CUSTOMS officers pounced in San Pedro del Pinatar as a fishing boat cargo of 4.3 tonnes of hashish was being unloaded. A refrigerated lorry pulled up at the dock and three men were arrested as they started to fill it up with 130 parcels of the drug. Tax Agency officials have maintained a surveillance operation […]
AS the sun sets on summer, mushroom hunters across Spain take up the challenge of tracking down their favourite wild and wonderful edible fungi, found in far flung forested areas across the country. Mushrooms are an essential ingredient in any traditional Spanish kitchen. They are often at the centre of a meal, and sometimes they
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A leading Spanish steelmaker has slashed production at one of its factories due to the big hike in electricity prices. They say that power costs have risen by 400% in a year, which it described as ‘exorbitant’. Sidenor has now cut back ‘special steel’ manufacture at its Bilbao base for at least 20 days until
AN annual olive oil conference organised by a top American university is heading to Spain this December. The event to be held in Jaen, at the heart of Spain’s olive oil producing area, has been put together by the Yale School of Public Health. Spain is the world’s biggest producer of olive oil accounting for
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DANCING at nightclubs returns this Wednesday(October 13) to the Murcia region. In a new relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, nightlife businesses which currently close at 4.00 am, will now be able to return to their full licensing hours. They will be allowed to operate at 75% capacity. People can also take to the dance floor, so
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Apartment Puerto Calero, Lanzarote 1 beds 1 baths € 175,000 This modern Bungalow is located in the attractive Marina Azul resort by the luxury marina of Puerto Calero. The property consists of 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom a separate fully fitted kitchen with solana and laundry area, bright and spacious dining/lounge area leading onto
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SPAIN has said it will launch a new evacuation operation to extract those Afghans who worked for Spanish authorities and are now at risk from the Taliban. Spain’s Defence Ministry announced on Sunday that new plans were being drawn up with help from the foreign ministry for a new evacuation mission to estract those not
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A revenge attack has seen three young men arrested in Gandia for trying to kill three minors by ploughing into their bicycles with a car. The incident happened on September 28 but the Policia Nacional have only just released details. Two groups of youths were involved in a brawl two days earlier where one of
A FLOWERY basin where General Francisco Franco carried out his daily ablutions when at his summer palace in Galicia is at the centre of a legal row between the Spanish state and the heirs of the fascist dictator. The dictator’s family are trying to claim back 52 items from the Pazo de Meiras, in Sada,
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THE Northern flank of La Palma volcano has collapsed sending hot boulders the size of three-storey buildings down the side of the volcano. The volcanic eruption that began on September 19 in the area of Cumbre Vieja, on the island of La Palma, has completed three weeks of activity this Sunday, October 10, leaving almost
