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Tuesday at 1400 GMT: sunny intervals. 18°C (64°F)

Temperature: 18°C (64°F), Wind Direction: W, Wind Speed: 17 mph, Relative Humidity: 31%, Pressure: 1011mB, Falling, Visibility: Very good

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Spanish navy captures 9 Somali pirates

A Spanish warship has intercepted a skiff carrying nine suspected Somali pirates believed to have attacked an Italian cruise ship at the weekend, the defense ministry said Monday. The Numancia frigate “intercepted a skiff with nine occupants who could be connected to the hijacking attempt of the Italian cruise ship which was eventually repelled by [...]

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Tuesday at 0000 GMT: cloudy. 13°C (55°F)

Temperature: 13°C (55°F), Wind Direction: W, Wind Speed: 11 mph, Relative Humidity: 46%, Pressure: 1012mB, Falling, Visibility: Very good

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Air Europa to Connect Miami to Canary Islands

Air Europa will inaugurate weekly service from Miami to Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, on June 20. The Spanish-owned airline will offer one weekly flight on Saturdays from Miami International Airport (MIA) to Tenerife’s North Airport, or Tenerife Norte (TFN), aboard a 299-passenger Airbus A330-200 aircraft, with 24 Business Class seats and 275 seats in [...]

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Swine flu in Torrevieja?

One person was admitted to the Torrevieja Hospital this morning with a clinical diagnosis of respiratory distress and flu-like symptoms, which falls within the protocol that has been issued by the Ministry of Health. The Hospital of Torrevieja, is not able to confirm whether that patient has traveled to Mexico. A number of tests will [...]

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BBC NEWS | Business | Spain plans to build casino city

The parliament in the Spanish region of Aragon is due to approve a law that would allow the biggest entertainment and leisure complex in Europe to go ahead. The Gran Scala project proposes building casino-hotels, theme parks and a racecourse in countryside near the village of Ontinena. The thirteenth century Church of Saint Mary sits [...]

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3 Drunk drivers arrested in 24 hours

Local police on the Orihuela Costa have arrested 3 people for being over the legal alcohol limit, in 3 separate incidents in the past 24 hours. The first arrests took place on 01:40, when local police officers observed a car traveling at high speed, recklessly in the area of the of Los Altos urbanization. The [...]

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Torrevieja to become movie HQ

Torrevieja has become headquarters for Ciudad de la Luz (City of Light) film studio in Alicante, after joining the “film offices” network for the promotion of productions filmed in the Comunitat Valenciana. The mayor of Torrevieja, Pedro Hernandez Mateo, and the director general of Ciudad de la Luz, José María Rodríguez Galant, this morning signed [...]

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Fast free HIV tests in Barcelona from Tuesday

36 pharmacies in 21 towns in the province of Barcelona will offer a free rapid HIV test from Tuesday, as part of a program aimed at preventing a delayed diagnosis of the virus that triggers AIDS. This was announced by the Councilor for Health of the Generalitat, Marina Geli, and the chairman of the Official College [...]

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Vodafone Spain launch HTC Magic today – SlashGear

In the second piece of significant Android news today, Vodafone Spain have announced that sales of the HTC Magic begin this morning.  Exclusive to the carrier in Europe, the Magic was nonetheless expected to land in the UK first, from May 5th; Spanish customers will have to pay a little more for the privilege, however, [...]

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Monday at 1100 GMT: sunny. 15°C (59°F)

Temperature: 15°C (59°F), Wind Direction: SW, Wind Speed: 10 mph, Relative Humidity: 32%, Pressure: 1013mB, Falling, Visibility: Very good

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SEPRONA investigations increased

SEPRONA (Servicio de Protección de la Naturaleza) is the animal and environmental investigation and welfare unit of the Spanish Guardia Civil. In 2008, there were 5697 interventions conducted in the province of Valencia (474 per month), which represents an increase of 6.6% compared to 2007. The number of prosecutions also increased, in particular because of an [...]

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Fire tenders set alight

An arson investigation is underway tonight after a number of fire tenders were set alight in La Cartuja in Saragossa, in an apparent arson attack. Five of the vehicles have been destroyrd by the fire and another two have been damaged. The fire was alight for nearly three hours before it was extinguished. This attack has [...]

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Monday at 0000 GMT: partly cloudy. 5°C (41°F)

Temperature: 5°C (41°F), Wind Direction: N, Wind Speed: 2 mph, Relative Humidity: 75%, Pressure: 1016mB, Rising, Visibility: Very good

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EuroInvestor.co.uk – Fiat’s Iveco truck unit to cut 1,000 jobs in Spain

Fiat’s FIA.MI   Iveco unit plans to cut about 1,000 jobs at a plant in Spain to reduce costs in the face of a severe sales slump, a spokesman for the truck division said on Sunday. Iveco will cut the jobs at a plant in Madrid, one of three it has in the country, he [...]

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Spain reports three suspected cases of swine flu

Spanish Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said on Sunday that three Spanish nationals had developed symptoms similar to swine flu a few days after they returned from a Mexico trip. Currently, the three were placed in isolation and treated at different hospitals, said Jimenez. They were in stable conditions, but it is unclear if they were [...]

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Schools to open as normal on Tuesday

The Ministry of Education has said that schools throughout the Comunitat Valenciana with “normality” on Tuesday, April 28, despite industrial action. The Ministry has said that families should take their children to school as normal, “despite the strike call by some teachers unions and other education groups”, as there are provisions whereas “a minimum service that guarantees [...]

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Gun massacre terror in Torrevieja

The Guardia Civil have arrested a Spanish man after he caused a stampede of panicking revellers after he entered a bar in the city and started shooting indiscriminately into the air with a pistol. The incident happened at around 02:00 in a bar on calle Ramón y Cajal, when the man entered the establishment and [...]

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Sunday at 1200 GMT: cloudy. 12°C (54°F)

Temperature: 12°C (54°F), Wind Direction: NE, Wind Speed: 10 mph, Relative Humidity: 65%, Pressure: 1010mB, Rising, Visibility: Very good

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Sunday at 0000 GMT: cloudy. 12°C (54°F)

Temperature: 12°C (54°F), Wind Direction: SW, Wind Speed: 14 mph, Relative Humidity: 40%, Pressure: 1008mB, Falling, Visibility: Very good