SS-officer Erich Steidtmann.

attorney general reopened an investigation on the former SS-officer Erich Steidtmann. New evidence showed that the 95-year-old was indeed involved with the murder on tens of thousands of Jews in Lublin, Poland, in 1943.

life-long horse rider Jayne Grimshaw was seriously injured after a fall from which she was lucky to escape with her life.

life-long horse rider Jayne Grimshaw was seriously injured after a fall from which she was lucky to escape with her life. The experienced dressage rider, aged 42, was hacking out Spencer, a 14-year-old horse schooled at El Jinete Rehabilitation Centre near La Cala Golf Resort.
Riding the 475-kilo horse, followed closely behind by a paying guest on another horse, Jayne headed out towards the Rio Seco, not realising the nightmare which was about to be unleashed.
As the pair of horses walked along a cement-covered section of road towards the river, without warning Jayne’s horse collapsed onto the concrete surface, trapping her beneath. With the horse unable to get to its feet, the guest rider could only watch on in horror as the animal writhed around in panic before regaining its footing.
The horrifying accident only lasted a matter of seconds but left Jayne with her tibia shattered and exposed through her shin. With her shoulder dislocated and with only her riding jodhpurs holding the bone in her leg in place, Jayne held onto the panicked animal’s reins until help arrived fifteen minutes later. Four local men who happened to be driving by and lifted her into a friend’s car and off to the Costa del Sol A&E ward.
She was released six days later, wheelchair bound and needing daily injections and medical care, with her leg pinned and plated and a prognosis of six months immobilisation followed by painful physiotherapy.
After enquiring about the stables personal injury insurance, she and her husband Paul were met with the news that the El Jinete Rehabilitation Centre was closing down and, given no advance warning, not only did they and other patrons of the La Cala stables have to find new homes for their horses, they were told the owner was unavailable as she had gone on holiday.

warning about robberies being committed in Malaga by people who pretend to spill something on the victim

warning about robberies being committed in Malaga by people who pretend to spill something on the victim and then offer to help them clean it. The targets are mainly elderly tourists and the thieves steal money, credit cards and documents. A 58-year-old Peruvian man was arrested this month for robbing a 67-year-old tourist who was able to identify him. He had a record for similar crimes.

Drinking close to a health centre, school, play park or old people’s home will raise the amount of the fine, initially set a 300 euros

specially protected areas where drinking in the street will be punished with higher fines. Drinking close to a health centre, school, play park or old people’s home will raise the amount of the fine, initially set a 300 euros, and could reach as much as 3,000 euros for repeat offenders. For selling alcohol to minors or out of hours, fines could amount to as much as 60,000 euros.

PRESSURE is mounting for the central government and the Junta de Andalucia to take urgent action to create the train service from Fuengirola along the Costa del So to Estepona.

PRESSURE is mounting for the central government and the Junta de Andalucia to take urgent action to create the train service from Fuengirola along the Costa del So to Estepona.

The spokesman for the Costa del Sol Business and Hoteliers Association, Salvador Vilchez, said it was extremely important for the area to have better transport for tourists, who are currently paying more for a taxi from Malaga Airport to their hotel in Estepona, than they way for their flight from the UK.
The vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce, Juan Cobalea, said that with the new airport terminal, the second runway which is planned and the high speed train between Malaga and the rest of Spain, many tourists can access the province, but not the Western area, which is isolated from the rest of the Costa for lack of a good train connection.

Buddha Beach music starts on July 17 when 80s chart toppers “Imagination” play,

Buddha Beach firmly believes that you can’t get too much of a good thing, and following the unforgettable performance by Alexander O’ Neil last summer, some superb acts will be playing over the summer. The music starts on July 17 when 80s chart toppers “Imagination” play, followed on July 31 by soul legends “The Drifters”. Buddha Beach hosts Desert Lounge from August 6-8, three days of music and live performance with a Spanish feel, featuring the music of the Gipsy Kings performed by The Original Manolo & Lito. Final act this summer will be Soul and R&B superstars, “Rose Royce”, who play Buddha Beach on August 21. There are a variety of ticket prices and packages available, contact Buddha Beach for further details.

There will also be a number of dining options for the show, including Buddha Beach’s famed Buffet. All the acts will be performing at Buddha Beach this summer with full backing bands with shows lasting at least 75 minutes.

died in Malaga city while attempting to steal copper cable from the Salyt brick factory

 43-YEAR-OLD man died in Malaga city while attempting to steal copper cable from the Salyt brick factory.
This is the second case in just 10 days. His body was found by an electrician who worked for the company when he went to check what he thought was a fault with the machinery.
When he entered the room, containing a pump to extract water from a well, he found the lock was broken and when he found the body he called emergency services.
National Police believe the man was electrocuted when he attempted to cut cable with some pliers.

Romanian immigrant arrived at his Marbella home early one morning and had an argument with his flatmate

Romanian immigrant arrived at his Marbella home early one morning and had an argument with his flatmate, the argument started in the living room of the flat but moved into the kitchen where it quickly escalated into a violent attack.
The accused allegedly plunged a kitchen knife into the flatmate’s chest, according to the prosecution, with the intent on “taking his life”.
The victim suffered a punctured lung and a severed aorta which killed him.
A request has been made for a 14 year prison sentence from the prosecution for murder and the sum of 200,000 euros to be paid as compensation to the victim’s family.

MALAGA Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking for 18 years in prison for three people charged with defrauding Marbella Town Hall in 2003.

