January 2023

MALAGA province has taken a battering from severe winds over the last 48 hours. Gale-force winds exceeding 60 kilometres per hour have wreaked havoc in the province, especially in the Capital of the Costa del Sol. As the blustery wind ripped through Malaga City yesterday afternoon, January 16, gaining momentum and reaching 68 kilometres per […]

ACCUSATIONS that they were making their Spanish employees work 84 hour weeks triggered simultaneous surprise inspections for the big four accounting firms by Spain’s labour ministry. The Madrid offices of PwC, KPMG, EY and Deloitte received visits from government inspectors last November investigating potentially abusive practices, the FT report. The ministry said it was concerned

LEGENDARY opera singer Placido Domingo is facing new historical sexual harassment charges three years after the the first accusations derailed his career. An anonymous singer on La Sexta’s La Salvados TV show claimed Domingo, 80, asked to touch her inappropriately at a theatre in Spain in the early 2000s. Domingo, one third of The Three

A roulette wheel game in a Aguilas gambling saloon was sabotaged to pay out €50,000 in five days. The ringleader of the fraudsters smuggled in a battery drill in a shoulder bag to make a hole in the roulette dome on the gaming table. A wire was then shoved down the hole to ensure that

AN investigation spanning several months has culminated in simultaneous raids on six indoor marijuana farms in Alicante Province and Murcia. 2,181 plants were removed by the Policia Nacional. 13 people of Albanian and Spanish nationalities have been arrested with six gang members being imprisoned. Alicante Province addresses were visited in the Elche, La Romana, Albatera,

There were more than 700 reports of medical negligence in the Malaga province last year, new figures show.  According to a new report the Patient Ombudsman received 725 claims for alleged medical incompetence. It was the second highest figure in Andalucia, after Seville where 825 complaints were registered.  Malaga’s figure represented a slight increase compared

A yellow extreme weather was activated on Monday for the Valencian Community with westerly winds caused by Storm Gerald bringing gusts in excess of 100 kilometres per hour. State meteorological agency Aemet has upgraded the warning to orange on Tuesday for some inland areas of Castellon and Valencia provinces amid fears that even stronger winds

A 33-year-old Valencia woman has been arrested for family ill-treatment after hitting her son, 10, with a toy. The boy had bruises all over his body and told his father that he didn’t want to go back to live with his mother. The assault happened last Tuesday evening when the woman interrupted her son doing

OVER 1,500 mourners attended Monday’s funeral of Greece’s last king- Constantine II- in Athens. Spain’s Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, flew in from his self-imposed Abu Dhabi exile to support his wife, Queen Sofia, who was Constantine’s older sister. The service was also attended by King Felipe and Queen Letizia. FELIPE AND LETIZIA(Cordon Press image) Families

THE UK Embassy in Spain released an update on Monday about the ongoing driving licence debacle, but it will provide little comfort for those residents of the country who have been left unable to drive since May 1, 2022. The short text, which was posted on the diplomatic mission’s social media accounts, stated that ‘work