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Over €8 Million To Be Spent This Spring And Summer Removing Biomass Pollution From Mar Menor Lagoon In Spain

Over €8 million to be spent in six months removing biomass from shores of Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

THE Murcia government will spend nearly €8.5 million between April and September to remove biomass and ova from the Mar Menor lagoon. Visiting Playa Honda

9 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

AliExpress to open first physical store in Spain’s Malaga this coming Saturday

ALIEXPRESS, an Alibaba subsidiary, is due to open its first physical store on the Costa del Sol this Saturday, March 11. The so-called ‘Chinese Amazon’

9 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Ca'n Picafort with garage – € 240,000

Ca'n Picafort, Majorca 2 beds 1 baths € 240,000 This well-kept 65m2 apartment is in a prime location only a few hundred metres

9 Mar, 2023 @ 12:05

Featured Property

Three Workers Killed In Potash Mine Accident In Spain's Catalunya

Three workers killed as mine shaft collapses in Spain’s Catalunya

THREE men died on Thursday after a mine shaft collapsed at a Barcelona province potash mine. Emergency services were alerted about an incident at the

9 Mar, 2023 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

UK tourists focus on holiday breaks in Spain as Greece and Turkey get shunned due to Ukraine war

British holidaymakers rejoice: ETIAS tourist tax date pushed back to 2024

The EU’s new tourist tax that’s set to charge Brits and others €7 to enter the Schengen zone has been pushed back to 2024. The

9 Mar, 2023 @ 11:39

Lead·Travel News

REVEALED: Where UK businesses are investing the most in Spain

THE Madrid region was the most popular part of Spain for British investment during the first nine months of 2022 according to figures produced by

9 Mar, 2023 @ 11:15

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

Bring Self-Care Home: Decor Tips for a Healing Space

It’s easy to overlook the importance of creating a cosy and comfortable indoor space – especially if you live in a country that offers plenty

9 Mar, 2023 @ 10:48

Health·Property

Anaesthetist From Spain's Valencia Gets Parole After 1,933 Jail Term For Infecting 275 Patients With Hepatitis C

Anaesthetist from Spain’s Valencia gets parole after 1,933 year jail sentence for infecting 275 patients with hepatitis C

A Valencia anaesthetist has been paroled after receiving a 1,933 year prison sentence for spreading hepatitis C to 275 patients in regional hospitals between 1988

9 Mar, 2023 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Complex multinational drug trafficking gang confesses in Mallorca court in Spain to importing and selling coke and heroin

A multinational narco trafficking gang has confessed to running a complex operation to import drugs they had swallowed or stashed in their luggage and sell

9 Mar, 2023 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Gibraltar International Art Exhibition e

Stunning £3,000 up for grabs in Gibraltar spring art competition this coming May

LOCAL artists could take home a stunning £3,000 if they can win Gibraltar’s annual Spring Visual Arts Competition to be held in May this year.

9 Mar, 2023 @ 09:15

Gibraltar·Lead

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Cold and rain gives way to summer-like temperatures with highs of 29ºC forecast for weekend in Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE week, which began with rain, cloud and wind, will end in Malaga with sunshine and summer-like temperatures, with highs that could hit 30ºC in

9 Mar, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Teenager arrested for planning highschool massacre in Spain’s Mallorca and trying to frame classmate

A teenage boy has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca for threatening to carry out an American-style highschool massacre against his classmates. The 14-year-old posted

8 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Lead·Mallorca

Women on top: 20 Mighty powerful Spanish business leaders who happen to be female (Part 1)

They get everywhere, powerful women. Here in Spain, they’re in politics doing important things like running the country’s economy and defence – and Madrid. They

8 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Lead

Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women In Spain

New study reveals women are not happy with their portrayal in advertising

Women are fed up with the way the media present them and a recent study showed 94% of women don’t identify with their portrayal in

8 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Lead·Other News

Kidnap, crypto and Ukrainians: The multimillion-euro scandal that looks to have defrauded hundreds in Spain and Gibraltar

A KIDNAPPING of two expats foiled by Spanish police last year is linked to an enormous crypto currency scandal set to rock Spain and Gibraltar,

8 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Alicante·Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

A story of change: Spain’s move to democracy and the women’s rights that followed

While men and women are treated equally by law, many women still report sexist behaviour and ‘machista’ attitudes. Some of the most outmoded attitudes hark

8 Mar, 2023 @ 17:00

La Cultura·Lead

Flight from Johannesburg to London forced to make late night emergency landing in Barcelona due to engine problem

A Virgin Atlantic flight from Johannesburg to London Heathrow was forced to divert to Barcelona after the crew declared an emergency. The Boeing 787-9 was

8 Mar, 2023 @ 16:42

Barcelona·Lead

Feminism Takes To The Streets Of Spain With Massive Marches To Advance Towards Equality

Women’s Day marches in Spain marred by splits in feminist movement and political infighting

FOR THE first time, in 2022 there were two separate marches in Spain for International Women’s Day. This year the scene will be repeated, but

8 Mar, 2023 @ 16:23

Lead·National News·Politics

UK hits back at the European Union’s Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax with one of its own

THE UK is set to introduce a new requirement for visa-exempt visitors to Britain which will see them fill in an online form and pay

8 Mar, 2023 @ 16:21

Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Customs officers charge two Gibraltar men with £22 million money laundering over illegal cigarette sales

CUSTOMS in Gibraltar charged a local man for allegedly money laundering over £22 million from undeclared tobacco sales from 2015 to 2019. Authorities arrested Rajesh

8 Mar, 2023 @ 16:16

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

At The Derby In June 1913 A Suffragette Called Emily Davison Threw Herself In Front Of The King's Horse At Tattenham Corner And Died From The Injuries She Received. Her Funeral Was Made The Occasion Of A Suffragette Parade.

Glass ceilings: Winning women the vote with opposition from a surprising source

The UK has Emmiline Pankhurst, Spain has Clara Campoamor when it comes to icons of women’s suffrage. Born in Madrid, Campoamor was one of the

8 Mar, 2023 @ 16:15

Lead

Gibraltar minister calls for more ‘action’ to secure women’s rights at work and at home

MINISTER for Equality Samantha Sacramento called on Gibraltar to ‘take action to ensure that equity becomes a reality’ on International Women’s Day (IWD). Sacramento was

8 Mar, 2023 @ 15:49

Gibraltar·Lead

Drug mules posed as tourists to smuggle cocaine to Spain’s Castellon area from Peru

A cocaine trafficking gang that employed mules posing as tourists flying to Madrid from Peru has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. The drugs

8 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

Feminist Demonstration In Barcelona 2021

Women without a name: A new study finds that men dominate media articles by more than 250%

The media in 2023 continues to under represent and misportray women. ‘Pedro Sanchez’s wife denounces talk show host’ was the headline of various mainstream papers

8 Mar, 2023 @ 15:30

Lead

Lanzarote joins the Balearics in seeking to shut out Brit tourists in favour of Germans

Lanzarote has become the latest sun-soaked Spanish island to complain about low-spending Brit tourists and court the Germans instead. The Canary Island joins the Balearic

8 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Discipline and fearless determination: key things a woman needs to get in on business

She learnt early that to get ahead in business in Spain she had to be fearlessly determined, a quality she has in spades thanks to

8 Mar, 2023 @ 14:15

Dear Jennifer, with Jennifer Cunningham·Lead

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