Mojacar will spend a yearly881,201 on cleaning thetown.

The 10-year contract, nowdue for renewal, covers streetand beach cleaning as well asthe care and maintenance ofthe towns public gardens.

Mojacar has grown and theconditions and requirementshave had to be modified andthe contract tailored to thetowns new needs, explainedthe mayor, Rosa Maria Cano.

The town hall has listenedto local hoteliers and the newcontractor will be required toclean the beaches more often,Cano revealed.

The section between HotelIndalo and Marina de laTorre, for instance, will nowbe cleaned three times aweek instead of just once.The beachfront public toiletswill also come in for morefrequent cleaning on a year-round basis.

Streets and the new round-abouts are to be cleaned moreoften with extra time and at-

tention paid to the most usedand visited areas.

Each year we receivemore visitors and tourists andMojacar has to be able tomeet the challenge and main-tain the standards of itstourist offer, said MayorRosa Maria Cano.

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EL EJIDO bore the brunt of the recent bad weather as motorists inside roads had to be rescued, and swollen streams and watercoursesbegan to overflow.

THE Junta de Andalucia re-gional government has rejectedclaims that a clogged water-course causes flooding in

Almerias Costacabana area,blaming instead the building ofan urbanisation on a floodplain.

Denial is a river

See Page 5

Clearing vegetation would make little difference

Levante, Poniente and inland areas badly affected

AS the town has grown it needs to maintain standards

The rain in Spain

A HUERCAL-OVERA man was arrested and charged with stealingcopper from high-tension substations where he left a highly danger-ous risk of severe electric shock to others.

Installations stripped of earth cables

High voltage theft

THE Palacio del Almanzora haschanged hands many times andundergone several transforma-tions since the 16th century. But

now it is causing headaches forthe council, which is doing whatit can to save the neoclassicalbuilding. See Page 18

Dilapidated des-res is costing council money

Home is a castle

Mojacar is happy topay a big cleaning bill See Page 4

See Page 9

By Linda Hall

UNEMPLOYMENT in Alme-ria province fell by 5.88 percent to 4,704 in October. There

are now 75,358 people withoutwork, a 4.24 per cent improve-ment on this time last year.

MORE than half a million internet usershave discovered Almeria through a Min-ube Blog Trip.

Minube is an internet travel networkcreated in 2007 where travellers ex-change impressions, share adventures

and inform others with online recom-mendations.

A Minube Blog Trip delegation wasin Almeria province last June, samplingeverything from its gastronomy andwine to the beaches, national parks,

mountains and cultural offer.Their experiences shared in a Minube

blog have since been viewed by 500,000visitors to the site, with the Cabo de Ga-ta national park and the Fort Bravo filmsets prompting most comments.

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POLICE investigated the disappearance of a car parked atnight in a side street adjoining Almeria Citys cathedral. De-spite, or because of, the location, several cars were recentlybroken into in the same area.

THE Municipal Foreign Lan-guages School has opened inViator with 147 pupils of allages. The excellent take-up

demonstrated that the newschool offered equal opportu-nit ies to all residents, themayor said.

Speech training

Night work

POSIDONIA has been grown in a Sevilla laboratory fromseedpods gathered in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar marine reserve.The 183 shoots have now been transplanted on the seabed inRoquetas, Granada and Malaga.

Neptune grass

LOCAL NEWS

EXPERIENCES shared in blog have been viewed 500,000 times

FORT BRAVO: One of the favourite experiences included in the blog.

Costa de Almeria aMinube choice

More jobs

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Star turnNEW asteroids named

GERMAN astronomers atCalar Alto named threenew asteroids (124143)Joseluiscorral, (213269)Angelbarbero and(246759) Elviracheca.They are the names ofthree cooks made redun-dant after the Observatoryoutsourced its catering.

Bottom lineBEER refusal

THREE Almeria men re-ceived prison terms forstabbing a passerby in thebuttock and foot. He waspushing a shopping trolleyand was attacked for re-fusing to give them a beer.

Home groundSCHEME to be repeated

PULPI-BASED Primaflorgrew lettuces in the UKlast summer in order tosupply customersthroughout the year andsave on transport. It willrepeat the scheme nextyear, extending the pre-sent 70-hectare plot.

Courts queryELECTION ploy

THE Junta questioned thecentral governments planfor 45 new Andaluciacourts, two of them inAlmeria. The announce-ment lacked realism andwas an election ploy, theregional governmentclaimed.

Fast trackNEW equipment

ALMERIA continues topush for relatively cheapgauge-changing equip-ment to shorten the trainjourney to Granada.Newly installed in Sala-manca, this has cut 75minutes from the Madridrun.

Light loadBILL reductions

BERJA has changed tothe LED system for thetowns 3,000 streetlights.The changeover will bringa 78 per cent reduction inpower bills and annualsavings of more than90,000.

FEATURED NEWS

A GROUP of Almeria archi-tects will prepare reports onaction to be taken on protect-ing historic city sites.

The Arquitectos por el Pat-rimonio project includes theCanteras Califales quarries in

the citys oldest neighbour-hood, La Chanca. These pro-vided the stone used in the10th and 11th centuries tobuild the Alcazaba and wereworked on until the 19th cen-tury. They were rediscovered

five years ago and it is nowhoped to have them declaredan Asset of Cultural Interest(BIC).

Cueva de la Campsa is amore modern interest. This ar-tificial cave that goes back to

medieval times was used inthe Thirties as a fuel dumpduring the Civil War. This wasnecessary after the deposit atthe docks was destroyed whenAlmeria was bombarded fromthe sea in retaliation for the

sinking of a German battlecruiser by Republican forces.

These are only two of themany sites cited in an agree-ment to protect Almeriaprovinces cultural and archi-tectural heritage.

Taking care of quarries and caves

Observing Remembrance Daywith the laying of wreathsA TRIBUTE to those who died in the service of their country

PEOPLE stop work to observe a twominutes silence at 11am on November11, which is the time and date whenhostilities formally ended after morethan four years of battle during theFirst World War.

Poppies are worn as a symbol of re-spect and tribute on RemembranceSunday and November 11.

This years Remembrance Sunday ison November 8, and the main focus ofattention will be on the ceremony atthe Cenotaph in London, which will beattended by members of the RoyalFamily, representatives of the Com-

monwealth and Overseas Territories,politicians, veterans of various con-flicts and serving military togetherwith a huge audience of onlookers.

This year, the whole ceremony willbe shorter than in the past out of re-spect for the ageing veterans who takepart in the parade and to limit theamount of standing time for theQueen, who is approaching her 90thbirthday, and Prince Philip who is 94.

As well as the main service in Lon-don, the laying of wreaths takes placeall over the UK as well as the Com-monwealth, and there will also bemany parades embracing ex-servicepersonnel now settled in Spain.

By John Smith

CENOTAPH, LONDON: The main focus of the Remembrance Sunday parades.

A strange alliance isforming between the

unelected and theunelectable

A year later

the Armistice signed in 1918 effec-tively ended the Great War, the con-flict was only officially concludedwith the signing of the peace treatiesin June 1919. Due to the huge lossof life, the first Remembrance Dayceremonies held on November 11,1919, were contemplative rather

WW1 only ended in 1919

David Cameron on the Labour and Lib-eral Democrat peers who voted down

the proposed cuts to tax credits

75million is the estimated num-ber of military and civilian

deaths in the populations of allof the countries which tookpart in the two World Wars.

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INDEXNews 1 - 30

Featured News 3

European Press 32

Russian Press 33

Finance 35 - 40

Stocks 36

Leapy Lee 41

Our View 42

Colin Bird 42

Mike Walsh 42

Ric Polansky 47

Letters 48

Daily TV 50

Time Out 56 - 57

Health & Beauty 58 - 59

Social Scene 61 - 64

Albox 65 - 71

Homes & Gardens 74 - 75

Pets 76 - 77

Property 78 - 80

Classifieds 81 - 83

Motoring 84 - 85

Sport 86 - 87

WIND and rain brought the usual prob-lems to Levante, Poniente and inland ar-eas.

Roads in Velez-Rubio, Zurjena, Vicar,Adra and Roquetas were blocked by fallen

trees and branches and some ground floorbuildings and garages were flooded.

