July 2021

STEPHEN YAXLEY-LENNON, aka Tommy Robinson, has been told to pay £100,000 damages to a schoolboy that he libelled in 2018, with an estimated £500,000 is legal costs to settle, too. The diminutive ex-convict fraudster made headlines last year when he announced he was seeking refuge in Marbella, despite persistently campaigning against refugees entering the UK […]

SPAIN’S Health Minister, Carolina Darias, says the rate of new COVID-19 cases is slowing down thanks to the country’s vaccination programme. In an interview today(July 23) with Onda Cero Radio, Carolina Darias said: “Latest national contagion figures show new infections are decreasing and many communities are beginning to flatten the curve.” Yesterday’s Health Ministry figures

SPAIN’S weather agency AEMET has issued weather warnings in many parts of the country with some places reaching temperatures of 42ºC. Red alerts are in place in parts of Aragon in northeastern Spain while a more than a dozen other provinces are on amber alert. By Friday afternoon (July 23) temperatures will hit their peak,

PLANS to build 120 new homes in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol have been unveiled this week. The property developer Grupo Insur has announced an investment of €23 million and has secured 10,802 square metres of land.  The complex, designed by CHS Architects (from Sevilla) will be located on Calle Juan Benitez, near the

Sue Wilson of Bremain in Spain analyses the first report from the House of Lords European Affairs Committee which explores the issues surrounding the rights of citizens in Europe post Brexit. On 25 May 2021, I was honoured to present evidence to the newly formed House of Lords European Affairs Committee. The topic was citizens’

MERCADONA has been fined €2.5 million by Spain’s data protection agency over a trial ‘facial recognition’ system. The aim was to spot supermarket customers that had restraining orders issued against them for attacking their staff. The pilot scheme operated in 48 stores for several months in the Valencian Community, Mallorca, and Zaragoza areas. The company

ANDALUCIA has exported more agricultural goods this year than ever before with sales reaching €5.9 billion in the first five months. The southern peninsula now leads the agri-food market in Spain, contributing almost one in four euros (24.1%) to national sales (€24.6 billion). One of the biggest reasons for the 4.9% growth is down to

THE tragic case of a bull that escaped from the bullring in Algemesi (Valencia) two years ago and was shot dead by the Local Police has been closed this week with a €3,000 fine. In September 2019, during the last bullfighting event that has taken place in the town since the arrival of COVID, one

NEW rules were brought in on Monday that means Brits vaccinated on the NHS can avoid quarantine when returning from Spain as it is currently on the amber list, but that could be about to change. While many expats have been left furious at the “nonsensical” decision not to include those vaccinated outside the UK

As crowds head to the beach to escape the summer sun, authorities in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalunya are trialling the use of drones to monitor crowds to curb mounting Covid-19 cases.  The pilot project will operate until August 22 in the town of Sitges and should allow authorities to react faster if beaches