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RESIDENTS of the BalearicIslands will have spent anaverage €475 each over theChristmas period this year.
The average expenditure inSpain is expected to have beenaround €455, according to astudy by the Federation ofIndependent Users andConsumers.
Most of this amount wasspent on food, especially forthe meals which were servedon Christmas Eve and NewYear’s Eve. The remaining sumhas been spent on gifts, partyclothes, entertainment andlottery tickets.
Despite less being spent thisyear by residents in the BalearicIsland, traders in Mallorca, andespecially in Palma, reported abusy last Sunday of the year, in
which shoppers showedinterest in all sectors, butmainly purchased last-minute
items for their New Year meal.The other top purchases of
the day were - in small shops,
franchises and large shoppingcentres - toys, ready for thevisit from the Three Kings on
Sunday, when mostSpaniards exchangegifts.
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Languagebarriers
BALEARIC health centreswill have ‘culturalmediators’ for Spanish,Catalan, Arabic, Berber,English, French andChinese speakers, tohelp communication withdoctors.
Most wantedPALMA DE MALLORCAwas the most searchedfor Spanish desti-nation amongst Britishinternet users onGoogle in 2013,followed by Magaluf.
Death fallA WOMAN, 57, died afterfalling from a building inPorta des Camp, Palma,where she was reportedlyvisiting a neighbour.Police are investigating.
Biker hurtA MOTORCYCLIST wasfound unconscious andinjured on a pavement inPalma after crashing intoa building. Police areinvestigating if any othervehicles were involved.
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A MAN is facing eight years inprison for raping a transsexual inPalma and attacking him when herealised he wasn’t a woman.
In June 2013, the victim, dressedas a woman, offered to perform a
sex attack on a German man, 24,for €30, in Playa de Palma.
The accused raped thetranssexual without realising hewas a man but when he attemptedanother rape, the victim realised
that his attacker was not aware hewas not a woman and attemptedto escape. The accused went afterhim and punched him in the head.
Police witnessed the attack andarrested him.
On trial for attacking transsexual
Spending spree to getready for Three Kings
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Search goes onfor missing girlGUARDIA CIVIL are searching the coastof Calvia for evidence in thedisappearance of 15-year-old Malen ZoeOrtiz Rodriguez, who went missing onDecember 2.
They are focusing on the Playa delMago, Cala Figuera, and the cliffs ofPortals Vells, where the search willcontinue when the weather improves.
Guardia Civil, Local Police, firemen andCivil Protection volunteers have searchedwells and the lakes of the Poniente golfcourse in Son Ferrer, as well as woodsand surrounding areas.
The police searched abandonedhouses in the Cami de Sa Porrassa areawhere there are often vagrants or youthsdrinking or smoking, and which Malenpassed every day.
Dogs are being used in the search andseveral pieces of clothing, which are notnecessarily significant, have been takenfor testing. This could take severalweeks.
Police have not ruled out any theoriesin her disappearance, which may havebeen voluntary.
She was last seen at a bus stop in SonFerrer, she was wearing pink shoes, achecked shirt, blue denim jacket, torntrousers and carrying a bright greenskateboard.
MISSING: Malen Zoe Ortiz Rodriguez.
OUNG and old throughout Spain will flockto see the Three Kings parade on Sundayevening.
This is the highlight of festivecelebrations in Spain as the Three Kings, Melchior,Gaspar and Balthasar, better known as the Three WiseMen in UK Christian tradition, parade the streets onfloats, accompanied by music, their pages and cartooncharacters. The kings throw thousands of sweets toonlookers, with some youngsters even holding openedumbrellas to catch them as the floats pass.
Spanish children believe that the kings deliverpresents on January 5, leaving their shoes on windowsills that night to be filled with gifts which they haveasked for.
Those who have not behaved might expect to find asack of ‘coal’, represented by black, sugary sweets.
On January 6, when the children receive theirpresents, many families enjoy the traditional ‘Rosconde Reyes,’ a ring-shaped cake, filled and covered withcolourful candied fruit, representing the kings’ crownsand the jewels upon them. The Roscon traditionallyhas two items inside. One is a toy or trinket, whichmakes the finder ‘King for the Day’. He or she gets towear the crown which is normally includedwith shop-sold cakes of thisvariety. In some parts ofSpain, money is also put inthe Roscon.
Meanwhile, the personwho gets the other item,a bean, will be the onewho pays for the Rosconthe following year.
Search onPOLICE are searching forthree people who set fire toa Renault Laguna parked inSon Forteza, Palma, onChristmas Eve, totallydestroying the vehicle.
Man treatedA MAN, 69, had to betreated for smoke inhalationafter a fire broke out in hishome in Palma. He wastaken to a local clinic.
Burning robeA WOMAN was taken to SonEspases Hospital with severeburns to her back after herdressing gown accidentallycaught fire when she was inthe kitchen of her home inPalma.
Strong windsSTRONG winds tore off therailings of a top floorapartment of Coll d’enRebassa, Palma, which fellon the pavement below. No-one was injured.
Tram runningTHE tram route betweenSoller and the port is onceagain operating after servicewas suspended for twoweeks to carry outrenovation works.
Food donationsTHE Red Cross in Sollerobtained more than a tonneof basic food productsthanks to the ‘Charity Sport’campaign.
Better signalTHE Balearic Governmenthas announced that it willinvest more than €767,620in 2014 to improve DigitalTerrestrial Television signalsin rural areas.
Torn earA MAN was arrested in Incafor starting a fight andpulling off part of the ear ofanother who was wearingan earring. He alsodamaged a police patrol car.
A MAN, 23, was seriously injuredwhen he was stabbed in the back inPalma.
He claims he was with his girl-friend waiting for a Red Cross van tobring methadone for heroin addictslike her, who are in treatment.
A man between 26 and 34,walking a dog, knocked him as hepassed by, and they began to fight,
but the victim allegedly told theman to go away. He did so, butshouted threats and minutes later,came back with a knife.
The victim grabbed a piece ofwood to protect himself, they beganfighting and both fell to the floor. Itwas then he was stabbedtwice. When he shouted, theother man reportedly fled.
When an ambulance arrived hewas semi-conscious and was takento Son Espases Hospital, where hewas reported to be stable althoughhe had sustained a deep wound andlost a lot of blood.
And finally...A WOMAN was arrested in Madrid for allegedlythrowing her newborn baby out of the window of anapartment block. Her parents didn’t know she waspregnant and took her to hospital because she losta lot of blood. Her grandmother found the babyalive.
2014 will be the year of recovery’Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, at a press conferenceto look back over the year. Socialist SecretaryGeneral Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba reproached himfor saying this on the day the minimum wage wasfrozen and electricity prices rose.
per cent is how much electricity prices willgo up in the first three months of this
year. The government pointed out that it was a‘transitory mechanism’. Families will notice anaverage rise in their bills of around 0.2 per cent inJanuary.
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Man stabbed by strangerWarehouse fire
A FIRE destroyed awarehouse in Son Ferriol inwhich plumbing materialsand equipment were stored.It took four hours toextinguish.
Angry localsTHE Federation of Residents’Associations in Manacor hasaccused the mayor, AntoniPastor, of ‘offending’ them.
Councillor quitsTHE councillor for Tourismand Sports in the BalearicGovernment, Carlos Delgado,has resigned for ‘personalreasons’ and will retire frompolitics.
Child neglectMALLORCA Social Servicesreport that complaintsregarding child neglect haverisen to 1,800 this year.
Helping outTHANKS to staff andsupermarkets, the Emayawater company in Palma hasobtained more than 3,000kilos of food for needyfamilies.
Storm damageSTRONG winds broughtdown trees, branches, signs,awnings and flower pots inPalma and in Portocolom, asailing ship was dashed
against the rocks.Several small
boats sankor werewashedout toseaalong
the coast.
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Seeing New Yearin, Spanish style...
THREE KINGS: The ‘Roscon de Reyes’ (below) represents the kings’ jewelled crowns.
THE Balearic Islands andValencia are top of the listwhen it comes to
corruption cases.Out of 300 politicians
implicated in corruptionscandals nationwide,there are nearly 100instances in the Balearicregion alone involvingcurrent and formergovernment employees.
Most of the caseshappened during the lastterm of former BalearicPresident Jaume Matas,himself involved in adozen cases of corruptionand irregular financing ofthe Balearic Popular Party(PP) during his rule.
Other high-profile casesare those of IñakiUrdangarin, PrincessCristina’s husband, who,as President of the Noos
Institute, carried outalleged irregular activi-ties, and Pere Rotger, whorecently resigned from hisposition as BalearicPresident but has kept hisseat in the regionalparliament.
In some instances,corruption carried on atthe very core of a politicalparty like the former UnioMallorquina, a regionalparty which disappearedafter its leaders, headedby Maria Antonia Munar,were implicated in up tonine corruption scandals.
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JANUARY
January 10 Issue 1436
Balearics high on listof corruption scandals
TWO men have beenaccused of keepingdonations put in charityboxes in shops theymanaged in Mallorca.
The Guardia Civil claimthat the men in Inca alsopocketed proceeds fromthe sale of second handgoods in the charity’sname.
The alleged crimeswere uncovered when theFibromyalgia Associationof Inca (AFIC) presidentnoticed a car with anassociation logo on it.
However, neither thedriver nor vehicle had anyconnection with the AFIC.
The Guardia Civil werethen contacted.
The men managedshops in Inca wheredonation boxes had beeninstalled but kept themoney, amounting tomore than €500, it isalleged.
One who refused toanswer charges hasbeen bailed but his ex-partner said he hadstopped working with
him when he discoveredhe was using the associa-tion to gain money for his
own use.
Charity donations scam
FEBRUARY
February 7 Issue 1440
GRAFFITI adorns theapse of a Santa Eulaliachurch in Hospitalet,Barcelona.
But it is intentionalbecause Rudi, an ‘urbanartist,’ was asked to doso by Santa Eulalia’sparish priest, Fr RamonMor.
The priest wanted amural of the Virgin andChild, together with afamily representing thecongregation of hisworking class parish.
He was at firstperplexed by therequest but acceptedimmediately the challen-ging commission, said
38-year-old Rudi, whoroped in artist friend,House, to assisthim.
Not only wouldthey have toadapt theirurban techniqueto the CatalanRomanesquestyle stipul-ated by Fr Mor,but decoratingthe semi-dome overthe apsewould be‘complicated.’
Although Fr Mor hadasked the diocesanauthorities’ permission
for the mural, he did notreveal it would bepainted by graffiti
artists.“It
was best to let them todecidewhether it
wasgood
or not when they sawit,” he explained.
Nevertheless, theSanta Eulalia mural isnot graffiti, said Rudi.
“Graffiti is a style. Thisis a mural done withspray paint,” he
explained.Not only is he is
delighted with themural, Fr Mor said, butother local churcheshave been in touch withhim and are interestedin following suit.
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ARTISTIC: An urban artist created a modern mural.
PRINCESS Cristina hasbeen charged in theNoos corruption case.
Judge Jose Castro willtestify in court in Palmaon April 27 as part ofthe case in which herhusband is accused ofdiverting €6 million ofpublic funds from the
Noos Institute.The royal son-in-law,
Iñaki Urdangarin andhis associate DiegoTorres are accused ofcreating a network ofcompanies to embezzlefunds.
The Noos Institutewas a non-profit
consultancy which billedregional governmentsmore than €5 million forevents to promote sportand tourism.
E-mails revealed incourt by Torres suggestthat Cristina wasinvolved in its manage-ment.
Documents of interestwere found in the safeof the headquarters ofAizoon, the promoter’soffice shared by theDuke and Duchess ofPalma.