El Ejido bore the brunt of the badweather and drivers in side roads had to berescued as swollen streams and water-

courses began to overflow.In Adra, a working committee will be

set up to analyse ways of protecting green-houses and crops during periods of heavyrain, Mayor Manuel Cortes announced.

Storms cause chaosthroughout provinceEL EJIDO bore the brunt of the bad weather

WATER DAMAGE: Adras mayor and Agriculture councillor take stock.

FIFTEEN clandestine immi-grants found clinging to the re-mains of a dinghy told rescuersthat 39 were missing.

Salvamento Maritimo hadsearched for the boat in the Alb-

oran Sea between Almeria andMorocco for three days after re-ceiving a warning that it had setout from a beach near Alhuce-mas (North Africa).

The survivors were 72 kilo-

metres north-east of Alhucemaswhen they were located. Theywere clinging to what was leftof a dinghy.

All survivors were trans-ferred to Malaga and eight were

admitted to hospital to be treat-ed for hypothermia and dehy-dration. The rest were taken toan immigrants centre while thepolice complete repatriationprocedures.

Rescued at sea but African immigrants will go back

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THE Junta rejected claims that a clogged watercourse causes flood-ing in Almeria Citys Costacabana area.

While not denying that the lower reaches of the El Charco streamregularly overflow during heavy rain, clearing vegetation wouldmake little difference, said Antonio Martinez, the regional govern-ments delegate to Almeria.

The problem is caused by an urbanisation that has been built on aflood plain, together with greenhouses and street infrastructure in anarea already susceptible to flooding, the delegate declared.

Martinez asked city hall as well as the Almeria Diputacion formore exactitude in their declarations and asked both to take stepsto remedy the situation.

EQUINAC was called outtwice in two days to collect dol-phins washed up on the El Eji-do coast.

The first was a dead 1.80metre female, a common dol-phin which despite its name isin danger of extinction in theMediterranean, Equinac said. Inthe second case help was re-quired from the Guardia Civil

as the 1.60-metre striped dol-phin had fractured jaws, ex-plained Equinac which is au-thorised to rescue marinewildlife in Almeria province.

This is an exceptional casebecause this is the second timein two months we have found astranded dolphin with totallybroken jaws on the Almeriacoast, the association said.

THE World Health Organisations damningverdict on cured and processed meat flab-bergasted Almerias meat sector.

According to the WHO findings lamb,pork and beef are probably carcinogenic tohumans and every 50 gram portion ofprocessed meat eaten on a daily basis in-creases the chance of developing cancer.

Almeria is an important pig-raising cen-tre that produces 20 per cent of Andaluciaspork, based principally in the Almanzora

area where many local firms are celebratedfor their cured ham and sausages.

The province has 45 ham processors and22 factories turning out more than 5 millionkilos of cured and processed meat. The in-dustry has an annual turnover of more than50 million and provides jobs for 500 peo-ple. Seron ham is so renowned that it enjoysProtected Geographical Indication (IPG)and outraged local producer Antonio Cas-taa told a radio interviewer that as far as hewas concerned the WHO warnings were adeliberate hoax.

Luis Segura, president of the Seron IPGboard described the WHO information asunfortunate especially as it did not differ-entiate between traditional and industrially-processed meat. Segura also criticised theWHO report for leaving many gaps andnot taking into account the age, gender,weight and physical condition of con-sumers.

All excess is bad, he added, but if theMediterranean diet is rich its because it in-cludes a little of everything in the right pro-portions.

By Linda Hall

WHO creates a pig of aproblem for meat sectorREPORT is a threat to local meat sector

Two dolphinswashed up on ElEjido coast

Costacabana flood issue

THE regional government willcontinue to investigate the

micro-algae found at Vera andCuevas del Almanzora beacheslast June.

Opposition parties, experts inmarine biology andenvironment-protection groupsare unconvinced by the Juntasexplanations for the episode that

closed El Playazo in Vera andVillaricos and Quitapellejosbeaches in Cuevas on June 23.

The closures came afterhealth centres realised that thegrowing number of patientswho complained of coughs andrashes had all been swimmingat one of these beaches.

Analysis revealed that theywere affected by ostreopsis,microscopic algae found inmarine and freshwaterenvironments. Extreme casescan require hospitalisation butnone of the Vera or Cuevascases were serious and thebeaches reopened shortlyafterwards.

The regional governmentclaimed at the time that thepresence of the micro-algae wasa natural phenomenon.

Ongoing investigations havenot been able to pin down howor why the algae reached the

Vera and Cuevas beachesalthough similar incidents haveoccurred in recent years onother parts of the Mediterraneancoast.

Experts believe that weatherconditions, sea temperature andcurrents all played a part, saidJose Fiscal who heads theJuntas Environmentdepartment. He was adamantthat the algae were not the resultof spills from the Villaricoswastewater treatment or thenearby Deretil pharmaceuticalsfactory as Oppositionpoliticians have claimed.

MORE than 7,800 vehiclespassed through GuardiaCivil controls on Almeriaprovinces secondary roadsduring a recent seven-daycampaign.

This resulted in 750 fines,the DGT traffic authorityrevealed. The majority ofthe fines were for a speedingoffence.

Secondary roads arecurrently the DGTsprincipal concern becausethese are where most fatalaccidents are occurring.

They have no centralreservation to separatetraffic travelling in opposingdirections and speeding canresult in a serious accidentin a matter of seconds, theDGT said.

The figures speak forthemselves, a spokesmanadded. 85 per cent ofaccidents resulting in minorinjuries during the first eightmonths of the year occurredon secondary roads as wellas 94 per cent of thoserequiring hospitalisation.

17 people lost their livesin the province during thissame eight-month periodand 15 of them were killedon secondary roads. In themost recent accident adriver from Baza was killedin Seron after his vanentered the opposite laneand crashed into a car drivenby a 31-year-old womanwho suffered seriousinjuries.

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Junta still in the darkConcern oversecondary roads Investigations into micro-algae continue

By Linda Hall

VERA INVESTIGATION: El Playazo beach, temporarily closed in June after swimmers became ill.

A 22-YEAR-OLD Germandrowned while swimming atLas Negras beach in Nijar.

The alarm was raised in theearly evening when he andanother swimmer were clear-ly in trouble owing to theheavy swell and strong Lev-ante wind. Those presenthelped one of them ashore butthe other man was broughtunconscious from the water.Witnesses said afterwardsthat two doctors present onthe beach tried unsuccessfullyto resuscitate him as theywaited for the emergency ser-vices.

Fourteen people havedrowned while swimming inAlmeria province this yearand many of the deaths oc-curred at Cabo de Gata-Nijar

beaches.Las Negras is dangerous

when Levante blows and you

should never try to fight thecurrents there, said VictorTorres, director of a local div-

ing school who helped otherpeople to reach the shore thatsame evening.

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Another life lost at LasNegras beachTWELVE drowned in Almeria this year

By Linda Hall

LAS NEGRAS: Can be dangerous when Levante blows.

FINALLY bookings for the IMSERSO government-subsidisedholidays for pensioners begin on November 11 and the first visi-tors will arrive in early December.

This is later than usual owing to differences between Mun-dosenior and Mundiplan, two separate joint enterprises contract-ed to handle IMSERSOs arrangements. These problems still ex-ist but IMSERSO decided to go ahead with the holidays on thecoast and inside Spain which are dealt with by Mundosenior.

Bookings can begin

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OUR article that appeared in the printand internet editions of Euro WeeklyNews has certainly started people talk-ing and thinking about their position,with one reader remembering the fa-mous Boston Tea Party slogan Notaxation without representation.

Whilst we dont expect a revolutionin the street, we have become aware ofthe fact that a petition has appeared onthe Downing Street website, concern-ing votes in the referendum for thosewho have lived outside of the UK formore than 15 years with the followingtitle and information:

Right to vote for British Citizens ir-respective of where they are registered

Expats and Brits working and livingabroad have no right to vote if theyhave not been registered in the UK for15 years!

We have not deserted Britain, wemay return in the future.

The elections/referendums in Britainaffect us directly too!

We would like a voice!

Preventing us from having a vote inour own country and also not being al-lowed to vote in the country that wechoose to live and work in, is contraryto the fundamental European principleof freedom of movement within theEU. Its not freedom of movement ifyou are forced to either, return to yourcountry of birth or reject your originsand take on the citizenship of the coun-try in which you now reside.

