October 2021

Gibraltar hails return of cruise tourism as Fred Olsen’s Borealis docks on maiden voyage to the Rock

GIBRALTAR gave a warm welcome to new cruise ship MS Borealis on its maiden voyage to the Rock with its arrival hailed as a sign that “the cruise industry is getting back on track”. Gibraltar’s Minister for Enterprise and Tourism, Vijay Daryanani, was at the quayside at 8am on Wednesday, October 13, to welcome the […]

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Gibraltar police officers awarded Spain’s Order of Merit for cross-border police cooperation against criminal gangs

Two officers from Gibraltar’s police force have been honoured for their work with Spain’s Guardia Civil in tackling money laundering and drug trafficking crimes. In a display of the close collaboration and a sign of the “excellent working relationship” between the two forces, the RGP officers were awarded Spain’s Order of Merit in a ceremony

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Alicante area sweatshop owner in Spain ‘locked up’ workers for poorly paid 12 hour shifts with no COVID-19 protection

A textile factory owner has been arrested in Alicante Province for running a sweatshop that exploited employees. The businessman, 44, was detained by the Policia Nacional in Cocentaina on a charge of breaching workers rights. Police said his company was regarded as a ‘leading clothes recycling company’ in Spain. Workers had to endure 12-hour daily

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The 13 birds to look out for in Andalucia and across southern Spain this autumn

FOR seasoned ornithologists and amateur birdwatchers alike, Andalucia is the perfect place to seek out some spectacular avian species. The region is home to hundreds of varieties of feathered friends, from kites and kestrels to bitterns and bustards, and many of them are found nowhere else on earth. These 13 high-flying highlights have got birdwatchers

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VIDEO: Watch rivers of lava carry huge boulders from Spain’s La Palma volcano as experts warn no sign of end to eruption

DRAMATIC footage captured by drone shows the red hot lava flows carrying huge boulders surging towards the sea on the island of La Palma. [embedded content] The rivers of molten rock are flowing faster now, surging from the vents in the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge towards the sea and destroying everything in their path. Arrancamos

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Load of bull! Instagram removes Isabel Diaz Ayuso’s bullfighting photo in Las Ventas for ‘extreme violence’ breach

ISABEL Diaz Ayuso’s Instagram post has been taken down from the Community of Madrid Instagram after she shared photos of herself in the Las Ventas bullring with the bullfighting journalist David Casas. The 42-year-old politician uploaded an image of her in a mask taking a selfie inside the Plaza de Torros during the last San

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Former police boss Jose Villarejo facing jail term for ‘running 20 year spying and corruption operation’ that implicated Spain’s great and good

WITH a network of crooked politicians, dirty cops, wiretaps and secret bank accounts, it might be the plot of a blockbuster Hollywood crime thriller. But these are just some of the astonishing accusations that have come to light in the ongoing ‘caso Kitchen’, that  saw  former National Police chief Jose Villarejo and six other policemen

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Iceland do it first and Spanish men at 19…according to world map showing average age people lose their virginity

MOST Spanish men lose their virginity at 19 according to a study that has pinpointed the average age for first-time sex in 35 countries. Icelandic teens are apparently the first to slip between the sheets with the average boy losing their virginity at 15.3 in the notoriously liberal country.  According to the report by Manual,

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Developers of unfinished Trampolin Hills urbanisation in Spain’s Murcia go on trial for defrauding overseas home buyers

TWO men accused of conning foreign property buyers at a Murcia development have gone on trial and blamed each other. One of them claimed to judges that he could not ‘read Spanish’ and ‘didn’t understand loans’. Antonio Martinez and his business partner Rafael Aguilera both face seven years in jail if convicted of fraud at

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