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Green light for minimum wage rise 0
- Internacional
- September 23, 2021
An agreement to increase the minimum wage by 1.58%, to be effective retroactively from the first of this month once confirmed by the Cabinet next week, was sealed by the ministry for work and the UGT and CCOO unions. Full report in tomorrow’s Costa Blanca News – available from supermarkets, tobacconists/newspaper shops and online at
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Parking fright 0
- Internacional
- September 23, 2021
Firefighters were called when a driver smashed into a car park wall, leaving the vehicle hanging over the edge of the building in Calle Sierra Dorada in Benidorm. Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News – available from supermarkets, tobacconists/newspaper shops and online at www.costa-news.com Read more in this week’s print edition or go to
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Waiting lists rise ‘due to summer holidays’0
- Internacional
- September 22, 2021
The average wait for an operation in the Valencia region went up from 105 days to 120 days last month. A spokesman for the regional health department noted that the rise was caused by a ‘decrease in activity in surgery due to the holiday period’. Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News Read more in
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Fight for fairing funding 0
- Internacional
- September 22, 2021
Political opponents from Valencia and Andalucia presented a united front on Tuesday in their battle to get the national government to change the way that the regions of Spain are funded. The presidents of the two regions – Ximo Puig from the Socialist party (PSOE) and Juanma Moreno from the Partido Popular (PP) – signed
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Last of US troops exit Afghanistan as Taliban celebrates with gunfire at Kabul airport 0
- Entretenimiento
- August 31, 2021
Celebratory gunfire in Kabul by Taliban coincided with exit of last of US troops from Afghanistan, putting an end to twenty year long war in Afghanistan. On Monday night the last US military aircraft took off from Kabul airport. Two weeks earlier the Taliban insurgent group had seized control of the capital city of Kabul, toppling the internationally recognized Afghani government and President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country.
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US Intercepts Missile Attacks In Afghanistan Before Withdrawal Deadline 0
- Entretenimiento
- August 31, 2021
As American efforts to evacuate troops and citizens from Afghanistan reaches a point of completion, US anti-missile defences are already at work defending attacks. At least five rockets were intercepted stopping them on their tracks, aiming at the Kabul airport.
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Supporters of Peru’s competing presidential candidates take to roads amid election frenzy 0
- Entretenimiento
- June 28, 2021
Peru’s competing presidential candidates rightwinger Keiko Fujimori and socialist Pedro Castillo have resorted to the streets after the closely contested 6 June election
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Manilva Town Council will allocate € 520,000 in social and economic measures to alleviate the local situation caused by Covid19 0
- Latest News
- March 18, 2020
SHARE Facebook Twitter The Mayor of Manilva, Mario Jiménez and councillors, Diego José Jiménez, Marcos Ruiz and Manolo Gil, representing the entire Government Team, have met today to discuss measures within that can be taken by the local government to alleviate the problems generated by the Covid-19 crisis. Among an initial package of measures to
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Prison sentences of from 3 months to a year and fines of up to 30,000 euros for breaking the lockdown regulations 0
- Latest News
- March 15, 2020
SHARE Facebook Twitter Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska issued an order on Sunday that establishes the operational protocols of the security forces in the country while the state of emergency is in place.The legislation has put Minister Grande-Marlaska in charge not only of the National Place and Guardia Civil, but also local and regional forces,
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