença, is Alcúdia old town. You can walk amongst its cobbled streets, small squares and ancient buildings and you can feel the history. With a strong artisan tradition, a full agenda of cultural events and centuries‐old traditions throughout the year, Alcúdia invites its vis‐ itors to immerse them‐ selves fully in the local lifestyle. Museums, art galleries, music, theatre and literary recitals, art exhibitions, folk festivals, artisan and gastronomic fairs,
Formula 1 THE 52 Super Series Puerto Portals Sailing Week began on July 20, and continues until July 26, in it’s eighth consecutive year. This is one of the most emblem‐ atic competitions in the sailing calendar, being host‐ ed at one of the Mediter‐ ranean’s most esteemed marinas. The services and facilities at the marina, which in‐ clude restaurants and ho‐ tels, make it a firm favourite with the 52 Super Series organisers, and should bring in the crowds to cheer on their teams. The Puerto Portals hosts what is commonly known in the sailing world, as the ‘Formula 1 of the sea’. The regatta, for monohull boats, sees British boats Alegre and Gladiator begin‐ ning in positions 1 and 2. Race 1 is on July 22 and every day thereafter, with all races beginning at 12.30.
throughout the year, make up one of the most com‐ prehensive events calen‐ dars on the island. Why not walk along the walls of Alcúdia? The strategic location of the city prompted the con‐ struction of the first wall (1362) on the orders of King Jaume II. This was de‐ stroyed after the Revolt of the Brotherhoods (1521‐ 1523). A new construction effort in a Renaissance style was undertaken dur‐ ing the reign of Felipe II (late 16th century), but the wall was again destroyed in the late 19th century. The constant attacks end‐ ed up undermining its structure and it was al‐ most destroyed, but the current structure was de‐ clared a Historical Artistic Monument in 1974. This square structure had 26 towers along a perimeter that was 1.5 kms long and 6m tall. It had a moat that exists to
this day. Two gates from the original wall are pre‐ served: the ‘Moll’ or ‘Xara’ gate, to the east, and the Sant Sebastiá gate to the west. The Sant Ferran bas‐ tion is the only element that is preserved from the second enclosure, since a bullring was built inside it. The structure still has the reinforcement band and a sentry box. Private walking tours are available by checking Tri‐ pAdvisor or Google. Why not visit on Market Day and experience both? Al‐ cúdia Market is every Tuesday and Sunday from 9am to 2pm in the historic centre of Alcúdia. Port Alcúdia Market, ev‐ ery Friday from 9am to 2pm at Teodor Canet street, 32. (only fruits and vegetables). The Summer Markets are in Port Alcúdia Prome‐ nade from Wednesday to Saturday from 6pm to 11.30pm.
SEVERAL towns and villages across Mallor‐ ca have a particular affection for St James, who receives a week of tributes in the form of concerts, religious processions, markets and more. In some of the more traditional villages, such as Algaida, near Palma, visitors can witness the ancient Dance of the Cossiers, accompanied by folk bands playing bagpipes, flutes and tambourines. To celebrate the festival in Calvia, southwest of the island, there is a varied programme of activities including live mu‐ sic, children’s events and a correfoc (demons fire run). Like all historic munici‐ palities, Calvià celebrates old traditions, and many are related to festivals of the Christian calendar or relevant historical
events. However, in recent years other fun festivals have also been incorporated to celebrate the different seasons of the year and enable the strengthening of ties between the different members of our community and tourists. The Sant Jaume festival is the most im‐ portant festival in Calvià Vila. For a whole week, numerous events take place in the town with the main aim of having a good time and for everyone to participate. There are many activities that are organ‐ ised, for children and for the elderly, com‐ bining cultural and recreational events with sports and religious ones. The Correfoc is the main event and takes place on Saturday July 23 in Plaça Nova, followed by a foam party with DJs.
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UNTIL Wednesday, August 14, you still have the chance to see Circo de los Hor‐ rores: Bacanal at Son Fusteret in Palma! Bacanal is a unique, irreverent and sen‐ sual show, which comes to enliven the most basic instincts of the human being, his most hidden desires and unleash the most carnal pleasures. Lucifer, architect of this feast, offers
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human beings, eager for a night of fren‐ zy and lust, a great orgy of sensations which does not understand limits or rules. With his amazing and characteristic
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provocation, the director of the Circo de los Horrores, Suso Silva brings us the most irreverent and sensual cabaret, to laugh and unleash the most lustful fantasies and most hidden desires.
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A new show that fuses avant‐garde the‐ atre and top‐level contemporary circus with a strong musical commitment through live voices and dance, where the scenery and costumes take us to the splendid abode of Lucifer. Tickets cost €15 and can be purchased via https://entradas.circodeloshorrores. com/janto/.
For food and jazz fans SA POBLA’S historic Plaça Major is the perfect backdrop for this important event of the sum‐ mer. The Mallorca Jazz Festival has a long tradi‐ tion that began in 1995. This five‐day festival has a full programme of concerts and support‐ ing activities. The event for you to sample one of the island’s best culinary traditions while en‐ joying the best‐known jazz artists on the na‐ tional and international scene. This Jazz Festival was born from the desire to offer a unique experience within Mallor‐ ca’s broad cultural programme in the sum‐ mer. With its international outlook, this festi‐ val focuses on both the contemporary jazz scene and the legacy of past jazz masters. The concerts take place over five days in early August. The musical programme, head‐ lined by some of the world’s best musicians, is complemented by all kinds of cultural activ‐ ities and exhibitions.
The beautiful central Plaça Major of Sa Pobla, in northwest Mallorca hosts the event. Easily accessible by car or public transport, with bus and train services available. Take ad‐ vantage of your visit to the Mallorca Sa Pobla Jazz Festival to dine out at one of the many and varied restaurants in the town. On Tuesdays from July 26 to August 23, , there will be five concerts. The opening con‐ cert will be in the Plaza Major with the local musician Isis Montero Exposito (@isis apachemontero), pianist and composer, recognised as the first female Latin‐jazz figure in Spain and disciple of one of the central fig‐ ures of Cuban music, with pianist Bebo Valdés. A ticket for the other four concerts, all at the Can Cirera Prim Park, are available for €25. https://ticketib.com/.../abonaments‐a‐ cegues‐per‐als...
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House of Son Amar: The real heartbeat of Mallorca WITH over 50 years of experience in the organisation of events and lo‐ cated in the foothills of the Serra de Tramontana, you will find House of Son Amar. Son Amar is a Mallorcan estate which belonged to the Marquis of Raiguer, Don Juan Amar. It was used for agriculture for over 400 years until it was acquired by the Segui‐Colon family in the 1960s. With the rise of tourism in Mallor‐ ca, brothers Damian and Cristobal converted the Son Amar estate into the spectacular restaurant that it is today. Son Amar harmonises interior beauty combined with a historic ambience. Passing through orange and almond trees you go through a door into a new world of walls that tell stories of the past and present. Visitors from all over the world come to marvel at this privileged place and see its great shows. With a capacity of around 2,000 visitors in its theatre and state‐of‐the‐art
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lighting, acoustics and special ef‐ fects, Son Amar has fascinated more than 10 million guests over the last 40 years. In 2020, Son Amar was trans‐
formed into Mallorca’s premier en‐ tertainment centre, House of Son Amar, offering a more complete concept and all‐round experience, incorporating new spaces and a
wide range of events throughout the year. Every corner of Son Amar has something to offer for every‐ one, including a theatre with the latest technology in sound and lighting, a huge stage with a multi‐ tude of options, the stunning White Garden with flowers personally chosen by the owner of House Of Son Amar as well as a multifunc‐ tional barbecue area that is sepa‐ rated by several levels and has a fountain dating back to the 16th century. There is also the emblem‐
atic El Patio Mallorquin which is the perfect terrace for intimate events, the beautiful Kingdom of Alcazar Restaurant located inside the castle that has been renovated in the im‐ age of a small medieval fortifica‐ tion, the olive pressing room and an incredible space called Eden ‐ an open‐air location for exciting events and unique experiences. An incredi‐ ble all‐round venue, House of Son Amar also facilitates weddings in its White Garden and is equipped with a main altar, a classical quartet plat‐ form and white lacquered loud‐ speakers that cover the entire area. This enclave can accommodate large ceremonies and events, but is also an idyllic setting for smaller, more intimate ceremonies. During the year, House of Son Amar hosts events including a Christmas market, an international variety show in April, Oktoberfest, Halloween celebrations, music events, corporate events and a spectacular New Year’s Eve Gala.
