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Algarve
	Silves mayor against high tension pylons THE Mayor of Silves has issued a warning that the local Council will go to court to stop a high tension pylon route between Tunes and Portimão if the national electricity network company REN decides to carry on with its plans. Mayor Isabel Soares said: “I hope REN changes its attitude and that we .....
- Tax cut for Loulé residents
- New British ambassador visits the Algarve
- PJ travel to England
- More cocaine seized at border
- Silves mayor against high tension pylons
- Portuguese carrier buys 17 new aircraft
- Public sector strike
- Galeria Off the Wall Christmas shimmer
- Portucale - Letter from the Algarve by Frances Ruddick
- News In Brief (Algarve)

Costa del Sol
	An encounter for development ON November 29 and 30, the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos in Malaga was the setting for the second Society of Knowledge and Citizenship Meeting, ENCODE, which brought together personalities from all over the world, known for their efforts in promoting human rights and development. Some of the most pr .....
- Gil’s Rolls to be auctioned
- Follow up on fire in Los Palomares
- Man rescued from Nerja Caves
- Tickets for the AVE Malaga to Madrid to cost between 30 and 76 euros
- Just fancy that...
- Mum uncovers child pornography network
- Physical abuse cases of men increase almost as much as women
- Taxi drivers want to increase airport fares
- Follow up on gas explosion
- First fines for businesses
- An encounter for development
- City outskirts lack basic services
- Christmas is going green
- Kilo of fireworks confiscated
- Delays in cultural centre
- Malaga second stop in Lisbon – Dakar rally
- Exotic species rehabilitation success
- Half of shops in the capital do not accept credit cards
- Lost property
- Baby-care workshops for men
- New park before end of year
- Lighting up time
- Marbella schools above average in foreign students
- Reforestation of Sierra Blanca de Mijas
- Documentary commemorates George Campbell
- Circus animals siezed due to lack of documentation
- Marbella programme to prune trees
- Company encourages Employees to have children
- Tenerife: The grandest of the Canary Islands

Costa Blanca
	Red Cross Day DECEMBER 1 was Dia Del Voluntariado for the Red Cross in Crevillent, who celebrated their annual event with usual aplomb. The sun shone down on the crowds of people who attended the free event, which was held in the main square by the fountain off C/tra San Vincent Ferrer. Tents were set up where .....
- Els Poblets deputy mayor removed
- Romanian population growth
- Dog attack
- Javea reacts to low tourist season
- Javea moves Nativity
- Natural park 'enormous potential'
- Valencia exorcisms
- Rascals Christmas sing-along
- Weevil plague less this year
- Carols for Christmas
- Police torture case reopened
- Paris exhibition in Albir
- Mass for foreigners
- TEAMS TEST WILLIAM
- Red Cross Day
- Fame comes to San Luis
- Radio telethon in aid of Cudeca
- Medieval market in Xixona
- Golden cava
- Car boot success
- Grand Christmas fair for charity
- No permit for Russian church
- PEPA needs your help
- Christmas cracker Titch
- The A-Z of Cats - Pedigrees of the World - The Korat (Part One)

Costa de Almería
	Hashish smuggled in intestines POLICE in Huercal-Overa have arrested four people after they discovered a man with small balls of hashish in his intestine. The arrests came after a car accident in Murcia. The four occupants of the car were rushed to different hospitals. Three of them were flown by helicopter to Granada .....
- Forgers arrested
- Young burglars caught
- Driver attempts risky escape manoeuvre
- Sevilla Almeria flight link possible
- Hashish smuggled in intestines
- Standing on the edge of extinction
- Mediterranean ‘network of death’
- MORE VILLARICOS WHACKEY RACES FOR 2008!!!
- Waiter strike cancelled
- El Ejido crime zone
- Parking in Carboneras improves
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- House prices stabilising
- Climate concern
- Almeria police commitment
- Swimming with babies
- New Zealand here we come
- Festival moves to El Ejido
- Green fingers for Carboneras unemployed
- Fatal road accidents down as police encourage safe driving
- Almeria wind power
- Swan Lake wows Roquetas
- The new Franco Law

