BRILLIANT writer Antonio Gala has died at the age of 92 in Cordoba today (Sunday 28 May). Gala, born in Ciudad Real in October 1930, was a worldwide famous novelist, playwright, poet and essayist. He wrote his first story at the age of five, four years before he moved with his family to Cordoba. Gala […]
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MILLIONS OF SPANIARDS braved rain showers to keep their date with the polling booths on Sunday, as elections were held in 12 of the country’s 17 regions and more than 8,000 local councils in the country’s towns and cities. The results of today’s votes will serve as an indicator of what is likely to happen
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Dozens of Brits attending the Coldplay concerts in Barcelona this week have been scammed with fake tickets. Police are dismantling a complex network that has swindled many people by selling them invalid tickets for the event. Four alleged scammers have been arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra, who believe over 100 fans could be affected. Dozens
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A LOCAL police officer who assaulted a man in Torrox (Malaga) during lockdown has been sentenced to a two-year suspension. The agent has been found guilty of striking the man’s head and breaking his phone during an arrest in March 2020. The officer stopped a caravan with a German license plate which had expired the
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Torrevieja, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 279,000 Have you ever wanted in your life to live in a villa that is spacious enough and also has a large patio located in a private residence with a swimming pool? Well this is your chance. We present this spectacular semi-detached villa in Aguas Nuevas,
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SCHOLARSHIPS of up to €7,000 for those studying to become public servants have been announced by the Spanish Government. The application process to benefit from them will open soon, the Ministry of Finance published on Friday. They aim to cover candidate’s expenses during their time studying for the public examination, which can last several years.
THE NUMBER of new property mortgages fell by 15.7% in March compared to a year earlier according to figures from the National Statistics Institute(INE). 36,182 mortgages were handed out in what was the biggest fall since January 2021 which was at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The news is another indicator of how the
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RESEARCHERS at the University of Cordoba have managed to analyse, for the first time, a 2,000 years old Roman perfume and determine its fragrance and chemical composition. Two thousand years ago, in the Roman city of Carmo, today’s Carmona, in the province of Sevilla, someone placed an ointment in a funerary urn. Twenty centuries later,
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PLANS to resuscitate a project to build a 1,300 home urbanisation in Pego have suffered a major blow after an environmental impact study carried out 11 years ago was voided. The regional secretariat for Ecological Transition says the study is ‘null and void’ as there was a five year limit for work to start at
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THE mayor of Gibraltar honoured the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) and Elderly Residential Services (ERS) with the Freedom of the City for their work during the pandemic. Gibraltar’s parliament voted unanimously to confer the honour on the central health service and elderly carers in July 2021 at the request of the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.
