December 2023

4 bedroom Villa for sale in Portol with pool – € 680,000

Villa Portol, Majorca   4 beds   3 baths € 680,000 New semi-detached villa in Portol, Marratxi These new semi-detached houses can offer you all the comforts of a beautiful home. The ground level features a spacious entrance hall leading to a bright open plan living/dining area with a fully equipped modern kitchen. Also on […]

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Why is there a ‘high risk’ of terror attacks in the EU this Christmas? Warning from Brussels follows a series of Jihadist arrests in Spain

OFFICIALS in Brussels have warned there is a ‘high risk’ of terror attacks across Europe this Christmas.  European Commissioner Ylva Johansson issued the warning this Tuesday, December 6.  Ylva Johnasson warned against terrorism in a meeting of EU home secretaries this week. Photo: Cordon Press She cited recent attacks throughout Europe including in Paris and

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‘Finally!’: Mercadona fans in Spain are very excited by the supermarket’s latest gluten-free products

MERCADONA has set social media alight with its latest food offering.  It comes after the supermarket giant announced this week that it is expanding its gluten-free stock to include a very popular item.  The Valencia-based company now has more than 1,530 products that are completely free of gluten – the protein that naturally occurs in

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These are the drastic anti-drought measures set to cost Spain’s Andalucia €71million in 2024 – including having water delivered by ships

AS Andalucia waits for rain that never comes, the Junta is set to launch a raft of increasingly extreme measures to counter the most prolonged drought since the 1960s. The €71 million plan, called the Sequia Plus strategy, involves enhancing borehole drilling in the region, as well as deploying portable desalination units to areas most

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Enormous cocaine bust in Galicia: Police warehouse raid finds 7.2 TONNES stashed among frozen fish

A FRESH mega cocaine bust has seen authorities confiscate a staggering 7.2 tonnes of the white stuff from a warehouse in Galicia. The seizure was made following a raid of a frozen fish company in an industrial estate in Cambre, a town 17km from A Coruña. Four individuals were also arrested as part of the

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Benidorm’s new bullring and other projects to lose EU cash as deadline approaches

PLANS to convert Benidorm’s bullring into a cultural hub which were first announced in January 2021 have been postponed, as the council didn’t act fast enough to take advantage of European Union subsidies. Delays in proceeding with the €13.2 million project means that an estimated €5 million of EU funding will disappear on December 31,

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Gibraltar Chief Minister says he hopes Christmas ‘good will’ can push EU treaty talks ‘forward’

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo said he is hoping the ‘good will’ of Christmas can help push EU treaty talks ‘forward in some way, if we can’. Picardo echoed the words of Gibraltar Governor Sir David Steel who said he wanted to see an ‘in principle agreement’ during the festive season. The comments were both fruit

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Four teenagers who ‘threw rocks on cars travelling on the A-7 motorway in Spain’s Marbella’ are quizzed by police

A GROUP of teenagers caused chaos in Marbella on Monday morning by throwing rocks from an overpass at cars driving along the motorway. The gang, aged between 13 and 15, managed to smash the windshields of at least two vehicles, including a lorry. Although a number of drivers got a good scare, no accidents were

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Airport on Spain’s Costa Blanca to break all-time arrivals record this year as Valencia president calls for second runway

VALENCIAN president Carlos Mazon has predicted that Alicante-Elche airport will close 2023 with a record number of 10 million foreign tourists. The Valencian leader said the numbers add more strength to the argument for the airport to get a second runway to ‘continue growing’. On a Tuesday visit to Alicante to attend UK budget carrier

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Spain’s new government at risk, as five Podemos deputies break away from coalition partner Sumar

THE FIVE deputies in Spain’s Congress who belong to the Podemos party have decided to break away from the leftist alliance Sumar, which is the junior partner in the newly formed coalition government of Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The move may further complicate Sanchez’s ability to pass legislation, given that he is governing

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