THE WHOLESALE price of Spanish extra virgin olive oil soared to a new all-time high on Tuesday of above €8,200 per metric ton. This came as Spain, which produces around 45% of the world’s olive oil, is getting ready for its second consecutive sub-standard harvest caused by high temperatures. In the 2022/23 season, Spain produced […]
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OVER 209,000 properties are lying empty in Alicante province according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE)- around a fifth of all homes in the region. Potential landlords are not making moves due to fears of non-payment or even squatting, while people looking to rent- especially in the younger age bracket- are holding back because of
THE YOUNGEST daughter of Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, the infanta Sofia, arrived in Wales on Tuesday, where she will begin her Baccalaureate studies at the UWC Atlantic College. The 16-year-old is following in the footsteps of her sister, heir to the Spanish throne Leonor, who graduated from the exclusive centre of learning
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AFTER several years that were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Spain’s tourism sector has just closed a record summer season, with an average occupation rate of 93%. In some destinations, the rate was as high as 100%. According to data from travel website ebooking.com, and reported by news agency Europa Press, much of this
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THE SPANISH Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a diplomatic protest to the British Embassy in Madrid over what it described as ‘three serious incidents’ over the month of August in the waters off the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. A note verbale that was dated August 28 and that has been seen by Spanish daily
THIS stunning villa on the Costa Tropical of Granada boasts breathtaking sea and mountain views, an infinity pool and three cascading sun terraces. But it has one more claim to fame that will not be found among the string of flawless reviews left by happy punters on its online listings. Because this is the locale
A DEAD man has been found just outside Sevilla’s Plaza de Armas bus station, right in the city centre. Police have confirmed that the deceased was a 54-year-old man whose corpse did not present any sign of violence. Emergency services were alerted at 6.45am of a lifeless body lying on the stairs that lead to
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RESERVOIR levels in Andalucia continue to fall as the region is suffering from the worst drought in the last 30 years. They sit at 20.6% of storage capacity, over 0.6% below last week, while they are at less than half the level of a decade ago, when they sat at 50.6% in late August. Malaga’s
WHILE those in northern Europe greet the end of summer with tears of sadness, the people of Spain rejoice at the arrival of bearable temperatures and still-good weather. Which is why a quick getaway – or longer – is still high on the agenda for Brits and Scandies and Lowlanders come the fall of the
FIVE ELECTRIC scooters have been removed off Benidorm streets so far this August for not complying with municipal laws. Benidorm’s Policia Local have been carrying out random sweeps lasting ten minutes across the city during the busiest tourist month of the year. Offenders were found to be speeding, lacking insurance, or using scooters that had