One of the accused was the head of the Parks and Gardens Department. All three are believed to have pretended to carry out work and services for the town hall and received public funds for doing nothing.
The town hall paid them up to 147,306 euros. They are facing six years each in prison and a fine of 21,600 euros for the head of the department and 10,800 euros each for the others.

Marbella sells off GIL era property to pay off debt

Marbella sells off GIL era property to pay off debt

first property to be released for sale is a luxury apartment in the Golf Rio Real development. The 380 sqm property was used by the GIL party members without paying rent.

Marbella’s interest payments on outstanding debt from the GIL era amounts to 10 million euros every year. The urgent need for money has led the municipality to sell off real estate that it inherited from the Jesus Gil government in an attempt to raise liquidity.
The first property to be released for sale is a luxury apartment in the Golf Rio Real development. The 380 sqm property was used by the GIL party members without paying rent. The auction price tag has been set at 503,000 Euros. Other inherited assets which Marbella is putting on sale include seven parking spaces in the Las Lomas del Marbella Club complex at 15,000 Euros each as well as the lease of the former Deputy Mayor’s Office in Puerto Banus.
Marbella’s economy is struggling under a debt of 512 million euros, left behind by previous governments, which today costs the luxury resort 10 million euros worth of interest annually.

Spanish government appealed for calm from investors

The Spanish government appealed for calm from investors on Wednesday following a downgrade in its credit rating, a day after similar downgrades for Greece and Portugal sent shockwaves through the markets.
S&P said it was lowering Spain's long-term sovereign credit rating by one notch to "AA" from "AA+" because the country was "likely to have an extended period of subdued economic growth, which weakens its budgetary position."
The agency also said its outlook for Spain was negative and the country could face another downgrade in a statement that sent the euro plunging to a one-year low against the dollar and European stock markets tumbling.
Markets are especially sensitive to Spain's fiscal situation because of the size of its economy, which is Europe's fifth largest. European banks also have far greater exposure to Spanish debt than to Greek or Portuguese debt.
S&P downgraded Greece's bonds to junk status on Tuesday and cut Portugal's long-term credit rating by two notches, causing the markets to plunge on fears that the debt debacle in Athens was spreading to other eurozone countries.
"The downgrade of Spanish government debt by S&P is another alarming sign that the effects of the Greek crisis are spreading," said Ben May, European economist at London-based market research firm Capital Economics.
Phil McHugh, a dealer at forex trading company Currencies Direct, said the contagion from the Greek financial crisis would likely spread to other nations on the fringe of the euro zone that are also burdened by big deficits.
"We could now see this contagion filtering through to Ireland and Italy" after Portugal, Greece and Spain, he said.
Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa de la Vega said the government was taking the measures needed to bring the public deficit down from 11.2 percent of gross domestic product to within a 3.0-percent limit set for the 16 nations that use the euro by 2013.
"We are adopting all the measures needed to meet our commitments," she told reporters in parliament shortly after S&P Spain's credit rating.

Banks could suffer losses of up to 92 billion euros (121 billion dollars) on commercial real estate loans in Britain, Ireland and Spain between 2009 and 2011

Banks could suffer losses of up to 92 billion euros (121 billion dollars) on commercial real estate loans in Britain, Ireland and Spain between 2009 and 2011, ratings agency Standard and Poor's warned Thursday.
"While commercial property prices have started to rebound in some European countries, this is likely to have had only a modest beneficial effect on bank asset quality," said S & P credit analyst Giles Edwards.
"In our view banks in the UK, Ireland and Spain in particular will likely continue to support elevated impairment losses on commercial real estate loans through 2011."
The most heavily exposed banks could see their credit ratings adversely affected, the report said.
It identified Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, both of which have been partially nationalised, as "by far the most exposed to the commercial real estate sector

Spain and Portugal had their credit ratings cut this week

Spain and Portugal had their credit ratings cut this week in the wake of Greece's spiralling debt crisis but analysts said the fiscal situation in the two countries is far from that faced by Athens.
"Spain and Portugal's capacity to meet their payments are not being questioned," as is the case for Greece, which faces key debt deadlines, Fernando Fernandez, an economist at the IE Business School in Madrid, told AFP.

Spain's unemployment rate rose to 20.05 percent in the first quarter, from 18.83 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, the national statistics office INE said Friday.

The number of jobless soared 286,200 in the three months to March over the previous quarter to reach 4,612,700 people, it said in a statement.
The last time the unemployment rate topped 20 percent in Spain was in the fourth quarter of 1997 when it hit 20.11 percent.
The first quarter unemployment figure confirms the number which had been posted in error by INE on its website at the beginning of the week.
Spain's jobless rate has soared since the global credit crisis hastened the collapse of its labour-intensive construction industry at the end of 2008.
The country has the highest unemployment rate in the 16-nation eurozone and accounts for half the region's job losses over the last two years, according to the European Union's statistics office Eurostat.

JACK Tweed will celebrate being cleared of rape with an orgy of booze and sex in Spain.

JACK Tweed will celebrate being cleared of rape with an orgy of booze and sex in Spain.

He wants to do some partying in his old stomping ground of Marbella on the Costa Del Sol.

Jack Tweed, 22, and his mates will be joined by a group of sexy girls, led by model Lauren Pope, 26.He said: “I just want to lead a normal life. I want to graft, earn some money and have a holiday.”

Pals claimed he is desperate for a trip to the sun after being stuck in the UK for the past two years.

