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Tag: Huelva
Huelva leads as Spanish province with most protected natural areas
HUELVA boasts to being the province in Spain with the largest area of protected natural areas, an immense 319,110 hectares—six times more than 42...
Spain tests first large train to be powered by renewable diesel
SPAIN'S state train operator Renfe and energy company Cepsa have teamed up with freight transporter Maersk to power up a large freight train with...
Strong winds delay Costa Blanca company’s first private rocket launch in Spain
ELCHE'S PLD Space has called off Wednesday's test launch of its first suborbital usable rocket due to strong high altitude winds.
It was going to...
Costa Blanca company counts down to first private rocket launch in Europe from Spain’s Huelva
ELCHE'S PLD Space will launch the first private rocket in Europe -Miura 1- on Wednesday from the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre, at the National...
Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to transport narcotics in Spain’s Andalucia
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a fugitive in Jerez de la Frontera who led a criminal organisation that trafficked drugs via helicopters.
The unnamed man...
PP obtains over 26% more councillors across all Andalucia while PSOE collapsed on May 28 elections
ANDALUCIA’S political arena has taken a right turn as the conservative Partido Popular (PP) has obtained almost 900 councillors more than in the 2019...
Romeria pilgrims create political party in a bid to avoid manning polling stations at May 28 elections
APPROACHING elections in Spain mean, for many, a sense of dread. Not just because of the endless onslaught of bickering politicians in the news,...
One woman dies and almost 40 injured in bus accident in Spain’s Huelva
A MOROCCAN WOMAN has lost her life after a bus taking seasonal workers to a field overturned in Almonte (Huelva) this morning (Monday May...
Rare arrival of penguin on beach in Spain’s Huelva
A PENGUIN has made an epic detour and ended up in Southern Spain, miles from home.
The disorientated penguin, which usually inhabits rocky islets and...
Consumer group calls for restaurant inspections across Spain after deadly fire in Madrid
THE BILBAO branch of a franchise of Italian restaurants has removed plastic plants used for decoration from the ceiling, after a blaze broke out...
Spain’s Cepsa announces largest second generation biofuels plant in Europe to open in Andalucia
OIL company Cepsa has formed a joint venture to set up a large-scale biofuels plant in Andalucia.
Cepsa and Bio-Oils, who process vegetable oils, have...
NGO slams violations of migrant workers’ rights in Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’ greenhouses
A BRITISH NGO has released a scathing report about the working conditions of seasonal immigrant workers in Andalusia. Ethical Consumer says that fruit and...
Bonares to host grand finale of the Spanish Ham Cutters’ Championship
SPECIALIST ham cutters from all over Spain will demonstrate their Iberian ham cutting skills this weekend (March 4-5) in Bonares, Huelva.
Eight of the best...
Spain’s government approves offshore wind farm plan for small designated sections
SPAIN'S government has given the green light to launch offshore wind farms after approving the first-ever Maritime Space Management Plan(POEM).
The POEM is about mapping...
The Spanish town looking for someone to run a bar for 20 euros per month
The council of Cumbres de Enmedio in Andalucia, with 50 inhabitants, wants someone to rent the town’s only bar for €20 per month.
The Huelva...
Three killed after fire breaks out in student flat in Spain’s Huelva
THREE youngsters aged between 20 and 21 were killed on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a student flat in Huelva.
The victims,...
From oil to biofuel in Spain’s Huelva
AN old oil refinery in Spain’s Huelva has been rapidly converted to produce biofuels, capable of reducing CO2 emissions by 90%.
Cepsa says that the...
Cepsa will use recycled water to power new green hydrogen plant in Spain’s Andalucia
ENERGY giant Cepsa says a new green hydrogen plant to be built at the San Rogue Energy Park in Cadiz Province will be powered...
Toddler who went missing with grandfather in Spain’s Huelva province dies in hospital
A FAMILY in Spain’s Huelva province has suffered two tragic losses in the space of just five days. Last Wednesday Antonio Blanco Gil, 55,...
Man who disappeared with 22-month-old grandson in Spain’s Huelva province dies after being found unconscious in his vehicle
A HUELVA man who went missing on Wednesday with his 22-month old grandson was found unconscious in his car today, and later died in...
Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss after snatching Costa Blanca couple to steal cryptocurrency codes
THE Guardia Civil have launched a nationwide appeal to find the mastermind behind an Alicante kidnapping plot last Summer to prise out lucrative cryptocurrency...
‘Firefighting’ donkeys start fire prevention campaign in Spain’s Doñana
A TEAM of 18 ‘Firefighting’ donkeys have started the forest fire prevention campaign 'Summer of 2023'.
The 18 burros have been released in difficult to...
Three loggerhead sea turtles rescued by sailors are released in Spain’s Huelva
FIFTY schoolchildren from the Santo Cristo del Mar school in Punta Umbria and members of the Rumbo Fijo association have participated in the release...
Dia de la Hispanidad: Why Spain celebrates its National Day on October 12
Each October 12 Spain marks its National Day or Dia de la Hispanidad with a public holiday.
The day coincides with the celebration of Christopher...
Travel: Exploring Spain’s buried treasures – cool caves
WHEN Spain’s peak summer temperatures start nudging 40 in parts of the country, visiting a cool, dark, damp cave sounds pretty good. The fact...
Huelva home to the best-preserved rural mosque in Spain
BUILT on the site of a fifth-century Visigoth basilica, the Almonaster Mosque in Huelva, is one of few surviving rural mosques in Spain, considered the...
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