A POLISH national who fled his native country after the fatal 1997 shooting of a man has been arrested in Orihuela by the Policia Nacional. He was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant and faces 25 years behind bars if convicted of the killing. He belonged to a cross-border smuggling gang operating close to […]
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A 32-year-old woman died over the weekend after falling from a jet ski in the Costa del Sol near the El Palo neighbourhood of Malaga City. The incident, which occurred in the late afternoon of July 16th, coincided with festivities in honour of the Virgen del Carmen taking place along the coast of Malaga province.
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In 2022, an average of 32.6 babies were born in hospitals daily compared to the previous year with a daily birth rate of 34. Over the course of the year, the figures indicate that there were over 500 fewer births in 2022, a 4.1% decrease. The birth rate in Malaga has reached a new low
AS SPAIN swelters in an ongoing heatwave, there were weather warnings issued on Tuesday for temperatures as high as 42 and even 43ºC in areas such as Aragon, the Balearic Islands and Catalonia. Monday already saw the mercury reach nearly 45ºC in areas such as Montoro in Cordoba province and Andujar in Jaen. There has
FIVE SPANIARDS have been arrested at a Benidorm campsite after scamming elderly people across Spain. Three men and two women aged between 27 and 55 were part of a travelling gang that approached victims in the so-called ‘tocomocho’ scam involving a winning lottery ticket. A Cadiz woman told the Policia Nacional that jewellery and €30,000
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Altea, Alicante 3 beds 3 baths € 390,000 Comfortable townhouse property with spacious garden and pool area located in Altea Hills only five minutes drive from the supermarket and the nearest city. The property is composed on two levels, has three bedrooms and equally three bathrooms. The kitchen is in great condition and
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MORE AMERICANS are coming to Spain for longer, whether as digital nomads or simply to retire. The number of Americans living in Spain grew by 13% from 2019 to 2021, and home sales to Americans jumped 88% from the first half of 2019 to the first half of 2022, according to the General Council of
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112 Andalucía has launched a drowning prevention campaign, “Zero Drowning,” to help prevent water-related accidents. The campaign was announced by the Andalusian regional minister for the Presidency, Antonio Sanz, at Fontanilla beach in Cadiz. He noted that precautions must be taken in areas where there is no surveillance, which is when most accidents occur. The
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ON Sunday, members of Spain’s Military Emergency Unit (UME) left Andalucia for La Palma in the Canary Islands to help extinguish the island’s wildfire. Since the fire started early Saturday morning, it has already destroyed around 4,600 hectares of land. The delegate of the Spanish government in Andalucia, Pedro Fernández, has shown his support for
DECOMMISSIONING of Spain’s oldest nuclear reactor will start ‘very soon’ according to the Ministry of Ecological Transition. Production was halted at Garoña in 2012 after joint owners Endesa and Iberdrola under holding company Nuclenor objected to a new tax. Attempts by Nuclenor to get a new licence came to nothing and in 2017, the government
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