THREE Da Vinci robotic surgery units will be opened in Valencian Community hospitals at a cost of €9 million. They will be set up at Castellon General Hospital; Alicante’s Doctor Balmis Hospital; and Valencia’s La Fe Hospital. The units will offer the prospect of better and faster surgical results for patients. The Da Vinci system […]
A British gang has been arrested on Ibiza after the Guardia Civil made Spain’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with 13.25 kilos seized plus over €500,000 in cash. 12 Brits have been detained along with two people in Columbia who travelled there to negotiate a fresh supply of drugs. The Guardia described it as an ‘important
TWO Spaniards have been arrested on a Benidorm campsite over a lottery ticket con that scammed over €42,000 out of elderly people in Alicante, Calpe, and Villajoyosa. The man, 35, and woman, 32, were part of a travelling gang of Madrid-based swindlers with previous fraud arrests across Spain. They approached elderly people aged over 70
AT least 130 Jesuit priests have been accused of committing sexual abuse against children between 1927 and 2012 in Spain. The El Pais newspaper, as part of its ongoing probe into paedophilia within the Roman Catholic Church in Spain, reported there were at least 160 victims who suffered at the hands of the Jesuits. El
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FLIGHTS were delayed or diverted at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez Barajas Airport on Monday after drones were detected flying in the airspace. State-owned airport operator, AENA, confirmed the disturbance on August 29 and blamed it on the presence of drones in the area. Seven flights scheduled to land in Madrid were diverted to other Spanish airports,
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Villa Algorfa, Alicante 4 beds 3 baths € 425,000 A Spectacular Front Line Golf, West Facing, Four Bedroom Detached Villa in La Finca Golf Resort is located on a secure gated community just outside the Spanish village of Algorfa. Situated within walking distance to the amenities on the resort itself, including bars and
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PEOPLE who get COVID-19 in Gibraltar will now only have to self-isolate for five days after they tested positive, its health authority announced. Director of Public Health Helen Carter said that they will only be able to leave self-isolation after getting a negative test result. If they do not get a negative test result on
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SPAIN’S Air Europa will receive 15 long-and short-haul aircraft in a major fleet modernisation programme. Air Europa will bring in five Boeing 787-9s and 10 737 Max 8s under a lease deal with Ireland’s AerCap and will get the jets between 2024 and 2026. The carrier will become the first operator in Spain to use
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FROM September 1 and, in principle, until the end of the year, travelling on Malaga buses will cost between 35% and 40% less with urban transport cards. As part of the government’s measures to mitigate the effects of the increased cost of living, a 30% discount on urban transport comes into force this Thursday. A
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INFLATION in Spain stood at 10.4% in August- a 0.4% drop on July’s rate according to figures released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics. The figure is better than a market forecast of 10.9%. The reduction is mainly down to falls in fuel prices offsetting rises in food, electricity, and hospitality. Core inflation,
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