June 2023

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has arrested four people on suspicion of stealing at least 123 cellphones for a value of €60,000 from an unusual target: football players who were out on the field training.  The modus operandi of the gang was to allegedly wait until the squad had left its belongings behind in the changing rooms, […]

THE SPANISH Cabinet on Tuesday approved an extension to a raft of measures that were put in place to help combat the cost-of-living crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year and the ongoing conflict. A reduction in VAT on foodstuffs and discounts on public transport, for example, were due to come to an

THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party has been ordered to take down a Madrid poster in which symbols representing feminism, communism, the LGBTQ community, squatters, and the Catalunya independence flag are being thrown away as if they area rubbish. The huge poster has been hung outside a building on Calle Alcala in the capital since June 17,

SPAIN will pay back up to 15% of income tax to people who buy an electric vehicle before the end of the year in a bid to encourage sustainable driving. The maximum income tax deduction would be €20,000. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had hinted at the new measure in an interview on Monday with Cadena

ELCHE council wants their two SAMU ambulances to be based all year in the city rather than one of them going to Santa Pola between July and September. Elche’s health councillor, Inma Mora, says that Santa Pola needs the cover but it should not be at the expense of anybody else and has demanded two

A 78-year-old Torrevieja woman has been rescued by the Guardia Civil after she fell out of bed and spent three days lying on the floor. She suffered minor injuries but due to the length of her ordeal, she was dehydrated when officers got to her. The Guardia were alerted by the woman’s daughter in the

A COSTA BLANCA beach has been closed to bathers for the second time in less than a year after tests showed the water had been contaminated by bacteria of fecal origin. Samples at Javea’s Arenal beach were taken by the Valencian Community’s Beach Water Control Programme. After the negative results were discovered, Javea’s Policia Local

Golf del Sur, Tenerife   2 beds   1 baths € 268,000 These new build terraced houses are located in Golf Del Sur, in a complex that’s been completely renovated with finalization in February 2023. Each of the 31 terraced houses offers 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen and a bathroom. The properties also has a

There are so many hidden restaurants tucked away up in the hills around the Costa de la Luz in Cadiz. The key is knowing how to find them. In a dusty pot-holed lane leading down one of the Costa de la Luz’s least known beaches, sits one of its true dining secrets. La Traina, in

THIRTEEN tourists have been rescued by the emergency services after they became trapped in a panoramic lift in Mijas. The incident occurred last Sunday, June 25, in a lift that connects Plaza Virgen de la Peña with Avenida del Compás, a public lift which offers tourists easy access to the historic quarter. Unfortunately, the lift,