August 2022

Iberia Express cancels 92 flights ahead of cabin crew strike in Spain

AIRLINE Iberia Express has cancelled 92 flights ahead of a ten-day crew strike that starts on Sunday. Among the scrapped services are connections from Madrid with Palma de Mallorca, Gran Canaria, Santiago de Compostela, Sevilla, Malaga and Tenerife North. Around 17,000 passengers will be affected but the company says they still plan to operate 1,100 […]

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Michael Portillo shares poignant journey following in footsteps of his exiled father who fled Franco during Spain’s Civil War

IT has been a landmark year for former British government minister Michael Portillo. As well as celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary in Andalucia, he has been travelling around the Pyrenees learning about his father’s escape from Spain after the bloody civil war. In a four-part series, The Pyrenees, he revisits how his father Luis, a

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Costa Blanca health centre in Spain gets daubed with graffiti after patient refuses to wear protective mask

AN Alicante Province health centre wall was daubed in graffiti hours after a patient angrily refused to wear a mask. It was far from an isolated incident at the Orba health centre which has seen several people refuse to obey the law which seeks to protect vulnerable patients from contracting Covid-19. The Denia Health Department

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Turn round for polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain’s Murcia with best August scientific data in six years

The state of Mar Menor lagoon is better than at the end of last summer, according to the Mar Menor Scientific Committee. That’s despite fears that heavy spring rain combined with summer heatwaves would bring new pollution problems to the lagoon. Speaking on Friday, committee spokesman Emilio Maria Dolores said that water analysis revealed the

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Spain’s parliament green lights energy-saving measures

CONGRESS on Thursday backed the government’s energy-saving plan by 187 votes to 161 with one abstention. The package, part of a European Union plan to reduce dependence on gas, was introduced this month by the Council of Ministers, but needed parliamentary approval for it to continue. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, said: ”Common sense, healthy politics

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Knife-wielding tyre slasher suspect arrested in Spain’s Malaga for puncturing 22 vehicles

POLICE arrested a man who allegedly punctured the wheels of at least 22 vehicles during a crazed morning slashing spree in the city of Malaga. Emergency services were placed on alert after witnesses saw the man puncturing tyres with a knife on Avenida Europa. They all described the same man of 31-years-old dressed in an

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Over hundred drivers in Spain’s Malaga test positive for alcohol or drugs in latest DGT road campaign

THE latest DGT (The Directorate-General for Traffic) road campaign ‘Operation August 15’ in Spain’s Malaga has tallied over hundred road users driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. As reported by the DGT, almost a hundred drivers tested positive for alcohol in Malaga in the special summer campaign carried out between August 8 and

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WEATHER: Warmer than average Autumn—with torrential rains—forecast for Spain

SPAIN braces for a warmer than average Autumn, with more heat and drought expected, but also the threat of torrential rains. The coming season, although almost a month away, has been forecast to be warmer than usual. According to Samuel Biener, an expert from Meteored (tiempo.com), September will be warmer than normal across most of

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Far-right British extremist based on Spain’s Costa Blanca in extradition setback over inciting racist attacks in UK

THE National Court has approved the extradition of a Costa Blanca-based far-right British extremist on two counts of inciting racist attacks in the United Kingdom. The decision is now subject to final approval by the Council of Ministers. The man, 38, known as Christopher TK was based in l’Alfas del Pi. He was arrested in

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