February 2023

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a prolific burglar and charged him with 23 home robberies in the Vega Baja area of Alicante Province- half of them committed when the owners were inside. The 32-year-old Spaniard, with over 50 police records, caused so much concern with his activities in Benijofar, Formentera del Segura, and Rojales, that […]

THE largest exhibition of life-size animatronic dinosaurs, Dinosaurs Tour, is coming to town. If you live or are planning on visiting the Costa del Sol between May 20 and June 4, you have kids (or a fixation on dinosaurs) you might want to pay a visit to a Jurassic expo that will take place at

GIBRALTAR’S police and fire service will move their headquarters to a new development at the old Rooke site which will include residential buildings and parks. Developer Carlton Properties will build the new government project at the vacant plot of the former military headquarters on Queensway. Three residential towers will overshadow a green area open for

A POLICEMAN who tried to steal a €6,200 watch from an arrested man in Spain’s Estepona lost his job and got a two-year suspended prison sentence. The Official State Gazette reported Monday that the former Policia Nacional officer had accepted the punishment for the crime of embezzlement of public funds. The offence dates back to

MSC CRUISES, the third largest cruise company in the world by number of passengers, expects to bring more than 100,000 cruise passengers to the port of Malaga this summer. This year will see the company increase its stake in the Spanish market in general, with MSC Cruises ships forecast to make more than 500 turnarounds

A COURT banned an elderly pensioner from driving in Gibraltar after she mowed down a pram with a baby in it at a zebra crossing. Christine Trico, 73, of Europort Avenue, drove her moped into the pram carrying the ten-month-old baby after she failed to stop at the crossing in February last year. The court

THE McArthurGlen group, owner, developer and manager of designer outlet stores in Europe, will invest €75 million euros to expand its outlet mall in Malaga. With this expansion, the outlet will cover 30,000 square metres and become the largest in Spain. The expansion plan of the shopping mall, which is celebrating its third anniversary after

SPAIN’S National Police force has busted a criminal ring that was forging residency cards for migrants in an irregular situation, thus allowing them to work.  The gang, which was operating in Murcia and Malaga, forced its clients to pay between €500 and €600 to get their hands on the fake document, and then obliged them

Crooks who stole 195,000 euros worth of jewelry have been chased through the streets of Torremolinos after a brazen robbery during broad daylight.  Police spotted two people suspiciously loitering outside a jewelry store in the heart of the coastal Malaga neighbourhood about 11.45am today, before they made a quick dash inside the shop to steal

OFFICERS from Spain’s National Police force are investigating allegations that an Israeli officer brandished a firearm during a protest last week in Madrid’s Complutense University. Recordings from the confrontation made by the demonstrators themselves show a man with a pistol trying to stop people from accessing a conference room where Spain’s ambassador to Israel was