One email from Iñakito Cristina’s workaddress at La CaixaFoundation in February2003 reads: “As you’reonline, I’ll send you aletter I have to send forNoos. There are twoversions. Clients,collaborators andfriends, and the otherfor Octagon. Read it andtell me what you think…”
In other emails Iñakireportedly explains toher how Noos works andwhat business is being
carried out.There areemails tothe ‘NoosClients’mailing list,in which theking andqueen arealsoincluded.
There arealsomessages
regarding Noos betweenthe Urdangarin andRoyal Household AdvisorCarlos Garcia Revenga,some of which reveal hewas seeking celebritiesto take part inconferences, includingBob Geldof and NeilArmstrong.
A member of Noosstaff also asked Garciato contact the Principede Asturias Foundationto update his CV.
Iñaki was charged inDecember 2011.
Princess charged inNoos corruption case
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TEMPERATURES wereraised once again at aformer landmark brothelwhen fire took hold.
Firemen are investigatingthe cause of the blaze inthe old Mustang Ranch inPalma. Drivers on the city’sVia Cintura called police asa thick plume of blacksmoke drifted across theroad obscuring visibility.
The building which hassince been converted into arestaurant offering menusat €5, was on fire at about2pm on Tuesday.
As police started gettingnumerous calls from localssaying they could seesmoke rising from thebuilding in Almancer inPalma they dispatched fireengines and police to thescene.
The smoke was sointense that as the smokedrifted in the wind it madevisibility difficult on the ViaCintura. Several units fromthe Palma fire stationrushed to the scene.
Because of the density ofthe smoke firemen had to
use breathing apparatus. Police sealed off the
street as a precaution toallow the fire trucks tomove.
The blaze was located inan annex to the buildingwhere a large amount ofwood was stored.
It took over an hour tobring the blaze undercontrol. Some of thefiremen remained in casethe fire re-kindled. Aninvestigation has beenlaunched to determine thecause of the fire.
TEMPERATURES RAISED: Former landmark brothel caught fire.APRIL
April 4 Issue 1448
Temperatures raisedin former brothel fire
By EWN Mallorca reporterDarren Smith
A BRITISH shop owner in PortalsNous, Calvia has sent out a warningafter being scammed by a man who‘bought’ two items.
The man showed the owner a €50note but did not hand it over. Thevalue of the items came to an oddamount, and as she was countingout the change, the man deliberatelydistracted her and found the oddamount of change in his pocket.
Before the owner handed the manhis change, he again distracted herby asking for one €20 note and two€10 notes in his change.
The man took the change andpicked up his items, but neverhanded over the €50 note.
Scammer warning as shop owner is conned
A BRITISHexpatriatewas leftbruisedand scaredafter shewas‘attacked’by a barownerwhilepicking upa copy ofThe Euro Weekly News.
Mrs Angela Glenn,aged 65, who has livedalone in Port de Soller fortwo years, claims the barowner came from behindthe counter and tried totake the paper from herafter telling her, “Unlessyou are prepared to buy adrink you cannot have acopy.”
The British lady saysshe told him: “It’s a freenewspaper,” and that shewas taking a copy and leftthe premises. The ownerthen came outside andtried to wrestle the paperout of her hand, said MrsGlen.
She walked off toanother bar where shesays she was subjected to
anotherattack.
“Thebar ownerfollowedme, andgrabbedme when Ientered anearbybar.”
MrsGlenn has
been left with seriousbruising on her arm afterthe alleged attack.
“I was really scared andshaken, and someone toldme ‘just give him thepaper’ which I did as hewas being so aggressive.
“I have taken a copy ofthe newspaper from therebefore and I have been acustomer of the bar, so Iwas surprised that hescreamed at me never toenter his bar again.
“I am very upset to betreated this way,” MrsGlenn added.
The bar is NOT anofficial outlet for EWN,which weekly distri-butes 10,000 copiesfrom official outletsacross the island.
Attacked forpicking up free
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May 9 Issue 1453
A SLEEPER shark aboutfive metres long wasfound dead in waters offthe Port d’Andratx.
Everything indicatesthe specimen was caughtin some fishing nets. Thediscovery occurred whena man was working onone of the boats in theport. The shark wasdragged into an areawhere a crane couldremove it from the sea.
As soon as the sharkwas lifted a part of thetail fell off whichsuggests it had beendead for a few days andwas decomposing.
The Guardia Civil, LocalPolice and environmentaltechnicians were infor-med of the discovery anddeployed to the Portd’Andratx.
Experts believe thecurrent had dragged it tothe area. Two years ago,another specimen of thisspecies was found deadin the waters of saDragonera. Despite theirlarge size (they can growto more than sevenmetres), they are harm-less to bathers and arecommon around theMallorcan coastsespecially in deep water.
Shark hauled infrom deep water
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THE thesis which got Iñaki Urdangarinhis degree in business administration atthe Esade School was allegedly writtenby one of his employees.
According to emails given to the courttrying the Noos corruption case by hisformer business associate, Diego Torres,the royal son-in-law got one of the staffat the Noos Institute to write itfor him.
Urdangarin met Torres,a professor, at the school,and in 2003 they set upthe Noos Institute.
In 2005, he was writinghis thesis, but an emailreveals that it was in factwritten by Ivan Carballido,who complained about theamount of work he washaving to do at the institute.Other emails reveal thatUrdangarin also used him fordifferent personal matters.
Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma, ischarged in the Noos corruption case forthe alleged embezzlement of €6 millionof public funds.
However, he is allowed to travel andlive abroad, although he would have toreturn to Spain for a trial.
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JUNE
June 6 Issue 1457
ANDREU COLL JUNIOR, 19,has allegedly confessed tokilling his millionaire fatherafter imitating violentvideo-games.
Together with friendFrancisco Abas Rodriguez,they are alleged to havekilled businessman AndreuColl Senior.
The teenagers have beenremanded in custody afterallegedly confessing to thecrime.
The brutal murder tookplace in the small Mallorcanmunicipality of Alaro onSaturday June 29.
Police said the friendsadmitted to heavilydrugging Mr Coll. Thenthey allegedly bludgeonedhim with several objectsincluding a vase, a speakerand a medieval-style spikedbat designed to mimicweapons often seen inviolent video-games like
Dead Rising 2.The pair meton the internet whilstplaying the popular onlinegame, Call of Duty.
Both were said to beobsessed with violentvideo-games.
The multi-millionaire’sson and heir to his €50million fortune, claimed tohave committed the crimedue to constant humiliationas a result of his father’sbehaviour, said police.
Millionaire killed invideo-game horror
ALARO: The small Mallorcan municipality was the scene of a brutal murder.
JULY
July 4 Issue 1461
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Fire-raiser chargedTHE man allegedly responsible forcausing the massive forest fire west ofthe Tramuntana Mountains has beenreleased with charges.
A judge in Palmacharged him with startinga forest fire throughsevere negligence andordered him to report tothe court once a week andsurrender his passport.
The public prosecutor wasasking for the man, whoadmitted to causing the firewhich destroyed more than2,000 hectares, to beremanded in custody.
The resident of Andratx,
aged 44, allegedly threw the remains ofa barbecue he had had the previous dayinto an area with trees while it stillcontained hot coals.
The fire was declaredunder control on Tuesdayafter 730 residents in thearea and clients fromhotels had beenevacuated.
Almost 30 aircraft andsome 400 firefighters tookpart in putting out theblaze. Two other peoplewho were with theaccused at the time thefire started have alsobeen charged.
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August 1 Issue 1465
GUARDIA CIVIL officersin Calvia havecomplained that theyhave been ordered totreat African detaineesdifferently.
The United GuardiaCivil Association (AUGC)has claimed that theLieutenant Commanderof the Calvia station hasbanned officers fromkeeping records oralerting relatives ofblack people who arearrested.
Instead, they haveorders to read themtheir rights and call theInvestigation Area Chief,regardless of theirnationality or why theyhave been arrested.
If the arrest takesplace in the early hours,the call to the policechief should wait until8am.
AUGC has said this is
against the law,illegal, racist andxenophobic and goes
against their humanrights, as well as leadingto serious consequencesfor the officers if theyfail to obey the orders oftheir superiors.
Discrimination orderis ‘illegal and racist’
SEPTEMBER
September 5 Issue 1470
TREAT AFRICANSDIFFERENTLY: GuardiaCivil officers not happywith order.
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A RELIGIOUS Studiesteacher has beenremanded in custody afterconfessing to killing hisyounger brother andkeeping his dismemberedbody at home.
The accused, aged 39,confessed his crime in theearly hours of Monday,police claim. They addedhe told them the remains ofhis brother were being keptin two freezers in the housethey both shared.
The man had previouslytried to hand himself in topolice, but always turnedback.
It was after he told hisex-wife about the crimethat he finally surrendered.
Police sources said thekilling could have takenplace on September 11,although the arrestedclaimed he didn’t remem-ber when it happened.
Forensic Police officerssuspect the accused couldhave been helped as theremains showed clean cuts.
According to police, thearrested and his brotherhad numerous argumentssince they started livingtogether a year ago. It wasduring one of these fightsthe victim, for unknownreasons, tried to attack hisbrother with a hammer.
But the arrested mansnatched it and hit himseveral times in the head,causing his death.
Man admits tokilling brother
HIDDEN: The dismembered body was kept in a freezer.
OCTOBER
October 3 Issue 1474
A SENEGALESE man whosedeath from tuberculosisbecame a cause célèbreafter claims he was refusedmedical care WAS treated,but for the wrong thing.
That is according torelatives of Alpha Pam, anillegal immigrant, some ofwhom have denied he wasturned away from hospital.
The case is beinginvestigated by two courts.In one, his father hasappeared to make a privateaccusation. In the secondcourt, a public accusation isbeing brought by theMallorca Human RightsAssociation, the MallorcaSenegalese Association andunions CGT and UGT, withhis family also present forthe private accusation,against the will of the publicaccusers.
Man not‘refused’
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AN exhibitionist has beenarrested by the GuardiaCivil in Inca for committingobscene acts in front ofyoung girls.
The suspect is a marriedman, in his 30s and fatherof two sons who lived inBinissalem and targetedgirls between the ages of12 and 15.
The arrest came as aresult of several reports tothe Inca Guardia Civil from
parents who said theirdaughters were accostedby a mentally disturbedperson.
The four recorded reportsstated that the perpetratorfollowed the girls and whenthey were in a quieter partof the city or alleyway hecalled them over by askingfor information about astreet or the time.
When the young girlsapproached the vehicle the
man flashed at them andon occasion asked them toget into the car.
The Guardia Civil saythey suspect that thenumber of young girlsapproached by theexhibitionist is much higherthan those that have beenofficially reported, but thateither because of fear orembarrassment theyhaven’t wanted to tell theirfamilies or file a report.
Pervert arrested
Too shy to report.
NOVEMBER
November 7 Issue 1479
TOUR operators from around theworld are looking at Mallorca as thenext top holiday destination.
British, Nordic and Germancompanies have signed contracts tobring up to 100 million tourists to theisland in the years up to 2020.
Tourism business owners andhoteliers have received the news with
open arms. Long-term agreementswith tour operators allow them toundertake refurbishment works attheir premises and increase prices asa consequence.
They recognise, however, theymight earn less money as business,though steady, will leave little roomfor profit margins.
Representatives from hotel chainsincluding Melia, Viva, Hipotels, HMand Marina Hotels have said theseagreements pay off.
They claim financing is easier withthe endorsement from tour operators.
Meanwhile, tour operators claimMallorca is a destination they cantrust in.
Tourism future assured!
DECEMBER
December 5 Issue 1483
FIFTY-FIVE per cent ofthe population of theBalearic Islands claims tofeel as Spanish as they doBalearic.
Data revealed from asurvey carried out byGadeso shows that thefeeling of dualitycontinues to existamongst the populationand remains the same aswhen the last survey wascarried out in February.
