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Spain’s Andalucia hopes the government ‘will be brave’ and extend curfew hours this week

THE Junta hopes the central government will give in this week and permit home confinement, where necessary, and extend curfew hours. The Andalucian Minister of

25 Jan, 2021 @ 11:15

Lead·Other News

A motor for digitization: The EU’s Green Deal fosters a new era of sustainability in Europe

From air pollution to waste management and global warming, the world is experiencing environmental degradation in many ways. Technology is key to responding to the

25 Jan, 2021 @ 10:50

Technology

Spain’s Andalucia to announce closure of more municipalities today

A NEW list of municipalities in Spain’s Andalucian facing perimeter confinement and closure of all non-essential activities will be notified by the Junta today. The

25 Jan, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead

IN VIDEOS: Biggest earthquake in a DECADE rocks Spain’s Granada as screaming shoppers flee shaking store and Youtuber’s bedroom shakes during live stream

TWO schools will be closed in Granada today after an earthquake damaged its ceilings at the weekend. A 4.4 magnitude tremor hit the Andalucian city

25 Jan, 2021 @ 08:00

Granada·Lead

New food delivery rider rules start for Glovo and Uber Eats in Spain

Big online sales rise for Spanish delivery ‘app’ leads to new Valencia area base

ON-DEMAND Spanish delivery app, Glovo, is looking to expand its ‘dark stores’ in Spain and across Europe. The pandemic has given a boost to on-line

24 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Business & Finance·Valencia

It is not possible to be fat and healthy, say Spanish scientists

IT’S impossible to be ‘fat and fit’ and even if you are slightly overweight you are unhealthy, a new study has found. Researchers in Spain found

24 Jan, 2021 @ 14:00

Health·Lead·Other News

Spain hopes international tourists can ‘return by end of spring’

SPAIN has denied claims it will not allow tourists to return until after the summer, saying it hopes to welcome the first arrivals by the

24 Jan, 2021 @ 13:58

Lead·National News·Travel News

‘Beastly’ windmill project that ‘will endanger animal lives and the environment’ is universally slammed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POWER generation project across nearly 150,000 acres of Spanish countryside has been widely criticised by the four councils it would affect. Nine windmills, each

24 Jan, 2021 @ 13:21

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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Mysterious tent sparks ‘field hospital’ rumours on Spain’s Costa del Sol

WORKERS have been spotted by numerous witnesses constructing a marquee in the car park of the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía, sparking rumours of a

24 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga

Benidorm bullring will get a radical makeover on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM’S bullring will be converted into a new cultural hub at a cost of €8.7 million. Structural issues have meant that the venue has not

24 Jan, 2021 @ 10:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Brexit And Old General Franco Law Could Delay British House Buys On Spain S Costa Blanca

Brexit means old General Franco law could delay British house buys on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BREXIT will make some property purchases more complicated for British people in some parts of the Costa Blanca due to an old law dating back

23 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Property

Drug traffickers with marijuana stash equal to weight of a small child caught at border controls on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA Guardia Civil stopped and arrested the drivers of cars on the A7 with two huge bags of Marijuana, weighing in total the same as

23 Jan, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

REVEALED: Research finds only 33% of Brits believe Brexit was beneficial – and less than half trust Boris Johnson

IN the latest blow for Boris’s Johnson, a study has revealed that just 42% of Brits trust the Prime Minister to lead the country successfully

23 Jan, 2021 @ 13:15

Lead

WATCH: 300g of cocaine found hidden in huge SANDWICH in Spain

POLICE in Spain have discovered a brick of cocaine hidden inside a sandwich in northern Spain. At least one arrest was made in Lugo, Galicia,

23 Jan, 2021 @ 13:04

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Can British expats get the COVID-19 vaccine in Spain?

AS the coronavirus vaccine continues to be rolled out across Spain, many British expats have been left wondering whether or not they will receive the

23 Jan, 2021 @ 12:42

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Fugitive rapist of 84-year-old woman snared by EU-funded task force in Spain’s Barcelona

ONE OF Europe’s most-wanted men has been arrested this week for the rape of an 84-year-old woman in 2009. National Police Forces of Spain and

23 Jan, 2021 @ 11:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Benidorm looks to new high-tech guide system to help tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM wants its Old Town equipped with a high-tech navigation system, NaviLens, to guide visitors around the area via a mobile smartphone app. Code points

23 Jan, 2021 @ 10:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Gibraltar lockdown ends on February 1 with shops allowed to re-open

ALL shops could be allowed to re-open on February 1 with the end of the social lockdown, the Gibraltar Chief Minister has revealed.

22 Jan, 2021 @ 20:24

Gibraltar·Lead

COVID 19 figures rise above 100 cases per 100,000 mark...

GRIM NEWS continues over COVID-19 infections in Spain’s Valencian Community

8,630 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed today(January 22) in the Valencian Community. That’s a rise of 177 on yesterday, along with the caveat that

22 Jan, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Hospitality Protest Protesters And Torrevieja Mayor Eduardo Dolon

Angry hospitality sector airs closure grievances to Torrevieja mayor on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AROUND 400 hospitality business owners and workers protested outside Torrevieja’s Town Hall this morning(January 22) over the enforced closure of their sector. The crowd expressed

22 Jan, 2021 @ 16:20

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Cycle lanes between popular expat town and local beaches mooted for Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROJECT linking the Guardamar coast with Rojales and Quesada was presented by Valencia’s Public Works minister, Arcadi España, this week. Specially-constructed lanes on the

22 Jan, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Los Agentes Descubrieron Que El Detenido Habr A Realizado M S De 100 Cargos En Comprar Por Internet Y Numerosas Extracciones De Dinero

COMPUTER CON as fraudster steals €43,000 off vulnerable victims on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A conman betrayed the trust of two elderly Alicante woman by using their bank cards to steal €43,000 of cash and goods. The 37-year-old Spanish

22 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Marbella likely to close ALL non-essential businesses as COVID-19 incidence rate to reach 1,000 cases per 100,000 people tomorrow – Estepona, Mijas also on brink

MARBELLA’S coronavirus incidence rate has reached 984 cases per 100,000 people as of Friday, new figures reveal. It means the ever-important figure is all but

22 Jan, 2021 @ 14:19

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

11 olive workers forced to live in ‘slave like’ conditions freed in Spain’s Malaga

SEVEN people have been arrested for keeping Romanian immigrants detained in ‘slave-like’ conditions to work during the olive picking season. Policia Nacional officers raided a

22 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead·Malaga

SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia registers 7,816 new COVID-19 cases in another record-breaking day as hospitalisations reach new heights

ANDALUCIA has registered 7,816 new coronavirus cases on Friday in yet another record daily count. The southernmost region has broken its record for daily infections

22 Jan, 2021 @ 13:47

Coronavirus·Lead

Marina d’Or in trouble

The company’s most recent public audit in 2018 revealed a deficit of €111 million

22 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Valencian Community

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