January 2024

LAWMAKERS from all of the parties in Spain’s Congress of Deputies, with the exception of far-right Vox, took the first step on Tuesday to remove the word ‘disminuido’, meaning people with disabilities, from the wording of the country’s Constitution.  The vote in favour of beginning the process of changing Article 49 in the country’s Magna

THE LONG and drawn out fall from grace of former Spanish tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario continued on Wednesday, after a court in Barcelona sentenced her to a two-year jail term for concealing assets.  Her ex-husband, Josep Santacana, was given three years and three months for the same offence, while the other defendants in the

WATER fountains to fill up plastic drinking bottles have been appearing around Valencia City in recent weeks, with more to come as part of a €315,000 project. Work started in December with fountains being installed this week in the La Seu, Benimaclet, Algiros, Penyaroja, Carpesa, El Carmen, Castellar-l’Oliveral, Rascanya, and Tres Forques districts. Valencia mayor,

STORM Irene made landfall in Spain last night as high winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms battered the Costa del Sol. Heavy rains overnight led to this road in Puerto Banus being flooded. Credit: Instagram / @marbellasequeja2021 Videos taken by residents show roads flooded after heavy downpours swept across the region in the early hours of

A TORREVIEJA couple have been arrested for selling fake luxury high-end branded leather goods to auction houses across Spain. The Policia Nacional said the quality of the counterfeits was so good that they managed to pass authenticity checks conducted by the dealers. The fraud was boosted by the duo going to great lengths to produce

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NEARLY 400 people have been summoned by a Gibraltar court for jury service ahead of a £3 million fraud case. Gillian Balban of Varyl Begg Estate is facing four counts of fraud by abuse of position dating back to 2011 and 2012. Prosecutors also charged the former Natwest employee with two more counts of false