February 2023

THE property market finally exploded in 2022. After two years of relative stasis, it picked up massively as Covid restrictions came to an end. Almost all agents I have spoken to had record numbers of sales last year, and most predict more of the same this year. But the main issue is most certainly listings. […]

A DEVASTATING report published this week has revealed that at least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Catholic Church in Portugal over the past 70 years.  The document was released by an independent commission that was charged with investigating the allegations. The numbers were described by its president, child psychologist Pedro Strecht,

ALICANTE’S specialist fire rescue team has returned home after going out to Turkey to assist in rescuing survivors of the devastating earthquakes that struck the country on February 6. They linked up with members of the GEA Alicante Volunteer Group in the south-eastern city of Adiyaman. The firefighters were joined on their trip by their

POLICE seized nearly 2 tons of hashish after a dawn raid on two launches that landed on the popular Tarifa beach of Los Lances. The two boats, loaded with 59 bales of hash, reached the Tarifa beach on Sunday where a group of people were waiting to unload the drugs. But the Guardia Civil arrived

A FIRE incinerated nine motorhomes at a Mazarron seaside campsite and trailer park on Tuesday morning. Nobody was seriously injured in the blaze with flames reaching three metres in height and visible over a large area. The Balnuevo site is popular with both domestic and foreign visitors during the winter with the motorhome section said

WORK has begun on a €2.1 million youth hostel and visitor centre in Benidorm’s Sequia Mare park. European Union grants totalling €700,000 have helped the project to become a reality and the building is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The structure, with a contemporary and innovative design, will ensure maximum

EU investigators have arrested a former head of the Guardia Civil in the Andalucia city of Algeciras on charges of corruption while he was in the Canary Islands. European prosecutors jailed Francisco Espinosa Navas as part of the ongoing investigation into missing subsidies to the Canaries’ food sector. They also arrested Taishet Fuentes, ex-director of

ONE of the things that makes people fall in love with Spain is the food. The Mediterranean diet, rich in fish and seafood, nuts and fruit, is famously good for the heart.  And not only the heart: the diet is full of ingredients known for their aphrodisiac properties. With today being a very important (February

USING data from the notaries, it is notable that foreign demand has been propping up the Spanish housing market. Back in the glory days of 2007, domestic demand from within Spain outweighed foreign demand for property – until the bubble burst. Since then, while foreign demand quickly recovered and was above 2007 levels by 2014,

AN Elche company has created an artificial intelligence device that can convert smartphones into car licence plate readers, which could be used by police to detect stolen vehicles. The new unit is the brainchild of Manuel Anton- the founder of start-up company Cetera IA, which specialises in artificial intelligence with a focus on artificial vision.