August 2021

WHOLESALE electricity prices in Spain will hit a new record figure tomorrow(August 26). The news comes as three small political parties in Congress- Mas Pais, Compromis, and Nuevas Canarias have demanded a commission of inquiry to investigate the price hikes and future strategy. The average daily wholesale market price will reach €122.76 per megawatt hour(MWh) […]

COVID-19 infections have recorded another drop on a week-to-week basis in the Valencian Community. 1,059 new coronavirus cases were reported today(August 25) compared to 1,290 cases a week ago and 2,297 infections on August 4. As has been the case for most of the pandemic, the Wednesday figure is always higher than the previous day,

WAITERS at one of Marbella’s most fashionable restaurants have profited from a bizarre one-upmanship between strangers who appear to have too much money to burn. After a recent meal, a Catalan businessman added a €4,098 tip to his bill to show his solidarity to the waiting staff after an earlier diner went viral with a

MURCIA and Alicante are the most vulnerable cities in Spain to possible earthquake damage, according to an Alicante University survey. Researchers have examined the probability of reinforced concrete buildings collapsing in a tremor similar to that suffered in Lorca in 2011(pictured above). They’ve produced an updated map outlining the consequences of a seismic shock based

A drunk motorist was collared by police after taking his car for a evening drive on a popular Costa Blanca beach. The man was six times over the alcohol limit. He was detained on El Pinet beach in the La Marina area of the southern Costa Blanca last Sunday night(August 22) at around 9.30 pm.

SEVEN separate organisations have joined together to lobby local authorities in their efforts to clean up the Vega Baja area of the Costa Blanca. Together, they’re proposing a Citizen Assembly to increase interaction and democratic control of the Consortium of Council of Waste. They intend pushing for the correct implementation of plans for waste management

VALENCIA port is currently enjoying a surge in activity regarding Spanish wine exports. Over the first six months of the year, shipments leaving the regional capital shot up by 54% compared to the same period in 2020, and 48% with regards to 2019. An estimated 609,000 tonnes of wine produced in the country passed through

THE DAD of two children who went missing in Tenerife has been arrested in Portugal. Police arrested Caldas da Rainha, a Portuguese municipality around 100 kilometers from Lisbon, on Tuesday.  The children, Kristian and Amantia Toska, went missing from Germany in January along with their father and were last spotted on the Spanish island.  Reports

A 15-year old boy went on an early morning joyride on around La Manga on Murcia’s Mar Menor coast after taking his mother’s car keys. He admitted to police that it was the fifth time he had done it and was joined by three children on his latest illegal jaunt. San Javier Policia Local officers

POLICE in Barcelona are investigating the ‘violent’ death of a two-year-old boy at a hotel in the city.  Cops rushed to the Hotel Concordia on Avinguda del Paral·lel at around 10.30pm on Tuesday after receiving reports that the body of a toddler had been found inside the hotel room.  Emergency services also attended the hotel