December 2023

SPAIN’S leading public and private hospitals have been revealed on Wednesday in the annual Monitor de Reputacion Sanitaria(Healthcare Reputation Monitor) survey. The La Paz University Hospital in Madrid remains in first place among public hospitals that have the best reputation followed by the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona and the Gregorio Marañon General University Hospital in […]

SPANISH footballer Jenni Hermoso has been named the second most influential woman in the world by the Financial Times. Hermoso celebrating her World Cup win. Photo: Cordon Press The World Cup winner was second only to Mira Murati, Chief Executive at OpenAI.  Hermoso, 33, shot to international fame earlier this year when the Spanish women’s

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez launched a blistering attack on Europe’s far-right parties on Wednesday. Sanchez spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in what was meant to be a debate about the end of Spain’s six-month tenure of chairing the European Council. His main target was Germany’s Manfred Weber, the leader of the right-wing

POLICE have arrested two men suspected of trying to smuggle tobacco after chasing them down Gibraltar roads on motorcycles. Officers were patrolling Queensway when they noticed a suspicious looking Citroen car driving northwards. “The car in question immediately accelerated and drove in the direction of Coaling Island, followed by the officers on their motorcycles,” Gibraltar’s

THE Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak that has claimed a life in Gibraltar could have come from three possible sources, its public health chief said Wednesday. Director for Public Health Helen Carter said investigators are looking at different Legionnaire’s Disease outbreaks in each of the homes of the four people who caught it. The other possibilities are

A 14th round of talks to try to break the deadlock on Gibraltar’s EU treaty started Wednesday in London as Spain pushed for use of the British territory’s airport. Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Sunday in an interview it would be ‘absurd’ not to have access to Gibraltar’s airport as part of any

A COSTA BLANCA restaurant owner has been arrested for sexual assault after a female employee accused him of grabbing her buttocks. Police were called to the business in the Carrus district of Elche following reports of a loud argument. The woman told officers that her boss, 50, had refused to pay her because she was

A Mallorcan town will become the first council in Spain to ban horse drawn carriages in a ‘historic’ move.  Councillors trying out the new electric carriages in Valencia Photo. Ayuntamiento de Alcuia The measures will ‘put an end to the suffering of animals’ by replacing horse drawn carriages with electric powered vehicles.  The proposal received

A GELATO boss has won a prestigious prize for his ice cream, making his shop on the Costa del Sol a must visit for lovers of the frozen treat. The business owner was awarded the sought after award in Rome by the official Italian Gelato Association.  ‘Cavaliere del Gelato’ is the highest possible accolade nominees

THE Estepona talent show once again returns to the Costa del Sol, this time in search of the best and brightest young singers. The latest version of ‘Estepona Crea’ (Estepona believes) is dangling a prizes of €10,000 in front of contestants. The competition has been divided into two categories: children up to 13 years old