BENIDORM is set to get its first funeral home/crematorium after plans have been mired in red tape since 2005. Families have been going to Villajoyosa and other centres to say goodbye to their nearest and dearest because no facility existed in a city of over 70,000 residents. Benidorm’s local government board is set to approve […]
THE legality of cannabis consumption and cultivation in Spain is murky, with consumption and cultivation being decriminalised, but only if done in private. To put it simply, cannabis trafficking and transportation on public roads is illegal and punishable with prison time in Spain, while possession, consumption and cultivation at home for personal use is decriminalised
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WITH the data in hand it looks like the Spanish housing market enjoyed a soft landing in 2023 after a remarkable mini-boom that followed in the wake of the pandemic. There are no obvious reasons to see why the market might lurch up or down in 2024, with it more likely to track sideways at
THE much-loved founder of the Brexpats in Spain support group Anne Hernandez has died. Tributes have poured in for the ‘tireless’ campaigner following her death from a short illness. Brexpats International wrote in a statement: “It is with deepest sadness that I have to tell you that Anne Hernandez, our president, has passed away in
COMPLAINTS about untreated wastewater being pumped into the sea off Benidorm have prompted two councils to demand urgent action. The El Xoriguer environmentalist group says that the sewage has been dumped since Monday in a protected area of the Serra Gelada Natural Park at Punta Escaleta. The Directorate of Water- a branch of the Ministry
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By Jon Clarke in Braunschweig A TECHNICALITY over a rogue tweet of a lay judge has postponed the opening day of the trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner. The German paedophile, 47, is in the dock for a range of sex crime charges, including multiple rapes and attacks against children. However the first day
ALEXEI Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and fearless critic of President Putin, has died in what Western officials are labeling as a brutal political assassination. The Federal Penitentiary Service in Yamalo-Nenets said Navalny, 47, died after feeling “unwell” following a walk on Friday. A statement said: “The medical staff at the institution arrived immediately, and
THE owner of a souvenir shop that suddenly collapsed in Estepona on Wednesday has said it was a “miracle” that she wasn’t killed. Souvenirs Estepona, a family-run business located on Avenida de España, caved in after the building’s foundations were breached by external sewage treatment work. Claudia, who owns the store alongside her husband Jose
AN Argentinian impresario whose sprawling business empire in Marbella allegedly served as a giant ‘cocaine money laundromat’ has been arrested. Over three tonnes of cocaine were also seized across several countries, the proceeds of which were reportedly funnelled into bars, shopping centres and nightclubs on the Costa del Sol. These included a well-known leisure centre
AN animal rights association in Spain has managed to rescue a capuchin monkey that had been kept in an apartment by its owner for more than 30 years. Linito was first shut in a cage that measured just 2 by 1 by 1 metres 35 years ago by its owner in her flat in Barcelona.
