July 2022

FAVOURABLE weather conditions looked to have all but extinguished a huge fire to the west of Valencia.  The forest fire, which started on July 3 in the Venta del Moro district of Valencia, looks to have been contained, thanks to rainfall and round-the-clock work by emergency services. The Minister of Justice, Gabriela Bravo, said that […]

Tablets that reduce the severity of Covid-19 symptoms can now be bought in different regions across Spain Paxlovid is now available in Andalucia, and in the northern Spanish areas of Aragon, Navarra, Cantabria and Cataluña. The tablets require a prescription from a doctor and they are currently reserved for people most vulnerable to the illness.

THE Ciudad de la Luz film studios is to be re-opened after 10 years of dormancy. The enterprise, based in Valencia, was banned from operating by the EU having been deemed to have broken business competition laws after receiving hefty government subsidies.  It was supposed to be banned from operating until 2027 after a number

PAMPLONA in Northern Spain hosts the famous San Fermines from Wednesday, July 6 to Thursday, July 14. The ‘Chupinazo’ started at 12am on Wednesday with the inaugural firing of a rocket. This year the rocket was fired by former Sevilla football player and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patient Juan Carlos Uzue. The ‘Chupinazo’ started at 12am

SPAIN’S famous Running of the Bulls festival is getting underway, despite large protests against the event. The infamous nine-day event in Pamplona sees a group of bulls released into sectioned-off streets which people enter before attempting to run away from the animals. The Spanish tradition of bull-running began in northeastern Spain, and has been documented

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A ROW has erupted within Spain’s ruling coalition over defence spending.  On Tuesday July 6, Pedro Sanchez announced a €1 billion boost to Spain’s defence budget.  Such a boost would fulfill the NATO requirement for each member to spend at least 2% of its national budget of defence. However, its left-wing coalition partner, Podemos, opposes

PASSENGERS of a bus that was driving through the A7 of Aranjuez on Tuesday July 5 were aghast as they suddenly drove head on into a huge fire that had ignited next to the motorway.  In a video posted on Tik Tok, passengers panic as they drive directly next to the fire, with one shouting

DOÑANA is the most prestigious wetland natural area in Spain and provides refuge for hundreds and thousands of waterbirds throughout the year—however, numbers are dropping and biologists are alarmed. According to SEO/BirdLife the ‘ecological collapse’ of Doñana is due to the drought conditions and lack of water in the area with the rainfall for the

A BEACH in Malaga has been closed after a broken pipe flooded the area with sewage. The rupture of the sewage pipe has flooded the vicinity of Sacaba Beach in Malaga with human waste, leading to its closure. The incident, which took place on Monday, July 4, occurred as a result of works being carried