Reuters.com reported that five crew members died in an emergency drill on a cruise ship in the Canary Islands on Sunday, police and the cruise ship operator said. Cables snapped on a lifeboat and it plunged 20 meters (65 feet) to the ocean and fell upside down, killing the five and injuring three others aboard, during the mock rescue exercise on the Thomson Majesty, operated by British travel group TUI Travel plc. The boat was docked in the port of the capital of the island of La Palma, Santa Cruz. Read Article
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Globalpost.com reported that Spanish police on Thursday defused a nail bomb found next to a confessional in the Almudena Cathedral in the historic heart of Madrid, officials said. A priest found the bomb in a bin bag and evacuated the cathedral, a tourist attraction next to the city’s old royal palace, a spokesman for the […]
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A man of 62 years and a British national has died in a fire at his home in the town of Marbella and Malaga, apparently, would have as origin a candle to the power outage. The incident took place on Monday in a duplex located in Slate Retreat Nagüeles urbanization. To enter the housing was […]
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As reported in the Olive Press, “Yuval Dax submitted this video from Barceloneta Beach to warn other unsuspecting tourists.” Read Article Watch Video
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Independent.ie reports that, “An IRISH businessman died in a tragic accident on the holiday island of Tenerife when a railing in his apartment balcony gave way. Father-of-three Robert Delves, from Rush, Co Dublin, was holidaying in the Canary Islands when he fell 10 metres (32ft) from the balcony.” Read Article
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British tourist drowns in Canary Islands beach As reported by The Guardian, “A British man has drowned while on holiday with his family in the Canary Islands. The 44-year-old, who was not initially named, was dragged from the sea after going into the water at Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, at about 4pm […]
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A U.S. citizen tourists died today while on a sightseeing tour, accompanied by his family, in the New Cathedral of Salamanca (central Spain), police sources told Efe. The accident occurred in the morning when, for reasons unknown at this time, the man, 44 fell and hit his head on the floor. The same sources said […]
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Police are investigating the death of a German tourist who fell from sixth floor balcony of a hotel in Lloret de Mar. The Autonomous Police are investigating the death of a German tourist, in his forties, who passed away early yesterday morning after falling from a balcony of the Grand Hotel Don Juan in Lloret […]
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Police are investigating the death of a German tourist who fell from sixth floor balcony of a hotel in Lloret de Mar. The Autonomous Police are investigating the death of a German tourist, in his forties, who passed away early yesterday morning after falling from a balcony of the Grand Hotel Don Juan in Lloret […]
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MADRID — Labor unions representing most workers in Spain’s Iberia airline say they will stage six days of strikes right before the Christmas holiday period to protest the company’s plans to lay off 4,500 workers. The stoppages by Iberia’s ground staff and cabin crews will be held Dec. 14 and Dec. 17-21. Read article
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