Category: News

Gunshots and Kidnapping
POLICE have found a body in Algeciras just hours after a shooting and possible kidnapping on the Costa del Sol last night.
The man’s body had suffered stab wounds but has not yet been identified.
The National Police are investigating to see if the two incidents are related.
Last night the sound of gunshots rang around Estepona after a diner at a restaurant was chased and shot at, before being bundled into a car by ‘hooded men’.
The events unfolded in front of many witnesses at around 10.45pm when the victim was approached at a restaurant on the Avenida de España.… Read all the news

Catalonia
The government yesterday said it rejected any ultimatum from Catalonia on moving towards self- determination and remained focused on having a wide-ranging dialogue with the region to resolve a secession crisis.
Catalan regional head Quim Torra had threatened earlier to withdraw parliamentary support for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez if he did not agree within a month on a self-determination mechanism.
“We don’t accept ultimatums,” the government’s spokeswoman told journalists at a news conference.
“Self-government yes but independence no,” she added.… Read all the news

Catalonia
The Spanish government has accused the Catalan president of “encouraging radicals” after a day of protests to mark the first anniversary of the region’s unilateral independence referendum ended with riot police charging demonstrators outside the Catalan parliament.
About 180,000 people were estimated to have gathered in Barcelona yesterday to commemorate the vote and show their support for Catalan independence,.
Catatonia’s nationalist president, Quim Torra, praised those undertaking direct action earlier in the day, urging them to “keep up the pressure”.… Read all the news

Catalonia
Hundreds of people gathered across cities and towns in Catalonia to mark the one-year anniversary of the contested referendum on independence.
Pro-independence protesters obstructed major roads south of Barcelona and a high-speed railway line in Girona.
Activists blocked streets in Lleida, while students filled Barcelona’s central square waving separatist flags.

Sexual Offenses
The Supreme Court has ruled that any and all physical contact of a sexual nature, where deliberate, and irrespective of how brief it is, counts as a criminal offence.… Read all the news

Catalonia
Hundreds of protesters attempted to block roads and train tracks in Catalonia this morning while students marched in Barcelona to mark the one-year anniversary of an ill-fated referendum on independence.
regional leaders gave speeches and people queued to re-enact the vote that was banned by Madrid and the courts for being against Spain’s constitution.
The protests were much smaller than last year and demonstrators later called off the attempted blockages. Traffic was circulating normally now police said.

Robberies
A COURT has bailed a man and a woman charged in connection with allegations of several thefts which saw robbers riding mopeds snatching people’s belongings in Alicante City and Benidorm.… Read all the news

Barcelona
Twenty-four people were injured and six detained on Saturday during a rally — and counter demonstration — in Barcelona by police paying tribute to colleagues deployed to prevent the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.
Separatists outraged at the police rally also turned out, with city authorities estimating that around 3,000 people took part in the police demo and 6,000 in the counter rally.
Skirmishes took place between the two sets of demonstrators while police also charged at separatists several times after they tried to cross a security cordon and threw paint and other objects.… Read all the news

Ryanair Strike
ANGRY Ryanair passengers are taking to social media and complaining that flights are being cancelled as little as two hours before take off today as the ‘biggest ever strike’ hits the budget Irish airline.
Around 250 flights and more than 30,000 passengers are expected to be hit, including some between the UK and Spain, as cabin crew and pilots strike across five countries.
The low-cost airline said all affected customers had been sent emails text messages, although no lists of cancelled flights have been made public.… Read all the news

Ryanair Strike
BUDGET airline, Ryanair, has announced more flight cancellations for today blaming a strike, at short notice, called by the VC pilots union in Germany.
The German pilots announced they will join the existing strike by cabin crew in Spain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy and Dutch pilots.
A Tweet suggests the new total could be in the region of 250 cancelled flights.
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority has urged people who have had flights canceled to claim compensation under European air passengers’ rights rules.… Read all the news

Gender Violence
Police are searching for a man believed to have killed his partner, a 46-year-old woman who was found dead this morning in Torrox in the Málaga province. The body was found inside an apartment and had been stabbed.
The incident comes on the back of several more cases of gender violence this week. Two women and two children were killed in three separate episodes, bringing the total number of victims so far this year to 41.
And in Torremolinos a 37-year-old man from Romania has been arrested after repeatedly stabbing and beating a Filipino woman whom he had met two or three days earlier, and who had refused to enter into a relationship with him.… Read all the news

Building Collapse
Two British expats were taken to hospital yesterday after their apartments collapsed on them.
Police in Orihuela Costa south of Alicante had to cut through iron bars to reach one of the Britons and pull him through a downstairs window amid fears his home would crash down on top of him.
Another was taken to the Torrevieja University Hospital suffering shock following the collapse, at an estate called Laguna 3.
Some 15 homes on the estate have been evacuated and nearly eight are said to have been affected with large cracks which will prevent their residents returning in the short-term.… Read all the news