Author: John Smith

Married to Ophelia in Gibraltar in 1978, John has spent much of his life travelling on security print and minting business and visited every continent except Antarctica. Having retired several years ago, the couple moved to their house in Estepona and John became a regular news writer for the EWN Media Group taking particular interest in Finance, Gibraltar and Costa del Sol Social Scene. Currently he is acting as Editorial Consultant for the paper helping to shape its future development. Share your story with us by emailing newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com, by calling +34 951 38 61 61 or by messaging our Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews

Hungary closes frontier with Croatia to stem tide of refugees

AT midnight on October 16, the Hungarian government closed all of its frontier posts with Croatia and erected razor wire fences in an attempt to stem the tide of migrants and refugees trying to reach western Europe through Hungary. Until now, they had been allowing about 5,000 unregistered people through each day but having failed […]