October 2021

BENIDORM’S coronavirus infection rate is three times higher than national average. The figures come as the popular Costa Blanca resort is welcoming an autumn influx of British and international tourists. UK arrivals have substantially risen as nearly all COVID testing requirements have been removed for people returning home. There is no documented proof that foreign […]

SAN FULGENCIO, incorporating the popular expat urbanisation of La Marina, has produced a free recipe book publicizing the traditional gastronomy of the municipality.  The town’s mayor, José Sampere, launched the book at the town’s Plaza de la Constitution on Tuesday, October 12, with Tourism Councillor, Darren Parmenter. Parmenter indicated that, “with the preparation of this

AUTHORITIES ordered another 700 residents to flee their homes on Tuesday as a new river of molten lava advanced towards the residential area of La Laguna.  The Cumbre Vieja volcano has now been erupting for over three weeks and has forced more than 7,000 people from their homes across the island as well as devastating

A Valencian Community rock and indie music festival will be the first mass music event in Spain to demand a COVID-19 certificate for attendees. The SanSan Festival will take place in Benicassim in Castellon Province between October 29 and 31. The event organisers hope to stage a normal event similar to pre-pandemic times. They see

A street in a Murcia region was plunged into chaos this Tuesday morning when a man threw Molotov Cocktails at several cars and fired a shotgun at police officers. Residents on Molina de Segura’s Gran Via were stirred from their sleep at around 6.15 am when the man, 52, set fire to seven cars, six

A DISABLED eight-year-old boy has been found after an enormous search operation involving thermal cameras, helicopters, dogs, police and an army of volunteers.  The boy disappeared on Monday after losing his bearings in Llanera, in Lleida. The efforts of the search and rescue team paid off, and the Catalan Fire Brigade confirmed on Twitter that

BOOS and whistles rang out from part of the crowd watching Tuesday’s National Day celebrations in Madrid, prompted by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s name coming over the public address system. Spectators opposed to the Sanchez-led left-wing coalition government shouted slogans calling for his resignation. The holiday military parade was cancelled last year due to the

SPAIN is trying to find the relatives of thousands of Hungarian Jews that were saved from the Nazis by a diplomat branded as the ‘Spanish Schindler’. German industrialist Oskar Schindler famously saved 1,200 Jews during World War Two, with his story being turned into the 1993 film ‘Schindlers List’. Diplomat, Angel Sanz Briz, used a

AUTHORITIES on the Canary Island of La Palma ordered around 3,000 residents to stay indoors amid fears of toxic gases released when lava from the volcano destroyed a cement works. Thick black cloud billowed above the the towns of El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridano on the west of the island, as the cement

MARBELLA’S Puerto Banus has a reputation of being the kind of place where high-end shopping meets fancy restaurants, along with partying crowds hitting the nightclubs.  So stumbling across an independent English bookshop there, Bookworld Puerto Banus is something of a rarity and a joy for locals and tourists alike.  It’s nearly closing time on a