A 63-YEAR-OLD man died in Madrid in the early hours of Friday morning after his vehicle was hit by a car that was fleeing the police. The accident was caused after three thieves stole a vehicle and were being pursued by the authorities. The chase began in an industrial park in the Villaverde district of […]
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PERCHED on a Valencia shoreline, the horizontal planes of the striking America’s Cup building cut through the sky, like the white capped wakes of sailboats. The emblematic building, Veles e Vents (or Sails and Winds), in Valencia port, is often singled out as one of the east coast of Spain’s most captivating constructions. But how
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BARCELONA is earning its infamous reputation as the ‘city of thieves’ after a spate of new pickpocket attacks that employ a particularly disgusting modus operandi. A gang has been targeting tourists on the city’s metro system by spitting on them and then cleaning it off, using the movement as a distraction to rob their victim.
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THE Costa del Sol has never been better connected. And it’s not just all the gloomy northern European cities, where the locals are desperate to escape to Spain for the sunshine. This summer, flights from Malaga airport go direct to 130 different destinations… but two new ones really stand out! The inaugural summer season flights
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SOME 70% of workers in Spain are still doing the same amount of overtime as they did before May 12, 2019, when the government implemented an obligatory time-control system that was aimed at reducing the number of unpaid hours put in by staff. That’s according to a report from human resources company Adecco and job-seeking
FAR-right fascist Kris Kearney, who was extradited from Spain to face terror charges in the UK, has been sentenced to four years and eight months in jail. He was found guilty on two counts of disseminating terrorist publications after he shared inflammatory material on the Telegram messaging app. He will also need to spend two
NEARLY A year on from a migrant tragedy at the Spanish border with Morocco at Melilla, Amnesty International has released a new estimate of how many people were killed in the incident. According to a statement released by the NGO, 37 people died in the attempt by sub-Saharan Africans to storm the border fence in
A SERIAL burglar has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after committing 83 home robberies in Sagunto, Valencia province. Stolen items and damage caused totalled €25,000 with the 50-year-old Spaniard targeting unoccupied holiday homes on urbanisations in the Camp de Morvedre area. The man took jewellery, cameras, televisions, and clothes as well as helping himself
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SPANISH winemaker Entrecanales Domecq e Hijos has been named the leading food and drink company in Spain at The Sustainability Awards. They won the garland by becoming one of the first to achieve Carbon Neutral certification and utilise only renewable energy across their many sites around Spain. During his acceptance speech, CEO Gonzalo Entrecanales extolled
SPAIN’S economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the previous three months according to figures published on Friday by the National Statistics Institute(INE). The data is better than preliminary INE estimates of 0.5% growth and shows the country is doing better than most other euro zone countries “It confirms that
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