DECEMBER was a black month for domestic violence in Spain, and January has begun in a similarly dark fashion. But despite this apparent crisis, there is currently only one police protection officer in place for every 60 women who are at risk. In the first week of the year, three women were killed at the […]
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SHAKIRA and her now ex-partner Gerard Piqué were back in the headlines this week, after the 45-year-old Colombian singing superstar took aim at the 35-year-old former footballer over the treatment of one of their sons. After their definitive separation was announced in November, on Monday sources close to Shakira told The Olive Press that she
Primary and secondary schools in Andalucia are to include an extra two and a half hours a week of dedicated reading time in the curriculum each week to boost shockingly poor reading levels. The new initiative, from the Junta’s Ministry of Education, is in response to a recent report which revealed that the region came
AN Alicante Province motorist cheated death on Tuesday when his van plunged 60 metres down a ravine in the Petrer area. The 24-year-old man was not trapped in the vehicle, enabling him to get out. He was unable however to climb up the steep slope to get back to the road. The accident happened at
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A Santa Pola villa owner got a big surprise during a full clean of her property before putting it up for sale. She went into the basement and discovered three large ceramic pieces. Believing they might be valuable, the woman contacted the Guardia Civil who brought in experts from Santa Pola’s Museum of the Sea
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The Grand Hyatt group will open its first hotel in Spain following a franchise agreement with the La Manga Club and Resort in the Mar Menor area. The complex closed on December 1 for significant renovations, and the well-established 192-room resort property will relaunch as the Grand Hyatt La Manga Club and Resort this spring.
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A family has been ripped apart by a devastating fire that tore through a Fuengirola apartment block on Monday, killing a father and son. Two more family members are fighting for their lives in the ICU, while a further three people are in a critical but stable condition at the Costa del Sol Hospital in
SALARIES suffered badly in Spain last year with wage increases well below the high rate of inflation. Figures released by the Ministry of Labour on Tuesday said that nine million employees involved in union-brokered wage deals only got an average salary rise of 2.78% in 2022. The increase was well below last year’s average inflation
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TWO Spanish women who married ISIS extremists have been repatriated to Spain and arrested. They lived in squalid Syrian camps with 13 children- four of whom were orphans. The group flew into the Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase outside Madrid on Monday night. One of the women is married to an ISIS fighter who is
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RURAL Spain has some real gems and two of them are in Malaga, according to prestigious magazine. The popular American monthly magazine, National Geographic, has included two towns in the province of Malaga as ‘essential’ places to visit in 2023. Malaga is much more than its famous coastline and is the perfect province for enjoying
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