December 2023

FOR THE THIRD time this year, Spain has seen a monthly temperature record smashed, after the mercury reached 29.9ºC on Tuesday in the southern city of Malaga. The unseasonably high temperatures are delaying the start of the country’s ski season.  The worrying milestone comes after Cordoba set an April high of 38.8ºC, and Montoro in […]

Apartment San Agustín / Sant Agustí, Majorca   3 beds   2 baths € 450,000 The highlight of this property is its location with spectacular views over the bay of Palma. Location Sant Agustín is a privileged and exclusive residential area that is part of the urban area of Palma de Mallorca. The 800 metre

A DRUNK Irish tourist who exposed himself to three girls in a Mallorca street has escaped being jailed. A Palma court on Tuesday gave the 28-year-old man a six month prison term on Tuesday- meaning that since it was a first offence, he will not have to serve it. The man appeared via a video

THE CONTROVERSIAL plan to grant amnesty to anyone involved in the Catalan independence drive passed its first hurdle on Tuesday, after it was approved by lawmakers in Spain’s Congress of Deputies.  The legislation was agreed by the governing Socialist Party with two parties from Catalunya, the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) and Junts per Catalunya. In

A WOMAN has been ordered to pay €1,500 to a love rival after a campaign of abuse that included spreading online videos calling her a ‘fat woman with a wrinkly face’ while making lewd gestures. The defendant is alleged to have mercilessly targeted the new girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend from the end of 2020 –

THE record for the hottest December day ever in mainland Spain was set today in Malaga. Thermometers hit an incredible 29.9C at 17.10 just two weeks before Christmas, beating the previous record of 29.4°C set in Motril, Granada, on December 10, 2010. The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has confirmed that, along with Malaga, three

A BRITISH man living in Benidorm has been given a 133-year prison sentence for making and distributing child pornography and sexually abusing minors. The 27-year-old Brit was handed the long sentence by Alicante Provincial Court, after prosecutors wanted a term of over 211 years. But the maximum time he will spend behind bars will be

MADRID’S mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, has branded proposals to ban smoking on bar and restaurant terraces as ‘crazy’. His comments came on Tuesday- a day after the Health Minister, Monica Garcia, said she planned to revive moth-balled plans to restrict smoking on terraces, beaches, and cars as well as regulating the sale of vapes across

SPAIN’S airports closed November with an all-time record high for the 11th month of the year. Airport operator Aena reported 19,743,455 passengers last month- up 12.1% on the same month in 2022 and 7.6% more than in 2019, before the pandemic, which was the previous record year. In November 2023, 12,871,188 of travellers usedinternational flights-

A VILLAGE in the hilly Los Serranos region of Valencia province has had an instant response to its advert to bring in new residents. Titaguas with a population of around 400 people has received 148 inquiries from families, single parents, and couples interested in moving there. The local council launched a campaign called ‘Living in