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Trading in shares in the Spanish lender Bankia has been suspended in Madrid.

The market regulator CNMV said it was "due to circumstances that may affect the normal share trading".

Bankia is reported to be due to ask the government for a bailout of more than 15bn euros ($19bn; £12bn) after a board meeting later on Friday.

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Many of the 400,000 British people living in Spain have been left in financial ruin following the banking crisis. And as the future of the euro is plunged into deeper uncertainty, they are desperate to get back to the UK.

For the next month, Torrevieja’s Policia Local’s monitoring of local urbanisations and busy through roads, will be boosted by the load of a special radar equipped police car from the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).
 

The car is a Citroën equipped with a radar Autovelox system tasked to perform preventative controls for speeding around designated areas of the city.
 

Torrevieja’s Councillor for Safety and Traffic, Eduardo Gil Rebollo, said that he had received reports from the Neighbourhood Watch and residents of different neighbourhoods and asked the DGT for their assistance.
 

Over the last couple of months, Policia Local have received numerous complaints about the excessive speed of some vehicles and motorcycles in the streets of these neighbourhoods. Without a radar car of their own, and with the Guardia Civil only being responsible for areas outside the Urbanisations, in regards to Traffic, Rebollo requested the transfer of this radar car for the use of the Traffic Department.
 

For a month, police will be carrying out checks in these areas to detect and take action against those who continue to speed through built up areas of the city, so as to try and cut down on future speeding violations.
 

Drivers should also be aware that the Guardia Civil are also carrying out their own vehicle checks throughout Torrevieja. Cars with foreign plates are especially being targeted, especially in the Urbanisations.
 

Drivers found without the correct documentation, a current ITV or MOT or, Insurance, face having their car towed and impounded, followed by a fine. Drivers with a Spanish Driving Licence will have the opportunity to pay the fine within a designation time, and receive a discount, while Drivers with a foreign license, will have to pay on the spot, or face having their car impounded.
 

Torrevieja also can boast to having the most advanced static radar and CCTV camera system in Spain. All cars entering or leaving the city have their number plate recorded and at various locations around the city, these records are updated.
 

Cars or divers who have been using their cars in Torrevieja for more than six months of the year, that have not applied to be a resident or for their licence plates to be transferred to Spanish, also face being fined or having their car impounded, until such as time as arrangements have been made for the car to be transferred.
 

If you are driving around Torrevieja, just keep to the speed limits, carry all your documentation and make sure everything is paid up and correct.

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TORREVIEJA CELEBRATES QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE.
“PARTY IN THE PARK” set for Sunday 3rd June.
 

Torrevieja’s “Jardin de las Naciones” is the venue for a special and unique celebration to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. EVERYONE IS WELCOME to join in the fun!!! AND…. It’s FREE!!! The ‘street party in the park’ commences at 1645h on SUNDAY 3rd June and the party atmosphere will carry on until after dark.
 

Thanks to sponsors, including the Ayuntamiento of Torrevieja, TKO radio and the ‘Courier’ newspaper, a full sound and lighting system will be provided for the host of performers and artists who will take to the stage to offer non-stop entertainment appropriate of any good street party. Meanwhile, fancy dress parades, family games and even a ‘quiz of the era’ will be on offer in the open air venue which will be decorated appropriately with red, white and blue bunting. Even Union Jacks will be available to those who can’t manage to bring their own and traditional or fancy dress is optional!
 

In true “street party” style, neighbours are invited to bring their own picnic type meal, whilst substantially stocked, reasonably priced bars will be serving all types of suitably cold drinks. All profit from the bars will go to the local ‘Alzheimer’s’ Association, AFA’. Burgers and hot dogs will also be available for purchase and even an ice cream van will be on hand. The party will be able to accommodate over 1,000 revelers with tables and chairs supplied.
 

A number of local, professional artists have offered their services and various local groups will be offering non-stop entertainment throughout the whole evening to ensure the party atmosphere continues, all of course, with an appropriate theme relating to the sixty years reign of our Queen, Elizabeth II.
 