He was jailed in September 2008 for attacking a 16-year-old boy with a golf club, and was released on an electronic tag.Now Jack is hoping to let his hair down in Spain’s top party resort.He has had a series of drink-fuelled romps and scandals on previous jaunts to the sunspot.Two years ago, he met one of the 20-year-old girls who was present the night he was accused of rape and whose evidence helped the jury to acquit him.Two years earlier he was snapped in bed with a naked 26-year-old, which resulted in a temporary split from his wife Jade Goody, who died of cancer last year aged 27.

Alexander McQueen Autopsy Reveals Use of Cocaine, Sleeping Pills, and Tranquilizers | VF Daily | Vanity Fair

Alexander McQueen Autopsy Reveals Use of Cocaine, Sleeping Pills, and Tranquilizers VF Daily Vanity Fair: "London coroner has released the results of Alexander McQueen’s autopsy. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the physician who performed the procedure concluded that the designer had ingested “’a significant level of cocaine,’ sleeping pills, and tranquilizers.” He surmised that McQueen had “‘killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed,’ and stressed that the designer ‘had a history of depression and anxiety, and was grieving for his mother.’” McQueen, 40, hanged himself in his London apartment in February nine days after the death of his mother.
Although the autopsy occurred the week following his death"

Wanted paedos on Costa Del Sol | The Sun |News

Wanted paedos on Costa Del Sol The Sun News: "Fugitive Peter Wheatherley, 42, is pictured smiling in a snap with long-suffering wife Carol. Perv ... Wheatherley in mugshotAnthony Keith, 46, is seen with a beer by his side as he and pals enjoy the fine Spanish weather.
Keith is wanted by frustrated cops in Wakefield, West Yorks. He fled court before he could be sentenced for taking and possessing vile child abuse images in 2002.
Wheatherley is on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre's website of Britain's most wanted sex offenders. He was jailed for three years in 1996 for indecently assaulting a girl. But the perv failed to notify cops of his whereabouts so he can be monitored - which was a condition of his release."

Property tax reclaim in Spain property Capital Gains Tax

European Court obliges Spanish Government to refund property Capital Gains Tax. If you sold your property in Spain between 1997 and 2006 you could be entitled to reclaim thousands of pounds back.Capital Gains Tax on property sales that took place prior to the 31st of December of 2006 was charged at a tax rate of 35% for non residents, whereas residents were charged at a lower 15% tax rate. This disparity has been deemed discriminatory for European Union citizens by the EU Commission with Spain being cautioned on this issue.
It is considered that the different tax treatment of the two categories of tax payers, in so far as it results in a higher tax burden on non-resident individuals in situations objectively similar to those of residents, constitutes indirect discrimination on the grounds of nationality prohibited by the Treaty.
Under the threat by the EU to impose sanctions (Infringement procedure of the European Commission against Spain for the tax treatment of Capital Gains Tax for nonresidents) the Spanish Government modified the Tax Laws with effect from the 1st of January 2007 onwards.
But this doesn’t change the underlying issue of the prior discrimination in the treatment received by EU citizens non resident in Spain. Furthermore, a regional High Court has upheld this argument and issued judgement ruling that the overpayment infringes the European Treaty and the diverse tax rates obey solely to the different nationalities of the tax payers, imposing a higher tax burden on foreigners, constituting discrimination prohibited by this European Treaty. Although not binding, this judgement is good evidence of the strength of the case.
Consequently, citizens of the UE who sold a property in Spain before the 31st of December 2006 whilst non tax resident in Spain may be entitled to file a claim to obtain reimbursement of the overpayment of the Capital Gains Tax. Albeit it is imperative to act quickly since there is a statute of limitations to take action. Dead line: November 2.010.

laid the foundation stone of the indoor swimming pool

Mayor of Marbella, Angeles Muñoz, laid the foundation stone of the indoor swimming pool which will be located where the Miraflores market used to be. She was accompanied by the Provincial Sports Delegate, Antonio Souviron. The pool should be complete within a year and will cost some three million euros which will be provided by the Junta de Andalucia and the local town hall.

group of Robbers attempted to destroy evidence of their offences in rubbish bins outside of the Guardia Civil Headquarters

 group of Robbers attempted to destroy evidence of their offences in rubbish bins outside of the Guardia Civil Headquarters. The three bandits, who had robbed a petrol station in Orihuela, fled to Almoradi, where they attempted to get rid of tools used during the crime, including guns, gun belts and latex gloves, in the bins outside the Police Station.
They could not have chosen a worse location, as the whole thing was caught on the Police CCTV cameras. The Officer who was on guard noticed suspicious movement in vehicle that was caught on the cameras outside, and continued to witness the entire “cover-up” attempt! At that point the headquarters was alerted to the robbery that had occurred an hour before at the Oriolana Petrol Station, La Campaneta, where the thieves escaped with 200 euros cash.
The get-away car described was that stationed outside the Police Headquarters and the culprits were arrested immediately!

organized crime group operating in Malaga

National Police has arrested nine members of an organized crime group operating in Malaga and Alicante. The suspects, of four different nationalities (Moroccan, Romanian, Moldavian and Spanish) all aged between 20 and 39 are thought to be responsible for an armed robbery in a Jewllers in Malaga and four violent robberies in Alicante, three in private homes and one a local business.

Investigations began in October 2009 and culminated with the arrest of the nine men in Elche, Crevillente and Los Montesinos. The suspects where found to be in possession of some of the stolen goods as well as tools and devices used to commit the crimes.

