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Costa Blanca

Handyman convicted again of murdering British granny on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alex Trelinski - 3 Oct, 2022 @ 12:15

A Dutch handyman has been found guilty again of murdering a British pensioner to steal €550 from her purse. The body of Margaret McNulty, 70,...

Man gets ten years in jail after WhatsApp threats to teenage boy leads to his suicide in Spain's Valencia area

Castellon

Man jailed after teenage boy commits suicide following hundreds of WhatsApp threats in Spain’s Castellon area

Alex Trelinski - 7 Sep, 2022 @ 14:34

A Castellon Province man has been given a ten-year jail sentence after a teenage boy committed suicide due to constant harassment via the WhatsApp...

Health

Spain slammed over Basque Country woman forced to have caesarean section birth

Alex Trelinski - 15 Jul, 2022 @ 12:04

A United Nations committee says a Basque Country woman should be compensated after being forced to have a caesarean section birth which involved having...

Mallorca

Ryanair ordered to pay flight delay compensation by court in Spain’s Mallorca after four-year tussle

Alex Trelinski - 6 Jun, 2022 @ 16:05

A Mallorca court has awarded six Ryanair passengers €1,533 in compensation after their flights were delayed in the summer of 2018. The Irish budget airline...

Ibiza

British man guilty of manslaughter of fellow Brit in drunken Ibiza row in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 3 Jun, 2022 @ 18:15

A BRITISH man has been convicted of manslaughter during a drunken row in Ibiza. Mitchell Andrew Loveridge, 26, from Rhondda, Wales, killed his friend Harry...

Crime & Law

La Liga player Santi Mina gets four-year prison term for raping woman inside camper van in Spain’s Almeria

Alex Trelinski - 4 May, 2022 @ 15:09

LA LIGA footballer Santi Mina has been given four years in prison after raping a woman in 2017. The Celta Vigo player, 26, has also...

Benidorm

Benidorm council signs deal to clean up eyesore bus station commercial centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alex Trelinski - 16 Mar, 2022 @ 17:15

BENIDORM mayor Toni Perez signed a deal on Wednesday to usher in a new era for the city's controversial bus station. The agreement will see...

Husband gets 24 years in jail after stabbing wife 102 times at their home in Spain's Barcelona

Crime & Law

Wife-killer in Spain’s Barcelona who slashed partner over 100 times with knives and scissors is jailed

Alex Trelinski - 4 Mar, 2022 @ 09:30

A Barcelona area man has been jailed for 24 years and ordered to pay €550,000 in compensation after stabbing his wife 102 times at...

Valencia

Doctors win latest compensation fight over poor COVID-19 protection in Spain’s Valencia

Alex Trelinski - 14 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

A Valencia court has awarded 107 doctors at least €4,500 in compensation each for inadequate work protection during the early phase of the COVID...

Drug Traffickers Jailed After Shoot Out Kills Gang Member With Body Dumped In Parked Car On Alicante Street In Spain

Costa Blanca

Drug traffickers jailed after shooting gang member and dumping body in car boot on Costa Blanca street in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 10 Feb, 2022 @ 14:42

TWO drugs gang members have been jailed for 12 years each after a shoot out on a Petrer farm killed one of their colleagues. They...

Costa Blanca

Appeal will try to overturn compensation win for unprotected COVID-19 health staff in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 12 Jan, 2022 @ 16:27

THE Valencian government will appeal against a landmark court ruling that awarded up to €49,180 each to 154 Alicante health workers who were short...

A judge has ordered the Valencian Ministry of Health to compensate 150 Alicante health workers who did not have any proper PPE equipment in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alicante court says doctors, nurses, and health support staff are entitled to compensation amounts varying between €5,000 and €49,180 for 'personal and moral damages'. There has been no comment from the Valencian government or Health Ministry. It's presumed that an appeal will be launched against the ruling. The lawsuit was filed against the regional Health Ministry by the Sindicato Medico(Medical Union). It claimed compensation on behalf of 150 Alicante area members for the 'non-compliance' of the Ministry for not providing safety protection between March and May 2020. The Alicante court ruling obliges each worker to get €5,000 if 'they were forced to work without adequate protection elements'. The payout is €15,000 for 'each workers who had to go into isolation if they were in contact with anybody infected with COVID-19'. A €35,000 payment is ordered for any worker 'infected with COVID-19 but who did not require hospital admission'. Any health worker who did catch the coronavirus and was hospitalised will get the highest amount of €49,180. The Sindicato Medico says that it is pleased by the recognition the court has given its members and pointing out the 'negligent attitude towards health and safety' of health workers. Similar claims have been filed in other courts in the Valencian Community.

