‘Noticias / News’ Archives
Gyrocopter crash Santa Pola
A 60 year old businessman from Murcia has died while piloting a gyrocopter, in a small private helicopter, crashing it into the sea off the coast of Santa Pola (Alicante ), according to Red Cross sources. The crash took place at 1215 hours on Saturday in the Eastern Bay of Santa Pola. A lifeguard who was patrolling on the beach at the time saw [...]
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Spain scrapes out of recession
The Spanish economy, which is struggling to rein in a ballooning public deficit, grew by 0.1pc during the first three months of the year after six quarters of contraction, the bank said in a preliminary estimate. Stimulus measures enacted by the Spanish government including a cash-for-clunkers scheme "have triggered a recovery in some aspects of [...]
Million euro reward for missing daughter information
The parents of a teenager missing in Spain have offered a one million euro (£879,000) reward for information leading to her discovery. Irish expat Amy Fitzpatrick was 15 when she vanished as she walked home from a friend's house on the Costa de Sol in January 2008. Police have failed to find any trace of her since. Her mother Audrey and [...]
Una Niña de seis años resulta herida en Gran Alacant
Una niña de 6 años de edad resultó ayer herida tras ser atropellada por un vehículo en la urbanización Gran Alacant de Santa Pola, según precisaron fuentes del Centro de Información y Coordinación de Urgencias (CICU). La menor sufrió a causa de la colisión un traumatismo craneoencefálico, por lo que fue trasladada inmediatamente por [...]
Living on the edge
House owners on the Spanish coast deprived of their property rights after Spain's 1988 Coastal Law took effect made their case to the MEPs of the European Union Petitions Committee on Monday and Tuesday. MEPs questioned whether the law should have been applied retroactively and stressed that expropriated owners must be fairly compensated. They [...]
Un avión que viajaba desde Alicante a Estocolmo aterriza de emergencia en El Altet
El vuelo registró un incendio en una de las ruedas del tren de aterrizaje, según tres pasajeros, por lo que el piloto decidió volver. Algunas de las personas que viajaban en la nave sufrieron heridas leves. Un avión de la compañía Norwegian que debía cubrir el trayecto entre Alicante y Arlanda en Estocolmo se vió obligado ayer a volver [...]
Spanish air hostesses pose naked to publicise unpaid wages
A group of Spanish air hostesses have stripped off to publicise a row with their employers over unpaid wages. The nine flight attendants with the now bankrupt Spanish Air Comet airline posed naked or semi-naked for a calendar to "continue to publicise their situation and demand a solution". The airline failed to pay staff for up to nine [...]
