ALMOST 185,000 people are taking advantage of Spain’s new passport law, but could you also be entitled to one? Hundreds of thousands have requested Spanish passports under the new law One year after the new law was introduced, some 182,400 people have applied for Spanish passports. Over 50% of these requests have already been approved, […]
THE REGIONAL police in Catalonia believe that a man who was found dead along with his two children in his Barcelona apartment on Monday may have killed them on purpose with gas before taking his own life. The tragedy unfolded on Monday, when the mother of the children and the man’s ex-partner turned up at
ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and an 11 year public office ban for misappropriating public money. It’s the latest in a long list of corruption rulings against Jose Joaquin Moya who was first arrested in 2008 after
THE CITY of Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca is to get a low-emissions zone, albeit with no fines, an ‘antiabortion office’, and a service aimed at getting rid of squatters from residents’ properties. That’s thanks to a deal reached by the governing conservative Partido Popular (PP) in the local council and the far-right Vox party
MORE than 6,600 would-be migrants died in 2023 trying to reach Spanish shores. The tragic figure works out at 18 deaths per day across the year. That’s according to figures from the organisation Ca-minando Fronteras, and represents an increase of 177% compared to the previous year, when there were 2,390 confirmed deaths. The organisation’s latest
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TWO elderly Brits going on holiday to Mallorca suffered a nightmare when they were put on the wrong plane by Jet2 thanks to a ‘catalogue of disasters’. Linda Trestrail, 69, and Wendy Russell, 71, who suffers from health issues and uses a wheelchair, only realised the mistake when the pilot announced they had landed in
A DEVELOPER has defended its plans for the new Estepona Marina after receiving a slew of complaints from Brits and locals online. The firm, D-Marin, was criticised after uploading a mock-up image of its plans, which included a mini crazy golf course and a children’s playground. The company had written alongside the image: “We are
THE GALICIA region has followed its neighbour Asturias on Tuesday by activating a level 2 emergency alert following the washing up of millions of plastic pellets on the coast. The announcement was made by Galician president, Alfronso Rueda, who only said on Monday that his administration did not have the required information to work out
WEATHER experts have revealed Spain’s coldest day of 2024 will be in January. It’s no secret that Spain’s temperatures drop in winter. The country has an average temperature of around 8.4C in the first month of the year. Average temperatures can reach as low as 4C, making it the coldest month, followed by February and
A GROUP of tourists have been criticised for holding an illegal rave on top of a VOLCANO. The rave shocked hikers also climbing the famous volcano. Photo: bassgefluester/Instagram The party took place last weekend on Volcan Calderon Hondo, in Fuerteventura. Some 100 people attended the rave, complete with DJ tables, speakers, drones and filming equipment.
