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World’s ‘most expensive Christmas tree’ designed by Brit arrives on Spain’s Costa del Sol – and you won’t believe how much it’s worth!

Draped in diamonds and precious stones - from Cartier and Bulgari no less - the 3.5 metre tree is proudly standing in the luxury Kempinski

9 Dec, 2019 @ 14:48

Malaga

Inside the British-organised Extinction Rebellion protest outside Primark on Madrid’s Gran Via for COP25

Wham – we stopped the traffic, made a space and the flash mob hit the street, the samba band thumping

9 Dec, 2019 @ 14:28

Environment

The Madrid Climate Conference and the ‘no-pasa nada’ rural Andalucía

As world leaders meet at the United Nation Climate Change Conference in Madrid, I thought it time to take a look at Spain’s own ecological

9 Dec, 2019 @ 13:50

Tesla Spain profits soar despite CEO Elon Musk’s blunders, including calling British diver ‘pedo’ and smashing ‘indestructible’ Cybertruck

He was being sued by heroic British diver Vernon Unsworth who rescued children from a Thai cave, after labelling him a ‘pedophile’ on Twitter

9 Dec, 2019 @ 13:36

Lead

WATCH: Costa community spirit on show with festive switch-on

HUNDREDS of Brits joined Spanish and braved the chill to see San Fulgencio switch on its Christmas displays on Saturday, warmed by a tremendous sense

9 Dec, 2019 @ 13:03

Costa Blanca·Lead

CHECK IT OUT: Virtual reality now offers FREE TOURS round your dream property for sale in Spain

KEEN on a house, but unsure if it’s worth the air miles for a viewing? Virtual reality property tours have arrived on Spain’s Costa Blanca

9 Dec, 2019 @ 12:44

Costa Blanca·Mallorca·Property

Seria A – Fiorentina VS Inter Milan

Fiorentina will aim to end Inter Milan’s nine-game unbeaten run in Serie A, as they host the league-leaders 10 days before Christmas. The clash at

9 Dec, 2019 @ 10:03

Sport

As the dreaded ‘C’ word rears its festive head, Loraine Gostling reminds us that C also stands for Charity

The ‘C’ word is just around the corner and, for the past couple of weeks on Javea Connect, the annual appeals have started to help

8 Dec, 2019 @ 21:25

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

Dramatic rescue of a badly beaten horse required TWO armed police and an ambulance on standby, writes columnist Susan Weeding

FORGET what you’ve heard. The Spanish police do care for animals. My husband Rod has been there on the front line with Policía Nacional, their

8 Dec, 2019 @ 21:18

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Environment

As Boris Johnson sets his sights on No 10, Amanda Butler looks towards the sale of one of Mallorca’s grandest homes

Having performed a market appraisal, I would have valued it last year somewhere in the region of €9m

8 Dec, 2019 @ 16:47

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

Adam Neale discusses Plusvalia and how land is valued and taxed in Spain

It is important to note that the tax is only applied to the value of the land, and not to the property on it

8 Dec, 2019 @ 15:55

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Property

OPINION: Spain may be hosting the pivotal COP25 climate conference, but Madrid may need to rethink its approach to sustainability

“People are lazy about not using their cars,” says volunteer Cristina Gomez. “There’s no excuse. We have a very good public transport system”

8 Dec, 2019 @ 14:50

Environment·Opinion

Director of Larraín Nesbitt Lawyers, Raymundo Larraín Nesbitt, discusses capital gains tax mitigation when selling property in Spain

On selling property in Spain, you are liable for two taxes: plusvalia and capital gains tax (CGT, for short)

8 Dec, 2019 @ 14:09

Business & Finance·Property

In a new monthly column on the trials of learning Spanish, Charlie Smith makes a lasting impression on his first profesora

By the time Spanish hit the school, I had already scraped a C in GCSE French and vowed never to learn a language again

8 Dec, 2019 @ 13:16

La Cultura·Malaga

British parents arrested as baby NEARLY DIES on Spain’s Costa del Sol after eating their cannabis stash

Officers searching the house found 250 grams of cannabis, 25 grams of hashish, syringes, a weed grinder and other drug paraphernalia

8 Dec, 2019 @ 12:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

After two more gangland killings, Giles Brown calls for end to violence in Marbella and on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Marbella needs to take a long, hard look at the problem before it spirals any further out of control

8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:59

Crime & Law·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Malaga

Police find ‘bone fragments’ in Gibraltar cemetery as they search for missing sailor Simon Parkes, who is feared victim of notorious serial killer

Double murderer Grimson, who told interrogators slitting one of his victims’ throats was better than sex, had been part of the same crew as Simon

8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:42

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Cruel summer for home sales in Spain, writes Mark Stucklin, but the double-digit decline was probably just a blip

Year to date the picture is less negative, with sales down in just over half the selected regions led by the Canary islands, in particular

8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:21

Property

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Flood-hit Costa Blanca town says ‘Gracias’ to all that helped during gota fria

THE PEOPLE of San Fulgencio came together to acknowledge and thank the ‘fantastic and unselfish’ emergency services and volunteers that helped throughout September’s floods that

8 Dec, 2019 @ 10:53

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

WARNING: Thief robs €1,000 from retired British expat using THIS simple cash machine scam that ‘targets elderly’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

"I blame Unicaja for being too slow and the police for – from the sound of it – doing nothing"

8 Dec, 2019 @ 10:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Tancrede de Pola looks ahead to brighter days after a tricky 2019 for mortgages in Spain

As the new year beckons, there are some positive changes to mortgages in store

8 Dec, 2019 @ 10:31

Tancrede de Pola: Mortgage Think Tank

Exclusive interview with 60s Carry On icon and two-time Bond girl Valerie Leon who is hanging out with British expats in Spain’s Andalucia

She shot to fame with the Hai Karate aftershave adverts of the 1970s, which have remained in the national memory ever since

8 Dec, 2019 @ 09:30

Almeria·Celebrity·Lead

FAST FASHION: Andalucia climate protesters expose hypocrisy of Spain’s pre-Christmas ‘spendathon’

Fashion is the world’s second most polluting industry after the oil and gas sector

8 Dec, 2019 @ 09:03

Environment·Granada·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo reveals his views on abortion and far right Vox threat

“If you are progressive, like me, and you're rebellious like me, you want to see these things happen”

8 Dec, 2019 @ 08:35

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Costa del Sol treated to new exhibition by genius American photographer Lee Miller

A nude body bent over in silhouette becoming unidentifiable, a man wearing a bowler hat and a pyramid’s shadow on the sand...

8 Dec, 2019 @ 08:02

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

SPENDING IN SPAIN: It’s tougher saving than shopping, but you’ll be investing in your future, writes Jonathan Holdaway

If you can allocate a portion of savings into some fairly simple, low-risk investments, it will make money for you while you sleep

8 Dec, 2019 @ 07:27

Business & Finance·Columnists

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