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Paramount Park land purchase to be completed on 7th February
Land for the Paramount Park and Lifestyle Center Murcia is valued at 15.8 million euros. Premursa will complete on the purchase of lands earmarked for construction of the projected Paramount park and Lifestyle Center on the 7th February. According to a statement from Jesús Samper, President of Proyectos Emblemáticos Murcianos...
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Could the Odyssey treasure come to Cartagena?
500 million dollars worth of treasure from Spanish wreck could complete it's own 200 year journey. The Mayoress of Cartagena has said that treasure salvaged from the wreck of the Spanish ship, the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, should be brought to Cartagena, and housed in the ARQUA National Subaquatic Archaeology Museum.Spain has this...
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Spanish Mona Lisa revealed to be a contemporary copy.
The painting is believed to have been painted by a pupil, alongside the original. The Prado has discovered a contemporary copy of the Mona Lisa within it´s own collection, believed to have been painted by one of Leonardo Da Vinci's pupils at the same time as the original was painted by the master himself.For many years the painting...
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New S-80 submarines named as work continues on their construction.
First off the production line will be the S-81 Isaac Peral. With production of the four new S-80 submarines at the Navantia works in Cartagena well underway, the names of the four new vessels have been published in the official MOD Bulletin. The four new 80-class subs being will start to come into active service from 2015, the first...
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Cold snap causes widespread damage to lettuce crops.
Murcia produced 432,000 tons of lettuce last year. The state meteorological agency Aemet says that the cold snap affecting Spain is due to a mass of polar air sweeping across the south of Europe, and that this is a weather event which normally affects the country once every seven or eight years. Aemet Spokesman Ángel Rivera speculated...
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Monthly unemployment figures worse than anticipated.
Unemployment rose by nearly 4% last month. The monthly unemployment figures have come out, the official numbers of people registered as seeking work in the Nation´s unemployment offices, and are the worst figures yet recorded since the system began in 1996.The number of people unemployed in Spain is still rising: the Ministerio de...
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OMITA at El Algar temporarily closed.
What´s an OMITA office? The OMITA municipal office in El Algar will remain closed until at least next week in order to allow the completion of building work which is currently underway. The work consists of various carpentry and floor repairs which have been made necessary by problems with damp in the building.
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President Valcárcel discusses Corvera and San Javier airports with Minister for defence.
The intention is to open Corvera airport early summer. The President of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, discussed the situation reference Corvera airport when he met Pedro Morenés, the National Minister for Defence, in Madrid earlier this week.Several topics were discussed at the meeting,...
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Three British tourists die in legionnella outbreak.
14 people were infected, 10 of them British. Three British tourists have died during an outbreak of legionella in a Hotel located in Calpe, across the border within the Valencian Community.All three are between the ages of 73 and 78, and are amongst 14 people taken ill, 10 of which are of British nationality, the remainder being Spanish.
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The domino effect as construction implodes.
Construction licensing collapsed by 50% last year, the result shows clearly in businesses shutting their doors. The slow implosion of the construction sector and subsequent destruction of jobs can be clearly illustrated by a series of reports issued and events which have taken place during the last few days. Unemployment has nearly reached...
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Cartagena-Vera concessionary fails to reach financing agreement.
Aucosta now has debts of 500 million euros. The IU-Verdes political party were scathing last night in their criticism of Aucosta, the concessionary who has built and is now managing the Cartagena-Vera motorway, which has failed to agree a re-financing plan with its bankers in order to handle the 500 million euros of debt it has now accumulated.
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Niños robados, first exhumation in Alicante.
Spain's stolen babies, the nightmare continues. For the last few months, coverage of the so-called "Spain´s stolen babies" scandal has been increasing, even in the UK; the BBC screening a documentary about the situation ( Spain´s...
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The cold snap provokes increase in hospital admissions.
Snow is predicted for the North of the region tomorrow. The Spanish national meteorological institute Aemet has issued a special bad weather warning as a result of the cold front which is sweeping over the whole of the Iberian peninsula in the next few days. During the second half of this week a mass of cold air will move in from central...
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Increased facilities to amplify tuna research programme.
