July 2023

British tourist dies in latest balcony fall tragedy on Spain’s Ibiza

A BRITISH holidaymaker died on Ibiza on Tuesday after falling from a second floor balcony. The only information about the man given by authorities was that he was 35-years-old and came from the United Kingdom. Emergency services were called 3.19am to say that a man was lying on the ground on Calle Moli in Sant […]

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Booms catch most oil leaks as huge barge picks up both OS 35 hull sections from Gibraltar seas

OIL has spilled into the sea for the last time from the OS 35 as a semi-submersible barge finally hoisted the front and rear of the broken ship onto its platform. Captain of the Port John Ghio remarked on the ‘success of this complex operation’ especially as booms caught most of the heavy oil. But

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Spain’s airport operator steps up solar power push as part of new electricity supply deal

SPAIN’S airport operator Aena has signed new electricity supply contracts with Endesa and Iberdrola as it steps up the roll out of solar power installations across its entire airport network. It says the purpose of the new deals is to carry out procedures related to the purchase of energy with 100% renewable energy certificates for

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Spain breaks monthly tourist record- yet again- as visitors continue to flood back

THE BIG return of foreign tourists is continuing unabated with May joining the first four months of the year to record all-time high international visitors. Figures from the National Statistics Institute published on Tuesday showed 8.2 million people arrived in Spain last month- 17.6% up on a year earlier, and crucially 3.8% more than the

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Pizza restaurant in Spain’s Barcelona voted as best pizzeria outside Italy

IF YOU think of pizza, then thoughts inevitably turn to Italy, but Spanish pizzerias are having a lot of say over that matter these days. So much so that Sartoria Panatieri, a pizzeria located in Barcelona, has been declared the best pizza restaurant outside of Italy, according to the prestigious Italian pizza ranking guide, 50

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Top sommelier gets prison sentence for the misappropriation of high-end wine bottles in the Basque Country 

A TOP sommelier has been given a two-year prison sentence for the misappropriation of luxury wine bottles in Spain’s Basque Country.  Guillermo Cruz, who was named the best sommelier in Spain in 2014, sold a number of high-end bottles from a two-star Michelin restaurant where he worked in Gipuzkoa.  The 39-year-old wine expert worked at

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Open cast mine site returns to original pre-industrial landscape in Spain’s Valencia

RESTORATION work involving a former Valencian Community open cast mine being turned into pleasant green fields and vegetation has landed it the ‘Citizen’s Prize’ in EU Green week Rincon de Ademuz in Valencia province is sandwiched between Teruel and Cuenca and has a low population density of around 2,000 people. Within it is the Fortuna

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One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

A LOVE HUG robber wanted by over 20 courts across Spain has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Alicante. The 25-year-old Romanian national was part of a travelling robbery gang and she specialised in street love hug assaults. Female love huggers target mainly elderly people or tourists to ask for information and then put

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