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UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES SLOWLY START TO IMPROVE

Contributor / 2009-06-05 10:38:08

The PSOE party are hoping that the latest employment statistics will have given them a boost in the European elections. Spanish jobless claims last month fell for the first time in over a year, p...

• TAX BREAKS TO REACTIVATE ECONOMY
• PRICE WAR
• 200,000 JOBS FOR THE LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED
• UNEMPLOYMENT RISES IN MALAGA
• COSTA BLANCA ON THE UP!

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SPANISH NO TO PUBLIC FUNDING OF BULLFIGHTS

Contributor / 2009-06-05 10:36:01

68% of Spanish adults oppose public subsidies for bullfighting More than two thirds of Spanish adults oppose public funding for bullfighting, according to a poll published last Wednesday.  The I...

• BEGINNING OF THE END FOR BULLFIGHTING?
• PROTESTERS IMITATE DYING BULLS OUTSIDE BULLRING IN MADRID
• A BIT ABOUT BULLFIGHTING... LIKE IT OR NOT...
• "EL CARTAGENERO" THRILLS THE CROWDS
• BULLFIGHTING

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MURDERER REFUSES TO TALK IN COURT

Sally Bengtsson / 2009-06-05 10:27:29

Last Monday the Gandia Law Courts remanded Alan Daulby to prison to await trial, the date of which has not yet been set. The British man arrested for the death of 20 year Abi in Cabo Roig, was from Li...

• R.I.P. AVRIL
• CABO ROIG FOOTBRIDGE UPDATE
• ORIHUELA-COSTA LINK ROAD NOW OPEN
• ORIHUELA-COSTA WORK CONCLUDED
• COMMUNITY SPIRIT HONOURS AVRIL AT DIABLOS

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CONFUSION OVER CHANGING YOUR ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER

Contributor / 2009-06-04 12:56:50

Electricity providers in Spain have been sending out letters to consumers informing them of new legislation which comes into force on 1st July. As happened in the UK, it opens up the market to other ...

• IBERDROLA ISSUE 129,000€ BILL 'BY MISTAKE'
• ADIOS IBERDROLA
• BIGGEST FINE ON RECORD GOES TO ENDESA AND IBERDROLA
• ELECTRICITY TO GO UP BY 2%
• FIRE LEAVES 250 RESIDENTS IN ANDALUCIA WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

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THREE MILLION TO BE SPENT ATTRACTING TOURISTS TO COSTA BLANCA

Contributor / 2009-06-04 11:47:45

A cross-party agreement comes after a 22 percent fall in international visitors so far this year in the Valencia region. In what is being described as an ‘historic’ agreement, the PSOE Soc...

• RAJOY HEADS EUROPEAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ALICANTE
• STEFAN POKROPPA
• COUNCIL CIRCUS AMID ENVIRONMENTAL PROTESTS
• ECO - PUTTING ORIHUELA COSTA ON THE MAP!
• ORIHUELA COSTA TOWN HALL CRITICISED OVER EASTER FESTIVITIES

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CRACKDOWN ON CHIRINGUITOS

Contributor / 2009-06-04 11:46:17

Most of the chiringuitos on Alicante’s Playa de San Juan are set to go in October, according to information from the Alicante edition of La Verdad newspaper last Thursday. The paper says the own...

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WHAT'S THE TRUE COST OF FLYING?

Contributor / 2009-06-04 11:33:29

Cut-throat competition between rival airlines seems to be promising a bargain bonanza for passengers. Carriers have slashed prices in a bid to entice customers – but families should look at the ...

• RYANAIR TO CHARGE FOR ONLINE CHECK-IN
• GLOBESPAN GO BUST
• RYANAIR PRESS RELEASE RE CURRENT DISRUPTION
• RYANAIR NOW CARRIES 20% OF EL ALTET TRAFFIC
• RYANAIR WITHDRAW AS MURCIAN GOVERNMENT FAIL TO PROMOTE TOURISM

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ILICITANO TURN ON THE STYLE

Kevin Rendall / 2009-06-07 18:40:46

Elche Ilicitano 5 - 3 C.D. Buñol ... (Elche win 7-5 on aggregate) ... At two goals apiece from the first leg a week ago at the Beltran Baguena stadium, Elche B could have been forgiven for thin...

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STAY-AT-HOME DERBY

Staff Reporter / 2009-06-07 10:44:47

Alicante 1 Hercules 2 ...For their ‘away’ match against already relegated neighbours Alicante, Hercules had the rare luxury of playing in their own stadium, which the two clubs have s...