ALL patients get nervous before a hospital operation and especially youngsters who may never have been in a hospital before. That’s prompted the Hospital Clinic de Valencia’s Anaesthesiology department to use modern technology to reduce the stress and anxiety suffered by children. Virtual reality glasses are being given to young patients who can now enjoy […]
OVERNIGHT hotel stays in Spain reached 320.7 million last year- up by 85.6% on 2021, according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Stays were just 6.5% lower than before the Covid pandemic in 2019, with domestic bookings boosting the figures. There were actually 0.3% more domestic stays compared to 2019, but foreign tourists fell by
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A youth football scout who posted clips of himself abusing young children has been arrested in a town near Sitges. He gave himself away The man worked for various football clubs travelling around the region of Vilanova i la Geltrú in Barcelona province watching youth matches and scouting young players. He allegedly recorded the assaults
TORREVIEJA and Orihuela are Alicante Province’s top areas for foreign property buyers according to the Valencia region Notary Association. Figures for the first nine months of 2022 show the two municipalities accounted for over a third of all overseas home deals in the province. Torrevieja recorded 4,854 foreign sales between January and September- up 96%
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In 2022, the Costa del Sol experienced a unique phenomenon: the calima. This Saharan sandstorm left thousands of buildings and vehicles covered in mud. Clean-up services were needed for days and months to repair the damage. Other cities and autonomous communities, such as Córdoba, Cádiz, Madrid, and Castilla León, were also affected by the calima
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SPAIN’S national political system used to be a two-party one, with the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party taking it in turns to govern since the 1980s. But that all began to change in the early 2010s, as groups such as Podemos and Ciudadanos came on the scene, mostly in a bid to clean up
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Lonely hearts of the Costa del Sol rejoice – Hush Singles Night is back for its first event of 2023. Hosted this time at Cabaret Musica Club in Malaga city centre, singletons will be given a name tag, a stiff welcome drink and launched off to mingle among their fellow love seekers. The event is
A BABY thought to be around one month old was found on Tuesday in a sports bag in the Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona. According to press reports, a man who was on his way to work located the infant at around 7am and alerted the emergency services. Police sources said that the baby was wearing
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Home delivery firm Glovo has been fined €56.7 million for breaking employment laws in Spain The Labour Inspectorate said the penalties were for taking on bogus self-employed staff and people without a contract in the Madrid area. Glovo said it would appeal the fine and said the inspected period was before new labour laws- the
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A 51-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after poisoning a co-worker at an Elche metal factory. He poured ammonia and solvent into a water bottle that had his colleague’s name on it. The perpetrator was quickly identified after the Policia Nacional learned he argued over work matters with the victim. He also openly
