October 2022

LUGHOLES OPEN: Specsavers launches brand new hearing centre in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPECSAVERS has celebrated the launch of its exciting new audiology service in Benidorm. It is not just a very high-quality service but the team of Silvia and Irina were very happy to explain what each machine does and what information they are looking to gather with each test they run.  Once I entered the audiology […]

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Russian’s residency battle on Spain’s Costa Blanca backfires as judge finds him swindling social security

A judge has reported an Alicante Province-based Russian national to Spain’s social security department for falsely claiming €460.93 every month for over two years. It was revealed the man had nearly €100,000 in cash and in his bank accounts. The Russian’s fraud was discovered when he successfully appealed against a ruling denying him Spanish residency

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EXCLUSIVE: German Madeleine McCann suspect to be accused of a string of rapes and two child offence charges THIS WEEK

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner will this week be charged with five more serious sex crimes. The German rapist, 45, could be accused as early as today with three further rapes and two child molestation offences. Brueckner – who was named as an official suspect (arguido) in the Maddie case in Portugal in April –

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Road fatalities on urban roads in Spain’s Malaga grows by an alarming 37%

MALAGA closed the year 2021 with a significant increase in the number of fatal car accidents on urban roads. According to a recent report on road accidents prepared by the Directorate General of Traffic and published by the Ministry of the Interior, 27 people lost their lives over the past year in Malaga due to

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Spain’s Malaga to incorporate 44 new sustainable buses and on target to achieve zero emissions by 2030

MALAGA, through the Municipal Transport Company (EMT), will incorporate a total of 44 sustainable buses between 2022 and 2024 to achieve zero emissions in 2030. The acquisition of these buses, which was announced by the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, accompanied by the Councillor for Innovation and Urban Digitalization, Susana Carillo, forms part

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UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty visits Gibraltar to explore effects of EU treaty

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo showed UK minister for Europe Leo Docherty around Gibraltar on Monday during his flying visit to the Rock. Docherty, recently promoted to the post after Lizz Truss became Prime Minister on September 6, met with ministers and the Attorney General during his visit. Picardo gave the UK minister a tour around

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Covid-19 pandemic triggers big rise in stressed-out workers taking drugs in Spain

A massive uptake in drug consumption among public sector workers in Spain has been recorded since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. The shock results come from a CSIF union survey conducted among over 2,000 public sector employees. 45% of those interviewed admitted to using psychotropic drugs- and that percentage rises among

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