FIRST PUBLISHED JULY 22, 2018 Guy Hunter-Watts, author of several walking guides to Andalucía, heads off piste for a jaw-dropping gorge adventure in the wilds of Cazorla. Cazorla Natural Park lies at the eastern edge of the province of Jaén, about a two-hour drive north-east from Granada. The most common way to approach the park […]
AN eye specialist from Gibraltar has said she was humbled by taking part in a non-profit trip with a world-famous London eye hospital testing the sight of Guatemalan children. Michelle Brown, Gibraltar Health Authority’s Head Orthoptist helped test nearly 400 children during her stay in the South American country. She joined up with five eye
Alastair Johnson from Moving to Spain explores Spain’s new Startup Law. The Startup Law took effect on January 1, 2023 – aiming to boost entrepreneurship and innovation in Spain. The full name is “Proyecto de Ley de fomento del ecosistema de las empresas emergentes”, but you’ll hear it called the “Ley Startups”. The law is an exciting project from
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A WEATHER front known in Spanish as a DANA has caused major flooding and damage in Murcia, Almeria and Alicante. There are also weather warnings today, Tuesday, in areas such as Valencia and Zaragoza. The DANA – which means an ‘isolated depression at high levels’ – has caused not just flooding but also damage to
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THE Young Shakespeare Company kept over 2,500 students from Gibraltar’s upper primary and secondary school on the edge of their seats last week. The UK professional theatre company put on two daily performances of Hamlet for pupils at John Mackintosh Hall theatre. Each show started with an interactive session where the actors introduced children to
The number of Spanish nationals has decreased by 12,614 during this year’s first quarter, according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE). These figures contrast with the number of foreigners now living in Spain, which increased by 149,530 between January 1 and April 1. Overall, the population in Spain has grown by 136,916 during this
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has broken up an East European gang who stole over a €1 million of items in home break-ins across the Valencian Community and also in the Barcelona area. The crew was a 15-strong family clan with Croat, Czech, Serb, and Bosnian nationals, who were arrested in Alcasser, Sangunto, Torrevieja, and Vinaros, with
AN A-LEVEL student from Westside School won a trophy for her storytelling skills after local judge Jonathan Pizzaro praised her ‘strong sense of place’. Angelina Bosco was one of eight students to get a prize for the Rock Accord Young Storytellers Prize 2023 for her piece ‘The Old and The New’. Gibraltar’s 2023 Cultural Ambassador
A VIRAL tweet has sparked lively online debate about how often Spaniards shower compared to their European counterparts. The answer? Less than the Italians but more than the French. The discussion began when a Twitter user named Xavi Ruiz shared a graphic based on data from The Global Index and Wikipedia with percentages of inhabitants
A 65 year-old man with Parkinson’s who is coming to Barcelona after a 970-mile run from London has been hailed as ‘an inspiration’ by the broadcaster Jeremy Paxman. Neil Russell, a former advertising executive from Gloucestershire, begins his epic run on Thursday (May 25) and plans to complete it at the end of June, in
