TOP international speakers will discuss the latest trends in sustainable building at a conference hosted by Gibraltar’s green-friendly government in June. The one-day event will raise issues like the need for carbon zero buildings, a rule which the government is imposing on new developers on the Rock. It comes with a large increase in construction […]
MOBILE phone owners in parts of Alicante province got a Thursday surprise as the Valencian government tested out its emergency alert system. 27 municipalities in the Vega Baja region and Elche received a test warning that the Segura river had burst its banks and that flooding was inevitable. High-pitched sounds came from the phones which
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A BRITISH family received a nasty introduction to Spanish squatter’s rights when they arrived at their Ibiza holiday home to find the locks changed and another family living there. Marc Robinson, a prosecutor who served as the head of the UK extradition service in Spain from 2011 to 2019, flew in to the island with
HOME sales in Spain showed an annual fall of 11.7% in March according to figures from the Council of Notaries published on Thursday. The statistics continue a trend that started in late 2022 with increased interest rates and high inflation as the main contributory factors. A recent study by the Fotocasa property portal suggested that
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To discover what makes Jerez tick, visit during the feria for a celebration of sherry, flamenco, dancing and fancy horses under a million lights. Jerez de la Frontera is at the heart of the sherry triangle, the cradle of flamenco, and home to dancing horses. It’s also a city which knows how to party. And
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THE number of unemployed in the Baleares fell by 10,904 in April, according to the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. These numbers represent a 26% fall compared to the same period last year. The region closed April with 31,011 jobless, 8.06% fewer than in March. And Social Security gained 34,009 employees last
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POLICE have charged an eighth serving soldier with attacking police after Royal Marine commandos fought back while getting arrested at Ocean Village last Friday morning. Officers arrested Rodui Aitchison, 25, on Wednesday and he appeared at the Magistrates’ Court Thursday charged with violent disorder, resisting and assaulting police. Royal Marines injured seven police officers and
A 53-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for allegedly holding a woman against her will in a night time establishment in Pere Garau (Palma). He is also accused of kicking and making death threats to the victim while restraining her. Police were tipped off and rushed to the scene where they allegedly caught the accused shirtless
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TWO British thugs – one a marine commando – who beat a taxi driver unconscious in Mallorca last summer have had the book thrown at them by the Spanish justice system. The pair, 21 and 22 respectively at the time of the brutal assault, are facing two years in prison and a compensation payment to
