Tag: Zaragoza
Spain postpones decision on ending compulsory indoor mask wearing as Covid-19 infections tumble
NO decision was made on Thursday over when indoor mask-wearing rules will be relaxed in Spain.
Last weekend, Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, speculated that mandatory...
Bogus companies across Spain used as window-dressing in waste disposal scam
THREE people are being probed by the Guardia Civil for illegally storing 700 tonnes of industrial waste via a network of bogus companies.
The Guardia's...
Police in Spain bring down Chinese prostitution network that pocketed €5 million
A Bilbao-based Chinese prostitution gang that banked an estimated €5 million has been smashed by the Policia Nacional.
63 people have been arrested- 61 of...
Costa Blanca-based ‘smishing’ con fleeces €600,000 out of unsuspecting bank customers in Spain
A nationwide con saw 106 bank customers robbed of €600,000 from their accounts after they unknowingly provided access to their 'log-in' and personal details.
Operation...
Man dies after stabbing himself in the chest while naked in front of fountain in Spain’s Zaragoza
A MAN fatally stabbed himself when he plunged a blade through his naked chest in front of the Plaza de Roma in Zaragoza.
The 30-year-old...
EUTHANASIA DEBATE: Woman ‘ignored’ after asking to be painlessly killed in Spain’s Zaragoza takes own life
AN elderly woman crippled by a painful hip condition that left her bedridden in constant pain, has killed herself after her pleas for euthanasia...
Booze and drug-fuelled Volvo driver in high speed trip on wrong side of Costa Blanca highway in Spain
A drunk and drugged up Costa Blanca driver drove for 50 kilometres on the wrong side of a dual carriageway.
The motorist, 34, hit a...
Mercadona gets €2.5 million fine for installing facial-recognition cameras in their supermarkets in Spain
MERCADONA has been fined €2.5 million by Spain's data protection agency over a 'facial recognition' system trial.
The aim was to spot supermarket customers that...
Spanish rapper not guilty of cutting off British roommate’s penis in Zaragoza after ‘self-mutilation’ confession
A Zaragoza man has been cleared of cutting off the penis of his British roommate with a kitchen knife after the 'victim' changed his...
Dumb thieves travel 400 kilometres to break Benidorm curfew and are identified after supermarket robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THREE young robbers travelled over 400 kilometres from Zaragoza to Benidorm to break into a couple of supermarkets by smashing the windows with manhole...
Man in Spain swamped by 4 metre wall of foam
A WAREHOUSE worker in Spain had to be rescued when a fire suppression system went off, releasing a tidal wave of foam.
Fire crews in...
BREAKING: Fifth coronavirus death in Spain confirmed
CORONAVIRUS has claimed its fifth victim in Spain.
Football coach in Spain’s Zaragoza sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing EIGHT children
A FOOTBALL coach in Spain has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for abusing eight children
WATCH: Tonne of narcotics found hidden in furniture leaving Costa Blanca’s Alicante for France – 18 arrested
A DRUGS trafficking operation that transported tonnes of narcotics between Alicante and France has been busted by National Police.
https://youtu.be/5ZxUd2i_3Ww
A total of 18 arrests were...
Body of British expat dad pulled from submerged car in reservoir in Spain after he vanished three months ago
The SUV was submerged around 200 meters from the shore with only the upper part visible
British expat in Spain who ‘asked friend’ to cut off his penis seemed ‘normal’ hours before but ‘struggled with...
The man was found staggering around Zaragoza dismembered and bloodied
Police in Spain help man with AMPUTATED PENIS in bizarre self-harm case
The man has been rushed to the Hospital Miguel Servet but it is not known if doctors managed to reattach it
Tourist hospitalised after being gored by bull with flaming horns at festival in Spain
He is now believed to be in intensive care suffering a blood clot in the brain
Panic in Spain as knife-wielding ‘terrorist’ shot dead while car ploughs into pedestrians
AT least three people have been injured after a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into pedestrians in Spain.
A manhunt is underway for the...
Ryanair has just announced three new routes from Spain
PASSENGERS will now be able to fly between Palma and Santander, Valladolid and Zaragoza.
The new routes will operate during June to September this year and...
‘Drug-taking advice’ pamphlet by Spain town hall tells users to ‘crush their cocaine properly’ after comparing it to paracetamol
A SPANISH town hall has released a pamphlet offering advice on how to take drugs 'properly'.
The local government, a coalition of leftist parties Podemos, Izquierda...
BETTER TOGETHER: Passionate rally takes place outside Malaga Town Hall ahead of Catalonian Referendum
OVER six hundred Malagueñans gathered in a last minute show of fervent Spanish unity ahead of the Catalonian referendum on Sunday.
The gathering was organised...
Expat demands justice after his cars impounded due to a British company being probed over fraud
Police uncovered potential criminal dealings at the now defunct company Import Spain
The fight for mortgage justice for home owners in Spain
The abusive nature of these contractual clauses, which makes them void, stems from the description made by the Supreme Court
PICTURE SPECIAL: Beautiful supermoon pictures captured in Spain
Some of the best come from talented photographers in Andalucia
Spain’s pirate-matador gored in the face AGAIN five years after losing his eye
Five years after losing his left eye in a horrific goring, Juan Jose Padilla has taken another horn to the face
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This town in Malaga province has been crowned the best in Spain to spend New Year’s Eve
PRESTIGIOUS travel magazine ‘Viajar’ has chosen a Malaga town as the best spot to ring in the New Year.
Celebrations on December 31 grow more...
