December 2022

VANDALS daubing graffiti on protected elements of the Serra de Tramuntana could be fined up to €1 million under plans for a new law. The stiff penalties feature in a draft bill presented by the Mallorca council on Wednesday to protect the area’s landscape. Any graffiti on the facades of buildings, facilities, monuments, rocks or […]

SPAIN’S biggest telecoms provider Telefonica is putting up its prices from January 13, 2023. The firm is putting up tariffs for all of its Movistar fibre-optic internet and mobile phone packages to millions of customers including their pay tv services. The average hike is 6.8% with its high-end bundles going up by as much as

HEALTH chiefs in Gibraltar announced they would start offering a 99% effective HIV medication to those most at risk on World AIDS Day. It formed part of a day of action on Thursday for the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) that included raising awareness, promoting prevention and increased testing of the often stigmatised condition. Modern science

THE Balearic Islands regional government is looking to see if can limit property sales to non-residents. High prices and availability of homes to islanders have prompted the long-trumpeted move, but there’s a very long way to go in the process, which would appear unlikely to become a reality. There are many legal hurdles to overcome-

Emergency crews are still searching for a hiker who has been missing in bushland on Mallorca for five days. The hiker, a Spanish national and resident of Palmanyola, called emergency services on Monday and said he had fallen while hiking on a track near Raixa, in Bunyola. He made contact via a mobile phone about

Valencia has set a new – if unwelcome – record for its largest ever seizure of cocaine.  A staggering 5.5 tonnes of Colombia’s finest – with a street value of €340 million – was found disguised in a container transporting fruit from South America.  The quantity of cocaine seized by police in the Port of

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A damning report says budget airline Ryanair violated the right to strike for its workers in Spain. Unions hope the ruling will nullify the almost 40 sackings of crew members who took part in strike action. Ministry of Labour inspectors visited airports across the country and their report said they discovered ‘serious infringements’ including replacing

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A third suspected letter bomb has been found in less than 24 hours in Spain. The latest incident involves a device mailed to a European Union satellite centre at the Torrejon de Ardoz air force base outside Madrid. It follows similar ‘letters’ discovered on Wednesday at the Ukraine Embassy in Madrid and at an arms