To find out more about House of Son Amar and their upcoming events go to www.reserva.sonamar.com/public/#/events. You can also email reservas@sonamar.com or call 971 617 533.
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New credit regulations
NEW EU rules seek to protect online con‐ sumers from credit card debt, overdrafts and loans that are unsuitable for their financial situa‐ tion. In a text adopted by the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on July 12, Members of the Euro‐ pean Parliament (MEPs) say that legislation should cover credit agreements of up to €150,000, with the actu‐ al upper limit to be de‐ termined by the relevant national authorities. MEPs introduced fur‐ ther requirements to as‐ sess the creditworthi‐ ness of people taking out a loan, including providing information on their current obliga‐ tions or cost of living ex‐ penses. As overdraft facilities and credit overrunning are increasingly common
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New EU regulations seek to protect consumers from debt.
Heartbreak in Italy
SHOCK waves travelled the world following the death of popular young swimmer Mariasofia Paparo, who died following a heart attack just shy of her 28th birthday and only a month after getting engaged to be married. On Wednesday, July 13, Mariasofia Paparo was scheduled to be married. As a tribute, the community of Saint George in Cremano remembered the young swim‐ mer with a prayer vigil at the church of Saint Anthony in Padova. The Italian swimmer from the Posillipo Swimming Club died suddenly at the age of 27 after suffering a heart attack in San Giorgio a Cremano (Naples) on Mon‐ day, April 11. Taking to social media following her death, fiancé and fellow swimmer Matteo Scarpati, who had successfully proposed on March 13, paid tribute to the woman he planned to marry. “You were an angel who changed my life by giving me the strength to do things that I never could think about doing,” he said on Facebook. On Monday, July 11, Parthenope University held a master’s degree ceremony in her honour.
forms of consumer cred‐ it, MEPs want to regu‐ late them to protect consumers. Consumers should al‐ ways obtain clear infor‐ mation so they can com‐ pare different offers and should understand the legal and financial con‐ sequences of loans and credit costs. Credit ad‐ vertising should contain a clear warning that bor‐ rowing money costs money and it should not incite over‐indebted consumers to seek cred‐ it. Parliament negotiators are now ready for talks with the Council and the Commission on the final rules.
Best air quality THE cleanest cities in Eu‐ rope in terms of air quality during 2020 and 2021 were Umeå in Sweden and Faro and Funchal in Portugal ac‐ cording to the updated Eu‐ ropean city air quality data viewer published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on July 11. Over 340 cities are ranked from the cleanest to the most polluted based on average levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The data was collected from over 400 monitoring stations across EEA mem‐ ber countries over the past two years. The air quality was good in only 11 cities, meaning that levels of PM2.5 were below the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) health‐based guideline for long‐term exposure. In contrast, the Euro‐ pean Union’s annual limit value for PM2.5 of 25 µg/m3 was only exceeded in the three most polluted cities, including Nowy Sacz, Poland, and Cremona and Padova in Italy, highlighting the difference between the WHO guideline and the EU standard.
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Trustworthy media
A EUROBAROMETER sur‐ vey published on July 12 takes an in‐depth look at EU citizens’ media habits and attitudes towards dis‐ information. Citizens trust public broadcast and print media, including their online ver‐ sions, more than online news platforms and social media, with 49 per cent expecting public TV and ra‐ dio stations to give them truthful news. This was fol‐ lowed by the written press, with 39 per cent. Private TV and radio sta‐ tions are cited by 27 per cent as trustworthy. Poland was the only country where private TV and radio stations are the most trusted news source, and the most‐trusted news source in Hungary was “people, groups or friends followed on social media.” Over a quarter (28 per cent) thought that they had been exposed to disin‐ formation often or very of‐
ten over the past week. Respondents in Bulgaria were the most likely to say that they had (55 per cent), while respondents
in the Netherlands were the least likely to say so (3 per cent said “very often” and 9 per cent said “of‐ ten”).
Unconstitutional quarantine THE Constitutional Court (TC) in Portugal ruled on Wednesday, July 13 that Covid quarantines outside the state of emergency are unconstitutional and ‘represent a deprivation of liberty and are not ad‐ missible outside periods when a state of emergency has been declared’. The TC ruled that Covid quarantines (confine‐ ments) imposed in Portugal without a state of emergency having been decreed are unconstitu‐ tional. The news comes as a major blow to the Por‐ tuguese government which has reportedly been busy preparing a health emergency law. Five judges ruled that the confinements outside of a state of emergency ‘represented true depriva‐ tions of liberty and not just mere restrictions on freedom of movement’. Two judges were in favour of allowing quarantines to happen outside of a state of emergency. Councillor António José da Ascensão Ramos’ rul‐ ing stated that ‘establishing a mandatory regime of confinement in housing (confinement), constitutes a very important interference in the scope of pro‐ tection of the right to freedom’.
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Dijon mustard shortage
FRANCE is suffering from a producers in the Canadian shortage of Dijon mustard. Prairies were estimated by Canada, the world’s main the government to be bil‐ exporter of mustard seeds, lions of dollars. This has is no longer supplying caused the average price of enough to meet the de‐ Canadian mustard seed to mand. Dijon mustard is the double, reaching a record third most popular condi‐ high of $1,700 per tonne. Mustard is a popular ment in France, being con‐ In France, the season has condiment in France. sumed with everything not been much better. In from hot dogs to salads, April 2021, growers in Bur‐ yet the French are having to make do with‐ gundy faced sub‐zero temperatures, and out it. less than half of all mustard seeds could be Canada, which supplies 80 per cent of all harvested. The war in Ukraine made the sit‐ the mustard seeds imported into France, uation worse, as both Ukraine and Russia suffered a large heat dome last year that are also major exporters of mustard seed, ruined the harvest. The economic losses to causing the price to soar even higher. Credit: Florival fr, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Croatia ready to use euro
THE Council of the European Union, on Tuesday July 12, adopted the final three legal acts that are required to en‐ able Croatia to introduce the euro on January 1, 2023. This completes the process which will enable Croatia to be‐ come a member of the euro area and to benefit from us‐ ing the EU’s common curren‐ cy as of next year.
