October 2021

WATCH: Raunchy rap video filmed in Toledo cathedral sparks schism between church authorities in Spain

A COUPLE grinding against each other in a music video is hardly considered risqué these days but the location chosen as the backdrop to the raunchy antics for new release Ateo is causing quite a stir. Because Spanish rapper C Tangana and Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso staged their romp in one of Spain’s most sacred […]

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Revelations: My life with News of the World phone-hacker Greg Miskiw aka the ‘Prince of Darkness’

I LAID awake for several hours wondering how much of me I actually want to reveal, but seeing as I’d already had enough written in the past, maybe it was a fitting time and tribute to my son’s father to tell it how it really was. My son’s father, Greg Miskiw, died recently from cancer.

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Costa Blanca queue-jumping COVID-19 vaccine mayor set for bribery trial in Spain

A Villajoyosa judge says there’s enough evidence to try La Nucia mayor, Bernabe Cano, for COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping. The Partido Popular mayor got an injection at a nursing home on January 6 at a time when inoculations were only available for the elderly. Cano is set to be tried for bribery and administrative prevarication. The

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COVID-19 victims remembered in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, laid a floral tribute this Friday in memory of the 7,805 people who have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the Valencian Community. Puig led the ceremony attended by regional politicians at the City of Arts and Sciences complex in Valencia City. 35 bouquets of white hydrangeas were placed at the

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Spain to give €400 ‘culture vulture pass’ as birthday gift when Spaniard turn 18

SPAIN’S government has announced a birthday gift to all 18-year-olds in the form of a culture voucher worth €400. The culture pass, which can be spent on books, concerts, cinema tickets or museum entrances or even video games, was announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday. Sánchez said the measure would come into force

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Town with mostly overseas residents has myths dispelled regarding Padrón and residency on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, incorporating the popular British expat urbanisation of La Marina, has launched an information campaign about the municipal Padrón and residency applications. The initiative offers useful information for all residents who have doubts about these essential elements of life in Spain. Local Councillor for International Relations, Darren Parmenter, explained “the aim of this initiative

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Dance academy in Spain’s Valencia wins prestigious international prize

A VALENCIA Dance academy celebrated its second birthday last week after being shortlisted for the internationally prestigious Worldwide Dance School of the Year Awards. The Baila con Cameron school is now in its ninth year, and was founded by Anne Walker MBE as a means of celebrating the achievements of dance schools and their dancers,

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Costa Blanca money launderers linked to British-involved pyramid con are arrested in Spain

A San Miguel de Salinas-based money laundering gang that handled €2 million in stolen cash has been broken up by the Guardia Civil. Four ring-leaders have been arrested and charged with money laundering, with further detentions expected. Some of the group have criminal records for robbery. The Guardia Civil got wind of the launderers in

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Massive demonstration over Mar Menor pollution sends message to Murcia government in Spain

PROTESTORS hit Murcia City’s streets on Thursday evening(October 7) to call for action to stop pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon. No official attendance figures were provided by authorities but organisers claimed that 70,000 people took part. The demonstration was called by 200 local groups with participants coming from across Spain. Thousands of dead fish

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