January 2022

WITH land at a premium, the Gibraltar government has been pinning its hopes on reclamation schemes to provide desperately needed building plots. This has not gone unnoticed across the border, with the Spanish government consistently critical of a string of building projects. Earlier this month the issue once again came to the fore, this time […]

BENEATH the swathes of plastic that cover hillsides across southern Andalucia, a pungent smelling crop is being cultivated that could prove to be the secret weapon to ending the coronavirus pandemic. These legal marijuana fields are not the property of drug cartels or grown for their lucrative buds but instead are legal agriculture with the

TRANSFORMING part of Benidorm’s famous Levante Beach into a greener, healthier sustainable area will cost upwards of half a billion euros. Clearing, preparing and building a network of housing, high-rise hotels and public gardens will need investment of some 570 million euros, according to the Benidorm Levante Ensanche Plan. LEVANTE TRANSFORMED: Image from ComunicAlicante Provisional

ELCHE is to host an exhibition to celebrate breastfeeding and dispel any myths surrounding the subject. “Breastfeeding: Pillar of Life”, will be a free display of photographs taken by Amalgama Photography for the association La Mama d’Elx (The Mothers of Elche). It starts on Wednesday January 26 at the Cultural Centre of Las Clarisas until

Flat Cala Mayor, Majorca   2 beds   2 baths € 225,000 This fantastic apartment in Cala Major with panoramic sea views is located on the 11th floor of a well-kept building with elevator and communal pool in a sought-after neighbourhood of the city just 10 minutes from Palma. The bright property has a constructed

CELEBRITY chef Jose Andres who is famous for pioneering modern Spanish cuisine in the USA has been awarded Spain’s Order of Civil Merit for his charity work. The award recognises extraordinary contributions by individuals and has been given to Andres ‘‘for his work in times of crisis’. As well as running hugely successful Spanish restaurants

FORGET the Three Kings, this tiny town in the Basque Country has something better – the simultaneously fun and frightening pagan celebration that takes place in Nafarroa, a little nook of tradition and mysticism in the Spanish Pyrenees.  If you haven’t met any monsters recently, this is the place to be. Bell wearers, or Joaldunak,

ONE of Spain’s most iconic cafes, famed for inventing the terms for different strengths of coffee that are second nature to Malagueños, has closed its doors. The Cafe Central in the heart of Malaga which was managed by the Prado family, was about to turn 102-years old. Back in the 1950s Jose Prado – fed

By Niamh Ryan TAKING a dip in the icy sea over the New Year period might seem daft, but those who braved the Med for a refreshing 2022 baptism could well have a head start health-wise. Cold-water swimming has been gaining significant popularity as a pastime over the last few years, particularly in the UK

SPAIN has produced some of the world’s finest visual artists with the likes of Picasso and Dali household names. These artists not only changed the world of art – Picasso produced two of the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold – but even visual culture in general. Dali, for example, designed the colours of