July 2023

TWO PEOPLE have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Alicante province for using fake US dollar bills at money exchanges around Spain. The detainees operated in the Madrid, Valencian Community and Murcia regions and cashed in over 100,000 counterfeit dollars in 100 dollar denominations. They went to money exchange outlets in tourist areas and

RISING thermometer readings are not only affecting mainland Spain, but they are also having a significant impact on the Mediterranean Sea. So far this summer, Spain has endured two heat waves, with a maximum of 44.8ºC recorded on July 12 in Almeria and the country is currently going through a third heat wave, with highs

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A KESTREL has been rescued from a chimney in Benahavis after the homeowner called the Guardia Civil for help. The incident occurred at the end of June, when a homeowner in Benahavis became aware of the sound of insistent flapping coming from the chimney area and quickly realised that a bird had got itself trapped

A BRITISH resident of Algorfa has been jailed for 15 years and given a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order after sexually abusing a girl in the UK for over a decade. Robert Giles, 76, was convicted at Bristol Crown Court after pleading guilty and will also have to go on a sex offenders register for

SPAIN’S competition watchdog, the CNMC, has fined international companies Amazon and Apple a total of €194 million for collusion in the sale of products. The two firms had limited the sale of Apple products on Amazon’s Spanish websites ‘which restricted competition’, the CNMC said in a statement. It launched a probe in July 2021 for

SEAT has announced that it will build a vehicle battery cell assembly plant in Martorell, Catalunya. The car maker- owned by Volkswagen- says the project will create more than 400 direct jobs. The new factory will cover an area of 64,000 square meters and will also be used to assemble PowerCo cells that will be

THE NATIONAL COURT in Madrid has ordered the immediate extradition of a former Venezuelan military intelligence chief to to the United States, where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges. Tuesday’s ruling came after the European Court of Human Rights last week denied an request by Hugo Carvajal to avoid extradition that had first been

THE Chief Minister and Financial Secretary of the Gibraltar Government agreed to extend the flexible £500 million ‘revolving’loan with Natwest Bank for three more years. Called a ‘revolving facility agreement’, it allows the government to ‘draw down or withdraw, repay and withdraw again’, according to the Investopedia website. The government said in 2020 when they