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3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Playa Flamenca with pool – € 165,000

Playa Flamenca, Alicante 3 beds 1 baths € 165,000 Take a look at this Beautiful Ground Floor Apartment situated in a gated complex in Residencial San Antonio, in Playa Flamenca.

9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

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Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Violent gangs of Spain clash in Palma de Mallorca as police struggle to keep control of the streets

Street gang violence has flared up this week as hordes of youths armed with machetes and baseball bats have clashed in the alleyways of Palma. The city’s police force has been on

9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca

Costa Blanca Mayors In Spain Meet With Police After Worrying Wave Of Home Robberies

Costa Blanca mayors in Spain meet with police after big wave of home robberies in popular expat areas

POLICE in three Costa Blanca municipalities have told people to stay calm after a big rise in home robberies in recent weeks. The situation has caused major concern in the adjoining areas

9 Feb, 2023 @ 11:29

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s Malaga reactivates ambitions plans to have largest urban forest in Mediterranean Europe

PLANS to turn a former toxic wasteland in Malaga into giant urban forest have been reactivated. The platform Bosque Urbano Málaga has presented a project to turn the former Repsol petrol storage

9 Feb, 2023 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Hundreds of Chinese women freed from sexual slavery after raids across Spanish cities

A CHINESE gang has been busted in Alicante and Barcelona as part of a crackdown on Europe’s biggest sex-trafficking and prostitution ring. Policia Nacional raided 34 houses across the two Spanish cities,

9 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

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Authorities agree to move ahead with electric vehicle charging points across Gibraltar to fight climate change

PLANS to roll out charging points for electric vehicles across Gibraltar are going ahead after a government-wide meeting to push towards carbon neutrality. Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia chaired the Gibraltar Net

9 Feb, 2023 @ 09:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

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Three disorientated mountaineers rescued from Spain’s Sierra de las Nieves in blizzard conditions

THREE mountaineers have been rescued after heavy snowfall lashed Spain’s Sierra de las Nieves. The three climbers were left disorientated in sub-zero, snowy conditions after thick fog blanketed the mountain range of

9 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Daytime TV show in Spain’s Andalusia under fire for debating photo of minister with nipples visible through shirt

A DAYTIME television debate show in Andalusia has drawn widespread criticism, even among its own staff, after it dedicated a segment on Tuesday to debating a photo of a government minister whose

8 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Watch out! Car filmed driving on a TRAM LINE in Alicante

A reckless driver was caught on camera haring down the tracks of the tram line in an Alicante town. A viral video shared on Twitter shows the car on the tracks of

8 Feb, 2023 @ 20:00

Alicante·Lead

Far-right Vox party humiliated in no confidence vote against Pedro Sanchez government in Spain

Lawmaker from Spain’s Popular Party accused of aiming death threat at prime minister in Congress

A LAWMAKER from the conservative Popular Party has been accused by his Socialist colleagues of making a death threat against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a session in the Congress of Deputies

8 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain: Concentration In Repulse Of Sexual Assaults

Poll: 22% of women in Spain say they have been sexually assaulted

NEARLY 22% of women in Spain say they have suffered some kind of sexual assault during their lives. That’s a total of 3.5 million female adults. The statistic is one of many

8 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

OLIVE PRESS CAMPAIGN: Bus company Avanza promises to improve services along the coast if demand becomes clear

A MALIGNED transport company has vowed to increase the number of buses along the coast if it sees enough demand for it. It comes as an Olive Press survey found that there

8 Feb, 2023 @ 18:27

Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Cyber offences account for 20% of reported crimes in Spain

Cybercrime accounts for 20% of reported offences in Spain

CYBERCRIME is now accounting for 20% of reported offences in Spain according to Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Speaking in Madrid on Wednesday, Grande-Marlaska said there were over 375,000 cybercrimes last year- up

8 Feb, 2023 @ 17:33

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Woman who split from husband in UK is held captive by family for ‘exorcism’ in Spain’s Andalucia

