SPAIN’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) has registered an earthquake with a magnitude 3.5 yesterday morning, December 13, with its epicentre in the Sevilla town of Moron de la Frontera. According to the IGN website, this latest earthquake was recorded at 1:37am at a depth of five kilometres, and was felt in Moron de la Frontera […]
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THRILLER writer Dan Brown has been spotted strolling through the beautiful Andalucian town of Ronda. The 58-year-old bestselling author then posted a selfie on the social network Facebook, where he has 5.9 million followers, with the Tajo and the Puente Nuevo, Ronda’s ‘new bridge’ in the background, in which he asked his followers if they
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Landslides have forced the closure of the popular tourist Caminito del Rey walkway in Malaga. The tourist attraction’s official website announced the site would be closed from December 13 until December 15. Heavy rain and strong winds over the past week caused a section of about 20 metres of the wooden walkways at the start
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In spite of the endless rains that have soaked Andalucia this month, a meteor as bright as a full moon was spotted streaking through the rain clouds before ending its journey in a shower of sparks on Friday night. The meteor was detected by the SMART project, a network of detectors that is part of
A private investigator who worked with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is chasing ‘a significant lead’ in the missing Levi Davis case. Investigator Gavin Burrows volunteered to help track down the former X-Factor star and sent a team of detectives from his firm, Line of Inquiry, to Barcelona. His 12 agents have been working on
AS THE end of the year approaches, and with regional and national elections planned for next year, there is currently a flurry of legislative activity in Spain’s Congress of Deputies. Among the controversial measures being taken by the administration is a plan to reduce prison sentences for the offences of sedition and misappropriation of funds,
Spain’s government has announced details of a wide-ranging family bill which will allow working parents more time off to spend with their children. The package unveiled in Madrid by social rights minister, Ione Belarra, on Tuesday would permit up to nine days of paid caregiver leave a year. It would also extend family rights to
THE DAYS of the notorious hotel built on the beach at El Algarrobico, in Spain’s Almeria province, are numbered. But despite all of the court rulings that have found the construction to be illegal, the demolition will still have to wait. The Supreme Court today ruled against an appeal filed by environmental group Greenpeace, and
THE bodies of two women in their mid-fifties were found on Monday afternoon in a Sierra Nevada ski resort with no apparent sign of violence. They were spotted by a hiker in Hoya de la Mora close to the University Hostel in the upper part of the resort. Guardia Civil officers and paramedics went to
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The Junta de Andalucia has issued unfavourable environmental reports against five giant solar panel projects in Ronda and the Serrania that would see the picturesque region criss-crossed with electricity transmission cables. The regional ministry ruled against the massive and uncontrolled installation of photovoltaic mega-parks in the area, highlighting the ‘effects on biodiversity’ in the valley