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Info About Golf Equipment Only Golf Equipment: "Marbella Golf and Country Club has begun an innovative project in the Costa del Sol. They have redesigned the golf course created by Robert Trent Jones Senior to be more competitive and up-to-date, but have also changed the management to be more modern and transparent.
David Steele and Craig Cooke are the people managing this change, whose main ambition is to demonstrate that a project with the tradition and history in golf in Andalusia and Spain as the Marbella Golf and Country Club has, can be renewed at all levels. They want to be aligned with the new trends in the society, and they are convinced that the use of the new technologies and Internet will help them to achieve their new goals."

GIBRALTAR -- it is not only Marrache’s clients that are the victim’s in this calamity.

GIBRALTAR -- it is not only Marrache’s clients that are the victim’s in this calamity. The employee wrote: “I suppose it is natural for you to speculate whether “there are other people in Marrache's who were involved”.

“Please be advised that during the two weeks that the office has been sealed off and described as a crime scene, neither the Gibraltar Police nor any other authority in Gibraltar have seen fit to interview the staff. In circumstances where neither the partners of the law firm nor the Provisional Liquidators have spoken to staff officially as to whether they are to be made redundant or not and as to whether they will be paid at the end of this month or not, the staff are in a dreadful situation and some of them face immediate financial hardship as a result of this sordid affair.

“Until the staff have been vindicated as a result of the investigation it is likely that many will be tainted by association with the Marraches and unemployable as a result. It is a pity that no start has been made to give staff a “clean bill of health” as soon as possible and therefore give them a fair chance in the employment market.

“Whilst everyone is revelling in the scandal, it is a pity that nobody seems concerned about the position of staff who may well be absolutely innocent. Airy speculation in relation to our bona fides just makes our position worse still. Those in custody will be fed and watered, but staff have to pay for the roofs over their heads and put food on the family table. For the time being it seems that this will be difficult.”

Last week Unite the Union got involved on behalf of the Marrache staff. It emerged it is in discussions with the Employment and Training Board regarding the fate of up to 50 employees. District Officer Charlie Sisarello told the Gibraltar Chronicle there were complex matters to be resolved and grey areas such as the entitlements due to self-employed workers – furthermore they had not received their January salary let alone been paid for last month.

Sisarello said: “…all the staff members of Marrache who are members of Unite attended a meeting where our lawyers and officers informed them of the current situation in respect of their employment status. At present the staff is in limbo and their situation needs to be clarified so the necessary mechanisms that allow for a claim to the Insolvency Fund can be put in place. They are technically employed still but without being able to work. On the other hand they have not been dismissed or made redundant. It is fundamental that their situation is clarified. As any group of workers, these union members have financial commitments to attend to, apart from having to pay their domestic bills and household expenses. A solution needs to be addressed urgently as this is obviously causing much concern to them. We will be doing our utmost to get a viable solution and will be working closely with our lawyers towards this objective.”

The fact that Unite is fighting for the employees living in Gibraltar is to be welcomed and the fact it has asked utility companies to hold back on demanding payments is all well and good - but those who live in Spain and Portugal have been hung out to dry!

I should stress that whilst I raised the question - were any Marrache staff involved in the corruption? - it was the financial and not the legal side of the firm that I was referring to. I have no reason to believe that the legal staff in the Gibraltar, Spain or Portugal offices behaved in other than an honest manner (I understand London was a franchise).

Having said that my column carried on the USA-based blog Dscriber attracted several comments from “Gibraltarians” which disparaged the Marrache practice and the three sons’ father. I have since read others on a UK legal website that spoke highly of the family, law firm with suggestions that the Marraches were the victim of some conspiracy. As with all such unattributed comments on the internet you pay no money and take your choice. Ultimately the truth will out but in the meantime the general Marrache staff need to be treated as victims and not culprits.

British man stabbed to death with a kitchen knife at his Costa del Sol flat

Police are hunting the killers of a British man stabbed to death with a kitchen knife at his Costa del Sol flat.

The 32-year-old Londoner was attacked in front of his girlfriend after opening his door to two men at Benalmadena. One of them stabbed him twice with the knife he pulled from a kitchen drawer.
The victim was dead by the time paramedics arrived.

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Entertainment - Specials Features - Two Britons Arrested After Returning To The Scene Of The Crime: Holidays in the Costa del Sol

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Entertainment - Specials Features - Two Britons Arrested After Returning To The Scene Of The Crime: Holidays in the Costa del Sol: "Two British men who allegedly held up a Spanish supermarket were arrested after returning to the shop to buy mobile top-ups.
Police swooped the OpenCor supermarket in Puerto Banus two days after the armed robbery took place.
Expats Matthew Daly and Daniel Rushton, both 25, were queuing for credit on their mobile phones when a stunned member of staff recognised the duo and called the police.
Armed officers plunged into action and arrested the pair, suspecting them to be the thieves in question."

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Foreign

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Foreign: "Visas of hundreds of foreigners expiring
Worried foreigners jam police phone lines Yet another spinoff from the ongoing crisis in the skies as a result of the Icelandic volcanic activity is that a large number of foreign citizens have found themselves stuck in Finland with visas which are close to their expiry date or which have already expired.
According to the estimates made by the National Police Board, hundreds or some thousands of tourists could find themselves in such a situation.
Foreigners who are concerned about their situation have jammed the customer services and phones of Helsinki’s Immigration Police.
According to the Police, foreigners may leave Finland without renewing their expired visas if the delay has been caused by the flight ban.
The Police are prepared to extend the period of validity of a visa, if the person in question is to continue his or her trip to another Schengen country.
”One should not get worried if a visa’s period of validity is exceeded because of the flight ban. A flexible policy line will be applied, considering that this is a question of a force majeure situation that could not be foreseen”, confirms Jukka Hertel, a senior inspector at the National Police Board."