A woman was locked up by her family for 22 days in Linares because they wanted evil spirits exorcised from her body after she split from her husband in London. Her father-in-law

8 Feb, 2023 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Youth service reaches out to the public to discuss three year plan as it opens a mental health exhibition

GIBRALTAR’S youth service is planning meetings with the wider public ‘to get informed, discuss and identify the needs of young people’, it said in a statement. This week, the Youth Service held

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:49

Gibraltar·Lead

Vending Machine Thief Armed With Drill Caught In Special Police Operation In Spain's Valencia

Spain’s domestic violence epidemic: Woman stabbed by her partner in Valencia almost became murder victim number nine

A Colombian man has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing his partner multiple times in Valencia. A 53-year-old man was arrested at 4am in a house in the city after another

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British embassy: driving licence agreement will be put before Spanish Cabinet ‘very soon’

THE BRITISH embassy in Spain has posted an update on driving licence negotiations, claiming that the agreement that will let UK licence holders legally get back on the roads will be put

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:12

Lead·National News

Rail bosses sacked after new train fleet was too tall for tunnels in northern Spain

TWO people who ordered 31 new trains for the Asturias to Cantabria commuter rail line have been sacked after the rolling stock were too high to get through the tunnels. National rail

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Teenagers collect 80 kilos of rubbish from Gibraltar’s secret beach beside the runway

VOLUNTEERS from the Nautilus Project collected 80kg of rubbish during a clean-up of the fenced-off beach on the eastern end of Gibraltar’s runway recently. The Ministry of Defence invited the NGO so

8 Feb, 2023 @ 14:31

Gibraltar·Lead

The strongest form of protest: Furious Moroccan man sets himself on fire in front of Moroccan consulate in Madrid

There was horror on the streets of Madrid as a visibly furious man set himself ablaze outside the Moroccan embassy, with the motive for such extreme protest still a mystery. An eyewitness

8 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Madrid

Snow And Strong Winds Cause Problems In Mountains Of Spain's Valencia Region

Snow and strong winds cause problems in northern mountains of Spain’s Castellon Province

SNOW and strong winds have struck the hilly areas of Castellon Province in the Valencian Community forcing school closures and road blockages. Valencian authorities have activated an emergency protocol for the interior

8 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

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Police arrest six British contract killers after ‘Mr Flashy pal’ shot in Marbella

An ‘extremely violent’ British murder squad armed with ‘military grade weaponry’ have been arrested for the attempted hit on three Irishmen in Marbella, which included a pal of Dublin boss Mr Flashy.

8 Feb, 2023 @ 12:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News·Premium

Keep the brolly out: ‘Malaga Monsoon’ set to soak the coast for all of Wednesday ahead of stormy conditions for the rest of the week

The ‘Malaga Monsoon’ ruining everyone’s day is set to last throughout all of Wednesday up until midnight, with 40mm of rain forecast. A yellow warning for heavy rain planted over the Costa

8 Feb, 2023 @ 12:40

Lead·Malaga·Premium·Weather

Specialist fire rescue team from Spain’s Valencia joined by chef Jose Andres to help Turkey earthquake victims

A specialist response team of Valencia firefighters has been sent to Turkey to help rescue victims of the earthquake disaster. The crew flew out from Madrid airport to Istanbul on Tuesday, and

8 Feb, 2023 @ 12:12

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in La Duquesa / Puerto de la Duquesa with pool – € 240,000

La Duquesa / Puerto de la Duquesa, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 240,000 A completely renovated apartment in the popular area of La Duquesa Village. Facing south/east with a

8 Feb, 2023 @ 12:05

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Embracing the Sacred Darkness at the House of Light: Death Doula retreat takes place in Órgiva, in Spain’s Granada

THE importance of time, care, and community when people die, or are bereaved, can’t be overstated. And, yet, for many people, these are times of loneliness and isolation. Returning to the Alpujarran

8 Feb, 2023 @ 11:55

Granada·Lead·Other News·Sponsored

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