SPAIN has the highest child poverty rate in the European Union, with more than two million children – 28% of the total number of youngsters in the country – living in households with incomes that are below the poverty line. That’s according to the latest report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), which is […]
FARMER protests in Spain have entered their third week with roadblocks continuing to cause chaos on the nation’s roads. Protests show no sign of slowing despite the government proposing a new 18-point plan designed to temper agricultural anger and help farmers across the country. Frustrated farmers have been blocking roads in protest against EU regulations,
THE body of an 80-year-old man was discovered on Monday floating in the waters off the Port of Alicante. Sources from the Civil Guard told Spanish news agency Europa Press that the discovery was made after the alarm was raised via the 112 emergency number. The man was a Spanish national. The Civil Guard will
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AN INTRUDER entered a Valladolid winery on Sunday and emptied three tanks containing maturing premium wine with a retail value of around €2 million. The Guardia Civil is searching for the hooded person that appeared to have expert knowledge of how to turn on the taps at the Cepa 21 winery in Castillo de Duero.
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AN ARTIFICIAL inland beach lagoon conceived by US company Crystal Lagoons is to be set up in Sevilla. It has created a process that allows crystalline lagoons of ‘unlimited size’ to be built and maintained at low cost anywhere in the world. The company has already launched in Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest and Budapest, and its
A 14-YEAR old boy died in Spain last week after drinking a can of Red Bull spiked with over two grams of a lethal drug. ‘Tusi’, also known as ‘pink cocaine’, is a synthetic psychostimulant sold illegally in many countries around the world, including Spain where it is associated with the upper classes, elite parties,
A 14-YEAR old boy has died in Getafe after drinking a Red Bull laced with two grams of a psychostimulant drug known as ‘tusi’. The youngster passed away on Friday, January 16, after consuming a can of the popular energy drink given to him by a group he had met on the social media network
A GUARDIA Civil officer has been arrested in Valencia after brutally beating up his wife who told him she wanted a separation. The victim, 50, was hit on the head with a frying pan at their Benicalap home and then her husband tried to strangle her. The Policia Nacional said the brutality of the assault
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THREE golf courses on the Costa del Sol are being investigated for the misuse of water as the region suffers under a red level emergency for drought. The golf courses, all located in Malaga, are being scrutinised by the province’s Environmental Prosecution Office after being accused of illegally capturing water. Malaga is currently under a