However, while thenumber of people whofeel more Balearic thanSpanish has risen to 20per cent, those who feelmore Spanish thanBalearic has fallen to 12per cent.
Causes for this, thesurvey shows, may beperception of a degree of‘abuse’ from centralgovernment, especiallywhen it comes to theamount of moneyassigned to the area.
On the other hand, itcould be partly due to thecontinuous attacksagainst the locallanguage from thepresident of the BalearicGovernment, Jose RamonBauza.
Results are similar onthe four islands and alsoamongst different agegroups.
Fewer than 1 per centof the population in theBalearic Islands identifieswith the Catalans, andmost say they feel thatthey belong to their ownisland.
Islandersfeelingjust asSpanish
Taxing timeMORE than 1,500 people found time on Christmas
Day to submit their online tax returns, HM Revenueand Customs said.
Clowning aroundBRITAIN’S clowning community fears its good name
has been tarnished after police around the countryrevealed incidents of people in costume scaringmembers of the public.
Keep banEIGHT out of 10 people believe foxhunting should
remain illegal, an animal welfare charity hasrevealed, with support equally strong in both ruraland urban areas.
Most watchedMRS BROWN’S BOYS became this year’s most-
watched programme on Christmas Day. The showcreated by Irish comic Brendan O’Carroll had anaverage audience of 9.4 million.
Forever youngHAVING knee replacement surgery and a pacemaker
fitted has not stopped veteran wildlife broadcaster Sir
David Attenborough, 87, climbing trees, he revealed.
Religious groundsMARKS & SPENCER apologised after a Muslim
member of staff refused to sell alcohol to a customerand asked her to wait until someone else wasavailable to serve them.
Santa traumaA SANTA CLAUS was told to stop entertaining
children in a town centre over fears they would be‘traumatised’ by the
sight of twoFatherChristmases in
the samestreet.
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Doctorsneeded
GERMANY is short ofdoctors with its lack of GPsincreasing by 30 per cent inone year. Rural areas are theworst affected. A reportsuggests 4,600 more doctorsare needed.
Investingcountry
IN 2013 Germancompanies spent €54 billionon research anddevelopment, strengtheningthe country as a businesslocation in the internationalcompetition.
Pensionercharged
AN 87-year-old pensionerwas sent to prison by aWuppertal court after shewas unable to pay a fine of€474 for persistent fare-dodging on public transport.
Strikecontinues
WORKERS at Amazon.comInc’s German operations planto continue their strikes, in adispute over pay that has beenraging for several months.
Gold returnsGERMANY’S Bundesbank
plans to store half thenational gold reserves in itsown vaults by 2020. It willmean the return of 700 tonsfrom the US and France.
Naked bikerGERMAN police are looking
for a motorcyclist who rodethrough Münster’s Christmasmarket wearing only glovesand a helmet.
Legal actionAUSTRIA is considering
legal action against Germanyto prevent the country fromintroducing a charge onforeign drivers on itsmotorways.
Plane crashA RUSSIAN cargo plane crashed into
warehouses at a military facility in Siberia,killing all nine people on board. There were nocasualties on the ground.
Best politicianA RUSSIAN opinion research centre has
named Vladimir Putin theBest Politician of the
Year. According tothe VTSIOMsurvey, 44 percent of thepopulationsupportedPutin.
Notbothered
THE organisingcommittee for Russia’sSochi 2014 WinterOlympics said it was
‘not really concerned’ that PresidentBarack Obama would not be attending theevent.
Natural causesYASSER ARAFAT died of natural causes, not
radiation poisoning, Russian scientists said.Their findings were dismissed by Swissexperts as politically motivated.
Import restrictionsRUSSIA plans to impose import restrictions
on the dairy products from five Estoniancompanies and on products from six Estonianfishery industries.
Banned beefRUSSIAN authorities have advised that
residues of a growth hormone were detectedin several consignments of Australian beef.
Paid in fullTHE Russian crew of 20 on a Belize-flaggedcargo ship ended their strike at a South Koreanport after being paid their full salaries.
Heroinavailable
NORWAY - Hospitalofficials in Bergen saidthey plan on giving outheroin to addicts in aneffort to reduce overdosesand health complications.
Mild winterNORWAY - A large part
of Norway saw unusuallymild weather thisChristmas.
Icy Somalis SWEDEN - A Swedish-
based team of Somaliansare preparing to representthe African nation at theworld championships ofBandy, similar to icehockey.
Food aversionSWEDEN - A survey by
Finnish communicationscorporation Nokia foundthat half of Swedes areirritated by pictures of foodon Instagram andFacebook pages.
Staff wantedNORWAY - Prime
Minister Erna Solberg willmake it easier for migrantworkers with highereducation to come toNorway and make it moreattractive to them.
Nagging alertDENMARK - Nagging
your partner couldsignificantly increase therisk of them sufferingangina, according to astudy at the University ofCopenhagen.
Under fireDENMARK - A far-right
Danish party haswithdrawn its anti-Muslimcomments saying theywere ‘not welcome’following criticism.
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PALMA’S AIRPORT: One of few to make a profit.
ATLANTIC COPPER is the biggestcopper foundry in Spain andEurope’s second most important.
The Huelva company was takenover in 1993 by the US-ownedFreeport-McMoRan, the world’slargest producer of gold,molybdenum and copper.
At the time of the takeover,Atlantic Copper had a turnover of
around €211m. By 2012 this hadmultiplied almost tenfold to€1.98bn. The Huelva plant nowproduces twice as much copper,three times as much gold and threetimes the amount of sulphuric acidas it did in the past.
It has ridden out the economiccrisis, said CEO Javier Targhetta,thanks to the emerging markets.
Copper-bottomed industry
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SIXTY-FOUR per cent ofSpaniards felt stressed by theexpense of the Christmasholidays, compared with 69 perin 2012. They complained ofinsomnia, headaches, muscularpain and stomach aches.
Mini-jobboostSPAIN’S governmentwants to increase part-time jobs. Only 14.6per cent of Spanishemployees work part-time, compared with20.9 per cent inOrganisation forEconomic Cooperationand Developmentcountries.
Home birdsFIFTY-FOUR per centof Spanish womenworked outside thehome in 2012. Thiswas the fourth lowestafter Italy (50.5 percent), Croatia (50.2 percent) and Greece (45.2per cent).
SPAIN could be declaringeconomic victory toosoon.
So believes Gilles Moec,Co-head of EuropeanEconomics Research atDeutsche Bank.
Gilles Moec has beenstudying Spain’s economysince 1993 and feels‘moderately optimistic’regarding its recovery, herecently told a Spanishnational newspaper ElPais interviewer.
There is certainly a flowof foreign money towardsSpain, conceded Moecwhen asked if investors’enthusiasm was justified.
“But the message I tryto transmit to my clientsis that it was neitherthat bad before, nor is itthat good now,” heexplained.
“The private sector hascarried out necessaryadjustments. Spanishfirms are now in a netlending position and thatmeans they do not needto reduce employment tomeet their financialcommitments,” Moecsaid.
In contrast, homeworkis pending for the publicsector. Spain still had ahigh public debt with adeficit of 6.5 per cent ofthis year’s GDP, theeconomist pointed out.
“My impression is thatin 2014 the EuropeanCommission will giveSpain some margin toadjust the deficit. But itwill have to come up withsome credible plans inthe following years,” hewarned.
Airport profits dwindleJUST eight of state-owned AENA’s 47 airportsmade after-tax profits in 2012.
This falls far short of the predicted 18 on thegrounds of their earnings before interest, taxes,depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA).
The profit-makers were Palma de Mallorca,Barcelona-El Prat, Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur,Ibiza, Lanzarote, Sevilla and Bilbao. Apparently
profitable airports were less so after payingamortisations or taxes. This was the case withMadrid-Barajas, which despite its €407.1mEBITDA, had an after-tax shortfall of €13.1m.
Malaga and Alicante were also excluded fromthe money-makers after having met all theirobligations, unlike Palma and El Prat, whichboth made a profit of almost €74m.
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MORE foreign tourists than everholidayed in Spain last year.
Their numbers increased by 5 percent to 57.6 million between Januaryand November 2013, the Ministry ofIndustry, Energy and Tourismannounced.
This already overtook 2012’s totalwithout including last December’sfigures.
Continuing unrest in the Middle Eastworked in Spain’s favour, with manypreferring the safety of the CanaryIslands.
This was especially noticeable lastNovember when the islands received17.9 per cent more foreign touriststhan in November 2012.
All visitors, including thecomparatively new Russian marketand the traditional Northern European
markets, were attracted by Spain’ssun and sand offer. Reductions inaccommodation prices to offset thefall in Spanish visitors were a furtherdraw.
The fastest-growing tourist marketswere comparatively new Russia aswell as the perennial NorthernEuropean countries but UK visitorswere still the most numerous.
Sun and sand tempt foreigntourists to Spanish beaches
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EURO WEEKLY NEWS financecolumnist Jim Collins has died.
Many readers will rememberhis well-thought out andreadable column that appearedweekly until early in 2013when he returned toEngland for hospitaltreatment.
His articles were always thought provoking andoften controversial.
Away from the world of finance he was well knownin the Torrevieja (Costa Blanca) area, especially forhis role in the Torrevieja Barbershop Harmonisers. Ina statement the singers said: “We mourn the loss ofone of our longest standing members.
“He had been a member of the chorus for some 18years and was one of the most committed memberswe had.
“He was the bass section leader devoting his timeto improving the quality of the section’s singing - hisenthusiasm was an inspiration to us all.”
Jim died peacefully in his sleep in hospital inEngland at the age of 83.
PIVE could be a possibility for 2014THE PIVE plan could continue during 2014, the government hashinted.
Car sales would rise 7.5 per cent if the €2,000 grants are retained forwriting-off old cars and buying energy-efficient vehicles.
A sad farewell
TEMPTED: Beaches attracted foreigners.
EARLY retirements in Spain fell by 40per cent to fewer than 120,000 lastyear.
This enabled the central governmentto make savings in the region of€870 million.
Staying on at work rather than retiring
ONE basic service in crisis-weary Spain now costsless.
Mobile telephone bills fellby 22 per cent in theperiod between the thirdquarter of 2012 and thethird quarter of 2013.
This was the steepestyear-on-year reduction inrecent years, overtaking2012’s 18 per centreduction and the 9.6 percent fall recorded in 2011,said Spain’s NationalMarkets and Competition
Commission (CNMC).Mobile companies’ tariffs
based on average earningsper minute have fallen byhalf since 2005.
In contrast Iberdrola,Endesa and Gas NaturalFenosa, which account for90 per cent of thedomestic power market,have increased their billsby 70 per cent since then.
Competition amongsttelecommunicationscompanies and theirpitched battles in the warto poach each others’business have benefitedclients.
This has improvedSpain’s EU rankings, asonly two years ago thecountry’s mobile-to-mobilecalls were amongst themost expensive in Europe.
The three companiesthat originally dominated
themobile market - Telefonica,Vodafone and Orange - nolonger have it in theirclutches following theascent of Yoigo as thecountry’s fourth-largestoperator.
Yoigo changed themobile landscape and sodid the Mobile VirtualNetwork Operators (MVNOin English and OMV in
Spanish). These do notown networks but insteadbuy bulk access atwholesale rates which theythen resell.
Movistar, which once had46.6 per cent of themarket, now has 33.6 percent; Vodafone has lost 6per cent of its share whileYoigo and the MVNOs have18.6 per cent more.
JanePlunkett
A look at finance for females
Loose change
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Foreignowners
HONG KONG-basedShuanghui and Mexico’sSigma reached agreementto take over Spain’sCampofrio Food Group.They will pay €6.9 pershare, giving the Spanishcompany a value of €705million.
Big buyAMANCIO ORTEGA,Inditex owner andfounder of Zara,bought DevonshireHouse in London’sMayfair. He acquiredthe office block fromthe estate of LehmanBrothers Holdings Incfor €480 million.
