U3A Marina Baixa

bers enjoyed lunch at Miguel’s restaurant in La Nucia where a warm welcome is always guaranteed.

The Petanca group is now taking a break until September when the weather should be more favourable for active participation and the Picnic group will reconvene on the second Monday of September (venue to be announced nearer the time).

The next meeting of the U3A Ma­ rina Baixa will be held on Monday July 24 at the Casa de Cultura in Alfaz del Pi at 11.00am. New members and visitors are always welcome. Subscription remains at €10 for the year enabling members to attend any of the events organised by the association. Several trips are planned for the autumn and for Christmas.

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Timely operation

A 52-YEAR-OLD Italian woman who thought she was overweight had an ovarian cyst weighing more than five kilograms removed by surgeons. According to an article in the American Journal of Case Reports, the Italian woman paid no attention to her condition because she was under the impression that she was suffering from obesity.

Shooting stars

IN a groundbreaking achievement for the space tourism industry, Sir Richard Branson, the British tycoon, has etched his name among the stars as Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane, Unity, soared skywards with an all Italian selection of paying passengers including two colonels and an aerospace engineer at the end of June.

The Netherlands

Formal apology

A MOVING ceremony took place in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam on July 1 when King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands formally apologised for the country’s role in the slave trade. The king accepted that the wealth of the nation was effectively founded on the blood, sweat and toil of slaves from the Caribbean, Africa and Indonesia.

Had their chips

EVERYONE loves Dutch chips and mayonnaise but the Chinese are not too happy with a decision to make it more difficult to import chips of a different type. On June 30, a new law was approved ensuring that from September, Dutch companies making machines that produce advanced processor chips will need an export licence to sell their products overseas.