August 2022

SPAIN’S government has commissioned studies at how to introduce a nationwide road toll system from 2024. The measure is in return for receiving EU Covid recovery grants worth €70 billion. Spain has been under pressure to fall in line with other EU member states like France, Germany and Portugal where widespread toll road charging is […]

A government minister has ruled out any energy rationing this winter in Spain. Speaking to Telecinco on Wednesday, Ecological Transition Minister, Teresa Ribera, said: “Energy rationing unfortunately may become a reality in countries like Austria or Germany this coming winter but not in our case.” In a reference to recent moves to cut consumption by

TOURISM in July returned to almost the same levels seen before the Covid pandemic in 2019. Figures from the National Statistics Institute show overnight hotel stays exceeded 42.3 million last month with occupancy rates at 69.9%. That equates to 98% of the totals reached in July 2019 before the pandemic plunged the tourist sector into

A woman died on a Basque Country street on Tuesday after a drunk driver smashed into a lamppost that toppled onto her. The 67-year-old woman was walking on the pavement in Zalla at around 11.00 pm when a car veered off the road. It hit a lamppost with such force that it collapsed on top

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POLICE are investigating the mysterious death of an Irish holidaymaker found floating in a neighbour’s pool. The man, believed to be in his late 20s, apparently drowned after climbing into the garden of a villa close to where his family have owned a vacation home for decades. The father-of-two was found floating in the pool,

A GUNMAN who shot three of his colleagues and wounded a police officer has been euthanised in a Spanish prison before he could face trial. Marin Eugen Sabau was granted the right to assisted death due to chronic pain he suffered after being injured in a shootout with police. Known as the ‘gunslinger of Tarragona’

A homesick teenage Ukrainian refugee was intercepted on a long-distance coach after his worried mother contacted police in Valencia. The boy, 16, ran away from home and sent a text message to her. He said he was heading back to his homeland which he and his mother left earlier in the year because of the

A man and woman have been arrested after robbing 55 Benidorm hotel rooms since July. They have also been charged with possessing fake documents and fraud. They were said to be part of an Algerian gang targeting Costa Blanca towns in crime blitzes before moving on to another location. The man- said to be the

THE Summer of 2022 for the travel sector has become one of strike action, industrial disputes and flight cancellations and delays across Europe. In Spain, the walkouts have been very largely concentrated between the leading budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet. With Ryanair cabin crew based in Spain striking from Monday to Thursday until January 2023,