February 2023

Cafeteria customer fumes at ice cube charge on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante cafeteria customer has taken to social media to publish a photo of her bill, which included an unexpected charge. Posting under the name of Viking heroine, ‘Sigrid of Thule’, she and a friend had a couple of coffees and some toast at the unnamed establishment. What took them by surprise on the €4.10 […]

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The party’s over: Malaga approves crackdown on raucous stag and hen do’s

The city of Malaga has approved proposals to come down on wild and boisterous behaviour by weekend partygoers.  The council has passed a new bylaw aimed at reigning in stag and hen parties who get a little too rowdy in public places.  It is now officially a fineable offence to walk around Malaga naked, in

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Gibraltar urges young people to help represent Gibraltar in the Commonwealth

DEPUTY Chief Minister of Gibraltar Joseph Garcia urged young people to play their part in growing links with the Commonwealth. Garcia gave a speech at Westside School encouraging Year 12 students at secondary schools and college to help promote the Rock among the Commonwealth’s 56 member states. Gibraltar has so far taken part in the

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Baby seriously injured after falling from third-floor balcony in Spain’s Valencia

A 15-month old baby boy suffered serious injuries after falling from a third floor apartment balcony in Alzira on Friday. The incident occurred at around 11.45 am on Calle Acequiero Jaime d’Olid in the Valencia province city. Eyewitnesses saw the mother screaming for help as exited the building. She then wrapped her arm around her

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Brit arrested in Spain for allegedly hacking Biden, Obama to be extradited

Spain will extradite a baby-faced Brit wanted by the United States over a Twitter hack which compromised the accounts of president Joe Biden and former leader Barack Obama. Spain’s High Court on Friday agreed to the US’ request to extradite British citizen Joseph James O’Connor for the scandal in 2020. The 23-year-old was arrested in

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Home property sales in Spain rose by 14.7% in 2022- biggest figure since 2007

HOME property sales in Spain reached 650,000 in 2022, the biggest total recorded since 2007 when nearly 780,000 residences were sold. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) figures showed a 14.7% rise in sales on the previous year despite a 10.2% annual fall in December caused by rising interest rates and increasing financing costs. With the

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British architect Norma Foster designs this year’s poster for the new bullfighting season in Sevilla

World-renowned British architect Norman Foster has designed the poster to announce the new bullfighting season in Sevilla. He was commissioned by the Real Maestranza to promote the controversial sporting events to be held at the Royal Bullring.  They have been holding the annual cultural promotion to gather the best collection of contemporary bullfighting posters since

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Hotel workers set to strike over Easter holiday in Spain’s Murcia region

UNIONS representing hotel workers in the Murcia region have called for strikes during the busy Easter and Spring Fiesta period after being offered a 0.7% salary rise on a monthly figure of €1,080. The UGT and CCOO unions described the rise on top of the government’s minimum wage increase as ‘shameful’. Talks broke down on

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Machine guns and revolvers brought in to Spain’s Valencia from Poland for black market sales

A weapons cache has been discovered in a disused Polish ambulance parked up in an unnamed Valencia province town. The Policia Nacional found two assault machine guns, with a large amount of ammunition, plus guns in a joint operation with Polish colleagues to bring down an arms and drugs trafficking gang. Four people, including the

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