ANTONIO Banderas is back in his hometown of Malaga to sing of lost friends and lovers. The acting legend wasn’t being deliberately melancholy; his performance at Soho CaixaBank theatre in the city was part of rehearsals for his upcoming new musical theatre show, Company. In a post to Instagram, he wrote: “Happy to present to […]
THE minister flew to Madrid to meet with expat campaign groups before holding a series of meetings with counterparts in the Spanish government to ‘iron out’ issues that have emerged under the Withdrawal Agreement. The Minister for Europe held meetings with representatives from expat campaign groups including Bremain in Spain, Brexpats, British Benevolent Fund, and
A FREE COMPETITION has been launched to name a cute young guide dog puppy. As part of their ongoing support for the ONCE Foundation for Guide Dogs (FOPG), Specsavers Ópticas is running the competition during October. The lucky winner will have the honour of naming the guide dog puppy, as well as winning a prize
A MAN, confirmed as Irish by local police, drowned whilst swimming off the coast of Alicante at around 5.30pm on Thursday. The man got into difficulties after going for a swim at Albufereta beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca. On Friday local police confirmed that: “the deceased was an Irish national”. Local fishermen spotted him floating
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RAILWAY strikes have caused chaos and misery for travellers across Spain for the second consecutive day as hundreds of trains are cancelled, leaving thousands in limbo. During rush hour on Friday morning 179 trains were cancelled in Catalonia, Valencia and in Madrid according to Renfe, despite assurances that minimum services would run throughout the eight-day
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A MAN who beat his 75-year-old father to death after discovering he had been abusing his nine-year-old son has been cleared of murder in Torrent, Valencia. State prosecutors had requested up to nine years in prison for the incident, and a private prosecution sought by the elderly man’s family asked for 22 years, but this
RESTRICTIONS at hospitality and entertainment venues will be lifted in the Madrid region from Monday October 4. For the first time since the pandemic began in March 2020, there will be no limits on the number of people who can gather to socialise in Spain’s capital. All capacity restrictions will be lifted including at theatres,
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HUNDREDS of people gathered outside the regional parliament in Sevilla on Thursday to protest against plans for massive solar farms that threaten to ruin some of the most beautiful valleys in Andalucia. What began as localised protests in villages across rural Andalucia has grown in momentum as communities joined forces to send a message to
SEVENTEEN health districts in Andalucia have dropped down into Alert Level 0 and will see a return to ‘normality’. Following a meeting by the territorial committee of High Impact Public Health Alerts yesterday afternoon to analyse the epidemiological situation of each municipality, 17 health districts in Andalucia have been approved to transition into the lowest-risk