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Foreign

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Foreign: "The most urgent question in Fuengirola, a popular holiday resort among Finns on the Costa del Sol, was what would be the pecking order when flights do eventually take off.
”We heard from a representative of Finnair that the first to fly will be those who should have left by a plane that failed to take off on Thursday evening, says Taina Suutarinen, the owner of Meriatur, a Finnish travel agency on the Costa del Sol.
Not every holiday-maker is able to arrange an independent train or bus trip, as some of the stranded Finns are inexperienced travellers and elderly people, according to Suutarinen.
”Many people’s language skills are simply not sufficient to go on an adventurous trip across Europe. They would not be able to change buses on their own”, Suutarinen adds.
Riitta and Harri Kevari from Vaasa and their friends Riitta and Esa Ranne from Laihia near Vaasa have snagged themselves a bus trip to Tallinn."

Buddha Beach – Puerto Banus | Absolute Costa del Sol

Buddha Beach – Puerto Banus Absolute Costa del Sol: "Buddha Beach located close to the Marina of Puerto Banus and the town of Marbella is the perfect beach front venue for all your party and special function requirements.
Two tropical bars overlooking the shimmering waters of the Mediterranean, offer a full range of tempting healthy shakes and smoothes throughout the day, or a relaxing sundowner as the sun sets"

embargoing of one of the Ándalus airplanes

judge in Málaga has ordered the embargoing of one of the Ándalus airplanes because of the debts faced by the company.Last week the company announced they would be suspending their services from Gibraltar to Madrid, and plans to run to Barcelona and Bilbao, but it is now also known that one of their planes was impounded in Almería last Wednesday.It follows a demand from the Gecas company, who are the owners of most of the fleet rented by Ándalus. The company says that its current flights are continuing as normal, and the Spanish air safety agency AESA says they are watching developments closely but for now ‘safety is guaranteed’.
El País reports that Ándalus are in advanced talks with a new business partner ‘to resolve the problems’.

re-opening of all its airports. 17 airports including Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca

AENA, the Spanish Airports Authority has now announced the re-opening of all its airports. 17 airports including Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca were closed for a time on Saturday and Sunday because of the volcanic dust from Iceland.Despite the reopening of the airports in Spain much of Northern Europe and the U.K. remains with restrictions in place. The UK airspace is closed until at least 1am on Monday, and AENA is advising all passengers to contact their airline before setting out for the airport.

stabbing of a Sevilla football fan in Málaga

Four people have been arrested by police in connection with the stabbing of a Sevilla football fan in Málaga last Saturday. The attack happened close to the Rosaleda Stadium in Málaga before the game.The four detained face charges of taking part in a brawl and an attempted homicide, and have been named as 23 year old E.C.V., 32 year old J.A.C.C., and 33 year old J.J.B.R..The fourth man, 27 year old A.M.L. is considered to have carried out the actual stabbing. The injured man was treated at the scene and in hospital to a rib injury caused by the knife. Police are continuing to investigate the case and questioning fans from both clubs.

woman was shot dead when in the kitchen of her house

woman was shot dead when in the kitchen of her house in the Le Pedrera district of Dénia, Alicante on Thursday.It happened at 2,15pm and when emergency services arrived at the scene they could only confirm the fatality.Several bullet cases were found next to the victim who was 34 years old and from Colombia.
National Police investigations continue and as yet no arrests have been made. One line of enquiry is that it is another case of domestic violence.

Euro Weekly News | Largest English Language Newspaper Spain - Europe's free local newspaper for expats in Spain

Euro Weekly News Largest English Language Newspaper Spain - Europe's free local newspaper for expats in Spain: "BUILDER broke his leg in a work-related accident in Marbella when a beam fell on his leg. The accident occurred in the Rey Fahd Boulevard, near the Puente Romano Hotel."

Euro Weekly News | Businessman kidnapped in Macael

Euro Weekly News Businessman kidnapped in Macael: "GUARDIA CIVIL are searching for the location where a local businessman is being held captive. The man, who has a business in the marble sector, was kidnapped on April 11 due to his son owing money for drugs. He was accosted by several people on the Rubira Sola industrial estate in Macael and bundled into the boot of a car which sped off. When he failed to return home, his family notified the Guardia Civil who are searching the area, especially isolated and abandoned houses, but so far, there has been no news.
The kidnappers are known to have contacted the family and demanded a large sum of money for his safe release."

2,000 suffer from sleep disorders in Marbella | Marbella Marbella

2,000 suffer from sleep disorders in Marbella Marbella Marbella: "2,000 people arrive at Costa del Sol Hospital annually complaining of sleeping disorders. For them, the arms of Morpheus is an elusive ‘dream’, and in most cases that disorder has a name: apnoea.
‘Over 90 percent of the people we see in the Costa del Sol Hospital have breathing disorders during sleep’, respiratory physician José Joaquín Cebrián said. It is a problem that increases 10 percent every year according to figures, in fact, since the Hospital started its Sleep Unit seven years ago.
‘We started doing some 200 studies per year and in 2009 we made 870. We could do more, but our technical teams are a little short’, Cebrián says.
‘The clearest symptoms of this disease include snoring, but also other respiratory pauses during sleep, and mainly, the daytime sleepiness and fatigue are’, the expert explains. He adds that multiple factors lie behind the disease. However, if one were to produce an ID to identify these patients, being overweight would be the main feature."

