October 2022

Eye-watering figure needed to fix Andalucia drought crisis in Spain

WATER levels inside Andalucian dams are at record lows and the region’s government has a solution, but it won’t be cheap. Andalucia needs €5 billion to combat the region’s drought problem and its threat to the local economy.  On the second day during his visit to Brussels, Junta de Andalucia president Juanma Moreno on Tuesday […]

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New bank scam dupes victims into revealing their bank details on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE are warning the public in the province of Malaga about a new phishing scam that targets victims via SMS, email and telephone calls. The scam gets mobile phone users’ attention by sending a warning by SMS or email that their bank cards or accounts are being frozen. Policia Nacional agents report that these messages

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Pedro Sanchez greeted by boos and jeers at National Day military parade in Spain’s Madrid

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, was greeted by booing and shouts for his resignation when he arrived at Madrid’s Plaza de Lima on Wednesday for the annual National Day parade. Sanchez’s car actually arrived a few seconds after that of King Felipe and Queen Letizia, who according to protocol, had to wait until the Prime

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Police raid seafront souvenir shop that secretly sold cocaine and hash on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE busted a souvenir shop that sold cocaine and weed under the counter on the Benalmadena esplanade in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Agents from the Policia Nacional UDEV violent crime unit arrested four people during the investigation and seized 334 grams of cocaine, 23 grams of hashish and 2 grams of weed. Agents from the

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Mass gatherings in Spain linked to monkeypox, new research shows

Monkeypox patients reported attending two major public events in Spain before being struck down with symptoms of the painful disease.  A major mass gathering on the Costa del Sol has been linked to the rapid spread of monkeypox in Spain and other countries, according to new research.  A new study from GeoSentinel Network – the

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Tourists ‘choked’ by street thieves stealing cash and belongings in Spain’s Valencia

THREE tourists were literally ‘choked’ by two street thieves in Valencia who robbed them of their belongings. The assailants struck by choking the tourists using the so-called Jiu Jitsu move known as the ‘mataleon’ in Spain. Two men, aged 22 and 23, have been arrested by the Policia Nacional and charged with two counts of

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Canadian man who went missing in July is found dead in Spain’s Madrid

A missing 67-year-old Canadian man, Scott Graham, has been found dead in the Madrid area. The news came from the Victoria Police Department in Canada. They said Madrid police had described his death as ‘non-suspicious’ but did not say where he was found. As previously reported by the Olive Press, Scott Graham from Victoria was

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Hospital in Spain carries out pioneering intestine transplant on one-year-old girl

A Madrid hospital has successfully performed the world’s first asystole intestine transplant. The recipient was a one-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with intestinal failure aged just one month.  An asystole donation is when the organ comes from a dead donor. An intestine is very difficult to preserve after death given its unique characteristics.  The

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3 bedroom Villa for sale in Los Montesinos with pool – € 357,500

Villa Los Montesinos, Alicante   3 beds   2 baths € 357,500 Contemporary villa with view of the salt flats located in los Montesinos, high quality materials used, 3 bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, 2 bathrooms with flat showers, a guest toilet, fully equipped American kitchen, air conditioning by ducts, automatic parking gates , automatic watering,

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