Tag: Romania
Family of four from Spain’s Canary Islands killed in car crash while in Romania
A FAMILY of four from the Canary Island of Gran Canaria has died in a car accident while on holiday in Romania.
According to the...
Coming to a parlour near you: A taste of the ice-cream empire sweeping across Spain
WITH temperatures and temperaments running high it's time for ice cream. Having licked my way through several hundred gelati during my 1990’s stint in...
Vintage wine thieves behind €1.6 million restaurant robbery in Spain are caught at Croatia border
TWO people behind an audacious vintage wine robbery last October at a Caceres restaurant in Extremadura, have been arrested trying to cross into Croatia...
Spain booted out of 2023 Rugby World Cup in France for playing an ineligible player twice
SPAIN has been thrown out of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France after fielding an ineligible player in two qualifying matches.
The decision was...
No post-Brexit ‘rush’ for British expats to become Spanish citizens
BREXIT fears and consequences did not prompt a rush of British expats to become Spanish citizens in 2020.
The latest figures from the National Statistics...
Migrants crammed into lorries operated by trafficking gang in Spain who ‘made millions’ for journeys to European Union countries
THE Policia Nacional have smashed a migrant trafficking gang based in Spain that charged up to €20,000 per person to gain access to a...
Spain names the country that’s importing the biggest number of COVID-19 cases
SPAIN has named Romanian arrivals as bringing in the highest number of detected COVID-19 cases in the last month.
Not far behind is the United...
VIDEO: Human trafficking gang that forced victims into prostitution is busted during dawn raids in south-east Spain and Romania
A CRIMINAL GANG that profited from human trafficking forced their victims into prostitution on the streets of Girona have been arrested.
The suspects belonged to...
Cursach witness speaks out: “It’s like a horror movie”
A PROTECTED witness in the Tolo Cursach case has told the press that cooperating with the authorities has ‘destroyed his life’.
‘Witness 29’ has given...
Romanian referee to be investigated for ‘suspicious Spain v Belgium’ Rugby World Cup qualifier
Rugby Europe will analyse the match on Friday
Romanian pimp brothers in Spain ‘cut off prostitute’s arm with samurai sword’ and ‘put metal balls in penises to...
A COURT has heard how Romanian brothers in Spain allegedly cut off one of their prostitute's arms and forced them to eat money.
The Sandulache...
Moroccans, Romanians being recruited to fill thousands of fruit-picking positions in Andalucia despite high unemployment rate
ANDALUCIA farms are having to recruit Moroccans and Romanians to fill tens of thousands of positions due to a lack of Spanish applications.
It comes...
CONTRACT CRISIS: Spain is Europe’s worst for getting workers into full-time jobs
FEWER than one in 10 temporary workers in Spain are ever offered permanent contracts.
The shocking figure makes Spain the worst out of 28 EU...
Fundraiser launched to help repatriate body of Costa del Sol flood victim
Sam Turner of Sotogrande wants to raise €1,000 to cover part of the cost to fly home the Romanian Ionela Olguta Pantelimon, the 23-year-old nightclub worker who drowned in Club California in Estepona
Romanian man who fled UK with 15-year-old girl arrested in Spain
Extradition proceedings have begun
Spain slammed for illegal timber trade
Spain, Greece, Hungary and Romania have been singled out for being countries ‘of concern’ by the European Commission
VIDEO: Romanian police arrest suspect in Cuenca double murder case
The two victims were last seen with the suspect on August 6
Spanish lorry drivers pay UK government over €4 million in last year
In total, foreign drivers have paid a massive €60 million to the UK Treasury since a levy was introduced
Priest searches for long-lost twin brother after grandmother’s dying confession
A dying Romanian grandmother reveals she sold one of her son's twins 30 years ago, sparking a man-hunt for the missing twin
Spain’s most wanted arrested in Britain
Police are investigating how the Romanian managed to get to Britain while on Spain's top ten Most Wanted list
Spanish internet prices soar
Internet in Spain is the second most expensive in Europe
Campo de Gibraltar sex gang rounded up
15 Romanians arrested for coercing women into prostitution
One way ticket to Romania
Authorities have smashed a gypsy shantytown and gave its occupants bus tickets to Romania
Spain (almost) tops happiness charts
Study reveals that Spain is the second happiest country in Europe, behind Romania
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