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Malaga village pays tribute to rural women in dramatic urban art piece for International Women’s Day

A SMALL village in deep inland Malaga has enlisted the skills of two local artists to transform the whitewashed walls into a tribute to rural

8 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

FORÇA BARÇA!: Joan Laporta wins election to become new president of FC Barcelona 11 years after being ousted from the same post

The returning president’s main mission this time round is to convince the Argentinean star to stay in Barcelona

8 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Lead·National News·Sport

Police force hundreds of illegal drinkers to run away from an Alicante park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DOZENS of Alicante Policia Local officers had to break large groups of young people drinking in the Santa Barbara castle area of the city on

8 Mar, 2021 @ 11:25

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Guidelines for sporting activities in Spain’s Andalucia

THE Junta has proposed basic rules of conduct for sporting activities in Spain’s Andalucia, in force until March 19. The regulations have been divided into

8 Mar, 2021 @ 11:00

Lead·Sport

‘The Girls’: Convent-school drama by first-time female director scoops Spain’s top film prize

The Girls, a coming of age drama by a first time female feature film director has scooped the best film award in the 2021 Goyas,

8 Mar, 2021 @ 10:56

La Cultura·Lead

Volunteers and civil protection officers recognised for their work during floods and pandemic in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMORADI City Council has officially recognised the teams of people that came forward to help during both the 2019 floods and the current coronavirus pandemic.

8 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Exclusive interview: How Spain’s K-9 units are taking on female handlers and training guard dogs to protect women from abusive partners

K9s have become a major part of law enforcement in the past several years and are frequently used to track missing people in search-and-rescue missions

7 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Lead

Pandemic caused home mortgages in Spain to fall to 2017 levels last year

HOME mortgages granted in Spain last year fell to their lowest level since 2017 according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). The INE said that

7 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Property

Holland’s most wanted fugitive arrested with international terrorist after ‘upmarket’ drugs bust in Spain’s Valencia

SPAIN’S biggest haul of ‘pink cocaine’ was seized and Holland’s most wanted man was arrested after a joint operation between Guardia Civil and the Netherlands

7 Mar, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Man arrested after forcing wife into prostitution in Spain’s Mallorca

The man is accused of threatening his wife in order for her to prostitute herself

7 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Mallorca

Book review: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

A YA fantasy novel set in the world of Otera, a deeply patriarchal society where women are second class citizens, denied education and raised to

7 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

SUNNY OUTLOOK as Spain’s top power provider unveils first solar plant projects in Valencian Community

ENERGY company Iberdrola is to build its first three solar energy power plants in the Valencian Community costing €235 million. Two of the new facilities

7 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Environment·Valencia·Valencian Community

POSTERS FROM THE EDGE for a Costa del Sol artist who returned to Spain with a plan

AN Art Deco-style poster of a palm-tree-lined promenade whimsically welcomes visitors to ‘Sotogrande Cadizfornia’. Scarlet Alexandra’s art is a reflection of her wit as well

6 Mar, 2021 @ 16:15

Lead

Spain named as one of the best countries in Europe to be a female health care worker – despite women earning €10,000 less than men

FOR women looking to embark on a demanding career in the health sector, making sure they earn a fair amount for all their hard work

6 Mar, 2021 @ 14:33

Health·Lead·Other News

OLD HACK IN THE SUN: Mum’s gone to Ireland!

IN a recent rambling, I reported that life as we know it here in Spain was on the edge of total extinction as we are

6 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Columnists

Malaga’s Caminito del Rey will open once again to tourists next weekend: here’s what you need to know

THE iconic Caminito del Rey, the spectacular walk set in the El Chorro area of Malaga will open its doors once again next weekend. The

6 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel association demands UK treat the region the same way as Spain's Canary Islands

Benidorm and Costa Blanca’s leading hotel body slams ‘contagious tourismophobia’ of Spain’s Valencian Government

THE Costa Blanca’s largest hotel lobby group has attacked the Valencian government position that Easter domestic tourism will be ‘written off’ for the second-year running

6 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Drivers in Spain beware: Mobile cameras and helicopters deployed in crackdown on speeding during Semana Santa

Spain’s most dangerous roads revealed: have you driven on any of these?

THE Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE) has released its 2020 list of most dangerous roads in Spain according to fatality figures. The grim list

6 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Malaga lays ambitious foundations for a green belt around city to combat climate change

A HIGHLY ambitious plan has been announced by Malaga City Council to combat climate change. Malaga City Council, through the Urban Environment Observatory (OMAU), is

6 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

FOCUS: How a British woman in Spain who lacked the confidence to talk about politics became a leading campaigner

LIKE many Brits, Sue Wilson moved to Spain with the expectation of a quiet retirement in the sun. But when the Brexit referendum produced a

6 Mar, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Other News·Valencia

SWAN’S CORNER: Are you entitled to claim back an overpayment of Spanish Inheritance Tax?

THREE years ago, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a long-awaited judgment confirming that the Spanish inheritance tax legal framework breached the free movement of capital

6 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Valencia

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Cumulative COVID-19 infection rates are now lowest in six months in Spain’s Valencian Community

A new pattern of less than 500 new COVID-19 cases per day is emerging in the Valencian Community, with 14-day cumulative infection rates now the

5 Mar, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Who are the most influential women in Spain?

AS we look forward to celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8 we thought it was the perfect time to look at the

5 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Spain’s Airbus workers face tense wait for future of their jobs as EU counterparts see jobs saved

THOUSANDS of workers at Madrid’s Airbus plant face an agonising wait to to discover if their jobs are safe as delays hamper union talks. Aerospace

5 Mar, 2021 @ 16:15

Business & Finance·Lead

A sanitary worker preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

Non-professional carers in the Valencian Community receive COVID vaccination with teachers next in line

THE COVID vaccination campaign has now entered a new phase in the Valencian Community. Non-professional carers of dependant people are now receiving the jab, with

5 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Valencia·Valencian Community

80 Year Old Arsonist Arrested Over Several Blazes He Started On Spain S Costa Blanca

80-year-old arsonist arrested over several blazes in ‘protected areas’ of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A year-long probe to catch an arsonist operating in the Alcalali area of the Marina Alta has culminated in the arrest of an 80-year-old man.

5 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

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