FAMOUS Gibraltar pop-rock band ‘Taxi’ sold out their first three local concerts in four years at the Sunborn Hotel last weekend. The band, formed after the break-up of Melon Diesel in 2005, got nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in 2010 after a number of Spanish chart hits. Loyal fans descended on the Rock from […]
FIVE injured and more than a hundred passengers have had to be evacuated from a train in Córdoba capital as flames and smoke spilled out of the roof of one of the carriages. According to Adif sources, the incident occurred around yesterday, Monday January 30, at 7pm., when an Intercity Barcelona-Cadiz suffered a fault in
A MADRID restaurant that is famed for its Spanish omelettes has been forced to temporary close after around 30 patrons got sick with salmonella. Casa Dani, which is located in the city’s upscale Salamanca neighbourhood, has been open for more than 30 years and is said to sell more than 100,000 tortillas de patatas every
A TOTAL ban on taking electric scooters onto any kind of public transport in Catalunya will come into force on February 1. The prohibition comes after one of the personal mobility vehicles caught fire on a train in the northeastern Spanish regional in November. Five people were left with mild injuries, according to Spanish daily
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A PUBLIC prosecutor in Valencia is seeking a two-and-a-half-year jail term for a man who blamed the LGBTQ+ community for being the origin of the monkeypox virus. The man is facing charges of a hate crime, and could also be forced to pay a fine of €3,600 if eventually found guilty. The case dates back
Food delivery giant Glovo announced layoffs which will affect 6% of its staff, with the majority of workers in the Barcelona headquarters impacted. The cuts come amid a huge €56.7 million fine by the Spanish government for allegedly violating employment laws. That was on top of a €79m fine in September 2022 for alleged violations
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POWER firm Iberdrola has launched its first solar community in Valencia City courtesy of a major solar panel installation on a school roof. 233 panels with a total power of 105 kilowatts have been installed at the Sagrada Familia school in the Benimaclet district. Iberdrola says the new set-up on top of the sports hall
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A high-profile member of the Dutch Mocro-Mafia is among nine people arrested for operating an international cocaine trafficking ring based out of Malaga. It comes as National Police seized 740 kilos of the narcotics, as well as 50,000 euros in cash, 30 mobile phones, five vehicles, a firearm and a bulletproof vest. Police said the
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THE SPANISH government confirmed at the weekend that it will seek to make changes to its controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law. The legislation, which came into force in early October, is designed to put consent at the centre of sexual abuse cases, but has had the unintended consequence of allowing convicted sex offenders
CLIMATE activists from a Spanish organisation called Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) glued themselves to the microphones at the lectern in the Congress of Deputies on Monday in their latest protest to demand action to save the environment. Members of the same group staged a similar protest in November when they attached their hands to the
