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Teachers get mass COVID-19 testing in Torrevieja on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA council carried out mass COVID-19 testing on teachers and school staff yesterday(September 16), after their plans were initially scuppered by the Valencian government. A

17 Sep, 2020 @ 13:23

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Torrevieja

Pregnant woman injured in car crash with drug traffickers being chased by police on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The pregnant woman is reported to be in her 30s and the seriousness of her injuries are not known

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:54

Lead·Malaga

Benidorm has a COVID-19 infection rate that's three times higher than Spain's national average

Benidorm wants UK government permission for a special flight to Spain’s Costa Blanca in plea to create safe ‘travel bubble’

BENIDORM wants the UK government to green-light a charter flight to help promote the Costa Blanca resort as a safe area for British tourists. The

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:35

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Dolmens Site Museum in Spain’s Antequera displays two temporary exhibitions

Two human skulls unearthed in ‘Stonehenge’ type dolmen discovered in Spain’s Malaga

In just one week human remains and a new, never before identified ancient structure have been discovered

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:29

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Scientist Working With Blood Sample In Laboratory

Volunteers quit COVID-19 vaccine trials after side effects mar Phase 2 testing in Spain

The concerns arose after side effects were reported in the Madrid-based vaccine trials on a subject in the UK

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:23

Lead·National News

More than 43,000 people put on ‘partial lockdown’ in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca to combat spread of COVID-19

Tomorrow, parts of Arquitecte Bennazar will face confinement, joining Son Gotleu, Can Capes, Soledat Nord and Son Canals which became 'hot zones' last week

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:13

Lead·Mallorca

Theories behind origin of black panther in Spain’s Granada point at drug lord or tycoon

It is believed that the animal could have entered the Granada province from Malaga through Zafarraya

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:10

Granada·Lead

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

New COVID-19 cases are halved over 24 hours across Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Valencian Community have seen a dramatic fall over a 24-hour period. Wednesday evening’s report(September 16) from the regional health

17 Sep, 2020 @ 11:35

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Is Spain still the investment haven despite the Corona pandemic?

According to Worldometer, as of April 2nd, Spain had 104,118 coronavirus positive cases with the second highest death toll in the world. The coronavirus pandemic

17 Sep, 2020 @ 10:24

Business & Finance

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Drug lord captured as Spanish police arrest 29 in gang crackdown across Malaga, Seville and Cádiz

THE HEAD one of Europe’s biggest drug gangs was arrested in Spain after a major sting operation. Leader of the Castaña drugs cartel Antonio Tejón,

16 Sep, 2020 @ 20:38

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Sevilla

Spain jails ex-colonel for murder of five Jesuits in Salvador Civil War

Former army colonel and government security minister Inocente Orlando Montano has been sentenced to 133 years in jail for the murder of a group of

16 Sep, 2020 @ 20:38

Lead

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale in talks with Spurs for move back to UK

WELSHMAN Gareth Bale’s greatest wish is to return to his former club Tottenham Hostpur, his agent has revealed. Jonathan Barnett told reporters that Real Madrid

16 Sep, 2020 @ 19:47

Sport

St John takes over COVID-19 transfer in Gibraltar as cases rise to 25

ST John Ambulance will take COVID-19 active cases without symptoms from one place to another in the future as deal is reached.

16 Sep, 2020 @ 19:37

Gibraltar

Spain sees deadliest COVID-19 day since end of lockdown

Despite the worrying numbers, health leaders, including Health Minister Salvador Illa, say the situation is 'stabilising'

16 Sep, 2020 @ 18:47

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Spain’s Andalucia registers 915 COVID-19 cases Wednesday with 16 deaths

Malaga yet again recorded the most cases on Wednesday with 306, followed by Sevilla with 224, Cadiz with 145 and Cordoba with 109

16 Sep, 2020 @ 18:39

Coronavirus·Lead

Second expat arrested in Spanish town in connection to crimes against children sparks concern

A SECOND expat has been arrested in a sleepy Spanish resort accused of sick crimes against children in the last year. The unnamed Belgian drifter

16 Sep, 2020 @ 18:09

New picture of black panther re-ignites search in sleepy village in Spain’s Andalucia

The image has struck fear in the population of roughly 600 while the local government has advised residents to steer clear of the countryside

16 Sep, 2020 @ 18:01

Granada·Lead

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Post office nightmare for expats in Spain

A WINTER jacket, a school bag and a 22-piece tea set are just a handful of the vast and varied items on expat Lynda Martin’s

16 Sep, 2020 @ 17:22

Drunk Husband In Spain S Valencia Defends Vicious Attack On Wife By Saying Women Must Be Taught To Respect

Husband in Spain’s Valencia defends vicious drunken attack on wife by saying women ‘must learn respect’.

A MAN was arrested for domestic violence in Valencia after attacking his wife and partially shoving her out of a window. When Valencia Policia Local

16 Sep, 2020 @ 17:04

Costa Blanca·Valencia

Gibraltar Parliament to take over Piazza cafe sites for its own use

TWO cafes below parliament will soon become history under new plans unveiled by the Government today to expand its facilities.

16 Sep, 2020 @ 16:44

Gibraltar

Couple stole €148,000 from two orphaned nephews that moved into their Costa Blanca home in Spain

Crooked businessmen fined almost €20 million over tax fraud scandal on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EIGHT ORIHUELA area businessmen have been convicted of a €9.6 million tax fraud and will have to pay back double what they embezzled. Their ringleader

16 Sep, 2020 @ 16:21

Costa Blanca·Lead

Serial burglar who committed at least 13 robberies at holiday homes across Spain’s Mallorca arrested

An investigation had suggested that the same person had illegally entered all of the burglarised rental homes

16 Sep, 2020 @ 15:55

Crime & Law·Mallorca

Cuban kingpin couple who supplied cocaine to ‘majority of dealers’ across Spain’s Mallorca brought down

As part of 'Operation Gunpowder,' 16 'members' of the gang were arrested in multiple dawn raids

16 Sep, 2020 @ 15:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Association Chief Toni Mayor Slams Absurd Travel Restrictions

Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca are struggling to fill up even a third of their rooms

A COSTA BLANCA hotel association leader has branded travel quarantines and restrictions as ‘absurd’. Toni Mayor, president of the Benidorm-based Hosbec group, made the comment

16 Sep, 2020 @ 14:27

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Ibiza follows Spain’s Palma de Mallorca in enforcing partial ‘lockdown’ to halt COVID-19 infections

In Ibiza, the centre of San Antonio and Ibiza Town will face similar restrictions that were laid down in Mallorca from Friday

16 Sep, 2020 @ 13:59