June 2023

British tourist in Spain’s Benidorm dials his stolen mobile phone with police answering it

A 49-YEAR-OLD Spanish woman has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing a €1,000 mobile phone from a British tourist in Benidorm. While she was being detained, the phone rang after being dialled by its owner from the hotel and police returned it back to him. The Brit was the latest victim of a […]

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Major blood donation campaign to take place in Malaga for the World Blood Donor Day 

A MAJOR blood and plasma donation campaign for the World Blood Donor Day will take place in Malaga from 9am to 9pm on June 14 and 15.  Appointments can be booked by phoning the Malaga Blood Transfusion Centre at +34951034120/21 from 9am to 2pm.   The building is located within Malaga’s Civil Hospital (Hospital Civil) at

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Frustration for car owners over ITV test delays at some centres in Spain’s Costa Blanca

MOTORISTS in parts of Alicante province are suffering long delays in getting an ITV vehicle test with some centres full up into August. The issue has emerged less than four months after private companies running the service were ousted in favour of public management in the Valencian Community. The regional Ministry of Sustainable Economy has

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Malaga metro registers highest increase in passenger demand in all of Spain

MALAGA metro has experienced a huge growth in passenger demand since its arrival in the city centre. Following the inauguration of the Guadalmedina and Atarazanas stations, which have allowed trains to reach the city centre, Malaga Metro has not just smashed records for passenger numbers in first quarter of 2023, but it also leads as

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4 bedroom Villa for sale in Ciudad Quesada with pool – € 369,900

Ciudad Quesada, Alicante   4 beds   2 baths € 369,900 We offer you this new Villa Its blends traditional Mediterranean architecture with contemporary lines and volumes Such is the layout of the Villas, you will instantly find a practical, spacious home with the very latest in modern construction requirements.With many energy saving features and

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British soul singer Sam Smith enjoys strolls through Spain’s Gaucin

ENGLISH singer and songwriter, Sam Smith, has been recently spotted enjoying a stroll through the winding whitewashed streets of Gaucín. Gaucin is considered one of the prettiest of the pueblos blancos, Malaga’s white villages, with narrow warren-like streets. And on one of these beautiful southern-style streets, Smith uploaded a selfie of himself to his 14

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National Police officer in Jaen may have received fatal bullet wound from colleague’s firearm

A NATIONAL POLICE officer who died in Jaen on Sunday while attending a disagreement between neighbours was accidentally shot by a colleague and not stabbed by a man brandishing a knife, as was initially reported.  Juan Jose Lara, aged 40, received a bullet wound in the abdomen when he and a fellow officer attended the

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Plan for artificial reefs outside marinas to protect fauna of Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon

THE MAR MENOR may be getting a network of artificial reefs in its waters to protect the lagoon’s marine ecosystem. The reefs can be made from concrete or recycled material and it’s planned to install them in marina docking areas. A study was commissioned in November to see how effective using reefs could be as

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Spain starts exhuming remains from Franco era mausoleum near Madrid

WORK started on Monday to exhume 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near Madrid. The Democratic Memory Ministry said that a specialist team will ‘look to recover those bodies and deliver them to their families to give them a dignified burial’. The remains of some 33,000 people

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Experts slam Doñana’s new plan to grant watering rights to farmers 

TECHNICIANS have condemned the new plan to grant watering rights to farmers around Doñana’s National Park. A report published by Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation’s (GHC) regulatory body has described the new regulation as a ‘scam’. The study further highlights the plans go against the protection of natural space as well as being contrary to European Justice. 

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