Spain’s Valencia throws down New Year fireworks gauntlet to the likes of London and Sydney
VALENCIA is claiming to have lined up an ‘unprecedented’ fireworks display to usher in the New Year on Sunday night. The City Council says it
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New study into alcohol and cigarette consumption among kids aged 12 to 13 in Spain makes shocking findings
MORE than a fifth of children aged 12 to 13 in Spain have drunk alcohol in the last month – the shocking finding from a
Former government minister and Gibraltar International Bank chief star in New Year Awards List
CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo praised former Digital and Financial Services minister Albert Isola who proudly received notice of a CBE in the New Year’s Awards.
Spanish police seize over €117,000 in contraband tobacco smuggled from Gibraltar during raids in Spain’s Andalucia
SPANISH police have seized 26.000 cigarette packs smuggled from Gibraltar valued at €117,000 in two separate raids in Spain’s Andalucia. Guardia Civil agents arrested at
Over 45,000 passengers have New Year flights cancelled due to airport ground staff strike in Spain
THE IBERIA airline group consisting of Iberia, Iberia Express and Air Nostrum has cancelled 444 flights in early January due to a four-day strike by
Spain’s new economy minister is named by Pedro Sanchez and gets sworn in by King Felipe
ECONOMIST and civil servant Carlos Cuerpo has been sworn in as Spain’s new economy and trade minister by King Felipe at a ceremony on Friday.
Carlo Ancelotti agrees two-year contract extension at Real Madrid
LA LIGA leaders Real Madrid have extended Carlo Ancelotti’s contract until 2026, putting paid to Brazil chasing him to become their new coach. Ancelotti had
Far-right activist jailed for ‘offensive’ language while claiming gay people caused monkey pox virus in Spain
A VALENCIA court has sentenced a man to 32 months in prison for a hate crime after he published an article on a far-right website
Police charge Gibraltar man with assault, threats to kill and fear of violence after ex-partner turns him in just after Christmas
A MAN who allegedly beat up and threatened a former woman partner just after Christmas was arrested and charged by the Royal Gibraltar Police. Riyen
Elderly British couple found dead after fire inside their house on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH couple were found dead in their Denia home on Friday following a fire that experts believe could occurred ‘several days’ earlier. One theory
Expat stabs himself to get wife arrested for attempted murder in Spain’s Mallorca
A 58-YEAR-OLD Dutchman has been arrested for trying to frame his wife on an attempted homicide charge at their Mallorca home. The man stabbed himself
Cyber criminals swindle victim out of €237k over property purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 16 people for defrauding a woman out of €237,622 by intercepting and altering emails to trick her during a Costa
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Good news if you have a variable-rate mortgage on a property in Spain
SOME much-needed relief for variable-rate mortgage holders in Spain is coming after a fall in the Euribor index- the benchmark for fixing interest on most
Spain’s inflation rate shows marginal December fall according to latest figures
THE RATE of annual inflation in Spain held steady in December hitting 3.1% according to provisional figures published on Friday by the National Statistics Institute.
Pablo goes from strength to strength on 50th anniversary of his death: Picasso Museum posts record visitors in 2023
THE Picasso Museum in Malaga has revealed that it set a new record in 2023, attracting an impressive 779,279 visitors. This figure surpasses the previous
The year ends with a bang for Spain’s overworked customs police as TWO TONNES of cocaine are seized in Tenerife
IN a year of humongous cocaine busts in Spanish ports, 2023 signs off with a hefty – but by no means record-breaking – haul of
Blackmailers extort vast sums of money from men wanting sex in Spain
A GANG who blackmailed website users looking to meet young women for sex has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. 13 people have been
Pedro Sanchez visits Spanish troops who are part of NATO mission in Iraq
PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez visited Spanish troops working in Iraq on Thursday and toured one of their bases. 362 military personnel from Spain are deployed
Violent and dangerous fugitive with links to Italian mafia is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FUGITIVE with links to the Italian mafia who was wanted by Belgian and Dutch authorities has been arrested on a Costa Blanca urbanisation. The
Electric scooters BANNED on all buses and metros in Spain’s Andalucia from start of new year after explosions
ELECTRIC scooters will be temporarily banned on buses and metro trains in Spain’s Andalucia from the new year, the regional government has decreed. The Junta
Brazilian kidnap gang snatch elderly man in Portugal and leave him tied to a tree in Barcelona robbed of €100,000: Arrests made in Torremolinos
A WEALTHY Portuguese businessman was kidnapped from his home and driven on a harrowing 1,200km journey across Spain before being left tied to a tree
Covid and flu cases rise as temperatures fall in Spain’s Valencia region
COVID infections have increased by 83% in the last week to reach 247.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the Valencian Community compared to 135.1 the
BREAKING Christmas jailbreak update: Police issue wanted notice for escaped hitman, 20, as major manhunt gets underway
A MAJOR police manhunt is underway after a ‘highly dangerous’ Ceuta hitman slipped out of a Madrid jail the day before Christmas Eve. The Policia
Police arrest man who gagged, threatened, beat up and extorted his two Colombian housemates in Spain’s Costa del Sol
POLICE are searching for three suspects who gagged, extorted, threatened with a firearm and beat up two Colombian nationals in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Guardia