January 2023

Inflation rose to 5.8% across Spain in January, much above the market forecast.  The preliminary figure was up from 5.7% in December 2022, a 13-month low, as fuel price hikes accelerated in January. Meanwhile, clothing, footwear and electricity prices decreased from a year ago. The market estimate was at 4.9% year-on-year in January’s consumer prices. […]

A mountain bike race in the Calpe area of Alicante Province produced added difficulties for a thousand competitors. They were participating on the final day of the four-day 2023 Costa Blanca Bike Race attracting some of the world’s best mountain bike specialists. Rather than fighting the steep terrain, cyclists had to deal with low temperature

THE Sierra Nevada ski resort in Granada has opened the amazing runs of the Laguna de las Yeguas area, restricted to expert skiers and snowboarders only. According to Cetursa, the company that manages the ski resort, advanced skiers can now find plenty of action at the La Laguna Valley which has been partially open after

AT LEAST eight people have been injured in a hair-raising moment when a landslide swallowed an entire stretch of road on the A-395 highway near Güejar-Sierra this Sunday, January 29. According to the latest update by the emergency service, 112, at least eight people, including a four-month-old baby and a two-year-old boy, have been injured

SPANISH weather agency AEMET, has forecast a change in the weather in Andalucia from today, Monday January 30, onwards. According to AEMET, temperatures will start to rise gradually throughout the week. As of today, Monday, the return to milder weather will be felt acrosss most of the region with provinces such as Sevilla and Huelva

With the current biting temperature plunging the Costa del Sol into something almost resembling winter, BIOPARC Fuengirola has been forced to take extraordinary action to keep their residents alive. Many of the animals, such as gorillas and red pandas, come from tropical climates and they have little time for genuinely cold weather. With the well-being

British airline Jet2.com will expand its operations at Malaga airport after it announced a new flight route between the UK and the Costa del Sol. Starting this summer, the carrier will fly direct four times a week between Malaga airport and Bristol.  The company’s chief executive Steve Heapy made the announcement this week. He said

A LEADING Andalucia restaurant has launched a brand new tasting menu with just vegetables and fruit. El Lago’s Terra menu is a sustainable tour of the very best produce the Costa del Sol can offer. Going back to its Slow Food Movement roots, the Marbella restaurant is working with over a dozen local producers from

A WOMAN accused of squatting in a property in Malaga province has tried to get out of a court date by claiming that she had to have surgery on her breast implants on the same day.  Lawyers for the Swiss owner of the occupied home said that their client was ‘wondering if he had purchased

TWITTER is planning on sacking more than 80% of its workforce in Spain, as the company continues with the shake-up that began after it was bought by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. That said, the number of employees in the country is small, and stands at just 29 people. This means that around 24 staff will