New research tanks under construction at Isla Plana We reported a few days ago about the ongoing research into tuna farming which is taking place here in the Region of Murcia. Due to the decline in wild fish stocks, the necessity to find ways in which to raise tuna from eggs laid in captivity is becoming increasingly urgent, as tuna is...
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It´s musical airports as Ryanair discuss routes for next year.
Alicante appeal will dictate the cancellation of flights next week and Murcia gets a new route. A very interesting day was played out in airport politics today, with Ryanair throwing a couple of pieces onto the board as it laid down it´s next card in the game of musical airports. The morning began with a press conference, starring...
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Almería-Murcia AVE.
Sorbas Tunnel completed. Several readers have emailed asking for more information about the progress of the AVE line which is planned between Murcia and Almería following comments made by the new Minister for Fomento, Ana Pastor, who visited both the Region of Murcia and Almería last week as part of a whistlestop tour.
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British tourists spent more than 10 billion euros whilst on holiday in Spain last year.
Foreign tourists spent more than 52 billion euros here in 2011. The British still love Spain and spend a lot of money here. The official figures published yesterday by Egatur, show that the 56.7 million foreign visitors to Spain last year spent a total of 52,796 million euros in the country, an increase of 7.9% over the spending recorded in...
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Fuente Álamo technology park to include new propulsion fuels research centre.
Expal are part of the MAXAM Group, a multinational specialist in defence and commercial industries. The "Parque Tecnológico" in Fuente Álamo will be home to a new research Centre for Propulsion Fuels, owned by the Expal company, which is part of the Maxam group. Maxam are a vast, multinational group, comprising 140 companies...
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Vueling and Iberia are the winners following Spanair collapse.
Shares in both businesses have risen sharply in response to the Spaniar collapse. The price of shares in low-cost airline Vueling has risen sharply as a result of its direct competitor Spanair going out of business at the end of last week. Vueling shares have risen 25% since Spanair announced that it was suspending operations due...
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Ring of steel around Cartagena bullring to come down.
The structure has cost around a million euros to hire since it was erected. The current chapter in the long history of the Roman Ampitheatre which lies beneath the Plaza de Toros in Cartagena is coming to a conclusion, as a decision appears to have been reached regarding the external structure of the former bullring.Although...
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Marina de Cope development at Águilas threatened by court ruling.
The court ruling will doubtless be the first of many. The controversial Marina de Cope development proposed for Águilas may prove to be unviable following a judicial ruling which effectively reduces the area upon which housing may be built. Ecologistas en Acción estimate that the sentence will reduce the buildable area of...
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Gang carried out 100 domestic robberies along the coast.
The gang struck in Los Alcázares, Vera, Mojácar, Alicante and Almería. The Guardia Civil and the Policía Nacional have broken up a network consisting mainly of Algerians, Russians and Latvians, who they believe to be responsible for around a hundred burglaries on the Mediterranean coast. A total of 13 people...
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Economic indicators show Spain re-entering recession this year.
The Spanish eceonomy contracted by 1.3% in the last quarter. All the indicators point to a difficult 2012 for the Spanish economy.The Spanish economy contracted by 1.3% in the last quarter of 2011, according to preliminary figures by the National Statistics Institute (INE), and the government's expectation is that the trend will continue...
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Spanair leaves debts of 350 million euros.
Spanair collapse, 2400 jobs will be lost The shutdown of Spanair leaves unpaid debts of 350 million euros and 2,400 employees without a job, as well as thousands of passengers stranded all over Spain and the rest of the world. The 350 million euros of accumulated debt will almost immediately be increased by as much as 70 million...
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More misery for air passengers as Iberia pilots strike again.
Air Iberia pilots strike for the seventh time As if Spanish air passengers haven´t got enough to cope with already, 95 flights have been cancelled today as a result of the seventh in the current spate of 24-hour strikes by Air Iberia pilots.The last strike, organized on Friday by the Iberia pilots' union Sepla, coincided...
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The shadow of demolition looms ever closer over the Pescadería de Miguel.
The restaurant, at Santiago de la Ribera, has lost another appeal. The Pescadería de Miguel in San Javier has lost another battle in its fight for survival, following a court ruling in Cartagena.The Chamber for Contentious Administrative Proceedings of the Higher Courts of Justice in Murcia has confirmed the legality of plans to demolish...
