FRENCH budget train-service Ouigo, dubbed the ‘low cost’ AVE, has just put on sale millions of tickets at bargain prices. The low-fare operator of high-speed trains in Spain, opened yesterday morning, Monday September 3, the sale of 2.4 million new tickets for high-speed travel from December 11 2022 to June 11, 2023. Fares start at […]
THE Malaga sky is again tinged once again in mild orange dust. Fortunately this new episode of ‘calima’—airborne dust from the Sahara desert that stains everything orange-brown when it rains—does not have the intensity of the months of March and April, when the haze provided images more typical of science fiction movies and ended up
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More than 10,000 people turned out on Sunday to watch the Tarragona Human Towers Competition, which is the largest of its kind in Spain. The ‘castells’, as the towers are known in Catalan, returned this year after a two-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. Men, women and children participate in the competition, which can
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Electric scooters are causing major problems for drivers in Spain and dashcam footage has captured some frightening moments and near-misses. Andalucia has been ranked inside the top five regions for the most traffic incidents in Spain involving electric scooters. Electric scooters have caused nearly 400 incidents and 18 deaths in Spain since 2021. A Mapfre
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SPAIN’S Civil Guard is investigating two people for dangerous driving after videos were shared on social media of a convoy of vehicles in Salamanca where passengers were seen hanging out of the cars’ windows or sitting in the boot. In one of the shots, a small child is sat on the lap of a driver
AROUND 80 people ‘bared all’ on Friday in an artistic naked protest against controversial plans to build over 2,000 homes at Cala Mosca on the Orihuela Costa. It has been branded as the ‘last stretch of virgin coast’ in the Orihuela area and campaign group ‘Salvemos Cala Mosca’ organised the unique demonstration. Participants took part
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POLICE in the Madrid region are investigating two shootings in the space of just 24 hours that left a 21-year-old man and a 19-year-old male dead. The first killing came in the early hours of Sunday morning, when a 19-year-old Venezuelan known as “Bori” was shot in the head in the satelite city of Alcorcón.
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SPAIN’S National Police force seized 700 kilograms of hashish at a toll booth in Málaga province, after they intercepted the drivers of two vehicles that were transporting the drugs from Sanlúcar de Barrameda to France. The arrests and seizure came after an investigation began at the beginning of September into a French criminal organisation. The
A 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the back at the Alfonso Escamez secondary school in Aguilas on Monday morning. The young attacker went back to his home before being arrested by the Guardia Civil. He is said to be an ‘absentee student’ with an existing police record. The assault happened at around 9.30 am in
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Heart attacks are on the rise in Spain since the coronavirus pandemic, and experts have shed light on what the leading causes are. Director of Comprehensive Heart Disease Plan for Andalucia Rafael Hidalgo said the increase in cardiovascular deaths came down to a relaxation of healthy habits, difficulties with mobility and patients’ fear of doctors.
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