POLICE in Spain’s Andalucia arrested eight gang members from a gang that carried out violent robberies and burglaries at around 50 properties in Malaga province. Guardia Civil agents raided seven addresses in the cities of Benalmadena, Nerja and Torrox and found weapons and stolen luxury goods. During the investigation, the police also discovered a hashish […]
UMBRELLA summer beach war comes to Malaga, with several beaches in the province taking action to those beachgoers who keep hogging the sand. Authorities around Spain have been fining people who use parasols to reserve spots on busy strands for years and each year more and more coastal municipalities in Malaga are joining in the
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THE POPULAR PARTY’S candidate for prime minister, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Thursday pledged to prohibit general elections from taking place in the summer months of July or August should he take office. July and August elections, he said, would only be held ‘in cases of extraordinary urgency or necessity’. He also called on Spaniards to
FOOD company Grupo Palacios has decided to withdraw its Spanish omelettes from the market after they were connected with several cases of botulism. Spain’s AESAN food safety agency has not, so far, been able to link the tortillas with the reported cases, but Grupo Palacios has decided to be cautious and take the products off
THE REGGAETON Beach Festival, which was due to take place this weekend in Madrid, will not be going ahead after City Hall refused to grant organisers a licence. Around 40,000 people were due to attend the event, which was to be hosted in the controversial new Mad Cool festival grounds. The Mobility and Environment departments
A NEW online crime law passed in Gibraltar Parliament will ban ‘cyberflashing’, extreme porn, and flashing images sent to epileptics. The Ministry of Justice believes the new rules will help protect social media spaces ‘in relation to harms which are committed online’, it said in a statement. The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) helped to develop
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested 13 members of the ultra-right Boixos Nois group who attacked a rival faction in a mass assault inside a Pamplona bar in November. The police said the detainees belonging to the ‘Casuals’- regarded as the most radical and violent section of the Boixos Nois who support La Liga champions FC
SPAIN’S postal service Correos has asked for a half-day extension to the deadline for accepting postal votes ahead of Sunday’s general election. A record number of people are casting ballots by post due to the election being held in the middle of the summer with a union representative warning that Spaniards tend to ‘leave everything
AN ORIHUELA COSTA residents group has demanded action from Orihuela council to remove vast amounts of excess rubbish piling up on the area’s streets. The Cabo Roig and Lomas Neighbourhood Association(AVCRL) has complained about ‘serious failures’ in the area’s waste collection service. Around 30,000 people are registered on the municipal padron but the population swells
