Free money to clean up building facades in popular tourist city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
RESIDENTS and business owners in the old centres of Altea and Altea la Vella can apply for cash grants to clean up building facades. Altea
Easterly winds delay lifting of OS 35 from Gibraltar’s Catalan Bay with wreck removers on standby
WRECK removers are getting ready to lift the two broken sections of the OS 35 from the Gibraltar seabed after easterly winds again delayed the
Key health services ‘100%’ guaranteed in Torrevieja area during busy Costa Blanca summer in Spain
TORREVIEJA Health Department has guaranteed ‘100%’ coverage in key patient services during the summer season with €2.8 million funding from its 2023 ‘Holiday Plan’. There
Spain’s stormy summer continues as Oscar makes landfall and heads to Andalucia
THE scorcher of April is giving way to an unsettled summer as the latest storm heads south to dampen Spain. Storm Oscar is expected to
3 bedroom Penthouse for sale in Denia with pool – € 385,000
Dénia, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 385,000 Awesome opportunity to have your dream home facing the sea. Duplex penthouse of construction of
Kingsway tunnel to close certain lanes for maintenance on June 12-15 just over two months after opening
GIBRALTAR’S government will be closing select lanes Kingsway tunnel under the runway for maintenance at night on June 12-15. The routine maintenance programme marks the
Torrevieja wants tough police action against illegal street sellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TORREVIEJA council had made a new appeal for tough police action to clear pavements of illegal street sellers ahead of the summer season. The unlicensed
Spain’s soaring industrial output hit by unexpected slump in April, new data shows
SPAIN’S economic good times hit another bump in the road after preliminary data revealed an unexpected decline in the country’s industrial production for the month
Obsessed restaurant customer sexually assaults waitress on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ELCHE POLICIA LOCAL have arrested a 47-year-old man after he spent ten days harassing a waitress at an Arenales del Sol restaurant, which included sexual
Spain’s Malaga to recover water supply to beach showers on June 15
THE CAPITAL of the Costa del Sol will recover its beach shower water supply next week—but with possible restrictions. The drought crisis in Malaga worsens
Two rescued owls returned to the wild on World Environment Day in Spain’s Malaga
THE JUNTA has released two rescued owls in the natural park Los Montes de Malaga to coincide with World Environment Day, yesterday, June 5. Both
Did you feel it? A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Spain’s Casares
A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Casares early yesterday morning, shaking parts of the Costa del Sol. According to Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) the quake—with its
Snap elections prompt German lawmakers to cancel trip to Spain’s Doñana National Park
THE SNAP general election that has been called for July 23 continues to have unexpected consequences. On Monday, a group of German lawmakers opted to
Explainer: What do the polls say ahead of July’s snap election in Spain?
THE LATEST survey carried out for Spanish newspaper El Pais by pollster 40dB predicts that the outcome of the upcoming general election will depend on
Lemon harvest falls by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca with high production costs blamed
HIGH PRODUCTION costs have slashed Alicante province’s lemon harvest by 40% compared to last year. Alicante’s Asaja young farmers association said that 800,000 tons of
Spain’s PM challenges conservative opponent to six face-to-face debates before snap elections
AHEAD OF THE July 23 snap general election, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday challenged his main opponent to six face-to-face debates. But the Popular
Alarming loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests caused by global warming says study in Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante University study says that global warming has caused an ‘alarming’ loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests. The report from the university’s Ibero-American
Benidorm cybercrooks steal €50,0000 in bank ‘phishing’ con on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO MEN have been arrested in Benidorm for illegally obtaining bank account and credit card details via phone text messages, which netted them around €50,000.
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EXCLUSIVE: London-based rising star from Gibraltar reveals how she accidentally became a singer aged nine
GIBRALTAR’S rising music star, iamChloeMartinez, as she wishes to be known, is making all the right moves in British capital London after getting a big
Gibraltar aquarium planned for Victualling Yard Storehouse at Rosia Bay near new museum
PLANS to build a new public aquarium in Gibraltar at the site of the historic Victualling Yard Storehouse at Rosia Bay have been submitted for
Key member of Kinahan Gang wanted by UK police is arrested on Spain’s Mallorca
A KEY member of the Kinahan Organised Crime Gang wanted by UK police on gun-running charges has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Mallorca.
‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 30-YEAR-OLD Romanian woman who has arrest warrants dating back to 2015 for committing ‘love hug’ robberies has been arrested in the Alicante area. A
6 bedroom Villa for sale in Muchamiel / Mutxamel with pool garage – € 230,000
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Retailer Carrefour in Spain steps up solar panel installations at its stores
RETAILER Carrefour says it its planning to install 330,000 square metres of solar panels at 130 of its stores in Spain. Some 30 hypermarkets and
British drugs gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for exporting marijuana to Ireland
A BRITISH drug trafficking gang operating out of southern Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Two properties in San Miguel de Salinas