November 2021

Guardia Civil make surprise visits to ten football clubs in fraud probe across Spain

GUARDIA Civil officers and Social Security inspectors interviewed players at ten Spanish football clubs this Wednesday as part of a nationwide fraud probe. Training sessions were interrupted with unscheduled visits to clubs that played in Segunda Division B two years ago. Players were taken aside and quizzed about their salaries. Checks were made that amounts […]

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‘Most-wanted’ European fugitive is arrested on popular expat urbanisation in Murcia area of Spain

A Latvian man, branded as one of Europe’s ‘most wanted fugitives’ has been arrested on a Torre Pacheco urbanisation in the Murcia region. The ENFAST(European Network for the Active Search of Fugitives) said locating 39-year-old Gatis Zvingulis was a key priority for them. Two other assailants were arrested but Zvingulis fled the country. He’s been

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€40,000 bail for six accused of burning police van in Spain’s Barcelona

AFTER eight months behind bars, six suspects accused of trying to burn a police van have been released. A judge has cleared the suspects for release if they pay bail of €40,000 (or €45,000 in the case of one of them).  The six presumed anarchists are accused of trying to burn down a van belonging

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Cocaine smuggler who bought Mallorca yacht for £60m smuggling operation forced to hand over £300,000 cash

A JAILED Liverpool man who thought a £60 million cocaine smuggling plot would make him rich has been ordered to hand over more than £300,000. Gary Swift, 55, has been handed a confiscation order totalling £328,071 at Swansea Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Gary Swift He had been jailed for 19-and-a-half years

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Billionaire who smuggled Picasso painting out of Spain avoids prison because of ‘serious incurable disease’

ONE of Spain’s richest men will not go to prison for smuggling a Picasso painting out of the country because he’s dying. Ex-Santander Bank vice-president, Jamie Botin, was convicted last year of taking the painting, ‘The Head of a Young Woman’ out of Spain. Appeals against the conviction and sentence failed, with billionaire Botin hit

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Dragon flags hoisted by city in western Spain to celebrate filming of Game of Thrones’ prequel

A Spanish city is literally flying the flag for a major TV production that has just finished location shooting in the area. Caceres in the Extremadura region boasts a mix of architecture including its 12th century Moorish walls and 30 towers. The area was used in the global HBO hit ‘Game of Thrones’ and the

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Rare and endangered plant species discovered beside housing development on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ENDANGERED PLANTS have just been discovered on the front line at Orihuela Costa, directly between housing and the sea. The flora was being considered for removal from its site in the micro-reserve of Punta de La Glea (Aguamarina area, between Cabo Roig and Campoamar) RARE FLORA DISCOVERED: Punta de la Glea on Orihuela CostaIMAGE: Google

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Woman in Murcia attacks medical inspector after being told benefits would stop

POLICE in the region Murcia Spain were called out to a disturbance at the San Andres Health Centre in Murcia, on Tuesday, November 9 after receiving reports that a health worker had been assaulted by a member of the public. According to police reports, a medical inspector was physically and verbally attacked after conducting a

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Madrid discards nearly 118,000 vaccines against coronavirus

A STAGGERING number of coronavirus vaccines has been discarded by the Community of Madrid since the vaccination campaign began in Spain.  Council chiefs have admitted that 117,977 vaccines against COVID-19 were thrown away over the last 12 months. The jabs were either tossed out because they were broken or had expired, officials said.  According to

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