January 2024

Explainer: Why Wednesday’s marathon 12-hour debate could be a taste of things to come in Spain’s fragmented parliament

‘GROTESQUE’, a ‘humiliation’, a ‘dishonour’, and farcical. Those were just some of the adjectives used by the leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, after the events in Spanish parliament on Wednesday, which saw the Socialist-led government scrabbling around for support to pass four decrees. The marathon 12-hour session – which

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Hostage crisis in Mallorca: Police SWAT team tackle man who had barricaded himself in his home and threatened to kill his own MOTHER

A TENSE hostage situation was resolved this morning with one police officer shot with a crossbow after a man took his own mother hostage. A team of police had arrived at the home of a man, 49, in Soller, Mallorca on Thursday morning in order to carry out a routine arrest after receiving reports he

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Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of cocaine seized. Two Policia Nacional cars were damaged during the high-speed pursuit down the AP-7 motorway in the Valencia region. The arrests happened early on Tuesday afternoon with the Albanian

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2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Villamartin with garage – € 155,000

Apartment Villamartin, Alicante   2 beds   1 baths € 155,000 Introducing a remarkable penthouse apartment with a spacious roof terrace, where convenience and prime location come together. This stunning property boasts high vaulted ceilings, providing a spacious open and airy atmosphere, making it an exceptional find. The apartment features two wellappointed bedrooms and a

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Luis Rubiales claims ‘everyone on the street is with me – especially the women!’

‘EVERYONE is on the street is with me- especially the women!’ claims Luis Rubiales.  Luis Rubiales has maintained the kiss was ‘just a peck’ Photo: Cordon Press The disgraced former UEFA Vice-President made the claim in interviews with El Español and OK Diario.  Published this Tuesday, January 9, they rehashed the ‘non consensual’ kiss he

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‘It’s time to pay up’: The mayor charging expats extortionate water bills in Spain’s Malaga moves in for the kill

THE mayor of a Malaga town that has sprung extortionate water bills on dozens of expats has refused his latest – and possibly last – opportunity to back down. Juan Jimenez has ignored all pleas and continues to insist the 20-plus residents of La Viñuela, who owe hundreds of thousands of euros between them, must

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CCTV clears young expat of rape in Spain – almost two YEARS after the allegation was made

A YOUNG man has been cleared of rape some two years after the original allegations were made, thanks to new CCTV evidence.  On June 4, 2022, a woman was found semi-nude with her pants around her ankles, crying and claiming to have no memory of what had happened to her.  It was 7am in the

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EU Treaty: Chief Minister pledges to seal the deal within first half of 2024 in New Year’s Message

THE Chief Minister has said he believes that Gibraltar could have a ‘safe and secure’ EU treaty ‘in the first half of 2024’. In his New Year’s message Chief Minister Fabian Picardo rued Brexit had forced Gibraltar to a negotiating table it ‘never wanted a seat at’. He vowed he would never compromise on ‘British

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Historical book about Gibraltar links with 16,000 hectare Almoraima park gets government backing

A HISTORICAL book about Gibraltar’s connection with the surrounding area at the beginning of the 20th Century is being released with government support. Author Maria del Mar Ortega Marchante includes photos and anecdotes from the period in her historical study ‘La Almoraima’. The title of the book revolves around a convent called La Almoraima, located

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