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Tony Bryant
A new hiking group called Walking with Guiris has been founded in Fuengirola with the aim of improving the integration of English-speaking residents and the Spanish community. Organised by British expat Michael Griffiths and local teacher Charo
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Debbie Bartlett
...of that war Portugal had been aligned with France, who had promised to provide naval protection. However, when the English navy sailed dangerously close to Lisbon as it travelled to and from Cadiz, the Portuguese decided France wasn't keeping its side ... Portugal at the time. The Port Wine Treaty stipulated that English textiles, mainly woollen cloth, was to be admitted into Portugal free of tax and in return, Portuguese wines imported into England would be subject to a third less tax than wines imported
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Rachel Haynes
At this year's World Travel Market, SUR in English had its usual stand within the Spain section at the Excel centre. From there over the three days the Southern Spain supplement - inserted into this newspaper last week - was distributed to visitors, ... while members of staff were on hand to answer questions about Andalucía and SUR in English. The SUR in English stand.S. SALAS The attractions of this region also found their way into the hands of tens of thousands of commuters on Monday morning ... when a special SUR in English southern Spain supplement was inserted inside the free London daily City A. M.
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BinckBank recently celebrated its launch of the new services for English-speaking investors in Spain. Over 150 guests attended the successful launch party at BinckBank’s offices in Marbella. Event the refreshments had a banking theme as the ... trading accounts in Spain to English speaking expatriates." Historically BinckBank Spain has served mainly the Dutch-speaking expats in Spain. The new platform not only offers a state-of-the-art trading environment developed by Saxo Bank for investors, ... but also supports English, Dutch and no fewer than 28 other languages. With the BinckBank brand, customers will have access to Saxo Bank's multi-asset trading platform, giving them access to a wider selection of global markets, and the ability to
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One of the hardest things for expats when they move to Spain is getting their services up and running. Now, thanks to Lobster, getting connected is clear and simple. While many mobile operators claim to provide services in English, this is ... usually an exaggeration. Lobster, however, really do mean what they say. Absolutely everything is in English, from the website to the bills, and the Customer Contact Centre is staffed by native English speakers. Lobster’s Marketing Director Tony Watts ... said: “When I arrived in Spain 20 years ago, I didn’t speak any Spanish and getting set up was hard. If someone had offered a service like ours in English back then, it would have been much easier!”. More info For more info on Lobster’s English
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Rachel Haynes
The Escuela Oficial de Idiomas (official language school) gives its students of English extra optional homework once a year: to enter its annual short story competition. While organised from the Malaga school, the contest is open to students of ... English at EOIs across Andalucía. Every year the school's own judges select their three top entries and the SUR in English editorial team then have the honour and privilege of choosing the winner. Of all the tasks facing the newsroom, this is one of the ... be a passionate about classical Russian and English literature. Last year she came in fourth in our Short Story Contest. The short conversation with David made my blood run cold. Despite being scared stiff I tried to conceal it and continued
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Ash Bolton
...their Facebook page @Love2SingCDS Shirley then work as a secondary school music teacher for three decades in a number of English cities, including Loughborough, Colchester, Plymouth, Staffordshire, Cheshire and Newcastle-under-Lyme. But as well as ... where she got heavily involved in the local music scene. Speaking to SUR in English, the mother-of-two, said: "I'd been to Malta when I was 13 on a Mediterranean cruise and I always felt a pull for it. So when we got the chance we moved there. My ... we have lots of nationalities - Swedish, Norwegian, Argentinian, American, New Zealanders, Irish and a lot of Dutch. It's quite a multinational choir and we use English as the basic language." As for what's next on the choir's busy schedule, they
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Rachel Haynes
We have to go back to January to find the start of this story. That was when teachers at the international schools in southern Spain and Gibraltar received their annual emails inviting their students to send in work for the annual SUR in English ... judges formed this year by former SUR in English editor Liz Parry; journalist and art critic Georgina Oliver; and singer-songwriter and columnist Peter Edgerton, who selected winners, runners-up and works that deserved a special mention. All this talent ... (secondary) and Agastya Bhat of Laude San Pedro International College (primary). Certificates for the best poetry went to Emily Simmons of English International College (secondary) and Mercedez Zurburg of Novaschool Sunland International (primary).
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Jennie Rhodes
The Red Cross in Vélez-Málaga will be offering free memory stimulation courses for English-speakers from October. The courses are designed for the over sixty-fives to help with sharpening the memory, helping with response time and logic skills. ... They will also teach technology skills, including how to use smartphones, as well as provide practical advice on living in Spain as well as information about Spanish culture and lifestyle. Richard Weale, who is the English-speaking social intervention ... coordinator at Red Cross Vélez-Málaga said that the courses would provide a good opportunity to meet other English-speaking people in the Axarquía area. The sessions will be held every Wednesday morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Red Cross Centre, just off
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REGINA SOTORRÍO / RACHEL HAYNES
Kenny Barron was in Japan, on tour with his trio, when he answered our call. He was about to return to his native US, however, but not for long. Just a few days later he crossed the Atlantic for a series of concerts in Europe. At his 76 years of age,