tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167306962012-03-17T16:20:41.524ZNews in english about Spain, Spanish news and information. Information about Andalucia in Spain. Rent properties in Spain. News from Malaga, Granada, Jaén, Huelva, Cadiz, Córdoba, Sevilla, Almeria. Information on Marbella, Estepona, Arroyo de la Miel, Puerto Banus, Almuñecar, Mijas, Nerja, La Cala de Mijas, Capopino, Benalmadena, Torremolinos, Gaucin, Caños de Meca, Ronda, Casares, Sotogrande, Tarifa, Grazalema, Guadix, Iznajar, Alora, La Axarquía, golf.The villagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08546034765269311815noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730696.post-85222824152471860752010-12-15T09:50:00.001Z2010-12-15T09:53:09.564Z

The Andalusian Institute of Statistics reflects 900,000 policies while there are well over a million vehicles registered in MalagaAccording to the database at the Traffic Department (DGT) at the end of 2009 there were some 1,044,361 vehicles registered in the province of Malaga. Of them, this time according to figures released last week by the Andalusian Institute of Statistics (IEA), only

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From Typically SpanishAzata, the construction company which built the controversial Hotel El Algarrobico in Carboneras, has refused to accept payment from the Junta de Andalucía for the plot on which the hotel stands together with an adjacent site.Azata would have been paid more than 2.3 million € for the two plots, after the courts recently awarded the Junta de Andalucía the retrospective rights

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Halloween is celebrated in Spain, but in a different form. It is know as the "Day of the Dead," or "El Dia de los Muertos." It is a three day event beginning on the night of October 31 and ending on November 2, in which family members commemorate their loved ones whom have passed. It is believed that the dead return home to be with their families. Families sometimes make an alter at home as a way

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From ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - British and Spanish police, struggling to track down expatriate fugitives and break into a web of foreign traffickers and fraudsters, have asked charity Crimestoppers to set up a tip-off hotline on the Costa del Sol.Both countries hope Crimestoppers Costas, launched on Tuesday, will become an key intelligence source from the 350,000 expatriates living around the

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Spanish Government announces new plan to tax excessive use of waterThe Spanish government yesterday announced its most recent proposal to limit the use of water in Spain and protect the dwindling water reserves which after one of the driest spells in Spanish history are at an all-time low.The Environmental Minister, Cristina Narbona, told the Spanish media that the government is looking for ways

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From ExpaticaMADRID — Spain's famous healthy Mediterranean diet may be little more than a myth, say experts. Instead of a diet of fish, fresh vegetables, fruit and olive oil, Spaniards are increasingly eating pre-cooked food, meat derivatives and fruit substitutes. Social changes, imported habits and fashions, as well as dietary advice are said to be to blame, say officials at the agriculture

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Jerez de la Frontera's international airport (La Parra) is planning to expand its flight programme from March next year. The airport is making the most of the current battle between Spain's airlines as well as the growing interest shown by foreign tour operators in the Costa de la Luz. New destinations include Manchester in the UK, and Scandinavian cities and there will also be more flights

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If you are considering buying an apartment, townhouse, villa or other type of property in Spain, the following words and phrases can be useful to learn in advance:Apartment, condominium or flat - apartmento, piso. Of interest, further north, piso means a floor of a building.Holiday - vacacionHolidays - vacacionesFloor of a building - plantaFloor of an apartment, house or villa - sueloMarble -

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by: Jenny BarclayA bank or mortgage company is nothing more than a box in which to keep money. The owner of the box has to do a few calculations. Firstly, how much is he going to offer those people who deposit cash in his box, in return for such a deposit? Secondly, how much of that money should he keep as cash in case the owners of that cash want it back? Maybe 5%, maybe 10%, what are the

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From Typically SpanishThe village of Cuevas del Becerro, in the Serrania de Ronda, held a General Strike yesterday, in protest at plans to build two hotels and new housing in the village. The locals feel that their village life is under threat, and so all businesses and shops closed for the day and a march was held.The locals say they are particularly concerned about the water supply and they

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From www.iol.co.zaMadrid - Even after 10 days of rainstorms across the country, four regions of Spain are still suffering a severe drought, the government said on Friday, after ministers approved an emergency transfer of water to some of them.Reservoirs at the head of the Tagus river, which are themselves low, will send 12 cubic hectometres of water to the Segura basin in the southeast, which is

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Amnesty International today releases a report criticising Spain’s failure, one year on, to conclude investigations on the deaths of 13 migrants and hundreds wounded in Ceuta and Melilla in September/October 2005. (Available below) The new report, based on victim’s testimonies and contacts with Spanish and Moroccan authorities, concludes that there has been no progress in terms of independent

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From the SUR in EnglishThe measure brings an end to a 20 year ban and should revive the area Some 85 buildings are to be protected Marbella’s Urban Planning office has approved a modification to the 1986 PGOU (town development plan) which lifts the restrictions on construction in the old part of the town. The measure, due to be published in the official provincial bulletin next week, will allow

