April 2023

Spain’s prime minister calls on Chinese president for dialogue to bring an end to war in Ukraine

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his meeting on Friday with Xi Jinping to call on the Chinese president to engage in dialogue to bring an end to the ‘horrors of an illegal and unjust war’, in reference to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  His words came on the second and final day of his […]

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Traditional Holy Week celebrations on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SEMANA SANTA(Holy Week) starts in Alicante on Sunday with 25 processions in the city over eight days. The ceremonies last year were classified as being of National Tourist Interest. It will be also the first year since 2019 without any kind of pandemic restrictions. The Easter commemoration includes Wednesday’s Procession of Santa Cruz, which, starts

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WATCH: Traffic starts to flow through Gibraltar’s new runway tunnel route to the frontier, named Kingsway

THE new access route to the frontier via the runway tunnel called Kingsway opened on its first full day without a hitch. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and his predecessor Sir Peter Caruana cut the ribbon to signal the birth of the new dual carriageway dreamt of 14 years ago. It might have turned into a

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