Plans for offshore wind farms on the Costa del Sol have been rejected by local councils and environmental groups who stress the environmental cost and impact on tourism. The opposition to the proposed wind farms follows the approval on February 28 by the Maritime Space Management Plan (POEM), a sea planning authority, to advance offshore […]
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MAGISTRATES imprisoned a Gibraltar man for eight weeks after he attacked his partner while drunk last month. Ian McIntosh, 45, of Alameda Estate pleaded guilty to Common Assault and Disorderly Conduct at the Magistrates’ Court. The attack occurred on February 5, when McIntosh had been drinking heavily at his partner’s flat. At around 5.30pm he
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SPECIALIST ham cutters from all over Spain will demonstrate their Iberian ham cutting skills this weekend (March 4-5) in Bonares, Huelva. Eight of the best jamon cutters in Spain will gather this weekend in the quiet town of Bonares, situated east of the city of Huelva, and demonstrate the fine art of slicing Iberian ham
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A PLAN to improve cycling and walking paths around Europort got the green light from Gibraltar’s planning commission recently. The project – part of the Gibraltar Active Travel Strategy – will make Europort Avenue, Europort Road and Euro City Passage a one-way traffic flow system. It includes landscaped gardens and a two-way bicycle lane. At
MALAGA has hosted a one-day luxury sales summit, featuring various specialists in the premium and luxury travel sector. The first edition of the congress ‘Malaga Luxury Summit’, which has attracted luxury tourism professionals worldwide, was held yesterday at the Hotel Miramar. The event, organised by Elite Excellence, the Spanish Luxury Association, in collaboration with Andalucia
SPAIN’S legal watchdog has revealed the first official number of sex offenders who have benefitted from the government’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law. Since it came into force in October, 721 convicts have seen their sentences reduced, while 74 have been freed from prison early. According to the CGPJ, the Supreme Court has
Alarm bells are ringing on Ibiza over a dengue fever outbreak striking German tourists last summer that has shocked health officials. Two separate outbreaks affecting up to six people who were on holiday in the same area of the island during the incubation period have been announced by German officials. The Spanish Health Ministry described
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ONE OF SPAIN’S most controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘Trans Law’, came into effect today. And in Madrid, 20-year-old Lucia was the first person to use it to legally change her gender on official records. It took all of five minutes for her to do so at the central Civil Registry in the Spanish
FOUR fourteen-year-old boys and one seventeen-year old have been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female classmate while their teacher was present in the room. The alleged attack happened on February 2, during the school day, and has since been reported to the police by the mother of the victim. According to
A farmer’s vast array of grape varieties he has been collecting since the 1980s could play a pivotal role in tackling the country’s current climate crisis. Miguel A Torres put ads in local newspapers aimed at winemakers across Catalunya asking where to find any uncommon grape varieties and to get in touch. The president of
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