May 2023

Fraudster reports fake car robbery after not paying hotel bill in Spain’s Valencia area

A SCAMMER pushed his luck too far after telling police that his car had been broken into and documents including his credit card stolen in Gandia. The 42-year-old Spaniard had stayed in a local hotel and did’nt pay his €510 bill covering his 13 night stay. He then went to the police station with a […]

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Extortion racket blackmailed men making online prostitute bookings via bogus adverts in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIA extortion racket pocketed over €180,000 from men looking to book a prostitute via a bogus website. Customers were blackmailed for not going through with bookings and were told to transfer money to bank accounts to stop family members hearing about their extra curricular activities. The Policia Nacional have arrested 30 people in Valencia

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Spain’s opposition leader welcomes early elections but accuses PM of distracting attention from PP’s gains

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, today accused Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of calling a snap general election in a bid to distract attention from his Socialist Party’s losses at yesterday’s local and regional elections.  “Announcing early elections doesn’t hide what happened yesterday,” he said. “Spaniards have made it clear

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PP obtains over 26% more councillors across all Andalucia while PSOE collapsed on May 28 elections 

ANDALUCIA’S political arena has taken a right turn as the conservative Partido Popular (PP) has obtained almost 900 councillors more than in the 2019 elections.  The right-wing party has seen its overall number of councillors increase by 880, a 26% rise compared to four years ago. Overall, the PP claimed 1,486,396 votes, over 400,000 more

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Two men poisoned by carbon monoxide in wastewater tank in Spain’s Valencia’s area

FIREFIGHTERS rescued two men rendered unconscious by deadly carbon monoxide fumes at an Oliva business on Saturday. An emergency call was made from a car wash company in the Ronda Rebollet area after the men got into trouble inside an underground wastewater tank at the front of the premises. Fire crews from Gandia and Oliva

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Partido Popular grab top city prize in municipal election gains across Spain’s Valencia and northern Costa Blanca

LOWER TAXES, a ‘shock cleaning’ plan, and more police are on the agenda for Valencia’s next mayor, Maria Jose Catala, who produced a big win for the Partido Popular in Sunday’s municipal elections. The PP ousted current Compromis mayor, Joan Ribo, with Jose Catala’s party gaining five seats in Sunday’s vote. In outlining plans for

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Partido Popular make big municipal election gains but socialists see off challenge in parts of Spain’s southern Costa Blanca

NEW mayors are on the way for Elche and Orihuela following success for the Partido Popular(PP) in Sunday’s municipal elections. Elche produced one of the tightest contests where the PP gained two seats to be just one behind the PSOE with 12 seats. The far-right Vox party have three seats and are expected to back

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Spanish village breaks own record as all seven residents vote in less than 30 seconds 

VILLARROYA (La Rioja) has broken its own record as the whole village voted in 29 seconds on the May 28 elections.  The village, which only has seven residents, surpassed by three seconds its former record, established in 2015.  The municipality became once again the fastest to finish the voting process in the country.  And its

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Member of voting table in Asturias went for a cigarette and never came back

A MEMBER of a voting table in Llaranes (Asturias) polling station never came back from his cigarette break.  The 40-year-old man said he was going for a smoke after receiving the €70 voting table members are paid for their services on election days.  But the sneaky smoker, who is believed to have a large criminal

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