The actual cut-off date is arbitrary aswhen first introduced in 1985 in theRepresentation of the People Act, onlyfive years was allowed; this was thenextended to 20 years in 1989 and re-duced to 15 years in 2002.

The government has indicated that itdoes intend to change the 15-year rule

but probably not before the referen-dum, which seems very bizarre. At theend of the day, if a person holds aBritish passport then we believe thatthey should be allowed to express theiropinion on the future of Britain.

They have to pay taxes in the coun-try of domicile but are not allowed tovote in most cases as they are still con-sidered foreigners, yet they also cantvote in their country of birth.

The crazy situation is that all mem-bers of the Armed Forces, Crown Ser-vants and employees of the BritishCouncil are exempt from the rule yetsomeone who has embraced the Euro-pean Union, of which Britain is still amember, will be penalised and not al-lowed to vote, even though people inprison in the UK have had their votingrights protected!

For those who agree with this peti-tion, and we at Euro Weekly News cer-tainly do as it affects a number of us,we would suggest that you add yourname to this petition which needs100,000 votes in order to force a de-bate in Parliament.

By John Smith

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105073

EU REFERENDUM: Expats should have their voices heard, too.

Downing Street Brexit petitionEWN joins the campaign for the right to vote for British citizens irrespective of where they are registered

Even people inprison in the UK

have had their vot-ing rights protected

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Great Pumpkin fly-by on October 31ASTEROID the size of a football stadium discovered

Copper thiefendangeredpublicA HUERCAL-OVERA man wasarrested and charged with steal-ing copper from high-tensionsubstations.

He stripped earth cables frominstallations in Pulpi, Vera,Cuevas del Almanzora andHuercal-Overa.

Because he took only theearth cables without cutting thesupply, power company employ-ees did not discover the theftsuntil they carried out their peri-odic inspections.

With no earth, the operativesand anyone touching the trans-former hut also risked a severeelectric shock, they said. Thethief also caused substantialdamage each time, they re-vealed, citing Pulpi where hetook copper cables worth 600but caused 6,000 of damage.

He was arrested after beingtraced to a Guadalentin (Murcia)scrap metal dealer where he soldthe copper.

Short memoryshortlived A KIDNAP victim received athree-month suspended sen-tence and a 150 fine for giv-ing false evidence. The Almeriaman claimed in court that hedid not recognise his allegedkidnapper, fearing reprisals.

Inching upHOMEBUYERS obtained2,558 mortgages in Almeriaprovince between Januaryand August compared with2,279 during this period lastyear. This is 80 per cent belowthe 12,723 mortgages of Janu-ary-August 2008.

NovemberchoiceMESPILUS GERMANICA(European Nispero) was namedplant of the month in the Um-bria de la Virgen botanical gar-dens in the Sierra de Maria-LosVelez national park.

NEWS EXTRA

FANS of Charles M Schulz, creatorof Peanut, know all about The GreatPumpkin. Linus would have beenbitterly disappointed to learn that the

Great Pumpkin was an asteroid thatearned its name because NASA sci-entists knew that it would appear onthe night of October 30-31.

An international group of as-tronomers at the Calar Alto observa-

tory in Gergal tracked the GreatPumpkin as it travelled throughspace at around 126,000 kilometresan hour. It posed no threat to Earth,passing at a safe distance of approxi-mately 480,000 kilometres.

GREAT PUMPKIN: Scientists were not disappointed

By Linda Hall

THE regional governmentdenied tha t p lans for theAlmanzora motorway areon hold.

Claims that the projectwas suspended were possi-

bly caused by a misunder-s tanding , main ta inedJoaquin Jimenez, the Jun-tas representative for Pub-l ic Work in Almer iaprovince.

He stressed that the re-g iona l government was

committed to finishing theroad and the cont rac t toconstruct the El Cucador-La Concepcion sec t ionwould be awarded beforethe New Year.

Felipe Lopez, who headsthe Juntas Publ ic Worksdepartment, confirmed thatthe Almanzora motorwaylink with the A-7 would becompleted during the pre-sent parliamentary term.

First, however, the Juntamust determine the situa-tion of the La Concepcionlink which was to be builtwith both publ ic and pr i -va te inves tment . Workstopped during the previousleg is la t ion when the IUpar ty headed the Publ icWorks department, Lopezsaid.

The regional governmentis strongly committed tothe motorway, the Almeriade lega te ins i s ted . Con-structing the remaining sec-t ions in order to connec twi th the A-7 f rom Fineswhich i s used by 10 ,000vehicles each day remains apriority, he said.

A ROMANIAN received anine-month prison term forstealing condoms worth

497.50 in El Ejido.He entered a chemists

shop in El Bulevar and ex-

plained to the assistant that heneeded something for acough. While she attended tohim, an unidentified accom-plice took advantage of herinattention and snatched 50boxes of condoms before run-ning out of the shop withthem, an Almeria criminalcourt heard.

The first man then hurried-ly left the pharmacy, explain-ing to the assistant that he hadno money and got into a wait-ing car. It seems somewhatstrange to go to a chemists tobuy medicine without takingmoney to pay for it, thejudge commented during thehearing.

The unidentified accom-plice who took the condomswas soon lost amongst othershoppers in El Bulevar. Thedriver of the waiting car wasacquitted as there was noclear evidence that linked himto the theft.

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By Linda Hall

Nine months forstealing condoms

Motorway plans not on hold

HUERCAL-OVERAS covered market, un-used after a 1.5 million makeover by theprevious corporation, has adopted a new role.

Re-named Comercial Kilometro 0, the ren-ovated market building began trading in Sep-tember with 37 businesses paying a minimal75 rent for stalls. Twenty six were start-upsaided by a town hall initiative aimed at boost-ing local commerce.

The scheme has been so successful thatHuercal-Overa town hall has once again setaside 100,000 to be split into 2,500 allo-cations for new businesses inside the town.

More than 120 people have already bene-fited from the scheme, said Employmentcouncillor, Monica Navarro: The figures re-flect the improvement in the towns econo-my, with a registered fall in unemployment ofmore than 200 in the last year.

Her department is already making plansfor next years allocations, the councillor an-nounced. As we explained when welaunched the first call for participants, we aimto provide not only economic resources butalso help with training, courses and work-shops.

Kilometre 0 initiative flourishing

MARKET SUCCESS: Stallholders at opening last September

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FUNDS from the Madrid gov-ernment will be released forregions affected by the Sep-tember and October floods.

Cash will be available forthe Canary Islands which werebadly affected by storms to-wards the end of last month aswell as Andalucia, Murcia,Valencia, Tarragona andGerona (Catalua).

The announcement camefrom Vice-President SorayaSaenz de Santamaria after thelatest Cabinet meeting.

Aid from the governmentwill cover storm damage topublic and municipal infra-structure as well personalproperty lost or damagedwhen flash floods inundatedground floors and garages.

The customary formalitieswill be made more flexible,Saenz de Santamaria added,and the period for making

claims has been increased totwo months. In addition, ap-plicants will wait three monthsinstead of six for an official

decision.Given the nature of the

damage, help will be availablefrom the Treasury, the min-

istry of Public Works and theministry of Agriculture, Foodand the Environment, theVice-President said.

SORAYA SAENZ DE SANTAMARIA: Vice-President announced flood help.

By Linda Hall

Funds from Madridfor flood damage

have been asked to provide an additional500 to help families struggling withthe cost of school books.

The HELP charity have recognisedthe work that AAN is doing and Paulineis delighted that the charity was able todonate two freezers to their cause so theycan now buy meat, fish and bread thatcan be frozen, ready to hand out to peo-ple when they need it.

Pauline only really started charitywork after retiring to Spain 10 years ago.She worked for a number of animalcharities, before taking a year off fromvolunteering. But, after hearing aboutthe social situation for many of herneighbours, the passion was kicked offagain and now this is very much whereshe will continue to devote her time andeffort: If the world was a better place,this would not be needed but while it is,

I will give it 100 per cent. Sadly, she feels that in the next five

years there will still be some sort of de-

mand for additional help and she hopesthe charity will have grown with morevolunteers and bigger premises.

In the meantime, her inspiration hasbeen, and always will be, the childrenshe is helping: It is just the kids thatspur me on, I just cant see them goingwithout food in this day and age. I get soupset just thinking about it.