Zbyněk Stanjura, the min‐ ister of Finance of Czechia, said: “I would like to congrat‐ ulate my counterpart, Zdravko Marić, and the whole of Croatia for becom‐ ing the 20th country to join the euro area. Adopting the euro is not a race, but a re‐ sponsible political decision. Croatia has successfully com‐ pleted all the required eco‐
nomic criteria and they will pay in euros as of January 1, 2023.” One of the three legal acts sets the conversion rate be‐ tween the euro and the Croatian kuna at 7.53450 ku‐ na per euro. This corre‐ sponds to the current central rate of the kuna in the ex‐ change rate mechanism (ERM II).
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
GUITARIST and songwriter Robin George spent lockdown in Periana recording and mas‐ tering no less than seven al‐ bums. He explained that “for me it was time when I could simply wander into my home studio and get creative” and this huge body of work has now resulted in a new contract and publish‐ ing deal with Angel Air records which had previously released some of his work. One of the albums consists of reworkings of recordings made over the years with some of rock’s greatest musi‐ cians and the album Roxstar Legends includes appearances by such luminaries as Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), John Wetton (King Crimson), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Steve Hunter (Lou Reed), Eddie Clark (Motorhead), Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) and many more. Commenting on his career, he told EWN, “I have been very lucky to have worked with so many great musicians during
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Interview with musician Robin George
NEW ALBUM: Robin on ‘Rainbow Ridge’ just outside his Periana studio.
my long career and there are still a number of unreleased recordings gathering dust with
some of the best such as Robert Plant and Phil Lynott, which I hope will see the light
of day sometime.” Robin has had a long career playing with many well‐known bands but has now been set‐ tled in Periana in Axarquia with wife Debbie for several years and doesn’t seem to miss the slog of being on the road but enjoys his life in the sun. Having recorded his first sin‐ gle in 1980, the musician went on to work with such diverse talents as David Byron of Uriah Heep fame, Noddy Holder and Roger Plant as well as a stint of touring with Roy Wood and Wizzard. He and Debbie spent some time travelling through Spain, but when they arrived in the village with its 3,000 inhabi‐ tants, they knew that they had found a place to stop and en‐ joy life so after buying a prop‐ erty and more or less rebuild‐ ing it, they have become part of the Periana community. Robin says that he can get by in Spanish but is very happy that Debbie is totally bilingual and is a registered translator
which makes life a lot easier. Apart from Roxstar Legends, Robin has a completely new al‐ bum Dangerous Daze about to be released and for the first time, he has taken on the role of designing the cover, possi‐ bly with some advice from wife Debbie who is herself a recognised artist producing work under the name Fiona Bond. Another venture sees a video recorded with sister‐in‐ law Vix (who used to be part of the band We’ve got a fuzzbox and we know how to use it) Summer Rocking Reggae as well as a very well‐ produced pastiche of vintage dance moves to his new track Funky Rock Groove. With so many recordings to his name, the singer songwrit‐ er from Wolverhampton said that “royalties which are not enormous allow me to contin‐ ue to be a working musician who is living the dream.” Find out more about Robin at http://www.robingeorge.co.uk
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FINLAND
Snus and lose
In Vino Veritas
AS many Danish smokers start using Snus, a type of snuff, according to a Danish vet in a TV interview, the number of cases of dogs experiencing nicotine poisoning has doubled between 2017 and 2021 as they eat discarded packets in the streets.
MOST shoppers in supermarkets throughout Europe can pick up a bottle of wine to go with their meals, but this is not the case in Finland. Now a survey has found that 59 per cent of respondents don’t think wine should only be available in state-controlled outlets.
THE NETHERLANDS
Very hot drink
AS chaos descends on Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam with long waits for baggage, Icelandair is sending two baggage handlers with every flight in order to ensure that they see the cases and bags unloaded from the aircraft and conveyed to the baggage hall.
AN Irish court has awarded compensation of €66,000 to a 15-year-old boy, who four years ago was travelling with Aer Lingus to Malaga. Having been told to remove the lid of his hot chocolate drink to add milk, some spilled onto his leg causing second degree burns.
ITALY
Uber questions
Pizza excess
A FORMER Belgian minister is being investigated by journalists following the recent revelations by Uber whistle blower Mark MacGann who has accused the previous management of Uber of being ’too close’ to certain European politicians including President Macron and George Osborne.
AS the Italian government carries out a wild boar cull in parts of Italy, a 57-year-old woman who was enjoying a pizza on a beach in Genoa was horrified that the aroma of her lunch attracted a large wild boar which bit her on the arm.
GERMANY
PORTUGAL
Artistic licence
Drive legally
DURING the time of Protestant Reformation in Germany a painted alter piece in Naumburg Cathedral was removed as being too extravagant. Now a controversial new piece has been installed, painted by Michael Triegel which includes a Jewish Rabbi, an Italian tramp in a red cap and his daughter.
WHILST holders of UK driving licences in Spain continue to wait for some form of agreement to allow them to drive in that country, Portugal announced on July 12 that it would recognise driver’s licences from a number of different countries, one of which is the UK.
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UKRAINE
Tough justice
Bojo praise
TWO Belgian tourists who were on a camping trip in France fled up a tree when chased by a wild boar. Having mobile phones, they called emergency services and when officers arrived the boar had wandered off, so they were fined €270.
WHILST press around the world has been quick to suggest that Boris Johnson’s support for Ukraine was part of a ‘Winston Churchill complex’, the government there has responded quickly to thank him for all that he did to support the struggle against Russia.
NORWAY
SWEDEN
Passport control
New musical
AS there is such a huge backlog of people waiting to renew their passports which the Norwegian police can’t tackle, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Portugal and Turkey have indicated that they will, during this summer, accept expired passports so that holidaymakers can still travel.
WITH music and lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus and a contribution from former ABBA colleague Benny Andersson, a new musical Pippi at the Circus based on Sweden’s favourite children’s character Pippi Longstocking was premiered at the Cirkus venue in Stockholm on July 12.
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WHILST a rolling stone gathers no moss, a Spanish billionaire seems to be snapping up international real estate in the same way others buy pick n’ mix sweets. Latest news on Inditex founder Amancio Ortega says he will spend $500 million on a New York skyscraper.
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Amazon growth WITH an announcement that it plans to create a further 4,000 permanent jobs across the UK, online retail giant Amazon will move into the top 10 private sector employers in Britian as it brings its total staffing level to 75,000.
Madrid tax THOSE receiving an inheritance in the Autonomous Community of Madrid will pay less tax thanks to a decision by the local government which has extended the 25 per cent discount on inheritance tax to take into account siblings, cousins and uncles/aunts.
Canal success THE main contractor for the Panama Canal expansion works, Spanish company Sacyr, is undertaking its’ fifth contract in Colombia where it has secured a 15‐year contract to build and operate the Canal del Dique concession which is on the Rio Magdalena.
Food is still being distributed through Spanish food banks.
