A strike called by unions has caused the interruption of all activities at manufacturing plants on the Puerto Real industrial estate in Cadiz. A strike held by almost 20,000 metal workers in Cadiz has seen protesters light bonfires and construct barricades to block all access roads to the industrial zone in Puerto Real used by […]
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RENFE has joined the Black Friday celebrations with the launch of AVE and Larga Distancia tickets at bargain prices for travel in 2022 to the main urban centres in the country. With 3,100km of track the Spanish high-speed AVE trains operate on the longest high-speed network in Europe. This extensive network, which runs at speeds
HOTELS in the province of Malaga have managed to stay open due to an influx of international tourism. Malaga has managed to keep 95% of its hotels open, 35% more than at the end of June. This figure is the highest the province has recorded in the last five years. In addition, 5% of the establishments
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A VACCINE developed in Spain against Covid has entered the second phase of clinical trials involving 1,000 volunteers. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, November 15, that Spain’s medicines agency has granted authorisation to Catalonia-based pharmaceutical group Hipra to test a COVID-19 vaccine it is developing on more than 1,000 volunteers. The PM said
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TORREVIEJA’S highest honour recognising contributions to the community has gone to a former mayor jailed for corruption. The 2021 Diego Ramirez Pastor award will be bestowed on Pedro Hernandez Mateo, who was the city’s Partido Popular mayor between 1988 and 2011. As is normally the case, two presentations will be made in December with the
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A STREET brawl that broke out on Saturday evening between rival gangs has led to the arrest of nine people, including a minor, and caused a stir on the Rock, with special measures being called for by Gibraltar’s Chief Minister. Video footage recorded by witnesses from the window of a building overlooking the Waterport area
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A popular tourist boat, the Ole catamaran, sunk off Cartagena on Sunday afternoon with 33 passengers, including six children, on board. A Red Cross rescue boat and a helicopter ferried the passengers to safety with several small fishing boats helping in the operation. Everybody was accounted for, with 14 people staying overnight in Cartagena’s Santa
A family row over a refund of a rent deposit led to a Granja de Rocamora house being set ablaze and destroyed. Two men, 25 and 27, have been arrested by the Guardia Civil on arson charges. They both had criminal records and were jailed by an Orihuela court. If convicted, they face jail terms
TWO teenagers have been arrested on hate crime charges after threatening two gay men in Valencia City. The abuse happened on Sunday evening, just three days after Valencia was announced as the host city for the 2026 Gay Games. The men firstly suffered homophobic insults from a group of teenagers during a bus journey. The
ANOTHER sick horse was rescued from Almoradi this week, as the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre responded to an emergency call from local authorities. RESCUED: Odin, now safe in Rojales “It is the worse case of neglect we have had in years,” said Sue Weeding, centre co-founder, as she described the condition of the equine.
