September 2021

LA PALMA VOLCANO: Animals suffer and change behaviour as eruptions continue

WILDLIFE on the island of La Palma is facing a crisis as its volcano continues to erupt. Manuel Nogales from the The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), who has been studying biodiversity in the area for 40 years, hammered home the disastrous effects of the eruption, saying: “For wildlife, the scenario is that of a […]

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Spain extends COVID-19 non-essential travel ban for unvaccinated visitors from most non-EU countries

SPAIN has extended the existing entry ban on non-essential travel by non-vaccinated travels from a long list of non-EU countries for another month. The Interior Ministry published the decision to extend the ban that was introduced on July 17 in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on Thursday. The ban will now last until the end

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Rare classics celebrated with Open Day at Premier Bodyshop on Costa del Sol

VEHICLE repair specialist, Premier Bodyshops, celebrated a classic car open day on Saturday, September 25. Aiden Hammond, the company director said that the ‘whole street was full of amazing and rare classics’, many of which were restored by Premier. A Bird’s-eye view of the classic cars on the open day – @premierbodyshop The event had

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EXPLAINER: These are the new COVID-19 measures—including face mask rules—in Spain’s Andalucia from Friday

HALF of Andalucia’s health districts are set to be given the green light to transition into Alert Level 0. Following a meeting by the territorial committee of High Impact Public Health Alerts on Wednesday afternoon, Junta president, Juanma Moreno, has announced the measures that will be in place in those municipalities that drop to Alert

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Unsettling statue of ‘drowning girl’ disturbs onlookers in the north of Spain

ALMOST imperceptible against the glassy waters of Bilbao’s River Nervion, an eerie human face stares out from the tide.  But the unsettling lifelike body – which reveals itself daily as the tide recedes  – is a new, thought-provoking art installation under the Zubi Zuri bridge in the north of Spain.  Contemporary artist Ruben Orozco designed

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Thank you for the music: Clock in Spain pays moving musical tribute to Paco de Lucia

IT is seven years since flamenco guitarist and songwriter Paco de Lucia died suddenly from a heart attack while on a family holiday in Mexico.  But for many, the legend of the pioneering Spanish musician lives on. Not least in the coastal town of Algeciras in Cadiz, where De Lucia was born and raised.  And

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Cheers to that! HEINEKEN opens the way to green distribution in Spain with fleet of eco trucks

HEINEKEN’S pints are becoming greener than ever thanks to a new fleet of eco delivery trucks launched in Sevilla.  Specially designed for the most sustainable transport of cayas by Andalucian brand Scoobic, the zero-emission vehicles mean the beers can arrive at bars with a lower CO2 footprint.  The firm has now rolled out a new

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Deepika Padukone set to jet into Spain’s Mallorca to shoot new Bollywood film

BOLLYWOOD royalty Deepika Padukone will be reportedly jetting into Mallorca to shoot scenes for her upcoming movie Pathan. A source said that the aim is to make the film, which also starsShah Rukh, a visual spectacle that no one has seen before with its director Siddharth Anand going out of his way to achieve this

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Spain braced for travel chaos over October puente as eight days of rail strike called

SPAIN’S train drivers and railway workers have called an eight days of strike beginning Thursday September 30 and lasting into the bank holiday weekend. The union for train drivers and railway assistants (Semaf), which represents 85% of train drivers working across Spain announced the strikes on Tuesday afternoon.  The move is likely to cause travel

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Vaccination centre closes its doors with 90% of local teenagers jabbed against Covid-19 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA’S El Escorratel social centre has now packed away vaccination equipment and returned to its traditional function, after immunising 90% of local people aged 12 and over. On the morning of September 29, the Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascunana, joined colleagues in publicly thanking the health staff of the Orihuela Health Department for their work

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