THE Spanish government has been accused of doing “too lit‐ tle, too late” in a critical report published by Human Rights Watch on July 13 with its re‐ sponse to the financial effect of the pandemic. It concedes that at the start of the pandemic, the Spanish gov‐ ernment expanded existing un‐ employment support pro‐ grammes and introduced a new flagship social assistance pro‐ gramme. It then says however, despite the government’s stated good in‐ tentions, existing weaknesses and flaws in the social security system, as well as problems in
the design of new forms of assis‐ tance, it meant that support fell short of what was needed. Most damningly the report claims that as a result, “Spain’s government is failing its obliga‐ tions to protect and fulfil peo‐ ple’s rights to food and an ade‐ quate standard of living. “The economic storm that came with the Covid‐19 pandem‐ ic wreaked havoc on the lives of people on low incomes in Spain, leaving households unable to af‐ ford food, even before the cur‐ rent cost‐of‐living crisis,” said Kartik Raj, Europe researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Government efforts to supple‐
ment an inadequate social safety net have offered too little, too late, and to too few, meaning thousands of people still rely on emergency food aid and parents are skipping meals so their kids can eat,” he added. People’s earnings dried up and they were left unable to afford food and other basic supplies. Many faced delays receiving pan‐ demic‐linked furlough payments and responses to their social se‐ curity support applications. There are currently 54 food banks throughout Spain coordi‐ nated by the Federación Españo‐ la de Bancos de Alimentos (FES‐ BAL)
Windfall taxes and more
ON July 12, during a ‘State of the Na‐ tion’ speech in the Cortes, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez announced the introduction of two temporary ‘windfall’ taxes which will hit energy companies and banks. Intended to raise significant funds in tax years 2022 and 2023, the first tax will hit the extraordinary profits made by large electricity, gas and oil companies and is expected to amount to around €2 billion per each year. In the case of banks, the exception‐ al additional taxation is forecast to add €1.5 billion per year to govern‐ ment coffers. According to Sánchez, who will need to call a general election no lat‐
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er than December 10, 2023, he in‐ tends to do all he can to protect the middle and working classes. He also announced discounts of up to 100 per cent for Renfe’s local, Ro‐ dalies and Media Distancia train tick‐ ets and promised that all Renfe mul‐
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ONE of the big losers in the Bitcoin crash which has seen the value half since March is the government of El Salvador which unwisely decided in June 2021 that it would become legal tender in that country and now looks as if it could default on loans.
ti‐journey train tickets would be free of charge from September 1 to De‐ cember 31 this year. The measure comes after a 50 per cent discount was approved in the last decree of anti‐crisis measures ap‐ proved by the Council of Ministers. Another positive step for the young was the decision to create a supplementary scholarship of €100 per month for all students over 16 who already enjoy a scholarship, with the aim that no young person is forced to abandon studies out of ne‐ cessity. Nearly a million students will re‐ ceive this extra financial support from September to December of this year.
Lazy Friday AS people became more used to working at home during the pandemic, the trend continued after the restrictions were lifted in the UK and many companies allowed their staff much more flexibility. Lord Sugar made it clear that he opposed the con‐ cept of home working as creativity is generated by group interaction, but many companies still allowed staff to stay at home on a Friday. One of those, Mike Ash‐ ley’s Frasers Group, has just decided that many of its staff appear to see Friday as more of a day for relaxation and posting on social media than for work and has therefore told them that they will have to all return to the office.
Guest workers L AT E S T S p a n i s h g o v e r n ‐ ment figures indicate that some 130,000 Ukrainian refugees have been wel‐ comed to the country since the Russian invasion. With many of these new arrivals being well educat‐ ed and with a reasonable command of English, if not Spanish as yet, there was hope that many would be ideal to fill many of the roles where employers are desperate for staff. The same figures howev‐ er reveal that only around 6.5 per cent of those who have arrived have actually found work and online site B u z z Fe e d s u g g e s t s t h a t one of the reasons is that some unscrupulous em‐ ployers are ignoring strict employment laws and of‐ fering long hours with low pay.
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COMPANY PRICE(P) 3I Group 1.202,50 Abrdn 156,95 Admiral Group 1.730,5 Anglo American 2.632,5 Antofagasta 1.033,50 Ashtead Group 3.861,0 Associated British Foods 1.612,5 AstraZeneca 11.244,0 Auto Trader Group Plc 589,80 Avast 522,40 Aveva 2.309,0 Aviva 394,18 B&M Europ Value Retail SA 390,20 BAE Systems 804,61 Bank VTB DRC 0,612 Barclays 154,26 Barratt Developments 479,80 Berkeley 4.011,0 BHP Billiton Ltd 2.122,00 BP 383,15 British American Tobacco 3.494,2 British Land Company 459,80 BT Group 176,50 Bunzl 2.931,5 Burberry Group 1.642,5 Carnival 694,4 Centrica 88,16 Coca Cola HBC AG 1.950,0 Compass 1.837,50 CRH 2.931,5 Croda Intl 6.854,0 DCC 5.250,0 Diageo 3.686,5 DS Smith 289,20 EasyJet 379,60 Experian 2.783,0 Ferguson 9.588,0 Flutter Entertainment 7.810,0 Fresnillo 659,41 Glencore 420,00 GSK plc 1.375,80 Halma 2.113,0 Hargreaves Lansdown 836,60 Hikma Pharma 1.706,50 HSBC 522,50 IAG 112,05 Imperial Brands 1.856,50 Informa 542,00
CHANGE(P) 1.203,00 157,30 1.828,5 2.642,5 1.038,50 3.903,0 1.621,5 11.248,0 592,40 542,80 2.315,0 399,70 390,30 806,80 0,612 154,46 486,70 4.048,0 2.137,00 386,85 3.501,5 462,10 176,70 2.944,0 1.643,0 698,6 89,42 1.961,0 1.861,00 2.956,0 6.942,0 5.286,0 3.687,0 289,30 385,00 2.786,0 9.676,0 7.838,0 659,41 423,41 1.440,00 2.124,0 838,60 1.711,00 524,10 113,48 1.867,50 545,00
% CHG. 1.194,50 154,50 1.691,5 2.604,0 1.020,00 3.843,0 1.606,0 11.044,0 578,20 522,40 2.266,0 392,00 386,60 795,20 0,612 151,46 475,00 3.948,0 2.114,00 380,00 3.460,0 458,00 171,60 2.913,0 1.600,5 686,0 86,30 1.932,0 1.836,00 2.926,0 6.750,0 5.240,0 3.650,0 285,00 375,60 2.754,0 9.530,0 7.726,0 650,78 414,40 1.372,00 2.099,0 824,20 1.694,50 520,00 111,34 1.839,50 540,60
NET VOL 78,12K 866,14K 311,22K 420,95K 239,11K 39,90K 50,77K 264,33K 245,87K 51,03K 16,50K 134,26K 205,74K 1,40M 0 6,93M 293,15K 32,20K 377,76K 3,75M 244,09K 140,23K 3,77M 29,55K 130,62K 103,04K 3,20M 49,31K 175,99K 89,88K 31,86K 38,53K 169,18K 358,55K 495,89K 161,98K 25,77K 23,40K 26,40K 884,93K 1,85M 57,43K 59,18K 25,64K 5,48M 2,02M 125,68K 109,44K
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4.689,0 1.381,50 4.399,1 65,54 216,00 2.093,0 677,20 248,30 43,00 7.754,0 789,80 162,55 1.475,50 1.107,00 219,60 6.368,0 1,89 786,80 1.780,0 594,90 1.001,50 6.432,0 2.305,72 514,20 600,20 4.726,5 90,43 0,75 680,60 1.176,50 2.752,0 806,40 1.022,50 2.797,0 2.044,5 1.165,50 1.478,50 10.810,0 1.777,78 1.156,50 565,80 118,85 260,20 130,75 3.916,5 1.028,00 129,96 2.625,0 805,20
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4.742,0 1.387,50 4.426,0 65,98 216,00 2.093,0 682,20 248,80 42,66 7.754,0 791,00 163,50 1.482,50 1.112,00 220,00 6.426,0 1,89 789,20 1.803,8 595,80 1.004,50 6.446,0 2.320,00 516,80 604,20 4.764,5 90,60 0,75 681,40 1.177,50 2.754,0 817,00 1.034,50 2.799,0 2.064,5 1.168,50 1.488,00 10.912,3 1.783,50 1.163,50 566,60 119,80 261,00 131,90 3.923,0 1.028,00 130,44 2.646,0 807,40
4.681,0 1.371,00 4.368,0 64,98 213,71 2.063,0 675,20 245,80 42,05 7.550,0 788,40 160,75 1.458,00 1.103,00 218,20 6.326,0 1,89 760,40 1.776,2 590,00 988,00 6.376,0 2.295,00 510,00 594,00 4.680,0 88,41 0,75 671,20 1.169,50 2.712,0 801,60 1.019,50 2.768,0 2.022,5 1.154,50 1.467,00 10.795,0 1.754,50 1.149,50 559,00 118,15 259,00 128,80 3.891,0 1.015,00 128,40 2.620,0 801,00
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Inflation fears SPEAKING to radio station RNE on July 14, Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calviño admitted that the government will have to raise its inflation forecast as June results were the highest for almost 40 years although she believes that it will fall towards the end of summer.
