March 2023

Former Benidorm policeman ran brothel exploiting young women on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE brothel owner who exploited young, vulnerable and underage women has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The 50-year-old Spaniard ordered his victims to be available to clients 24 hours a day and prevented them from even going outside his building. The mother who had guardianship over a 19-year-old girl with mental health issues, […]

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Gibraltar home-seekers get welcome news as government signs deal for over 700 new apartments

RESIDENTS of Gibraltar looking for a new home will be in for a pleasant treat after its government ordered the building two new affordable public housing estates. Chatham Views, at the site of the old Westside girls’ school will provide a total of 228 apartments with 44 flats for the elderly. It will take 30

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Google being investigated over exploiting dominant market position in Spain

SPAIN’S competition authority, the CNMC, has launched a probe into Google and its parent company Alphabet into alleged restrictive practices concerning Spanish publishers and news agencies. The CNMC in a statement said: “Specifically, these practices consist of the possible imposition of unfair commercial conditions on publishers of press publications and news agencies established in Spain

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Four peacocks rescued after leaping across rooftops in Spain’s Valencia area

FIRE crews were sent on a peacock rescue mission on Tuesday after four birds were spotted leaping across rooftops in Godella, Valencia province. Residents were surprised to see the colourful peacocks enjoying freedom on top of buildings on Calle Mayor. There were obvious concerns that one or more of them might suffer a fatal fall

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Mijas named as one of the prettiest villages in Spain to visit in Spring

SPRING in Spain is a time when temperatures become milder, blossoms colour the land in a picture-perfect sequence and the terraces of bars start to fill up. The mild spring weather makes it the perfect time of the year to explore delightful old towns, and one that stands out in particular, for its charming cobbled

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Former Manchester Co-op warehouse to become cultural centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DENIA will have a new cultural centre on the top floor of what used to be a Cooperative warehouse owned by the Manchester-based retailer. It originally stored Valencian raisins for export from the port to London and Liverpool, and was built in 1910 on the city’s Plaza del Convent. The grandparents of the current owners-

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Renowned Beso Beach club in Spain’s Estepona to reopen this Thursday

EL BESO Beach Estepona will reopen its doors tomorrow, Thursday March 30, and will kick-start the beach season with a chiringuito-opening-party. The Beso Beach (Kiss beach) concept—with its tribe that surrenders every day to the sun and the sea— originally became famous on Ibiza’s neighbouring island Formentera, and, thanks to its ongoing popularity, expanded across

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