Francisco Beresaluza Galbis, and his German wife, Susanne Brensing Hall, have been found in their villa in Novelda, Alicante

Bodies of a businessman who worked in the Marble industry, Francisco Beresaluza Galbis, and his German wife, Susanne Brensing Hall, have been found in their villa in Novelda, Alicante.The villa is located in the area known as La Serreta, and the police are reported to be working on the assumption that the couple were the victims of a violent robbery.EFE reports sources close to the investigation indicate that both bodies showed ‘several wounds’ some of them stab wounds and others from a blunt or other object.Both bodies have been taken to the Anatomic Forensic Science Institute in Alicante.As yet no arrests have been made in the case.

Travel chaos as ash closes air space - CNN.com

Travel chaos as ash closes air space - CNN.com: "European countries shut their airspace one after the other Thursday as a cloud of volcanic ash wafted over from Iceland and posed a danger to flights.
Airspace over the United Kingdom was due to be closed for six hours from midday but air authorities later extended the closure until at least 7 a.m. BST (2 a.m. EST) Friday.
Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands also announced the closure of their airspace, authorities in each country said. Norway also closed its ocean territory and canceled helicopter flights to off-shore oil installations, according to Avinor, the Norwegian agency responsible for the Norwegian airport network."

Costa del villas - Costa del Sol shaken but not stirred

Costa del villas - Costa del Sol shaken but not stirred: "Costa del Sol region was struck by a small earthquake early on Monday morning. The quake, which measured 4.8 on the Richter scale, had its epicentre in Durcal approximately 100 km from Malaga.The quake occurred at a depth of 610 km below the earth’s surface and the shake was only slightly felt around Malaga, Marbella and Benalmadena at around 8 minutes after midnight.The Costa del Sol region has some moderate seismic activity according to the US Geographic institute."

FOXNews.com - Police: Drug gang used race to move 800 kilos

FOXNews.com - Police: Drug gang used race to move 800 kilos: "Spanish police said Tuesday that they seized over 800 kilograms of cocaine that was hidden in a truck that infiltrated itself into the Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile, and detained seven people.
The suspects, whose identities and nationalities were not given, are part of one of the main drug trafficking rings based on the island of Ibiza, the intended final destination for the drugs, police said.
They shipped the truck from the Spanish port of Bilbao to Argentina, where it was loaded with the drugs in false bottoms at a farm located some 60 miles from Buenos Aires during one of the stages of the race.
At the end of the Dakar Rally, held between Jan. 1 and 16, the truck was sent back to Bilbao, where it was seized by police Friday upon its arrival.
'The vehicle had been totally transformed to adapt it to its supposed participation in the competition as a support truck, with publicity and logos of the event painted on its side,' the police statement said."

How to have fun fasting a detoxing - and come home feeling healthy. | News Of The World

How to have fun fasting a detoxing - and come home feeling healthy. News Of The World: "Casa el Morisco - a quaint collection of buildings and gardens on the southern Spanish coast.
The setting was serene and minimalist, if a little shabby, but all in all the perfect location for my much-anticipated lifestyle change. I could do this!
Abandoned in the wilderness out of my comfort zone with no internet and a phone signal that was shaky at best, temptation was far from knocking at my detoxing doorstep.
Guests are recommended to give up the most toxic offenders - such as caffeine, wheat, alcohol and red meat - at least two weeks before arrival.
But as the programme kicked off with a meet and greet, I started to worry about my rather relaxed attitude to the pre-cleanse guidelines compared to my comrades.
Each day began at 7am with body brushing and breakfast, before a taxing 90-minute yoga session led by Yair Sagy."

How to have fun fasting a detoxing - and come home feeling healthy. | News Of The World

How to have fun fasting a detoxing - and come home feeling healthy. News Of The World: "gowns, scented candles, relaxing treatments and steamy Jacuzzis danced before my eyes as my mind wandered out of the office and into the sunshine.
Even the fact the healing was to be done by fasting and detoxing didn't scare me - I laughed along with jokes about escaping to the nearest pub by Day Three.
Every time I was asked if I was prepared for the emotional effects of detoxing, I blithely claimed I could handle it and crammed my suitcase with harem pants, yoga mats and the ultimate survival guide... Bridget Jones's Diary.
But as the airport transfer car shuddered over rocky mountain paths to the rustic retreat, and the buzz of my farewell skinny latte started to wear off, I wondered if my optimism might be a little bit innocent.
The harsh reality of my adventure hit me bright and early the following morning - with a cup of hot water and lemon sitting alongside the first of 30 daily supplements... and a personal ENEMA kit.
This was NOT a trip for the faint-hearted.
Detox International, founded by nutritionist Midi Fairgrieve, run seven-day retreats in Spain and Portugal aimed at creating a safe healing space for guests."

Marbella Mayor | Marbella Guide | Marbella

Marbella Mayor Marbella Guide Marbella: "‘crime rate’ in Marbella has gone down 10% in 2009 compared to the previous year. The Local Security Board (Junta Local de Seguridad) asserted that continuous efforts have been made by the Town Hall to ensure public safety.
The Malaga City Council sub delegate Hilario Lopez has also assured that Marbella is a safe city and the latest data shows that the efficiency of law enforcement bodies is indeed laudable, which enables to increase the number of arrests and offenses clarified.
Town Hall’s effort in dealing all security issues for the improvement of safety and benefits for the public have also included other key projects such as the introduction of video-surveillance system in Puerto Banus, the creation of an office in Extranjeria en Marbella for the issuance of passport and identity card, and National Police headquarter in San Pedro.
Mayor Munoz also met the leadership of the National Police and Civil Guard and discussed the importance of city’s security. It is also informed that San Pedro will have an office of the National Police and for whose implementation the City Council and the Ministry of Interior gave a municipally owned building. Besides, an immigration office will be opened in the neighbourhood of Plaza de Toros.
In relation to these projects, Angeles Munoz has said that the City Council will support initiatives that will provide full cooperation but acknowledged the difficulty of carrying out such projects, notably the extension of the police station in San Pedro, because “the economic situation also affects the investments of the Central Government."

