December 2021

Festive business boost as town citizens are given over €200,000 to spend locally on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FAMILIES living in Pilar de la Horadada are being given thirty euros to spend locally in the run-up to Christmas. The local City Council is offering each registered family a voucher in a bid to boost local business in the Costa Blanca South resort. José Antonio Martínez, local Mayor of Commerce, has repeated the gesture […]

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Family and police launch search for missing Almeria pensioner amid ‘extreme concern’

A DISTRAUGHT family have launched a fresh appeal for help in the search of a missing pensioner who disappeared from Almeria six days ago. Francisco Lopez Sanchez, 83, was last seen on Santa Maria del Aguila in El Ejido last Thursday, December 2. His devastated family are now calling on the community to help them

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2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Benissa with pool garage – € 180,000

Apartment Benissa, Alicante   2 beds   2 baths € 180,000 Apartment for sale in Benissa (Jardines Montemar), Costa Blanca This apartment is situated in the beautiful residential complex Jardines Montemar in Benissa.Jardines Montemar offers its residents a safe and luxurious living environment just minutes by car from the beaches and all amenities. The apartment

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Scramble to hire new staff after almost 70 Malaga medics test positive for coronavirus

A HOSPITAL in Malaga is scrambling to find replacement doctors and nurses after an outbreak of coronavirus among staff. A total of 68 employees from the intensive care unit at the Malaga’s University Regional Hospital have all tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the staff Christmas party on December 1.  Some 174 people attended the

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WATCH: Guardia Civil officers strip off and wade in to save dog from frozen lake in northern Spain

TWO officers from the Guardia Civil braved freezing temperatures to rescue a golden retriever after it fell through ice at a frozen lake in Huesca in northern Spain. The brave officers stripped off to their underpants and waded into the icy waters to save the pet after its owner called for help when the dog

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Why you should visit Motril on Spain’s Costa Tropical and discover its fascinating history as the sugar capital of Europe

MOTRIL is the place you didn’t realise you needed to visit until you’ve left. It won’t win the award for most beautiful town or best beach (though it’s nestled between many), but it will open up a whole history about Spain that you never knew.  For instance, why is the town set 3km away from

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Orange weather warning activated in parts of Spain’s Andalucia

SPANISH weather agency AEMET has activated the orange weather alert in several Andalucian provinces. Specifically in Almeria and Granada, for coastal phenomena today, December 8, where waves of between three and four metres in height are forecast due to a Force 8 west wind that will sweep through the Capital of Almeria and lash the

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Money Heist star Ursula Corbero from Spain hitting the big time on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show

SPANISH actor and star of Netflix smash hit series Money Heist Ursula Corbero looks to be moving into the big time. One of the signs of heading into the A list category and following in the footsteps of Spanish acting royalty like Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas is being invited on to American late night

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Disgraced ex-king Juan Carlos plots return to Spain with demands for his old palace and a €200K annual salary

KING Juan Carlos is plotting a return to Spain from self-imposed exile in the Middle East and wants the taxpayer to pay for his retirement where he feels most at home – in the Zarzuela Palace. The extraordinarily brazen plan emerged as his lawyers claimed he should be immune from prosecution in London’s High Court

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