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‘Extraordinarily violent’ rapist jailed after breaking into police officer home while she slept in Spain’s Almeria

A MAN has been jailed for raping a police officer at knifepoint after breaking into her home in Almeria while she slept following a terrifying stalking campaign. The 27-year-old was jailed for

12 Jan, 2022 @ 17:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Costa Blanca Based People Smugglers Operated Sea And Land Route Between Spain And Algeria

Stolen items from Costa Blanca beach goers despatched on people smuggling route between Spain and Algeria

AN Alicante-based people-trafficking gang has been arrested in a joint Policia Nacional-Europol operation. The criminal crew ran a route between Spain and Algeria and also used it to export goods stolen from

10 Jan, 2022 @ 17:30

Alicante·Almeria·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Valencian Community

Andalucia migrant death tragedy in Spain as dinghies sink off Almeria coast

SPAIN’S Salvamento Maritimo(Maritime Rescue) is searching for ten migrants who disappeared from two dinghies off the Almeria coast. The Salvamar Spica is spearheading the search along with a helicopter and a Guardia

3 Jan, 2022 @ 12:56

Almeria·Lead

Beatles filmmaker Denis O’Dell dies, 98, in Almeria area of Spain

BRITISH film producer and director, Denis O’Dell, who worked with The Beatles on their debut movie ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ has died at his Almeria Province home, aged 98. His son, Arran

31 Dec, 2021 @ 18:30

Almeria·Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

Family and police launch search for missing Almeria pensioner amid ‘extreme concern’

A DISTRAUGHT family have launched a fresh appeal for help in the search of a missing pensioner who disappeared from Almeria six days ago. Francisco Lopez Sanchez, 83, was last seen on

8 Dec, 2021 @ 12:45

Almeria·Lead

Murder-suicide? Police investigate deliberate house fire in Spain after a mother and her two young children were found dead inside Almeria home

??TWO young children and a woman found dead inside a burnt-out house may have been killed in a murder-suicide. The family home in the El Alquian neighborhood of Almeria has been turned

18 Nov, 2021 @ 18:00

Almeria·Lead

House fire kills two children and an adult in Spain’s Almeria

TWO children and an adult were killed in a fire at a house in Almeria. They all tragically died at the scene of the blaze in El Alquia on Wednesday morning, police

17 Nov, 2021 @ 10:30

Almeria·Lead

Almeria to Algeria ferry resumes service after 20 months suspension

THE city of Almeria in Spain’s Andalucia welcomed the resumption of ferry services to Algeria on Saturday, November 13. All services had been suspended 20 months ago, when the Spanish Government decreed

14 Nov, 2021 @ 12:00

Almeria·Lead·Travel News

Almeria couple part of international criminal gang arrested over €326,000 internet scam

THE National Police have arrested a couple from Almeria who were allegedly involved in a €326,000 internet scam that was operated by an international criminal network. A couple from Almeria in the

14 Nov, 2021 @ 10:39

Almeria·Crime & Law·Other News

SLEAZY SCAM: Police in Spain’s Almeria warn about online sex chatroom blackmail attempts

POLICE are warning that people – usually men – who indulge in online sex shows are being targeted by blackmailers. Officers say that three ‘consumers’ in Almeria have been threatened and blackmailed

9 Nov, 2021 @ 13:00

Almeria·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Irish teacher furious after being forced to sleep outside airport in ‘wet and cold’ conditions

A FURIOUS granny has slammed a Spanish airport after being forced to sleep outside in ‘freezing and rainy’ conditions. Mary McIntaggart was forced to spend the night in a bus shelter outside

7 Nov, 2021 @ 11:59

Almeria·Lead

Airport hell in Spain as expat gran told to wait outside overnight during thunderstorm

A FURIOUS expat gran was left in tatters after being turned away from an airport in the south of Spain and forced to sleep outside the bus stop in ‘freezing flooding’ conditions

30 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Almeria·Lead·Travel News

Plans for multi-million euro investment at Malaga Airport will include terminal and airfield improvements

MALAGA Airport has unveiled plans for improvements on the airfield and the terminal as part of a wider scheme of works aimed at reducing congestion and improving the flow of traffic on

6 Oct, 2021 @ 18:35

Almeria·Cordoba·Granada·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Restaurant raid in Spain’s Almeria finds Roman amphorae used as decoration

EIGHT ancient amphorae ‘of incalculable historical value’ from the 1st and 2nd centuries have been seized after they were found on display in an Almeria restaurant. In addition, two lead anchor traps

2 Oct, 2021 @ 11:15

Almeria·Lead

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Scaremongering! Spanish Wealth Tax – your Pensions & Investments.

