OVER twice as many foreign tourists visited Spain in June than in the same month last year according to official government figures. Arrivals also spent almost three times as much during their stay compared to a year earlier. June’s 7.5 million visitors spent close to €9 billion with visitor numbers over the six months of […]
NEW rules will come into force on August 8 to save energy at public venues across Spain. The Council of Ministers approved the first tranche of measures on Monday to cut Spain’s gas consumption by 7% as part of a European Union agreement to limit dependency on gas from Russia. Spain’s reductions will be lower
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IT has been a summer of sweltering heat waves and raging wildfires, and now it’s confirmed July 2022 has gone down as the tenth hottest month in Malaga since records began in 1942. The month of July began in Malaga with a warning from Spain’s state meteorological agency, AEMET, of rising temperatures both on the
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VUELING cabin crew may possibly join its two big rivals, easyJet and Ryanair with strike actions. The Spanish low-cost airline, based at El Prat de Llobregat in Barcelona is also experiencing moments of tension with some of its workers. Up until now, the Barcelona based low-cost airline has benefited from the strikes that two of
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SPAIN is sizzling in what is the first official heatwave of the year, sending the mercury soaring across much of the peninsula, to temperatures considered unusually high for the time of the year. And while the heatwave this weekend will affect much of Spain and especially the south sending residents and visitors alike to seek
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TWO Estepona fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly making more than €600,000 posing as a coronavirus test wholesaler online. One person attempted to buy 1,000 antigen tests from the crook which were never delivered. National Police officers in Valencia said they had detected nine similar scams perpetrated throughout Spain which they believe are connected to
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AUGUST has started with a jellyfish invasion on the western coast of Malaga. According to marine conservation experts from the Aula del Mar in Malaga a high concentration of these poisonous invertebrates have been recorded, specifically between Benalmadena (the beaches from Malapesquera to Tajo de la Soga) and Torremolinos (Los Álamos, El Bajondillo and La
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EACH day has brought a further twist to the disastrous campaign launched by Spain’s Equality Ministry last week to promote body positivity on the beach. It began with accusations that the campaign poster, which showed five different women enjoying the beach with the slogan ‘the beach is for all of us’ was ‘patronising’ and a
FORMULA ONE legend Fernando Alonso is to join Aston Martin at the end of the season. The two-time world champion has been with the French team Alpine since 2021, but will now replace retiring Sebastian Vettel in his seat. The 41-year-old is a veteran of the sport having competed in every season except three since
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SEVEN fire engines were scrambled on Monday after a fire broke out onboard a ferry docked at the port of Valencia. Initial reports say the fire started in a cabin on the second deck of the ‘Ciudad Alcudia’, operated by Grimaldi Lines. The vessel primarily provides a ferry service between Mallorca and Valencia but appears
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