December 2023

A NEW tourism proposal has suggested visitors must pay to visit a popular Malaga park.  It comes after the Junta asked for ideas from companies interested in managing the site.  The Axarquia attraction, Rio de Chillar is a popular spot to cool down in the summer heat.  The waterfall known as El Vado de los […]

SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has announced that the government is to ban charges for over-65s and the disabled who withdraw cash from tellers at bank branches.  Calviño explained that a lot of Spanish lenders have already scrapped such extra fees for seniors, who are still more likely to rely on

THE EMERGENCY exits at the Teatre and Fonda Milagros nightclubs in the Spanish city of Murcia were closed with padlocks on the night that a deadly blaze broke out there, leaving 13 people dead.  That’s according to a firefighters’ report handed over to the court that is investigating the tragedy, and reported by Spanish daily

AN ALBANIAN gangster who’s been ‘on the run’ for years has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in the Alicante area. The man has been described as one of Albania’s ‘Most Wanted’ and ran a criminal gang responsible for dozens of murders since 1998. The 52-year-old fugitive- Lulzim B- has been directly accused of killing

VAT CUTS on electricity and gas bills introduced in the wake of wholesale energy price hikes are due to end on December 31, but the PSOE’s junior coalition partner- Sumar- has proposed an extension. Sumar’s economic spokesman, Carlos Martin, confirmed on Monday that his party wants to keep the tax cut going for domestic customers

THE International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has removed Andalucia’s Doñana National Park from its green list due to ‘mismanagement’. It makes Doñana the first nature reserve to be excluded from the IUCN list according to a report by the El Pais newspaper. The IUCN’s director of protected and conserved areas, James Hardcastle told

SPAIN’S Interior Ministry has deported 14 ‘radicalised’ Pakistani citizens accused of promoting the most extreme interpretation of the Islamic religion. The government expulsions have taken place over ‘recent days’ by using the law on foreigners where the police suspect them as dangerous, but the evidence against them is not enough for them to be jailed

NOTHING gets folk into the Christmas spirit like lashings of festive fare and the Andalucians don’t stint on seasonal sweet and savoury goodies at this time of year. Shop and supermarket shelves are groaning with tablets of chewy turron almond nougat and speciality sweetmeats representing many towns in the region. Some shopkeepers will even give

THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has snubbed an invite for a meeting extended by the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist Party (PSOE).  It was two weeks ago that Sanchez, who was voted back into power by lawmakers in November after the inconclusive July 23 election, announced

THE Three Kings, who traditionally deliver gifts to children in Spain at Epiphany, may be delayed in January – or at least their presents might be. Workers at a logistics centre in northern Spain that handles thousands of orders for Amazon are planning to go on a three-day strike on January 3,4 and 5, which