December 2023

SHOCK DEATH: Victim loses fight against Legionnaire’s Disease in Gibraltar hospital after mystery outbreak

A PERSON has tragically died from Legionnaire’s Disease in Gibraltar as health chiefs continue to search out the source that infected four people. Health chiefs reported Monday that the victim had been in intensive care, probably with pneumonia, before losing the battle against the bacterial illness. “It is with great sadness that the GHA can […]

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Two alleged Dutch-Moroccan hitman acquitted over gangland murder of Marbella nightclub impresario and Kinahan associate in 2019 

TWO Dutchmen have been dramatically acquitted of the 2021 murder of a Kinahan cartel bagman who was killed in a hail of bullets while driving his Bentley in Marbella. The gangland hit targeted Abdelhadi ‘Marco’ Yaqout, 49, a high-profile nightclub owner and Daniel Kinahan friend.  It was thought to have been ordered by notorious Dutch-Moroccan

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Father, 52, who plunged to his death while climbing in Spain’s Sierra Nevada was ‘much-loved’ teacher

A ‘much-loved’ Malaga school teacher plunged to his death on Sunday after a day of rock-climbing in the Sierra Nevada. Javier Arias Ortiogosa, 52, taught economics at the IES Vicente Espinel in Malaga. The teacher- father to a 16-year-old girl- suffered a fatal fall of about 80 metres in the Tajos de La Virgen, a

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Spain’s Civil Guard arrests man who sexually assaulted a German woman on the Camino de Santiago

THE CIVIL Guard has arrested a man after he allegedly held a 24-year-old German national against her will and sexually assaulted her. The victim was making the pilgrimage along Spain’s world-famous Camino de Santiago route in La Rioja region when the incident took place.  According to a statement released by the police force, the woman

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It’s Nadal v Alcaraz! Spain’s top two tennis stars will battle it out at upcoming ‘Netflix slam’ in Las Vegas

SPANISH tennis fans will be marking March 3, 2024 in their diaries, after streaming giant Netflix announced that it will be broadcasting a live exhibition match that day from Las Vegas between the country’s top two stars of the sport, Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.  The match between the 22-time Grand Slam men’s singles title

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Britain is no longer attractive to health workers from Spain: Nurses blast post-Brexit rules and worsening conditions

A COMBINATION of Brexit and worsening work conditions have prompted more and more Spanish nursing staff to up sticks and leave the United Kingdom. In many cases these workers are returning home to even worse job conditions but, they claim, they enjoy a better quality of life.  Speaking to Spanish daily ABC, a number of

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4 bedroom Apartment for sale in Calahonda with pool – € 340,000

Apartment Calahonda, Málaga   4 beds   2 baths € 340,000 Wake up to an incredible view from this spacious 130m² duplex penthouse apartment! A fantastic solarium terrace for all year round sunshine and those ‘al fresco’ BBQs. Distributed over 2 floors. On the ground floor 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, open plan American kitchen, living

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Man is fined €100 for shouting ‘viva España’ and ‘Sanchez is a traitor’ during anti-government protest in Spain’s Mallorca

A MALLORCA protestor who shouted slogans against Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been fined €100 for his outburst. Jesus Revuelta believes the penalty is a mistake after a document claimed he organised a protest in Palma outside the headquarters of the PSOE Socialist. “I was fined €100 for shouting ‘Long Live Spain, traitor Sanchez’ in

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Women beaten up and humiliated by prostitution gang in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE in Spain and Romania have freed 14 women who were sexually exploited, beaten and humiliated. A joint probe between the Policia Nacional and their Romanian counterparts coordinated by Europol saw nine people arrested in Alzira and one in Valencia, along with five arrests in Romania. Three of those detained in Spain have been jailed

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