Climate change AS part of its commitment to sustainability, the Span‐ ish government is one of the first in the world to commit money to the newly created Resilience and Sustainability Trust set up by the International Monetary Fund. A total of €1.86 billion will go to help poorer countries address climate change.
Exchange rate CAUSED mainly by energy prices and record inflation in Europe, for the first time since 2002, the euro has fallen in value against the US dollar and stands very close to a one for one level which may help exports to the USA.
CBD sweeties YEARS ago, visitors to Ams‐ terdam used to enjoy Cannabis Cookies in coffee shops, not for the medical advantages but simply to get high. Now in the UK, subject to strict guidelines, CBD prod‐ ucts which contain signifi‐ cant volumes of CBD which it is claimed is good for your health and no THC which is what gives the cannabis high have been made legal. Latest fashion for those who don’t just want to put oil on your tongue is CBD sweets which come in a range of sizes, colours, shapes and prices but are only supposed to be used by those over 18, even though manufacturers claim that it is impossible to overdose.
Atlético Madrid deal
WHALEFIN is the new sponsor of Atlético Madrid first team jersey in a deal between the football club and the platform of global digital asset management giant Amber Group. Amber Group, in addi‐ tion, becomes Official Digi‐ tal Wealth and Digital Lifestyle Partner of the club within the framework of a five‐season agreement for an undisclosed sum. As Amber Group acceler‐ ates the growth of WhaleFin, its consumer business, the company said that it will benefit from sig‐ nificant branding exposure, extending the influence of Atlético de Madrid from the stadium and into the metaverse. Through what it calls the ‘Atletiverse’ Amber con‐ firmed that fans can expect one‐of‐a‐kind experiences for the club’s fan commu‐ nity as they will be able to engage with like‐minded fans from all over the world in the metaverse,
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NEW SPONSOR: Latest signing Axel Witsel with club president Enrique Cerezo.
and discover the utility of digital assets in both the virtual and real world. Additionally, the Atlético de Madrid Foundation will work with the Amber Group to launch sustain‐ ability and corporate social responsibility initiatives in‐ cluding the implementa‐ tion of local campaigns for
education in sustainability and conservation. Speaking on July 11, Michael Wu, Chief Execu‐ tive Officer of Amber Group, said: “This multi‐ year partnership is a mon‐ umental moment for Am‐ ber Group, and we are proud to be partnering with Atlético de Madrid,
one of the top football clubs in Spain and Europe.” Miguel Ángel Gil, Chief Executive Officer of Atléti‐ co de Madrid, said: “Today is a significant day for the future of Atlético de Madrid, as we join forces with a global leading com‐ pany in the digital finance space.”
Consumer Price Increase
AS previously forecast, Spain saw a price increase of 10.2 per cent in the month of June according to a release from the National Statistics Institute on Wednesday, July 13. Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) confirmed the price increase in June was due to sharp rises in petrol, food and electricity prices. Accommodation and hotels were also included in the reason for the price increase, although they report‐ edly played a lesser role. The INE validated the data that was already advanced at the end of last month, which also reflected a sharp rise in products with traditionally more stable prices (core underlying prices) of 5.5 per cent, the highest since August 1993. According to the INE website the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a “sta‐ tistical measure of the evolution of the prices of goods and services con‐ sumed by the population residing in family dwellings in Spain.”
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NEW DATA: Consumer spend highlights price increases.
The set of goods and services, which make up ‘the shopping bas‐ ket’, are basically obtained from household consumption, with the im‐ portance of each one of them in the calculation of the CPI being deter‐ mined by consumption. The method of calculation was changed in 2002 and changes intro‐
duced in this system have made the CPI a more dynamic indicator, which is better adapted to market develop‐ ments, as the calculations can be up‐ dated more frequently. In addition, new products can be included in ‘the shopping basket’ as soon as their consumption becomes significant.
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Spanish growth POLISH company Pepco which owns Poundland in the UK has seen consider‐ able growth in the last quar‐ ter and on Thursday July 14 announced its plans for Spanish expansion. The company said “in March 2022, we launched a trial in Spain offering the full range of Pepco clothing, Pepco GM and FMCG across selected stores. “The trial has gone excep‐ tionally well, and we have been encouraged by the ini‐ tial response of customers with a significant increase in customer satisfaction. “We have therefore de‐ cided that this destination format is the best way for‐ ward for our customers in the Spanish market. “We will be converting our existing Dealz stores in Spain to Pepco stores.” The company also looks to expand further in the growing Spanish market
Chapter 11 ON June 12, 2022, Celsius Network, an American based cryptocurrency plat‐ form which facilitated in‐ vestment and loans using different cryptocurrency announced that it would pause all withdrawals, Swap, and transfers to sta‐ bilise the business and pro‐ tect customers. Then on July 14 it an‐ nounced that it was to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection which means that its creditors may not take action to recover debts for a period of time whilst the business at‐ tempts to restructure. This is not an unusual ac‐ tion in the USA and many large companies including American Airlines, General Motors, Hertz, and Marvel have taken this step and then emerged stronger and able to continue to trade and satisfy cus‐ tomers and shareholders.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I DON’T often react to mail I receive, particularly those that are non‐ constructive and often downright nasty, but I do feel a couple of recent missives merit a certain repudiation from the ol’ boy. Of course, as usual the wrong end of the stick was firmly seized by at least one of these communications. My point about Facebook removing my posting of the naked white man being kicked and stoned to death by black youths, without intervention on an SA street, was not that it was actually taking place, but the fact that the FB site seems to allow the most horrendous acts by terrorist groups to remain, but deem it necessary to remove, and subsequently continue to sweep under the carpet, the desperate and totally unacceptable treatment of the white citizens who still live in these African countries. Contrary to one of your letters, I do in fact know exactly what I am talking about. Not only do I receive weekly updates from friends in Africa, but I have also toured and lived for a while in both SA and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe;
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experiencing the apartheid and also their so‐called liberated eras. Well I remember, during my trip to a then fairly young Zimbabwe, having local black residents furtively sidle up and inform me how much better their lives were under Mr Smith! At least during those far off days these countries prospered. Although the blacks were disgracefully oppressed and reduced to second class citizens in their own land, they did at least reap the benefits of the hard work, efforts and expertise of the white settlers; ie roofs over their heads, food on the table and schools for their children. Both countries have since descended into utter anarchy under the jackboots of the ANC and the deceased despot Mugabe. Whites are afraid to shop or go into many public places alone. Muggings and robbery are the norm. Abduction, rapes and murders of whites are not even reported. Johannesburg has become the most dangerous city in the world. Those whites, who have survived, are forced to live in virtual fortresses, with high walls topped by barbed wire and compounds patrolled by dogs,
