January 2023

Use of cash in Spanish stores drops drastically compared to 2019 new study finds

Paying with cash is quickly becoming a thing of the past as more people opt to pay via card or mobile apps than ever before. The use of cash in stores across Spain has dramatically decreased from 83% to 66% in the past three years, according to new figures.  A study conducted by the Bank […]

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Lorry driver dies in horrific collision on Valencia area motorway in Spain

A lorry driver died on Thursday after his vehicle smashed into a truck on the AP-7 motorway in Valencia Province. The horrific crash happened shortly after 4.00 am in the Sagunto area. A lorry had broken down on the motorway with a second truck smashing right into the back of it. Fire crews from Sagunto

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3 bedroom Semi-detached Villa for sale in Corralejo with pool – € 270,000

Corralejo, Fuerteventura   3 beds   2 baths € 270,000 Terraced house in the North of Fuerteventura. House area 81.25m² Garden 110m² *Features of the house Housing on a 250m² plot, consists of a living-dining room, an independent kitchen with appliances, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a distributor, an entrance hall with a built-in wardrobe. It

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Rafa Nadal to enter team into new electric raceboat championship due to get underway this year

TENNIS great Rafa Nadal has announced he will enter his own team into the inaugural all-electric raceboat season set to electrify audiences later this year. The UIM E1 World Championship is a new form of competitive racing in which mixed gender pilots fly above the water’s surface behind the wheel of the new RaceBird boat,

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Incoming cold snap will not affect Spain’s Costa del Sol weather expert says

A POLAR front is forecast to push across the Peninsula as of next Sunday, January 15, with temperatures expected to plummet across the country, except in Malaga city and the Costa del Sol. According to Jesus Riesco, director of the national met office centre, Aemet, in Malaga, highs of 17 or 18ºC will continue to

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Huge fire in fishing port in Spain’s Marbella controlled—leaving some 80 pleasure boats worth millions of euros destroyed

THE enormous fire which erupted in the La Bajadilla fishermen’s marina in Marbella has been brought under control—but has potentially destroyed around 80 pleasure boats worth millions of euros. The emergency alarm sounded at about 7pm yesterday, January 11, and saw dozens of police, firefighters and ambulances mobilised to the scene. It’s understood the facility,

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Going topless in public swimming pools given the thumbs up by Cordoba town hall, full nudity a maybe

The habitual rows around the public swimming pool about women going topless in Cordoba might finally be settled after the town hall gave the practice its blessing. Previously the law was vague on the issue, resulting in frequent poolside blow outs between those who object to seeing breasts in public versus those who do not.

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Angry farmers from south-eastern Spain descend on Madrid over major threat to crop irrigation

UP to 15,000 farmers took to the streets of Madrid on Wednesday to protest against new protection rules for the river Tajo which will cut water supplies to irrigate crops. Farmers from Alicante and Almeria provinces as well as the Murcia region met in front of the Ministry for Ecological Transition building and called for

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