January 2023

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in San Javier with pool – € 258,000

San Javier, Murcia   3 beds   2 baths € 258,000 . Apartment with garden located in San Javier at the Costa Cálida (Murcia) in Spain. Apartment with garden provided with 3 Bedrooms and 2 Bathrooms, communal swimming pool and underground parking space. Our new private complex will have 87 modern and spacious apartments, with […]

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Bird lovers encouraged to visit Fuente la Piedra and listen to spectacular trumpeting of cranes before they migrate North at the end of February

THE famous Laguna Fuente de Piedra Nature Reserve, located in the province of Malaga, is a paradise for any bird lover. With over 170 different species inhabiting Fuente la Piedra, there is always something to see, and this time of the year is a particularly spectacular time to listen to impressive trumpeting of cranes before

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UK nature conservation experts tour Gibraltar sites and give workshop on biodiversity

NATURE and environmental experts from the UK have visited Gibraltar to meet local scientists and find out how to best preserve its biodiversity. The UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs held a two-day workshop on the Rock. They met officials from the local Ministry of the Environment,

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‘Positive and constructive’ 12th round of Gibraltar post-Brexit talks end in London without agreement

THE Gibraltar Government has called the twelfth round of post-Brexit talks between the UK and the EU ‘positive and constructive’ after they ended without final agreement in London on Friday afternoon. Attorney General Michael Llamas represented Gibraltar’s views during the negotiations in the British capital for the Rock. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Deputy Chief

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Sweatshop exploited workers ordered to carry 80 kilos of clothes on their backs in Spain’s Alicante

A 42-year-old Alicante Province business owner has been arrested for exploiting foreign workers at his Crevillente premises. The work abuse included staff having to carry heavy bales of clothes into the factory. Six workers were not paid the minimum wage as he preyed on their vulnerability because they could not speak Spanish and did not

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Waitress in Spain’s A Coruña finds €4,000 pearl in plate of clams

NATALIA Freire had a ‘huge craving’ for a plate of clams when she went out to eat with her boyfriend. That hankering proved to be a very profitable one for the 22-year-old waitress, given that the first one she opened contained a valuable pearl. ‘Our kitchen makes them so well,’ she said about the dish,

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Blockbuster Bollywood movie that filmed in Mallorca out in Spanish cinemas

A Bollywood blockbuster that was filmed largely in Mallorca is now out in Spanish cinemas. Pathaan, which starrs two icons of Indian cinema – Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone – was directed by Siddharth Anand. Filming began in 2020, but was disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  It will be the return to the big

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Discovery in cave in Spain suggests for first time that neanderthals had the capacity to collect trophies

A DISCOVERY in a cave located in the Madrid region suggests that neanderthals had the capacity to collect trophies. That’s according to a study published this week in the magazine Nature Human Behaviour.  The research into the site in Madrid’s Pinilla del Valle shows that around 40,000 years ago, a small group of neanderthals armed

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‘I’m desperate’: Pet owner’s whopping cash reward for return of missing cat

A pet owner desperate to find her beloved cat has offered a whopping 1000 euros for its return.  But Alba didn’t end up stumping out the huge reward as she herself found her cat Tokio hiding inside the basement of her neighbour’s house in Arroyo de la Miel.  Alba is finally reunited with her cat

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