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Almeria

Travelling expat keeps dogs safe with housesitters

HouseSitMatch is an online house-sitting network

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UK Minister for Europe flies in to help expatriates facing demolitions

Brits being ‘put off holidays in Spain’ by drop in value of pound sterling

More than 40% of Britons will change their holiday plans

Alcohol and drug checkpoints increased on Spain’s roads this weekend

SPAIN is to see an increase in alcohol and drug checkpoints on its roads this weekend. Checkpoints will be especially increased on conventional roads and...

British couple launch compensation claim over demolition of home in Spain

Len and Helen Prior have spent the last four-and-a-half years living in a garage on land where their house used to be
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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...

Immigrant boat intercepted after woman gives birth on a beach

An immigrant boat stops on a beach so woman could give birth

Almeria aquarium saved from switch off crisis

An unpaid electricity bill which could have signalled the death of thousands of fish has now been paid

New golf academy in Almeria comes under criticism

Locals have complained about Almeria's new Golf El Toyo academy

New expat book about exploring Almeria

Kevin Borman’s 'Flamingos in the desert – Exploring Almeria' has been four years in the making

Snowstorms close 11 roads in Andalucia

Roads in Almeria, Cadiz and Granada are affected by snowstorms

Man arrested over hit and run in Spain’s Almeria

TWO people were hospitalised after a hit and run in Spain’s Almeria. A motorcyclist and their passenger were mowed down on February 5 after a...

Record Spanish tomato harvest leads to price drop

Prices set to drop to as low as 40 cents a kilo

CASTING CALL: Hit Channel 4 show Sun, Sea and Selling Houses needs British expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca and...

“Whether their budget is €50,000 or €5 million, or the house is a holiday home or a permanent one, we would love to hear from them"

No home, no compensation

Hundreds of demonstrators mobbed the offices of Almería's town planning chief in a protest against planned demolitions.

Two PSOE candidates for Mojacar (Almeria) detained for allegedly buying votes 

TWO PSOE candidates have been detained for allegedly buying votes in Mojacar (Almeria) for the May 28 local elections.  Francisco Flores and Cristobal Vizcaino, second...

From Africa to Spain in 30 minutes: how a crime group smuggled migrants, fugitives and drugs on speedboats

AN organised crime group who used speedboats to smuggle migrants and drugs across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain has been dismantled by Spanish police. Officers...

Work to resume at controversial Algarrobico hotel

The 'hotel ilegal' saga has taken another twist

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...

Facebook suicide note

Briton ends ‘life of terror’ minutes before domestic violence case

The little man keeping evil at bay

The indalo is the symbol of Mojacar

British expat burns to death in his car

A British pensioner has been found dead inside his car in Almeria

Spain asks America to clear up nuclear mess

US nuclear bombs accidentally fell near Palomares in the 1960s

Man in Spain kidnapped, tortured and stabbed to death

THREE people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping, torture and murder of a man in Spain. Police believe that criminals were trying to...

Expats evacuated as wildfire threatens town in Andalucia

Around 240 people forced out of their homes as Spain suffers worst wildfires in a decade

Police arrest Almería resident accused of assaulting ex with a knife 

A man accused of assaulting his ex partner with a knife has been arrested in Almería. The aggressor allegedly attacked and injured the victim...

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