September 2023

Spain’s Larios Malaga Fashion Week with Europe’s longest catwalk kicks off today

AS every September, the prestigious Larios Catwalk Malaga Fashion Week returns to Malaga to establish itself as a reference event in the world of fashion and culture in the city. The event, which promotes creativity, collaboration, and innovation, will kick start this evening, September Friday 15, at 8.30pm on Marques de Larios Street and will […]

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Dramatic killer whale encounter: German Sailboat suffers damaged rudder and water leak in Orca Attack off Spanish coast

NUMEROUS orca interactions, ranging in severity, are reported monthly along the coast of Spain, with nearly 20 incidents occurring off the northwestern coast since mid-August. Occasionally, these encounters are dramatic but non-threatening, but in some cases, they lead to actual harm, as was the case in a recent incident involving the German-flagged sailboat “Meu” near

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Mother, 81, and son, 40, ‘kidnap, torture and kill 18-year-old’ in Alicante: Duo ‘sent pictures to victim’s family during 15-hour ordeal demanding €30,000’

AN Algerian mother and son have been arrested in Alicante on charges of kidnapping, torturing and killing an 18-year-old boy, also from Algeria. The mother, 81, and the son, 40 are believed to have subjected the victim to over 15 hours of torment while sending horrifying images to the family in his home country via

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Woman in her 70s ‘is repeatedly stabbed by her partner’ at luxury home on Marbella’s Golden Mile: Victim remains in a serious condition as police make one arrest

A WOMAN in her 70s is in a serious condition at hospital this evening after being repeatedly stabbed, allegedly by her partner. The unnamed victim received around half a dozen stab wounds during a frenzied attack at around noon on Thursday and is being treated at the Hospital Costa del Sol. The latest case of

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Famed Royal Air Force band plays two FREE concerts in Gibraltar at end of September

THE Royal Air Force band will play for two days in a row at two locations in Gibraltar free of charge at the end of September. The band, that is based at RAF Northolt in West London regularly performs at major events including the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and the Edinburgh Military

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Cadiz’s successful summer season credited to its Spanish tourists and lack of ‘rowdy Brits’ and ‘balconing’ 

A TOURISM chief in Cadiz has put the province’s hugely successful summer season down to one factor: Brits don’t go there. Fresh off welcoming 600,000 visitors from within Spain and abroad in July and August alone – numbers that dwarf last year’s figures – the tourism boss favourably compared Cadiz to other tourism-saturated destinations. The

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Popular Party politician slammed in Spain’s Menorca after she uses public historical site for daughter’s birthday party

A SENIOR politician in Menorca has been slammed by the opposition after she organised a birthday party for her daughter in a protected historical site on the Balearic island.  Marta Febrer of the conservative Popular Party (PP) is alleged to have invited 65 parents and children to the event in the Lazareto de Maó, a

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British couple, 65 and 68, crushed to death by oncoming traffic after falling from motorbike in Spain’s Asturias: Intense yellow alert weather blamed

A BRITISH couple on holiday in Spain lost their lives in a tragic traffic accident after they fell from their motorbike and were crushed under the wheels of oncoming traffic. The victims, a 65-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man, were riding together towards Oviedo in Asturias on the A-8 motorway under an intense rain storm

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Brexit is contributing to an ‘alarming’ plummet in property sales on Spain’s Balearic Islands: Purchases to Brits, Germans and others fall by 28% as ‘worrying’ trend emerges

BREXIT is contributing to an ‘alarming’ plummet in property sales to foreigners in the Balearics, experts have warned. The number of homes sold to foreign buyers in the second quarter of 2023 fell by 28% year-on-year, latest figures from the Balearic Association of National and International Real Estate Agencies (ABINI) show. That is the biggest

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3 bedroom Townhouse for sale in New Golden Mile with pool – € 275,000

New Golden Mile, Málaga   3 beds   2 baths € 275,000 Beautiful three bedroom townhouse located within a sought after gated community on Estepona’s New Golden Mile. This partially renovated property is just a 9 minute walk (800 metres) from all general amenities and a further 14 minute walk to the stunning sandy beaches

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