August 2021

Violent teenage robber floors female shop owner with martial arts kicks on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante tobacco shop owner was subjected to martial arts-style kicks on her body after confronting a teenage thief. The 19-year-old youth was caught by Policia Nacional officers after he threatened self-harm with a broken bottle. The 51-year-old tobacconist from the San Juan beach area of the city told police that the teenager stole several […]

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Couple who offered ‘spirtual healing’ retreats with toad venom and ayahuasca arrested in southern Spain

A COUPLE have been arrested in Callosa de Segura, inland from the Costa Blanca in Spain’s Alicante province after posting videos of their weekend retreats on social media. The husband and wife team offered ceremonies that used banned psychotropic substances to induce a ‘spiritual experience’ for which they charged guests between €75 and €150 a

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Four arrested in Spain’s Malaga for distributing 10,000 antigen tests without complying with health regulations

POLICIA NACIONAL, in coordination with the Provincial Inspection of Health Services of the Junta have dismantled a criminal organisation dedicated to the distribution of unregulated antigen tests. Those arrested, four men, three of Pakistani nationality and the fourth of Moroccan nationality, ran three companies in an industrial estate in the capital of Malaga, where, under

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LISTED: 416 municipalities in Spain’s Andalucia at extreme risk of COVID-19—including the eight provincial capitals

416 MUNICIPALITIES in Spain’s Andalucia, out of a total of 778, are at extreme risk of COVID-19 for exceeding a 14-day cumulative incidence rate of 250 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Scores of municipalities in Andalucia exceed the threshold for extreme risk 15 weeks after the end of the state of alarm, including the eight provincial

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10 things you should know about Federico Garcia Lorca, killed 85 years ago during Spanish Civil War

THE playwright and poet Federico García Lorca was arrested and killed on the orders of rightwing military authorities led by General Francisco Franco in the early weeks of the Spanish Civil War. His death by firing squad on August 18, 1936 – 85 years ago this week – transformed him into one most high profiles victims of

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Spain unveils plans for €20million revamp of A-7 highway on Costa del Sol

SPAIN’S Ministry of Transport has announced one of the biggest, boldest and most far-reaching roads programme for decades along the Costa del Sol. The government is to spend €20million on a range of projects including tunnel building in the Axarquia stretch and resolving problems on some parts of the A-7 motorway. The project, which was

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IN PICS: Keepers hand-rear orphaned newborn gazelle from critically-endangered species at zoo in Spain’s Valencia

A CALF of an incredibly rare gazelle species is being hand reared by keepers at Valencia’s BioParc in eastern Spain after its mother died while giving birth. The Mhorr gazelle mother died during  a ‘difficult delivery’ during which staff had to intervene to save the newborn. Keepers immediately stepped in to hand-rear the newborn accepting

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Afghan refugees in Spain: How many will arrive and what aid is offered to them

A THIRD flight carrying evacuees fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan arrived in Spain on Saturday night at a military airbase close to Madrid where a temporary camp has been set up to house up to 1,000 refugees. The camp alongside the runway at the Torrejon de Ardoz will have the capacity to shelter 1,000 arrivals

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