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IGNACIO LILLO
...nearly 4,000 square metres along the Avenida de Andalucía. Works on the site have been ongoing since June 2006, funded by over 20 million euros from the regional government. The team carrying out the excavations is comprised of several specialist
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LUCY NEWBY
On 28 June 1978, more than 7,000 people took to the streets of Madrid for the city's first event in support of the LGBT equal rights movement. Organised by Frente de Liberación Homosexual de Castilla, the march marked the end of years of repression ... had forbidden a repeat of the event. Nevertheless, some 2,000 people still turned out in protest. The chosen date of Madrid's first pride event was no coincidence: the infamous Stonewall riots broke out on 28 June 1969. In Manhattan's Greenwich ... village, police raided a gay club named the Stonewall Inn in the early hours of the morning, arresting customers and sparking a series of violent demonstrations by members of the gay community. The events that followed led to 28 June becoming the most
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DEBBIE BARTLETT
On 8 June 1969 Spain closed the border with Gibraltar. The decision came when General Franco was angered at the prospect of Gibraltar's new Constitution. He feared this would negatively effect Spain's sovereignty claim over the Rock, which had been ... by the Spanish population. There was certainly a great deal of gleeful rabble-rousing in the newspapers: the 8 June edition of SUR, for example, proclaimed that from the next day Gibraltar would be forced to halt all construction work because it
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Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright took to the stage of the Cervantes Theatre on Saturday 29 June as part of Malaga's Terral festival.
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...in June. He left the hospital's intensive care unit on Monday and has now begun therapy. King Emeritus Juan Carlos arrives at the hospital on Friday evening. EFE Visiting his father with his mother by his side, King Felipe VI, stated that "it has
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JENNIE RHODES
On 21 June 1805, José Maria Hinojosa Cabacho, was born in the village of Jauja in Cordoba. He was to become one of Andalucía's most notorious and legendary bandits and has fascinated Spanish and foreign writers and artists ever since. Hinojosa
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TONY BRYANT
...pays tribute to the town's patron, Saint Barnabas, and offers all the charm and colour of a typical Andalusian summer celebration. The crowning of the feria queen.JOSELE-LANZA CONCERTS Friday 7 June. 11.30pm: Tequila. Saturday 8 June. 11.30pm: ... Rosario Flores. Monday 10 June. 11.30pm: Lola Indigo. Tuesday 11 June. 7.30pm: Cantores de Hispalis. The feria continues until Tuesday 11 June - which is a public holiday in Marbella and one of the most important days on the town's cultural
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E. C.
...financed by Malaga's provincial government, Diputación, to the tune of 325,701 euros, as part of its coastal walkway (Senda Litoral) project. Work is due to start in June.
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TONY BRYANT
Torremolinos has underpinned its tourism leadership status on the Costa del Sol by becoming the favourite choice for holidaymakers during the month of June. Following an outstanding month in May - exceeding tourism figures of June, July and ... September 2018 - Torremolinos received 117,909 tourists and 543,279 overnight stays in June, representing an increase of 12.32 per cent in the number of tourists received in the same month of last year (105,588). The official data is based on a survey of ... (60,185), Fuengirola (54,599) and Estepona (54,057). The survey shows that Torremolinos received 31.6 per cent of the total visitors that chose the Western Costa del Sol for their vacations in June. The town's hotel occupancy rate was also higher than
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EUGENIO CABEZAS
...boasted about lowering the salary to 10,000 euros when he took office in June."