A big party to celebrate the New Year will run for over seven hours on Saturday on Benidorm’s Paseo de Levante. An estimated 5,000 people are expected to attend the event organised by Benidorm City Council with the Abreca and Ociobal hospitality and nightlife associations. The Paseo de Levante seafront and the Avenida de Bilbao […]
HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca are looking forward to a busy New Year’s Eve after two years of heavily reduced trade caused by Covid-19 restrictions. The Alicante Province Hotels Association(APHA) says its members are expecting an average occupancy of 83.1% on the evening of December 31. Alicante City’s average is so far 82.8% while the
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AFTER a two-year break due to Covid-19, today the taxi drivers of Pamplona will be volunteering their time to take 90 or so residents of old people’s homes out for a ride so that they can enjoy the Christmas lights in the capital of the Navarre region. Teletaxi San Fermín, named after the co-patron of
ALMOST 2,500 people have visited one of the most well-preserved Roman villas in Spain at the city of Rincon de la Victoria just a week after opening to the public. The Malaga town granted free entry to the museum constructed around the archaeological site for the first week after it opened on December 19. Considered
TWO British men crewing a boat packed with drugs have been arrested by the Policia Nacional off the Andalucia coast. The 16-metre-long and five-metre-wide vessel, called the Ivy Rosa, was boarded in the Bay of Cadiz after the men called the Maritime Rescue service for help during a storm. The UK-registered boat was carrying 4.4
POLICE shot a man in the leg as he allegedly tried to attack an officer with a large machete in Spain’s city of Malaga. National Police officers, who rarely fire their side arms, had to use their standard issue Heckler and Kosch USP pistols to shoot the man as he wielded the blade. Police were
THIS year, 2022, has seen multiple marine animals stranded on the coasts of Doñana. The annual Doñana Natural Area Management Report on observations and strandings of marine mammals in Doñana has recorded a total of 24 marine animals stranded along the coasts of the Doñana Natural Area in 2022. The strandings have included chelonians—loggerhead turtles
DOG owners will have to take their pets for at least 10 kilometres of walks daily from today under a controversial new animal welfare law – or face eye watering fines of up to €10,000. The little known clause has been rushed through Parliament ahead of the full implementation of the Animal Protection Law in
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MOUNTAIN rescue teams recovered the body of a man who fell 60 metres to his death while rock climbing in Spain’s Andalucia. The Greim mountain rescue and intervention group found the lifeless body on the ledge of popular climbing spot El Chorro, located in the Alora municipality. Emergency services first became aware of the accident
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PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced details of Spain’s latest ‘anti-crisis’ package to fight inflation in 2023. The measures were agreed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers. The third stage of the package will cost €10 billion with the highlight being the scrapping of IVA on essential food products for at least six
