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Graffiti Vandal Gets Stung With Big Penalty For Daubing Historic Train Station In Spain's Mallorca

Graffiti vandal gets stung with big penalty for defacing historic train station in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAN who daubed graffiti on the front of Mallorca’s historic Soller railway station has been convicted of a crime against historical heritage. The station is home to the popular ‘Tren de

20 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

€1 Mil Fines Tabled For Grafitti Vandals In Mallorca's Serra

Spain’s Mallorca plans €1 million fine for graffiti artists vandalising heritage areas

VANDALS daubing graffiti on protected elements of the Serra de Tramuntana could be fined up to €1 million under plans for a new law. The stiff penalties feature in a draft bill

1 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Dolmens Site Museum in Spain’s Antequera displays two temporary exhibitions

Palaeolithic cave paintings discovered in Spain’s Antequera

NEW cave painting, that could be between 60,000 and 30,000 years old, has been discovered in Antequera. The figurative representation has been located on the front of a large dolomitic block that

13 May, 2022 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Stolen historical document could see Costa Blanca city take Catalan government to Spanish court

A row over a stolen historical document could end up with Orihuela council taking the Catalunya regional government to court. Repeated requests from Orihuela officials for the Llibre del Repartiment to be

5 Jan, 2022 @ 08:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain backs fresh cash boost to revitalise and modernise tourism hit by COVID-19 pandemic

A new €720 million package to help Spain’s pandemic-hit tourist sector has been approved this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers. An extra €109 million has been allocated above last week’s previous

7 Dec, 2021 @ 18:45

Lead·National News

Billionaire Who Smuggled Picasso Masterpiece Out Of Spain Avoids Prison Because Of 'serious Incurable Disease'

Billionaire who smuggled Picasso painting out of Spain avoids prison because of ‘serious incurable disease’

ONE of Spain’s richest men will not go to prison for smuggling a Picasso painting out of the country because he’s dying. Ex-Santander Bank vice-president, Jamie Botin, was convicted last year of

10 Nov, 2021 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead