October 2021

A DRONE is being used to help feed dogs left stranded by the volcano eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma. As therivers of molten lava continued to gather speed and overspill from the vents in the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, many animals have been trapped and unable to flee. The local government of […]

THE Spanish Government has announced additional funding that the minister of Social Rights hopes will help tackle child poverty in Spain.  The support package includes a direct payment to all families with children who are scraping by on the Minimum Living Wage (IMV). Ione Belarra, leader of junior coalition party Unidas Podemos and minister of Social Rights,

SPAIN’S inflation rate has hit its highest mark since September 2008 due mainly to rising power prices. The National Statistics Institute(INE) said this Thursday that last month’s rate stood at 4%, as opposed to August’s 3.3%. The INE said electricity bills went up by nearly 11% in September and have risen by 44% over 12

A 20-YEAR-OLD has died after being hit by a car on a motorway on the Costa del Sol.  The youngster was killed on the A-7 coast road, near tourist hot spot Puerto Banus, just before 5am on Thursday, October 14. Emergency responders could do nothing to save the 20-year-old and police have launched an inquiry

TYPICALLY overshadowed by its more touristy neighbours Valencia and Andalucia, visitors to Murcia may be surprised to discover the wealth of regional gastronomic delights that can be found along this fertile stretch of Mediterranean coastline. In fact for the second year in a row, Murcia has been nominated as the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy. This

FRAUDSTERS are targeting Gibraltar’s International Bank by sending out fake text messages to trick clients into revealing account information. The Royal Gibraltar Police have warned of the latest scam involving messages purporting to be from the bank asking clients to access a link to confirm their identity and banking details. Messages sent out to clients

SPAIN’s hotel castles are among the finest in the world. Many are beautifully preserved, so why not stay the night? What could be more magical than bedding down like medieval nobility, and waking up to breathtaking views of the coast or countryside.   Castle Cardona PHOTO: Jorge-Franganillo (Flickr) Parador de Cardona (Barcelona) This breathtaking hotel sits

TWIN nine-year-old girls were seriously injured in a car crash on an Elche area road on the Costa Blanca on Wednesday(October 13). Two cars collided ‘head-on’ along the CV-853 at the La Marina roundabout in La Hoya. The twins were travelling with their parents in one vehicle and the other car had two passengers. Firefighters

SPANISH National Police, with the support of EUROPOL, stopped an imminent terror attack on Wednesday after detaining five suspected terrorists in Barcelona and Madrid.   Police swooped on the homes of the suspects and recovered numerous machetes and several rounds of 9-millimeter-caliber ammunition. They also seized equipment used to forge official documents.  The operation, known as

PANIC spread at a university campus in Spain’s Basque Country on Wednesday afternoon after a man fired shots at the window of a building full of students. Authorities evacuated students from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology at Leioa campus of the Basque Country University (UPV) amid fears of a mass shooting. Students took cover