Morocco teen: Berlo gave me 70k car, diamond necklace - The Times of India

Morocco teen: Berlo gave me 70k car, diamond necklace - The Times of India: "17-year-old Moroccan model, Karima Keyek, who is involved in the sex scandal with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has claimed he gave her $9,600 in euros, a diamond necklace and a $110,000 car. The teenage belly dancer said she witnessed dinner party guests taking part in sex sessions in what the Italian prime minister called the 'bunga bunga' game. But...

Police captured almost three dozen Moroccans last month trying to move hundreds of pounds of cocaine through the country

Morocco | Al Qaeda | Islamic Maghreb: "CASABLANCA, Morocco — It seemed a monumental drug bust. Police captured almost three dozen Moroccans last month trying to move hundreds of pounds of cocaine through the country.But it turned out to be much more than drug deal. Moroccan government officials now say those arrested have ties to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.'We are dealing with an apparent coordination and collaboration between drug...

The time has come for common sense to be shown regarding illegal properties in Spain

The time has come for common sense to be shown regarding illegal properties in Spain: "Typically Spanish editor, Howard Brereton, advocates a onetime amnesty on illegal properties as the only solution.Why is no one in power showing any common sense in Spain regarding the situation that so many people, mostly foreigners, find themselves in, conned into owning illegal property, and with the threat of demolition hanging over their heads? ‘Let...

Ten year old girl gives birth in Jerez

Ten year old girl gives birth in Jerez: "10 year old girl from Romania has given birth in Andalucía in what is being described as the first case of a child pregnancy in the region in someone so young. News of the birth of the 2.9 kilo baby which took place in the Jerez Hospital last Tuesday was released today after mother and child have been allowed home. Both mother and baby are in good health and reports indicate the father of the baby...

Maurice Boland's rise and fall... Mr Marbella | Olive Press Newspaper | News Spain

Maurice Boland's rise and fall... Mr Marbella | Olive Press Newspaper | News Spain: "IT certainly has a most poetic ring to it; she being 16, he 61.But the liaisons with a teenager that he had taken under his wing to compete in the so-called WOW Factor talent show, has caused more of a slasher movie to the career of one of the coast’s most famous celebrities.Whether you loved him or hated him, few lacked opinions about DJ Maurice Boland...

Explorer yacht Maisha sold by Engel & Völkers Yachting & Fraser Yachts - Brokerage - SuperyachtTimes.com

Explorer yacht Maisha sold by Engel & Völkers Yachting & Fraser Yachts - Brokerage - SuperyachtTimes.com: "Engel & Völkers Yachting Marbella, who acted on behalf of the buyer, and David Legrand of Fraser Yachts, who represented the seller, have sold the 38 metre luxury motor yacht Maisha. For Engel & Völkers Yachting this transaction is the fourth...

Isabel Pantoja presents items to be embargoed

Isabel Pantoja presents items to be embargoed: "Isabel Pantoja, the famous copla singer, has presented documents to the court in Marbella outlining assets which can be embargoed to meet her civil responsibility in the spin-off case from the Malaya corruption case in the town.She has had to find 3.6 million €, imposed by the judge, Sergio Ruiz, in Instruction Court Five in Marbella, in which she faces charges of laundering money which her...

Euro Weekly News | Jale loses control of Incosol Hotel in Marbella | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain

Euro Weekly News | Jale loses control of Incosol Hotel in Marbella | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain: "HOTEL and real estate group, Jale have lost control of the famous Incosol hotel in Marbella as well as three others in Cadiz and Cordoba. A judge in Cadiz has left the management of the hotel in the hands of the members of the insolvency administration and the owner of the hotels, Inmobiliaria Amuerga,...

McNamara dispute for retrial in Spain - The Irish Times - Mon, Nov 01, 2010

McNamara dispute for retrial in Spain - The Irish Times - Mon, Nov 01, 2010: "judge has ordered a retrial of a case Mr McNamara lost two years ago because a technical fault meant the original hearing was never recorded. The retrial is set for December in Marbella.Its outcome will determine whether Mr McNamara’s properties in the upmarket resort are embargoed again, or he is left with the option of keeping the cash from any eventual sale.The...

Juan Antonio Roca to appeal against his sacking from Marbella Town Hall

Juan Antonio Roca to appeal against his sacking from Marbella Town Hall: "court in Málaga has already deemed the sacking correct, but now Roca is to appeal to SevillaThe man at the centre of the Malaya corruption case, the ex Real Estate Assessor in Marbella Town Hall, Juan Antonio Roca, is to appeal against the court ruling which supported his sacking from...

Spanish gay groups attack Mariano Rajoy's plans to overturn gay marriage

Spanish gay groups attack Mariano Rajoy's plans to overturn gay marriage: "Mariano Rajoy indicated in an interview in El País that he would overturn the legislation, even if it is deemed to be constitutional in the Constitutional CourtThe gay Triángo Foundation has described the Partido Popular leader, Mariano Rajoy as a ‘caveman’ and say that his intents to overturn the gay marriage legislation in Spain are an indignant attack on the rights...

Helen and Len Prior - Another setback in their fight for justice

Helen and Len Prior - Another setback in their fight for justice: "Nearly three years after their dream home in Vera was demolished, British pensioners Helen and Len Prior faced another setback in their fight for justice last week.The Administrative Courts, after a retrial of the case ordered by the Supreme Court in April last year, have upheld the original decision of the Junta de Andalucia requesting the demolition of their home. The...

Recession leads to a boom in home grown marihuana in Spain

Recession leads to a boom in home grown marihuana in Spain: "economic recession has led many in Spain to start growing their own marihuana, with the Police describing what is going on as a ‘boom’.In the month of October alone they have found a dozen of cases across the country, from A Coruña in the north to Chiva, Alicante in the south, where people have been...

British woman flies from Luton to Menorca with an axe in her hand baggage

British woman flies from Luton to Menorca with an axe in her hand baggage: "74 year old Pat Palmar forgot to pack the axe at Luton AirportIn these times of heightened security at airports, news comes of a 74 year old woman, Pat Palmer, who travelled with Monarch Airlines from Luton Airport to Maó, Menorca with an axe in her hand luggage.Diario Menorca reports that the woman, who has a second home in the Na Macaret Urbanisation in Es Mercadal,...

82,000 hotel beds are set to be lost on the Costa del Sol this winder as hotels close for the season.

More hotels set to close for the winter in Spain as the recession bites: "82,000 hotel beds are set to be lost on the Costa del Sol this winder as hotels close for the season.Union CCOO has complained that seasonal closures are becoming ever more common and lasting for longer. The union describes it as ‘the most important structural problem that tourism has in Spain’.Gonzalo Fuentes, General Secretary of the Andalucía HostelryFederation,...

BBC News - Wanted man held on Costa del Sol

BBC News - Wanted man held on Costa del Sol: "man who is accused of distributing cocaine in Glasgow and evading justice has been arrested on the Costa del Sol in Spain. Craig Jones, who is from Paisley in Renfrewshire, was detained near Malaga by Spanish police, on an international arrest warrant. The 40-year-old is being held in a top security jail near Madrid. He will now decide whether to agree to return to Scotland or fight extradition...

Kosovo: Europe Returning Roma to Face Hardship | Human Rights Watch

Kosovo: Europe Returning Roma to Face Hardship | Human Rights Watch: "(Pristina) - Roma and related minority groups deported from Western Europe to Kosovo face discrimination and severe deprivation amounting to human rights abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 77-page report, 'Rights Displaced: Forced Returns of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians from Western Europe to Kosovo,' documents the serious human rights problems...