June 2023

Wild boar sightings soar to 74% of all municipalities in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

WILD BOAR sightings have soared over a year in the Valencian Community according to the Ministry of Agriculture. 283 municipalities reported sightings in the region in 2021, but that has now risen to 404- accounting for 74.53% of municipalities in the Valencian Community. Boars are being attracted to the periphery of many towns and cities […]

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Arrested the three squatters accused of brutally assaulting British homeowner in Costa del Sol 

THE three squatters who allegedly brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella have been arrested today (Wednesday June 7).  Guardia Civil have conducted a search at the occupied property in Manilva (Malaga) and have detained the three alleged assailants.  They are reportedly being investigated for stealing electricity supply, drug trafficking and for hiding the furniture

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French air traffic controller strikes cause mass flight cancellations disrupting travel to Spain 

A 36-hour strike by French air traffic controllers has caused the cancellations of dozens of flights to and from Spain. Starting from Monday 6pm, affected airports in Spain include flights Zaragoza, Santander and Palma de Mallorca. Several hundred passengers were left stranded just in Zaragoza alone on Tuesday, while 30 flights were cancelled to or

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Spain’s largest chain of beauty and perfume stores created by ‘friendly’ merger

BEAUTY AND PERFUME stores Druni and Arenal have announced an €870 million merger with both brands retained and no job losses expected. Druni is based in the Valencian Community and was set up by the Casp family in 1987. It has 400 stores in Spain and recorded a turnover of €575 million last year. The

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Body of a woman who disappeared almost 10 years ago found in Spain’s Torremolinos 

THE body of a woman who disappeared almost 10 years ago in Torremolinos was found yesterday (Tuesday June 7) at the flat where she used to live.  The corpse of Sibora Gagani, who was 22 at the time she went missing, has been discovered hidden in the walls of the flat where she lived with

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No dope: Man absolved of cannabis possession in Spain because the drugs ‘were to be shared with friends’

A MAN who was arrested in Spain in March 2020 in possession of more than two kilos of cannabis has been absolved of his crime because the drugs were to be shared between a total of 13 friends with no personal gain for the detainee.  That’s according to the sentence, as reported by Spanish news

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Owners win 22-year battle over compulsory purchased finca in Spain’s Mallorca

A COURT has ordered Palma City Council to return a damaged finca to its owners after it was expropriated in 2001 to build five storeys of social housing on the site. No conversion or construction has happened and the court has mandated the council to pay the owners over €60,000 in compensation for damage done

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Rental properties in Malaga province need highest percentage of household income in Spain

MALAGA province sucks up the highest percentage of household income in Spain for rental properties. A joint survey from real estate portal Fotocasa and employment platform Infojobs showed getting a Malaga area rental home required 47% of income earned by a family, couple, or individual. Second on the list area the Balearic Islands (42%); Barcelona

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Company in Spain’s Malaga develops surf forecasting app

THE Andalucian company Todo Surf Technology, based in Malaga, has developed an advanced surf forecasting app that provides surf reports and waves forecasts for over 6000 beaches around the world. The app, which is free and available in several languages, features 360 beaches in Spain and provides long-range surf forecasts from across the globe including

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