November 2021

Thieves steal latest video games by using special bag to by-pass shop alarms in Costa Blanca area of Spain

THIEVES used a special bag to nullify shop alarms to steal large quantities of video games from Alicante retailers. The Policia Nacional have arrested six people, including a 17-year-old boy. Over €4,000 of games were stolen with the aim of selling them on the black market in the lead-up to Christmas. The crew targeted brand

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Spain’s Costa Blanca comes up trumps for beach weather in mid-November

LUCKY expats joined tourists from around Europe to enjoy a splendid day’s paddling and making sandcastles on beaches around Alicante. The beach in Moraira was the place to be for anyone looking for a lights laid-back day of sunshine and snoozing… or a good book and a picnic. Despite a few days of rain, temperatures

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2 bedroom Villa for sale in Benitachell / Benitatxell with pool – € 199,000

Villa Benitachell / Benitatxell, Alicante   2 beds   1 baths € 199,000 Beautiful villa located in Pueblo del Mar of 130 M2 built (80 M2 of housing, 35 M2 of terraces, 15 M2 of storage room and 318 M2 of plot), the villa consists of two bedrooms, 1 bathroom, two terraces, kitchen equipped with

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Singles Day 2021: Best deals on offer during the major sale in Spain

THE biggest sale of the year is here – but it’s not Black Friday or Cyber Monday.  We’re talking about the annual Singles’ Day sales on 11 November. Today’s major shopping event was initially created in China in 1993 as an antidote to Valentine’s Day and a commercial celebration of singletons. Originally unattached students at

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Germans outnumber British property buyers in Spain for the first time

GERMANS are now buying more properties in Spain than Brits for the first time since the College of Registrars (Land Registry) started compiling the statistics. It seems like Brexit has had yet another negative effect on the number of Brits heading for a new life in Spain. A trend that started in the third quarter

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Andalucia 2022 budget includes €90 million inland tourism boost for Malaga

THE province of Malaga in the region of Andalucia has been awarded a €90 million budget boost increase over last years funding of €351.4 million. Projects earmarked in the budget include funds for a study to link Ronda with the motorway, a visitor centre for Sierra de las Nieves national park, the construction of new

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Spain’s Andalucia to set up Commission of Guarantee and Evaluation for new euthanasia law

THE Junta has put in motion the creation of the Commission of Guarantee and Evaluation—the body that will ultimately be in charge of giving the green light to the application of euthanasia. In March of this year, Spain approved the euthanasia law, becoming the fifth country in the world to regulate the practice. However, though

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