Police seize 322 kg of cocaine hidden between popcorn bags in Algeciras (Cadiz)
A TOTAL of 322 kg of cocaine hidden between popcorn bags inside a container have been seized at Algeciras Port (Cadiz).
Policia Nacional were notified...
Mayday! Pod of Orcas sink sailboat with crew of four on it prompting last minute rescue mission
LIKE a scene from a horror movie, the crew of a sailboat had to be rescued half a mile off the Cadiz coast after...
Suspect in deadly Algeciras church attack told police he had been ‘chosen’ by Allah
THE SUSPECTED jihadist who killed a church assistant and injured several others in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras in January told police officers...
Cadiz’s Rota naval base to get beefed up by the presence of two additional US warships in Spain
SPAIN and the United States are set to ink a deal for two additional US destroyers to be deployed at the US naval base...
Shopping bags dropped by shocked shoppers in Spain’s Malaga amid massive operation against Albanian mafia
THE main shopping thoroughfare of Malaga was swarming with police this morning as part of a huge operation to take down an Albanian mafia...
Tunnel linking Spain and Morocco back on the agenda after February Rabat meetings
THE governments of Spain and Morocco have restarted talks on a possible 14 kilometre tunnel link between the two countries under the Straits of...
Terror suspect who hacked priest to death with machete in Spain’s Andalucia sent to Sevilla psychiatric ward
A JUDGE has sent the Moroccan man accused of the terrorist attack that killed a priest in Spain’s Andalusia to a psychiatric ward in...
Firefighters put out Tarifa blaze that charred over 50 hectares in Spain’s Andalucia
AUTHORITIES in Spain’s Andalucia have now put out most of the Tarifa blaze that burnt over 50 hectares to a cinder since Wednesday.
The Forestry...
Largest ever drug trafficking trial of Castanas gang starts in Spain’s Andalucia
THE largest drug traffic trial ever in Spain started Monday in Andalucia as members of the Castanas clan were brought to justice.
Prosecutors will now...
Workers clean up three Gibraltar beaches stained by fuel oil leak after beached ship breaks in two
CLEAN-UP crews have already started to comb Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay, Sandy Bay and Little Bay for oil stains and tarballs caused by the break-up...
DISASTER: More oil spills onto Gibraltar beaches after shipwreck breaks up further in latest storm
AUTHORITIES are urging people stay away from Gibraltar’s Eastside beaches after violent storms broke up the OS 35 shipwreck further, tragically blackening local beaches.
Captain...
Women liberated from highly organised Andalucian prostitute ring
National Police have freed 20 women who were being sexually exploited by a criminal gang in the Malaga area. The criminal organization forced the...
Renfe launches sale of AVE tickets for this summer
Spanish railway company Renfe has started selling AVE tickets connecting Málaga, Sevilla, Córdoba and Granada with the rest of Spain for the period between...
Double tragedy as two men found dead in coastal waters off Spain’s Cadiz
TWO bodies have been retrieved from the Atlantic Coast of southern Spain, marking a dark day for the Bay of Cadiz.
A tragic coincidence that...
WATCH: King Felipe IV of Spain and Queen Leticia join in with public flamenco box playing performance in Cadiz
It's an experience none of the 60-strong flamenco box playing group will forget - the King and Queen of Spain walked in among them,...
Man of the People: King Felipe VI stuns flamenco box players in Cadiz by joining in
THE King and Queen of Spain surprised a group of flamenco box drummers by sidling up and joining in their cajoneada session prior to...
Guardia Civil’s first ever female director resigns amid a number of corruption scandals
The Guardia Civil’s first ever female director-general, María Gámez, resigned her post yesterday.
Her resignation comes amid the ‘barracks’ scandal, in which several commanders of...
Furious residents to protest against big renewable energy projects in Setenil de las Bodegas
Angry residents against energy macro-projects in Setenil de las Bodegas will protest through the town’s winding streets today.
The ‘Let’s Save Setenil’ march will take...
Setenil de las Bodegas: A Spanish pueblo paradise inside a labyrinth of steep cliffs
Spain's idyllic white villages are spread out all over the south, below or at the summit of mountains, in forests and hidden canyons, but...
Environmentalists: All of Andalucia at risk from British nuclear submarine docked in Gibraltar
The arrival of a British nuclear submarine in Gibraltar has put all of Andalucia at risk of nuclear catastrophe, according to a Spanish environmental...
Go out into the and world spread your wings with CLIC International House’s CELTA English teacher training in Cadiz
More and more in this interconnected world, language skills are an integral part. And big business, too.
At CLIC International House, a network of over...
Third oldest zoo in Spain celebrates 70th anniversary
THE Zoobotanico de Jerez celebrates its 70th anniversary—growing from a small animal exhibition in 1953 to a zoo of national reference.
What began in 1953...
New evidence emerges in murder case of high-profile Brit killer Kenneth Noye
Police may reopen an investigation into how the UK’s ‘Public Enemy No 1’ was easily able to escape and live in Spain for two...
Coastguard boats in Spain’s Andalucia rescue 35 migrants who jumped from Moroccan fishing boat on toy dinghies
SPAIN’S coastguard has rescued 35 migrants that jumped into the ocean from a Moroccan fishing boat on inflatable toy dinghies.
The group of migrants, which...
Grand theft auto: Fleet of stolen luxury American cars hidden in shipping containers discovered in Spain’s Algeciras Port
A huge batch of luxury American automobiles stolen in the USA have been recovered from the Port of Algeciras.
Authorities uncovered 24 high-end cars, including...
Guardia Civil seize 2 tons of hash in surprise dawn raid on popular beach in Spain’s Andalucia
POLICE seized nearly 2 tons of hashish after a dawn raid on two launches that landed on the popular Tarifa beach of Los Lances.
The...
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