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Month: April 2018


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Jellyfish invasion closes Costa Blanca beach

BayRadio | April 24, 2018 close
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Visitors to beaches up and down the Costa Blanca have been greeted by a larger than expected number of jellyfish for this time of the year. The plague of the poisonous Portuguese man-of-war species has reached the Alicante Province after being brought on the current from their usual breeding areas […]

Spanish News

Facebook saves suicide victim’s life

BayRadio | April 24, 2018 close
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A young woman based in Madrid saved the life of her suicidal mother hundreds of kilometres away in the Region of Murcia – thanks to Facebook. The victim, said to be aged between 45 and 50 and living in La Unión, had been suffering severe depression and cut her wrists […]

Spanish News

After Brexit, Spain’s Rota base will be new strategic HQ for ...

BayRadio | April 24, 2018 close
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Current operational HQ in Northwood set to change to a location that already hosts a large US naval base. The southern Spanish town of Rota, in Cádiz province, is already home to the Spanish Navy’s biggest military base, and also to what is probably the largest US naval base in all of […]

Spanish News

EU at war? Tensions rise as Brussels plans to shift BILLIONS ...

BayRadio | April 24, 2018 close
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Warsaw and Budapest are expected to lose out on MASSIVE amounts of cash as Brussels proposes to move tens of billions of euros in EU funding away from central and Eastern Europe to the countries worse hit by the financial crisis, such as Spain and Greece. The aim of the […]

Spanish News

Spain exhumes bodies from Valley of the Fallen civil war ...

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Work has begun on exhuming the bodies of four men killed in the Spanish Civil War from the controversial Valley of the Fallen monument near Madrid. Tens of thousands of unidentified civil war victims are buried at the site, alongside former dictator Gen Franco. After a long legal battle, the […]

Spanish News

‘Europe’s most dangerous’ ISIS terrorist ...

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THE husband of one of Europe’s most dangerous and hunted ISIS terrorists has been arrested in Málaga for financing her trip to Syria, National Police say. Fadoua Hassad, 36, originally from Morocco is said to be ‘extremely radical’ and has made constant references to staging attacks in Spain. She has […]

Spanish News

Palma de Mallorca will be first Spanish city to ban tourist ...

BayRadio | April 24, 2018 close
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From July, only single-family homes will be available for short-term vacation rentals in popular Balearic Island destination. Starting in July, homeowners in Palma, on the Balearic Island of Mallorca, will not be allowed to rent out their apartments to tourists. The capital of the popular Mediterranean destination has adopted a […]

Spanish News

Government issues strike restrictions over Vueling industrial ...

BayRadio | April 24, 2018 close
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The Government has informed unions of the minimum service requirements to allow Vueling pilots to take industrial action legally. Industrial action is planned for tomorrow and Wednesday, as well as Thursday and Friday next week. The Ministry of Development informed Vueling, Aena, Enaire and the union SEPLA on the provisions […]

Brexit News

Britain hails new optimism about Brexit deal for financial ...

BayRadio | April 23, 2018 close
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The British government and senior finance executives said they are increasingly confident Europe will offer financial companies generous market access after Brexit, boosting London’s hopes of retaining its status as a top global financial centre. Since Britain voted to leave the EU 22 months ago, some of the world’s most […]

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Labour should recognise that the best Brexit deal is no Brexit

BayRadio | April 23, 2018 close
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If the UK is forced to obey most EU rules to safeguard the economy, it should seek to remain at the top table. e stand on the threshold of an exciting week in British politics. It could prove the one that history comes to mark as the beginning of the […]

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Tory Brexit truce falters

BayRadio | April 23, 2018 close
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The local election period was meant to be an armed truce in the internal Tory war on Brexit but some pro-Leave MPs couldn’t quite hold their fire. They were incensed by talk of a drift in Downing Street towards something that looks and sounds a lot like the existing Customs […]

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Theresa May says we’re leaving the customs union – but ...

BayRadio | April 23, 2018 close
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It’s long been known that there is no configuration of free trade deals to be had outside the European Union that comes close to adequately replacing what will be lost in trade by leaving the single market. Do you find Brexit a kind of slow-burn, psychological thriller box set in […]