A GROUP of disgruntled expats are taking legal action after their UK health company shut down without warning in Spain just before Christmas. The 40 sacked workers are taking Dam Health to court insisting they have not been paid proper redundancy pay by the firm. The majority, who worked at the Orihuela Costa call centre, […]
Around this time last Sunday, a woman was being murdered, decapitated, and her body dumped in the sea. Investigators do not even know yet if the horrific crime was committed in that precise order. Thus began a breakneck murder investigation and tragic tale of how a woman lost her life. [embedded content]
ANOTHER uncomfortable family photo is likely to emerge tomorrow at the funeral of Constantine II, who was the last king of Greece. The reason? His sister is Spain’s former queen Sofía, and her estranged husband, Juan Carlos I, will be joining her at the ceremony on Monday. The current king of Spain, Felipe VI, has
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WITHOUT a doubt one of Spain’s genuine world-leading gourmet delights is Cerdo Iberico – the pork from the black Iberian Pig. What makes this meat so incredibly special is that for the last few months of each pig’s life, they are allowed to graze free-range in dehesas (acorn forests), munching their way through literally tons
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AN old oil refinery in Spain’s Huelva has been rapidly converted to produce biofuels, capable of reducing CO2 emissions by 90%. Cepsa says that the upgraded facility is now capable of producing a sustainable diesel fuel, called hydrobiodiesel, from vegetable oil, vegetable waste and animal fats not intended for human consumption (sandach). The plant was
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WHILE most Spanish supermarket chains stock a range of vegetarian and vegan products, such as the well-known cheese substitutes and tofu burgers, one of the world’s most cruel luxury foods is now turning into an ethical, imitation product for discerning shoppers. This latest foodie invention is a vegan foie gras, called Fuah!, which is literally
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THE CHAIRMAN of the private HM Hospitales healthcare group, the third-largest in Spain, has caused controversy in the sector after claiming that the public system ‘has been left broken since the [coronavirus] pandemic’. Juan Abarca Cidon, who has degrees in medicine, surgery and law, made the comments in an interview with Spanish daily ABC, in
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THE Gibraltar Ministry of Transport is the latest government department to become a ‘Dementia Friend’ as the Rock strives to make the community more aware of this cruel disease. Government ministers became ‘Dementia Friends’ collectively in September after World Alzheimer’s Day and other departments have followed suit since then. “A few months ago I became
VARIOUS artists from Gibraltar will be exhibiting their work in Tangier throughout February as part of the Rock’s cultural exchange with its Moroccan neighbour. The Ministry of Culture had planned this second phase of the project for 2020 but the COVID-19 pandemic put it on ice at the last minute. The JM Memorial Foundation and