Costa Blanca

Health workers win compensation bid over poor COVID-19 protection in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 11 Jan, 2022 @ 20:00

A court has ordered the Valencian Ministry of Health to compensate 150 Alicante health workers who did not have any the correct PPE equipment...

Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca ‘possessed’ killer gets life sentence for stabbing mother 69 times at their home in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 5 Jan, 2022 @ 16:25

A man has been jailed for life for the 2020 murder of his 67-year-old mother in San Vicente del Raspeig. An Alicante jury convicted the...

Business & Finance

Banco Santander ordered to pay banker €68 million just months after big staff cuts and branch closures in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 10 Dec, 2021 @ 15:50

A Madrid court has ordered Banco Santander to pay €68 million to Italian banker Andrea Orcel for reneging on an offer to make him...

Benidorm

Benidorm head chef bullied female kitchen assistant for 11 years at Costa Blanca restaurant in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 18 Nov, 2021 @ 18:30

THE head chef of an unnamed Benidorm restaurant will have to pay out €13,200 to a bullied kitchen assistant. The female victim suffered for 11...

Ryanair cabin crew strike inches closer as airline scraps union talks in Spain

Balearic Islands

Ryanair ordered by court in Spain’s Mallorca to compensate barred passenger who refused to pay cabin luggage fee

Alex Trelinski - 16 Nov, 2021 @ 18:36

A Mallorca court has ordered Ryanair to pay compensation of €387 to a man barred from a flight because he would not pay a...

Barcelona

Barcelona legend Xavi is returning as coach to his former club in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 5 Nov, 2021 @ 14:18

FORMER Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez will be the La Liga club's new coach. Xavi,41, has been in charge of Qatari club Al Sadd since 2019...

National News

Millions of drivers entitled to claim €2,000 upwards in compensation after being overcharged at car dealerships across Spain

Fiona Govan - 4 Nov, 2021 @ 16:30

A NEW compensation scheme could see millions of drivers claim back between €2,000 and €9,000 after illegal price-fixing was detected at hundreds of car...

Coronavirus

Covid compensation severely affected by “damaging” price of fuel and energy, claims mayor on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Simon Wade - 16 Sep, 2021 @ 10:00

FINANCIAL AID for businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic on the Costa Blanca has been severely affected by the price rises for fuels and...

Andalucia

Spain’s Iberia slammed for not letting family embark and ordered to cough up €2400 compensation

Cristina Hodgson - 6 Oct, 2020 @ 10:30

According to the law established by European Regulation 261/2004, users who were delayed for more than three hours on a flight are entitled to the automatic compensation.

Andalucia

Spanish website ordered to pay €1,200 compensation to former PP councillor on Spain’s Costa del Sol for slanderous comments...

Dimitris Kouimtsidis - 19 Jun, 2020 @ 19:39

A FORMER councillor on the Costa del Sol has won a Supreme Court case against a social news website for slander.

Crime & Law

Expat hot dog seller who stabbed customer to death after food hygiene row in Spain sentenced to 8 years

Charlie Smith - 5 Dec, 2018 @ 19:32

The murder happened on the night of 12 April in 2017, two days after the victim's son had argued with Adriel about food hygiene

Business & Finance

All you need to know about claiming compensation for Primera Air collapse

Staff Reporter - 2 Oct, 2018 @ 11:14

PRIMERA Air has officially ceased trading. It means hundreds of flights have been cancelled now and in the future - but can you claim compensation? First...

Crime & Law

Construction firm to pay €15,000 after botched job leads to child’s injury

Joe Wallen - 14 Apr, 2018 @ 12:00

A CONSTRUCTION company has been ordered to pay more than €15,000 for using the wrong sized screw in a job. It comes after investigators discovered...

Lead

Thousands of Brits denied £4M in compensation from UK airlines

Laurence Dollimore - 2 Apr, 2018 @ 12:10

Despite court ruling, thousands of holidaymakers are still owed money from Thomson, easyJet and other UK airlines

Andalucia

´IT IS CLEARLY A MESS´: Ryanair faces unprecendented compensation claims from holidaymakers over cancelled flights

Joe Wallen - 19 Sep, 2017 @ 14:13

BUDGET airline Ryanair could be set to pay out up to £60 million in compensation to holidaymakers over upcoming cancelled flights. The Dublin-based airline has...

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Sunken ship leaks some more oil after weekend Levante waves lash Gibraltar coast

John Culatto - 5 Oct, 2022 @ 14:59

PORT tugs watched over the shipwreck on the Gibraltar coast during a weekend of stormy weather that released some more oil into the sea. The...

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5 Oct, 2022 @ 10:00

First restrictions on water consumption and irrigation in Spain’s Axarquia and the Guadalhorce Valley

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Trial of Irish criminal John Gilligan suspended until New Year on Spain's Costa Blanca after co-defendant son fails to appear

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