July 2023

THE English Cemetery in Malaga is the oldest non-Roman Catholic Christian cemetery established on mainland Spain and for the first time ever it will hold a summer of cultural events. Starting today, Friday July 7, Spain’s oldest Protestant cemetery, founded in 1831 on land that the Governor of Málaga gave to the British Consul, will […]

A TEAM of 73 athletes from Gibraltar will take part in nine different sports at the Island Games in Guernsey starting Saturday. The Rock’s Minister for Sport Steven Linares wished the departing team ‘all the best’ at Natwest International Island Games to be held on July 8-14 on the British Channel Island. It is the

RONDA has banned the use of drinking water for filling swimming pools, watering gardens and washing cars. The measures come following notification from the Junta to implement a drought plan in accordance with the provisions of article 22.1 of Decree 477/2015. The idea is to cut water consumption by 10% across the province, while minimising

THE junta is suing mining company Boliden for €90 over the 1988 toxic spill that contaminated the wetlands in Andalucia’s Doñana National Park.  The disaster occurred when a wastewater reserve pool burst at Boliden’s mine in the city of Aznalcollar. More than five million cubic metres of with heavy metals escaped into the river, devastating

BEAT the heat by turning nocturnal and heading outdoors at 9pm. Spain’s bars and restaurants offer outside seating year-round, but July and August bring an explosion of open air night time activity.  Cinemas, theatres, night markets and festival campsites are set up under the stars. And stages for concerts – or for a summer series

THE Spanish government has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32% of its levels in 1990, after receiving a backlash against the previous target of 23%.   The decision came after pressure from Greenpeace España, which has brought a pair of lawsuits against Madrid demanding a reduction of 55%. They accused the government of failing

THE EUROPEAN UNION Court of Justice has confirmed that the former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont and two other Catalan separatist Members of the European Parliament, do not have legal immunity. The court said it ‘rejects all the pleas’ made by Puigdemont, Antoni Comin and Clara Ponsati after the European Parliament stripped them of immunity in

PAMPLONA’S famous bull-running festival starts on Friday(July 7) and continues until July 14 in the streets of the northern city which is the capital of the Navarra region. Every day at 8.00am six fighting bulls along with four oxen run the 825 metres route from the Corrales de Santo Domingo to Pamplona’s Plaza de Toros.

VISITORS to Orihuela Costa’s beaches this summer(and all year) have been greeted with the unusual sight of closed beach bars and no basic facilities like toilets, sun loungers or equipment hire. The Lomas and Cabo Roig residents association have been told by Orihuela’s new coastal councillor, Manuel Mestre, that nothing will happen this year, leaving

Candela is a key addition to the Casco Historico’s dining scene, writes Jon Clarke IT’S a brave move opening a restaurant in Marbella, the culinary capital of the Costa del Sol, and even more so in the heart of the Old Town. But Candela has not only done it with style, it has done it