November 2021

WEATHER warnings were issued across Spain as a polar blast known as a DANA (islolated high level depression) swept across the north of the peninsula on Monday sending temperatures plummeting. State meteorological agency AEMET forecast heavy snowfall across mountainous areas of northern Spain and placed yellow and amber alerts across some 15 provinces on Monday. […]

THE slopes of Spain’s Sierra Nevada are covered in a healthy amount of the white stuff promising great conditions for the start of the ski season when the pistes open on November 27. Crucial snowfall arrived over the weekend providing enough of the white stuff to tantalise skiers keen to head for the slopes. Last

THE water resources of the Axarquia region are at their limit with La Viñuela reservoir, the biggest in Malaga province, at just 18.79% of its capacity—its lowest since 2008. The decrease in water levels in the last year has led the Junta to decree the reservoir in a state of ‘exceptional drought.’ The concern about

A patrol car with Polica Local officers inside was among dozens of vehicles washed away when torrential rain caused flash floods in the Murcia region on Saturday night. Around 100 litres of water per square metre were recorded during storms which hit the city of Cartagena and surrounding areas between 10pm on Saturday and 4am

THE Costa del Sol was awash with walkers last weekend as La Cala residents took to the streets to mark World Diabetic Day. Hundreds of supporters laced up their boots and marched out for La Cala Lions Diabetic Support Group’s fundraiser and raised over €2000.  Over 200 participants stepped out last weekend to take on the

NO longer part of the EU, the UK is now a ‘third country’ and operates outside of the EU’s economic structures. Following Brexit, the UK’s relationship with the EU has changed and expat residents should realise that this new situation could have an effect on their life insurance policies. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions

A SPANIARD who reportedly splashed out on food and drink at a bar in Madrid was left outraged when the bill arrived. The meal of one tortilla, coffee, and beer cost an eye-watering €14.10 in total, with a receipt shared to Twitter showing the full expense of her indulgence.  The Spanish journalist Paz Álvarez had

ALL flights to and from the airport on the Spanish island of La Palma remain cancelled on Sunday after an ash cloud from the Cumbre Vieja volcano made flying dangerous. Air traffic was suspended on Saturday forcing the cancellation of 20 flights and continued on Sunday with no indication when it might be allowed to

THE people of Madrid helped lead police to an arrest after a woman was tragically killed in a hit-and-run on a busy Madrid road. The 20-year-old victim died at the scene on Paseo Juan XXIII  after being struck by a black Citroën C2 at 2:00 am on Saturday morning in the Moncloa-Aravaca area of the city. Police confirmed

SPANISH car manufacturer SEAT has asked workers at its factory outside Barcelona to sit in a separated section if they hadn’t been vaccinated, in the first move of its kind within Spain, The company, which is a subsidiary of Volkswagen, said the canteen was divided into sections for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in a bid