MYSTERY surrounds the fate of three dogs apparently trapped in an area surrounded by lava flow on the island of La Palma. On Wednesday a specialist drone team who were poised to trap and lift the dogs out one by one by unmanned aircraft revealed they had failed to locate the dogs, a local breed […]
MALLORCA is registering record demand for off-plan designer homes this year, surpassing pre-pandemic records. According to German luxury real estate agency Engel & Völkers, the highest demand for top-end homes is from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Austria. “Due to the scarcity of building land, developers have focused on building luxury
A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 20 years after killing an old man at his Costa Blanca holiday home before stealing €651. The unnamed octogenarian victim lived in Leganes on the outskirts of Madrid but had a holiday property in the Babel area of Alicante. The assault happened in June 2019 after the defendant
A Costa Blanca home robbery and drug dealing gang has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. Three men have been arrested over a series of crimes across the region. One of the detained trio was refused bail after a court appearance. They had no hesitation in using violence as they tried to run over
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CARREFOUR Spain has hit the milestone of opening 1,000 Express stores, with over a hundred new outlets launched so far this year. The company has opened more than 100 Express stores in each of the last five years, with the highest number of openings of any retailer in Spain over the past 12 months. Under
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CHINESE billionaire Jack Ma Yun, the founder of Alibaba group, has been spotted cruising around the Balearic Islands in his megayacht. The yacht, which is called Zen, docked in the port of Andratx in Mallorca on Tuesday, where Ma was spotted shopping and on Wednesday it moored near the beach town of Santa Ponsa. The
BRITISH property buyers on the Costa Blanca have fallen by half compared to the pre-COVID pandemic era. Despite the drop-off, UK home purchasers are still the leading group of non-Spanish buyers in the region, according to Alicante Province real estate promoters association, Provia. The group says that Brits bought 605 properties between April and June
FEW places came with such anticipation and the chance to disappoint. It had been six months since I’d interviewed Spain’s chef-of-the-moment Dabiz Muñoz back in 2016, at his restaurant DiverXO… and this was the first available Saturday booking. Back then, the man with the Mohawk had just won his third Michelin star in almost as
GERMAN detectives have been holding high level meetings with their Portuguese counterparts over missing Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner. A team of police from Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria (PJ) have flown to Germany to help in the ongoing investigation, it can be revealed. The aim is to exchange information and strengthen the investigation against Brueckner,
