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TEN YEARS ON: Family of missing expat Amy Fitzpatrick say Christmas and New Year’s ‘will never be the same’ in desperate plea for information

THE family of missing expat Amy Fitzpatrick have pleaded for those with information to come forward. The desperate plea came yesterday as relatives released doves

2 Jan, 2018 @ 11:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Puigdemont says Rajoy should stop waiting to restore ‘legitimate’ government

However, Rajoy has dismissed the idea of Puigdemont governing from Belgium as 'absurd', after he fled there on charges of rebellion and sedition.

31 Dec, 2017 @ 13:04

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Politics

Spanish PM sets out timetable as Catalunya’s new parliament to convene in January 17

In an effort to reinstate a local government in the financial powerhouse, Rajoy has said that a vote to elect a new president must take

29 Dec, 2017 @ 18:07

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Politics

Investigation launched into ‘suicide’ of migrant being held in controversial Malaga prison

POLICIA Nacional have launched an investigation after discovering a dead migrant in Malaga this morning. The 36-year-old had been held in the Archidona prison since

29 Dec, 2017 @ 13:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Earthquakes hit Costa del Sol and Cordoba this morning

ANDALUCIA has experienced three earthquakes this morning. According to the National Geographic Institute, the biggest was in Baena in Cordoba, which had a magnitude of

29 Dec, 2017 @ 12:27

Cordoba·Lead

Only child of Spain’s dictator General Franco dies from terminal cancer

THE only child of Spain’s dictator General Franco has died from terminal cancer. Carmen Franco, 91, was born in Oviedo in 1926, and is said

29 Dec, 2017 @ 12:17

Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

Migrant numbers arriving in Spain more than triple from last year

Almost 21,500 migrants, mostly Algerians and Moroccans, have crossed the strait of Gibraltar in 2017, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

29 Dec, 2017 @ 12:15

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain to increase military spending by more than 80% after Trump blasts NATO members’ contributions

SPAIN has agreed to boost its military spending by more than 80% by 2024. It comes after US president Donald Trump blasted NATO members for

29 Dec, 2017 @ 11:24

Lead·Mallorca·National News

Brits hiring cars in Spain will have details shared with cops to help stop terrorists

BRITS hiring cars in Spain will have their data shared with Spanish police looking for terrorists under new government proposals. The plans lay out how

29 Dec, 2017 @ 11:13

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Spain smashes tourism record thanks to almost 20 million Brits visiting so far this year

SPAIN has already smashed last year’s international tourism record before December figures have even been counted. From January to November, some 77.8 million international visitors

29 Dec, 2017 @ 11:02

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·National News

British mother is suing travel company after daughter caught disease in Mallorca

Gemma Moran, alleges her eight-year-old daughter Clio caught the life-long disease after she was bitten by ticks while staying in a ‘disgusting’ apartment in Mallorca.

28 Dec, 2017 @ 15:51

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Firefighters tackle massive blaze as fire rips through Mallorca endangering residents

Some 60 properties were evacuated as a precaution as the fire spread from the Coll de Siller area having been caused by electrical faults in

28 Dec, 2017 @ 11:12

Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Nature

Spain’s minimum wage set to rise so long as current economic growth is sustained

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy reached an agreement with trade unions to raise the minimum wage by 28.4 euros more a month in 2018, which means

28 Dec, 2017 @ 10:48

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Gastronomy fair in Malaga to boost tourism following Michelin star renewals

FOUR restaurants in Malaga have reconfirmed their status as top nosh after all Michelin stars were renewed. The establishments – Dani García, El Lago, Skina

27 Dec, 2017 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Penal Colada! Family busted after drug smuggling operation using pineapples

ELEVEN members of the same family have been arrested after police discovered they had been smuggling drugs to Europe inside pineapples. A number of vessels

27 Dec, 2017 @ 14:28

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Pet cemetery in Malaga plans to open by end of 2019

A CEMETERY on the outskirts of Malaga has announced its plans to expand and include a pet area by 2019. If approved, Parcemasa says it

27 Dec, 2017 @ 14:00

Lead·Malaga

Concerned Labour MPs demand Chancellor publishes Brexit studies

A GROUP of Labour MPs have written to the UK Government urging them to release the results of studies into the impact of Brexit on

27 Dec, 2017 @ 13:00

Lead·Mallorca·Politics

Top Granada restaurant wins another accolade

GRANADA’S most famous restaurant, El Claustro, run by head chef Juan Andrés Morilla has entered the Repsol Guide. After 14 years at the helm, the chef

27 Dec, 2017 @ 09:51

Food & Drink·Lead

Flying low again – Ryanair voted worst airline

IT will hardly come as a surprise to the many frequent expat flyers who live in Spain. Ryanair has been voted, once again, as the

26 Dec, 2017 @ 15:00

Lead

Madonna buys mansion in Portugal

IT’S been an open secret for most of the year. Now, Madonna has finally splashed out on a home in Portugal. The American superstar has

26 Dec, 2017 @ 14:30

Celebrity·Lead

Malaga scoops incredible €128 million El Gordo winnings

THE city of Malaga is celebrating a bumper Christmas as residents won €128 million in the annual El Gordo lottery. Thirty-two of the top prize

26 Dec, 2017 @ 14:00

Entertainment·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Storm Bruno set to bring snow to Andalucia, fierce winds to the Balearics

SNOW is predicted to fall in the mountains of Andalucia tomorrow ahead of a week of inclement weather. Storm Bruno will hit the peninsula hard,

26 Dec, 2017 @ 13:53

Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Nature

Seven migrants rescued in the Strait on Christmas Day

THE migrant crisis saw no letting up over the festive period, with seven people rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar on Christmas Day. The migrants

26 Dec, 2017 @ 13:39

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Property boom in Costa del Sol

MALAGA city and Marbella are benefitting the most from the property recovery, new figures have shown. According to Fomento, in Malaga a total of 5,289

26 Dec, 2017 @ 10:00

Lead·Property

Tipple too far! Thousands of bottles of champagne confiscated by Spanish police

ALMOST 20,000 bottles of fake French champagne have been seized by the Policía Nacional. The impounded plonk is the result of several operations into the

25 Dec, 2017 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca

75-year-old drug dealer caught in Malaga after TEN years on the run

A NOTORIOUS drug dealer is set to face justice after a joint British and Spanish police operation snatched him after ten years in hiding. Michael

25 Dec, 2017 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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