December 2022

Spain’s Picasso Museum to organises children’s workshop over Christmas

The Museo Picasso Malaga (MPM), following tradition, will organise its annual Christmas workshop for children. This year, the workshop will have a focus on light and sensory experimentation and has been aptly christened ‘¡Iluminados!’ (Enlightened!). The art sessions, designed for children aged between four and 12, will be held on the mornings of December, Tuesday […]

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Environmentalists oppose big construction plans for unspoilt section of Spain’s Costa Blanca

PLANS for 954 homes to be built on an unspoilt stretch of the Orihuela Costa have been slammed by the Friends of Sierra Escalona(ASE) association. Orihuela Council have put proposals for a 159,000 m2 urbanisation at Mil Palmeras up for 45 days of public display and consultation. The land borders the Dehesa de Campoamor urbanisation

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Bogus quick loan website scammed victims out of €500,000 in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

A fake website offering fast money loans with no background checks scammed 86 people out of €500,000 in the Valencian Community in over 100 fraudulent financings. Nine people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in the Alicante and Valencia areas, with a further two under investigation. A scam victim from Monada complained to the

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Downward trend of water levels in Spain’s Malaga reservoirs finally reversed after nine months of water crisis

THE reservoir levels in Malaga are starting to rise for the first time after nine months of water crisis. The arrival of the first significant rains, in terms of quantity and duration of rainfall, is beginning to be felt in the reservoirs of the province with the downward trend in water levels finally reversed. For

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Spain’s Sierra Nevada receives heaviest snowfall of the autumn and prepares to open more ski areas

THE Spanish ski resort has registered the biggest snowfall so far of the season. Sierra Nevada kicked off the winter season with good snow conditions on five slopes in the beginner area last week, December 3 and has since accumulated more than 30 centimetres of snow in Borreguiles and at higher altitudes permitting more ski areas to be

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British comedian Dave Thompson heads up a series of British stand-up comedy shows coming to Costa del Sol over Christmas

Some of the UK’s top alternative stand-up comedians are heading to the Costa del Sol for a series of festive shows in the lead up to Christmas.  Organised by Stand-Up Comedy Spain, the shows will feature British comedian Dave Thompson, the actor who was fired from playing Tinky Winky in the Teletubbies series. The comedian,

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1 bedroom Apartment for sale in Malaga city with pool – € 198,000

Apartment Málaga, Málaga   1 beds   1 baths € 198,000 New Development: Prices from € 198,000 to € 330,000. [Beds: 1 – 3] [Baths: 1 – 2] [Built size: 61.00 m2 – 136.00 m2] The project is designed by the HCP Architecture Studio, distributed in a single building (multi- family) with five floors above

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Gibraltar sets the bar for scooters and similar electric transporters with new law update

THE Gibraltar Government has published a new law to keep electric scooters in check and stop them flouting basic road traffic rules. The new law will govern all Public Light Electric Transporters, which includes the ever-popular scooters. Many of these electric-powered scooters can reach quite high speeds and have even caused a few accidents in

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