December 2021

AN Elche company has produced a test kit to identify the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Genetic PCR Solutions was one of the first laboratories in the world to produce a simple test for coronavirus in January 2020, which included validation from Public Health England. One of the big advantages of the company’s Omicron test is that […]

RESIDENTS in La Palma were told it was safe to venture outside again hours after being told to lockdown in their homes because of toxic air from the Cumbre Vieja volcano. The Government of the Canary Islands lifted the confinement after several hours following the improvement of the air quality in the area. The lockdown

SWISS authorities have dropped a corruption probe into an offshore fund linked to King Emeritus Juan Carlos I. It had been alleged that the ex-monarch along with his former lover, Corinna Larsen, got €65 million from former Saudi Arabia ruler, King Abdullah, as a ‘sweetener’ in 2008. Three years later a Spanish consortium landed a

BELGIAN artist Dieter de Greef will be the focus of a new exhibition in Malaga. Der tod und das mädchen (Death and the maiden) Image: CAC Malaga More than 200 works, which he has produced over four years specifically for Malaga’s Centre of Contemporary Art will be on show until February 20. Image: CAC Malaga

GUARDIA Civil officers rescued a woman who accidentally slipped into the sea in Torrevieja. The incident happened on Saturday evening in a rocky area known as the Piscinas Naturales by the Paseo Maritimo Juan Aparicio. PISCINAS NATURALES People heard cries for help from the woman, 44, who was trapped by strong currents. Two Guardia Civil

A gold coin struck in the Murcia region 1,400 years ago has been found during home improvement work at a Leon property. An even older coin was intercepted by the Policia Nacional in the Ciudad Real area after it was advertised for sale on a social media site. Both coins come from the Visigoth era

VALENCIA region president, Ximo Puig, has warned that COVID hospital rates will determine whether extra restrictions are brought in over the Christmas period. The latest figures from last Friday showed 563 hospital admissions in the Valencian Community- half the total of a year ago when vaccines were not around and a vastly different picture compared

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ONE of Gibraltar’s most prominent businessmen is behind a daring rescue mission that has successfully extracted 92 people from Afghanistan and imminent danger at the hands of the Taliban, across the border to safety in Pakistan. Gregory Butcher, owner of the World Trade Center Gibraltar part-funded the rescue mission dubbed ‘Operation Magic Carpet’ to bring

HEALTH authorities in Gibraltar have confirmed the detection of three cases of omicron variant among 16 people who tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.  The first probable case was detected on December 9 and the two subsequent cases were linked as close contacts to the initial case. Both are people who live in Spain