backed up by armouries of firearms. Farms seized by the authorities, once productive and highly successful, lie barren and unattended, while the ordinary local black citizens, most living in poverty and starvation, look helplessly on as the privileged few indulge themselves in lives of luxury and decadence, far in excess of the white politicians and leaders of yore. And the world looks on and does precisely nothing. I rest my case. Please, if you do feel the need to communicate, either by email or online, can you first make sure you actually understand my point and not merely pluck a couple of lines or phrases out purely to be unpleasant? It really is such an utter waste of precious time and energy. Keep ‘em coming however, I do peruse them all. Hang in there. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Let’s ban worthless words! words routinely is in order. There must be a James Bond villain capa‐ ble of carrying this out. THAT would BREAKING VIEWS be ‘epic’. Nora is the author of popular psychological Additionally, I suggest banning the suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. menu terms ‘pan‐fried’ and ‘oven‐ DO some overused roasted’. Pans and words annoy you? Words ovens are the normal like ‘iconic’? Followed by way to fry and roast ‘legendary’ as in the leg‐ food. If restaurants endary Elton John who, keep this up, we’ll as far as I know, is real soon have ‘waitress‐ unlike the legendary served’ and ‘somme‐ King Arthur and the lier‐poured’. Knights of the Round Speaking of food, Table. People use these reminds me of an ad words without knowing I saw in the ‘leg‐ what they originally endary’ Exchange meant. and Mart: ‘Pure bred And let’s not forget Bulldog for sale. Will that most sacrosanct of eat anything. Ex‐ words: ‘Epic’. I thought tremely fond of chil‐ Ulysses’ Odyssey was dren’. Nora’s latest thriller. ‘epic’, but so, too, seem‐ Nora Johnson’s ingly, was Will Smith critically acclaimed slapping Chris Rock. Yes, an epic of psychological crime thrillers two minutes is equal to The Trojan (www.nora‐johnson.net) all avail‐ War of 10 years. Time flies or, ap‐ able online including eBooks parently, does not: it stands still and (€0.99;£0.99), Apple Books, audio‐ still becomes ‘epic’. I think a mind books, paperbacks at Amazon etc. wipe of everyone who uses these Profits to Cudeca cancer charity.
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Golden Visa is not technically the Golden Visa in Spain CONSULAR MATTERS WITH the increase in house prices in the UK in 2022 and Brexit, more and more people are turning to the Gold‐ en Visa in Spain. Put very simply if you buy a proper‐ ty or properties for over €500,000 you and your family get the right to live and work in Spain. Of course, after making an application to the Spanish government and said application be‐ ing accepted. However, the golden visa is actually called the investment visa and there are other ways for you and your fami‐ ly to get the right to live and work in Spain without buying a property in Spain. You can also buy Spanish govern‐ ment debt, for €2,000,000; you can in‐
vest €1,000,000 in shares in Spanish companies or deposit €1,000,000 into a Spanish bank account. We are lawyers and of course, we would strongly advise that you take qualified, regulated, and insured fi‐ nancial advice before you make an in‐ vestment. As an alternative, there is also the non‐lucrative visa sometimes just known as the NLV where you have to have in the region of €27,000, but you can’t work in Spain even remotely for a company outside of Spain. We’ve written about the digital no‐ mad visa, but there is no date for it to be implemented at the time of writ‐ ing.
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Silly season is starting MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man I’M so pleased Boris has been kicked out as Prime Minister. What amazes me is how he got the job in the first place. The man has cheated and lied through every single job. He cheats on his wife, has been nicked for breaking Covid rules that he put in place the list is endless. When I had my business and had to fire someone, it didn’t matter at what level they were in the company, they were given notice and sent home immediately. No way would they be allowed to stay in the premises for another three months. It’s crazy but that’s politics for you. It will be interesting to see who takes over. The bar has been set pretty low as far as I’m concerned. Silly season is about to start. Already the parking has become almost impossible on the paseo; it’s hard to get tables in your favourite restaurants, the families walking four across on the pavement, the people using the swimming pool at 11 o’clock at night. A family
renting in our block insist on hanging their washing over the balcony with ample sized underwear tied to the security bars on the windows - lovely. Oh well it’s only for six weeks then back to a bit of sanity. I’ve had a few emails asking for the story I forgot to tell the other week. Buying a stick of dowel recently reminded me of my first metalwork class at secondary school when I was 11. We had to make a name tag which consisted of cutting a bit of metal, filing it down and punching your initials on it. I’ve never been very good at this stuff and always looked for shortcuts. In this case, instead of filing it I hit it with a hammer and made a complete mess of it. At the end of the lesson the teacher said I should go and show it to the woodwork teacher and whilst I was there ask for a stick of dowel. Me, like a mug, had no idea what it was. The woodwork teacher just smiled and gave me this thin stick of wood. I took it back and was promptly told to bend over the anvil and then I realised what was going to happen. The first of many canings I got at school. If that was to happen today they would go to prison, but back then the sadistic b******s got away with it. Email: mikesenker@gmail.com
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AMAZING DIATRIBE I HAVE just read the col‐ umn penned by Mr Lee in your newspaper (30.06.22) and was amazed at the diatribe this individual had written. He is however a clever man and wrote it in such a way as to give him plausible deniability should any group or individual take offence, all we know is that some ‘UK left wing’ is considered by him as be‐ yond the pale. He hints at the possibili‐ ty he is talking of the Labour party although he does not say so outright nor mention the election. except to say the elec‐ torate which is anyone over the age of 18 who is a UK citizen. He then casti‐ gates the media, specifi‐ cally television presum‐ ably for showing what is actually happening and not toeing the ‘Brexit is Best’ line. I can only as‐ sume from his comments in the third paragraph that he is happy with the lead‐ er of the British govern‐ ment lying to the house. Then comes the mo‐ ment we all were expect‐ ing, he mentions the two world wars and the deaths of his UK ancestors seem‐ ingly having forgotten that many more people of oth‐ er nations died for his right to say whatever he likes. Final comment. If you are proud of the welfare state that Britain has and of the National Health Ser‐ vice and membership of NATO, then thank the Labour government of Clement Attlee who, while they were in power from
1945 to 1951, set these up and much more for the benefit of the British peo‐ ple. G Harley
George Peretz’, opinions are on the current shambles six years on. Laurence Patterson. Cortijo de Raton
View on Brexit
Thank you
I have come across an arti‐ cle from your edition dated March 24 to 30, 2016 entitled Brexit, a view from a QC spe‐ cialising in EU law. In view of the absolute mess Brexit has made to people and busi‐ nesses, both here in Spain and the UK, I was wondering what your correspondent,
Hello again. I don’t sup‐ pose for one minute my let‐ ter had any influence on you but thank you SO MUCH for bringing back the crossword after a gap of many weeks. I was thrilled to see it pub‐ lished once again this week. Thank you again Lyn Ferris, Vera Playa
OUR VIEW ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM NOW that the bullfighting season in Andalucia has returned again, with fights in Estepona and La Linea de la Frontera already having taken place it is probably time to consider whether this is a barbaric spectacle or is part of Spain’s Heritage. It was in 2013 that bullfighting was officially declared as being an important part of the country’s heritage by the then ruling Partido Popular and perhaps surprisingly after declaring that most animals are sentient beings with rights, the current coalition government has done nothing to reverse the official support of bullfighting. Some autonomous communities have chosen to ban bullfighting completely and some bullrings, such as one in Marbella have been recommissioned as places for entertainment but during the summer, Andalucia, Almeria, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca and many other regions will see bullfights taking place as part of annual fiestas. This whole matter is controversial and many supporters say that those who have settled in the country or are holidaymakers don’t actually have the right to criticise how Spain is run and just don’t understand the importance it has to the Spanish psyche. Opponents respond that this is more like the days of the Roman Empire where defenceless Christians were slaughtered in front of baying crowds and to gain pleasure from watching a bull being tormented and then killed is not a spectacle to be allowed. It does seem, however, that at present bullfighting will keep going for some time.
