November 2023

Airport strikes in Spain: Which flights will be affected by walkouts planned for December?

MORE than 35,000 flights across Spain are at risk of being affected by strikes planned for December, it has emerged. It comes after the General Workers Union of Spain (UGT) last Friday called on baggage handlers nationwide to take industrial action.  The walkouts, due to take place between December 5 and 10, could extend into […]

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Missing girl, 15, is found safe and well after presenting herself at a police station in Malaga

A MISSING 15-year-old girl from Spain’s North African city Melilla has been located safe and sound after she handed herself in at a police station in Malaga.  Maria Soledad Florensa had been missing since Wednesday, November 22, according to online daily Malaga Hoy. She reappeared in the early hours of Tuesday, however, and was reported

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Town known as ‘the garden of Spain’s Costa del Sol’ will open a huge ‘green lung’ park THIS week

THE TOWN of Estepona will this week open a huge ‘green lung’ park measuring some 16,500 square metres. The so-called Parque de la Hermandad, or Brotherhood Park, is located in the area known as Las Mesas, and will serve to bolster the concept of the municipality being ‘the garden of Spain’s Costa del Sol’.  The

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Some 40% of young people in Spain almost never use a condom during sex

Four in 10 young Spaniards say they ‘almost never’ use a condom during sex, according to data released to mark World AIDS day.  The report, ‘Spaniards and Sex’, used questionnaires from 2,000 men and women aged between 18 and 58.  Released by XI Spain Control Barometer, the research was carried out to drive awareness of

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Rain will finally return to Spain’s Costa del Sol this week – but nowhere near enough to tackle the drought

One of the driest autumns on record may finally come to an end this week, but the showers will be nowhere near enough to fight Andalucia’s water problems. Several provinces throughout the region have had to introduce water restrictions, including Rincon de la Victoria, where water is switched off between 00:00 and 06:00 am. Finally,

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British man arrested in drug den selling marijuana to tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AT LEAST one British man was part of a ten-strong group arrested for their role in a bogus l’Alfas del Pi ‘social club’ that acted as a front for drugs sales. An operation from Benidorm’s Policia Nacional narcotics unit saw the premises monitored where officers noted a large movement of people of different nationalities entering

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Renfe launches new high-speed rail route in Spain connecting Madrid with Alicante and Murcia

STATE rail operator Renfe will launch its low-cost high speed Avlo service between Madrid, Elche, Alicante and Murcia on December 10, with lowest fares coming in at €7. The new Avlo trains will become the first such low-cost service to include Elche and Murcia, with 5,000 seats being offered each week. The train between Murcia

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Prostitution soars in Marbella as pimps across Spain move to running operations out of apartments – thanks to legal loophole

MARBELLA has become a prostitution hotspot after a legal loophole lets pimps operate out of unassuming apartments.  In the centre of Marbella, people explore the old town, enjoy cocktails and sunbathe at the beach, but little do they know they could be right next to a brothel. Since the pandemic, pimps have been operating in

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This winter in Spain is set to be much warmer than average, say weather experts

WINTER temperatures will be above normal levels in Spain according to the eltiempo.es weather portal The meteorological winter includes the months of December, January and February, and forecasters say that temperature values ‘especially in the east of the country’ may be set to break records with ‘more prominent’ thermal heat anomalies. Essentially areas like the

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