Even-handedEIGHTY per cent of theEroski cooperative’s 8,500members backed theboard’s proposal toassume 30 per cent of thegroup’s losses. This wascoherent with past profit-sharing, Eroski sourcessaid.
Gas tappedREPSOL startedproduction at Bolivia’sMargarita 6 field. This isthe most productive in thecountry and the sub-Andean basin, producing6 million cubic metres ofgas each day.
Time outTHERE were 1,141strikes betweenJanuary and November2013, involving553,836 workers. The14 million lost workinghours were 63 per centfewer than during thesame period in 2012.
Metro lay-offsA TOTAL of 587 MadridMetro employeesaccepted a voluntaryredundancy offer of 20days’ pay for every yearworked. Those agedbetween 58 and 63 willreceive more.
AN overhaul of the Spanish tax system is on the waywith low earners set to be the winners and bigbusiness the losers.
Treasury Minister Cristobal Montoro said in aninterview with Spanish newspaper Expansion thatincome tax will be gradually lowered, with lowearners getting the biggest cuts before higherincome brackets between 2015 and 2017.
The government will hope to pay for the reform byboosting corporate tax takes, which at the momentare around 8 per cent of company profits - one of thelowest rates in Europe.
But no details have been finalised yet, and there isno indication of by how much income tax may be cut.
Lower tax on way
OK, so you may have had Beatlemania, long hair, flower-powerimages and flared jeans, but anew fiscal report from the UKconcludes that many peopleborn in the 1960s and 1970s willbe poorer overall than theirparents, ending the post-wartrend for each generation beingricher than the last.
A lack of a pay rise, insufficientpension savings, falling homeownership and no saving meansthat many may need to rely oninheritance from their parents tosee them comfortably throughthe remainder of their lives.
According to a report from theUK, those born in the 1960s and70s have taken a serious hit overthe past decade, as the averageincome has not risen signi-ficantly. Since 2002 incomeshave only grown by 0.1 per cent,while the parents of 60s and 70schildren enjoyed decent incomegrowth throughout their 30s,40s and 50s.
It appears that those born inthe 60s and 70s also suffer froman inability to save, preferring tospend money rather than put itaway. In comparison, theconsumer habits of the parentsof these spendthrifts was quitethe contrary - 60s’ and 70s’mums and dads were moreinclined to save money thansplash the cash as young adults.
A gleaming goal on thehorizon for many young adults in
the 60s and 70s was to get onthe property ladder and that wasexactly what they did. Statisticsshow that 80 per cent of peopleat that time were homeownersby the age of 50.
In contrast, while the reportreveals that those born in the60s have managed somewhatbetter to acquire a home,unfortunately for those born inthe 70s, falling incomes, savingless and the boom in property
prices in the 1990s and up tothe mid-2000s, has made itvery difficult to buy a home.
That’s not to say that all islost in the world and you hadbetter hope that an inheritancewill see you through!
No, it’s just a reminder ofhow important it is in this dayand age to make correctfinancial decisions in order tomake the most of your moneyand future.
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What goes up sometimes comes down
GOOD NEWS: Mobile charges fall.
Voters getwhat theydeserve!I REFER to the letter from BobMitchell calling for a democraticMarxist state (Letters, Issue1483) and the reply from PaulWhitfield last week in which herefers to the ever-increasingdisparity between the rich andthe poor.
He then asks why can we nothave a government withintegrity acting in the bestinterests of the majority sincethis is what democracy shouldbe all about. However, he thenasks why can we not have thekind of government wedeserve.
I would remind him that in ademocracy with one man onevote, you always get thegovernment that you deserve,whether you like it or not!
The Gil party that ranMarbella Town Hall between1991 and 2005 is a very goodexample of this polarisation ofpublic opinion.
Peter Sanderson, Estepona(Malaga)
Editor’s note: Manymembers of the Gil partythat ran Marbella underMayor Jesus Gil have beenconvicted of criminaloffences related to theirterms in office.
Open your eyesI WOULD like to suggest a NewYear’s resolution for manyexpats living in Spain.
Over the years, the EuroWeekly News has printed manyletters about the importance oflearning the language, and Itotally agree. However, this ishard for some people, oftenthrough no fault of their own.
What is also important anddoes not require greatknowledge of the language, isgetting to know places andgoing further than the shops,the post office, the bars and thebeach.
I know dozens of people whohave lived here for years andhave seen nothing of thecountry.
Wherever you live in Spain,you will find that within just afew hours’ drive, there is a
world completely different towhat you have becomeaccustomed to. Spain is full ofboth natural and manmademonuments from all eras,natural parks, mountains,reservoirs and much more;some are well-known, othersless so, but all worth a visit.
So even if you can only spareone day a month to do so, getin your car, on public transportor with an organised tour, andget out there!
Joan Bainbridge (By email)
Point missedWITH regard to the letter fromKen Bethell ‘Where is the loss?’(Issue 1485).
Mr Bethell misses the pointcompletely when he states thatbuying fake goods, purportedlysupposed to be designerbrands, doesn’t hurt bigcompanies like Gucci, Prada,et al.
While obviously it does hurtthese companies, the greaterloss is to local traders who paytaxes, rents, lighting, staff, etc,while the purloiners of fakegoods pay nothing.
Does he not read the press orwatch television news? Wheredoes he think these goodscome from? Much of themerchandise peddled by thefake goods sellers is funded bymafias who use the profits forillegal enterprises. How manypeople who buy from theseillegal sellers realise that theyare contributing to illegalactivities?
The loss, while probablyminimal to the giantconglomerates, is felt muchmore by the legal traders in alltowns and cities and it is fromprotests by these traders thatthe authorities have clampeddown on the illegal sellers of
fake goods. And rightly so.R G Waugh, Fuengirola
(Malaga)
Support your ownA COUPLE of days ago, I wentfor a walk to Los Boliches, inFuengirola, after literally yearswithout visiting theneighbourhood.
To my surprise, I found mostof the restaurants and bars Iused to go to some 20 yearsago were closed.
Well, not all of them. Oddlyenough, I noticed that some ofthe places that are still open aremanaged by British people.
I’ve always criticised the factthat most visitors and foreignresidents go to these places,but now I see why they do so.
Having the support of thelocal community is crucial tokeeping your business open,and what these expatriateshave been doing for so longwas just supporting theirpeople.
I think we, Spanish people,could learn from that. Too manySpanish restaurants and pubshave closed simply because of
our lack of commitment.Looking for good value places
is legitimate, but there aremore important things in thislife than just saving someeuros.
Maybe if we had made a littleeffort and helped our local bars,many of them would have notclosed because of the financialcrisis.
Pedro Rodriguez,Benalmadena (Malaga)
Party politicsWITH news that anothercensure motion is trying to bepushed through by the PP partyin Orihuela, it really does makeyou wonder why you bothervoting.
The PP lost the last electionand the right to rule with it, in afair and democratic vote, sowhat makes them think theycan just jump into bed withvarious other political parties;the very same parties they werefighting against when they werein power, in a bid to get back incharge?
The voting public do not wantthem in power otherwise they’dhave voted for them.
It makes a mockery of theelection system and ofOrihuela’s politics when theonly ones to suffer areresidents.
A S Williams, Orihuela Costa(Alicante)
Big thanksI WOULD like to say thank youfor my wonderful experience ofthe Spanish healthcare system.
As a foreign resident of 75years, I have recently had twostents fitted in my heart. Thiswas after a road accident whena medical examination revealeda defect. This was followed by aconsultation at Foietes, an MRIat Benidorm Clinic, and anoperation at St Juan, all withinseven weeks. Now I have a newlease of life.
Viva España! I am sure that inthe UK I would have been puton the scrapheap.
Tony Nicholls, Benidorm(Alicante)
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This spider was fished outof the bottom of ourswimming pool by a youngboy who was staying withus.
The fact that it had sunkindicates that it had beenin water for quite sometime.
About an hour laterdespite appearing to betruly dead, surprisesurprise it revived and setoff across the table!
Can anyone identify it?
By Sonia Longman(By email)
Photographs for possible publication should be sent by email with a full caption to: [email protected]
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AY hello to your friendlyback-street abortionist.
She or he, thanks toJustice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, is back in town. Ruiz-Gallardon has given Spain or,rather, Spanish women, a laweven more restrictive than the1985 legislation and light yearsaway from 2010’s.
A woman will have to be rapedor find two doctors willing tocertify that her health or sanityare at risk before she will beallowed a termination.
Religious beliefs have beenmade law in a country without astate religion.
A woman who does not want ababy will always find a way to getrid of it, regardless of the law.
Those with enough money willtake a trip to France or Britainand abort in non-judgementalsurroundings.
That was once a favouritesolution for the pregnant butunmarried daughters of ministers,leading politicians and piouschurchgoers. Doubtless it will beagain. At least the airlines will dowell out of it.
Free-for-allEVERY autonomous regioncomplains about the way it is
financed by the centralgovernment.
There are the predictablegrumbles not only from go-it-alone Cataluña and socialistAndalucia but also the ValencianCommunity and Murcia, whichboth have PP governments.
Not long ago Angel de laFuente, an investigator at theInstitute of Economic Analysis(CSIC), was asked why.
“Communities are notcomplaining about the system,”De la Fuente said. “What theywant is more free money.”
When theyneeded cash inthe past they wentto Madrid and gotit, forgetting thatspending moreshould be paid forwith higher taxes,he continued.
What De laFuente omitted tosay was that manywanted that freemoney forPharaonic under-
takings to the greater glory not ofvoters or the community but thepoliticians themselves. Perfectopportunities for pocket-lining.
Watch it!WOMEN might be reduced by thisgovernment to baby-incubators,but the public of all genders arenow regarded as potentiallycriminal.
Those foolhardy enough todemonstrate when and wherethey shouldn’t, risk enormousfines thanks to Jorge FernandezDiaz’s new law.
He’s thought up a new one too:the Ley de Seguridad Privada. Thisallows security guards to frisk,question and detain the publicbefore calling in the policealthough Fernandez Diaz insiststhis will occur only in ‘exceptionalcircumstances.’ If Ley deSeguridad Ciudadana threatens tomake Spain a controlleddemocracy, the minister’s latestnovelty will turn it into a cut-pricepolice state.
On the ballOUTSIDE Cataluña, the Spanishtend not to understand thephilosophy behind the region’sneed for independence. But whatabout Barcelona FC? The pro-independence faction rebuts anysuggestion of a problem, as Barçawill remain in Spain’s footballleague. A classic case of havingtheir cake and eating it too.
Cassandra NashA weekly look
and not entirely impartial reaction - tothe Spanish political scene
Take a trip abroad and deal with it
ABORTION: Alberto Ruiz Gallardon’s new law.
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ELL, that’s it foranother year. Justwhen I thoughtSanta had forgotten
me (again) my lovely daughterCharlene presented me with thegreatest gift you can have, thetwo week premature birth of mybeautiful grandson Julian.
Heaven knows what kind of aworld this brand new littlemanifestation will have tocontend with, but rest assured hewill be strengthened by the loveof many. Welcome my little oneand a very happy new life to you.
I think this year the TVprogrammers finally managed totop all previous festiveprogramming by turning out thebiggest load of garbage ever.White Christmas. At least threetimes. South Pacific. Twice. TheWizard of Oz. The Dirty Dozen.Hogan’s Heroes. The Great
Escape. Ben Hur. Spartacus.They were all in there. I see
Lawrence of Arabia managed toelbow its way in this year, butonly because dear old PeterO’Toole kicked the bucket. WhatI did enjoy, however, was therevival of such wonderfulcomedies as Steptoe and Sonand Dad’s Army. Wonderfulcomedy offerings and not an ‘F’word, or indeed anythingstronger than a ‘bloody’ in sight.