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New life for furniture UPCYCLING is all about get‐ ting thrifty and doing some‐ thing hands‐on, either as a way to save money or as a form of artistic therapy. In these days of rising costs, it’s becoming necessary to re‐use and recycle, before spending your hard earned cash. It may sound like a daunt‐ ing word to some, but it cov‐ ers all manner of projects; from simply painting a picture frame, to reupholstering an armchair. If you don’t already have a favourite piece at home to use, check out local charity shops and car boot sales to find a project to work on. Choose the correct grain of sandpaper depending on your surface ‐ a fine grain will be suitable for a quick rub down, but you may need a medium or very abrasive grain if old paintwork needs to be removed. Primer can be coated over most surfaces to give it a smooth finish that paint will adhere to evenly. Furniture or
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UPCYCLING FURNITURE: The fun way to save money.
chalk paints are perfect for adding colour to your piece. To add decorative touches to your piece, consider using stencils to apply a pattern or motif. Look out for vintage or quirky handles for dressing ta‐ bles and wardrobe doors, to change the look. Have fun giving new life to old pieces.
Building a happy home MANY people do not think that their home serves their mental and well‐being needs. To clear your mind, it is rec‐ ommended that you clear your space. Banish clutter and throw out anything which is broken, unloved, saved just in case or which we feel obliged to keep because it was a gift. This process may be difficult, but once done you will feel the benefits. Start by clearing your wardrobe, and giving anything you haven’t worn, for six months or more, to the local charity shop. Take four boxes, and label them: rubbish; donate; keep; relocate. Then go through each room, placing everything in the room in one of the boxes. Allocate five minutes each day to go through areas that are the most cluttered, and get rid of unused or unnecessary items. Finally, take a photo of your room before, and after you have decluttered. Once you see the difference in one ‐ you will want to continue organising the whole house.
Enjoy a dust free house DUST can be a dampen‐ er on our dreams of a light, airy and most of all, clean, living space! It’s one of those things that can creep on us even despite our reli‐ gious cleaning regime because everything cre‐ ates dust, including us! By reducing the amount of dust in your home, your air quality will improve massively, so it’s best to keep on
top of it if you can! One way of preventing dust is to get a door‐ mat. This means visi‐ tors can leave their dirt at the door. The mats should be washed regu‐ larly. By having floorboards instead of carpets in your home it also be‐ comes easier to clean your floors and prevent the build of dust. You may want to air
out your space but, if you want less dust, keeping doors and win‐ dows closed will pre‐ vent pollen and other airborne pollutants from entering your home. If you have pets make sure to wash them reg‐ ularly. They can often shed fur and this, as well as their skin in general, creates a lot of dust.
Colour your home without paint! IT’S easy to grow a little tired of the same four walls and colour schemes you have in your home. What was once a calming, cool toned living room now just feels well… grey. Even white paint ‐ which never goes out of style ‐ can just feel a bit meh after a while. But painting is a lot of work and maybe your property is rented so your interior design freedom is limited. Instead of applying a fresh coat of paint, why not add colour to your space by hanging colourful artwork?
You can hang a few contrasting pieces or have a statement piece on a feature wall to pick out colourful elements of your front room. Colourful throws and cushions can make your furniture pop. They’re also a comfy, aesthetic addition to any drab looking furniture you may have. Temporary wallpaper is also a thing! If you’re not allowed to paint your walls, temporary adhesive wallpaper is available in a range of fun prints and colours to liven up your living space.
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SUZANNE MANNERS SO the horse says to the donkey “Why the long face?” A silly joke but one that works both visually and philosophically. Especially if like me you tend to overthink every‐ thing. Donkeys are known for their strength and their ability to continual‐ ly repeat the same actions until they die. Hence the reason that I misat‐ tributed the definition of insanity, which is, as Einstein posited, ‘doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’. AA Milne is partly to blame for the impression of donkeys as dour, de‐ pressed creatures bowed down by a life of toil,constantly following the carrot but forever feeling the stick. So the notion that the definition of insanity is a donkey following a carrot dangling in front of its face and ex‐ pecting day after day to taste it is ac‐ tually an apt one. Every day I check my bank account and every day I ex‐ pect it to be different, it never is, the balance is always 0 at the end of the month. As time passes my wage re‐
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Did you say donkey….? Inflation is an evil curse that takes us from comfortable to barely surviv‐ ing at the whim of an abstract finan‐ cial market led by donkeys waving carrots at lions. If I tighten my belt any further it will snap me in two… al‐ though that would not be a bad thing because then my two halves could find work to support the whole…as long as they ate carrots and nothing else. If something is not done to redress the financial imbalance in our world then even a 31 pence meal will be‐ come an unattainable luxury for the many while the few continue to grow fat on our labours. Just like the don‐ key handler and his carrot. So why the long face? To quote Eey‐ ore; “When your tail is missing, re‐ member you have every right to mope.” DONKEYS: Are known for their strength and ability to repeat the same actions.
mains the same but costs have risen. I do not live beyond my means, my means no longer even approach be‐ yond. I’m now stuck at the end of a
hot dusty track miles away from be‐ yond, waving futilely as my money picks up its skirts and dashes out of sight.
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The domestication of dogs DOGS are an animal that have lived with humans for thou‐ sands of years. Whilst there are many different breeds and types of dog, all of them belong to the same species.
Numerous genetic studies lo‐ cate the origin of the domesti‐ cation of dogs in south‐east Asia around 33,000 years ago. Through thousands of years of evolution in this part of
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DOGS: Have been around for years.
Asia, a subgroup of dogs mi‐ grated towards the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The domestication of this species has always been pre‐ sented as a two‐stage pro‐ cess. First, the primitive dogs were domesticated from their wild ancestor, the wolf, with which dogs share 98 per cent of their genome.
They belong to a group of carnivores divided into 38 species, which includes wolves, dogs, and jackals, amongst others. In the second stage, these dogs were bred to form differ‐ ent breeds with specific abili‐ ties and morphology to be‐ come the household pets we know and love today.
