POLICE arrested a man who grabbed a young woman from behind and began to touch her in the middle of a Malaga city street. The sexual assault occurred on La Roselada avenue but luckily the woman was able to escape and alert the authorities. The incident took place at five past midnight on Thursday night […]
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NEW strike days have been called by the Ryanair and Vueling unions which will affect numerous Spanish airports. Firstly, Spanish Ryanair ground staff have announced they will strike between today, October 28 and January and secondly, Vueling cabin crew in Spain have announced they will hold strikes every Friday, Sunday, Monday and on public holidays
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POLICE have arrested four people who grew cannabis at two homes in the Malaga province and sold it to central European countries. The Guardia Civil raided the houses rented by Balkan nationals in Coin and Velez-Malaga after finding over 60kg of vacuum-packed weed in a Coin industrial estate last summer. Police officers opened the investigation
RYANAIR has launched four new routes for the winter season out of Alicante-Elche airport as it celebrated 15 years of having a base at the busy facility. The new low season routes will fly to Fez, Frankfurt, Helsinki, and Lodz. The airline says it is a record winter schedule out of Alicante with 64 routes
SPAIN’S job market slowed in the third quarter of this year, with a small rise in the unemployment rate to 12.67% of the active population and the total number of unemployed creeping nearer to three million people. That’s according to the Active Population Survey (EPA), which was published by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on
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NOVEMBER may be fast approaching, but Spain is still enjoying unusually warm temperatures for this time of year. Last night saw the thermometers as high as 25ºC in parts of Cantabria, which is some 14ºC above the norm. Meanwhile, San Sebastián in the northern Basque Country region registered 28ºC this morning, with a minimum temperature
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THE SPANISH government announced on Thursday that it is to strip former dictator Francisco Franco of the Medal of Merit in Labour, an award that was granted to people who had excelled in the performance of a job or profession. The medal is also to be revoked for nine other figures from the dictatorship. The
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CYCLISTS will now be able to ride through Gibraltar without having to worry about overtaking cars putting them in danger thanks to a new government measure. Minister for Transport Paul Balban published new legislation to fine cars who overtake cyclists with less than 1.5 metres space between them. “These new regulations are designed to protect
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Thousands of homes and businesses in Andalucia and along the Costa Blanca could be completely submerged in water by 2050, new research shows. According to Climate Central, some of the areas in Andalucia at risk of being underwater included Huelva, Cadiz, Barbate and Los Barrios. The climate change research group published an interactive map, and
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ROCK legends Iron Maiden will play a gig in Murcia next summer- one of only three concerts by the band in Spain. The group, fronted by Bruce Dickinson, will perform at Murcia’s Enrique Roca stadium on July 20. It will be their fourth visit to the Murcia region after making their local debut in Los
