April 2023

A NEW housing law that will see rents controlled and new limits on evictions today passed Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies. It will now be sent to the Senate for final approval.  The text of the bill contains a number of measures aimed at protecting tenants from abusive rent rises, introducing […]

A BRITISH resident of Madrid is ‘making history’ by becoming the first UK national to ever run in an election in the northern Basque Country region.  Richard Lewington, 41, is the current chairman of the Madrid branch of Conservatives Abroad, which is the international wing of the British Conservative Party. He will be standing as

CONTRACTORS have now removed all the cargo of steel bars stored in the shipwrecked bulk carrier off Gibraltar’s coast. Dutch company Koole brought out 33,632 tonnes of steel from inside the cargo hold of the OS 35 that broke in two pieces during recent storms. The Captain of the Port John Ghio confirmed this was

A HABITUAL criminal who stabbed a man four times in a Valencia nightclub has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The 38-year-old Spaniard had over 60 previous arrests and has been charged with attempted homicide following the assault on April 6. The victim suffered wounds to his stomach, right hand, back and left biceps area.

A NEW book about Emeritus King Juan Carlos claims that he fathered a daughter during an extra-marital relationship in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The explosive revelation comes from journalists Jose Maria Olmo and David Fernandez in ‘King Corp’ which investigates the former monarch’s businesses and friendships. They allege that Juan Carlos had a

‘WORKERS are at the heart of everything we do’, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said in his May Day message for this year. The Rock’s charismatic leader reached out to the working class, who he called ‘the backbone of our society’ detailing all the achievements the GSLP/Liberals had brought in this year. He highlighted the

SPANISH police swooped on a British man on the Costa del Sol after the UK government issued an International Arrest Warrant for him. The 50-year-old was arrested in the hostel where he was staying in Torremolinos accused of money laundering on April 17. According to the Interpol warrant, between October 2017 and July 2018, the

Two people aged 72 and 88 have died after being hit by a car that was being chased by Guardia Civil at Madrid city centre minutes ago.  The incident took place at the Paseo de Extremadura at Madrid city centre.  There are also five pedestrians that have been injured, according to the emergency services.  It

A GARDENER has discovered the skeletal remains of a human body next to a suitcase in Benahavis in Malaga province. The worker raised the alarm on Monday afternoon when he made the gruesome find on the Crest development at the La Quinta Golf Resort. He spotted a skull which had a mark on it and

THE SUSPECTED jihadist who killed a church assistant and injured several others in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras in January told police officers that he felt he had been ‘chosen’ by Allah and that carrying out the attacks would ‘open the doors to paradise’ for him.  That’s according to the statements made by the