February 2023

A RESTAURANT in Malaga province has received a ‘sun’ distinction from the prestigious Repsol Guide, a respected authority on Spanish cuisine. At the ceremony in Alicante this Monday, February 27, under the slogan ‘The kitchen fills us’, the establishment ‘El Lago’ was awarded a ‘sun’ for the first time. Located in Marbella, El Lago has […]

A MAN who assaulted his wife during a live broadcast via the social network TikTok has been sentenced to a year in prison by a court in Spain’s Castilla y Leon region.  A judge found the defendant, who was identified with his initials D. F. and is 32 years old, guilty of domestic violence.  ‘In

UK low-cost hotel chain Travelodge says it wants to expand its portfolio in Spain after announcing an acquisition in Madrid. Travelodge has 570 outlets in the UK and currently has two hotels in Barcelona and one in Valencia, in addition to two existing Madrid sites. It has acquired the lease for the 78-bedroom NH Villa

Three people have been arrested for kidnapping and torturing two men for four hours over a missing stash of drugs and weapons. The two victims were released by their own captors after paying a ransom of cars in exchange for 27 kilos of hashish, an AK-47 and other weapons that the kidnappers accused them of

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION public prosecutor at Spain’s High Court has called for former interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz to be given a 15-year prison sentence as part of the so-called Operation Kitchen case.  The 72-year-old former politician, who served in the Popular Party (PP) government of then-prime minister Mariano Rajoy as interior chief from 2011 to

SPAIN’S biggest ceramics producing region- the Valencian Community- is highlighting the sector in the return of the annual Cevisama fair. The event in Valencia was cancelled in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic, and then last year because of the Ukraine war due to the resulting shortage in raw materials used by producers. Over 90%

TRAGEDY struck the Valencia province town of Villamarxant on Monday when a mother killed her baby before trying to take her own life by leaping off the roof. The Guardia Civil were called after reports at around 10.00 am of a 36-year-old injured woman lying on the ground. She was treated for serious injuries by

DAVID Bisbal, the Almerian singer, will sing the Himno de Andalucia in commemoration of Andalucia day. Bisbal will perform at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, where Andalucian personalities and politicians will gather to celebrate the local holiday on the 28th of February. In a TikTok video the singer expressed his delight at being

A UK drug lord wanted over smuggling cocaine, ketamine, heroin and cannabis into the country has been arrested in Spain.  Policia Nacional agents arrested the 34-year-old man at a house in Estepona last week, where police said he led an operation of smuggling drugs into the UK through Europe. The group received the drugs from

OVER 80,000 people are expected to attend Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress(WMC) over the next four days, after it was officially opened on Monday by King Felipe. The event, which will remain in the Catalan capital until at least 2030, is the major international showcase for new technologies. Though mobile phone gadgets are present, the WMC