Madrid/Ibiza - Dancing the night away and partying and until exhaustion is what the holiday island of Ibiza is all about for many nightclub lovers.

The clubs and discos with their shows and star DJs turn the Balearic Island into Europe's party metropolis every summer.

But this year held an unpleasant surprise for clubbers: the time of neverending parties in Ibiza is over.

The island's government instructed local councils to restrict opening times and ban disco parties during the early hours.

Madrid - Spanish police have broken up a gang trading tainted shellfish on Spain's black market.

Eight suspects were arrested, one of them the owner of a popular and decorated restaurant in Santiago de Compostela.

Four fishermen have been taken into custody.

According to media reports on Tuesday, they were fishing scallops in north-west Spain's Ferrol Bay.

Since 1995, fishing has been prohibited in the area because of water contamination.

Madrid  - The Spanish charter carrier Futura International Airways was to resume flights Monday after suspending them for 24 hours on seeking bankruptcy protection, trade union sources said.

Representatives of management and employees were meeting in Palma de Majorca, where one of Europe's biggest independent charter airlines has its headquarters.

Futura could continue its activity despite having sought creditor protection, Alejandro Juarez of the trade union CCOO said.

Madrid - More families of victims of the August 20 air crash in Madrid will seek damages from Boeing, two US law firms announced Monday.

Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas manufactured the Spanair MD-82 jet that crashed off the runway after take-off, killing 154 and injuring 18 people.

The Gallagher Law Firm and Matthews & Associates said they would represent several families affected by the crash. The companies were expected to give more details on Tuesday.

Another US law firm announced last week it was seeking damages on behalf of three families which lost seven members in the accident.

The complaint was filed in the US state of Illinois where Boeing has its headquarters.

Madrid ­ For the affluent gourmets dining at Spain's top restaurants, a sugar ball flavoured with smoked oak might constitute a nice little novelty.

Tobacco ice cream might also make the bill of nearly 200 euros (290 dollars) worth it, as would lamb tail cooked in ravioli, a deconstructed omelette or liquid croquettes.

Playful, surprising and provocative meals are dished up by avant- garde chefs in a country whose haute cuisine has risen to compete with that of France.

Madrid  - Edgar Vallejo Guarin, nicknamed "Beto el Gitano (Beto the Gypsy)" and one of Colombia's most-wanted cocain bosses, has been arrested in Madrid, Spanish police said Friday.

He was detained in a luxury hotel after being on the run for years, with the United States having offered a reward of five million dollars for information leading to his arrest.