FEARS are growing for a father and son who disappeared while sailing in the sea off Malloca during a storm on Sunday. The German pair, aged 50 and 19, left Cala Galdana at around 6am, and were heading for Cala d’Or in the south of the island. However at around 6pm, rescue service Salvamento Maritimo […]
SPAIN’S National Police and Navy have intercepted a sailboat bound for Spanish shores that was carrying 1,500 kilos of cocaine. The operation was carried out in conjunction with British, American and Italian authorities, among others. The operation began in 2022, when the police became aware of a trafficking gang that was planning on using Spain
BRITISH tourists have reported chaotic scenes at Palma airport including hours-long delays following a severe storm across Mallorca on Sunday. Pictures shared online show fed-up tourists sprawled out on the floor or on their suitcases after scores of flights were cancelled due to hurricane winds and lightning. The knock on effects were still having an
IN ANOTHER bizarre twist to the ongoing controversy surrounding Spain’s Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales, his mother on Monday shut herself away in a church and went on hunger strike in protest against what she called the ‘inhuman witch hunt’ against her son. Rubiales, 46, has been under increasing pressure to resign from his position
SPAIN’S RFEF has called an emergency meeting for Monday after its Sexual Violence Protocol was activated in the wake of suspended President Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kissing incident involving World Cup star Jenni Hermoso. The Monday gathering has been described as an ‘extraordinary and urgent’ meeting ‘to evaluate the situation in which the federation finds itself’.
IT may be high summer, but Shackleton International School in Valencia’s Burjassot is preparing to put its first intake of Year 9 students through the IGCSEs. It is an exciting time for the school, which has been steadily expanding its facilities continuously to ensure it is ready to support pupils through their new academic challenges.
AFTER a summer of unusually high temperatures, Spain’s state weather agency Aemet is now forecasting the opposite. Practically the whole country can expect lower temperatures than the norm over the coming week. Maximum temperatures will fall in the southeast of the peninsula and the Canary Islands in particular. According to the agency’s predictions, the north
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THIS is the moment a woman runs to safety as scores of chairs and debris come flying towards her during a dramatic storm on the Balearic Islands on Sunday. Footage shared online shows uprooted trees and turned over bins littering the streets of Mallorca following the dramatic weather, which took the majority of people by
MANY small and medium-sized businesses in Malaga city are being forced to close down due to the extremely high retail rental prices. Hundreds of small traditional shops have had to shut or have been transferred as they could no longer afford the rent for their premises, according to Malaga’s Historic Centre Association. They claim that
WANT to escape the scorching heat of southern Spain and visit a diverse city with a rich cultural heritage and excellent food scene? As temperatures on the Costa del Sol topped 40C I found myself looking for just such a location – and I found it in Lisbon. The continent’s westernmost capital has developed a
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