THREE clandestine cigarette factories have been closed down by the Guardia Civil and Europol with products with a retail value of €37.5 million seized. 27 people have been arrested including the ring-leaders who led a ‘luxurious’ lifestyle in the Marbella and Sevilla areas on the back of laundering the profits. The gang employed 10 Ukrainian […]
SIX letter bombs sent to targets in Spain late last year were posted by a Russian white supremacist militant group, according to US and European officials. Bombs were addressed to Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, as well as to the US and Ukraine embassies, and the Defence Ministry. They were also sent to Instalaza, a weapons
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Students can access the digital platform anytime while attending the Hub, a co-learning space where they interact with their peers and receive support from their Learning Coaches. BGA offers programs for students aged 12 and up (Lower Secondary, IGCSE and A-Levels) and allows them to be self-directed while learning at their own pace with a
KING Felipe VI has spent the weekend skiing in Sierra Nevada. His Majesty the King travelled this Saturday, January 21, to Granada’s ski resort accompanied by his security team and a group of friends, generating great expectation among fellow skiers. According to sources from Spain’s most southern ski resort, Don Felipe arrived on Saturday on
THE coldest days of winter so far are on their way. According to AEMET, the National Met Office, tomorrow Tuesday, January 24 and the following day, Wednesday, January 25, will be the coldest in the province so far this winter, with snow level dropping to 600-800 metres above sea level. This week will commence with
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MALAGA firefighters of the Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium (CPB) have successfully rescued a trapped horse. The incident occurred yesterday, Sunday January 22, when fire crews were called out to a private estate in the Malaga municipality of Benaojan to help the horse. The animal had fallen into a ditch and struggled to get out after
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Benalmadena council has launched a financial aid package to help promote long-term residential rentals, instead of short term options for tourists. It comes amid a chronic shortage of long-term rentals in the Costa del Sol resort town. These are subsidies to encourage long-term residential rentals as opposed to purely tourist rentals, under the package. After
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Spain’s Navy made waves this week with the Mediterranean debut of its flagship, the Juan Carlos I, spotted off the coast of Malaga on Wednesday. This massive multi-purpose amphibious assault ship-aircraft carrier was visible to residents of the Costa del Sol all last week. The Spanish Navy is deploying the Dédalo-23 amphibious air-naval group throughout
THE NUMBER of bankers in Spain who earn more than €1 million a year grew considerably in 2021, to a total of 221. This is compared to the figure of 128 for the year before, according to figures published this week by the European Banking Authority (EBA). The list shows that Spain is fourth in
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Andalucia will launch its own nano-satellite into space this year in a bid to gather more data about sustainability and agriculture. The Junta of Andalucia will launch the nano-satellite, weighing less than 10kg, later in the year as part of a European project called Smartfood. The project is financed by the European Regional Development Fund
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