January 2024

Earthquake in Spain: Residents feel buildings shake in Gran Canaria as tremors hit the island

RESIDENTS were awoken by an earthquake in Spain overnight when multiple buildings began to shake.  According to the country’s national geographic institute (IGN), the epicentre of the tremor was 26 kilometres below the municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, in the south of Gran Canaria.  The earthquake struck at 10.58pm local time, with residents across […]

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These are the 5 best beaches in Spain to visit in 2024 – according to Lonely Planet

LONELY Planet has named the world’s 100 best beaches and five of them are in Spain.   Many people assume you have to travel to luxury destinations like the Bahamas, Hawaii or Fiji to experience a slice of paradise.  However, the latest Lonely Planet list of the world’s 100 best beaches shows some of the top

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Gibraltar’s chief minister visits London: Fabian Picardo to answer committee questions about the Rock’s representation in UK Parliament

GIBRALTAR’S two political leaders will answer questions Monday from a UK Parliament committee on territorial constitution during a visit to London. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Deputy Chief Minister set off for the British capital on Friday for a number of commercial and political meetings. The House of Commons committee are questioning them to explore

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MISSING: Mother’s desperate plea to help find ‘vulnerable’ son thought to be travelling down Spain’s Costa del Sol

A DESPERATE mother has travelled to Spain from Germany searching for her missing son. Irena Paszek arrived in Malaga on January 19 to track down Slawomir Passzek, 41, a dual German-Polish national who has been described as ‘vulnerable.’ Most recent unconfirmed sightings have placed him in Marbella and Estepona and it is thought that he

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British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO British men who ran an indoor marijuana farm in Benissa were arrested after an electricity company found them using an excessive amount of power. The Brits, aged 51 and 56, were cousins and tenants of a semi-detached rental property in the popular tourist area. Without the landlord’s permission, they installed five air conditioners and

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Revealed: These fruits and vegetables carry the most traces of pesticides in Spain – here’s how to remove them

AS much as 40% of all food sold in Spain may contain traces of pesticides, according to data collected by the Spanish Agency for Food Security and Nutrition (AESAN). AESAN’s most recent data — published in April 2023 — is from 2021, and was analysed by the environmental group Ecologists in Action.  According to the

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Racket which ‘sold bodies of dead foreigners’ and ‘people with no family’ for €1,200 each is busted in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE have busted a Valencia body-snatching gang that removed corpses from hospitals and nursing homes to sell them for up to €1,200 each to unversity-based medical schools. A funeral home ran the racket and targeted dead people without family members and who preferably were non-Spaniards. The home produced fake documents to remove bodies from hospital

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Start-up lets you travel around Spain and Portugal with ZERO hotel costs – but there’s a slight catch

A NEW form of travelling has been launched which could save you hundreds on hotels by converting your car into the perfect camping spot.  Topo tents let you camp anywhere in pure nature. Photo: TOPO Tents/Facebook READ MORE: I visited Spain’s Sevilla for the first time and was blown away by its architecture and food

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Revealed: The cities where workers earn the most in Spain’s Andalucia – and a scandalous gender pay gap

IF you want to earn top dollar in Andalucia, you want to head to the big cities.  A new report has, unsurprisingly, identified Sevilla and Malaga as the top earners, boasting average salaries of €18,259 and €18,280 respectively.  These cities are known not only for their rich cultural heritage but now also for providing some

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