MALAGA will have a direct connection to New York as of today, May 31, with three flights a week operated by United Airlines until the end of September. The capital of the Costa del Sol recovers this direct flight with the US after two inoperable years. The seasonal route was lost in 2019 when Delta […]
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THE terral wind that swept into Malaga yesterday, Tuesday May 30, will remain for most of today and leave the Capital of the Costa del Sol with balmy highs of 28ºC. Although it may seem that summer is here to stay with warm westerly winds blowing along the coast and warming-up the area considerably during
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SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez surprised everyone on Monday, when he called an early general election for July 23 after his Socialist Party’s poor showing at the regional and local polls on Sunday. The news was surprising not least for the choice of date: this will be the first time Spaniards have been called to
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FOR football memorabilia, history and immersive 4D experiences head to a new museum in Madrid dedicated to the beautiful game. LEGENDS Home of Football opens in Madrid Pope Francis wanted it in Rome, and the Emir of Qatar, a massive fan who knows every stat and bit of football trivia, wanted it in Qatar. But
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A STUCK climber has been rescued with a helicopter in Cavall Bernat mountain area in Pollenca (Mallorca). The 35-year-old woman was in a precarious situation and at risk of fall, according to the Guardia Civil. “She was trapped in a vertical wall at great height,” an officer said. Guardia’s mountain rescue unit arrived at the
RESERVOIR levels in Andalucia continue to fall despite a number of heavy rainfalls around the region. They sit at 27.2% of storage capacity, or 0.4% below a week ago, while they are at half the level of a decade ago when they sat at 64% in late May. Malaga’s levels lie at 33% (down 0.3%
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SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister and Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz has officially registered as a political party ahead of the snap general elections that will be held on July 23. Her objective is for the new group, which translates as ‘Unite’, to absorb parties from Spain’s splintered left wing as well as leftist groups from civil
THE CENTRIST Ciudadanos party announced on Tuesday that it will not be standing in Spain’s general election on July 23. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made the snap call on Monday in the wake of disappointing regional and municipal election results where the socialist PSOE suffered big losses to the conservative Partido Popular(PP). If it was
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THE POLICIA NACIONAL has dismantled a cocaine trafficking gang in the Vega Baja region of Alicante Province. Investigators believe around a kilo of the substance was distributed each week around the area in cars with ‘hidden’ compartments. 11 people have been arrested and several addresses raided including the gang leader’s property in Callosa de Segura.
THE VALENCIAN Health Ministry says that 17.6% of people aged 15 years and over classify themselves as regular smokers in the Valencian Community. 2.6% of residents said they were ‘sporadic’ smokers in findings from the 2022 regional health survey. The results published on the eve of Wednesday’s ‘World No Tobacco Day’ show a trend moving
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