July 2023

AFTER several heatwaves and an unusually wet month of May, the weather in Spain will continue to be unusual from the start of August onwards, thanks to some surprising falls in temperature.  According to the Aemet state weather service, the mercury will plummet in the north of the Iberian peninsula from Thursday onward, registering temperatures […]

AN ALICANTE area resident has told an amorous couple to tone down their passionate sex sessions because they are keeping people awake in an apartment block. The complainant from Ibi has pìnned a poster on the building’s community noticeboard saying that he or she is ‘fed up’ but did not specify what the exact noises

THE PARENTS of a baby have been arrested in Estepona after the child was admitted to hospital with a broken leg, among other injuries, and also tested positive for cocaine.  The man, 24, and the woman, 19, are facing charges of child abuse according to a statement from the National Police and reported by news

A TOURIST coach that was carrying 49 people, many of them children, was involved in a dramatic accident on Monday as it was ascending a mountain road in the Picos de Europa National Park in the northern region of Asturias.  While there were no fatalities, seven people were left with serious injuries and 12 more

THREE SPANISH banks have come together to exchange information and data to fight and prevent financial crime. BBVA, Banco Santander, and CaixaBank have formed a strategic partnership in a bid to address financial fraud which they say is the biggest issue affecting their sector. The anti-fraud initiatives of the three banks will be conducted under

BATTLE LINES are continuing to be drawn over who will be Span’s next prime minister after July 23rd’s indecisive general election result. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made his first appearance on Monday since last week’s vote and published a video stating he planned to remain in power, despite the conservative Partido Popular winning 16

GIBRALTAR continued to defy its size as both men and women came third in their own European hockey championships held recently in Poland and Croatia respectively. The Rock’s warrior sports people made a real result of their experiences at the annual Eurohockey III international championships that took place at the end of July. Minister for

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have busted a gang of Murcia-based telephone copper wire thieves and returned over three tons of wiring to their rightful owners. Stolen copper is valuable as scrap metal as it can be easily reused to make fibre optic cables or high value plumbing or electrical parts. It also has the advantage of

AUTHORITIES have clamped down on littering and fly tipping in Gibraltar by raising fines to four times their previous amount. The Department of the Environment rang the changes to cover throwing litter in public places and throwing out of ‘dangerous’ rubbish. Litter wardens, environmental officers and CCTV will be used to catch offenders leaving rubbish

212 international fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands who disappeared in Catalunya during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 have been identified in mass graves. Two studies by the Directorate General of Memory of the Generalitat de Catalunya have collected the names of foreign volunteers who fought in the region, where an