July 2022

MALAGA CITY has received a family tourism award for its family-friendly tourist activities. The distinction is awarded to cities whose tourism industry offers an outstanding choice to families and is approved by the Spanish the Ministry of Trade. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday July 26, in the Patio de Banderas of Malaga city […]

FROM the moment an owner takes on the title deed of a property they also take on the community benefits and responsibilities. There will usually be a coefficient reflected in the deed. In any community, there should be an administrator, a committee formed of homeowners, and a presiding president. In our experience communities are best

THE Guardia Civil has arrested three people and are investigating three others over a massive real estate scam. The agency, Grupo Lorelai, operated out of an office in the Playa Muchavista area of El Campello. It pocketed at least €5.4 million from 60 clients for luxury homes that were never built or were sold on

A fresh weekend strike by Easyjet cabin crew in Spain has been scrapped after a new pay deal was reached between management and unions. Staff were due to walk out on Friday but a last-minute agreement means the end of the pay dispute. Cabin crew will get a 22% salary rise over three years, starting

AFTER razing through 116 hectares of forest, the Mijas fire which started on Tuesday, July 26, has been declared ‘extinguished.’ ? El director de extinción da por EXTINGUIDO #IFMijas, #Málaga, incendio del 26/07, declarado en paraje “Majadilla del Muerto”. — INFOCA (@Plan_INFOCA) July 28, 2022 The fire, which broke out in the area of ‘Majadilla

WITH less than 20 days to go, Malaga prepares for its first post-covid August feria. The Malaga Fair returns after a two year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic with a buzz of activity taking place on the fairground site to ensure that the ‘casetas’ are ready on time. In fact, the Federacion Malagueña de

SPAIN’S government has announced details of its new windfall tax on banks and fuel companies which aims to bring in €7 billion into state coffers over the next two years. The bank tax will raise €3 billion with €4 billion coming from the gas and oil companies. The measure was announced earlier this month by

THREE new affordable green housing projects are to be developed in Valencia City. The project will see 180 apartments built for rent in Moreras and Tarongers and form part of a new housing plan signed with the European Investment Bank.  Rent and houses prices have soared in Valencia over the past few years The Tarongers

A 73-METRE superyacht seized from a blacklisted Russian billionaire is to be sold at auction. The yacht, named Axioma, will go up for sale without a reserve price on August 23, after being impounded at the end of March following sanctions on Russia. It is thought to be the first confiscated Russian-owned superyacht to be

THE Balearic consumer affairs ministry is anticipating ‘an avalanche’ of claims against airlines in the wake of ramped up industrial action. According to head of the consumer rights protection Jesus Cuartero, the department has been inundated with calls seeking advice on how to file a claim.  “We urge consumers to present claims and complaints,” he