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New Minister refuses to be drawn on dates for Murcia-Almeria AVE line.
She said she had inherited a mountain of projects and open trenches all over Spain. As reported last week, the President of the Region, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, met with the new Minister for development, Ana Pastor, as part of her national tour to discuss existing infrastructure plans with individual administrations. As incoming Minister , she has inherited the...
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Murcia authorised to increase debt by 751 million.
Valencia has also been allowed to borrow more money. Last week construction companies were protesting once again in the capital of Murcia, pressuring the Regional government into paying money owed to all those businesses providing goods and services on its behalf, especially those who have carried out public works contracts, such as themselves. The Region of Murcia, along...
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Cartagena council agree construction of Los Urrutias sports facilities
The sports centre will add facilities to the Residencial Perla de Levante The Junta de Gobierno local has agreed that Cartagena Town Hall will offer a contract to a private company in order for a new sports centre to open in Los Urrutias in the summer of 2013. It seems likely that the concession will be given to Promociones Fuertes Sociedad Anónima (Profusa), who will...
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Totana council debts at 84.3 million euros.
Bank loans represent half of the total. The total debts of the Town Hall of Totana have been estimated by auditors at 84.3 million euros, half of which are bank loans.The rest of the debt consists of 32 million euros owed to suppliers and over 10 million to other public administration bodies, according to the figures presented by Mayoress Isabel...
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Spanish unemployment hits 5.27 million.
Murcia now has just under 200,000 unemployed, which is the fourth highest figure nationwide in percentage terms. The active population survey, La encuesta de poplación activa, which shows the number of people actually unemployed revealed today that Spain´s unemployment situation continues to worsen. There are two different sets...
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2.6 tons of hashish intercepted off the Mazarrón coastline.
The leisure vessel was detected by the SIVE vigilance system yesterday. A major haul of 2.6 tons of cannabis resin took place yesterday off the Mazarrón coastline, following the detection of a suspicious recreation boat by the SIVE coastal vigilance protection system. SIVE is an extensive vigilance system, which is able to detect marine...
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Research into tuna farming continues, 2011 yielding positive results.
In 2011, fish born in captivity reached a weight of 2 kilos after 7 months. As natural stocks dwindle, fish farming becomes an increasingly important business, and here in the Region of Murcia, is also valuable business. The bluefin tuna, curiously known in Spanish as "red tuna", is a highly prized fish throughout the Mediterranean, and...
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Cáritas appeal for food aid as stocks run out.
Cáritas is just one of several charities who distribute food to the needy. The Cáritas charity organisation in the Region of Murcia has been forced into suspending its distribution of food to the needy in some parishes because they literally don't have enough left. Throughout the last 2 years, demands upon independent...
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Murcian lorries and lettuces stranded in Italy as truck drivers strike.
Italian truck drivers are striking, causing food and fuel shortages. Problems in Italy have been impacting on Murcian agriculturalists and lorry drivers this week as lorryloads of fresh produce find themselves stranded on Italian soil. The transport strike in Italy has left lorry drivers from the Region of Murcia stuck in Italy, and many orders...
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Lecha wars break out between legals and illegals.
Cartagena fishermen say illegal fishing is getting out of hand. The economic crisis has many facets, and as unemployment grows, so does the variety of means employed by those determined to earn a living by whatever route possible. Cáritas announced yesterday that it is now desperate for supplies with which to feed the thousands of families...
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Harsh words between ecologists and the Port Authority over El Gorguel.
The head of the Cartagena Port Authority called the area around El Gorguel a pigsty. The battle goes on between ecological groups and the President of the Cartagena Port Authority, Adrián Ángel Viudes, over the proposal to build a container terminal in El Gorguel, the last bay on the border between Cartagena and La Unión. The...
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Expat Interview 1, the BBC asks how the crisis is affecting expats in Spain.
BBC Look East want to know if the Eurozone crisis is an expat crisis. This weekend the Region of Murcia has been the source of media attention, with both the BBC and Channel 4 producing different reports which will be screened on national television in the UK soon. Each is featured in separate articles, together with another interview carried...
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Expat interview 2, an estate agent´s point of view.
