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TORREVIEJA council say they have blocked a concert featuring The Jacksons, which was scheduled to take place in early August, with organisers Heatwave Promotions stating that “everything is still going to plan.” Despite a big poster campaign across the Costa Blanca advertising the gig,Torrevieja council has vetoed the show at the Eras de la Sal on Friday August 9th, with councillor Fanny Serrano merely stating that the promoter “had already started to advertise the event”,
by Alex Trelinski
before gaining permission from Torrevieja council, who have refused to grant a license. The council did not say whether it was purely the early advertising that had angered them, or whether there were other factors in the licence refusal, since the Eras de la Sal has staged similar big name events in recent years, including the visit of Earth, Wind, and Fire. Heatwave Promotions countered on social media
this week that “Everything is going to plan for the concert in August”, and are still advertising it as taking place at the Eras de la Sal. If Torrevieja council stand firm, then a suitable alternative venue outside the municipality would have to be found. The Jackson brothers, namely Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Jackie have dates scheduled for France and the UK in the next two months, ahead of the planned Torrevieja concert, which is also being marketed by organisations like Ticketmaster.
CHEAPER AND BETTER
NEW mobile phone tariffs making it cheaper call a European Union country from Spain have come into force this week, as the EU also announced that they will pay for free Wi-Fi connections in 11 municipalities in Alicante Province. The fresh rates on mobile calls and texts were introduced on Wednesday, and follows on from the scrapping of roaming charges between the EU member nations, including the UK, in 2017. The EU-ordered tariffs mean that calls cannot cost more than 19 cents per minute, whilst a text message is capped at six cents a minute. The prices though do not include IVA, as the tax rate is set by individual countries, but it has been estimating that costs to users will be slashed by
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around 70 per cent. Four non-EU countries, namely Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein will also get the new tariffs later this year, and assuming a Brexit The European Union´s good technology news has spread to 11 places in Alicante Province,
with councils getting up to 15 thousand euros each to install Wi-Fi networks in public places like parks, squares, museums, libraries, and health centres. Authorities from across Spain were invited to bid for the grants from a Europewide 120 million euro pot, and those accepted regionally are Alcoy, Altea, Beniarbeig,
Finestrat, Gata de Gorgos, Los Montesinos, Mutxamel, Onil, Orihuela, San Vicente del Raspeig and Villena . Overall, over 500 municipalities in Spain will get the Wi-Fi money and local councils will have up to 18 months to do the installation world to make sure they receive the EU hand-out.
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