June 2023

THE Port of Malaga will receive 46 cruise calls between June and September this year, figures which exceed those of 2022. Although the summer season, which runs from 15 June to 15 September, is not considered one of the high seasons for cruise tourism, it should be noted that the over forty stopovers not only […]

BENIDORM’S Mundomar wildlife park has a new resident- a baby flamingo born on June 8. It’s the second flamingo birth at the park since it opened in 1996 with the other ‘baby’ making its appearance in 2021. The egg was spotted on May 11 which the parents then looked after carefully. Mundomar said that the

THANKS TO A last-minute deal, the Socialists took power in Barcelona City Hall on Saturday, despite a pro-independence candidate having won the most seats at the May 28 local election.  As a result, Jaume Collboni of the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) became mayor of the Catalan capital, thanks to the votes of smaller parties in

SUNDAY shopping returns this weekend to large stores and commercial centres in designated tourist areas of the Valencian Community. Prior to 2018, stores in tourist areas were allowed to open all week until the Valencian government imposed a six month closure from the New Year through to mid-June with a few exemptions including Easter. The

SPAIN’S state-run Centre for Sociological Research (CIS) has released its latest polling data ahead of the July 23 snap general election, which puts the Socialist Party narrowly ahead of the conservative Popular Party (PP).  The CIS, however, is widely slammed by critics for being biassed toward the Socialists, who are currently governing in a coalition

AL PACINO has welcomed his fourth child at the age of 83.  The actor’s new son is the first child he has with producer Noor Alfallah, his 29-year-old girlfriend.  The leading role of ‘The Godfather’ already had three children from his two previous marriages with acting teacher Jan Tarrant and actress Beverly D’Angelo.  It has

THREE Malaga restaurants have positioned themselves in the European ranking for top eating establishments. Malaga is an area of Spain that has a unique gastronomy, with a wide variety of dishes that use a range of local products such as olives, almonds, grapes and raisins, sweet wine, and this year, 2023, it can boast to

WATERS off the western Costa de Sol will be kept clean this summer by several ‘quitanatas,’ boats dedicated to the collection of floating plastic debris, solid waste and creams. These sea-cleaning boats, popularly known in Spanish as ‘quitanatas‘ are special in that they can remove scum off the surface as well as solid items from

LEFTIST party Podemos (We Can) has been forced to accept the demotion of one of its most high-profile politicians, Irene Montero, as it is absorbed into a new alliance called Sumar (Unite).  Montero will not be on the candidate lists for the upcoming general election on July 23, and will assume a ‘modest’ role within

THE Conde Nast Traveler magazine has listed the top 10 beaches in Spain, with the number one spot going to a beach in Andalucia. Voted by the readers of Conde Nast Traveller magazine, Bolonia, in Tarifa (Cadiz) has been awarded the best beach in Spain, 2023. After coming second last year in the list of