Her organisational skills are a strengththat has led her to gather a team of vol-unteers and, together with their regularfundraising events, they have raisedthousands, although she does admit thatmeeting these organisational demandscan also be her weakness as she doesntdelegate as much as she could. That andchocolate: I have such a sweet tooth!

She is very modest and unassumingabout the work she is doing to help sup-port her own local community but thosearound her recognise the outstanding ef-fort she puts in and, in 2014, Pauline wasrecognised at the San Fulgencio LocalHero Awards and received the SpecialRecognition Award: It was just amazingto be nominated and to win was so unex-pected, I dont do it for the recognitionand there are others that Im grateful tofor their help and support also.

For more information on AAN call 660934 615 or visit their Facebook pageAAN charity. Their next event is a Christ-mas Fayre at the Posh Club, La Marina,on November 22. To book a stall, costing5, call Pauline on the same number.

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Dedicated to helping the poor

CHARITY begins at home andwhen Pauline Prior realised howmany families were struggling toeven put food on their childrensplates, she decided to do some-thing about it.

Pauline set up Ayuda Al Nec-cesitado De San Fulgencio(AAN) to help support and pro-vide for the many families in theSan Fulgencio municipality whoare on the verge of poverty, strug-gling to put food on the table andto clothe their children.

For Pauline, it started over twoyears ago when the councillor forthe urbanisations at the time, JeffWiszniewski, told her about theamount of people who werestruggling and approaching socialservices for help.

Appalled at what was happen-ing, literally on her doorstep,Pauline started fundraising forthem and raising money to pur-chase general food supplieswhich the town hall then distrib-uted to those who needed it.

Pauline said: I just couldntsee people going without food, itjust breaks my heart. Social ser-vices will tell us what they needand we help in any way we can.

Her dedication led to the cre-ation of the legally registeredAAN and the charity shop, situat-ed in the urbanisation, La Marina.

Donations made are givenstraight to the families and themoney raised through the sale ofitems is used to purchase whatthey need.

Now they aim to provide be-tween 1,500 and 2,000 worthof food parcels each month tohelp the hundreds of people, bothlocal and foreign, registered withsocial services. This month, they

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Our Euro Womenseries is featuringwomen who havemade a success of theirlives in Spain. Theseoutstanding ladieshave been shatteringglass ceilings whetherin business, charitywork or sports.

Its hungry childrenthat spur Pauline on.She just cant bear tosee them going without.

Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured.As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced for Christmas with all profits going to charitable organisations.

Fact fileIf the world

was a betterplace, this would not

be needed.

Name: Pauline Prior

Age: 65

Married: Peter

Profession: President of AAN charity

Children: Son and daughter and four grandchildren

Nature or nurture: Nurture

Originally from: Sidcup in Kent

Now lives: La Marina, Costa Blanca

Pets: Two dogs and a canary

Languages: English and a bit of Spanish

Book or TV: Books

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Pauline was appalled at local povertyORGANISATION: Paulines skills have led her to gather a team of volunteers that have managed to raise thousands.

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Business asusual forcloseddiscoAN Almeria City club is-sued a statement confirm-ing it had not shut down.

Earlier the disco inMarques de Comillas wastold to close by the cityhall following complaintsfrom residents about noiseand flouting city bylaws.It was cordoned off afterignoring the closure orderbut the police tape waslater removed and it re-opened three days later.

Policia Local officerswho went to investigatewere shown a court orderwhich had been grantedas a precautionary mea-sure.

Residents pessimistical-ly recalled a closure no-tice issued last February.This came to nothing,they said, because cityhall failed to complete allthe necessary paperwork.

THE Junta will spend 150,000 onSierra de Gador areas affected by theforest fire of March 2014.

Jose Fiscal, who heads the regionalgovernments Environment and Landdepartment, said that experts had beenfollowing and charting the evolutionof vegetation in the area.

Following an on-the-spot inspectionimmediately after the fire, the depart-ment could see that it was not neces-sary to launch emergency measures asno risk factors were present.

Areas of scrub are regeneratingspontaneously, Fiscal said, and al-though wooded areas were takinglonger, new shoots were also begin-ning to appear.

We have learnt from experiencethat recuperation of naturally-occur-ring vegetation that has been affectedby fire is far better when this occursspontaneously, he explained.

This is happening in Sierra deGador, Fiscal continued, which waswhy there are no plans for reforesta-tion.

Work is start ing this week on

clearing away burnt trees, saplingsand deadfalls on the steepest areaswhere most of the tree cover was

lost. The Cerro del Sacromonte inAlhama de Almeria is a priority, ow-ing to the visual impact of the fire,

the Environment chief added:Work there will make the sierramore attractive to visit.

Lessening the fire devastationSIERRA de Gador slowly recoveringBy Linda Hall

FIRE: Slow, steady and natural regeneration best

YESTERDAYS des-res, espe-cially if it is a palace, can bringbig problems for small townhalls.

Like most coveted proper-

ties, the Palacio del Almanzorahas changed hands many timesand undergone several transfor-mations since the 16th centurywhen it was built on the re-

mains of a Moorish fortress.Now it is virtually a ruin and

Cantoria Council is doing whatit can to save the present palacewhich dates back to 1872 and isregarded as the best example ofneoclassical architecture inAlmeria Province.

Rubble is being cleared andthe council plans to erect a tem-porary roof over the section thatbelongs to the town hall. Thiswill provide a minimum of pro-tection from the winter rains towhatever the winter mightbring.

This is no more than a provi-sional solution, admitted Canto-rias Finance Councillor Car-men Mellado. The town hallnow hopes to convince theowners of those parts of thepalace that remain in privatehands to follow suit.

The temporary roof will al-low breathing space while thetown hall studies how best tocarry out a comprehensive re-habilitation which it admits isbeyond its possibilities.

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Dilapidated palace is nocastle in Spain

FIREMEN and the Environ-ment rangers rescued a dogtrapped in a water depositnear Lucainena de las Torres.

It was found by the rangersafter they were alerted by itsdesperate barking as it tried toscale the sides of the 14-me-tre deep irrigation pool.

The rangers called theemergency services who inturn contacted the AlmeriaCity fire brigade. Once therethey used the classic doublerope procedure to reach theexhausted animal and bring itto the top.

The dog is now recoveringat the Pechina animal shelterwhere it is being treated withantibiotics.

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SQUATTERS in the La Vagua-da urbanisation in AlmeriaCitys Villablanca district areproving hard to shift.

The luxury development of36 duplex homes was hit by thecrisis and most now belong toSareb, Spains bad bank.Two have legal owners butsquatters moved into the re-mainder three years ago.

All attempts to make themgo have so far failed. Aqualiacut off the water to all but thetwo legal homes last March andEndesa disconnected the elec-tricity supply. The companyhad done this in the past buteach time the squatters tappedinto power lines. Endesa coun-tered by installing underground

cables to the two legal proper-ties and disconnecting the mainsupply.

After the squatters turned tothe streetlamps for a hook-upthe municipal Public Lightingservice soldered the lamppostsaccess flaps last month. Subse-quent inspections showed thatthese had been tampered withand the streetlights have nowbeen completely disconnected.

A solution could be in sightas the first eviction order from aLa Vaguada home has nowbeen issued by an Almeriacourt. Squatters were given 15-days to leave the illegally-occu-pied property, with the warningthat failure to do so would be acriminal offence.

THE owners and caretaker at Cortijodel Fraile (Nijar) were held responsi-ble for a hunters death in 2009.

Both received a 12-month suspend-ed sentence for involuntarymanslaughter and must pay 150,254compensation to the dead mans par-ents. He lost his life during a nightexpedition at the Cortijo which wasauthorised at the time as a huntingarea by the regional governmentsEnvironment department.

A party of three hunters had soughtand received permission to hunt boarbut one died of serious head injuriesafter falling down an uncovered 300-metre wel l that was 2.7 metresacross.

Despite knowing that the hunterswould be present on the property thatnight, neither the caretaker nor thecompany that owns it took the pre-caution of covering the well. It was

unnoticeable as it was partially hid-den by bushes, ruled an Almeriacriminal court.

The partially-ruined Nijar country

house was the site of a 1920s murderwhich later inspired the Spanish poetand dramatist Federico Garcia Lorcato write Blood Wedding.

