IF YOU live in Spain, you should be very careful what you believe today, December 28. Dubbed the Dia de los Inocentes, or The Day of the Innocents, the day is the Spanish version of April Fool’s Day, and a time when pranks will be played between friends, family and work colleagues, as well as […]
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A COMEDY of errors by prison staff – which included guiding the prisoner to the exit – led to the Christmas Eve escape of a young gangland hitman who already has two alleged murders to his name. Yussef ML, 20, famously known in the Ceuta underworld as ‘El Pastilla,’ preyed on the poor protocol and
SPAIN’S high-speed rail network is a source of huge pride for many Spaniards: it’s efficient, offers an excellent alternative to air travel, and is reasonably priced. And from today, users have something else to be happy about: cut-price tickets from one of the system’s main operators. Iryo, a private, Spanish-owned operator, has launched a promotion
BEFORE Brexit, British nationals resident in Spain were given two types of residency cards: a green A4-sized certificate, or a green credit-card-sized version of the same document. After the Withdrawal Agreement was signed however, marking the UK’s exit from the European Union, a biometric residence card called a Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE) became
BRITS yearning to ditch their dreary islands in favour of better weather and increased spending power would choose Spain – if they could keep their current jobs. A striking 53% of British professionals able to embrace remote working would consider moving to the land of cañas and chorizo if. Just 33% would stick with Blighty
KING Felipe’s Christmas Day speech was roundly criticised in Spain for being, among other things, too long and boring. It was compared unfavourably to his English counterpart’s speech, which was lauded for its exemplary style, brevity and delivery. Patrycia Centeno, a journalist and body language expert, laid into her own king’s speech with a number
SPAIN’S drought – especially last April – has made it onto the list of the most expensive global climate disasters of the year as the country continues to suffer low rainfall levels. The unseasonal drought appears in ninth place in the Counting the Cost 2023 report, published annually by the UK charity Christian Aid. The
THE GUARDIA CIVIL have freed a 24-year-old man who was held hostage for two days in Calpe with the kidnappers demanding a €100,000 ransom from his girlfriend. Five people have been arrested and several knives used to threaten the victim were seized. All of those involved were Albanians and the kidnapping was prompted by a
AROUND a thousand people have lost deposits of up to €55,000 for homes in Andalucia and Murcia that are unlikely to ever be built. The El Pais newspaper says that the Cordova-based promoter Grupo 21 marketed between 800 and 1,000 pre-sold apartments on land they never owned. Some properties were allegedly sold twice- attracting deposits
