Nikki Beach will be opening its doors at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas on Memorial Day weekend.

The club will bring the same spirit of the International day club, a mix of European sophistication with the tropical feel as seen in other exotic locations as Miami, St. Tropez, Marbella and Cabo San Lucas. Nikki Beach Las Vegas will open at Tropicana Las Vegas hotel resort & casino on Memorial Day Weekend, kicking off with a grand opening White Party on Thursday, May 26. We hear the Tropicana Hotel is in the midst of a $180 million transformation...

Spanish government has slashed its solar power subsidies

Spain had one of the world's most ambitious – and generous – plans to boost the amount of electricity it generates from the sun. That dream, for the solar industry at least, has turned sour. Just days before Christmas, the government slashed the level of subsidies that all new and existing photovoltaic (pv) solar projects will receive. But even the powerful utility companies, who opposed the solar industry, are now warning that the fallout could...

Bank of Spain on Wednesday said that four lenders that were supposed to merge into Banco Base will have to present new recapitalization strategies "immediately,"

Bank of Spain on Wednesday said that four lenders that were supposed to merge into Banco Base will have to present new recapitalization strategies "immediately," after a planned merger fell apart at the last minute.The general assemblies of three out of the four lenders late Wednesday voted against a plan to transfer their assets into Banco Base at the terms agreed on in February, effectively terminating the merger.The failure is a big setback to...

Why they’ve cut back on whisky in Greece and Spain

The Scotch Whisky Association is celebrating a record-breaking 2010, but exporters are starting to feel the pinch from Europe's economic woes.Global shipments climbed 10 per cent last year to reach £3.45-billion, the Edinburgh-based group said today. Since the turn of the century, exports have claimed 60 per cent, it boasted.Notable in its figures is that the so-called BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - are showing stunning growth,...

low- cost airlines including Ryanair Holdings Plc (RYA) are increasingly overcharging customers who pay with plastic, U.K. consumer- rights group Which? said in a complaint to a regulator.

Retailers, taxi services and low- cost airlines including Ryanair Holdings Plc (RYA) are increasingly overcharging customers who pay with plastic, U.K. consumer- rights group Which? said in a complaint to a regulator.Which? asked the U.K. Office of Fair Trading to probe the use of surcharges that exceed the actual cost of processing credit and debit transactions, the association said today in a statement. Ryanair and London-based real-estate agency...

The Spanish Post Office, Correos, has suspended its collection service from all courts in the Valencia Region because of an accumulated ‘astronomical’ debt which is owed to Correos by the regional government.

The Spanish Post Office, Correos, has suspended its collection service from all courts in the Valencia Region because of an accumulated ‘astronomical’ debt which is owed to Correos by the regional government.The exact amount owed isn’t known; an El País source put its at more than 10 million €, while the CCOO unions said it was more than 30 million €.The order to suspend the service to the hundreds of Valencia courts was sent through to local Correos...

Body found in burnt out car in Málaga

Body found in burnt out car in Málaga: "Police in Málaga are trying to identify a body which was found in a burnt out car in the Campanillas district of the city on Wednesday night. The call reporting the burning vehicle near the Carretera de la Fresneda came in shortly before 10.30 pm, and the body was found inside the car’s boot once the flames had been extinguished. There has been no confirmation as yet on the sex of the victim who was found...

Civil Guard officers are amongst eight suspects who have been arrested in an operation against drug smuggling on the coast.

"two Civil Guard officers are amongst eight suspects who have been arrested in an operation against drug smuggling on the coast. One is understood to be a mechanic, and the other is assigned to the Guardia’s maritime patrols. They are accused of helping the drugs gang to avoid detection...

Civil Guard seize more than a ton of cannabis in Andalucía

Civil Guard seize more than a ton of cannabis in Andalucía: "Civil Guard in Cádiz have recovered almost half a ton of cannabis from a helicopter which had been under suspicion of drug smuggling from Morocco. Officers had the aircraft under surveillance after it was detected taking...

Civil Guard seize more than a ton of cannabis in Andalucía

Civil Guard seize more than a ton of cannabis in Andalucía: "Civil Guard in Cádiz have recovered almost half a ton of cannabis from a helicopter which had been under suspicion of drug smuggling from Morocco.Officers had the aircraft under surveillance after it was detected taking off due south one night, without having filed the necessary flight plan with the authorities. It was followed on its return flight to Cádiz and seized by Civil Guard waiting...

Family of Málaga woman killed in Colombia accuse her husband of hiring a hit man

Family of Málaga woman killed in Colombia accuse her husband of hiring a hit man: "The family of the Málaga woman who was killed by robbers while on holiday in Colombia this week have accused her husband of hiring a hit man to kill his wife. The husband emigrated to Spain in 2001,...

Parents charged after two cases of female circumcision discovered on Mallorca

Parents charged after two cases of female circumcision discovered on Mallorca: "The parents of two young girls from Mali face charges from a court in Mallorca after doctors at a hospital in Palma discovered that the children had undergone female circumcision. The older child is 3 years old, while the youngest is just 15 months. They arrived on the island with their mother last December, after their father’s arrival more than a year before. It’s...

Study estimates four million are working in Spain's black economy

Study estimates four million are working in Spain's black economy: "The savings banks association FUNCAS has said it thinks that there are four million non-declared jobs in Spain’s black economy, and estimated that the submerged economy represents 17% of the country’s G.D.P. They estimate that Hacienda misses out on 30 billion € every year through people working black. The FUNCAS study shows that many people work both officially and in the black...