January 2023

A POLICEMAN has been suspended for moonlighting as a porn actor. The cop in Spain’s Sevilla had appealed against the six month unpaid suspension to the High Court in Madrid, protesting that he was not paid for his starring roles. But judges decided that he received ‘indirect benefits’ and threw out the appeal. The Directorate […]

SPAIN’S Vueling Airlines will allow cryptocurrencies as payment for fares later this year. The low-cost carrier says it will be the first budget airline in Europe to accept crypto, having initially announced its intentions last summer. It added it will introduce the new service via its website in the second-half of 2023. Vueling has struck

The first ultra speedy 25G PON technology has successfully been trialled in Spain on Telefonica’s existing fibre network, Nokia announced. The trial demonstrated nose-bleed-inducing speeds of 20 gigabits per second – around 60 times faster than current high-speed internet – without the need for costly and lengthy infrastructure upgrades. Such speeds are considered necessary for

A TRADITION where horses are spurred to leap through 20 flaming bonfires has been revived after a COVID break – and not everyone is happy. Las Luminarias, which celebrates Spain’s patron saint of animals, San Anton, returned after the COVID-19 pandemic last year, but with pandemic restrictions still in force. This year the 200-year-old event

TOURIST industry body Exceltur says that the sector has ‘totally recovered’ in Spain after the Covid pandemic and has predicted a bumper year for revenues. Exceltur’s Tourism Outlook report published on Tuesday says the sector’s GDP reached €159 billion in 2022- up 1.4% on 2019. Speaking to 2,000 tourist businesses, Exceltur says this increase will

A 62-year old antique weapons collector died in Santa Pola after one of his pieces discharged accidentally. Concerned relatives contacted the Policia Nacional saying they had no contact with the man for some time. He lived on the Gran Alacant urbanisation and a Santa Pola Policia Local patrol did a wellness check at 10.30 pm

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A distraction robbery gang that stole from elderly people who made bank withdrawals in the Valencia and Murcia regions has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation Mugger was launched after a victim was robbed outside a bank in Batera. Up to two gang members ramped up bank surveillance on pension collection days to identify

WINTER is making its presence felt this week across Andalucia as temperatures plummet and icy winds cause havoc. The arrival of an Arctic air mass is seeing gale-force winds of up to 90 kilometres per hour tear through southern Spain and causing a sharp drop of 6ºC in minimum temperatures across the region. Lows of

MOUNTAIN rescue teams have recovered the body of a man who fell 200 metres to his death whilst hiking in Granada’s Sierra Nevada. The tragic incident occurred last Saturday, January 14, in the vicinity of the Veleta peak, in the municipality of Monachil (Granada). According to the 112 Emergency services, the alert was given at