Costa Blanca News Archive

14-Jul-2006

Dancing flamenco the English way (Expatica)
Many parents want to 'live the dream' of moving to Spain. But this can prove hard for children who have to adapt to a new school system. Ian Frewer examines the differing experiences of children who are growing up on the Costa Blanca.

Foreign (Daily Dispatch)
Zizou, France?s favourite son, is on his last legs HOLLYWOOD could not have scripted it better. A grizzled general, acclaimed as the greatest warrior of the age and carrying the hopes of a nation upon his shoulders, comes out of retirement to fight a last, hopeless campaign.

Doctors refuse to treat English patients without interpreter (Guardian Unlimited)
It is a familiar sight in any British hospital. Older women in blue sashes staffing a makeshift charity stall in a busy corridor. But here in Denia hospital on Spain's Costa Blanca, the volunteers have no time to serve tea.

Discover the New 'Place to Be' -- Spanish Villa Rentals on the Costa Blanca and Mallorca (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Ventura, CA (PRWEB) July 8, 2006 -- For over a decade now, Americans have been flocking to villas in Italy and France to enjoy authentic, cross-cultural vacations that become memories of a lifetime.

Costa crook who laughed at law beaten to death (Times Online)
A NOTORIOUS British criminal has been murdered on the Costa Blanca where he enjoyed a playboy life after escaping from jail. The body of Colin Nobes, 47, who boasted that police would never get him, was wrapped in a tarpaulin, weighed down with rocks and left under a bridge.

"la Caixa" offers Spanish mortgage (Mortgage Introducer)
Lisa Griffiths, European sales and marketing manager for Taylor Woodrow de Espa�a, said: ?We recognise that buying a property abroad can be a daunting prospect with many families ruling the idea out due to cost.

Girl attacked by bluefish off popular beach (Expatica)
ALICANTE ? A popular beach on the Costa Blanca remained closed on Friday after a seven year old girl was bitten by what was first thought to be a baby shark.

Discover the New 'Place to Be' -- Spanish Villa Rentals on the Costa Blanca and Mallorca (PR Web)
Villa renters who head straight to Italy and France may be overlooking one of the best spots in Europe -- Spain's coastline. (PRWEB Jul 8, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/VGhpci1IYWxmLUhvcnItUGlnZy1JbnNlLVplcm8=

Paradise turns to deathtrap for British expats in Spain (Guardian Unlimited)
Doctors are refusing to treat English patients, who cannot speak Spanish, without an interpreter.

Spain murder detectives praised (BBC News)
The "dogged determination" of North Wales Police is applauded for catching the killers of a couple house-hunting on the Costa Brava.

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