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Audi A1 - an accomplished and entertaining drive ROAD TEST by Mark Slack WHEN you think of Audi its SUVs, sports cars and luxury saloons spring to mind. How‐ ever, the renowned German
car maker does produce a small hatchback that is ar‐ guably a forgotten member of the Audi sales brochures. The A1 is a five‐door hatch‐ back with just two engine op‐ tions in three power outputs and four trim levels. The mod‐
el nomenclature of Audi is without doubt one of the most confusing and bears no resemblance to the engine size. My test model was a 30 TFSi which actually translates into a 1.0‐litre, three‐cylinder petrol turbocharged unit. This 1.0‐litre unit forms the bulk of the A1 power units and comes in various power outputs and there is also a 1.5‐litre four‐cylinder unit de‐ veloping 150PS. There are five and six‐speed manual gear‐ boxes plus a seven‐speed S‐ Tronic automatic. Standard fare on the lead‐in model is good with all the essentials provided and priced from €24,582/£20,840 with equipment such as LED lights, powered heated and folding door mirrors, light and rain sensors, air conditioning and smartphone connectivity. My test model was the Black Edition with 110PS 1.0‐ litre power unit mated to the S‐Tronic automatic. With op‐ tional paintwork and extra cost option packs the price of
my test car rises from €31,294/£26,530 to €36,800/£31,195. Inside the A1 has all the usual Audi qualities with a premium feel, nice finishes on the dashboard and despite some hard plastics at lower levels you just know this is no bargain basement model. Buttons rather than digitisa‐ tion makes a welcome
Not just another small hatchback.
change inside the A1, and an‐ other bonus is the ease with which you can switch off the overly interventionist lane‐ keep and other supposed driver assistance features. On the road the A1 is an ac‐ complished drive with partic‐
Facts at a Glance Model: Audi A1 Black Edition 30 TFSi S-Tronic Engine: 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder, turbo, petrol Gears: 7-Speed automatic Performance: 0-100 kmh (62 mph) 10.6 seconds/Maximum Speed 202 kmh (126 mph) Economy: 5.08l/100km (46.3mpg) Combined driving (WLTP) Emissions: 139 g/km (WLTP) Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
ularly sharp steering so twisting roads can be very enjoyable. In auto‐ matic form the performance is adequate rather than excit‐ ing, the manual gearbox of‐ fers a slightly more sparkling performance. That said the automatic is still very entertaining and takes the strain from urban
traffic commutes. Rough roads show up the firmness of the suspension but the handling does add to the entertainment on cross country drives. Overall, this is a really nice, driveable and largely practical, given its size, car. Unsurprisingly, given we’re talking Audi, there’s a premi‐ um feel and everything just works. Competitors arguably offer better value on price point versus equipment but those four rings on the grille signify this isn’t just another small hatchback.
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PREPARED TO HOST: La Cartuja football stadium in Sevilla. AS announced in a state‐ ment on Thursday, July 14, by Sevilla City Coun‐ cil, both Sevilla and Mala‐ ga will be included as lo‐ cations for matches in the joint candidacy of Spain and Portugal to be presented to stage the 2030 FIFA World Cup. This was agreed in a meeting organised in the Luis Aragones Assembly Hall in Madrid by the Royal Spanish Football
Federation. All the ad‐ ministrations involved have participated and supported the proposal that these two cities will represent Andalucia. Both the Junta de An‐ dalucia, represented by the Ministry of Education and Sports, and the provincial councils of Sevilla and Malaga, along with the municipalities of Santiponce, Sevilla and Malaga, ‘are in perfect
harmony’, as well as the Andalucian football clubs Betis, Sevilla, and Mala‐ ga. “With this candidacy, Sevilla once again posi‐ tions itself as a city pre‐ pared to host major sporting events, with all the guarantees and meet‐ ing all the requirements,” explained David Guevara, the Sevilla delegate for Ecological Transition and Sports.
FC BARCELONA are report‐ ed to be pressing 25‐year‐ old Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong, into sign‐ ing for English Premier League club Manchester United. There has even been talk coming from the upper echelons of the Catalan giants that they are threatening to leave the player out of their pre‐sea‐ son tour of North America. The current dilemma at Barça is that they have to balance their books before they can register any new players. Club sources re‐ portedly informed EFE that they must generate a sav‐ ing of between €30 and €40 million in the total wage bill before they can register two players who they have already signed, along with Sergi Roberto who recently renewed his contract. If this deal can be forced through then FC Barcelona will actually generate a saving of €42 million.
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World Cup proposal De Jong United move
FC BARCELONA: Need to balance their books first.
De Jong is believed to earn a salary of €19 million gross per season, an
amount that the club is ea‐ ger to eliminate from its fi‐ nancial books.
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NEWS broke over the week‐ end that top French cyclist Alexis Renard is due to un‐ dergo heart surgery in Au‐ gust following the premature end of his season. Alexis Renard, the 23‐year‐ old cyclist from the Cofidis team, is set to have surgery at the Nantes University on Wednesday, August 3, after the sudden onset of a heart rhythm disorder. “During exercise, I have a heart rate that increases like everyone else,” Renard said. “But when I stop cycling, the intensity is always the same.”
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Undergoing surgery
ALEXIS RENARD: Confirmed to undergo heart surgery.
Following tests from the CHU in Nantes, supervised by the Cofidis team, it was re‐ vealed that Renard needed an atrium removed. “This feeling of arrhythmia is not compatible with the practice of high‐level sport. I don’t want to take the place of a teammate if I’m not op‐ erational,” he said. The seriousness of Re‐ nard’s situation has prompted the Cofidis team to move his surgery for‐
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ward from October. The young French cyclist had three top 10 finishes this season (on stages of the Sau‐ di Tour, the Circuit de la Sarthe and the 4 Jours de Dunkerque) before his sea‐ son was brought to a prema‐ ture end. Following the surgery, Re‐ nard’s recovery will take a to‐ tal of three months and the team hope to have him back for next season.
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FC Barcelona Lewandowski deal IT was reported on Friday, July 15, that Polish international striker Robert Lewandowski is to sign for Spanish gi‐ ants FC Barcelona. According to media and numerous reliable Twitter sources, the player will leave the Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich and he had a medical in Spain on Saturday, July 16. The Spanish club will pay €50 million (£42.5 million) for the prolific goalscor‐ er, who it is believed will sign a three‐ year contract, subject to his passing a medical. An option of a further 12 months is said to be included in the deal.
German champions Bayern had con‐ tinually denied Lewandowski was for sale, but his departure can now finance their desired purchase of Juventus cen‐ tre‐back Matthijs de Ligt. According to Italian press, the club’s sporting direc‐ tor Hasan Salihamidzic was in Turin on Monday, July 11, negotiating a deal for the Dutch international. It is thought that De Ligt will cost in the region of €80m (£67.7m) plus add‐ ons. He has apparently already in‐ formed the Serie A giants that he wish‐ es to leave, even though he still has two years of his contract remaining.
Piquet court appearance BRAZILIAN Formula One legend Nelson Piquet has been ordered to appear in court in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Felipe Costa da Fonseca Gomes of the Distrito Federal court has initiated an investigation into the three‐time world champion. This comes after the 69‐year‐old was heard using Brazilian‐Portuguese racist lan‐ guage as well as a homophobic slur while talking in a documentary about British F1
driver, Lewis Hamilton. Piquet originally appeared in the podcast last November, where he used the N‐word in reference to Hamilton. Piquet apologised for his use of the racist slur, attempting to validate that it had been mistranslated and was a word used regularly in his country that did not have any racial connotations. His com‐ ments upset a human rights group which
subsequently pressed charges against him. They claimed he had caused moral dam‐ age to black and LGBTQ+ people. The incident in question came while Pi‐ quet was talking about a crash which oc‐ curred in last year’s British Grand Prix at Sil‐ verstone. It involved Hamilton and the Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, who has been dating the Brazilian’s daugh‐ ter for the last few years.
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