January 2024

Party’s over: Illegal six-day mega-rave attended by scores of expats in southern Spain finally comes to an end after police intervention

A MEGA-RAVE scheduled to last seven days shut down a day early, as its partygoers simply ran out of steam. Party goers celebrated the New Year with an illegal rave @eleroldann/TikTok It comes after laid back local residents and even regional politicians encouraged the illegal gathering, called ‘Big F**cking Party’. Taking place in a deserted […]

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Want to avoid the flu and Covid in Spain? Follow these top tips from health workers

HEALTHCARE services in Spain are under massive strain right now, with a spike in respiratory infections over the Christmas season. Increased socialising thanks to Christmas meals and New Year’s celebrations have meant that cases of flu and Covid have been steadily increasing in recent weeks, with the peak of contagions expected to arrive in mid-January,

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EXCLUSIVE: British expat’s warning after a ‘rock is launched at her windshield’ while driving on the A-7 motorway from Malaga to Marbella

A BRITISH expat is sounding the alarm after her car windshield was ‘hit by a rock’ while driving under a bridge on the A-7 motorway. The young estate agent was travelling from Malaga Airport to Marbella on Saturday night when the ‘terrifying’ incident took place. It happened near the Fuengirola hockey club on the A-7

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WATCH: Black TikTok creator says she is in ‘no hurry’ to return to Spain as it ‘still hasn’t learned from its terrible history with people of colour’

AN AFRICAN AMERICAN content creator has taken to TikTok to give Spain a rating as a country to visit for a person of colour, and her verdict was less than enthusiastic. Nicole Phillip, who bills herself as a social media strategist and content creator on her website, explains in her video that ‘there are two

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‘Illegal’ eyesore hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca will be partly demolished 21 YEARS after construction

A 21-YEAR paralysis of a controversial Villajoyosa hotel project is set to be resolved by a partial demolition to bring it into line with building regulations. The Atrium Beach hotel development on La Cala de la Vila seafront is owned by Hotel Luna SA who are behind the Benidorm chain, Magic Costa Blanca. The company

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Weather warning: Arrival of a new ‘DANA’ will bring snow and rain to most of Spain from TOMORROW

WINTER is finally coming to Spain as a so-called DANA weather front threatens to bring snow and rain to much of the country from tomorrow.  According to national weather agency AEMET, an isolated area of high depression will intensify over the Cantabrian Sea on Tuesday.  This will kickstart ‘an episode of snowfall’ in certain areas

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Spanish expat is expelled from the UK after a 4-day break in Malaga: Vet-in-training is sent back to Spain despite having permission to work in Britain

A SPANISH woman who went home from the UK to Malaga for Christmas was refused entry upon her return and put on a plane back to Spain the following day. Spanish vet-in-training Maria – a pseudonym – was trying to return to her Bedfordshire home on Christmas Day after a lightning visit to her sister

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Masks will NOT be made mandatory in hospitals in Spain’s Andalucia – after several other regions enforce face coverings

MASKS will not be enforced in Andalucian hospitals as many other regions make face coverings mandatory. Masks will not be made mandatory in hospitals across Andalucia. Photo: Cordon Press Health tsar Monica Garcia issued the temporary recommendation last week as cases of flu, influenza and Covid continue to rise.  Many regions like Valencia, Catalonia and

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German and British tourists to Spain in 2023 failed to match pre-pandemic figures despite a record-breaking year – apart from this ONE region

SPAIN has disappointingly failed to return to its pre-pandemic visitor numbers from its key markets of the United Kingdom and Germany – apart from in one region. The overall figures for tourists from Germany and the UK up until November 2023 remain 4% below 2019, with a shortfall of 1.2 million tourists. The Balearic Islands,

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