BY Livia Cockerell MALAGA town hall has rejected proposals for a tourist tax in the city. Podemos, who fronted the plans, claimed a tax on tourists would generate up to €10 million from tourists staying overnight. The party claimed taxing each tourist €1.50 per night would generate €7.5 million per year. Regions such as Catalonia, […]
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A MALAGA man has been arrested for a scam involving the Spanish and US basketball federations in which he pocketed $143,400. The 63-year-old man was arrested for a scheme in which he stole the sum of money Spain was to receive for a match played against the US. Investigations began in November of last year
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ENVIRONMENTALISTS want to cap the number of cars and tourists allowed onto Ibiza. Proposals have been put forward to put in restrictions, particularly during the summer high season when tourists flock to Ibiza for its legendary parties and beaches. President of environmental pressure group GEN-Gob Juan Carles Palerm, acknowledged that for the initiative to work
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Apartment La Veleta, Alicante 2 beds 1 baths € 145,000 Ground floor apartment for sale at La Veleta – Torrevieja. This cozy apartment is distributed of living-room, separate kitchen, 2 bedrooms with fitted wardrobes and a South facing terrace of 40 sq m. It has been renovated recently and it is sold fully
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THE number of tourists visiting Andalucia has risen by 142% in May compared to this time last year. May saw 426,980 visitors flock to Andalucia, one of Spain’s most popular tourist areas. Not only have numbers increased, but the type of tourism has also diversified. The number of tourists who opted to stay in accommodation
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‘FUNKY Townrremolinos’ is coming to town with a free of charge music event to be held on July 8 at the Torremolinos Bullring. The event will start at 9 pm and will bring together artists of the international stature of Martha High, the ‘official backing vocalist of James Brown’ The funky diva of the ‘golden
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LIKE many of those who end up living in Spain, it was after enjoying a holiday with friends on the Mediterranean coast that Jennifer took the decision to relocate from North London to sunnier climes for a quieter life. But the move gave Jennifer a new lease of life and with it the realisation that
By Livia Cockerell DIRECTOR of Public Health Dr Helen Carter has warned that Covid could have unexpected consequences this winter. The pandemic seems to have impacted the patterns of other diseases, for example, Gibraltar is still recording cases of flu although flu-season normally ends by March or April. “We´re not sure why this is happening
BY Livia Cockerell CASUAL sex and the ‘hypersexualisation’ of society is to blame for the the countries low birthrate, so says Juan Garcia-Gallardo, Vox’s deputy president of Castilla and Leon. According to Garcia, Spain is in the midst of a ‘demographic winter’ and has ‘forgotten that the main purpose of sex is procreation’. The 31-year-old
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AUTHORITIES have dismantled the lucrative business of the Spanish dog vampire – a man who kept roughly 500 corpses of cats and dogs whose blood he drained to sell. Luis Miguel VF has been uncovered after almost 20 years of running an illegal animal blood bank with no license. Suspicions were raised when the local
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