THE jury is out over who started the devastating forest fire in Los Guajares, near Granada, which burned 5,000 hectares from September 8 to 13, and is said to be the area’s worst wildfire in a century. Meanwhile, the blaze has raised serious issues about wildfire management and the need for a public information campaign. […]
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More ferocious storms have been forecast to smash the Costa Blanca, right after cleanup efforts only just started to clear damage from the last wild storm. Residents in the Valencia region and along Alicante’s Costa Blanca are bracing for more wild weather after torrential rain engulfed beaches and flooded town centres last weekend. Damage to
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Finca/Country House Tortosa, Tarragona 1 beds 1 baths € 143,000 11 hectares of forest in the mountains. There are two houses very far away from each other. Main house: 60 sqm liveable place + 25 sqm porch, 1 bedroom, 1 kitchen, living-dining room with a wood burner and bathroom. Second house: 57 sqm.
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DELIVERY Company Glovo has been fined €78.9 million for hiring people under fake self-employment contracts in Barcelona and Valencia. Spanish broadcaster Cadena Ser reported that more than 8,331 workers in Barcelona and 2,283 in Valencia were ‘falsos autonomos’ (fake self-employed in Spanish). According to Spanish law, to work legally in Spain drivers should have a
FRANCISCO de la Torre, current Mayor of Malaga, has confirmed that he will run again for mayor of Malaga. Three months shy of turning 80 years old, the Mayor of Malaga has announced he is not ‘afraid of his age’ Incredibly the Mayor, who was recently awarded an honorary OBE in recognition of valuable services
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THE summer of 2022 has been marked by high temperatures and terral in the capital of Malaga with sea temperatures readings considerably higher compared to previous years. The warmest water temperature in August for Malaga City averages around 23.4°C, yet this summer has seen days with sea temperature recordings hovering 26ºC and a record high
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A YELLOW weather warning has been issued by the SPANISH Met Office, AEMET, across parts of Malaga due to intense storms. AEMET has activated the yellow warning for heavy rain from noon this Wednesday, September 21, until midnight in two regions of Malaga province, specifically Antequera and Ronda. The storm will hit the regions of
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THE video from Peñiscola, Valencia region, quickly went viral. In it, a large group of people are seen from above crowded into an archway on the street. They are jumping up and down and shouting: “¡No pasarán! ¡No pasarán!” (They won’t get past.) But then the young bulls appear, and, surprise surprise, they do indeed
Spain’s transport sector is calling on the Spanish government to scrap obligatory masks on trains, buses and taxis and instead simply recommend the use of the anti-coronavirus measure. Aside from transport, there are very few areas in the country where masks are still obligatory: pharmacies, healthcare environments and care homes are the principal ones. According
A British family originally from Manchester had the “worst holiday of their life” after they were left without their luggage for more than eight days. Kathryn Tiller, 34, told the Olive Press specialised nappies which prevented her baby from suffering allergic reactions were inside the luggage which was lost on September 11. She said her
