February 2024

Microsoft to invest almost €2 BILLION into AI development in Spain

TECH giant Microsoft is set to invest over $2billion into the development of AI and cloud infrastructure in Spain over the next two years. The announcement was made following a meeting between Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Brad Smith, the company’s vice chair and president. In a statement on X, Smith said: “I’m thrilled to […]

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Where you should visit in Spain and beyond in 2024 – according to your star sign

EVER thought about travelling according to your star sign? This is where you should visit in Spain if you believe in astrology.  Everybody knows that each star sign has a particular personality.  Geminis are notoriously duplicitous, leos are confident and scorpios are intense and fiery.  But what does that mean for your 2024 travel plans? 

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Fears for Ibuprofen sold in Spain: France probes ‘serious side effects’ of taking 400mg doses after banning the products in 2019

POPULAR painkiller Ibuprofen has come under fire after a French probe finds ‘serious side effects’ of taking 400mg doses of the drug after it was banned five years ago.  Ibuprofen could cause hemorrhages and kidney damage. Photo: CordonPress READ MORE: Spain’s High Court WILL hear case accusing health authorities of ‘serious recklessness’ following dozens of

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Valencia fire latest: Four dead and many more missing after ‘Spain’s Grenfell’ gutters high-rise apartment block – as city enters three days of mourning

AT least four people have been confirmed dead following Valencia’s ‘worst ever’ fire that has already been dubbed ‘Spain’s Grenfell’. Emergency services fear many more deaths will be announced with at least 19 people still missing as of the early hours of Friday morning. The City Council has declared three days of mourning for the

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WATCH: Dramatic footage shows how the ‘historic’ fire in Valencia began inside one flat before spreading within minutes to engulf an entire 14-storey block

A SERIES of videos shows how the fire raging in Valencia quickly spread from the interior of one flat and engulfed the entire 14-storey building. A clip shared on X shows the beginning of the blaze inside an apartment between the fifth and seventh floor of the complex in Nou Campanar, in the west of

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Valencia fire latest: At least 14 people are injured in ‘historic’ inferno dubbed ‘Spain’s Grenfell’ – as expert blames apartment block’s ‘highly flammable’ cladding

A ‘HIGHLY flammable’ cladding has been blamed for a huge fire currently engulfing an apartment block in eastern Spain. At least 14 people have been confirmed as injured since the blaze was first reported shortly after 7pm on Thursday evening. Among the injured are nine men, six of them firemen, aged between 25 and 57,

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WATCH: ‘Father and daughter’ are rescued from apartment block inferno in Spain after enduring more than an hour of intense smoke – as witnesses warn ‘there are many people trapped inside’

THIS is the moment a man and a woman were dramatically rescued from an apartment complex engulfed in flames in Valencia tonight. Footage recorded by Spanish news broadcasters shows what is reported to be a father and his daughter being saved by a firefighters’ cherry picker in Maestro Rodrigo, Campanar. They incredibly endured well over

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BREAKING: Huge fire engulfs an apartment block in Spain’s Valencia with residents still trapped inside

A MAJOR fire has engulfed an apartment building in Valencia, with an unknown amount of people trapped inside. Dozens of firefighters are working to tackle the blaze and rescue residents from inside the block in Maestro Rodrigo, Campanar. Footage shared online shows flames bellowing out of windows on virtually every floor of the building. Firefighters

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A New Life In The Sun is looking for participants on the Costa del Sol 

POPULAR TV show, A New Life In The Sun, are recruiting for participants in Spain’s Andalucia.  Producers of the Channel 4 programme have been publishing calls for new stars in many expat Facebook groups.  READ MORE: ‘We opened our own SURF camp in a little-known town in southern Spain – now business is booming and

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Beach walkway on Spain’s Costa del Sol will soon connect these two towns by foot for the first time

TWO new projects will make it possible for people to walk or cycle along the coast between Fuengirola and Benalmadena. A footbridge will be built over the El Jardin stream which is the boundary between the two municipalities, while a new promenade will be created on Carvajal beach. REY DE ESPAÑA PROMENADE, CARVAJAL BEACH The

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