THE FIRST stone has been laid for the construction of the closest hotel to Alicante-Elche airport with a January 2025 opening date pencilled in. The Hampton by Hilton hotel will be just three minutes drive from the airport and is being built next to the roundabout leading into El Altet from Alicante, which along with […]
A SERIES of hair salons were discovered to be using banned cosmetics made from sheep placenta and other cancer-causing products. Police inspections of the salons in the Usera neighbourhood of Madrid uncovered a host of health and safety violations that left them stunned. Among the first things they found were 82 vials labelled in Chinese,
SCIENTISTS are creating a special algorithm for the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia so that chlorophyll pollution can be better analysed through satellite images. Staff at the San Pedro del Pinatar Oceanographic Centre have said that algorithms used to analyse the state of marine water masses ‘do not work in the Mar Menor’, prompting the
A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities. Two women and a man- all Spaniards- have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in the Patilla district of Elche for running drugs sales out of their homes. 197 tickets
SPAIN continues to have one of the highest rates of child poverty in the European Union(EU) and amongst the members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to Unicef. A report published on Wednesday by Innocenti, Unicef’s research office, shows the the poverty rate among Spanish children increased from 2014 to 2021
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THE Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, and Andalucia have beaten tourist numbers from 2019 over the first ten months of 2023 with all regions recording big boosts over last year. The figures have been compiled by Frontur and published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Between January and October, Spain received 74.7 million tourists,
ISRAEL is set to take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, it has emerged. Doubts had been raised over whether the country would participate given its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. However Israel yesterday appeared on the official list of the 37 countries taking part, shared by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and
BARACK Obama’s former ambassador to Spain has purchased a sprawling finca in Mallorca. But he will have to brush off his diplomacy skills if he wants to go ahead with his planned extensions. James Costos, 60, has already spent €400,000 renovating part of the property, which is situated in the exclusive area of Llubi and
MALAGA will add two new towns to Spain’s ‘Magical Pueblos’ list in 2024. A tourism initiative which gives towns across Spain the sought after title of ‘magical pueblo’ has renewed their list for the new year. Malaga province is already the proud home of five enchanting towns and two more are set to be added
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CHRISTMAS in Spain means one thing, ‘El Gordo’, but why is everyone obsessed with this lottery and how much can you really win? Over 70% of over 18s in Spain will try their luck in the national festive lottery this year (Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad). Also known as ‘El Gordo’, or ‘The Fat One’, it
