POLICE in Madrid have arrested two men in connection with the mysterious death of an American businessman at one of the capital’s most exclusive hotels. When his lifeless body was first discovered in a suite at the Westin Palace Hotel in downtown Madrid in October, police believed Jose Rosado, 43, had died of natural causes. […]
A mobile phone dealer made dozens of bogus claims to con an insurance company out of €500,000-worth of new ‘high-end’ phones. The fraudster has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Alicante. His ruse was uncovered by an insurance company that dealt with large telecoms firms. They became aware of a con that ran for
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SPAIN’S Health Ministry has lowered the mandatory isolation time for people who test positive for COVID-19 and for unvaccinated people who have been in close contact with an infected person from 10 to seven days. The public health commission that represents experts and health chiefs from Spain’s central and regional governments approved the new rules
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A Denia man has accused four night club security workers of attacking and injuring him for no good reason. The 43-year-old victim has filed a complaint with the Guardia Civil following last Sunday morning’s incident outside the Condado Club on Denia’s Calle Marques de Campo. The complainant supplied photographs of a club security official forcing
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SPAIN’S prime minister has ruled out imposing any further national restrictions in response to the omicron variant of the coronavirus arguing that current measures are sufficient. In a public address on Wednesday, Pedro Sanchez said official data demonstrated that even though omicron spreads faster, it generally causes milder symptoms and therefore put less pressure on
VALENCIA City has scrapped next Wednesday’s Three Kings parade because it cannot guarantee that COVID safety rules can be followed. It has however exploring a smaller ‘static’ celebration in the city. New Year’s Eve parties in city and town squares across the Valencian Community, including Valencia City, have already been cancelled. The regional government says
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A Costa Blanca hospital surgeon has been given a one-year jail term and fined €2,160 for illegally accessing medical files belonging to his housekeeper. The woman had worked for the medic since 1998 and lived with her son in a home owned by her employer. Her monthly rent was deducted from her salary. She fell
MURCIA’S HoyTu hospitality group says people frustrated with regional COVID restrictions are chartering coaches to celebrate New Year’s Eve on the Costa Blanca. HoyTu president, Jesus Jiminez, has predicted a worse New Year’s Eve for hospitality than last year due to early closing rules. Rising COVID cases have seen the Murcia government impose a 1.00
AFTER a 30-year wait the Ronda town of Arriate might finally get a sewage works at a cost of €5,432,924. Water company Aguas de las Cuencas de España (Acuaes) has approved specifications to be put out to tender for the project, with a completion date set for 18 months after a tender is accepted. The
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IT was an opportunity to let off steam after the stress and depredations of the COVID pandemic – and the townsfolk of Ibi in Alicante province on Spain’s Costa Blanca took full advantage. This video shows people taking part in a giant flour and egg food fight in the streets of the Alicante province town.