By Linda Hall

150,000 for death atBlood Wedding houseUNCOVERED well responsible for hunters death

CORTIJO DEL FRAILE: 1920s tragedy inspired Lorca.

Lights out in LaVaguada squat

Firemen save trapped dog

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THE Partido Popular sup-ported a motion put forwardby the PSOE socialists dur-ing a recent diputacion vote.

Both agreed on the need todefend the EUs RegionalDevelopment Fund (Feder)which assists municipalitieswith fewer than 20,000 in-habitants.

The PSOE expressed fearsthat these could lose out onfunding although speakingfor the PP, Miguel AngelCastellon reminded Diputa-cion members that the Euro-pean Union sets the condi-tions for Feder funds.

We have three 6.25million schemes for the BajoAndarax, Levante and Al-manzora, Castellon said.The Almeria Diputacion wasone of the few that had used

l00 per cent of its FEDERallocation and it had also re-ceived a 2.5 million trea-sury grant, he added.

When the t ime came tovote, the PP neverthelessbacked this motion and ab-stained on another PSOE

motion calling for an elec-tricity substation and the Ca-paracena-Baza-La Rivinapower line.

PP and PSOE agree onrecent diputacion vote

ALMERIA DIPUTACION: Fulfils functions of a county council.

TWO PSOE motions approvedBy Linda Hall

ALMERIA province has31,454 inhabitants who readand write with difficulty.

The number has risen forthree years running, the re-gional governments Statisticsand Cartography and Institute(IECA) revealed, and now

represents 4.5 per cent of thepopulation.

Young people included onthe IECA data base for thefirst time are behind the in-crease and analysts said theirexpectations for the future arevery low.

Illiteracy increasing

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Czech fugitivearrested

Vicar helps children

A TWENTY-eight year-old Czech manhas been arrested by the National Policein Almeria City and awaits expatriationunder a European arrest order for rob-bery and fraud.

The fugitive, who the Czech authori-ties issued an arrest order for on July28, is wanted to serve a two year jailsentence for robbery of a laptop worth470 in May 2009, and pretending tosell five mobile phones worth 1,360

over the internet under a false name inFebruary 2010.

After the phone buyers paid the mon-ey in to h is bank account , the pol iceforce reported, the accused sent themparcels containing f lour through thepost.

The fugitive was arrested on Paseo deAlmeria in the regional capital city andhanded over to the number six Nationalcourt for expatriation.

VICAR is playing an im-portant part in a UNICEFchal lenge against infantmalnutrition, local mayorAntonio Boni l la has an-nounced.

A group of representa-tives from the town led bythe mayor took part in the

Andalucian Forum of Citiesthat are Friends of Infantsin Sevilla, which gatheredfor two days to share expe-riences, knowledge and ed-ucational strategies in linewith application of the Chil-drens Rights Convention.

Vicar, Bonilla explained,

has been chosen as theprovincial centre for theUnicef challenge, and thosewishing to help the causecan donate 2 by text ingVicar to 38028 . The totalamount raised, the mayorsaid , wi l l go s t ra ight toUnicef.

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Viator military basehosts marine drills 250 personnel and 60 tactical vehicles took part

VIATOR military training camp acted ashost last week to the Marines Reconnai-sance Batal l ions Delta Company aspart of Natos Trident Juncture 2015exercises.

The company, including more than 250personnel and 60 tactical and logisticalvehicles, travelled more than 300 kilo-metres across Andalucia from the Rota

airbase in Cadiz, catching the eyes ofeveryone they passed on the way.

Once in Viator, the Marines carried outdrills, tactical manoeuvres and reconnais-sance flights in the area, supported by140 members of tactical and medicalsupport from the Spanish military.

To overcome the language barrier, se-curity staff reported they had relied onthe Google Talk online translation ser-vice to make themselves understood.

By Eleanor Hawkins

No to bigotry ALMERIA Provinces LGBT group Cole-ga-Almeria has presented StopLGBTpho-bia, a project by the national Colegasgroup to raise awareness and help victimsof discrimination and hate crimes.

In collaboration with the Ministry ofHealth, Social Policies and Equality andthe Home Offices State Security depart-ment, the project also wants to make iteasier for victims of crimes or discrimina-tion due to sexual orientation to reporttheir attackers.

Council moves tobetter premises THE council offices in Almerimar moved on No-vember 3 from Calle Jabeque to Calle La Goletanumber six, next to the senior citizens centre.

The new improved premises are aimed to im-prove quality of services provided to the generalpublic, the council announced. Council spokesmanJose Francisco Rivera said: The premises havemore rooms, are very modern and are easier placeto reach as they are nearer the seniors centre.

DOWNWARD trend looks set to continue

Bunking off fromschool shows afall in MojacarABSENTEEISM at Mojacarschools has gone down con-siderably over the last eightyears and looks set to con-tinue i ts downward trendacross all secondary schoollevels.

This conclusion wasreached by the School Ab-senteeism Technical Team ati ts f irst meeting for the2015/2016 school year, heldon October 14, at Rey Al-abez secondary school afteranalysing data from the lasteight years.

Made up of local schoolheads, police officers, socialservices staff and the Educa-tion Councillor representingthe council, the team will bemeeting on a monthly basisto keep track of absenteeismand step in when necessary.

One of the main problemsfound by the team is that fam-ilies fail to get involved andthis often leads to a lack ofmotivation, with teenagersending up leaving school at16 to get temporary, poorlypaid jobs instead.

The next meeting isplanned for Wednesday, No-vember 11, and the team hasexplained that cases will beclosely followed and proto-cols put into effect with so-cial workers when deemednecessary.

Sport for all the familyA NUMBER of fun, sporting activities for the whole fam-ily have been planned in Mojacar for November 7 and 8.

The activities, organised by Almeria Provincial Councilin collaboration with Mojacar Council and its Sports De-partment, include canoeing, archery, pedal cars, inlineskating, mini-golf, diving and plenty of games, all super-vised and directed by specialist monitors and a coordina-tor.

The activities will be held at the Hotel Best Oasis Trop-ical and will include meals at the hotel.

Families interested in joining in can sign up at thecouncils sports department.

Mojacar press release

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Cuevas residents nolonger threatenedby tortoises

EACH poppy represented a British militiary fatality during the First World War

Spectacular displayat Tower of London

THE major art installation Blood SweptLands and Seas of Red at the Tower ofLondon, marked one hundred years sincethe first full day of Britains involvement inthe First World War.

Created by artists Paul Cummins andTom Piper, 888,246 ceramic poppies pro-gressively filled the Towers famous moatbetween 17 July and 11 November 2014.Each poppy represented a British militaryfatality during that war.

The poppies encircled the iconic land-mark, creating not only a spectacular dis-play visible from all around the Tower butalso a location for reflection. The size of theinstallation was intended to reflect the mag-nitude of such an important centenary andcreate a powerful visual commemoration.

The result was truly awesome with liter-ally hundreds of thousands of visitors fromaround the world making their way to viewthe installation which changed daily.

Despite the fact that the best way to viewthe moat was from public pavements, peo-ple were clearly overwhelmed by the expe-rience, waited patiently until it was theirturn to contemplate and photograph the

genuinely moving scene before them.All poppies that made up the installation

were sold, raising millions of pounds whichwere shared equally amongst six servicecharities.

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VANS found to be carrying loads of more than 100 kilos

Mushrooms are anice little earnerAS autumn advances into wintermushroom picking has supplantedstealing almonds as a source of in-come.

The amounts taken have steadily es-calated from the 47 kilos of saffronmilk caps impounded in Sierra de Fi-labres that the Euro Weekly News re-ported last week. Over a recent three-day period the Guardia Civils Sepronaenvironment protection unit impound-ed a staggering total of 632 kilos inBayarcal, Fiana and Gador.

There is no ban on gathering mush-rooms, but the legal amount is limitedto a daily five kilos per person. In con-trast, vans stopped by Seprona officersin Sierra de Filabres and the foothillson the Almeria side of the SierraNevada were carrying loads of morethan 100 kilos.

All the mushrooms were confiscat-ed and 18 people were charged withenvironmental offences. MUSHROOMS: Part of the illicit haul.

