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Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injured

"Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injured By SAMANTHA BORDES (AP) – 2 days ago PARIS — Panicked passengers scrambled and pushed to the emergency exits of an Airbus 320 preparing to carry 165 passengers...

created by lisha | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Illegal Taxi Arrests

It now looks like the proposed crack down on ilegal taxi services is finally underway in our area. Police had promised to arrest and fine both the drivers and passengers of those found in such illegal and dangerous services. Now, 3 Britons from Mazarron have been...

created by m4rkym | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Costa's 'costalot' as Spanish tourism hit by crisis

As widely forecast, the current economic crisis and the fall in the value of the Pound Sterling against the Euro has had a severe impact on one of Spain’s largest industries , tourism. The latest figures released by the country’s National Statistics Institute even call...

created by StopTheIlluminati | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Valencian Government 'sinks' yet more Expat lives

In a move which has provoked outrage amongst the British Expatriate yachting and boating community, the Government of Valencia has hit out at foreign boat owners who are moored in its Costa Blanca marinas and...

created by StopTheIlluminati | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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News from the Spanish Costas

Problems with the new website: 1. Will not take pre prepared cut and past work 2. Very difficult to find where to enter a story - buttons halp covered over by 'Author' field 3. Unable to cut and paste this story - I'm off somewhere else !

created by OrihuelaCosta-Spain | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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News from the Spanish Costas

created by OrihuelaCosta-Spain | 3 years ago
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“Catastrazo” coming on Spain's Costa Blanca

In light of falling income from ex-pat property owners in the Costa Blanca, Spain, taxes and fees on new property projects have failed to be realised, so more and more municipalities are asking the Catastro (the office in the Ministry of Finance regulating the fiscal values...

created by OrihuelaCosta-Spain | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Orihuela Costa, Costa Blanca - 'Citizens of Europe' report predicts more gloom

I write as a member of an organisation called 'Citizens of Europe' and enclose underneath relevant parts of our newsletter. More gloom for property owners here on the Costa Blanca, I'm afraid to say ! 1. In a new section of the National Law on Land (Ley del Suelo)...

created by OrihuelaCosta-Spain | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Christians and Moors festival in Villena. Spain

"The traditional and popular Christians and Moors festival will be held from the 4th to the 9th of September in Villena, the capital of Alto Vinalopó in Alicante. The celebrations were first held in 1474 when the Virgin was officially named the Patron Saint of the town."

created by alaaron | 5 years ago
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Drought may threaten Spaniards' drinking water (AFP)

" MADRID (AFP) - Persistent drought across much of Spain may threaten supplies of drinking water to some two million people in the south of the country within weeks, according to government forecasts. With reservoir reserves running low, 71 communes in the regions around...