Mallorca
	Calvia fayre a hit MORE THAN 3,000 people visited Calvia Council’s second traditional International Christmas Fair on Saturday. The annual event, which was a great success, was staged at The Boulevard, Puerto Portals, and featured more than 50 stalls, live music and lots of food and drink. Visitors could indulge in g .....
- BAR CRACKDOWN
- JOBS GALORE IN FESTIVE CAMPAIGN
- City is safe - police chief
- Privatisation protest could bring airport chaos
- Calvia fayre a hit
- MAGALLUF GETS TOP RESORT STATUS
- Palma tax probe
- Island’s cut price travel boots
- Concert to aid needy

Heart of Andalucía
	Law comes into force to harden sentences LAST SUNDAY, a reform to the Penal Code laws relating to road safety was put in place, meaning that a prison sentence can now be given in cases of extreme negligence at the wheel. Reckless drivers who speed or are over the legal limit for alcohol or drugs will receive harsher sentences, including au .....
- Nine speed radars for the province
- Cartama has fastest growing population
- Alhaurin de la Torre protest against ETA attack
- Health union proposal to improve emergency centres
- DNI applications in the afternoon
- Follow up on British brawl in Ronda
- Alhaurin health centre lacks a gynaecologist
- Anti- violence scheme
- Law comes into force to harden sentences
- Abuse at home
- The plight of the abandoned greyhounds
- Antequera invests in sports installations

Sport
	Elche Juniors bounce back After last weekend’s disaster by Elche’s juniors’ standards, they managed to bounce back in true style, with the Cadetes winning away against AKRA Barbara and the Juveniles putting in a solid performance at home against La Vila to win their game. The Cadetes got back to their winning ways straight ....
- Barton says he is not afraid
- Final of ‘Costa del Sol Masters Madrid’ at La Cala Resort
- Cristiano Ronaldo short- listed for best world player
- Benfica loses to FC Porto
- Portugal wants to host FIFA Confederations Cup
- Porto hammered by Liverpool
- Sporting and Benfica out of the Champions League
- Elche Juniors bounce back
- Thunder Ball De Los R’os FC Torrevieja 1 - 0 Jose Espa–ol
- Good weekend for Lester
- Mojacar Angling Club

Boadicea

Mother love comes intermittently
One of the Sunday tabloids carried a sob story about Mentewab Dawit Lebiso, a 24-year-old Ethopian woman who gave up her baby....

Leapy Lee

The familiar signs of failure
As I’m sure many of you have noticed, it’s time once again for the winter bloomers. Out they come, a veritable cascade of ass....

Sidelines

Three-way tussle for Pakistan power
NAWAZ SHARIFF, who has twice been prime minister of Pakistan, returned there on November 25 from seven years of exile in Saud....

Mrs. Ed

SO, Hugo Chávez has called Aznar a ‘fascist’ but clearly, like so many who use this term as an insult or an excuse for violen....

Food

Exotic culinary delights from the land of the Pharaohs
Egyptian cuisine shares many characteristics with both Mediterranean and other Arabic countries and includes many meat dishes....

Health & Beauty

Mother Nature’s remedies for everyday ills
This week The Euro Weekly News continues with its investigation into home remedies to find out if, and indeed how, we can avo....

Astrology
		Star - Sagittarius Someone you mistrust offers to add to your celebrations. Why not call a truce? We both know that little long term will come o ....

Happened This Day
	1699 - A treaty is signed by Denmark, Russia, Saxony and Poland for the partitioning of the Swedish Empire. 1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") is killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. 1899 - The Marconi Wireless Company of America is incorporated in New Jersey. ....

Birthdays
	Norman Greenbaum - 65 - American singer/songwriter, Maxwell Caulfield - 46 - Scottish American actor, Dr John - 67 - American pianist/singer/songwriter,
	more...