THE central governmentpromised to halt plans tocommandeer 500 hectares ofCuevas del Almanzora landfor tortoises.

The tortoises natural habi-tat will be disturbed oncework resumes on the Alme-ria-Murcia AVE high speedtrain and Madrid proposed torehome them on prime resi-dential and agricultural land.

Eleven houses, agricultur-al buildings, a campsite, rur-al properties, a quarry, poly-tunnels and thousands ofcitrus trees in Los Lobos,Los Guiraos and Guazamarawould have been affected.Families would have lost thehomes where they wereborn.

Representatives of the 276people whose lives would beirreversibly changed recently

accompanied local politi-cians to put their case to theministry.

There were equally suit-able alternative areas, theyargued. The Ministry of Pub-lic Works has had secondthoughts and agreed to con-sider installing the tortoisesin La Capellania, an areawhere neither homes noragricultural land will be af-fected, so long as this meetsthe regional goverments ap-proval.

Finance as much as thehuman element could havefinally swayed the ministry.Shifting the tortoises fromout of the path of the AVEwill now cost 10 million ofpublic money, against the20 million that the previ-ous plan would have en-tailed.

FAMILIES risked losing homes

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Missing boilerscost Adra council

BOILERS worth 300,000 which Adracouncil have reported missing from themunicipal swimming pool are to cost tax-payers money as the Andalucian HighCourt has ordered the council to pay up forthem.

The council refused to pay Caditel com-pany for the boilers it had installed on the

premises before they opened, claiming thatthey were faulty.

Now, PSOE spokeswoman Teresa Pi-queras has asked the council to explainwhat happened to the boilers, meaning tax-payers are going to end up having to paynot only for the original boilers, whichhave mysteriously disappeared, but also forrepairs to the faulty ones that are on site.

By Eleanor Hawkins

Better accessfor farmersIMPROVEMENTS to a rural track inCanjayar have provided 41 days work.

With a 121,000 budget, the work torepair Camino Jalix was done under theEncamina 2 project and affected 2,650metres of track leading to many localfarms and agricultural premises, theJunta Jose Manuel Ortiz has explained.

Chinese visitA GROUP of Chinese investors have been on avisit to Almerimar in El Ejido to discover the op-portunities the area offers for businesses.

The visit arose following requests from Almeri-mar SA, which has for some time been working toboost the areas popularity as a quality tourist des-tination and consisted of Andalucia Chinese Busi-nesspeoples Association members and PresidentLeticia Chen along with representatives from Chi-na Construction Bank (CCB).

BOILER mystery to cost tax-payers money

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SCOTLAND: A murder investiga-tion has been launched after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death ata school in Aberdeen.

Scaled backENGLAND: Scotland Yard has

said it has scaled back the hunt formissing girl Madeleine McCann re-ducing the number of officers on thecase from 29 to just four. Theyoungster went missing eightyears ago in Portugal.

Drugs claimENGLAND: A BBC voice over

announcer has denied he said thatdrugs such as cocaine and ecstasywere regularly delivered to morethan half of the staff at the BBC.

EUROPEAN PRESS

Teachingtribute

SWEDEN: Around 1,500people gathered to pay tributeto a 20 year-old teaching assis-tant who was killed when hetried to protect his pupils from asword attacker last week in thetown of Trollhttan.

Ikeastabbing

SWEDEN: An asylumseeker is on trial accused ofstabbing a woman and her 27-year-old son to death at an Ikeastore.

Cheapercalls

SWEDEN: Roamingcharges are finally set to bescrapped after years of wran-gling after the European Parlia-ment agreed to ban the extracharges for using mobilephones abroad.

Sex attitudesDENMARK: Parliament is

discussing plans for Danish lan-guage courses to includelessons on national attitudes to-ward sex, particularly aimed atimmigrants.

Potato deathDENMARK: A 55-year-old

Danish man has been jailed forseven years for killing hisbrother after forcing potatoesdown his brothers throat dur-ing a fight.

No touristsDENMARK: A travel agenthas dropped the Greek Islandof Lesbos from its list due tothe high number of migrantsarriving there leading to a lowdemand from holidaymakers.

Skilled boy NORWAY: A 14-year-oldSyrian boy has amazedNorwegians by learning tospeak the language after just 20days in the country.

THIEVES in Amsterdam are tar-geting Vespa scooters. In the firsthalf of this year, 2,100 mopedswere stolen in the Amsterdam area.

Blood donorsGAY men in the Netherlands are

now allowed to donate blood aslong as it has been at least a yearsince they slept with a man.

Sustainableshopping

DUTCH shoppers spent 18 percent on sustainable food items lastyear compared to the previous year

and now accounts for 7 per cent ofthe national groceries bill.

DNA matchA WOMAN has been arrested in

connection with the death of twobabies found in Heerhugowaard.The womans DNA is said to matchthat of the two babies, one of whichwas found in a private home lastmonth.

Speedthieves

THIEVES stole a diggerin central Germany to ripspeed cameras out of theirfoundations causing thou-sands of euros worth ofdamage.

Pharaohschallenge

GERMAN specialistshave been helping to fix thebeard of Tutankhamumsdeath mask after workershandled it and broke it.

Murdercharge

THE man who stabbedthe mayor of Cologne overher pro-refugee views hasbeen formally charged withattempted murder and dan-gerous bodily harm.

Top travelBAVARIA has been

named amongst the top 10regions for travel in 2016by Lonely Planet travelguides.

VW loss GERMAN car giant

Volkswagen has recordedits first quarterly loss in 15years in the wake of theglobal diesel emissionscheating scandal reporting aloss of 1.673 billion aftertax and interest in the three-month period.

Socialexclusion

A NEW study has report-ed that in Germany 19.4 percent of under-18s are at riskof poverty or social exclu-sion and 5.4 million ofthose aged 20-24 (17.8 percent) are not in education,employment or training.

Two wantedTWO young women

from western Germany arewanted by Turkish authori-ties on suspicion of involve-ment in a recent spate ofterrorist attacks by Isis.

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Vespa thieves in Amsterdam

DUTCHPRESS

AMSTERDAM: In the first half of this year, 2,100 mopeds were stolen in the city.

MURDER investigation launched

Stabbing at school

SCOOTERS are being targeted

Spy mums ENGLAND: MI6 has advertised

for new intelligence officers on theMumsnet website as it hopes to en-courage more female recruits.

MI6: Lookingfor staff.

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RUSSIAS shipyards inVladivostok laid down the firstof two new Arctic multi-pur-pose support vessels for theRussian Navy on October 27.The project vessels are de-signed to act as small tankers,replenishment and support ves-sels for Russian warships work-ing in the Arctic region.

Syria bombingFOLLOWING an airstrike

offer to the FSA earlier thisweek, southern rebels said theymay be open to negotiationswith Russia in the future, solong as Moscow stopped bomb-ing their allies in the north.

Book boundRUSSIAN investigators said

on Thursday they had detainedthe director of a Moscow li-brary specialising in Ukrainianliterature and opened a crimi-nal case to establish whethershe was guilty of inciting eth-nic hatred.

Mummyspension

VLADIMIR LEONIDOV,60, from Krai, south west Rus-sia has been arrested for mum-mifying his dead mothers bodyin salt and pretending she was

still alive for three years in or-der to claim her state pension of220 per month.

Cuba blockadeRUSSIA will join Cuba and

most of the international com-munity in the steps to achievethe all-out removal of the eco-nomic, commercial and finan-cial blockade imposed by theUnited States on Cuba, theRussian Foreign Ministry an-nounced on Wednesday.

Putin out flamesFEMA, The Federal Emer-

gency Management Agencyand the US Department of

Agriculture have expressedgratitude to the Russian Emer-gencies Ministry for its readi-ness to assist in extinguishinglarge-scale wildfires in Califor-nia, the ministrys press servicesaid last week.

Euro rocketlaunch

THE subsidiary of the Russ-ian Space Centre and Frenchprovider Eutelsat has signed along-term launch contract.Launches with Eutelsat satel-lites will be carried out between2016-2023 from the Baikonurspace centre, Russias spaceagency Roscosmos said.

RUSSIAN PRESS

THE RUSSIAN Fed-eral Space Agency hasannounced plans tosend cosmonauts to thelunar surface by 2029,60 years after NeilArmstrong made thefirst giant leap on theSea of Tranquillity,and where the Euro-pean Space Agencyhas already expressedinterest in creating alunar village.