The changing face of Camposol, interview with Chris Mercer. We ask what the eurocrisis and economic downturn are really doing to an urbanisation with a mainly ex-pat population. There´s so much negativity, gloooooom, doooooom and general misery in the press at the moment, the Eurozone lurching from one crisis summit to another, Unemployment...
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Expat Interview 3, Channel 4 filming A Place in the sun in Mazarrón.
Younger couples are looking for investment properties, but with smaller budgets than before. Mazarrón has been busy this weekend with film crews, the first from the BBC and the second from Channel 4, giving good publicity for the area as potential buyers look at prospective property in the Region of Murcia. In spite of the economic downturn,...
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Regional Minister says first plane will land at Corvera airport in June or July.
The Regional Minister for public works gave an interview to the press this week. According to Antonio Sevilla, the Regional Minister for Obras Públicas y Ordenación del Territorio, ( public works and infrastructure) his government department expects the first plane to land at Corvera airport at the end of June or the beginning of July. His...
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3.2 million euros being spent improving an airport that´s due to close.
San Javier is due to close this year and revert to the military. Sometimes Spanish politics resembles the story of the emperor and his suit of invisible clothes. Whilst some are confined by being in power, and having to spout the official party line, the UPyD have the luxury of being in neither opposition nor power, so can say exactly what they...
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Police step up patrols to deter Cartagena prostitutes.
Prostitution is not illegal in Spain. The Cartagena Spanish press reports that local police in Cartagena are stepping up their campaign to remove prostitutes and their clients from the streets of the old city centre, with officers patrolling the streets in pairs where complaints from residents are most frequent, putting pressure on the prostitutes...
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Will a new Finance Minister bring a spoonful of medicine to soothe regional finances.
Constructors marched in protest today at non-payment of their bills and the Regional Health service is taking 2 years to pay it's suppliers. Today the new Consejero for Economía y Hacienda, Juan Bernal, the Region of Murcia´s financial and economic Minister, took charge of the region´s financial reins, saying that "all the problems...
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New Ministers face the woe of desperate motorway concessionaries.
The Cartagena - Vera ghost highway is on the list. The Ministry of Fomento has inherited a number of issues since the new government took power, one of these being the liquidity issues faced by toll road concessionaries. Here in the Region of Murcia, the Cartagena -Vera Ghost highway has received the most press attention, recently emitting a...
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Murcian construction businesses protest against non-payment of bills.
The businesses parked a JCB outside the regional hacienda claiming it was loaded with debt. The ongoing problems being experienced by many who have worked in the construction sector continue, as the number of associated companies entering into bankruptcy protection increase. Initially the businesses running into trouble were the constructors...
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Spain´s biggest half-pipe being inaugurated this Saturday.
Sierra Nevada is only a 3 hour drive from Murcia There are certainly ski-ing and snowboarding enthusiasts amongst our readers, who might be interested to know about the latest innovation up in the Sierra Nevada, Spain´s biggest half pipe which is being inaugurated this weekend. About fifty of the top current freestyle skiers will...
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British love affair with Spain continues, 24% of all tourists last year were British.
Over 13 million British visited Spain last year. The final figures for 2011 have now been confirmed, showing that the number of foreign visitors to Spain in 2011 finished up 7.6% higher in 2011 than the year before, reaching 56.7 million. These figures were published in the Frontur report by the Ministry of Energía y Turismo, and especially...
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Hotel occupancy stats reveal interesting trends for attracting 2012 tourists.
Nationally hotel occupancy stats were up, but Murcia experienced a decline. Last year was a difficult year for the Spanish economy, but one sector experienced a substantial increase, and will receive extra support during the forthcoming year to help it develop and create more employment; tourism. During the FITUR tourism fair the prime...
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This year is expected to be warm and dry.
Murcians can look forward to a warm, dry 2012. After two winters of relatively plentiful rainfall, Spain is now entering a period of meteorological drought, according to a spokesman from Aemet, the state meteorological agency. Thanks to the heavy rains of late 2009, the spring and last couple of months of 2010, the nation's reservoirs...
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Unemployment level in Spain expected to remain high.
