ROJALES Local Police have recently had only a single officer available patrolling the entire municipality at times, due a long-running pay dispute. Officers have REFUSED to work overtime or perform extra duties, because the City Council still owes overtime from 18 months ago. The refusal, combined with absences due to Covid, have left the service […]
THE TRADITIONAL Kings Race returned to the streets of San Fulgencio this weekend, after an enforced absence because of the Covod-19 pandemic. Some 450 local people joined in for the VI edition on Sunday 9, running five kilometres around the municipality. Councillor for Sports, Ana Mª Villena, beamed: “We are so glad we could resume
THE sixth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain continues at an accelerated pace with only three municipalities in Malaga free of COVID-19. According to the latest data by the Junta, the towns of Alpandeire, Farajan and Pujerra, which are located in the Genal Valley, in the Serrania de Ronda, and have barely more than
TO ENGLISH ears the names ‘Jack’ or ‘Audrey’ or ‘Max’ do not typically sound like names we’d call our dogs. They sound more like name we’d call our cousin or aunty. No doubt they’d turn a few heads in the local park. But these exact names feature in a new list of the most popular
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PASSENGER numbers improved substantially in 2021 across Spain’s airports compared to the previous year but remained well below pre-pandemic levels. Airport operator Aena said nearly 120 million passengers travelled last year- a 57.7% rise on the 2020 total when the pandemic broke out and services were grounded for months. Last year’s passenger total though is
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A court has ordered the Valencian Ministry of Health to compensate 150 Alicante health workers who did not have any the correct PPE equipment in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alicante court says doctors, nurses, and health support staff are entitled to compensation amounts varying between €5,000 and €49,180 for ‘personal and
AS bombs rained down from the sky in Syria, all 38-year-old Wesal could think of were her children. In terror, she fled the civil war-torn country with her two-year-old in her arms, leaving behind her home and a successful medical career for a safer life in Spain. Arriving in Madrid but not speaking Spanish, she
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CORREOS might be an odd hero to take on the banking world, but as it rolls out 1500 new cashpoints (ATMs) across Spain you might want to listen to its message. The first two cashpoints arrived in Valencia city in January 2022 bringing unique benefits to many expats and immigrants. For starters, Spain’s national post
POLICE in Sevilla have arrested a 30-year-old man after finding a machine gun in his home along with a kilo of hashish and a large machete. The man’s 43-year-old sister was also arrested following the raid on the home at Calle Las Golondrinas in Sevilla. Police raced to the Los Pajaritos neighborhood following reports that
A LUCKY cat owes one of its nine lives to a Spanish firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Fire crews in Cadiz rescued the cat from a burning apartment after a blaze broke out on Calle Infante de Orleans shortly after 3am on Tuesday. One of the firemen began performing mouth-to-mouth on the animal