New supportvessels for NavyFIRST of two laid down on October 27

SUPPORT VESSELS: For Russian warships.

Russianspace plan

By Declan ScanlanSANTANDER, the Eurozones biggestbank, posted a 4.7 per cent rise in thirdquarter net profit on Thursday October29.

The banks net profit from July toSeptember was 1.68 billion which wasin line with expectations from analysts

who predicted a figure of 1.7 billion.The net interest income went up by 6.8per cent to 7.98 billion. This reflectsthe difference between what clients arepaid by lenders for deposits and whatlenders charge for the loans.

In the first nine months of 2015 profitswent up to 5.1 billion which was a 17

per cent increase.Ana Botin, Santanders executive

chairman said, We view the economicsituation as improving in the majority ofour core markets.

Santander reported registered profitsfor the first nine months of the year in allof its 10 core markets except for Poland

which saw a 7.0 per cent profit decrease.Net profit in Spain rose 64 per cent to

883 million thanks to a rise in newloans, total customer deposits and a dropin bad loans.

Santanders main market is in Britainwhere net profit rose 28 per cent duringthe first nine months to 1.5 billion.

STEVE JOBS: Founder of Apple.

FINANCEbusiness & legal

35Costa de Almera EWN5 - 11 November 2015Foreign tourists spent 9.93 billion in Spain during the first nine months of 2015.

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ELECTRONICS giant Applehas reported a jump in salesin the third quarter, thanks tosales of its iPhone, havingsold 48 million iPhones inthe period under review.

Revenue was reported at$51.5 billion (46.5 billion),up 22 per cent compared tothe same period last year. Italso stated that the net in-

come of $11.1 billion (10billion) for the period madeit the companys most suc-cessful year ever.

In China, the biggest mar-ket for smartphones, Applessales nearly doubled. It nowhas 25 stores and is openinga new one every month in amarket that supplies about aquarter of its sales.

Apples corebusiness strong

VolkswagenlossesGERMAN car manufacturerVolkswagen has reported itsfirst quarterly loss for 15years as it has added a largecharge to its accounts to cov-er the costs of the much pub-licised emissions scandal.

VW said it had set aside6.7 billion to cover the ex-pected cost, thus leaving itwith a 2.52 billion pre-taxloss for the third quarter ofthe year.

MoremortgagesACCORDING to the Span-ish National Statistics Insti-tute the number of newmortgages granted in Au-gust increased by 25.8 percent with 19, 272 new loansagreed. Whilst this figureis far higher than the sametime last year it representsa fall of 11.9 per cent fromthe July figure. Neverthe-less, the actual amountgranted was 2.01 billion.

TO its great embarrassment, Marks & Spencerhad to close down its website for two hours onOctober 27, after customers reported that theywere able to partially view other peoples detailswhen they accessed their accounts.

The company said no ones financial detailswere compromised by what it called an internal

technical problem which was quickly corrected,but apologised to customers for the inconveniencecaused.

This follows on from the hacking of TalkTalk,in which it was suspected that bank account num-bers and sort codes of customers may have beenaccessed although this proved not to be the case.

M&S suspends website

BUSINESS EXTRA

rise in third quarter profitsfor Santander.

Quote of the Week"Under new management, we're not going to do the people'sbusiness this way." New speaker of the house Paul Ryan on the

decision to suspend the current US debt limit.

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5 - 11 November 2015 / Costa de AlmeraEWN38 www.euroweeklynews.com FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

AFTER several years of de-bate, the EU has finally de-clared that roaming chargeson mobi le phones wi th inthe EU are to be scrapped,although there will be someaddi t ional cos ts for con-sumers in the per iod ofApril 2016 to June 2017.

The reason for this is thatthere wi l l be a s taged re-moval of charges so that onApril 30 2016, the only ad-ditional charge allowed willbe 0.05 per minute forcalls, 0.02 for each SMSsent and 0.05 permegabyte of data used.

On June 15, 2017 theseextra charges will be abol-ished and users within theEU wil l be charged thesame as they would be intheir home country. Accord-ing to EU calcula t ions ,roaming costs from April2016 wil l be up to 75 percent cheaper than they arenow.

IN a report sent by the EuropeanCommission to the Court of Justiceof the European Union, which isoverseeing a related case involvingCajaSur, the Commission has madeit clear that it considers a decisionmade by the Spanish SupremeCourt with regards to floor claus-es in mortgages issued by Spanishbanks as being inherently wrong.

These clauses , which not a l lbanks have insis ted upon, set afloor or minimum interest ratethat clients have to pay the bank,even if the benchmark rate nor-mally considered to be the Euriborrate drops below that figure.

The Spanish Supreme Court stat-ed that it considered the practice tobe abusive and instructed three

banks Abanca, BBVA, and Cajamarto return the difference to borrow-ers, but only backdated it to May2013.

However, the European Commis-sion disagrees with this date and

says that the refunds should extendall the way back to the first mort-gage payments that were affected,and i f a c lause is wrong, i t i swrong from the outset.

I t i s es t imated that there are

some 2.5 million mortgages withf loor c lauses in Spain and i fevery bank had to repay every pay-ment to its customers, then therewould be a loss of several billionEuros.

EU roamingchargesplummet

The EuropeanCommission says refunds

should extend all theway back to the firstmortgage paymentsthat were affected.

New rule on mortgage refunds

EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Brands a decision by the Spanish Supreme Court with regards tofloor clauses as being inherently wrong.

SEPTEMBER was a much less volatilemonth for both Sterling and Euro afterfireworks in August. The pair has beenrange bound between 1.35 and 1.38 but weare now approaching the time where wewill likely see movement higher and backtowards 1.40.

European Central Bank (ECB) PresidentMario Draghi used Octobers meeting ofthe ECB (now every six weeks rather thaneach month) to suggest that furthermeasures will be unleashed at Decembersmeeting.

The announcement by itself is bearish forthe Euro but Mr Draghi followed it up withthe revelation that a cut in the deposit ratewas discussed as one of the policy toolsalong with further Quantative Easing to tryand push inflation back towards the ECBs2 per cent target. The double whammypushed the Euro almost three cents low

against the Pound and downwardmomentum in the single currency is verylikely to continue as we move towards thenext meeting.

As we stand we also still have a smallrisk of no action in December by the ECB,in which case we will see the Euro rebound.

We view this as unlikely due to the lengthsthe ECB went to to prepare the market thatadditional measures are coming andsuggests that at least one of the twooptions, a deposit rate cut or furtherQuantative Easing or maybe both will beannounced come December 2015.

Our forecast reflects our baselinescenario of further easing later this yearalong with the prospect of imminent rateincreases in the UK driving the pairtowards 1.45 by the middle of 2016,however there are some risks to this view.The pound since the ECB meeting hasridden higher on the coat tails of Euroweakness.

However, a move towards a UK rate riseis not a foregone conclusion with Bank ofEngland governor Mark Carney reflectingrecently those interest rates may notnecessarily need to go up.

Growth in the UK for the third quarterwas down from 0.7 per centon Quarter 2 to0.5 per cent and this has been blamed onthe slowdown in construction andmanufacturing.

In addition inflation remains subdued inthe UK. Ongoing economic data will bevery important in maintaining momentumfor the pound and the move towards a rateincrease.

The next three months will be crucial fordirection in GBP/EUR and as we stand thebias is to the upside.

Europe ready to add more stimulus

STERLING TO EURO: The pair has been range bound between 1.35 and 1.38.

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AS residents of Spain are aware, inaddition to implementation of the Eu-ropean Savings Directive, Spain hasintroduced the Modelo 720 declara-tion requiring all assets held outsideof Spain over 50,000 by value invarious asset categories to be dis-closed.

While these measures now givethe tax authorities a good picture ofassets held outside the country byresidents of Spain, the USA, OECD,EU and many other countries will bemoving to a new higher transparencystandard of cross-border financialdisclosure starting in 2017.

The Common Reporting Standards(CRS) as drafted by the OECD arenow agreed and there is a group ofearly adopter countries includingSpain, UK (Channel Islands, Isle ofMan, Gibraltar, Malta) which will beimplementing this enhanced disclo-sure starting as early as September2017.

