February 2023

Marbella’s Calle Sierra Blanca is being torn up and modernised in a bid to solve sewerage problems.  The project has a budget of 400,000 euros and is being carried out with Hidralia, the local water management company.  Marbella mayor Angeles Muñoz and said the works would be completed within three months, describing it as ‘record […]

In addition to its gym, Ocean Village Health Club in Gibraltar is opening its new £3 million health club and spa. The new spa and wellbeing club, called E1 Spa and Wellness, promises to have ‘the best facilities of any of the health clubs in Gibraltar’.  Head of marketing Kirsty Matthews said the facility will

Two 100-year-old Salvador Dali drawings worth 300,000 euros have been discovered after they were stolen last year in a burglary in Barcelona.  Police made the discovery after arresting three brothers aged 50, 53 and 55. Officers seized two drawings made by Dali in 1922 to illustrate a book Las Gracies de Emporda, on the request

All of Malaga’s closed kiosks, that once sold newspapers and magazines, have become ‘nests for rats’ and will need to be removed from the city’s streets.  This week Malaga council ordered all 95 kiosks that have been out of use for six months be removed. If the owners do not have them taken down, the

Albondón, Granada   3 beds   2 baths € 100,000 This detached property is located within a Private urbanisation in a residential area of the village of Albondón, which is a picturesque village with views of the Mediterranean Sea & the Alpujarran mountains. It is famous throughout the Alpujarras area for it´s locally made wine.

RESEARCH evidence is indicating that being visited by a therapy dog can have a positive effect on reducing patient stress, pain and anxiety. So, though dog-assisted therapies don’t cure, they can reduce pain . In fact, according to recent calculations by The Chair of Animals and Society of the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC), in

THE Port of Malaga gave the green light to a new western marina funded by Qatari cash that will have space for over 550 boats. The Port’s Board of Directors approved the San Andres Marina after the Andalusian Supreme Court ruled in favour of the development in November 2022. Work on the project could start

A FUTURISTIC electric taxi service that uses ultra-modern vehicles designed in Israel could be up and running in Gibraltar by 2024, its promoter said. ETIOCA presented the electric taxi at the Sunborn Hotel this week boasting that it even mines for cryptocurrency as it rides. The company will rent its vehicles out to taxi drivers

If you love dining out and fancy a wide range of meat dishes cooked to perfection, then you must give Vera Restaurante in Valencia a try. The restaurant on Avenida de Navarro Reverter, 8, offers a unique fusion of traditional Spanish flavours along with modern gastronomic innovations. WELL-LIT AND BRIGHT INTERIOR Meat lovers will find

PLANS have been approved for a new emergency response unit- the UVE- which will deal with incidents across the Valencian Community. The regional government executive rubber-stamped the initiative at a meeting in Orihuela on Friday. The UVE will be made up of firefighters and forest fire specialists but its formation has been opposed by all