August 2021

A home rental scammer has struck again with new cons bringing his total number of frauds to 80. A 31-year-old man has been arrested by the same Guardia Civil officers who detained him in June 2020 for 13 counts of defrauding renters by offering them non-existent properties via online portals. The Guardia said that with […]

FOLLOWING a brief respite from the summer sizzle, temperatures are set to soar again tomorrow, Saturday. Spain’s weather agency AEMET has placed the Costa del Sol, the Guadalhorce Valley and Axarquia, on yellow alert for extreme heat. The colour warning issued by state weather agency AEMET indicates a ‘risk’ due to temperatures approaching 40°C and

If you want to feel closer to Spanish culture and have fun at the same time, you should consider learning card games that originated in Spain. Here are four you should give a go. Burro One fun game expats will love learning is Burro, which you probably know means “donkey” in Spanish. The object of

A WELL-established expat father and son have been implicated in a massive drug smuggling clampdown in Spain. The Scandinavian pair, Lars and Joakim Broberg, are among the 71 people so far arrested in the police operation spanning both Spain and Sweden.  Real estate boss Lars, 80 – the husband of Marbella’s mayor, Angeles Muñoz –

COVID-19 case figures have fallen again on both a daily and weekly basis in the Valencian Community today(August 26). 836 new infections were reported today, compared to 961 a week ago and 1,593 on August 12. The day-to-day comparison shows a fall of 173 cases on Wednesday’s total. Alicante Province is continuing to report the

A chemical tanker docked in Cartagena this morning(August 26) carrying three deceased crew members, including the captain, who were poisoned by a gas leak yesterday. The Liberian-registered chemical products carrier, Global Lake, was operated by a Turkish company. It was carrying a cargo of sunflower oil. The tanker was 50 nautical miles off Murcia’s Cabo

A Cistercian monk from Catalunya has been arrested over the inappropriate sexual touching of a child. The monk, 68, is part of a thirty-strong community at the Royal Monastery of Poblet situated at the foot of the Prades mountains in Tarragona Province. He was detained yesterday(August 25) by the Mossos d’Esquadra over an incident that

ANIMAL welfare associations in La Ribera district (Valencia Province) have issued a cry for help, as numbers of stray cats and dogs continue to spiral while volunteers are becoming increasingly thin on the ground. There are currently rescue shelters in the towns of Alginet, Alzira, Sueca, Cullera, Carcaixent and Alcantara, but spokespeople for these centres

A HUNGARIAN fugitive has been arrested at Malaga airport on suspicion of kidnapping and fraud.   The 27-year-old was taken into police custody after the National Police cuffed him in the car park as he was meeting an accomplice from Hungary. The wanted man, with the initials J.L., was part of a criminal network in

MALAGA will be turned into a lighting spectacular as part of this year’s unique Christmas celebrations. Following the news that many of the Christmas celebrations had to be limited last year due to COVID restrictions, the city council is determined to make things bigger and better than ever come December 2021.   A new festive lighting