The financial information to be re-ported with respect to reportable ac-counts includes all types of invest-

ment income (including interest, div-idends, income from certain insur-ance contracts and other similar typesof income) but also account balancesand sales proceeds from financialassets.

The financial institutions that arerequired to report under the CRS donot only include banks and custodi-ans but also other financial institu-tions such as brokers, certain collec-tive investment vehicles and certain

insurance companies.Reportable accounts include ac-

counts held by individuals and enti-ties (which include trusts and founda-tions) and the standard includes arequirement to look through passiveentities to report on the individualsthat ultimately control these entities.

In practical terms almost all finan-cial assets wherever and howeverheld, which can be attributable to anindividual will become fully trans-

parent. Trusts, Swiss foundations andoffshore companies will have assetsfully reported.

Many issues will need to be re-solved and are likely to be dealt withby national laws as they are enacted.As this happens differences betweencommon law countries including UKand civil code countries includingSpain may result in unwanted out-comes for British expats here.

As one possible example, tax lawsalready enacted in France (anothercivil code country) if adopted inSpain, would give Spanish settlorsand potential beneficiaries of trustscause for concern.

The financial institutions will iden-tify country of tax residence, andwhere dual residency is possible,report to both countries. The detailrequired includes name, address, dateof birth, account number,balance/value, income and redemp-tion proceeds if sales have beenmade. Your tax identification numberwill also be disclosed.

In Spain the Modelo 720 declara-

tion requirement already coversmany of the disclosure requirementsbut when implemented trustees anddirectors of offshore companies andfinancial institutions will automati-cally disclose the value of trust, foun-dation and company assets, insurancepolicy investments, dividends, inter-est and the value of non-interest earn-ing cash deposits.

The CRS agreement will plug ob-vious gaps in the existing EUSD pro-visions and it is hoped will much de-crease tax evasion.

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FULLY TRANSPARENT: Financial assets wherever they are held.

A RECENT report states that over the next12 months, Europe can expect some twomillion immigrants to cross over from theMiddle East. Other reports have revealedthat random searching has shown that anumber of these people have been carryingISIS and Jihadist propaganda (includingpictures of beheadings). It would thereforebe utterly nave to deny that a percentage ofthese people may well be extremist or eventerrorists.

So lets just have a look at these figures.If one in every 500 (a number I considersomewhat optimistic) were terrorist affiliat-ed, that would mean that over the next fewmonths, some 4,000 more potential killerswill be let loose into Western society. Ithink it is also safe to assume that an evenlarger number have, or will soon have crim-inal intent, say one in every 200.

This would result in a further 10,000

criminals for our beleaguered law enforcersto deal with. It gets even worse. Othersources state that two million is a complete

underestimation of what the actual figurecould become. One says that the number ofimmigrants may well be limitless, conse-

quently over the next few years, millions ofrefugees could arrive on the shores of Eu-rope.

To my mind there is no doubt that unlessdrastic action is taken to rethink and reor-ganise our open borders policy we can saygoodbye to Europe as we know it. What onearth are our so called leaders actuallythinking about? What sort of bubble dothey all live in? Do they not realise that ifthings continue as they are there will bebloodshed all across our hard won peacefullands?

When ordinary citizens realise that theirelected representatives are doing nothing tostop them losing all they love and cherish,they will have no choice but to take mattersinto their own hands. It will only take acouple of attacks perpetrated by these socalled refugees to ignite another war of thesame ilk as the Crusades. Only this time itwill be in our own back gardens. Is nobodylistening out there?

Keep the faith Love Leapy

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What on earth are they thinking?

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

UNLESS drastic action is taken we can say goodbye to Europe as we know it

OPEN BORDERS: Report says number of immmigrants may well be limitless.

WHEN I was knee high to a RomanCandle, bonfire night as we called it,was second only to Christmas as themost eagerly anticipated festivity of theyear. And as all Brits know, GuyFawkes Night to give it its proper title,is an English custom commemoratingthe failed gunpowder plot of 1605.

We kids would assemble a guy weeksin advance, stuffing some of dads oldclothes with newspaper then paradingthe finished article round the streets onsoapbox carts or old prams, chantingpenny for the guy.

It was always highly competitive be-cause the best dummy would collect themost money and consequently on oneoccasion we thought it might be a goodwheeze to dress one of us in old togsand a papier mch mask.

We paraded him around before hegave the game away by breaking wind

loudly as we were fleecing the congre-gation leaving the local church. Ourcover had been blown.

Proceeds from this were spent onfireworks for the big night. These wereadded to the horde which grew quicklyover three or four weeks during whichtime dad would bring a few home on hisway back from work most nights, al-ways wrapped in newspaper.

There were boxed fireworks avail-able, but it was more fun to buy themindividually and to people of my gener-ation names such as Brocks, Wessex,Astra, Rainbow, Benwell, and Painesare still synonymous with those times.

There were relatively few communityevents, because just about every house-hold where there were children wouldhave its own display and bonfire in theback garden, complete with stuffed guy.The cries of delight from us kids, anddads exclamation once of Thats mybleeding jacket! filled the smokey air.

And because safety consciousnesswas drilled into us from an early age,there were very few reported acci-dents. Health and safety was al-ways more secure in the hands ofresponsible individuals than abunch of brain dead bureaucrats.

ONE doesnt need a degree in eco-nomics to predict that the West can-not prevail. Anyone with the abilityto run a whelk stall knows a busi-ness collapses when badly run andparasites plunder its assets. Thestreetwise have already startedthinking banking sector. Well spot-ted.

There are exceptions of course inwhich case Iceland comes to mind.There, the 26th banker has just re-ceived a lengthy prison sentencehaving been found guilty for hispart in bringing about the 2008 eco-nomic collapse.

Greed is often a far more power-ful drug than the survival instinct.We often see a small time companyembezzler nabbed because theycouldnt stop. Bankers are no dif-ferent; they are simply more sophis-ticated when it comes to playingwith high stakes. Believe me, thepercentage of crooks in the City of

London and Wall Street is higherthan the percentage of genuinely

guilty men in prisons.In principle there is nothing

wrong with the economic potentialof any Western nation. However,many such nations face tough timesbecause politicians, in the pocketsof the banking elite, are as bent as adogs back leg.

The Ukraine, Europes largestcountry, has far more going for itthan Iceland does. The oligarchs, to-day all of them Western rogues, aresucking the life out of that economy.The result is the Ukrainians are nowamong the most poverty stricken inthe world. Iceland lacks such re-sources, yet is one of the worldsmost successful economies.

Icelands economy went awry in2008 as did that of Britain, the USand the EU. I told you there is noneed for a degree in economics togo figure. In much of the West,politicians use taxpayers money toreward mismanagement and blatantfraud in the banking sector.

Iceland, on the other hand, detect-ed the reason for their economiccollapse. The arrest warrants wereissued and banking executives ar-rested for fraud and market manipu-lation. The sentences range fromfour to five years. Get the picture?The bankers did and it can be seenon their mugshots.

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DETECTED bankers as the reason for their economic collapse and issued arrest warrants

Bonfire night memoriesREMEMBER remember the 5th of November

WHEN Elvis Presley firststarted shaking his leg andsneering, the girls screamedand the boys copied his hair-cut whilst in England a gener-ation of rockers kept bryl-creem in business.

With the arrival of themoptops and the Stones,mens hair got longer andlonger and then morphed intothe mohican and similarspiked styles.

During that period, hairfashion was mainly driven bymusic and as many big bandshave grown older, their hairhas become shorter either be-cause it is easier to manage orbecause it falls out.

Now we see the phenome-non of the footballers hair-cuts influencing new genera-tions of young men and evenvery young children.

Just 20 years ago JasonLee, who played for Notting-ham Forest at the time, wasthe butt of jokes from thestars of the Fantasy FootballLeague programme. Comedi-ans David Baddiel and FrankSkinner said he had a pineap-ple on his head as he wore hisRasta braids tied up.

Nowadays, however foot-ballers seem to strive to outdoeach with the most ridiculoushairstyles possible. Some areshort with stripes, there areafros, blonde braids, and a va-riety of colours and shapes.

It is an interesting com-ment on the way society hasviewed its heroes over thepast 50 years and to some ex-tent, how the influx of immi-grants from Africa, the Mid-dle East and West Indies musthave influenced appearances.

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