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Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 14th December 2018 Earthquake scare in Lorca and gale force winds as the Costa Cálida prepares for Christmas The tension was palpable in Lorca on Thursday morning when an earthquake measuring 3.5 mbLg (equivalent to the Richter scale at these levels) caused.. 14/12/2018

Dog owners injured after pitbull attacks Maltese in Alcantarilla The pitbull owner was in breach of the laws regarding potentially dangerous dog breeds Two dog owners are reported to have suffered injuries in Alcantarilla while separating their pets, one of which had attacked the other. The dog fight was an.. 14/12/2018

Jumilla driver dies after collision with lorry near Yecla The lorry driver swerved off the road attempting to avoid the oncoming car A 45-year-old woman from Jumilla died on Thursday evening from the serious injuries she sustained on the road between Yecla and Caudete (in the province of Albacete) in the.. 14/12/2018

Murcia government initiates phase 2 of Brexit Plan A no-deal Brexit would have a serious effect on Murcia’s exports With the uncertainty over how (or indeed whether) Brexit will proceed as great as ever this week, all over Spain businesses, Chamber of Commerce and different levels of government.. 14/12/2018

Poinsettias and cyclamens decorate the streets of Cartagena for Christmas Almost 6,000 plants are being installed for the festive season in Cartagena With the Christmas and New Year celebrations about to begin in Cartagena, council workers are busy decorating the city centre with approximately 400 begonias, 4,300 red cyclamens.. 13/12/2018

Emergency restoration work continues at Mula castleThe whole restoration project will cost around 7 million euros Work is progressing to shore up the walls of Mula castle, which has become dangerously dilapidated after many years of neglect, and the monument received a visit on Wednesday from Miriam Guardiola.. 13/12/2018

Lorca earthquake felt as far away as Murcia, Mazarrón and Bullas None injured but considerable alarm in Lorca at the 3.5 mbLg earthquake The latest information compiled by Spain’s national geographical institute shows that the earthquake which caused classrooms to be evacuated in the city of Lorca on Thursday.. 13/12/2018

Taxi drivers from 15 municipalities protest in the city of Murcia Traffic disruption expected as cabbies demand the right to offer services to and from the regional capital Traffic in the city of Murcia is expected to be severely disrupted on Thursday from 11.30 onwards, as the effects of the weekly market in Avenida.. 13/12/2018

Postal service maintained in outlying areas of Cartagena until delivery box banks are installed La Azohía and Isla Plana residents convinced the Town Hall to negotiate a compromise Correos, the Spanish post office, has announced that deliveries will be maintained after all in the 13 sparsely populated areas of Cartagena where residents.. 13/12/2018

Alarm in Lorca as the city is shaken by 3.5 mbLg earthquake Classrooms evacuated as memories of the May 2011 disaster are stirred The tension in Lorca was palpable on Thursday morning as thoughts turned to the disastrous events of 2011, as an earthquake measuring 3.5 mbLg (equivalent to the Richter scale.. 13/12/2018

Two rescued after Lorca road accident They were trapped as their van overturned and almost fell into the Rambla de Tiata Two people were injured on Wednesday morning in a nasty accident at the roundabout at the start of the motorway leading out of Lorca towards Águilas, after.. 13/12/2018

Demand for flu vaccines leaves Cartagena medical centres in short supply! Don’t forget to get your annual jab before the inevitable annual epidemic starts Year after year the public health authorities in the Region of Murcia attempt to convince more members of the public to receive the annual flu vaccination, often.. 13/12/2018

Passenger numbers up again at San Javier airport in its penultimate full month of flights 91 per cent of November passengers were on flights to and from the UK and Ireland During the first month of the last winter flight roster to come into operation at the airport of Murcia San-Javier, and the penultimate complete month of civilian flights.. 12/12/2018

2,000-year-old Iberian dwelling to be reconstructed at Jumilla archaeological site The work at Coimbra del Barranco Ancho is budgeted to cost over 90,000 euros The Town Hall of Jumilla has won a subsidy of almost 80,000 euros from the regional government of Murcia to develop the 2,000-year-old Iberian archaeological site of Coimbra.. 12/12/2018

11 more African migrants brought ashore in Cartagena Over 1,400 have been intercepted attempting to enter the EU via Murcia this year Despite the threat of adverse conditions at sea the maritime rescue services of Spain intercepted another 11 African migrants as they headed across the Mediterranean.. 12/12/2018

51 per cent increase in Murcia property sales in October! Activity in the Costa Cálida market has grown by 72 per cent in 4 years This Wednesday saw the publication by the government’s central statistics unit of the residential property sales data for the month of October in a bulletin which.. 12/12/2018

October property sales figures higher all over Spain except in the islands The sharpest increases continue to be in Murcia, Navarra and La Rioja This Wednesday saw the publication by the government’s central statistics unit of the residential property sales data for the month of October, showing that the total for.. 12/12/2018

Cartagena-Vera ghost motorway tolls to be cut by 30 per cent in January The aim is to increase traffic on this and other bankrupt toll motorways José Luis Ábalos, the Minister for Development in the Spanish government, announced on Tuesday that the toll charges on the bankrupt motorways of Spain will be.. 11/12/2018

Man collapses and dies in Los Alcázares after throwing stones at mosque The eastern European is believed to have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol The Guardia Civil are investigating the case of a man who died on Monday evening in the streets of Los Narejos, in Los Alcázares, shortly after being seen.. 11/12/2018

Four boat launch ramps installed around the Mar Menor The ramps provide facilities for boat owners and help to protect the marine environment of the lagoon One of the many improvements made recently to facilities around the coast of the Mar Menor, has been the installation of four boat launch ramps.. 11/12/2018

