RESIDENTS of a town in Galicia in northwestern Spain have joined Guardia Civil patrols in an attempt to seek out an escaped prisoner who is living in the woods. Convicted murderer Alfredo Sanchez Chacon, 63, has been dubbed the Galician Rambo for survival techniques he learned while serving in the Spanish Legion after it emerged […]
A Catalan businessman has been arrested for scamming an Alicante Province farmer out of 45 tons of grapes that ended up in Manchester. The farmer owns several vineyards in the Montforte del Cid and Novelda areas. He contacted the Guardia Civil in August after a dealer struck an agreement to buy 45 tons of table
SPAIN’S inflation rate has hit 6.7% this December- the highest annual hike since March 1992. Official figures published on Thursday from the National Statistics Institute(INE) showed a 1.2% increase on November’s figures. The rise was higher than had been predicted by some experts. The INE says that rocketing energy prices and rising food costs are
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TOURISTS have been spotted walking around in T-shirts in Madrid as the year’s end comes with a heat wave. Blue skies and unseasonably warm temperatures have seen the locals also head out for long walks around Spain’s capital city. As the mercury nudged 20ºC in the middle of the day, thousands of families headed for
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FIVE climbers trapped on Monte Ponoig in Alicante Province have been rescued after an overnight operation by regional firefighters Monte Ponoig, overlooking Polop, is nicknamed ‘The Sleeping Lion’ and is 1,182 metres high. It’s one of the most emblematic peaks in the region and a favourite for climbers. The party of five, aged between 20
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AN early morning siege in Elche ended in the arrest of a man accused of killing his girlfriend on Christmas Day. The Policia Nacional swooped on a flat in the Carrus neighbourhood of the city in the early hours of Thursday morning. A 25-year-old woman, named as Yolanda, was found dead on December 25 with
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WE’RE all hoping that 2022 will bring a new start and good fortune but to make sure the New Year gets off in the best possible way, you would be wise to follow these Spanish traditions. While COVID restrictions may mean it is not be possible to celebrate in the usual way – by gathering
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IN a quick online search asking the question: ‘What is the difference between an expat and an immigrant?’ Google tells us that ‘..it usually comes down to socio-economic factors, so skilled professionals working in another country are described as expatriates, whereas a manual labourer who has moved to another country to earn more money might
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THE Omicron variant’s continued spread around Spain has marked this year’s Christmas holidays, with Andalucia facing New Year’s Eve at a very high risk level as the incidence rate continues to soar. However, despite an incidence rate of 11.016,7 per 100000 inhabitants, the Junta has not not announced tougher restrictions to be put in place
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