B92 - News - Region - "Montenegro got millions from drug boss"

B92 - News - Region - "Montenegro got millions from drug boss": "Suspected drug smuggling kingpin Darko Šarić gave one million euros out of each cocaine shipment to several top state officials in Montenegro. This is according to an article in Belgrade daily Blic this Thursday, which alleges that the Montenegrin-born fugitive who holds Serbian passport faced only one condition: that the drugs should not enter Montenegro, or be sold there. The daily quotes investigation data from Operation Balkan Warrior as the course of its allegations. The article also says that there was an agreement with Šarić that none of the ships carrying cocaine could dock in Montenegrin ports.
Šarić and his gang are suspected of attempting to smuggle 2.7 tons of cocaine from South America last year. The shipment was intercepted in the joint operation launched by police and intelligence agencies from Serbia, Europe, and the U.S. According to the Blic article, Šarić was shipping his cocaine to Mediterranean ports in Greece and Spain. 'In return, he was provided with logistics for smuggling the drugs from South America to Europe, undisturbed money laundering through Montenegrin banks, transfers via offshore companies as well as ties with the political leadership'."

FOUR HELL’S ANGELS ARRESTED FOR TORREVIEJA LAWYER MURDER | Costa Blanca | Leader Newspaper - News, Sport, Advertising, Property, Classifieds - Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Costa Calida, Costa de Almeria, Spain

FOUR HELL’S ANGELS ARRESTED FOR TORREVIEJA LAWYER MURDER Costa Blanca Leader Newspaper - News, Sport, Advertising, Property, Classifieds - Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Costa Calida, Costa de Almeria, Spain: "Further arrests are expected. An erroneous identification earlier on in the investigation led to the arrest of two Russian citizens who had nothing to do with the crime. One of these Russians, Dimitri Dergachev, who runs a well known disco in the Vega Baja, spent 48 hours behind bars, and was released on a bail of 3,000 euros. He is now undergoing psychological treatment to get over the shock of the whole situation.
The robbery took place at midday in the notary. The thieves pointed a gun at an employee and demanded that she handed them the money in the till. Her boss rushed to the reception to defend her. A single shot at short range went into his abdomen and destroyed an artery. The 54 year old lawyer bled to death, despite the 40 minutes ambulance workers worked to save his life. He left a widow and 2 children.
Hell’s Angels in Spain have a violent and mafia-like reputation. Many of the members here live from drug trafficking and selling fire arms, robbery and other criminal activities. In 2009 22 members were arrested, five of whom were in Altea."

FOUR HELL’S ANGELS ARRESTED FOR TORREVIEJA LAWYER MURDER | Costa Blanca | Leader Newspaper - News, Sport, Advertising, Property, Classifieds - Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Costa Calida, Costa de Almeria, Spain

FOUR HELL’S ANGELS ARRESTED FOR TORREVIEJA LAWYER MURDER Costa Blanca Leader Newspaper - News, Sport, Advertising, Property, Classifieds - Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Costa Calida, Costa de Almeria, Spain: "Four members of Hell’s Angels were arrested last Tuesday in relation with the murder of Torrevieja lawyer Juan José Martínez last October. The Hell’s Angels were arrested in the Valencia City of Torrent, Castellon and Murcia. It is believed that one of those arrested actually shot Martinez, when he refused to hand over the money he had in the office in the road Ramon Gallud. They are three Spaniards and one Russian citizen, one of whom is a female. A firearm was found when their homes were inspected. It will now be analysed to see if it is the one used in the robbery."

child is being treated in intensive care in hospital on the Costa del Sol after being found floating in the deep end of the pool.

The parents of the youngster, who has not been identified, had taken their eyes off their son for a moment to tend to their younger child.





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Where will your budget take you on holiday this summer?The family were staying in a self catering apartment within a converted 17th century convent near the village of Olias, a 15 minute drive from Malaga.
The child was found by the British owner of the Lagar Padre Aviles holiday complex and treated at the scene by a fellow guest who happened to be a doctor."There were lots of people on the terrace and around the pool and it appears the accident happened as the boy's parents took their eyes off him for a split second to go to their apartment," recounted the owner David Parish."Everyone started searching for him when they realised he was missing.""My wife Claire spotted him in the deep end of one of the pools and dived him in to pull him out."A British doctor friend of ours who was staying at the other apartment with his nurse wife gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and got his vital signs up and running while the police and paramedics were called."He's now in hospital. He's unconscious and under sedation and breathing with the aid of a machine.
"His parents are by his bedside and his grandparents are flying out to be with them."We're looking after their younger child and just praying everything turns out okay."A spokesman for the Materno Infantil Hospital in Malaga, where the boy is being treated, said: "His condition is serious."