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Without fail, every time there’s a new piece of legislation or an update that may affect Brits living in Spain, certain

20 Sep, 2021 @ 16:27

‘The bravest of knights’: Hero firefighter who died battling Spain’s devastating Sierra Bermeja forest fire to be awarded Civil Merit

The father of two sadly lost his life after being brought in from Almeria to battle the devastating blaze

18 Sep, 2021 @ 12:00

Almeria·Lead·Malaga

Yellow weather warning issued for southern Spain as thunderstorms get set to hit

SPAIN is set to be battered with rain as forecasters issue yellow weather warnings for parts of the country. A yellow weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms is in place this

31 Aug, 2021 @ 17:00

Almeria·Granada·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Weather

Pensions, Annuities & Tax Fraud in Spain – a ticking time bomb…

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Every now and then an email lands in my inbox or a member of the public walks through my office door,

27 Aug, 2021 @ 18:15

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Baby loggerhead sea turtles hatch from nest in Spain’s Mojacar

EIGHT loggerhead turtles have hatched on the beach of Granatilla in Mojacar (Almeria). The nesting was detected on July 5 by a citizen who called the 112 emergency service, which activated the

24 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Almeria·Environment·Lead

Two violent bullies viciously attack younger children at the same Alicante school in Spain

Terrible teenage bullies extort €7,000 out of frightened boy, 10, in Almeria area of Spain

AN Almeria Province teenager has been arrested for extorting €7,000 from a 10-year-old boy. The 14-year-old bully was detained by the Guardia Civil in Berja. Another 14-year-old boy from Adra is also

19 Aug, 2021 @ 14:00

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Family of five-year-old killed by a drunk-driving legionnaire speak of ‘devastation’ as killer walks free in Spain’s Roquetas de Mar

THE family of the five-year-old girl that was killed by a drunk driving soldier on July 6, in Roquetas de Mar, are devastated that the killer has been allowed to walk free

13 Jul, 2021 @ 19:00

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish Legionnaire kills five-year-old girl while drunk driving in Spain’s Roquetas de Mar

A SOLDIER has been arrested on suspicion of running over a five-year-old girl while drunk driving on Tuesday evening (July 6), in Roquetas de Mar. The soldier from the Spanish Legion, a

7 Jul, 2021 @ 15:45

Almeria·Lead

SNIFFED OUT: Telltale whiff gives away marijuana plantation at apartment in Andalucia’s Roquetas de Mar

A STRONG whiff of cannabis led police to a basement marihuana plantation in Roquetas de Mar (Almeria). Neighbours had their suspicions aroused after a series of power cuts and the distinctive smell

5 Jul, 2021 @ 19:35

Almeria·Lead

New health centre and bus station planned for Mojacar on Spain’s Costa Almeria

MOJACAR Council is finalising plans for the construction of a new health centre and a bus station for the municipality. The new health centre answers the need to respond to an existing

30 Jun, 2021 @ 16:30

Almeria·Health·Lead

Cold called about your pensions and investments in Spain?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Within the last 24 hours both myself and my colleague working from our Costa Blanca office received a call telling us

25 Jun, 2021 @ 18:20

Almeria politician accused of taking bribes in awarding COVID PPE contract

By Elena Goçmen Rueda A DRUGS gang turned to the corrupt supply of anti-COVID PPE protective equipment as easy pickings. So far 11 arrests have been made in Palma, Barcelona, Gerona, Murcia

22 Jun, 2021 @ 15:00

Almeria·Lead·National News

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