A Benidorm hospitality association claims the mandatory use of the COVID-19 passport inside bars and restaurants is driving away customers. COBRECA president, Pablo Gonzalez, told the ABC newspaper that his members view it as ‘coercion’. He said his trade is being ‘manipulated and mistreated as a profession by imposing police-style activity with customers’. “Regular customers […]
DOMESTIC animals are now recognised as ‘sentient beings’ and no longer considered ‘objects’ in Spain, after new legislation was passed in a parliamentary vote on Thursday December 2. Previously, animals had the same legal status as inanimate objects but the new legislation will mean that domestic or wild animals cannot be mistreated, seized or abandoned.
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A new €720 million package to help Spain’s pandemic-hit tourist sector has been approved this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers. An extra €109 million has been allocated above last week’s previous announcement of €615 million. Tourism Minister, Reyes Maroto, said: “These funds will allow the modernisation plan to go forward for tourism which in
A man got pummelled with a baseball bat after complaining about a woman throwing tangerine skins onto a Costa Blanca road. He needed 15 stitches and tests were carried out to see if he suffered internal injuries. Elche police attended the scene in the Daimes area of the municipality after receiving reports of a fight.
A high court battle brought against Spain’s former monarch took a surreal turn this week, when his legal team cited a 300-year-old treaty that established Gibraltar as a British territory to argue that he should not face prosecution. Juan Carlos, 83, is seeking immunity from the English courts over allegations he caused his ex-lover Corinna
WHAT comes to mind when most people think of Andalucía is the warm Mediterranean, stretches of olive groves and palm tree-lined white beaches. The heat defines the region, where even the structure of the working-day revolves around a siesta. I was escaping the dark damp days of London for Andalucía and I knew it wasn’t
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MEMBERS of a gang that imported a ‘vast amount’ of drugs into the UK from Spain have been given hefty jail sentences. Stephen Hunt, 60, who lived in Spain from 2001 to 2014, was a senior member of the smuggling group which planned to import more than 90 kilos of Class A drugs a week.
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MURCIA is bringing in COVID-19 passports to follow suit with regions like the neighbouring Valencian Community. Murcia’s Health Minister, Juan Jose Pedreño, announced this Tuesday that the government is seeking permission from the regional Superior Court to introduce the measure. The plan is to start using passports from midnight on the day after the Superior
POLICE in Benidorm have arrested a serial bicycle robber who sneaked into community garages on local urbanisations to steal several bikes. The Policia Nacional were able to recover some of the bicycles, including one owned by a 77-year-old woman(pictured above). The thief was a Spanish woman, 40, with a criminal record. Investigations started in mid-October
THOUSANDS of honey bees in five hives have survived being buried in volcanic ash on la Palma for an incredible 50 days. The beekeeper had been forced to leave the area when the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary island erupted back in September. He finally managed to return 50 days later, and fearing the
