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Universal Children’s Day to be celebrated in style on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council is to commemorate Universal Children’s Day on Sunday, November 21. Local Councillor for Social Welfare, Almudena Baldó, announced the event to be

18 Nov, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Costa Blanca Graffiti Vandal In Spain Is Caught After Year Long Investigation

Costa Blanca serial graffiti vandal in Spain is caught after year-long investigation

POLICE have arrested a Costa Blanca graffiti vandal after a year-long probe to track down the culprit. The unidentified man scrawled over 50 signs in

18 Nov, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain's Valencia search for beggar who killed bar owner who refused to give him money

Girl, 16, loses hearing in one ear after being raped in Spain’s Igualada

A TEEN has lost hearing in one ear after being seriously sexually assaulted in Barcelona. The 16-year-old schoolgirl was attacked after leaving a nightclub in

18 Nov, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Senior Prison Official Lied About Five Hooded Men Attacking Her Outside Her Benidorm Home In Spain

Prison security director lied about hooded men attack outside her Benidorm home in Spain

A senior security director at Villena prison has been arrested for lying about five hooded men attacking her outside her Benidorm home. The unnamed woman

18 Nov, 2021 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Metalworkers strike in Spain’s Andalucia turns violent as police are attacked in Cadiz

CADIZ metalworkers have to taken to city streets for a third day in their wages strike. On Wednesday they cut roads leading into the Andalucian

18 Nov, 2021 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Cadiz·Lead

WTA Finals: Garbine Muguruza becomes the first Spaniard to win season-ending finals

AGARBINE MUGURUZA has made history as the first-ever Spanish woman to win the WTA Finals. The Caracas- born star became the first Spaniard to win

18 Nov, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Sport

COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccine shots will be offered at the same time in some parts of Spain

Half of anti-vaxxers in Spain’s Balearic Islands are expat residents

HEALTH authorities in the Balearics are concerned after it emerged half of those who have yet to vaccinated are among the foreign resident population across

18 Nov, 2021 @ 12:35

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Lead·Mallorca

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Pilar de la Horadada with pool – € 178,900

Apartment Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 178,900 Key ready Top floor 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartments with Solarium

18 Nov, 2021 @ 12:07

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Antisemitic vandals deface Holocaust memorial in Oviedo, northern Spain

JEWISH groups in Spain have condemned vandalism at a Holocaust memorial in Oviedo in the northern region of Asturias. The monolith remembering Victims of the

18 Nov, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·National News

Pedro Sanchez announces COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for everybody aged over 60 years in Spain

Pedro Sanchez announces COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for everybody aged over 60 in Spain

COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be offered to everybody aged over 60 and health workers in Spain. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced the decision on

18 Nov, 2021 @ 11:50

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Gibraltar unveils plans to meet ‘carbon neutral’ goal by 2030

GIBRALTAR’S government has unveiled its roadmap to meet targets to battle the climate emergency as the COP26 meeting in Glasgow drew to a close. The

18 Nov, 2021 @ 10:45

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Fury in Gibraltar at lack of criminal proceedings over female teacher who ‘groomed’ student

Teachers on Gibraltar have expressed outrage at a lack of action by education authorities to properly investigate reports that a teacher was grooming a 16-year-old

18 Nov, 2021 @ 10:18

Education·Gibraltar·Lead

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Environmentalists slam Andalucia’s ‘smoke and mirror’ efforts to fight climate change in wake of COP26

At a meeting with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during COP26, regional president Juanma Moreno boldly insisted that ‘Andalucia is a pioneer in the fight

18 Nov, 2021 @ 09:45

Environment·Lead

Orange alert for strong gusts of wind and five-metre-high waves this Thursday in Spain’s Malaga

SPAIN’S weather agency AEMET has forecast wind gusts up to gale force 8 on the Axarquia, Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce coastline. Strong Levante winds

18 Nov, 2021 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Il Divo star sent death threats from obsessed Barcelona woman who is fined €60 by Madrid judge in Spain

A 72-year Barcelona woman has been convicted of coercion and fined €60 for sending explicit and threatening letters to Il Divo singer, Carlos Marin. The

17 Nov, 2021 @ 20:30

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Diversity and collaboration in sport to be highlighted in LGBTIQ+ promotion on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ELCHE’S main retail complex, the L’Aljub Shopping Centre, will act as a focal point for discussion about sport integrating the LGBTIQ+ community into life. On

17 Nov, 2021 @ 19:45

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Woman saved from abusive partner in Spain’s Barcelona after using ‘secret’ help signal

A man has been arrested in Barcelona after his partner alerted authorities using a secret hand signal to indicate she was being abused. The woman

17 Nov, 2021 @ 19:15

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

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WATCH: Madrid resident causes stir by curing meat from washing line and it’s the most Spanish thing you’ll see today

A RESIDENT in the Madrid neighbourhood of La Concepcion has become a local ‘cause celebre’ after attracting attention for choosing to hang hunks of meat

17 Nov, 2021 @ 18:55

Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid

Health and care workers who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 are called ‘irresponsible’ by top politician in Spain’s Murcia region

MURCIA president Fernando Lopez Miras has branded health and care workers as ‘irresponsible’ if they’ve not had a COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking to Telecinco, Lopez Miras

17 Nov, 2021 @ 18:30

Health·Lead·Murcia

Green activists stage protests across Valencia in Spain calling for action in the wake of COP26 ‘blah blah blah’

ACTIVISTS in Valencia staged a weekend protest calling for action after what they branded the failure of COP26 in Glasgow to initiate real change. Dozens

17 Nov, 2021 @ 17:45

Valencia·Valencian Community

Local Hero Breaks Wrist Catching A Dog That Fell Four Floors From A Costa Blanca Balcony In Spain

Local hero breaks wrist catching falling dog from fourth floor Costa Blanca balcony in Spain

AN Alicante man, 26, was branded a hero after breaking his wrist in the act of catching a dog that fell from a fourth-floor balcony.

17 Nov, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Christmas lights in Spain 2021: The best displays and when they are switched on

CHRISTMAS is right around the corner – or, if the rate at which festive light displays are popping up across Spain is anything to go

17 Nov, 2021 @ 16:15

Entertainment·Lead·National News·Other News

Number of smokers in the world falls by 20millon but success is still ‘fragile’

THE number of people smoking across the world has fallen by 20million, researchers have said. A report published by the World Health Organisation on Tuesday

17 Nov, 2021 @ 15:01

Health·National News·Other News

Man suffers hypothermia and bruising after rescue from choppy Costa Blanca waters of Spain

EMERGENCY services rescued a Russian man who could not get out of the sea on Tuesday evening at Torrevieja’s Cala de la Higuera. It’s not

17 Nov, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Unvaccinated patients are two-thirds of intensive care COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Unvaccinated patients make up two-thirds of intensive care COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

TWO out of three recent ICU hospital admissions for COVID-19 in the Valencian Community have involved unvaccinated patients. Official health figures for the period between

17 Nov, 2021 @ 13:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Benalmadena with pool – € 230,000

Apartment Benalmádena, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 230,000 Cozi ground floor apartment, with direct access to the community swimming pool and gardens.

17 Nov, 2021 @ 12:07