August 2022

A CEREMONY took place on La Rambla on Wednesday morning to commceremonia antentadoemorate the victims of the jihadist attack that took place on the boulevard five years ago. Victims and relatives of the 16 people killed in attacks carried out in Barcelona and the nearby town of Cambrills laid white carnations while a cellist played […]

 A WILDFIRE blazing out of control in Castellon province continued on Wednesday with residents evacuated from towns as the flames spread into Valencia province. An estimated 4,000 hectares of mostly pine forest have gone up in flames with authorities ordering the evacuation of several towns and villages as a precaution as winds made the blaze

CABIN crew working for Iberia Express have announced a strike between August 28 and September 6 over working conditions. The industrial action is the latest involving low cost operators in Spain. Ryanair cabin crews are striking for four days per week until January while Easyjet pilots have two more 72-hour weekend strikes to come. Iberia

Apartment Estepona, Málaga   2 beds   2 baths € 475,000 Large ground floor apartment in Guadalmina Baja, Casasola, situated in a luxury gated complex, with direct access to the communal gardens and large pool. The entrance hall opens to a very good-sized living room with sliding doors communicating with a covered and very private

A 43-year old tourist has been arrested by police in Malaga after installing motion-detector cameras to record people urinating in side streets during the city’s fair. The man was scheduled to fly back to an undisclosed Asian country this week but has been charged instead with crimes against privacy and sexual freedom. A lot of

TEMPERATURES in Andalucia are taking a breather, after a sweltering June and July. August is typically the second warmest month of the year (after July) but this August, 2022, has seen several days with temperature somewhat cooler than normal, a scenario expected to last until the last week of the month, when the thermometer will

AROUND 11,500 hectares of land has been destroyed so far in the Vall d’Ebo fire in Alicante Province which started on Saturday. Hope may be at hand from the skies as the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet) says the area might be hit by storms on Wednesday and Thursday. The fire has spread over a perimeter area

FROM Frederico Garcia Lorca to Gerald Brennan and, more recently, Chris Stewart, Andy Bailey and David Luddington, La Alpujarra has played home to many successful authors. Its beautiful landscape seems to inspire wordsmiths of diverse genres to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard. Now, female authors are taking the area by storm, with

CATALUNYA is taking a leaf out of the French book by creating an institute to buy natural coastal areas to free them from speculating property developers. The Catalan Coastal Conservatory is the first of its kind in Spain, having a €2 million budget for 2023 to buy and restore natural areas to their former glory.

AFTER reaching record highs at the start of the month, the sea water temperature along the Costa del Sol will remain relatively cool over the next few days. In fact, according to Spain’s met office, AEMET, the sea water temperature along the Costa del Sol is expected to remain below 20ºC over the next few