£80 ransom is being demanded for the phallus’s return

 North Yorkshire shopkeeper has had a key piece of stock confiscated by North Yorkshire Police after it caused a string of complaints.Jason Hadlow, owner of Simply Dutch at Leeming Bar, has been issued with a public order offence and will face a fine if he wants to reclaim the garden ornament.Jason recently received a new range of garden furniture including a four feet penis-shaped obelisk which went on display in Simply Dutch’s window at the end of March.
 Following complaints from local people, North Yorkshire Police visited the store, removed the offending ornament, worth in the region of £200, and issued Jason with a public order offence for ‘displaying a sign or item liable to cause harassment, alarm or distress.’
 Jason must now pay £80 by Friday 9th April to retrieve the item from Northallerton Police Station, or could face court action. However, the entrepreneur, from Yarm, is refusing to back down stating that the phallus is in keeping with Simply Dutch’s quirky ethos and has even started a ‘Free Willy’ campaign in store and on Facebook.
Jason said: “The world is a crazy place and I'm sure the local constabulary has better things to do. It’s just another example of overzealous policing and I couldn’t believe they were serious. We might have had one or two complaints but most of the customers loved it as they know what Simply Dutch is like and the type of things we stock.

 “We’ve had naked stone strippers, Roman and Greek-style statues, African pothouses and all sorts of other weird pieces of furniture in the window which haven’t caused such a stir. So I am a little shocked, to say the least, that an £80 ransom is being demanded for the phallus’s return.”

Romanian immigrant had an argument with his flatmate, the argument started in the living room of the flat in Marbella

Romanian immigrant had an argument with his flatmate, the argument started in the living room of the flat in Marbella but moved into the kitchen where it quickly escalated into a violent attack.The accused allegedly plunged a kitchen knife into the flatmate’s chest, according to the prosecution, with the intent on “taking his life”.The victim suffered a punctured lung and a severed aorta which killed him.A request has been made for a 14 year prison sentence from the prosecution for murder and the sum of 200,000 euros to be paid as compensation to the victim’s family.
The trial is due to start in May 2010

Former boss of Anglo Irish Bank has headed for the luxurious sanctuary of the Real Club de Golf Las Brisas Spanish golf and country club.

Mr FitzPatrick became a member of the exclusive club in Marbella several years ago, when joining fees were close to €100,000.Unconfirmed reports from staff working in the restaurant suggested that Mr FitzPatrick dined out with friends in the club restaurant on Thursday night -- just as the full horror of the impact of the crisis on present and future generations was becoming clear.The club is one of Mr FitzPatrick's favourite haunts on the sunshine coast. The restaurant boasts a five-star menu of lobster and prawn salad hors d'oeuvres garnished with pine-nut vinaigrette and apple chutney, for €22. For those with heartier appetites, there is beef Wellington, with mushrooms, truffle and puff pastry, at €22.
Mr FitzPatrick is understood to have holidayed at the Hotel de Las Golf resort, where apartments cost up to €1m at the peak of the boom.

Neighbours of Mr FitzPatrick at the resort said that since his role in the collapse of Anglo Irish became clear, 'Seanie' had been attempting to keep a low profile, driving around in a second-hand, Dublin-registered car and staying at the club, where he still has a tight-knit circle of friends and golfing buddies.

"I would regularly see him dining out in the restaurant," said a source. "He has some buddies in Las Brisas who have stayed very loyal to him throughout and I've seen them dining together, overlooking the course.
"It's only natural he's going to stay where he'll be left alone in peace and quiet."
There were some rumblings however, from the strong Irish contingent at the club. As one regular said: "Some of my friends would have been big investors and they have been very badly hit. They are very fed up and I've been getting calls all week, asking where he is.
"They think he has a cheek, prancing around on holidays with the terrible mess he has left back home. They want to get their hands on him, they want to know where he is."

Another Dublin golfer at the restaurant sniffed: "Hopefully he'll strike oil in Nigeria soon and pay us all back."

Several miles away, on the nearby Porto Banus strip, the mood was more reflective, although there were traces of resentment.

In Patrick's Bar, which is popular among Irish businessmen and ex-pats who flock to the Costa Del Sol for the Easter holiday, a director of one of Ireland's leading retail chains described the ill-feeling that exists toward the banker.

"If he comes in here he will be lynched," he said. "At the very least, the first thing I'd do is throw my glass of red wine over him. It's scandalous that he should come on holiday with so many people crippled by debt because of him."
Another businessman, who is a director of one Ireland´s leading property agencies, said: "We're just all trying to keep a cool head. I'm holding my nerve.
"You have to stay calm. If you didn't," he said, putting a finger to his head to mimic a gun, " then we'd all be in the loony bin."
A neighbour of Mr FitzPatrick described how he is often seen enjoying the easy life at the Las Brisas club.
"You'd often see him dining with friends after a round of golf. He may be despised by everyone back home but he has a tight circle of friends in Las Brisas who have stayed loyal to him throughout.
"You don't abandon that kind of loyalty overnight. So it's a place where he can come to get away from it all."
A few miles away on the port, however, the mood towards the banker is a complete contrast -- full of anger and resentment.

As the tabloids hung up 'Wanted -- Sean Fitz' posters on street poles along the strip, Patrick's Bar is one of the many places he would be guaranteed a cool welcome if he decides to leave his bolthole.

Publican Charlie Chawke, said he hadn't seen the former Anglo boss during his holiday, adding that he wouldn't hang out with people who have done what Mr FitzPatrick did.
In the back of the pub, a table of Irish businessmen loudly discussed the vilified banker.
"No one would have known him a year ago if he walked through that door, but now everyone has their own reasons for wanting to meet him," one of them smiled.
His friend agreed, saying: "I know people who used to be friends of his and who have lost a lot of money because of Anglo. They've all turned on him now. There are a lot of very sore people back home."