February 2023

Two-thirds of mass graves containing Franco era victims have been exhumed in Spain’s Valencia region

TWO-THIRDS of identified mass graves in the Valencian Community containing executed victims during General Franco’s regime have been exhumed. Figures published on a new regional Democratic Memory website show that 2,166 bodies have been recovered during the programme instigated by the national government. Valencian Democratic Quality minister, Rosa Perez Garijo, said: “We have advanced a […]

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BREAKING: Police searching for missing child, 13, last seen on Monday lunchtime when she left school

POLICE are searching for a 13-year-old girl from Gibraltar who is still missing 36 hours after she left her local school at lunchtime on Monday afternoon. Tiahna de la Rosa, 13, did not return home for a second night in a row, raising fears in the close-knit community she might have come to some harm.

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Baza in Spain’s Granada drops to a chilly -6.3ºC and registers lowest urban temperature this Tuesday in all Andalucia

SEVERAL areas in Andalucia are still experiencing freezing temperatures at night, specifically Braza, a captivating Moorish town in the north-east part of the province of Granada. Last week Baza recorded the lowest temperatures in all of southern Spain on a total of four days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, when the mercury dropped to a

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Picardo blasts ‘lies’ of ‘ill-thought’ Brexit referendum as Gibraltar marks the day if left the EU

GIBRALTAR’S leader rued the day three years ago when the British territory left the European Union thanks to ‘pernicious lies dressed up as arguments’ in the ‘ill-thought’ 2016 referendum. As negotiations continued in nearby Malaga, the Rock’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said Gibraltar was now ‘well on the road’ to an EU treaty. In one

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Unite the union welcome ‘long-awaited’ Gibraltar regulations but point out some issues

UNITE the union in Gibraltar has welcomed the ‘very positive step’ made by the government to make sure private companies recognise unions. Unite Gibraltar National Officer Stuart Davies said it was ‘long-awaited legislation’ but at the same time pointed out some key issues with the new rules. Gibraltar’s left-liberal alliance brought in the Employment (Trade

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For the love of art, donate blood: Blood donors to receive free museum admission in Spain’s Malaga

THE Regional Transfusion Centre is running a ‘For the love of art, donate blood’ campaign, where blood donors during February 1 to 11 will receive free admissions to Malaga’s museums. The admissions will allow free access during the month of February to all the museums and cultural spaces participating in this initiative including: Museo Picasso

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