Estranged husband kills wife, 5-year-old son in La Luz, Málaga

When Estefanía T. V. failed to arrive at her parents' home where she cared for her grandmother and her young son Aaron didn't show up at school, Estefanía's father went to her home in the La Luz district of Málaga, Spain and made a shocking discovery. 

Estefanía's father arrived at the home at lunchtime, got no answer at the door.

He found a ladder and climbed in through a window of the first floor apartment in Avenida Isaac Peral, where the family has lived since the couple separated during the summer...

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Arnold Fighters: Arnie's Madrid fight club hit by safety concerns

In a video promoting the event, Arnold Swartzenegger promises that "he will be there" at the martial arts extravaganza planned in Madrid from October 11th to 13th. However, there may be problems as the event hasn't met minimum safety requirements. 

"Arnold Fighters" is billed as a mixed martial arts extravaganza, featuring everything from boxing to Brazilian Jujutsu, and even the great Arnold Swartzenegger himself.

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Spanish journalist hostage in Syria since early September 2013

According to an announcement late on Monday, Marc Marginedas, a special correspondent in Syria for Spanish newspaper El Periodico, has been kidnapped and has been held hostage since September 4 this year. 

El Periodico (Spanish language) announced the abduction late on Monday, in its online edition, with the headline: "Journalist Marc Marginedas abducted in Syria."

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The hunt is on for Spain's missing €4.7m lottery winner

A Good Samaritan found the winning ticket and handed it in to authorities, rather than claiming the huge winnings. Now the search is on in the Galicia region of Spain for the actual lucky winner.

The lucky numbers were 10, 17, 24, 37, 40 and 43 and the prize a whopping €4.7 million ($6.27 million).

The search is on for the lucky lottery winner in the city of La Coruña in north-western Spain whose ticket was found by an honest man on a different lottery stand in the city.

The numbers were drawn on June 30, 2012, but prize has gone unclaimed ever since. Now everyone in the region of Galicia is wondering who the lucky winner actually is.

According to Spanish daily La Voz de Galicia, the honest man who handed in the winning ticket is one Manuel Reija González, who might just be rewarded for his honesty if the true winner is not found within the next two years.

 Strangely, Rieja himself has been a lottery ticket seller for 30 years, and unless someone can provide key information on the winning ticket itself, he will be a lucky man indeed and will receive the full payout.

 To discourage false claimants, Spain’s National Lottery has revealed very little on the multimillion euro ticket in a bid to make absolutely sure they have the right person.

All that is known about the unsuspecting millionaire is that he or she probably played regularly and did the rounds when buying lottery tickets, as the ticket was found at a different shop to that which originally sold it.

So far, only one man has "tried his luck" to claim the prize and, as the police in Galicia have come to expect, was not the actual winner.

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National Library of Spain discovers rare fragment of Vicenzo Bellini score

Spain's National Library (BNE) announced on Wednesday the discovery of a rare fragment of an opera score, handwritten by 19th century Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini - an outline of seven bars of notes from a duet in the opera "Il Pirata" (The Pirate).

The manuscript was found lying within the archives in "La Biblioteca Nacional de España", Spain's National Library (BNE).

According to BNE, the find, consisting of a single page, shows an outline of seven bars of notes from a duet in the opera "Il Pirata" (The Pirate) and was a rough draft for a small part of the duet scene 'Tu m'Apristi in Cor Ferita' (the original version of which is included below).

The opera debuted at Milan's "La Scala" on October 27, 1827.

An image of the manuscript is included at the foot of this article. 

As proof of its authenticity, the manuscript has annotations at the bottom of the page and a phrase written in the right-hand margin: "Manuscript of Vincenzo Bellini and his brothers Mario and Carmelo". 

The library said in a statement (in Spanish) that this phrase was commonly used as a form of authentication on manuscripts sought after by 19th century collectors of "relics" of the most memorable composers. 

This newly discovered Bellini manuscript is unusual, as the notes do not correspond exactly to the final score of "Il Pirata", even though there were barely any changes.

"This rarity makes it of even more interest from a musicological point of view," the library said. The statement continued that this fragment was found after the library's catalog service requested identification of a "sheet of music bound in an album of 19th century photographs and drawings with landscapes of Malta and Sicily." 

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) was born in Catania, Sicily and is said to have composed his first pieces at six years old. Bellini wrote sacred and chamber music but his greatest popular successes came with operas such as "Il Pirata", "La Straniera" (1828) and his most famous work "Norma" (1831). Bellini died in Puteaux, France at the age of 33 on September 23, 1835, nine months after the premiere of his last opera, "I puritani."

With this important find, Spain's National Library has joined the ranks of Catania's Museo Belliniano, New York's Pierpont Morgan Library and the British Library as custodians of Bellini manuscripts. 

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/358637

Spanish bar owner in trouble over "Naked Waitress" raffle

The owner of a bar in Salobreña near Granada got into trouble with the police recently, after offering clients a chance to win a one-night stand with a nude waitress in a raffle, to promote an upcoming party.

Residents of the town of Salobreña were horrified to find out that the owner of a local bar was promoting a party, using posters offering a sexual relationship with a “naked waitress” to one lucky raffle ticket winner.

The party was due to happen on August 10, in a bar situated on the ground floor of an apartment block in Salobreña.

It turns out this isn't the first time the owner has upset his neighbors, who had already had enough of the excessive noise levels coming from the bar. The new competition proved to be the final straw for them.

They took the matter to the local town hall, and Spanish Civil Guard officers approached the owner of the bar prior to the event, which was due to take place last Saturday. The officers warned him of the criminal risks he was running by making such a lewd offer.

Apparently the owner of the bar decided to cancel the party, and says his decision was reached prior to receiving the townspeople’s complaints. 

María José García, Equality Councillor in Salobreña, has labelled the advertising campaign as “sexist and disrespectful towards women.” She told the Spanish news service EFE, “It incites prostitution and views women as mere objects.”

Reportedly, the owner of the bar, "Contrapunto" (or Counterpoint in English), Miguel Ángel Cortés, apologized to all that he may have offended and said that he had been badly advised upon the legality of such a party.

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Escaped Albino Burmese Python terrorizes Spanish town

Residents in the small Spanish town of Riells i Viabrea (Girona) in Spain's Catalonia region have been watching their step, as a two-and-a-half meter long albino Burmese Python is on the loose.

Digital Journal has recently reported on the incident where a python escaped from a Canadian pet store and strangled two young boys. For this reason, people living in Riells i Viabrea are especially on edge.

 

It has been around two weeks since the python escaped from a house in the town and it is still missing.

 

According to Spain's Antena 3 TV station, a snake hunt has been launched by local police and citizen volunteers to hunt for the albino Burmese python which is two-and-a-half meters long and weighs in at 10kg — not a snake to be played with.

 

According to police, the owner allegedly housed the snake in substandard conditions and actually failed to notice that the snake had escaped.

 

Judicial proceedings have also been opened by police against the python's owner for negligence. While the snake is not poisonous, as we know from the previous python story, they do have the habit of strangling small prey to death, especially at night. 

 

Local police apparently have assured residents: Locals have no reason for fear because the animal isn't dangerous and because it would have been difficult for the animal to leave the zone (around the house where it left). 

 

However, anyone spotting the python, who looks pretty much like the photos above and below, is advised to immediately contact authorities. 

 

 

 

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