May 2023

BRIT holidaymakers were stuck in their plane at Malaga airport for nearly two hours . . . waiting for buses to take them just a few hundred yards to the arrival lounge! Ironically, the Ryanair flight left Newcastle in brilliant sunshine – touching down in a storm. As the rain in Spain kept falling on […]

A 28-YEAR-OLD Spaniard posed as a computer expert to steal over €250,000 from a client’s bank account in Alicante. The victim told the Policia Nacional that he met the fraudster at a phone store when he went in to buy a new phone. ARRESTED FRAUDSTER The conman served him and mentioned that he was a

Cala Ferrera, Majorca   2 beds   1 baths € 220,000 Flat in small community, of approx. 65m2 and distributed in two double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, complete bathroom, large living room with air conditioning hot/cold, open plan kitchen with american bar and access to terrace and communal garden. Communal swimming pool built a few

SPAIN’s tourist rental homes have reached an average occupancy of 82% for this summer with prices averaging €172 per night- up 13% on last year. The figures come from a survey conducted by holiday rental portal Holidu who interviewed 2,471 holiday home owners on its books. 52% of owners expected more bookings than last year

There are some good people in the world, folk who give a lot of their time and energy to providing great experiences for others with no thought of financial gain, writes Andy Chapell. One such group are the shakers and movers behind the Andalucian Bird Society which has now been functioning in our area for

A VALENCIA area health centre reopened on Monday after it was forced to shut for 12 days following a series of violent attacks on medical staff. Workers took ‘sick leave’ following a string of incidents at Paterna’s La Coma Health Centre, resulting in its closure on May 10. As previously reported by the Olive Press,

REAL MADRID’S Vinicius Jr has called LaLiga and Spain racist after receiving racial slurs from the stands in Sunday’s one-nil defeat at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium. The Brazlian striker pointed out the fans who were insulting him, leading to the match being stopped for 10 minutes, and then got into an altercation with Valencia’s players which

We have long associated spending time by the water with the healing of ailments. For wealthy Victorians, seaside convalescence homes and time spent in spa towns was considered an appropriate way to recover from illness or injury. And the science certainly stacks up when it comes to sea air–spending time by the sea can improve

From raindrops dripping from terracotta rooftops, people and pine forests, to a glimpses of distant sea and wild grandeur, Mallorca inspires author Diana Janney. Here she explains why Mallorca was the ideal island muse for her new novel, A Man of Understanding FOR me, inspiration is a simple yet complex force for the good. Simple

AIR Europa has cancelled 114 flights during eight new days of pilot strikes scheduled between today, Monday May 22, and June 2. These strikes were called by the Sepla union following the previous four strikes in early May, which resulted in 68 cancelled flights. The affected routes include domestic flights between Madrid and Bilbao, La