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Forest Fire In Malaga, Spain 09 Jun 2022

Military stood down as wildfire threatening Benahavis in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol declared ‘stablised’

THE wildfire that has been raging across the Sierra Bermeja in the hills above Estepona and Marbella has been declared ‘stabilised’ by authorities in Andalucia.

10 Jun, 2022 @ 13:00

Lead·National News

Olivia Valere: Queen of Marbella party scene dies aged 75

OLIVIA VALERE, known as the queen of Marbella nightlife, has died aged 75. The French businesswoman had been battling stomach cancer for the past year

10 Jun, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Spain approves monkeypox vaccines plus Covid-19 booster shots for elderly and vulnerable people

SPAIN’S Ministry of Health has approved a vaccination against monkeypox to be used in a very small number of cases where people have had close

10 Jun, 2022 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Que Calor! Warnings of 40ºC as first official heatwave hits Spain

SPAIN’S Meteorological Agency has warned that the first official heatwave of 2022 is set to sweep across the peninsula and Balearic Islands this weekend sending

10 Jun, 2022 @ 09:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·National News·Weather

veterinary centre seeks foster families for pets of evacuated residents

50 horses from Benahavis racecourse evacuated due to blazing fire in Spain’s Sierra Bermeja plus veterinary centre seeks foster families for pets of evacuated residents

FIFTY horses from the Benahavís racecourse have been evacuated from the area as a result of the fire that broke out this Wednesday, June 8,

10 Jun, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Residents of Benahavis evacuated by raging wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol allowed to return home

RESIDENTS of Benahavis have been allowed to return home after being evacuated because of the Pujerra wildfire, authorities said. At around 11pm last night, Thursday

10 Jun, 2022 @ 08:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

British holidaymakers forced to sleep in car as wildfire threatened villa on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH woman visiting friends in Benahavis has had her holiday turned upside down after being evacuated in the wake of a forest fire. Retired

9 Jun, 2022 @ 21:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Last stand: British expat refuses to leave her home despite risk as wildfire approaches town in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol

ONE British expat resident in Benahavis refuses to leave her home, defying orders to evacuate by authorities fearful of the risk from a wildfire raging

9 Jun, 2022 @ 19:52

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Drunk British tourist causes chaos on Spain’s Mallorca with hotel and police assaults, just hours into his holiday

A British man, 46, kicked off his Mallorca holiday with a night in the police cells and hospital, after a drunken rampage in his Camp

9 Jun, 2022 @ 18:26

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Stay away! Evacuated residents cannot return home for another day as wildfire blazes in the hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol

RESIDENTS evacuated from Benahavis as a wildfire rages in the hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol have been told they will have to stay away

9 Jun, 2022 @ 18:16

Lead·National News

British friends left stranded with no medicine after being evacuated as wildfire threatened Benahavis on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A GROUP of British women were left stranded and having to sleep in their car after a night out when police cordoned off Benahavis. Samantha

9 Jun, 2022 @ 17:30

Lead·Malaga

Tourist visiting Spain’s Barcelona has €800,000 gold watch ripped off him

A tourist had a Barcelona trip to forget after thieves tore off his €800,000 wrist watch in the street. The theft happened on Tuesday in

9 Jun, 2022 @ 16:40

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

British yachting champ and green campaigner Ellen MacArthur scoops top Spanish prize

THE woman who sailed in to the record book with the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in a yacht in 2005 has been awarded

9 Jun, 2022 @ 15:30

Environment·Lead·National News

‘No news isn’t bad news’: Latest update from British Ambassador on driving licence exchange in Spain

THE British Ambassador in Madrid has insisted that negotiations ‘continue to progress well’ on a driving licence agreement with Spain although there was little more

9 Jun, 2022 @ 14:15

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·National News

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Roldan – € 145,000

Villa Roldan, Murcia 3 beds 2 baths € 145,000 An unique opportunity! This is your chance to purchase this awesome detached situated at

9 Jun, 2022 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Leader of Madrid-based gang jailed for stealing catalytic converters across Spain

A criminal gang who stole catalytic converters across Spain has been brought down by the Guardia Civil after thefts in Alicante Province. Five Romanian nationals

9 Jun, 2022 @ 12:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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‘We were forced to abandon our home’: British expat describes panic as wildfire threatens residential areas above Spain’s Costa del Sol

HUNDREDS of terrified residents were forced to leave their homes in the middle of the night by authorities as a wildfire raged across the hills

9 Jun, 2022 @ 12:41

Lead·Malaga

Number of abandoned hunting dogs in Spain’s Malaga on the rise

SPAIN is, unfortunately, the leading European country in animal abandonment; with 700 pets ditched every day. According to data from the new edition of the

9 Jun, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Ryanair stop man, 89, from flying home to Spain in ID card dispute

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

BUDGET airline Ryanair has walked out of talks with two unions in Spain over improved pay and conditions for cabin staff. It increases the chance

9 Jun, 2022 @ 11:32

Lead·Must Read·National News

IN IMAGES: Smoke engulfs homes as 3,000 residents evacuated in Pujerra wildfire in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol

SOME 3,000 residents have so far been evacuated from their homes as firefighters battled against a wildfire raging across the hills above Estepona and Marbella

9 Jun, 2022 @ 11:25

Lead·Malaga

Police recover over €12,000 of cash and items stolen from Ukrainian refugee in distraction theft on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Ukrainian refugee had money and personal effects worth around €12,000 stolen in an Alicante City distraction theft. Two men, both aged 37, have been

9 Jun, 2022 @ 10:58

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

UK’s ‘Most Wanted’ woman loses extradition battle to stay in Spain

AFTER a decade on the run Sarah Panitzke will be flown home to Britain to face justice after losing a bid to serve her sentence

9 Jun, 2022 @ 10:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain vows to ‘defend national interests’ as Algeria suspends cooperation treaty in diplomatic row over Western Sahara

SPAIN’S government vowed to ‘defend’ its national interests just hours after Algeria announced the decision to suspend a 20-year-old treaty of friendship and cooperation. Foreign

9 Jun, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s Malaga to host Seatrade Cruise Med Fair again in 2024

Spain’s Malaga to host most important cruise fair in Europe

MORE than 3,000 people from 70 countries are expected to attend Europe’s most important cruise fair hosted this September in Spain’s Malaga. The international cruise

9 Jun, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Military called in to help fight Pujerra forest fire in Spain’s Malaga—which has already seen three forest firefighters injured, one of them serious

THE Pujerra forest fire has set off all the alarm signals once again in Sierra Bermeja. The blaze, which broke out yesterday afternoon, is close

9 Jun, 2022 @ 07:04

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

FIRE UPDATE: Hundreds face evacuation as Costa del Sol fire starts to take hold in nightmare 40kph winds

UP to 100 people have been evacuated from Pujerra and nearby Benahavis as a forest fire takes a grip on the Costa del Sol. The

8 Jun, 2022 @ 21:14

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