July 2023

CHIEF Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo said he would support getting an MP for the Rock in the House of Commons as long as it keeps its full autonomy. Picardo told a European Scrutiny Committee recently he would give ‘a big yes’ to official representation at the UK Parliament along with other British Overseas Territories. […]

FOUR people have been injured during San Fermin’s second bull run in Pamplona (Navarra) today.  The second day of the internationally famous Spanish fiesta resulted in four taken to Navarra Hospital.  One of the affected presents a wound in his arm caused by a goring, but his condition is not serious.  Another participant suffered a

RINCON DE LA VICTORIA is home to one of the best preserved Roman villas in Andalucía, Villa Antíopa, found on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The mystical third century Roman villa, which still stands centuries after its construction, was initially discovered almost 20 years ago. Thanks to the villa’s well preserved conditions, visitors can

AN 86-YEAR-OLD woman was rescued by police at her Rojales home after she suffered a fall and was left on the floor for two days. Rojales Policia Local received a phone call from the woman’s son in Belgium saying she had not answered his calls and texts. Police went to her house and were able

VALENCIA City Council’s pest control unit has been kept busy this year with 118 neighbourhood complaints about tiger mosquitoes up to the end of June. The Patraix, Pobles del Sud and Quatre Carreres districts have seen the most interventions, with June the busiest month so far. Visits to areas infested by mosquitoes involve a sweep

Llíber, Alicante   3 beds   2 baths € 455,000 Lovely detached villa with amazing views, the villa is sat on a large plot, the property is over 2 floors and was built by the present owners When you enter the main area of the plot you will see the property has been built around

CONSTRUCTION of a ‘sustainable’ sports park for La Manga should start soon after a contract was awarded for the first phase of the project. The park will be built next to the Canal de Estacio with the aim of revitalising an urban area covering 15,000 m2 of land. The €1.19 million project will be largely

A VALENCIA court has sentenced a man to nine years and eleven months in prison after he set fire to his girlfriend’s apartment, causing €42,000 in damage. The couple from the Camp de Morvedre region got into an argument in September 2021 about the man taking pills and swilling them down with gin. His response

WHEN I was first taken to a bullfight in Spain, it was against my will.  I had stopped by Sevilla in 1998 and returned with my parents in 2000 to show them the wonders of the city.  They had seen El Cordobes in the 1970s and believed, given it was part of Spain’s culture, one

JOURNEY times to the Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa will be reduced thanks to a new €3.4 million road project- the construction of which has been tendered by the Ministry of Transport. A new link will be created between the N-332 and the hospital along with two new roundabouts to improve access from the south.