SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has struck an agreement with President Joe Biden to allow two military bases in southern Spain to receive Afghan refugees who worked for the US government before their transfer elsewhere. American bases in Moron de la Frontera near Sevilla and Rota in Cadiz will host those evacuated from Kabul it […]
HOLIDAY discounts of up to 70% in the Valencian Community are available again this autumn for regional residents. The Viatgem voucher scheme came in last October to boost domestic tourism that suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic. Valencian Community residents can apply for the vouchers to be used from September 15 through to December 31.
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SERIAL fraudster Mark Acklom has agreed to be extradited to Spain when he is released early from a UK prison later this month. Acklom who served less than half of the five year and eight months sentence he was given by a judge in the UK for conning a divorcee out of her £800,000 savings,
THE chief of European border agency Frontex has said ‘it would be an honour’ to handle control at Gibraltar’s frontiers under the post-Brexit agreement currently being thrashed out. “If Spain, the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and the European Commission ask Frontex to take on this work or to support this type of task, it would be
AN inmate at Castellon’s Albocasser prison died in the early hours of this morning (Monday) after setting fire to the mattress in his cell in the isolation module. The reasons for the arson attack are still under investigation, but prison sources reveal that this is the third such incident in the same wing in just
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BENIDORM’S Policia Local have arrested a thief who went on a restaurant robbery spree in the city. The serial stealer mainly operated around the Levante beach area of the Costa Blanca resort. The man, aged in his 40s, is said to have stolen over €6,300 from hospitality businesses in just a few days. One restaurant
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A teenager has died at a hospital in Marbella nearly one week after falling off an electric scooter in Mijas. The crash occurred at around 4.30pm on Sunday, 15 August and the victim suffered a broken collarbone, two broken ribs and a blow to the head that caused two blood clots after the horror smash.
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THE Paralympics are just around the corner meaning the Paralympics Spain team are in the final stages of preparation. 139 Spaniards have been selected to compete for Paralympics Spain in Tokyo, with athletes scheduled to compete in 15 different sports. A total of 18 athletes will be coming from Andalucia, with Malaga sending three sports
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FINALLY, more than two years later, the Fallas have returned to Valencia city. By far the region’s most characteristic and world-famous festivity, last year’s cancellation due to COVID was only the sixth occasion when the huge and colourful papier-mâché statues failed to adorn the streets of the capital city since the event was started in
A Petrer teenager says he was the victim of a homophobic assault outside the town’s sports centre last Friday night(August 20). Adrian Palazon, 17, said he decided to make his details public via social media, with the blessing of his parents. He commented that he was now ‘afraid to go out alone’ and was ‘grateful
