''EuroWeekly News'' (EWN) is the largest English newspaper in Spain.

Company history

Euro Weekly News - Fuengirola Office - Spain

''EuroWeekly News'' is

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's largest group of free

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language newspapers and has been operating since 2002. The publication is owned by husband and wife, Steven and Michel Euesden. The group consists of six newspapers that cover

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North, Costa Blanca South, Almeria, Axarquia

Costa Tropical Costa Granadina is a comarca in southern Spain, corresponding to the Mediterranean coastline of the province of Granada. It is also but less frequently called the Costa Tropical or Costa de Granada. It is crossed by the N-340 coastal highway th ...

(east of

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

), the

Costa del Sol The Costa del Sol (literally "Coast of the Sun" or "Sun Coast") is a region in the south of Spain in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga and the easte ...

and

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

. A total of 134,000 copies are distributed weekly across the region. Its target audience is the

speaking immigrants living in

and it offers a traditional

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style newspaper concentrating on local news and issues. Its distribution covers most of the main expatriate communities in

just south of

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along the coast to

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/ La Linea. Its remit is stated as to give the expatriate communities in

all their local news and to give them a voice. ''EuroWeekly News'' also functions as a free online medium operating solely on advertising revenue. The website covers not just local news but also national and international events.

Layout and format

Each edition is in compact format, measuring 280 x 430 mm or 11 x 16.9 inches, and relies heavily on advertising as a free publication. Pagination varies with each issue and edition. Currently, the largest edition is the

(128 pages) followed by the

North (88 pages)

South (96 pages),

(64 pages) and Axarquia Costa Tropical (48 pages). The largest edition ever at 200 pages was the

issue published October 2–8, 2014 (Issue 1526). Each newspaper follows a traditional

newspaper format, starting with news at the front through to a regional news page, and European and Russian news. The back starts with a six-page finance section followed by a TV guide and a crosswords/puzzles section called Time Out. In the larger papers there are seven pages of TV listings which fall to one page in the smallest editions. There are also health and beauty, homes and gardens, and motoring sections before classified adverts and sports pages. The emphasis of the papers is on local news with a high story count.

Opinion section

In addition to local news, the EWN is known for the quality and controversial nature of its columnists. Possibly the most controversial columnist is

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, who had a hit single with his song Little Arrows in 1968. He has been writing a weekly column in all editions of the EWN since its start. He has forthright views on many subjects, some of which draw heavy criticism as well as much praise. Nora Johnson also contributes a weekly column in some editions. She has also written several novels with profits going to charity.

Columns

According to market research carried out by the EWN, its readers' favourite pages are the local news pages with 98 per cent listing them as favoured. Second favourite section is letters (83 per cent) followed by

's column (64.87 per cent) and other columnists ( 63.22 per cent).

Newsroom restructuring

The head office of the EWN is in

Fuengirola Fuengirola (), in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located on the central coast of the pr ...

, Málaga, where the main production hub is based. This is where all six editions are designed and edited, and where the editor is based. There were another nine regional offices although some recently closed, four of which opened since the start of 2015. These offices are in

Benidorm Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though ...

Indoor Market (now closed),

Calpe Calpe () or Calp () is a coastal municipality located in the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of and a population density of . The city lies at the fo ...

(now closed), Albir,

Albox Albox is a Spanish municipality in the province of Almeria in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated in the north eastern part of Valle del Almanzora and 120 km from the provincial capital, Almería. In the year 2017 it ha ...

, Mojacar,

Torrevieja Torrevieja (; ca-valencia, Torrevella ) is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in the southern part of the Valencian Community, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. Torrevieja l ...

Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

and

Nerja Nerja () is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is part of the comarca of La Axarquía. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 k ...

. The newspapers and website were recently redesigned to update its image.

Awards

The EuroWeekly News Media Group was nominated in the AEEPP (Asociaciòn Española de Publicaciones Periòdicas) 9th annual awards ceremony held September 30, 2014 in

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. President of the

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, Ignacio Gonzalez, presented the Diploma of Honour to EWN Operations Manager Nicki Burgess. It was the only English-language publication to be honoured. In The

Business awards by CADE ( Centre for Entrepreneurial Development of Marbella) the EWN was named as Company of the Year 2011.

Popular culture

The Euesdens, in their capacity as owners of the EWN appeared on TV being interviewed by

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for an ITV documentary on

in 2010. There have also been appearances on the

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Show and

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News about benefit fraudsters. The company has also been involved in

's Got Talent, a talent show based in the

city. After the opening act, co-presenters Steve Shappelle and David Climent (Entertainment Director for Benidorm Palace) introduced the judges: EWN publishers Michel and Steven Euesden. The EWN has and continues also to sponsor the Marbella International Film Festival which brings "independent" film makers from across the globe together each year. The EWN also continues to support a wide variety of charities. This has been in many forms and for a wide variety of subjects from big UK based charities to individuals and organisations in

. These have included the

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for the UK’s Rhys Daniels Trust which provides ‘homes from home’ for children who require long periods of hospital care a long way from their homes and their families. The Positively Pink Ball, based on the

, raises money for Positively Pink charity which offers free

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ...

screening as well as support to cancer suffers. MABS, which offers support to cancer sufferers on the

.Making a difference by being Positively Pink
EuroWeekly News, Retrieved July 15, 2015 Severely disabled children including Tomas Leighton and Keira Alvarez Turner have also been supported in newspaper campaigns.

References

External links

Official Website
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