November 2021

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has seen his draft budget for 2022 approved by Spain’s lower house of parliament. Thursday’s Congress vote was a success for the left-wing coalition government who got support from small regional parties for the package. The 188-156 vote victory was sealed by support from one of the Catalan separatist parties, the […]

PROOF of vaccination will be a requirement to enter certain indoor areas from December 3 in the Valencian Community. Regional president, Ximo Puig, this Thursday announced where the EU COVID-19 certificate will have be shown on a mandatory basis. The measure will last for 30 days but it will still need the approval of the

FREE public transport is being introduced in Madrid during Black Friday.  All EMT buses will be free to use during the massive shopping sale over the weekend.  The changes come into effect at 12am on Friday (November 26) until 12am on Monday (November 28) with council chiefs aiming to take the ‘stress’ out of Christmas

SPAIN’S richest man Amancio Ortega is selling his biggest yacht for a cool €76million.  The Spanish fashion mogul, 85 purchased the 67 meter superyacht, Drizzle, in 2012 for €95million but now wants to upgrade his fleet and purchase a new boat worth a whopping €172million. The Inditex founder, who has a net worth of €70billion,

IT was during a short walk with her dog before taking the kids to school that an expat got the shock of her life. The Romanian woman, who asked not to be named, found a human skull lying beside a car park, near Orgiva.  Dug up by her dog Dragon, not long after 8am, she

A new Guardia Civil recruit restrained a man outside a Mazarron bar despite being threatened with two broken bottles. The officer, along with two colleagues, rushed to a bar close to the Guardia barracks after hearing about a fight inside the premises. They saw a man, 24, running towards the bar clutching bottles that he

ENDESA has announced a €31 billion investment in ‘green’ energy production in Spain and Portugal through to 2030. The news comes as Endesa and other power providers like Iberdrola face a windfall tax next year from the Spanish government on excess profits made as a result of wholesale price hikes. Endesa plans to increase its

LEMON CULTIVATION in the Vega Baja region is the subject of a conference this Saturday, November 27. The region’s first “Citrus Day” is being celebrated in Orihuela to analyze the current and future concerns of lemon cultivation in the agro-economy of the area. CITRUS SATURDAY: Announced by Orihuela Mayor, Emilio Bascuñana Orihuela’s mayor, Emilio Bascuñana,

AN Iberian sword considered to be of great historical value was discovered among looted archaeological treasures offered for sale online. The sword which has a bird’s head hilt is thought to date from between the third and second century BC and was likely plundered from an ancient grave where it was buried with the warrior

THREE brothers have been found ‘safe and sound’ in a squat in Madrid where their mother was hiding them after she failed to return them to a children’s home after a visit ten days earlier. The brothers, Jonathan, Izan and Adan, aged nine, seven and five, were discovered at 7pm on November 25 following a