October 2023

Spain’s Indian summer comes to an end: Temperatures to fall this weekend as autumnal weather arrives with showers

AFTER an unusually warm start to October in Spain, autumn is finally set to arrive this weekend with a fall in temperatures more in line with the average for this time of year.  Showers are also forecast to arrive first in Galicia and Asturias, according to Spain’s Aemet state meteorological service, with the wet weather […]

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German tourist, 60, plunges to his death from Mallorca hotel room after arguing with his wife

A 60-YEAR-OLD German tourist has died after falling from a balcony in Capdepera, Mallorca.  According to witnesses at the Hotel Illot Park, the man was seen arguing with his wife just minutes before he fell from the fourth floor suite.  The incident took place at around 10pm on Thursday, October 12 in the tourist area

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French air traffic control strike causes flight delays across Spain and wider Europe

A STRIKE by French air traffic control has caused major delays to flights from the UK to Spain’s tourist hotspots.  Delays are expected on any flight going through French airspace. Photo: Damian Kemp/Unsplash The industrial action began at 6pm yesterday, October 12 and will continue until 6am on Saturday, October 14.  The strikes will impact

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Spain’s caretaker prime minister holds unprecedented meetings with Basque and Catalan separatists

SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez took the unprecedented step on Friday of allowing himself to be photographed with representatives from two of the country’s most controversial political parties: Basque nationalist group EH Bildu and pro-Catalan independence party Together for Catalunya.  The move also makes the Socialist Party leader the first prime minister of Spain

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Cristiano Ronaldo ‘facing 99 lashes for adultery after hugging a paralysed woman in Iran’

FOOTBALLING icon Cristiano Ronaldo has been sentenced to 99 lashes in Iran for ‘adultery’ according to web portal Mundo Deportivo. The former Real Madrid and Manchester United player travelled to Iran with his Saudi Arabian team Al-Nassr last month to play Tehran team Persepolis in the Asian Champions League. During the visit, Ronaldo met Iranian

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Expat in Spain ‘hires several hitmen to kill her ex-partner to collect €100k life insurance’

A CASTELLON woman hired two groups of hitmen to kill her ex-partner so that she could pocket a €100,000 life insurance pay-out. The middle-aged Peruvian national was left disappointed by the contract being unfilled on both occasions and has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. After an acrimonious break-up of their relationship, the woman wanted

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3 bedroom Flat for sale in Santa Eulalia / Santa Eularia with garage – € 550,000

Flat Santa Eulalia / Santa Eularia, Ibiza   3 beds   2 baths € 550,000 We present this magnificent new development. The property has 130mts2, three double bedrooms one of them with bathroom en suite, a second guest bathroom. Spacious living room with very bright terrace, separate kitchen with the possibility of opening to the

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New ‘co-paternity’ company helps prospective parents in Spain find friends to raise a baby with

A CO-PARENTING agency is awaiting the first baby birth from a client who will raise her with a co-parent with the two people having had no previous relationship between them. Anthropologist Carmen Balaguer created Copaternidad in 2021 and has over 200 people on the company’s books around the country. “This October will see the first

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Young fisherman discovers body of a woman floating in the Barbate river in Cadiz

A FISHERMAN made a horrifying discovery when he came across the body of an elderly woman floating in the Barbate river in the early hours of today (Friday). Authorities were alerted to a ‘clothed body’ adrift in the water near the Old Fishermen’s Market building. The unsettling find triggered an immediate response from the authorities. 

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MISSING: Fears for aspiring footballer, 18, who failed to catch his train home from Spain’s Sevilla

A CORDOBA junior football player has gone missing after failing to catch his train home.  The family of Álvaro Prieto, 18, are appealing for help after the teenager missed his train from Sevilla on Thursday morning.  The Cordoba FC youth player was last seen near Santa Justa Station at 9am yesterday.  The teenager is 5.9”

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