February 2023

THE Mercadona supermarket chain is to spend €60 million on installing solar roof panels at its stores in Spain this year. Renewable energy currently powers up 114 of the firm’s shops along with nine logistics blocks and an online warehouse site, plus newly opened offices in Albalat dels Sorells in Valencia province. The company aims […]

WORK could start as soon as April on constructing a big urbanisation of 7,490 properties on the largest piece of urban developable land in Alicante Province. The land at La Hoya in Torrevieja covers an area of nearly two million square metres. Torrevieja council has approved amended construction plans to be submitted to public consultation

Vera, Almería   2 beds   2 baths € 131,900 APARTMENTS NEW BUILDING 400M FROM VERA BEACH & AMENITIES Get to know this new residence, you will be surprised! Visit the show flat and discover the refinement of the design and qualities of the apartments. Everything is designed to enjoy maximum space, relaxation and comfort,

A Teulada woman was conned out of €57,000 in an online love scam run by a Guardamar man posing as a Policia Nacional officer. They exchanged an average of 350 messages per day via a dating app and his bogus backstory included a claim that he was part of a wealthy Elche family who ran

THE prestigious travel magazine National Geographic has included a town in Malaga as one of the most ‘curious’ in Spain. Southern Spain is home to some curious and unusual places, full of unusual landscapes that transport visitors to fantasy worlds where hidden villages brim in legends of mystery, art and witchcraft. ‘Curiosities, stories, odd legends

STRONG gusts of wind of up to 70km/h have caused several risk situations in Malaga province over the weekend and lead to the closure of the Alcazaba and the Gibralfaro Castle. The windstorm that has ripped through the province over the last few days has led to a string of incidents which kept firefighters in

AS of last Wednesday, February 8, wearing a face mask on public transport in Spain is no longer compulsory. The Council of Ministers approved the end of mandatory mask wearing on public transport and in other spaces last Tuesday, February 7. The rule came into force the following day, once published in the BOE (Official

HUNDREDS of thousands of people came out to protest on the streets of Madrid today, to denounce what they called the ‘dismantling’ of the region’s public healthcare system by the government of Popular Party premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso. According to the government delegation in Madrid, the march attracted 250,000 people, while the organisers estimated that

A Brit flew to Spain just to search for an English Breakfast meal that cost under five pounds.  TikToker Ben Matthew Saunders documented his trip as he flew from Manchester to Magaluf to eat a fry up for just £14.45, with a holiday included. In the clip that has been viewed over 1.2 million times,

WHEN it comes to environmental news there are always surprises. Sadly some are not pleasant.  Shell, the oil and gas giant, has reported outrageous annual profits of $ 39.9 billion in 2022.  These figures are the highest ever recorded in Shell’s 115 years of existence .  Quite frankly this corporate greed leaves me feeling sick.