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From Typically SpanishThe heavy rainfall which hit Marbella on Wednesday has claimed the life of a local resident. She died at her home in Los Naranjos Urbanisation, in Nueva Andalucía, when she was crushed beneath a wall which was knocked down by the force of one metre of water of the other side.It happened at 3am, when she and three members of her family were trying to sweep the water away from

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from Travelbite.co.ukTen new routes from East Midlands airport have been announced for February 2007 by low-cost airline Ryanair.The airport, located close to Nottingham, will be serving three new Italian routes to Alghero in Sardinia, Pisa in Tuscany and Italy's fashion capital Milan.There are also three new routes to Spain from the airport - Granada in Andalucia, Santiago in Galicia and

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from the SUR in English England, Argentina, Morocco and Ecuador are the principal countries of origin of the foreign pupils They receive Spanish classes outside normal school hours The increase in the immigrant population of Malaga province is clearly reflected in its education system. A total of 271,000 pupils began the new school year this month, and almost eight per cent of them,

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More than a ton of cocaine has washed ashore in Portugal and northwestern Spain, press reports said Wednesday.The drug was divided into watertight packages of 25 kilos, which were discovered on the Iberian coast Monday and Tuesday.Portuguese police said drug traffickers may have thrown their cargo into the sea on being approached by a police vessel.Spanish police said the drug may have been

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MADRID, Spain Fishermen struggled Wednesday to clean a thick layer of ash-laden mud from beaches in northwest Spain, as mucky runoff from summer forest fires threatens rich shellfish banks. A 20-centimeter (8-inch) coat of mud and ash caused by torrential weekend rains in the Galicia region has flowed down from coastal hills, covering several beaches, contaminating sea inlets and suffocating

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Business owners and staff at the Gran Plaza commercial centre in Roquetas de Mar are hoping to collect up to 50,000 signatures for a petition which they plan to present to the Junta de Andalucía to support their plea that the centre be allowed to remain open.The Andaluz Supreme Court recently confirmed an administrative court ruling revoking the opening licence which was granted to Gran

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The Spanish photographer who was reported as kidnapped in Gaza yesterday morning has been released. 37 year old Emilio Fernández Morenatti, from Jerez, in Andalucía, is expected to fly back to Spain later today. He had been covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the Associated Press Agency for the past year, and it seems he was taken by a gang of common criminals.Morenatti was

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The Spanish arm of Halifax's property lending arm, Banco Halifax Hispania, claims that buying property abroad, particularly in Spain, is no longer the preserve of the older generation as they approach retirement.Around five per cent of Britons surveyed owned a home abroad and half of these respondents were under the age of 35.One in every five owners of property abroad was under 25, while only

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Spain's ruling Socialists are to propose a zero-tolerance pact on municipal corruption just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin used a wave of Spanish town hall scandals to rebut accusations that he was not living up to European standards of democracy. With fresh municipal corruption cases involving all parties emerging almost daily, Socialist party organizer Jose Blanco said that he

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MADRID, Spain Spain has asked France for information about reports that suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA stole more than 200 pistols in southeast France, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. If confirmed the robbery would be the first such act by ETA since March 22, when ETA called what it described as a permanent cease-fire. Three people robbed a gun-import company Monday

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from Typicall Spanish Health centres along the Costa del Sol are among those with the busiest accident and emergency departments in Andalucia.Doctors see as many as 600,000 people each year, both in the health centres and in home visits, and now the CCOO union is demanding more personnel.The busiest centre is in Las Lagunas in Mijas Costa where as many as 450 emergency cases are seen each

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from Typically Spanish Rescue teams have recovered the body of one of the three occupants of a car which was swept away by a flash flood in Huelva, Andalucía, on Monday morning. Reports say she was from Switzerland, and was around 40 years old. Her body was found at kilometre 12 of the N-479 road in Huelva at 2.30 pm.The other woman who was in the car with her when it was hit by the flash

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Central government has approved a further 67.8 million € for the Autovía del Mediterráneo in next year’s State Budget, which will fund construction work on the stretch between Nerja and La Herradura.Newspaper La Opinión reported on Sunday that sources at the Eastern Andalucía Roads Authority say building work on the section will be completed during 2007.Its 9.5 kms make up one of the most

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The Junta de Andalucía has given the go-ahead for a project which plans to build a luxury geriatric residence in the southern part of El Torcal, Antequera.The company which is developing the project, Gruindesa SL, says the centre will be built on a 10,500 square metre plot near Villanueva de la Concepción and will take around a year to complete.Facilities for the 90 residents will include a pool,

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The threat of Mad Cow disease threatened them too. But they survived, thanks to a a chain of feeding points established by the Junta de Andalucía, which has become a true restaurant chain for the vultures of the regionTHE Mad Cow disease indirectly seriously affected an entire species in Andalucía. As a result of the scare, the Delegation of Agriculture in the Junta de Andalucía decreed that all

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First up is something to add to the calendar for the horse interested. Every year in March, SACAB Coin takes place in the town of Coin which is located in the Guadalhorce valley, approximately 25 min drive inland from Marbella and Malaga.Unfortunately this event doesnt seem to have its own website, so it has been difficult to find information about it. So what better to do than to go there in

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