Euro Weekly News | Mike Walsh
A SMALL hotel, situated on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, has issued an international alert. After a nine day, all-inclusive vacation a guest has disappeared leaving an insulting €5 tip. The hotel’s sole trader is seething. He says: “The client came recommended. We even transferred £200 to cover his travel expenses. Whilst…
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THE thought occurred to me that although we spend much of our lives with ghosts we are not aware of them. I do not mean the kind that go woo-hoo in the night and scare the daylights out of us. No, the other kind. The other kind? Yes, the friendly…
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IT is my belief that there are two kinds of people on this earth. Those who eat to live and those who live to eat. Spain’s elitist El Cellar de Can Roca Restaurant in Girona achieves the ‘Tickle the Taste Buds’ Best Restaurant award at Restaurant magazine’s annual shindig in…
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DURING the 1960s, if Liverpool was your hometown, you bathed in celebrity status wherever in the world you found yourself. This was largely due to Liverpool FC’s collection of silverware that lesser clubs could only drool over. Then there were the Beatles, the Mersey Sound, the city’s playwrights, comedians and…
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PUBLIC speaking is something you can or cannot do. The rest of us pretend to like it. Although a public speaker for nigh on 40 years, I confess to being ill at ease when up before an audience. Anxious speakers are not alone. Men whose occupations demand nerves of steel…
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HOW to destroy an economy. It helps if you have a cash-strapped regime that screws tourism with Europe’s highest airport and IVA taxes. Revolving door lunacy, Spain eases visa requirements to encourage non-EU investment then makes residence renewal virtually impossible. Add to this dismal tapestry corrupt local authority with a…
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IF we have tribute performers impersonating Elvis Presley, Abba and Rod Stewart, to name but a few, why not tributes to famous writers. I can stand in for Wilbur Smith, Stephen King or Jeffrey Archer. Who knows? The response might be, ‘you’re better than the real thing.’ I would make…
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HOW many more holes have you in your belt? The European Central Bank has noted with satisfaction Spain’s financial stabilisation. So far so good. Now it recommends that IVA be increased further and that levies be more heavily imposed upon the energy sector. Spain has suffered a 15.8 percent decline…
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TO err is a human failing that is far more commonplace than we care to admit. In some cases, it is better to not go there, especially to hospital. A study revealed that as many as 98,000 people die in American hospitals each year due to medical errors. That is…
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Take a leaf out of Estonia’s book to get Spain working WITH 70 per cent of national laws being imposed by Brussels it is a myth to presume the independence of any EU member state. Why don’t governments go one stage further and learn from member states? It can take…
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WEARING light summer clothing my friends and I relax on a sun-drenched restaurant terrace. The table service meal is €10 and reasonable wine €4 for the bottle. Our feet tap to the melodies of a gifted pianist. It is mid-winter. I remind my friends that Britons work damn hard 50…
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A CYNIC asks a newspaper columnist if aspiring authors actually make money from selling their books. They do, and the chances of recouping their outlay are far higher than returns offered by many other investments. There are no guarantees that a book, film or television series will be successful. Like…
ONE very famous Spaniard who did like the British was Jorge Juan y Santalices (1713-1773). His achievements in natural science, humanitarianism, exploration and naval expertise, are far too numerous to mention here. He liked the British foe so much that he spied against them on behalf of the Spanish Crown.…
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WITH increasing rancour between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, one hopes that Brits abroad will be the most conciliatory ambassadors imaginable. Occasionally swords cross over Spanish naval incursions in disputed territorial seas off Gibraltar. It is easy for those whose umbilical cords are tied to mother…
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THE winter weather on the Costa coastlines has not been anything to write home about. My fleece has not been off my back. With night-time temperatures at just 10c, I became something of a recluse. According to Spanish media, it has been the windiest winter for 20 years. Considering the…
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