Flat Torrevieja, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 212,890 This quality ground floor apartment is finished to high standard and has two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes and master en-suite, two bathrooms, an American style fitted kitchen and a large lounge diner with patio doors leading out to the 30 m2 terrace […]
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THE architectural masterpiece by Antoni Gaudi took another step towards completion as a giant multifaceted star was lifted into place atop one of Sagrada Familia’s main towers. The 12-pointed star, which weighs 5.5 tonnes and measures 7 metres across, was installed atop the tower dedicated to the Virgin Mary on Monday. It will be illuminated
MALAGA will host the live broadcast, from the Royal Opera House, of the classic ballet The Nutcracker. The spectacular production by British choreographer Peter Wright will be broadcast live via satellite from London’s Covent Garden on Thursday December 9 at 20:15. The live performance will be screened in the following cinemas in Malaga: Coin (Cine
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FEARS about the spread of the newly-discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant has led Spanish health chiefs to toughen-up self-isolation rules for fully-vaccinated people. The Ministry of Health says that fully-immunised people will have to quarantine for ten days if they have had contact with somebody infected by the Omicron variant. That rule does not apply over
POLICE have smashed the Spanish end of an international people smuggling gang that charged Bangladeshi nationals an average of €12,000 each to get into Spain. The Policia Nacional have arrested two people in Alicante Province and one in the Madrid area, who was one of the organisation’s bosses. They’ve been charged with homicide and infringing
IT BRINGS new meaning to the term ‘haute cuisine’; A new restaurant has opened in a Madrid skyscraper to become the highest dining establishment in all of Spain. All photos curtesy of Elkar. Elkar opened this week on the 33 rd floor of the Torre Emperador in the capital’s business district at the northern end
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ELECTRONIC ankle tags that can monitor sexual assault offenders are to be rolled out in Catalunya as part of a pilot scheme. The ‘rapist tags’ will be one of the measures courts can impose on criminals convicted of sexual assault offences, such as rape. The device will be fitted with a GPS and alerts the probation
TWO children from a family of refugees were killed early Tuesday in a fire that destroyed an abandoned bank squatted by migrants in the centre of Barcelona. A four-month-old baby, his three-year-old brother and their parents died when a blaze ripped through the building in the Plaza de Tetuan at about 6am. Eight fire
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SOCO Cordente, one of Spain’s greatest young writers has died. The Cuenca-born author best known for her bestselling book Ego, passed away on Saturday aged 36. Her heartbroken family confirmed Cordente died in her hometown and will be laid to rest this Sunday at Cuenca’s San Pedro church. Cordente was hailed for laying bare the
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A Murcia judge says there is evidence of an ‘environmental crime’ in his probe of 38 agricultural businesses accused of illegally dumping 5.9 billion litres of desalinated water into the Mar Menor lagoon. A firm that supplied desalination equipment is also being investigated in the so-called ‘Topillo’ case. Judge Angel Garrote is also pursuing charges
