October 2023

SUNDAY’S Murcia nightclub fire that killed 13 people has prompted cities across Spain to check if clubs are operating legally. The two adjoining Murcia clubs hit by the blaze lacked a licence sparking concerns of similar scenarios across country. Cities including Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, Sevilla, Malaga, Granada, Asturias, Oviedo have been carrying out reviews of […]

SPAIN and the UK have both lodged formal protests after a Royal Navy launch intercepted a Spanish patrol boat during a routine military exercise on Gibraltar’s eastern coast. The UK government ‘strongly condemned’ the ‘unsafe manouvres’ of the P38 launch ‘Isla de Leon’ on October 3 which forced the Royal Navy’s HMS Cutlass to take

POLICE seized 68 kilos of very pure cocaine in the Andalucia province of Cadiz and arrested 16 people after tracking down a dealer that operated out of a motorcycle garage. The police operation led to raids across Cadiz, in Seville and as far as Bilbao where detectives believe the drug was first imported from South

A HOODED armed man burst into a nightclub in Spain’s Andalucia and opened fire on one of the customers on Wednesday night, police confirmed. The attack occurred at the Sala Templo nightclub on the A-7 motorway in the municipal area of Estepona at 3.50am. Witnesses said the attacker shot his victim in the foot before

THE main parties contesting the 2023 election have now released their manifestos and less than a week before the election takes place latest polls show it will be a tough battle. A poll run by local broadcaster GBC and the Gibraltar Chronicle suggested the GSD could win the October 12 election by the very fine

REAL MADRID striker Vinicius was questioned for around 40 minutes on Thursday by a judge investigating racist insults directed at him during his side’s La Liga match at Valencia on May 21. The Brazilian international was abused by fans making monkey sounds and racist gestures during his team’s defeat at the Mestalla Stadium. The player

THE suspected mastermind behind the Globix crypto fraud told a Gibraltar court today that it was automatic trades and deceitful Ukrainian subcontractors that were responsible for the missing millions. Russian Pavel Sidorov, the technical officer for the defunct crypto platform, finally submitted himself to the court for questioning after crying off on previous occasions claiming

HEAVILY DISCOUNTED rail tickets from state operator Renfe went on sale on Thursday with a journey between Malaga and Madrid available for €7. The ‘Superprecio’ promotion runs until Tuesday, with fares starting from just €7 for Renfe’s low-cost high-speed Avlo trains, and €11 for its AVE, Alvia, Euromed and Intercity services. Journeys can be made

A RESIDENTS group has slammed the state of the railing at one of the main promenades on the Orihuela Costa in the south of Alicante province. The Cabo Roig and Lomas Residents Association has demanded urgent repairs be carried out to the railing at Playa Flamenca which has badly corroded over the years due to

COSTA BLANCA hotels reported a busier September than last year with a tourist occupancy rate of 80%- according to the Alicante Province Hotel Association(APHA). It was the third best monthly figure of the year equalling June’s total and 1.7% higher than a year earlier, but 8% adrift of the pre-pandemic occupancy rate in 2019. Two-thirds