The timetable of entertainment is, inevitably, subject to change as there will be so much going on. However, those attending this COMPLETELY FREE event can anticipate:
- Family games: “Tug o’ War”, Egg & Spoon, sack race etc..organized by “RASCALS”.
- TKO RADIO ROADSHOW throughout the event.
16.45h THE PARTY STARTS! Entertainment from “Dance Academy & Stage School”.
17.00h to 17.30h: FOOTWORK DANCE ACADEMY.
17.45h: MARIA O’HARA’s moving tribute to KATHERINE JENKINS.
18.00h: Singer Nick GOLD offers a taste of British popular music from years gone by.
18.15h: Maurice & Alma with their puppets and a few ‘London Songs’.
18.45h: Children’s Fancy dress parade and judging, organized by “RASCALS”.
19.00h: The PHOENIX CONCERT BAND takes to the stage to offer some well known BRITISH music to sing along to!!!
19.30h: This is the time set for everyone to enjoy their picnic together! Tables & chairs for 1,000 partygoers! Form yourselves into ‘teams’ and join in the “Quiz of the Era” – forty question from the past sixty years! (Organized by quizmaster, Arthur).
19.45h: Local professional singer, KEELY C. offers a handful of popular songs made famous over the years by BRITISH female singers!
20.00h: Those “Crazy Ladies” will be going through their ‘crazy’ dance routines!
20.10h: Torrevejense choir, “CRESCENDO” with their appropriate offering of BRITISH songs. Singing along and flag waving, obligatory!
20.25h: More from the “Crazy Ladies”.
20.45h: Entertainment and songs from the colourful “TORREVIEJA BARBERSHOP HARMONISERS”.
21.00h: Prize Draw and announcement of prizewinners.
21.30h: PHOENIX CONCERT BAND offer more BRITISH music to sing along to, followed by the GRAND FINALE in which the band will be joined on stage by the choirs. We can all join in such emotive musical pieces as “Rule Britannia” or “Land of Hope & Glory” finishing up with “Crown Imperial” accompanied by fireworks!!
 

The “TKO RADIO ROADSHOW” will be on hand to provide further music and entertainment and even dancing until late for those who still have some energy left!
 

DON’T FOGET!! This event is open to EVERYONE. Completely FREE OF CHARGE. Bring along your PICNIC, your neighbours, your friends, your family, your mother, your father, grandparents,………. and JOIN IN THE FUN to celebrate our QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE!!!
 

SUNDAY 3rd JUNE 2012 from 1645h in the “JARDIN DE LAS NACIONES, TORREVIEJA.

It seems some airlines, not named by AENA, have been treating passengers differently.

A couple from El Galan is having to take turns in going out after solicitors told them that bailiffs could come any day to evict them.

Stewart and Lynda Forrester bought a Tecnologia Urbanistica house through Atlas International in 2003. In 2004 the house, which was part of a row of six, suffered severe damage due to the subsidence of an end terrace that had not been underpinned properly.

Structural engineers advised the couple to leave the house immediately after six inch cracks started to appear throughout the house. In the meantime, Tecnologia’s owner, Emilio Martin de las Mulas Naranjo, offered Stewart and Lynda another house down the road in Bosque del Lomas 16, where they are still living for most of the year.

The couple paid in full - more than 149,000€ - for the property to Atlas International.

Read full story here in Round Town News

 

Lead story for the Sol Times this week, "Corvera Airport To Commence Flights In October". The article has been reproduced from a La Veridad article printed Monday.

Despite stating that it would be Summer 2013 earliest before it became operational, Central and Regional Government are now stating the necessary permits will be completed by October this year which will then allow the transfer from San Javier to Corvera.

 

Corvera airport due to open Summer 2013 .. read about it here

Corvera airports test flights have concluded .. read about it here.

It will NOT have an AVE rail link ... read about it here

Source: Murcia Today

Spanish Government proposing and expecting to pass Royal Decree:-

This follows a week of announcements about the provision of health services, including a debate about Health Tourism.

Government ‘is to study establishing previous requirements’ to limit the access of the foreigners to the health service, and ‘to better control the so-called health tourism’.

"Ministry for Health is studying introducing criteria such as ‘a minimum period of residence or tax contributions’ so being on the padron local census would no long be enough."

Source: TypicallySpanish

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