Tag: Cordoba
Inside Spain’s top wakeboard, waterski and wakesurf centre Xtreme Gene in Cordoba where world pros meet complete beginners
WHATEVER I expected from my toe-dipping exercise into the world of extreme watersports, it wasn’t a lesson from a European champion and...
Town hall in Spain’s Andalucia conned out of €400,000 in online scam
THE Ayuntamiento of Cordoba has become the latest victim of cyber crime after an online scam left it €400,000 out of pocket.
Olive farmers in Andalucia face ‘biblical plague’ that could wipe out next season’s harvest
OLIVE Farmers in Cordoba have warned that a 'never seen before' plague of leaf-eating moths could spell disaster for next season's harvest.
Rural holiday destinations in Spain’s Cordoba increase by 30% compared to 2019
Beach destinations and holidays abroad are being substituted this year for rural tourism.
Police on the hunt for ‘baby-faced’ flasher in Spain’s Andalucia
POLICE in Cordoba are on the hunt for a serial flasher after several reports of incidents of exposure and harassment surfaced online....
Tensions over coronavirus boil over in violent weekend in Andalucia prison
PRISON guards have narrowly averted a full blown riot at the Centro Penitenciario de Cordoba as tensions overflowed due to the COVID-19...
SNIFFED OUT: Drug gang of eight people who hid weed and hash in cases of garlic arrested on Spain’s...
POLICE have sniffed out a drugs smuggling gang who hid cannabis in shipments of garlic. Officers arrested eight people,...
Cordoba has highest unemployment levels in Spain, new figures reveal
NEW figures have revealed that the province of Cordoba has the highest unemployment levels in Spain. The annual study...
WATCH: Heavy rains cause havoc in Cordoba and its Reina Sofia Hospital while others become trapped in car
Heavy rains in Cordoba this Saturday have lead to flooding in parts of the City, including the Reina Sofia Hospital.
WATCH: Andalusian prostitution and human trafficking ring broken up by international task force
COMBINED FORCES smashed a human trafficking ring operating in Andalusia, last week. Europol and Policia Nacional broke up the...
Women’s rights groups show solidarity for 90-year-old murdered during COVID-19 lockdown in Spain’s Andalucia
Campaigners, currently isolated due to the quarantine, have reiterated the message that during these times of confinement, no one is alone
WATCH: Andalucia leads in Spain for adhering to coronavirus lockdown protocol
The deserted streets of Andalucia have has been picked up by both the BBC and CNN, who put a focus on Cordoba to report on the pandemic.
WATCH: Wild ducks waddle along one of Cordoba’s busiest bridges made empty by Spain’s coronavirus lockdown
Nature takes over the deserted streets of Cordoba
COVID-19: Cordoba falls to coronavirus as Granada remains the only Andalucian province without registered cases
Healthcare confirms the first case of coronavirus in Cordoba
Transgender minor suffers violent transphobic assault in Andalucia’s Cordoba
“But despite the fear I also have anger, courage, hunger and thirst for justice and I don’t want this to happen to any more women.”
Spain’s Cordoba changes the name of two streets back to names of people associated with the Franco regime
TWO streets in Cordoba have reverted their names back to what they used to be a year ago.
Influenza epidemic continues to sweep through Cordoba and Spain’s Andalucia, putting strain on local hospitals
Cases began in mid January, with sufferers experiencing severe fevers, muscle aches, stomach cramps and migraines
Chef from Spain’s Andalucia wows at Mediterranean Food Salon in France
Agustín Herrera is no stranger to success; he is also proud winner of the IV National Gastronomy Contest in 2018 and Champion of the XXIV Gastronomic Contest of the Community of Madrid in 2017
Cordoba ‘suffering’ from rural depopulation crisis as Spain becomes one of most sparsely populated areas in Europe
As younger generations are leaving, the birth rate declines and the villages are literally dying out
WATCH: Storm Elsa sweeps inland flooding streets in Spain’s Cordoba
Firefighters from across the area attended numerous reports of falling debris
Rock climber falls to his death in Spain’s Cordoba
A ROCK climber has fallen to his death in Cordoba. The 51-year-old died yesterday while climbing in the mountainous La Algaida area in Carcabuey. Emergency hotline...
Teenage British exchange student falls to death from bedroom window in Spain’s Andalucia
It was reported that those who witnessed the shocking fall were ‘very affected’ by what happened
Mother in Spain leaves five-year-old son crying alone on balcony while she parties all night with friends
The boy’s mother returned from partying at 7am on Sunday morning and was informed by neighbours that police had taken her son.
Man stabbed to death and girlfriend hospitalised in car attack in Spain’s Andalucia
Medical professionals rushed to the scene but they were unable to save the man’s life.
WATCH: Footage shows huge fireball soaring 61,000 kmph over Spain’s Andalucia
The fireball became visible from the north-easterly side of Sevilla, driving at such a phenomenal speed that a fireball encaved around the flying asteroid.
SIMPLY THE REST: Driving through Spain this summer? Here are the best boutique hotels to stop at en route
Depending on your route, you will pass some of Spain’s most emblematic cities and towns
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