How must these so-calledcomics of today feel when they
compare their pathetic offeringsto these marvellous classics ofold. How would anyone feelwhen they realise that the onlyway they can get a laugh is touse the ‘F’ word, or now, in aneven new low, the ‘C’ word.You’re all an arrogant bunch ofuntalented, extremely lucky,inadequates and shame on theBBC, as usual, the main culpritfor giving airspace to this bunchof ‘plonkers’. The Comic ReliefBBC hypocrisy has also done aU-turn and decided to drop its
investments in arms and tobacco.’Course they would still be
continuing arrogantly on hadthey not been caught out. I don’tknow why we put up with thisinsufferable bunch of traitorouslefties. I’d sack the lot of ’em andstart again from scratch.
And that’s about it. Apart fromthe crucifixion of Nigella, but Ithink there’s been enoughwriter’s cramp connected to thatparticular subject! I’m still havingto endure all this darn sunshineon the Canary Islands! Ah, well,someone has to do it!
I wish you all a prosperoushappy and healthy and as PC-free a New Year as possible.
Many thanks for all yourwonderful correspondence andcomments. I know I can’t reply tothem all, but I assure you everyone is read and noted. Keep ’emcoming. Stay positive. Spring isjust around the corner.
So, whatever ya do, alwayskeep the faith.
Love [email protected]
Not literateLEAPY Lee says it. Othersthink it. Really?
Over the past sevenyears, I have read at leasta dozen of hiscontributions and havefound nothing he haswritten that has notbeen been discussedintelligently somewhere inthe media. The differenceis that the general mediawill have presented theirarguments in a moremature, literate mannerthan the ranting andraving of ‘yer Leapy’.
David R Worboys,Nerja (Malaga)
Keep rantingRANT away, Leapy.Someone who tells it ashe sees it is a rarecommodity in the mediathese days. Don’t letanyone ever stop you.
Happy New Year!Andrew Steele, Palma
(Mallorca)
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A perfect gift to bring in the New Year
EARLY ARRIVAL: Leapy’s new grandson.
ESTERN economieshave been hijackedby fraudulent bank-
ing cartels aided by corruptpolitical accomplices.
The downturn is neither acyclical blip nor a globaldownturn. It is a bank raid inreverse.
The wealth of many Westernnations has been vacuumed upby harsh interest rates andbillions in tax-funded governmentbailouts. Accumulative bankinterest adds 40 per cent to thecost of everything we and thegovernment buy.
A rebellious Greek PM decidedon a referendum to choosebetween Icelandic financialindependence or Federal ReserveBank slavery.
He was immediately ousted bya Goldman Sachs director who
was parachuted in. That bankwas largely responsible for theGreek and Italian collapse.
Latvia was near bankruptedwhen its government plunderedtax revenue to bail out a bank. Itdid so to access IMF, ECB andEBRD loans which robbed tax-payers who are now payinginterest on it.
Eager to access Ukraine’smineral wealth the EU invited thegovernment to sign a trade deal.Offering nothing in return theagreement would bring dreadfulpenury similar to that experien-ced by Greece.
American threats of sanctionsand EU backed demonstrationsfailed to topple the mutinouspresident and his prime minister.The EU thought it had Ukraineover a barrel when its creditrating was slashed by the banks.
EU Foreign Affairs MinisterBaroness Catherine Ashton wasgrinning from ear to ear. Withouta single concession made shedeclared the president was to doa U-turn. Her smirk disappearedwhen the craftier Russian
President Vladimir Putin steppedin and offered Europe’s largestcountry a lifeline.
Similarly intimidated by the IMFand European Central Bank(ECB) the Icelandic governmentheld its ground. In earlyDecember four former bosses ofIcelandic bank Kaupthing weresentenced to between three
and five years in jail. These crooks had operated a
Ponzi scheme in which Qatar wasgiven credit by the bank to buyshares in the same bank and soartificially bloat share values.
The Russian Federation, Iranand others operating indepen-dent banking services prosecutesuch frauds. Western govern-
ments approve and are complicitin banking swindles.
Today, Icelanders are on theirway to becoming among therichest people in the world justfive years after experiencing oneof the most dramatic financialmeltdowns in history. It nowenjoys Europe’s highest standardof living.
Iceland’s President ÓlafurRagnar Grímsson says: “Thegovernment bailed out thepeople and imprisoned thebanksters, the opposite of whatAmerica and the rest of Europedid.”
The Hungarians expelled theIMF and ECB. Costa Rica’s fourpublic owned banks resisted IMFthreats. The Costa Ricaneconomy is by far the richest inLatin America. Poverty has beenabolished, there are no shantytowns.
Rodney Shakespeare, Profes-sor of Binary Economics says:“Global finance capitalism is afraud and its time is up. And it isalso time that we recognise thatand start to go for a new system.”
Mike WalshMike Walsh. Based inMediterranean Spain, is aninternational journalist,author andprofessional writer.
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The biggest bank heist in history
WESTERN WEALTH: Affected by harsh interest rates.
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HEN I was at schoolI didn’t considermyself to be one of
the smart kids.Neither did the teachers. I
went to two different primaryschools and then went to thelocal grammar school. I didn’tget in on the strength of myacademic promise, or on anysort of recommendations frommy teachers.
No, I got in because my mumwrote an essay in theapplication form which seemedto sway the admissionssecretary. To this day I don’tknow what it said.
I didn’t like school, and schooldidn’t like me either.
I left school with a goodenough haul of O levels, but avery poor result in my A levels,
so I went into the world andstarted from the bottom.
I worked my way up througha variety of theatre jobs until Ihit the West End and inter-national theatre tours as a
Company Manager. I did thesame with disability andcommunity work. Then I startedagain and did the same withholistic therapies and health. Ithen moved to Mallorca and did
it all over again. I like change,and I like challenges.
My best friend at school,Catherine, was destined to be awriter. She was the clever one ofour partnership - things cameextraordinarily easily toCatherine, whilst I had to workfor it. And in order to work for itI had to be convinced that itwas going to be worth theeffort. So often enough I didn’tbother. Becoming a writer didn’tlook as if it would ever be withinmy reach, I decided that onlythe most intelligent peoplecould possibly do that.
But as I worked my waythrough jobs my confidencegrew, and with that my voiceand my opinions developed. Itook a night school course injournalism at the London Schoolof Economics and as Ideveloped so did theopportunities.
Writing is now the thing whichI earn the majority of my livingfrom: copywriting for busines-ses, doing their brochures,
emails, websites, and teachingthem how to express them-selves in the written form insocial media.
When I heard that I had wonthe Expat Blog Gold Award for myblog www.familymattersmallorca.com and for my article ‘TheMallorca Expat Commandments,’I felt an incredible sense ofachievement. It’s a wonderful endto a brilliant 2013 for me.
My article, about the ‘Dos andDon’ts’ for anyone moving to theisland, was the most commentedon article in the entire competitionand beat the other 170 entriesfrom around the world to topspot.
Thanks to everyone whosupported me and commented onthe article. And thanks to MrsMcClaire, my careers advisor atschool in 1987: she told me not tobother trying to work in thetheatre as I’d never do it. Well Idid it and many more things aswell. And that’s my New Year’sResolution for 2014: Don’t letanyone ever tell me I can’t.
Never one of the smart kidsVicki Mcleod
FamilyMatters
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MY RESOLUTION: Don’t let anyone ever tell me I can’t!
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SOMETIMES people havehabits that they considernormal, but unknowinglythey may begin to causedamage to general healthand the brain.
People should neverforget breakfast; it is vitaland necessary for theenergy of the day.
The nutrients provided inbreakfast are essential forthe brain to keep working.
Bad habits can triggerirritability, a high level ofstress and premature
aging. Avoid accumulatingstress and concernsbecause the arteries of thebrain could be affected.
Smoking or drinkingalcohol can reduce brainmass, so limit intake ofboth to ensure a healthybrain.
Too much sugar cancause diabetes and impairthe absorption of proteins,which in turn can cause thebrain to minimise itsfunctions for feelingunderfed.
Resting is important,and sleeping eight hoursis essential. If the braindoes not recover its
energy over thenecessary time, theprocess of brain-cell lossmay be accelerated.
THE liver is the organ thatcontributes the most todetoxing the body.
It operates best between1-3am, but after heavymeals and alcohol at nightit will not be at its mostefficient, so more toxins arereleased into our bodies inthe party season.
The New Year is theperfect time to think about
detoxing and to helprestore your naturalwellness after over-indulging over the festiveperiod. Try these few toptips to get you started:
1. Think about what youeat: look at your daily dietand raise awareness in yourhealth and well-being.
2. Check your cupboardsand refrigerator and throw
away all food loaded withsugar and fat to reducetemptation. Reduce friedand processed foods. Storenatural products, smallportions of lean meats andorganic products.
3. Eat daily at least fiveportions of fruit andvegetables.
4. Decrease your meatintake. Men should eat no
more than 100g daily andwomen 90g.
5. Fasting may help toclean the body’s toxinscollected over the holidays.There is no need to starve,but drinking just fruit andveg juices for one day mayhelp the body recover.
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AN apple a day may not justhelp keep the doctor away,but could also prevent peoplefrom having a heart attack.
Researchers said healthyover-50s who added a dailyapple to their diet couldbenefit as much as those whostarted taking a tablet. They
believe the health benefits aresimilar to giving statins toeveryone over 50 who is notalready taking cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Researchers said peopleshould not replace prescribedstatins with apples but couldbenefit by eating more fruit.
DEATHS from cancer inthe UK have dropped bymore than 20 per centin the last 20 years.
According to newfigures from the charityCancer Research UK,death rates havedropped by more than afifth since the 1990s.
In 1990, the diseasekilled 220 out of every100,000 people, but by2011 the figure hadfallen by 22 per cent to170 people per100,000.
Improvements insurgical techniques anddrug treatments arebelieved to have playeda part in reducing thenumber of deaths.
WALKING 2,000 extra steps a daycould help people at risk of heart attackand stroke cut their risk factors by 8per cent.
Researchers at University of Leicester
(UK) looked at 9,306 adults from 40countries for the study.
They said the exercise required isequivalent to walking 20 minutes a dayat a moderate pace.
Put an extra spring in your step
Cancer deathrate falls
WE know the theory:we must remove ourmake-up each nightand cleanse in themorning, but many ofus skip the morningcleanse.
So why is it soimportant to spend fiveminutes on this simplebeauty regime?
Overnight skinsecretes more oil, so itis advisable to cleanseevery morning toremove it, returningfreshness and youth-fulness to the skin, asthis routine is not aquestion of age but ofskin quality.
Without clean skin,even the best treat-ments may be in vain.If the pores areclogged, the activeingredients in creamswill hardly be absorbedon the surface in orderto reach the deeperlayers of the skin.
Therefore, facialcleansing is essentialfor radiant skin withoutimpurities.
Just fiveminutes forperfect skin
Five tips for helping detox your body
Healthy brain for a healthy body
VITAL: The nutrientsprovided in breakfast.
An apple a day keepsheart attacks at bay
DIET BOOST: A daily apple is beneficial for healthy over-50s.
TWENTY-SEVEN boatstook part in the 2013Christmas Trophy, anevent that put an end tothe regatta season inthe Balearic Islands.
The winner of the
ORC 0-2 category wasthe Pinyol Vermell,owned by Felix Comas,followed by JuanCabrer’s Airlan Aermec.Histolab, owned by JuanJose Torres, came third.
The ORC 3-4 categorywas won by Toni Pizawith his boat Tearal,followed by JoseMatheu’s Sirpy and GabiCatala’s Janyary Sailscoming second andthird respectively.
The prizes were givenin an awards ceremonyReal Club Nautico Palma(RCNP), which organisedthe trophy.
