June 2023

Inflation in Spain falls below 2% for first time since March 2021

INFLATION in Spain has dipped to below 2% for the first time since March 2021 according to provisional June figures released on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute. Inflation fell by more than one percentage point in June, reaching 1.9% year-on-year, down from 3.2% in May, with fuel, electricity and food price increases easing. The […]

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Computer company employee stole over €92,000 after first week at work in Spain’s Mallorca

A COMPUTER company worker in Palma has been jailed for four years and nine months after stealing €92,306 from her employee just a few days after being hired. The 32-year-old Spanish woman was also fined €945 by a Palma court and has been ordered to return all the money she stole. The court managed to

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British tourist, 37, dies of heart attack in hotel bedroom in Spain’s Menorca

A 37-YEAR-OLD British tourist died from a heart attack in his Arenal d’en Castell hotel bedroom in Menorca on Wednesday morning. The man started to have breathing difficulties during the early morning and his girlfriend- concerned about his condition- contacted emergency services. Paramedics and a doctor arrived at the hotel and started resuscitation procedures that

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Mosque-Cathedral in Spain’s Cordoba set to break record visitor numbers

THE Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (World Heritage Site since 1984) is on the verge of breaking its record number of visitors. The iconic Cordoba monument is set to break its own record of visitors, confirming its position as the most visited monument in Cordoba. According to José Juan Jiménez Güeto, canon spokesperson for the Cathedral of

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Chief Minister urges Gibraltar to ‘accept, not tolerate’ LGBTQ+ community after well-attended Pride march

HUNDREDS joined the Chief Minister and other top Gibraltar leaders at Casemates Square to celebrate Pride with the local LGBTQ+ community. In one of the most well-attended events of the Pride event in local history, ministers from the Government agreed with leaders of the Opposition about the need to reject homophobia and social marginalisation of

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Exploring sustainable homes on the Costa Blanca

The issue of sustainability is weighing increasingly on second home buyers’ minds, according to leading Spanish home builder Taylor Wimpey España. Always ahead of the curve when it comes to anticipating clients’ demands, the company has implemented a range of energy-saving and other eco-friendly measures across the developments it is building. Focusing on energy consumption

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Gibraltar works to fight financial crime link with tax fraud after failing to overturn FATF greylisting

GIBRALTAR is continuing its work to fight financial crime through its Quad Island Forum after it failed to convince the FATF to remove it from its greylist. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary on June 21-23 noted the ‘progress’ Gibraltar has made in ‘taking more enforcement actions, imposing financial penalties, and publishing the results

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