March 2023

Gibraltar expert looks at how hearing loss can cause severe depression in one-off lecture

HEALTH experts are warning the public in Gibraltar on how hearing loss can lead to severe depression in a local lecture. Mr. Chiti-Batelli, an ENT Consultant at the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) will talk about what causes hearing loss, how to treat and manage the condition. The hearing expert will address the impact losing this […]

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Customs discover €3 million of cocaine attached to hull of a cargo ship in Gibraltar waters

CUSTOMS have discovered 55 kilos of cocaine hidden in the water intake compartment of a Norwegian cargo ship that was passing through Gibraltar. A local diving company help Gibraltar’s Customs officers extract the large amount of illegal drugs with a street value of around €3 million from beneath the hull of the ship. They found

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Delivery company removed after thousands of fine-notification letters get dumped in Spain’s Mallorca

PALMA council will use a new company to notify people about fines after the current contractor CI Postal didn’t deliver notifications on time or employees simply dumped thousands of letters. Sanctioned residents knew nothing about penalties until they got a fresh letter saying that had incurred an extra fine for late payment. An action group

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Over €8 million to be spent in six months removing biomass from shores of Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

THE Murcia government will spend nearly €8.5 million between April and September to remove biomass and ova from the Mar Menor lagoon. Visiting Playa Honda at Los Urrutias on Wednesday to check out beach clearance work, Murcia’s Environment Minister, Juan Maria Vazquez, said that 2,054 tons of remains formed by excess nutrients in the lagoon

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AliExpress to open first physical store in Spain’s Malaga this coming Saturday

ALIEXPRESS, an Alibaba subsidiary, is due to open its first physical store on the Costa del Sol this Saturday, March 11. The so-called ‘Chinese Amazon’ will open an outlet in the city’s Plaza Mayor shopping centre on Saturday as part of the brand’s expansion plans in Spain.  After Madrid, Sevilla, Granada, among others, the brand

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2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Ca’n Picafort with garage – € 240,000

Ca’n Picafort, Majorca   2 beds   1 baths € 240,000 This well-kept 65m2 apartment is in a prime location only a few hundred metres from the beaches of Can Picafort, an ideal base for exploring the pretty northern coasts of Mallorca. This bright and cosy ground floor apartment has two bedrooms and 1 bathroom,

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Three workers killed as mine shaft collapses in Spain’s Catalunya

THREE men died on Thursday after a mine shaft collapsed at a Barcelona province potash mine. Emergency services were alerted about an incident at the facility in Suria shortly before 9.00 am. Early reports suggested the men died some 900 metres below ground and that no other workers were trapped. No further details have been

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British holidaymakers rejoice: ETIAS tourist tax date pushed back to 2024

The EU’s new tourist tax that’s set to charge Brits and others €7 to enter the Schengen zone has been pushed back to 2024. The controversial measure, only proposed once the UK had left the EU, has been bedevilled by delays, uncertainty and internal criticism. The latest delay comes a day after the Olive Press

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REVEALED: Where UK businesses are investing the most in Spain

THE Madrid region was the most popular part of Spain for British investment during the first nine months of 2022 according to figures produced by the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain and international financial analysts, AFI. Their eighth study on British investment prospects in the country showed that the Madrid region up to September

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