EWN 2 - 8 January 2014 / Mallorca www.euroweeklynews.com30 PETS/BOATING
ALL pet foods are required to providefeeding directions on the label.
Unfortunately, feeding directionscan be misleading. They areguidelines and should only be usedas such.
Dogs generally eat enough food tomeet their energy needs. If the foodis nutrient dense, providing a highnumber of kilocalories (KC) per cup,the dog will need to eat less.
One of the main problems is thatmost dogs’ feeding directions arecalculated based on an average dogor puppy.
Since these are average figures,and since no two dogs are the same,it is apparent why feeding directionscan be so misleading. Your dog isunlikely to fit the average.
The best method of determiningthe proper feeding amount for yourdog is to start with therecommended level on the package.Increase or decrease the amount bythe way the dog should look. As anexample if you have a 20lb dog,eating one-and-a-half cups per dayof a new food, and he starts gainingweight, decrease the feeding level toone cup. Conversely, if the dogbegins to lose weight you should
increase his daily intake to twocups.
All puppies and youngdogs up to the age of12 months shouldbe fed threemeals a day. Adultdogs from 12months to eightyears should be fedtwo meals a day. Dogs from the ageof eight years should be fed threesmall meals a day.
If you have any problem as to
what your dog’s ideal weight shouldbe, ask your vet to help you.
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SAILORS from Mallorca, Paula Barceloand Margarita Alba, came second in the420 category in the 38th GAES ChristmasRace held in Palamos (Gerona).
Barcelo and Alba, from the Club NauticArenal, were only beaten by Britons MaxClapp and Joseph Burns, who won the420 category.
Polish sailors Ewa Romaniuk andKaarzyna Goralska ended up in thirdposition.
Twice Olympic medallist Vasilij Zbogar,from Slovenia, was the overall winner andwas handed the Manuel Albalat Trophy.
Meanwhile, Ukrainians Anna Kyselovaand Anastasiya Krasko were the overallwinners in the youth category, and weregiven the Miguel Company trophy.
The last day of competition was markedby southwest winds of between 15 and18 knots, which allowed the races to becompleted.
Alicante-based Jesus Rogel won theLaser Standard category four pointsahead of Briton Martin Evans, and fiveahead of Joaquin Blanco from the RealClub Nautico Gran Canaria (RCNGC).
In the Laser Radial male category, MonCañellas beat Hector Dominguez at thevery last moment, only one point ahead.Pole Jerzy Bajzo came third.
Meanwhile, the Laser Radial femalecategory was won by world number twoTatiana Drozdovskaya, who regained thetitle this year. Second and third cameAgata Barwinska and Monica Azon, whobeat Irene Miras in the last race.
Vasilij Zbogar won the Finn categoryafter beating Estonian Deniss Karkak,who ended up second. Last year’s overallwinner, Alex Muscat, was third.
A tighter final was expected in the 470male category as two vessels were even
in points.Experience was on the side of Olympic
sailor Onan Barreiros and Juan Curbelo,who finally won.
Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp camesecond.
Current world runners-up, French pairPierre Leboucher and Nicolas Le Berrecould only come third despite their bestefforts.
The 470 female category was won withno problems by Anna Kyselova andAnastasiya Krasko.
Polish pair Agnieska Skrzypulec andNaalia Wojcik, and French couple MeëlenLemaitre and Aloïse Retornaz were tied inpoints.
However, the Polish couple eventuallyended up in second place as they hadbetter results in individual racers.
GAES Christmas RaceVENUE: The race took
place in Palamos(Gerona).
RUNNERS-UP:Paula Barceloand MargaritaAlba.
HAPPY FACES: Prizes given at RCNP premises.
Pinyol Vermell andTearal take trophy
Photo by Laura G Guerra with the permission of RCNP
Photo by FelixGP on Flickr
Photo by Ignacio Baixauli
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CHRISTMAS spirit was in the air last weekwhen Dom Miles won a hamper of foodand fine wines in a local charity raffle forthe school of one of his co-workers.
Rather than take the hamper for himselfDom, who works for Mood Beach Bar andRestaurant in Costa D’en Blanes and SonAmar, decided to re-donate it to charity. “Ialready get plenty of treats at Christmas, soI decided I wanted to give it to the poorand homeless in Mallorca. A lot of peoplestill don’t realise there is a problem withpoverty here on the island, so I wanted tohighlight that as well.”
Gwyneth Smith, representing the NGOMediterranea was delighted to accept thehamper on the organisation’s behalf.“We’re working very hard here in Mallorcato support children whose families arebelow the breadline. Mediterranea isalways looking for people to help themraise awareness and money or to lend ahand at our volunteer centres.”
The hamper will be raffled on January 25to make sure they can raise as muchmoney as possible. Tickets are €2 and canbe bought at Dr Stoma’s surgery in PortalsNous. Visit http://mediterraneaong.com.
Hamper of good cheerA GIFT: Dom Miles (left) with Gwyneth Smith at Mood Beach.
FOURTEEN-year-oldDuncan spends hissummer vacation withhis mother, Pam, her overbearingboyfriend, Trent, and his daughter, Steph.Having a rough time fitting in, the intro-verted Duncan finds an unexpected friendin Owen, the gregarious manager of theWater Wizz Water Park. Through hisfriendship with Owen, Duncan opens upand begins to find his place in the world.
Starring Liam James, Steve Carell, ToniCollette and Allison Janney. Directed byNat Faxon and Jim Rash. Runtime 103minutes. Rated 12.
The Way, Way Back
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CAPRICORN(December 22 -January 20)The enthusiasm of yourbright Capricorn mind is alsocapable of making you restless.There are mixed feelings aboutbeing at or near home this week,with thoughts of more progressbeing possible elsewhere.
AQUARIUS(January 21 - February19)When you are at homethis week I would like youto consider how you view yoursurroundings. This is a good week tomake changes and have discussionsabout future directions. It is assumedthat those close are happy with thestatus quo, but this may not be thecase.
PISCES(February 20 - March20)Pat yourself on the back forall of your efforts of recentweeks. Looking back just a few months,would you have thought so muchprogress could be made?
ARIES(March 21 - April 20)Rarely has your mind been assharp as it is at the moment.There have been some awkwardand downright bad periods in therecent past, but this week everythingfalls into place.
TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)For all of the things that youwant to do, there are threeothers that you wish to do. Maybethey are waiting for their own time tocome. During the course of this weekyou will be thinking of what the futurecould hold, even though dealing withpractical issues.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)When it isn't possible tochange something, often it isjust as effective to rearrange it. That isthe solution which comes to you thisweek. Instead of being frustrated at adelay, try changing the conditions ortimes.
CANCER(June 22 - July 23)When we have long-standingfriendships, these are oftentaken for granted and yet often wecould make so much more of them.How long is it since you had a reallydeep conversation with your closestfriends?
LEO(July 24 - August 23)Consider what is the mostimportant thing to you at themoment? Is it wealth or socialposition? Your work, or how it may bepossible to afford that newconservatory are minor considerationscompared with your greatest assetwhich is your health.
VIRGO(August 24 - September23)As the saying goes, ʻno oneever said it would be easyʼ. In the pastfew months you have found this to betrue. Hard work is not alien to you, butthere is a point where you want to shout
ʻenoughʼ.
LIBRA(September 24 -October 23)As a home-loving Li-bran, you are torn be-tween making changes to yoursurroundings and getting somecash in on the business side.Apparently, it is not possible todo both because energy levelsfluctuate.
SCORPIO(October 24 -November 22)There is so much inyou that is determined andlooking forward to a fresh start,but something that you aretrying to get rid of, or give up,may be giving you more troublethan anticipated.
SAGITTARIUS(November 23 -December 21)Is playing the waitinggame really to youradvantage? Your Sagittariancharacter naturally leads youto be optimistic, and why not?
Move from the start word (LEFT) to theend word (BANK) in the same number ofsteps as there are rungs on the Word Lad-der. You must only change one letter at atime.
BANK
LEFTLIFTLINTLINK
LANKBANK
Average: 16
Good: 21
Very good: 30
Excellent: 37
How many English words of fourletters or more can you makefrom the nine letters in our
Nonagram puzzle? Each lettermay be used only once (unlessthe letter appears twice). Each
word MUST CONTAIN THECENTRE LETTER (in this case C)
and there must be AT LEAST ONENINE LETTER WORD. Plurals,
vulgarities or proper nouns arenot allowed.
TARGET:
S Sun, Cl Clear, Fog, C Cloud, Sh Showers,
Sn Snow, Th Thunder
Alicante TODAY: SHOWERS MAX 16C, MIN 10C
MAX MIN MAX MIN
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BarcelonaTODAY: CLOUDY MAX 15C, MIN 8C
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Alexandra Jimenez, bornJanuary 4, 1980. Jimenezis a Spanish actress who
gained fame with her portrayal ofAfrica Sanz on Spanish soap operaLos Serrano. As a young girl she
started studying ballet, and becamea professional dancer aged 15. An
injury took her away from thedancing stages, and she started
pursuing her career as an actress.
IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAYTHIS WEEK:
Expecting too much helpfrom others has held youback in the recent past. It
makes sense to be part of ateam only when everyone ispulling their weight. Somethings are best done alone
for real progress. SY
Time OutEURO WEEKLY’S SPACE FOR YOU TO TAKE A BREAK, BE INFORMED AND ENJOY A CHALLENGE
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The names of whichproducts completethese famousadvertising slogans?1. Have a break. Have a --- --- 2. A ---- a day helps youwork, rest and play 3. Lipsmackin’thirstquenchin’ acetastin’motivatin’ goodbuzzin’cooltalkin’ highwalkin’fastlivin’ evergivin’coolfizzin’ ----- 4. You can be sure of ----- 5. The car in front is a ------ 6. You’re never alone witha ------7. Don’t just book it, ---------- it8. Hello tosh, got a -------?9. Eveninks and morninksI drink --------10. What we want is -----
1. KIT KAT, 2. MARS, 3. PEPSI,4. SHELL, 5. TOYOTA, 6.STRAND, 7. THOMAS COOK, 8.TOSHIBA, 9. WARNINKS, 10.WATNEYS
Sudoku
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Fill the grid so that every row,every column and every 3X3 boxcontains the digits 1-9. There’sno maths involved. You solve thepuzzle with reasoning and logic.
10-Star Quiz... PART TWO
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Mallorca weatherfor next 7 days
Across1 Scratch (6)4 Tears with the teeth (5)9 Weather conditions (7)10 Garden gastropod (5)11 Pitcher (4)12 Certain (8)14 Announced (6)16 Happening lately (6)19 One of the Great Lakes (8)20 Cab (4)23 Ascend (5)24 Malady (7)25 Alternate (5)26 Expensive (6)Down1 Confidences (7)2 Lift up (5)3 Summit (4)5 Motivated (8)6 Look at closely (7)7 Flat (5)8 Adhesive (4)13 Awful (8)15 Assign to a role (7)17 In need of a drink (7)18 Film (5)19 Religious order (4)21 Attentive (5)22 As well (4)
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Across1 Puppies (of dog) (9)6 Sour (f) (5)7 Near (in place) (5)13 Carreteras (5)14 Acordar (5)15 Pulseras (9)
Down1 Which (in questions andreported speech) (4)2 Match (for lighting) (7)3 Buttonhole (of garment) (4)4 Carrera (competición) (4)5 Abbot (4)8 Árbitro (boxeo, fútbol) (7)9 Cross (sign, decoration) (4)10 Island (4)11 Puerta (de jardín, ciudad)(4)12 Camas (muebles) (4)
Across1 A girl from the Channel Islands
taking everything back (5)4 Flowers Lisa had arranged (7)7 Clergymen dance so awkwardly (7)8 Sheʼs just the cup of tea for a
Cockney (5)10 Version of amen, I state (5)11 Denies judge place back after
unpopular initiation (7)12 A bird regrets losing its wings (5)14 Phosphorus is put on many bits of
land (5)19 Keep, to look at (7)21 Bother! Itʼs Henry in the snack bar
(5)22 Some careless language (5)23 Sea-lord arranging trials (7)24 Got better after the morning was
over (7)25 Essential to claw back capital only
(5)
Down2 Badly aligned in front (7)3 An advance, we hear, on its own (5)4 Run away from pudding, say (6)5 A half rum can be injurious (7)6 Picture at home with the television
on (5)7 Panto character made to change (4)9 Part of her striptease act is simplicity
itself (4)13 Angered? Awfully! (7)15 Laborious effort of a few inside
track (7)16 Reasons not to take a bite from a
bacon sandwich (4)
17 Soldiers with rope and log (6)18 Aircraft for Black Sabbath (4)20 Builder nears trap (5)21 Trainee soldier from America
detained (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONSCRYPTIC Across: 1 Rumba, 4 Arctic, 9 Sultana, 10 Donor, 11 Ring, 12 Assuage, 13 Can, 14 Ball, 16 Esau, 18 Sis, 20 Abreast, 21 Tsar, 24 Merge, 25 Airsick, 26 Newest, 27 Elton.