Notaries report no slowdown in activity during mortgage tax chaos! 13 per cent more residential property mortgages this October than last year On Monday Spain’s notaries published their latest set of data regarding the residential property market, reporting a year-on-year increase of 8.4 per cent in sales.. 11/12/2018

Controversial hotel project reactivated between La Manga Club and Calblanque The Princesa de Atamaría development is on the border of the regional park of Calblanque It has been reported in regional newspaper La Verdad this week that the property development company Inmogolf SL, which forms part of the Medgroup concern.. 11/12/2018

Tinsa report 7.8 per cent increase in Mediterranean coastal property values The November figures show a nationwide increase of 5.6 per cent in the last year The leading Spanish property valuation firm Tinsa published its most recent data concerning the market value of housing last week, reporting that in the month of November.. 11/12/2018

New charity shop opens in Los Alcázares: Asociación Únicos Asociación Únicos rescues and re-homes abandoned dogs Asociación Únicos opened their new fundraising shop on the Oasis Bulevar in Los Alcázares. Headed up by Luisa Garcia Ramos, the Asociación Unicos volunteers.. 10/12/2018

Deafening noise and the whiff of gunpowder as the fiestas in Yecla reach their climax There is still time to catch the final procession on Sunday 16th December The most important day in the annual fiestas of Yecla, which falls on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, fell on Saturday this year, and this, coupled with the fine weather.. 10/12/2018

44 per cent of road accident victims in Murcia this year had consumed drugs and/or alcohol Special driver testing campaign until 16th December to deter pre-Christmas drink-driving The traffic police of the Guardia Civil are carrying out a special campaign between 10th and 16th December with the aim of deterring drivers from taking the.. 10/12/2018

2-year-old girl saved as she wandered alone on the main N-301 road in Cieza The case is being treated as possible negligence on the part of the toddler’s parents The case of a 2-year-old girl who wandered unimpeded out of her family home in Cieza last Friday is now being analysed by the Social Services department of.. 10/12/2018

Foreign tourist spending in Murcia in 2018 reaches 1,000 million euros 42 per cent of all visitors from abroad in the Costa Cálida are from the UK The amount of money spent by visitors to the Region of Murcia from abroad continued to rise significantly during the first 10 months of 2018, with an increase of 11.. 10/12/2018

Security and emergency plans finalized at Corvera airport The protocols are designed for an 8-kilometre radius around the airport With the first flights at the Region of Murcia International Airport in Corvera scheduled to take off and land in under six weeks more and more details of the operation of the.. 07/12/2018

Murcia property prices show their sharpest rise in a decade Only in Madrid and Catalunya did market values rise more sharply during the third quarter! The latest property price data released on Friday by the central statistics unit of the Spanish government show that in the country as a whole the market value.. 07/12/2018

236,000 euros earmarked for improvements on the forest tracks of Sierra Espuña The “green lung” of Murcia attracts thousands of visitors enjoying the clear air and spectacular scenery The regional government of Murcia has set aside over 236,000 euros next year for improvements and repairs on the forest paths in.. 07/12/2018

269 migrants brought ashore in Cartagena since Tuesday Over 1,400 have arrived in Murcia this year out of a national total of almost 60,000! 49 more African migrants were intercepted as they made their way across the Mediterranean towards the coastline of Murcia on Thursday 6th December, according to.. 07/12/2018

3 kilos of coins found by rubbish bins in Murcia Most of the coins were pesetas and of little value The Banco de España calculates that there are still over 273,000 million pesetas in the possession of members of the public, with an approximate value of 1,644 million euros, and if an incident.. 07/12/2018

Muggers arrested in Mazarrón The two men face charges related to a theft on 23rd November Two men aged 39 and 48 have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in connection with a mugging and theft in Mazarrón on the evening of 23rd November. The incident in question involved.. 05/12/2018

Estrella de Levante unveils its 2018 Christmas beer! The beer can be tasted at the Christmas market in Murcia with all proceeds going to charity The 2018 Christmas beer produced at the Estrella de Levante brewery in Espinardo, in the north of the city of Murcia, was officially presented on Wednesday.. 05/12/2018

Fog diverts flights away from Murcia-San Javier airport A flight heading back to Belgium was delayed, while one to Gatwick was cancelled In most of the Region of Murcia Wednesday dawned clear and sunny, but thick fog along the shore of the Mar Menor led to the diversion of two flights which were.. 05/12/2018

Gladiator and animal “prisons” found intact at the Roman amphitheatre of CartagenaGuided tours for visitors are being held at the site over Christmas and the New Year The latest news from the archaeologists involved in the excavation of the Roman amphitheatre in Cartagena is that three rooms with arched ceilings have been found intact.. 05/12/2018

Seats for the Murcia Three Kings parade on 5th January can be booked now One of the largest parades of the year in the city of Murcia heralds the arrival of the Reyes Magos December has only just started, but in the city of Murcia the lights have already been switched on at the 40-metre tree in Plaza Circular and as of Tuesday..

Griffon vulture released into the wild in Sierra Espuña 3 vultures have been discharged from the Wildlife Recovery Centre in El Valle in 6 weeks Another griffon vulture was re-released into the wild this Tuesday after receiving treatment at the Wildlife Recovery Centre in El Valle, becoming the third.. 05/12/2018

4 restaurant licences awarded at Corvera airport Subway and Costa Coffee transfer operations from San Javier to Corvera With the arrival and departure of the first flights at the new Region of Murcia International Airport in Corvera growing ever more imminent, management company Aena confirmed.. 05/12/2018

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