December 2022

AN INDEFINITE strike by doctors in Madrid has been suspended temporarily while union representatives consider an offer from the regional government to improve their conditions.  Family doctors and paediatricians in the region have been on strike for a month, but will return to work until January 11, when both sides will meet once again to […]

SPAIN’S National Police force has detained one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Michael J. Pratt. The suspect, a 40-year-old from New Zealand, was given life imprisonment in the United States for child pornography offences, sexual assault and illicit income of more than €16 million, among other crimes, before he absconded. On December 21,

THE SPANISH government’s controversial changes to the laws covering sedition and the misuse of public funds were approved by the Senate on Thursday, in the midst of an ongoing constitutional crisis sparked by the opposition Popular Party and the Constitutional Court.  The Socialist Party-led coalition, which is backed by junior partner Unidas Podemos, has scrapped

A COURT sentenced a Gibraltar man to 12 months in prison for biting and kicking a woman as the police got tough on domestic violence. Riyen Lea, 35, of Varyl Begg Estate, Gibraltar, pleaded guilty to Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) and other offences after the incident on October 24. The court heard that

CHRISTMAS food shopping in Spain has been an eye-opener this year with customers having to dig deep into their pockets to buy their traditional favourites. Basic staples such as sugar, oil, milk and butter have lead the rises. On average, going to the supermarket is 15% more expensive than a year ago but there are

THE province of Malaga has gained more than 21,000 inhabitants in 12 months and now exceeds the 1.7 million mark according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The most recent studies from the National Institute of Statistics show that there are 21,853 more people currently living in Malaga, 2022, than there were last year,

AFTER two years of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this Christmas will be the first ‘normal’ Christmas since 2019 and will see a total of 2,725 National Police and Civil Guard officers reinforce public safety in the province of Malaga over the festive days. According to the sub–delegate of the Spanish government in Málaga

Flat Artà, Majorca   2 beds   2 baths € 320,000 This beautiful first floor apartment is located in Colonia de Sant Pere, in a quiet area, very close to its beautiful promenade, its beach and coves with crystal clear water. We enter the apartment and we find the living room and dining room with

Spanish authorities have struck a blow against some of the worst narcotraffickers with the recent dismantling of a major heroin trafficking operation in the province of Málaga.  In a coordinated effort between the Spanish National Police and the Guardia Civil, three individuals were arrested, and 14 kilograms of heroin were seized, along with two kilograms

SPAIN is a big country, we all know that. At over 500,000 km2 it’s over twice the size of a country like Great Britain but with about 20 million fewer people. With big chunks of the population concentrated on the coast,  that means the Spanish interior is full of wide open spaces and not that