June 2023

GIBRALTAR’S top two political leaders will set about defending the Rock’s desire to decide its own future at the UN Committee of 24 in New York on Monday. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and his deputy, Joseph Garcia, will fly to the US city on the weekend for the Committee of 24 session and other meetings. […]

THE financial director of a sprawling Malaga-based business group has been arrested for running a massive fraud and embezzlement scheme. The high-ranking executive abused his position for a period of five years to line his own pocket to the tune of €2.6 million. Through a combination of tricking colleagues and falsifying documents, he diverted funds

Flight attendants of a major Australian airline will no longer need to wear high heels or make-up.  Qantas airline, which has flight connections with a number of Spanish cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga or Ibiza, says the new dress code is ‘fit for our times’.  The new policy also allows any cabin crew or

Dénia, Alicante   2 beds   2 baths € 199,000 Relaxation and well-being by the Mediterranean In an environment of great scenic beauty and with great leisure and sports attractions, this complex rises 400 m from the Les Deveses de Denia beach. Residential complex of four 3-storey buildings, integrated into a lush garden of palm

A DENIA mother and son have been convicted by an Alicante court of hoodwinking an Alzheimer’s sufferer into selling her house at over half the market value. The duo also convinced the woman, 88, to make a will bequeathing everything to them which on her death would nullify a payment plan of 120 instalments of

FROM THE outside, it looked like just another of Madrid’s many cafés. But inside this venue in the working-class neighbourhood of Usera, in the south of the capital, there were some very strange goings on indeed.  On Sunday morning, municipal police officers turned up at the establishment at 7.40am after complaints had been made by

A HOSTEL in the Levante beach area of Benidorm had over a dozen criminals as guests with the Policia Nacional not being told about their presence. Benidorm has 52,000 rooms for hire and establishments have by law to keep records of people who stay in them and send a notification within 24 hours to the

ALTEA council has been given a €810,652 European Union grant to improve the mouth of the Algar River between the Sogai bridge and the sea. Work on the longest river in the Marina Baixa region will begin in September and will take three years to complete. The EU subsidy will fund 95% of the project

A 32-YEAR-OLD scammer conned people out of €82,400 by selling them cut price cars they never received. The Guardia Civil arrested the Columbian man after getting a complaint from a Valencia province resident in March. The buyer from Cullera saw a car advertised online for a bargain price of €9,000 and transferred the money to

Land-based casino casinos are less numerous today than they were a few decades ago, but fans of the game still have enough places to enjoy it. Spending some time with the girls at a fancy casino can be a fun time, especially if you see a casual form of gambling. Regardless of the reasons that