Unemployment expected to surpass 23% this year and remain high in 2013 The latest forecast issued by the Banco de España regarding unemployment in Spain points to a worsening of the country's employment crisis. The predictions published yesterday in the bank's quarterly economic bulletin anticipate that the unemployment rate will...
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Cartagena, Victor Beltrí staircase remodelling nears completion.
The works have cost 160,000 euros Regular visitors to Cartagena will have noticed the demolition and re-construction of the Victor Beltrí staircase taking place in the centre of the port area, along the front of the Muralla del Mar. The repair and renovation work has now been virtually concluded without any hitch, and the area surrounding...
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Santa Lucía Glass Museum, training for tourism.
The Museum also offers courses for those who would like to learn glassmaking skills The Glass Museum at Santa Lucía in Cartagena, El Museo del Vidrio de Santa Lucia opened last year, and is a multi-purpose installation, operating both as a Museum commemorating the history of Cartagena´s Glassmaking tradition, as well as providing a forum...
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Trampolin Hills victims continue to fight.
The victims are requesting that roads named after the promotors be re-named. The saga continues as angry Trampolin Hills purchasers await the outcome of pending court cases, minus the homes they paid to have constructed, or the deposit paid to the constructors. The platform group representing those affected by the collapse of the Grupo Trampolín...
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Mayoress of Cartagena urges businesses to adapt to the demands of the tourists.
The Mayoress says the council has done it´s part, now it´s up to the businesses to take advantage of the opportunities created. The Mayoress of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, has been quite outspoken during the last few months about the necessity for Cartagena businesses to modify their attitudes and adopt to the needs of visitors, if they are to take advantage of the opportunities...
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22 million euro wind farm taking shape in Jumilla
This is the seventh Iberdrola windfarm in the Region of Murcia. The Region of Murcia is attracting an increasing number of clean energy investments, the fact that this region has the most days of sun per year of any Spanish province making it an ideal location for solar installations, the larger locations allied with wind power. There are several...
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New boss at the top of Aena, will it speed up or slow down Corvera opening.
Pedro Cruz says flights will begin in June, but with a 12,000 million euro deficit, the new head of Aena may have more pressing matters to deal with. One of the most frequently asked questions in emails received is when the new Corvera International airport will open for business. Although the main structure of the airport is concluded,...
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Bizarre incident in El Raal as victims kidnap their assailants.
The police couldn´t decide who was guilty of what so arrested everybody. The Guardia Civil have arrested eight individuals following a bizarre series of events in El Raal on Wednesday, when four robbers were kidnapped by the owners of the premises they had broken into. The incidents began during the afternoon, when four Spanish nationals...
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Bringing the Isaac Peral submarine in from the cold.
The story continues. The saga of the Isaac Peral submarine continues, as the chess pieces move back and forwards on the board, the Port Authority keen to see the submarine out of the way to facilitate a refurbishment of the Cartagena dockside, the council concerned to see the submarine rehomed before the elements damage the historic vessel further,...
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15 arrested in Operation Detroit.
The gang used Phishing to commit internet fraud. The Guardia Civil has successfully concluded the second phase of its "Operation Detroit", arresting fifteen people and identifying fourteen more as probable members of an international network which perpetrated fraud by the method known as "Phishing". The operation recovered the personal information,...
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Murcian Pimentón production to be honoured in monument.
Murcia is an important paprika producer. Whilst a little story about the rehabilitation of a pepper mill and its subsequent re-positioning on a roundabout in a Murcian superb may not sound particularly newsworthy, it´s actually an interesting reminder of an industry which has been important to the Murcian economy for centuries: the...
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Changes to residency certificates.
New paperwork is replacing the large green certificate. There has been a great deal of confusion recently about the issuing of residencia certificates, following changes to the paperwork issued.A reader emailed to say he had been told his green residencia certificate was no longer valid when he tried to purchase a mobile phone, and was sent to...
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It´s here, Scyphophorus acupunctatus, the black snout weevil has arrived in Murcia.
The great Agave meltdown. The mighty agave plants which form dense, living hedges across the region of Murcia and are regularly mistaken for Aloe Vera by newly arrived ex-pats face an uncertain future. Majestic striped, or blue agave americana are drooping, wilting, literally melting in the hot sun, keeling over in an attitude of helplessness by roadsides across the region. But...
