October 2023

ISRAEL’S Foreign Ministry has confirmed that missing Spaniard Ivan Illarramendi Saizar is being held hostage by Hamas terrorists following their attack on Israel on October 7. Illarramendi Saizar, 46, hails from the Basque Country town of Zarautz and lived with his Chilean wife Loren Garcovich, 47, on the Kissufim Kibbutz just two kilometres from Gaza. […]

VALENCIA CITY’S four-day working week experiment in April and May has brought positive results over health benefits and extra family time, yet brought caution from some businesses. Surveys carried out subsequently showed improvements for the well-being and health of people as well as in environmental quality, with pollution cut due to fewer work journeys. On

A DEVASTATED expat couple have slammed the decision to dismiss a giant pension fraud case that saw hundreds of Brits robbed of their life savings in Spain. They are furious a court has ruled there is insufficient evidence to prosecute four executives of collapsed financial firm Continental Wealth Management (CWM). However Denia Court hasn’t entirely

TWO German men have been arrested in Mallorca for the alleged rape of a fellow countrywoman in a hotel room. Identified as Stefan B and Monir M, both 27, the pair had recently met the victim, who was on holiday with her mother, during a night out. The young woman had met one of the

A BRITISH motorcyclist died in a head-on collision with another car- also driven by a British national- in the San Miguel de Salinas area of southern Alicante province. The accident happened on Monday at around 2.30pm on the CV-95 in the section between the Torremendo and Los Montesinos-Entre Naranjos roundabouts. ACCIDENT SCENE (San Miguel Policia

SPANISH police have started an operation to arrest members of a neo nazi group with UK roots.  The Policia Nacional (National Police) were deployed in Malaga during the early hours of this morning, October 17, to capture members of a neo nazi criminal organisation.  The effort was part of a national operation also taking place

In today’s globalized world, the ability to communicate effectively in the language of your adopted country as an expat is invaluable. It goes beyond mere convenience; it’s the key to integration within your new local community, leading to richer experiences and deeper connections. For those embarking on the journey of living in a foreign land,

A GANDIA area town has removed the European Union flag from the town hall in protest against the European Commission’s stance in supporting Israeli revenge attacks against Hamas terrorists in Gaza. The mayor of Potries, Sergi Vidal, says the gesture is ‘not much’ but it is a ‘lot at the same time’. The council is

AN AUTOPSY carried out on the body of Alvaro Prieto, the 18-year-old footballer who went missing in Seville last week, has confirmed that the youngster died from electrocution while walking along the roof of a train in the city’s Santa Justa station.  Sources from the investigation not only confirmed the cause of death on Tuesday

SPAIN’S foreign minister, Jose Manuel Ambares, has responded to criticism of his caretaker government by the Israeli embassy in Madrid by calling it an ‘unfriendly gesture’.  The controversy was sparked on Monday when the embassy issued a press release in which it ‘energetically condemned’ recent statements made by ‘some members of the Spanish government’. “It