Down: 1 Resort, 2 Melon, 3 Away, 5 Radishes, 6 Tantara, 7 Carmel, 8 Pagan, 13 Cleavers,15 Aircrew, 17 Carmen, 18 Straw, 19 Broken, 22 Saint,23 Erse.
QUICK Across: 1 Easy, 3 Consider, 9 Elegant, 10 Linen, 11 Crept,12 Indian, 14 Secret, 16 Cuckoo,19 Beasts, 21 Later, 24 Alike, 25 Insults, 26 Estimate, 27 Asks.
Down: 1 Exercise, 2 Scene, 4 Obtain, 5 Solid, 6 Denmark, 7 Rent, 8 Battle, 13 Tourists, 15 Chemist, 17 Unless, 18 Assist, 20 Steam, 22 Tales,23 Bare.
ENGLISH-SPANISHAcross: 1 Racha, 4 Scabs, 7 Dandelion, 8 All, 10 Boo, 15 Demasiado, 17 Owner, 18 Etapa.
Down: 1 Rabo, 2 Cod, 3 Asno,4 Seed, 5 Aviso, 6 Send, 9 Lemon, 11 Odio, 12 Asar, 13 Gale, 14 Luna, 16 Ola.
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: KEVIN PIETERSEN, SALTLAKE CITY
Answers: Apig in a poke,Quite right
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In thisweek’s puzzle, 16 represents R and 14 represents J, so fill in R every time the figure 16
appears and J every time the figure 14 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the Englishlanguage, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover theletters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
English - Spanish
QuickCryptic
Code Breaker
Funagram Play on Words
Hexagram
ASTERS
BELTED
BESTED (10)
CARTER
DARTED
DESERT
ENTERS
ESTATE
KISSES
NEARBY
RAILED
REELED
RESENT
RIVERS
SETTLE
STEEDS
TALKED
TESTED
TRAMPS
The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at theedges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. Theword in cell 10 (BESTED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
1 Tangle, 2 Neatly, 3 Estate, 4 Tramps, 5 Astute, 6 Scared, 7 Rather, 8 Enters, 9 Darted, 10 Hunter, 11 Adorns, 12 Luster, 13 Tended, 14 Resort, 15 Titled, 16 Dreams,17 Shouts, 18 Tested, 19 Siding
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONUnscramble the name of a famous Englandcricketer: INSPIRE KEEN VET
Unscramble the name of a large city in the US(three words): ATTACK SLY LIE QUITEPOPIGKE
EWN 2 - 8 January 2014 / Mallorca www.euroweeklynews.com34 OPINION & COMMENT
CLEANER Karen McKenna from Lo Crispin (Alicante)has no plans or intentions to make a New Year’sresolution: “I haven’t even thought about it this year,it is a bit of a pointless exercise really.
“The only time I kept one was around 20 years agowhen my resolution was to stop smoking and I lasted
until the April.”Student Craig Johnston, aged
23, on holiday in the Alicantearea from London to visit family,
said he intends tomake a resolution
he can keep thisyear: “Eat more,drink more,exercise less!I should beable to dothat, I
think!”
Carolina Garcia, aged 32, from Pego, has madea New Year resolution: “I want to exceed last year’sexpectations and to make true all my new projects.”She added: “I also want to spend next Christmaswith my family and friends, because I have been far
away from them this year.” Sheexplained that this is thesecond time she has madea resolution and last year itwas achieved successfullyso she expects tosucceed this New Year.
Francisco Cabrera from Teulada, aged 61, saidhe has not made any New Year’s resolutions. He didone a few years ago when he stopped smoking andhe is still not smoking, but this year he has “nothingto change” about his life.
Deborah Eagland a market stallholder who livesin Arboleas (Almeria) is looking forward to a healthyNew Year. “My resolution is to eat more healthily, nomore churros at the market. I hope to last all year.”
But Leigh Hill, 48, onholiday in Almeria fromSheffield, does not doresolutions. The lorrydriver said: “I stoppedmaking New Year’sresolutions years agobut, like a lot ofpeople I could do withlosing a bit ofweight. With myjob I spend a lotof time behindthe wheel andneed to exercisemore.”
As we enter the New Year it is the traditional time to make a fresh start with resolutions to improve your life. We asked what pledgespeople were making to themselves, if any, for 2014.
STREET TALK
Time for a fresh start in 2014?
HOME: CarolinaGarcia wants tobe closer to herfamily andfriendsnextyear.
POINTLESS:Karen
McKennahas no
plans forany
resolutions.
CHURROS: Deborah hasknocked the Spanishbreakfast treat off the menu.
T was 1974 whenlocal peasantfarmers came across
fragments of clay whiledigging a well on ahillside in LintongProvince, about 35kilometres east ofthe Chinese city ofXi’an in the Shaanxiregion.
They had no ideathat it would lead toone of the majorarchaeologicaldiscoveries of the20th century. Aftermore pieces beganto appear news spreadand it was not long beforearchaeologists moved in toinvestigate. To theirastonishment the initialexcavations uncovered notjust broken clay objects,but life-size figuresstanding in trenches insymmetrical formation.
Since work began on thesite, over 8,000 soldiers aswell as more than 500horses together withweapons and chariots haveappeared out of the groundto become one of thewonders of the world.
The origins of what hasbecome known universallyas the Terracotta Army dateback more than 2,000years. After defeating thewarlords of the SevenKingdoms at the end of aperiod known as theWarring States, whichlasted from 475-221BC, QinShi Huang-di became thefirst emperor of a unitedChina. Under his rule,which only lasted for 15years, China developed acentralised administration,established land ownershipwith a tax system, built anetwork of roads to expandeconomic links, and created
a standardised writtenlanguage which becamethe pillar of Chineseculture.
The emperor died in210BC and was buried in amausoleum near his capitalcity, Xi’an. Today the onlysign of his burial place is alarge hill, visible from faraway, but although it hasnot yet been excavated,experts believe it covers avast hidden city completewith buildings, theemperor’s tomb and bronzeand ceramic objects.
It had been the traditionfor emperors to take theiradministrators, governmentofficials and workers withthem into the next life aswell as valuable objects andbe buried in tombstogether whether theywished to die or not. But itseems Qin Shi Huangdecided he would rather beaccompanied by terracottaor baked clay modelsinstead of real people.
According to historians,there may have been achange of mentality inChinese society, but theybelieve the emperor mayhave also consideredthat terracotta figureswould be immortalwhereas human bodieswould decay. Whatever the
reasons, Qin ShiHuang decided thathe wanted to be with
his soldiers in the next life. He set in motion a
monumental project tobuild an army out of clay, amaterial which wasabundant in the region,within the space of a year.This posed a considerablelogistics’ problem as twoweeks were required tomould each warrior.However, one of the mostsignificant discoveries byarchaeologists was that nowarrior was the same. Eachhad its own physicalappearance.
Forty years after the firstexcavations, work is stillcontinuing. Construction ofthe first buildings began in1976. It is one of China’smost visited museumcomplexes complete with ashopping and restaurantvillage and extensiveparking facilities. Luckyvisitors might have thechance to see the nowelderly farmer whodiscovered the site, in one
of the museum shopswhere he often makes apersonal appearance.
The Terracotta Army hastravelled the world withcopies exhibited in many
cities. The latest temporaryexhibition is in the FernanGomes cultural centre inthe Plaza de Colon inMadrid and lasts untilMarch 2014. It comprises
150 exhibits including full-size soldiers and horses.
©Peter Fieldman
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London-born journalist andauthor, Peter spends his timebetween Paris and Madrid.His novel ‘1066 The Conquest’available on Amazon orwww.1066TheConquest.com
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The huge building housing the Terracotta Army. Left: A kneeling warrior.
Apart from creating 8,000individual warriorsanother mystery was howthe terracotta soldiersand bronze weaponscould have remained insuch perfect conditionafter being buried forover 2,000 years. Expertsfound that the Chinesehad developed a methodof mixing oxide ofchrome with salt to sealsurfaces, a technique onlypatented in Europe in1938.
Preservingthe past
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TRADITIONAL Danish pastries are underthreat in Denmark.
Their ‘kanelsnegler,’ or cinnamon rolls,could be banned after the EU proposedlimiting the use of the spice in an effortto limit the amount of coumarin
consumed. Coumarin is a naturallyoccurring toxic chemical found in cassia,the most common type of cinnamon.
Denmark’s food safety agency plans toimplement the EU regulations which limitthe amount of coumarin used to 15mg a
kilo on everyday bakedgoods.
However, in Sweden,the Government has gotaround the ruling bycalling the cinnamonpastries a ‘traditional andseasonal dish’ as they aremainly enjoyed aroundChristmas and New Year.This allows them to useup to 50mg per kilo.
Ceylon cinnamoncontains lower levels ofcoumarin than cassiacinnamon. Previousstudies have linked highcoumarin intake to liverdamage in a small numberof sensitive people,although some peoplehave argued you wouldhave to eat a considerableamount of cinnamon rollsto be affected.
Danish pastriesunder EU threat
CINNAMON ROLLS: A traditional and seasonal dish.
FOR those who werelooking for somethingdifferent to traditionalChristmas fayre, atakeaway servicecreated a festive twiston customers’ favouritedishes.
Just Eat asked 2,000British customers toname the Christmastakeaway dish theywould most like to seeand, as a result, theycreated four specialmeals including amince pie pizza, pork
and stuffing sushi,turkey, stuffing andcranberry sauce kebaband even a brusselsprout curry.
They say more than8,500 takeaway orderswere made onChristmas Day in 2012,with over 500,000orders made betweenDecember 23 and 31.
All four festivetakeaway dishes areavailable in limitedquantities from Just Eaton special request.
Favourite festivetakeaway dishes
WOW, it’s 2014already and timefor setting some
New Year gardeningresolutions to ensure thatyour garden enables you toenjoy:
• the sunny, open-airlifestyle that you expectedwhen you came to Spain
• daily harvests of fresh,chemically-free herbs, fruitand vegetables
• a great garden thatneeds little maintenance formost of the year.
Naturally we all have
different visions of how wewant to develop ourgardens but how about thefollowing for starters?
Ensure your ambitionsfor 2014 are realistic for themicroclimate and soil ofyour garden and the timeyou will have for gardening.
1. Make the garden intoa chemical-free zone forthe benefit of family,visitors, pets and wildlifewithout increasing theexposure to the possibilityof major insect and fungalattacks. Luckily the growthof the organic vegetableand fruit industries has ledto the availability ofproducts for the amateurgardener as well as themajor growers.
