June 2023

AHEAD of World Tapas Day, the tapas with the best properties for maintaining healthy eyes have been identified. Celebrated on the third Thursday of June – this year June 15 – World Tapas Day is dedicated to honouring perhaps Spain’s best-loved culinary tradition. And while they can often involve a staple of fried food, they […]

MALAGA’S fauna is sometimes forgotten among the treasures that the province of has to offer. However, an almost infinite diversity of species can be found in Malaga’s terrestrial environment. Bird species diversity is especially high, in part due to the province’s unique location where its valleys act as a migratory track connecting the Strait of

SPAIN’S economic affairs minister announced on Monday that the government would keep in place a current VAT reduction on essential foodstuffs, until prices have fallen to a more ‘adequate’ level.  The cut in sales tax was one of a series of measures put in place by the Socialist Party-led coalition government, in response to the

THE Costa del Sol has been Europe’s go-to holiday destination for decades, but it is also a top location for Brits, Swedes and Dutch when it comes to buying a property. These nationalities are the spearhead of a market on the rise and which in the first quarter of the year accounted for more than

A FUGITIVE from Leeds wanted by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for trafficking guns and ammunition has been sent back to the UK and imprisoned after he was arrested in Spain. Clinton Blakey, 38, was arrested in Marbella on May 17 following a surveillance operation. Blakey has been on the run for three years,

ENJOY dramatised night visits in the oldest royal palace in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sevilla’s iconic Real Alcazar. All summer, up to October 21, visitors can enjoy nocturnal visits to this monument, which are quickly becoming a highlight of Sevilla’s summer nights. These late evening visits involve theatre performances which guide visitors

A 21-YEAR-OLD Moroccan national was killed on Saturday by a bull during local fiestas in the municipality of Cedillo del Condado, in Toledo province. The man, identified by Spanish daily ABC as Mohamed, reportedly participated in the bullrun after spending all night out partying.  Before the tragic accident took place, the youngster had already been

FOUR young women were killed on Sunday in a traffic accident that took place on a road near the Collado Villalba municipality in the northwest of the Madrid region.  The victims were aged 26, 16, 15 and 13, according to Spanish news agency Europa Press.  The accident took place at 5.50am on the M-608 road,

THE SPANISH authorities have arrested 22 people suspected of forming part of a drug-trafficking ring in Benidorm that was also ripping off rivals.  A major police investigation was sparked after a fire broke out in the garage of a house, which was later established to have been a settling of scores between competing drug gangs. 

A VIDEO of the young British tourist who was rescued by firefighters after plummeting into an underground rubbish bin on the Costa del Sol has emerged. The incident took place after midnight on Thursday, June 8, in one of the three containers for organic waste that Malaga City Council has installed in the Plaza Uncibay.