September 2022

Double Whammy: Spain’s Andalucia to launch Flu and COVID-19 winter vaccination campaign

A PLANNED and targeted winter vaccination campaign will kick-off in Andalucia on October 3. Junta Chief Juanma Moreno has announced the flu vaccination campaign will be launched in Andalucia on October 3 and it will be done in conjunction with the fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19 starting with people over 80 years in residences.

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Spain looks to pass new temporary wealth tax to help fight inflation after the Ukraine war, its treasury minister said

SPAIN’S left-wing coalition government is hoping to slap a two-year tax on the richest 1% of the population by next year to fight inflation, its treasury minister announced. Minister Maria Jesus Montero said the tax would be designed so ‘the burden of the war in Ukraine doesn’t fall entirely on those who usually pay the

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Spanish police seize €300 million worth of fake goods in Europe record

Spanish authorities have made the largest recorded seizure of fake designer goods across Europe to date. Seventeen people were arrested as police raided 14 bazaars, four stores and three homes in the Europol-backed operation. About €70,000 euros in cash and three vehicles were also seized alongside the huge five tonne haul of counterfeit goods which

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Grandson of Republican colonel embarks on quest to recover paintings stolen by Franco regime

IN the wake of the Spanish Civil War, Republican Colonel José Sicardo Jiménez- Córdova and his wife Mariana Carderera had little choice but to flee their home country and go into exile, given the likelihood they would be shot for being “reds”. In Madrid they left behind them a six-story building in Moreto street, which

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2 bedroom Beach Apartment for sale in Fuengirola with garage – € 385,000

Beach Apartment Fuengirola, Málaga   2 beds   1 baths € 385,000 We present this fantastic two bedroom flat for sale, located in front line beach, Fuengirola. Totally refurbished and with frontal views to the Mediterranean. Paseo Maritimo Rey de España, in front of the Ponderosa Beach Restaurant. You have everything close by. Contact us

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Palma-based airline forced a British disabled woman to crawl to the toilet in a plane because it did not have wheelchair available

A British woman who is paralysed from the waist down had to drag herself down an aircraft aisle to go to the loo when cabin crew refused to help. The husband of Jennie Berry, originally from Durham, recorded her dragging herself to the toilet. It was her only option as there was no aisle chair

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Cleaners tackle Gibraltar beaches hit by wind-driven new oil spill from beached ship

CLEANING teams are still removing oil from Gibraltar beaches released after the sinking of the OS 35 bulk carrier off Catalan Bay. The strong easterly Levante winds last weekend helped spread the oil – which the Captain of the Port said salvage teams were unable to remove – with Seven Sisters beach just south of

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Costa del Sol taxi drivers to strike TODAY affecting Spain’s Malaga air and sea ports, bus and railway stations

COSTA DEL SOL taxi drivers have called a strike for today, Thursday September 22, posing potential travel chaos at the city’s air and sea ports, bus and railway stations. Apart from essential services such as transporting the disabled, elderly or families with children, there will be no taxi service between 11am to 1pm at Malaga’s

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