July 2022

MALLORCA has been treated to a musical extravaganza. Christina Aguilera brought a sprinkling of stardust to the Baleares, with the Staten Island, New York, born superstar playing her first Spanish gig since 2003 when she played Barcelona. The singer began her performance with the song hit Dirrty, which was followed by Can’t Hold Us Down […]

MARBELLA castle is to be restored to the tune of half a million euros, Marbella council has announced.  The building is classified as a place of cultural interest, and is the largest castle in the municipality, nestled in the city’s old town. The work will repair and fortify the eastern and northern side of the

THE spouses of NATO leaders enjoyed an olive oil tasting session hosted by Queen Letizia of Spain on their last day in Madrid.  The Queen’s international guests were also treated to a talk on the Mediterranean diet at the event held at Madrid’s Royal Theatre. The olive oil sampling took place on Thursday, June 30,

SEASIDE town halls are being urged by UNESCO to put emergency plans in place against a possible tsunami. A new study by the United Nations body claims the probability of a tsunami bigger than one metre on the Mediterranean coastline is 100% over the next 30 years. A ‘black smoker’ volcanic chimney, spits out fluid

SPANISH authorities have broken up a sophisticated organised crime ring involved in a carbon tax fraud scheme. According to police, the cabal avoided paying carbon taxes on various goods throughout Spain. The group illegally transported millions of euros worth of refrigerated greenhouse gases from China to the Spanish port of Valencia. The gang claimed to

Francisco de la Torre. Source: Wikimedia Commons. BY Livia Cockerell THE current wave of Covid is taking its toll on Malaga´s town hall.  On Thursday, four councillors were unable to attend the plenary session as they had tested positive for Coronavirus. Following the meeting, the 79 year-old Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, took

ALMOST €10 million is to be splashed on an exclusive new property development in Marbella’s Puerto Banus.  The millions will be dedicated to the construction of 24 top of the range homes in the upmarket neighbourhood by a developer on the Costa del Sol. The homes will be part of the Marbella Lake development around

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This is the message from airports operator AENAS, which says that Son Sant Joan will suffer  flight hold-ups due to a lack of staff at main European airports and airlines. On top of this, more tourists than were expected are set to arrive at Palma, overwhelming staff on passport control, as well as local buses

FIVE members of the notorious United Tribuns neo-Nazi biker gang have been jailed for a total of 15 years. The accused accepted 15-and-a-half years of imprisonment between them and fines adding up to €175,200. A cousin of the gang’s boss was jailed for five years and fined €70,000, while the leader himself – Stefan Milojevic