December 2022

SPAIN’S Met Office, AEMET, has activated a yellow severe weather warning for rain in the province of Malaga, specifically on the western coast and the Guadalhorce valley. The yellow advisory warning (the lowest level) will come into force this afternoon, Monday December 5, from 6pm and, if there are no significant changes, will remain in […]

INVESTIGATORS in Spain believe that a series of letterbombs sent to embassies and the prime minister last week may have come from Valladolid province.  So far, no suspects have been identified in the ongoing probe into the incidents, and police have not clarified any possible motive for the crimes.  According to police sources cited in

MALLORCAN actress Vicky Luengo has been nominated for a Goya award in her first major breakthrough role.  Basque-born Luengo is in the running for best leading actress for the Catalan language film Suro, which is the directorial debut of Mikel Gurrea, who has also been nominated for Best Director. The film centres on the decision

TO the surprise of newcomers to “sunny” Spain, most houses aren’t designed for winter. Old properties lack insulation and have stone floors, single-glazed windows, and loose door frames that let in drafts. Really, it’s like living in a barn. This isn’t surprising as, in previous generations, people used their ground floor as stables. With homes

A TEAM of forensic scientists that has been recruited by the Spanish central government will on Monday restart work to recover the bodies of 110 victims of the Civil War at the Valley of Cuelgamuros monument just outside the city of Madrid. The work had been suspended by the courts after appeals were filed by

THE MADRID regional government has taken the decision to close the essential Sol transport hub for a total of 16 days over the holiday system in a bid to avoid overcrowding and Christmas crushes.  The station, located in the capital’s iconic Puerta del Sol square, is not just a meeting point for three Metro lines,

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THE second phase of the Sierra Bermeja Forest Restoration Plan, prepared by a multidisciplinary team, will begin in January with a €2.4 million budget. The second phase of the restoration of the area that was devastated by the Sierra Bermeja forest fire in Malaga, which calcined 9.581 hectares in September 2021, is almost underway and

The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the importance of clean, fresh air. Yet our children continue to spend seven hours a day indoors at school. To combat the 1918 flu pandemic and later, tuberculosis, classrooms were moved outside. Images abound of children either sitting at their outdoor desks wrapped in blankets or cross legged

A retired British expat who applied to get his pension on his 65th birthday from a social security office in Spain was denied, and instead told he owed the system nearly €7000. Jerry Wayne worked on Spain’s Costa del Sol for 35 years as a restaurateur and hotel manager, and had paid his taxes over