If you have troublefinding them in your local
garden centres, horti-cultural shops andagricultural co-operatives,buy by mail order viawww.trabe.net or tel 968572 004, asking forFransisco Ibanez whospeaks excellent English.
2. Invest in guttering andstorage tanks to collectrainwater.
3. Start or extend thegrowing of ecological ororganic vegetables in order
to be able to harvestseasonal varieties 365 daysa year. Our comprehensivebooks ‘Growing HealthyVegetables in Spain’ and‘Living well from our garden- Mediterranean style’ werewritten to help you do thiswhether you have a gardenor merely a small town-house patio or apartmentterrace.
With the abandonmentof orchards in many areas and the practice of
harvesting and sellingunripe fruits, more andmore expatriates areplanning to grow a widervariety of fruit and to do soorganically. Our book‘Growing Healthy Fruit inSpain’ is written to help youwith this. It includes adviceon some 70 varieties fromcitrus fruits to grapevines.
4. Reduce the cost ofplants by only planting
those appropriate for yourgarden’s microclimate.
There are descriptions ofsome 400 plants most likelyto be successful in coastalor inland gardens in ‘YourGarden in Spain’.
5. Reduce maintenanceby decreasing the size oflawns, increasing the areacovered by terraces andpaths and planting non-obtrusive plants.
6. Eat outdoors morefrequently by establishing avariety of ways of cookingalfresco, and cosy, colourfulperfumed areas.
Such New Yearresolutions can help youenjoy your garden and lifein Spain to the full.
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Dick HandscombeGardeningCornerBy Dick Handscombe Spain’sbest known expat gardeningauthor about to start his 26thwinter cut back.
New Yeargardeningresolutions
ENJOY: The sunny, open-air lifestyle that you came to Spain for.
WATER STORAGE: Gather and store rainwater.
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A LEADING real estatevaluation company, TINSA,is looking forward to 2014with optimism, for thecommercial propertyinvestment market.
Despite office vacancyfigures staying at around13.5 per cent and rentscontinuing to fall, thecompany in its report for2013 predicts astabilisation of the marketfor prime developments,and welcomes back corefund investors to theSpanish property market.
The twice yearly report
gives an overview of thereal estate investmentmarket, the behaviour andstrategy of the investors inSpain for the comingmonths based on theforecast of 15 main marketanalysts from AhorroCorporación, BankiaInmobiliario FII, CBREGlobal Investors, Corio,Generali Real Estate, GMP,Iberdrola Inmobiliaria,Inver-seguros, InvescoReal Estate, Metrovacesa,Mutua Inmobiliaria, Realia,
Reyal Urbis, SantanderBanif and Testa.
Six months after therelease of the last‘Barometer’, the outlook onthe economic situation isrelatively more optimistic.The last bulletin by theBank of Spain stated thatthe country had left behindthe recession.
Overall the report’sauthors say that in Spaincommercial propertyvacancy will continue toincrease, and rents fall.
But that will becounterbalanced in primecity centre sites whichhave a shortage of qualityoffice space. There thedecline in rents has slowedconsiderably.
And the report authorsexpect opportunistic fundsto be the most active inthe investment market asthey snap up bargainbasement commercialproperties with an eyeto a future propertyrecovery.
Until now investmentactivity has beendominated by nationalprivate investors, butimproving economicprospects, the decreasingperception of risk and theadjustment of prices areencouraging foreigninvestors.
OPTIMISTS whopredicted a rise inproperty prices wereproved right, but only bythe narrowest margin.
For the first time since2010 there was a year-on-year increase,albeit of just 0.7 percent, according to Spain’sNational Institute of
Statistics (INE).The time has not yet
come to rejoice, warnedCarlos Ferrer-Bonsoms,of Jones Lang LaSalle, aninternational real estatefirm specialising incommercial propertymanagement, leasingand investmentmanagement.
It is still necessary totread carefully althoughhe was ‘confident’ thatprices would stabilise in2014, Ferrer-Bonsomssaid. But buyers will onlycarry through deals ifthey can be sure thatprices will not continue tofall, he warned.
Bankinter’s JesusAmador wasalso confident that priceswould level out.
“Spain’s residentialproperty sector has hitrock bottom and is at thestart of a stabilisationphase,” Amadordeclared. This, hepredicted will produce arecovery that will be
rather slower than duringprevious cycles.
Once they havebottomed out, prices arelikely to remain stable for
several reasons,principally the highunemployment rate,families’ reducedpurchasing power and
the continuing lack ofcredit extended bySpain’s banks, saidFerrer-Bonsoms.
Postcodes will also playa part, added JulioRodriguez, formerpresident of the BancoHipotecario.
Recovery will beselective, startingin tourist zones andareas where economicactivity is mostdeveloped.
There are areas wherereal estate supplyoutstrips demand but inothers with moredemand and less housingprices could even beginto rise, he foresaw.
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AUTOMOBILI Lamborghini aims atredefining the benchmark for luxurysuper sports cars with the brand
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The silhouette of the vehicle is definedby only one line that merges the frontwith the cockpit and the rear of the car.
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The new Huracan’s hybrid chassis ismade of carbon and aluminium elements.
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The new 5.2 litre V10 engine delivers amaximum power of 448 kW/610 HP at8,250 rpm, and a maximum torque of560 Nm at 6,500 rpm.
In the new ‘Iniezione DirettaStratificata’ (IDS), direct andindirect petrol injections arecombined, resulting in more powerand torque with lower fuelconsumption.
The Huracan reaches a top speedof more than 325km/h, withacceleration from 0 to 100km/h in3.2 seconds.
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HURACAN: Successor to Gallardo.
DESIGN: Pure in its linesfeaturing sharp edges.
THE second productionmodel from the Chinesecar brand Qoros will belaunched at the 84thGeneva Motor Show inMarch.
With elegance andsimplicity as the keydesign language, thedebutant will echo thehigh specification andEuropean qualitystandards of the Qoros 3Sedan.
The car has beendesigned to appeal to theyoung, modern, ‘alwaysconnected’ metropolitancustomer, with state-of-the-art features includingthe QorosCloud info-tainment systemaccessed via an eight-
inch touchscreen.The second member of
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In September, theQoros 3 Sedan becamethe first car developed inChina to be awarded fivestars in Euro NCAP crashtests.
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Second member of theQoros family for 2014
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S Costa Blanca’s best guide to local sportport
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Tony Matthewsconcludes his reviewof the sporting year...
SEPTEMBERGareth Bale became
the world’s mostexpensive footballer byjoining Real Madrid fromTottenham for £85.3m(€100m).
Sunderland sackedmanager PaoloDi Canio.
Lorenzowon theBritish andSan MarinoMotoGPswhile Marqueztriumphed on hishome track in Spain.
Oracle Team USA withthe world’s greatestsailor, Sir Ben Ainslie, onboard, came back from 8-1 down to beat NewZealand 9-8 and socomplete one of thegreatest comebacks ofall-time to win the oldesttrophy in world sport,The Americas Cup.
German F1 star Vetteltriumphed in theSingapore Grand Prix.
Durham clinchedcricket’s CountyChampionship for thesecond time.
In football, LiverpoolLadies won the WSLPremier League.
GB’s Liam Phillips wasconfirmed as the WorldBMX champion.
Swansea-born NonStanford won thewomen’s World triathlontitle.
OCTOBERWigan Warriors won
Rugby League’s Grandfinal.
Vettel came first in theIndian, Japanese andKorean Grand Prix.
Djokovic won theShanghai
Masters tennistitle andSerenaWilliamswon her
11th singlestitle of 2013.Motor cyclist
Lorenzo was victoriousin the Australian andJapanese GPs whilePedrosa won in Malaysia.
The FA celebrated its150th anniversary(formed on October 26,1863).
NOVEMBERThe world’s third
greatest batsman, India’sSachin Tendulkar, retiredafter scoring 81,742 runsin 1,524 matches -
15,921 in 200 Tests.Four-time F1 world
champion Vettel won inAbu Dhabi, Brazil andUSA to make it ninevictories in successionand 13 in 2013. Red Bullcolleague Mark Webberretired from F1.
Djokovic added the ATPWorld title to his CV whilethe Czech Republic wonthe Davis Cup.
Fulham dismissedDutch manager Martin Jolas Martin O’Neill tookcharge of the Republic ofIreland.
A record crowd ofalmost 75,000 sawAustralia demolish NewZealand 34-2 to winRugby League’s WorldCup at Old Trafford.
Lorenzo took the
ValencianMotoGP but it was hisfellow countrymanMarquez who wassubsequently crownedthe youngest-ever worldchampion.
Eighteen-time NationalHuntchampionjockey TonyMcCoy rodehis 4,000thwinner. TheIrishman has had15,000 rides, 1,000 fallsand suffered 40breaks/fractures.
GB cyclists Laura Trott,Jo Rowsell, Dani King andElinor Barker broke thewomen’s world pursuitrecord TWICE in a week.Trott also won the
Omnium gold while BeckyJames took the Worldsprint and keirin titles.
GB boxer Carl Frochstopped George
Groves atManchester’s O2Arena to retainhis IBF andWBA super-middleweighttitles.
Scot StewartAnderson wonthe WorldIndoor Bowlstournament.
Kawasakirider TomSykes(England)
was crownedWorld SuperbikeChampion.
DECEMBERAustralia’s cricketers
won the third Testin Perth to
regain TheAshes.
The drawfor the 2014World Cup in
Brazil sawEngland being
matched withItaly, Costa Rica andUruguay. Spain drewHolland.
Blackpool had fiveplayers sent off in fourdays; Manchester Citythrashed Arsenal 6-3and after losing 5-0 athome to Arsenal, Spurs
sacked manager AndreVillas-Boas. WBA alsofired their boss SteveClarke.
The ChampionsLeague draw pairedBarcelona withManchester City, Arsenalwith holders BayernMunich, ManchesterUnited with Olympiacosand Chelsea withGalatasaray.
And Manchester fanslearned they could beattending a City-UnitedLeague Cup final whenthe clubs were keptapart after reaching thesemi-finals.
Aussie Neil Robertsonwon the UK Snookertournament.
GB’s London 2012gold medal winnerCharlotte Dujardinadded three separateworld dressage titles toher collection.
The British and IrishLions won the Team ofthe Year award; Lions’boss Warren Gatlandwas voted Coach of theYear; female shooterAmber Hill (15) wasYoung SportsPersonality of the Year,Sebastian Vettel claimedthe ‘overseas’ prize andSir Alex Fergusonreceived a LifetimeAchievement award.This was the 60thanniversary of theprogramme.
THE following sports people alsopassed away in 2013: Englandcricketers Mike Denness, TonyGreig and Reg Simpson; racehorsetrainer Sir Henry Cecil (25 Classicwinners including Frankel); rugby
stars Cliff Morgan and StevePrescott; athletes McDonald Bailey,Todd Bennett and Stan Vickers;golfers Bernard Hunt and KenVenturi; boxer Ken Norton; wrestlerMick McManus; super-biker Andrea
Simoncelli; darts champion PhilNixon; sailor Andrew Simpson; USgrid-iron stars Joe Black Hayes andAce Parker; basketball legendVivian Kellogg and Spanish F1 testdriver Maria de Villota.
A sad farewell for the sports world
€100m Bale stole the headlines asTendulkar retired and Aussies triumphed
BALE: Joined Real Madrid.
Lorenzowins theValencianMotoGP Australia
regainedthe
Ashes
Costa de Almeria
A former football playerand the world’s mostprolific author of footballbooks (more than 100published), Tony is alsothe sports reporter forSpectrum Radio andlives in the Cabreramountains.
Tony MatthewsInternational Sports
Tennis ace Andy Murray was named BBCSports Personality of the Year, receiving 51 percent of the vote. Welsh Rugby Union star Leigh
Halfpenny came second and jockey TonyMcCoy third.
LeighHalfpenny