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310,000 fake banknotes were withdrawn from circulation by banks last year
20 and 50 euro notes are the most common target for forgers. The European Central Bank has announced that in the second half of 2011 more than 310,000 fake banknotes were withdrawn from circulation, 4.7% more than in the previous six months. However, the total amount withdrawn in 2011 was 19.3% less than in 2010. 80% of the fakes detected were...
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Cybercrime is on the increase; simple procedures which could save your money.
Cyber-crime is becoming increasingly widespread. Cyber-crime is on the increase, and there are more and more warnings that we should be alert to the possibility that savings in our bank accounts could be under threat from hackers. When criminals remove funds from an account one of their tactics is normally to take out relatively small amounts...
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La Manga Club signs agreement to try and win the Solheim Cup 2015.
The competition has narrowed to two possibles: La Manga Club Murcia or Hamburg in Germany. The general manager of La Manga Club, Antonio Ros, has signed an agreement with the regional minister for Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, to increase the chances of the Solheim Cup, the women's golf equivalent of the Ryder Cup, being held at...
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400,000 euro promotional campaign for the Mar Menor.
The aim is to break the seasonality of Mar Menor tourism. Yesterday the Region of Murcia presented it´s long awaited campaign to promote the Mar Menor, following pressure from local businesses and the hotel trade to cede greater importance to the Region´s star tourist attraction , Europe´s largest saltwater lagoon. The...
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The AVE will arrive in Murcia in 2014.
President Valcárcel made this declaration following a meeting with Spain´s new Infrastructure Minister. Despite the budget cutbacks in the Ministerio de Fomento, the arrival of the high speed train in Murcia, which is expected in 2014, will not be delayed, according to the president of the Region of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel. Sr...
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Orange snow alert brings welcome reprieve for orange crop.
The North-west and Altiplano are on snow alert. The state meteorological agency, Aemet, has issued an orange alert level for snow in the higher zones of the Region of Murcia, namely the Altiplano and the Northwest. There´s a 40-70% probability of snow, with a possible accumulation of 7cm if the expected snow arrives. The Civil...
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Minor tremor at Torrevieja felt in San Pedro del Pinatar
The 1.7 tremor was widely felt in southern Torrevieja Last night at 6.07 local time, a small earth tremor of 1.7 magnitude was registered to the south of Torrevieja over the border in the Alicante province. Although it was only a very small tremor, it was felt by a good number of local inhabitants, in not only Torrevieja itself, but also...
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90,000 Panecillos de San Anton in production this week.
The ladies of the Barrio of San Anton in Murcia are in production mode. Each year, the ladies living in the Barrio of San Anton in Murcia gather together to prepare thousands of what are known as the Panecillos de San Anton. These are little rolls, or biscuits, made in honour of San Anton, who celebrates his Saint´s day on the 17th January,...
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Cartagena budgets approved, basic costs to all householders have increased.
However, Cultural events have been cut back heavily. Many of the popular free cultural events we enjoyed in the past will not take place this year. The municipal budget for 2012 in Cartagena has been approved in a full session of the town council, and the need for cuts in spending will affect numerous individuals and organizations in the municipality,...
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Currency exchange, should we keep currency in the UK or Spain?
Where is the safest place to keep your savings? ADVERTORIAL, supplied by SAT Worldwide. Sterling sets a new 16-month high, so how do you protect yourself from a Euro collapse? As 2011 drew to a close it seemed we were further away than ever to finding a solution to the European...
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Increased levels of business bankruptcies during 2011.
13% more Murcian businesses entered proceedings last year. According to the official state bulletin, during 2011 a total of 233 companies filed for bankruptcy proceedings in the Region of Murcia, 13% more than last year. This reflected a similar rise (14%) in the country as a whole, where more than 6,000 bankruptcy proceedings were initiated during...
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Can anybody out there help this reader with his travel insurance problem?
A reader with a pre-existing medical condition is finding it difficult to get insurance. Has anybody else had the same problem and found a solution? Here´s his plea for help. Is Travel Insurance now Impossible to get? As we advance in years we have problems...
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Paramount Park and Lifestyle center Murcia VIDEO in English
Paramount Park video presented in Madrid
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