LATEST measures to combat water shortages caused by the drought in Malaga province are including overnight cuts and pressure restrictions. Authorities have set a maximum water usage of 160 litres per resident each day on the the Costa del Sol, Axarquia and Malaga. This measure is in addition to those already implemented in the province […]
A 52-year-old man from Edinburgh has won a villa in Spain worth £3 million as well as £250,000 in cash after entering a lottery while trying to buy a battered second-hand armchair. The prizes that have ended up in the hands of Graham Dunlop are thanks to a charity draw called Omaze, which runs regular
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Villa Almoradí, Alicante 5 beds 3 baths € 349,900 Beautiful semi-detached villa in the center of Almoradí. The villa is very central and a step away from any service. The villa is on the corner of two main streets of Almoradí center. At the entrance of the plot you find a mature garden
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A SENIOR prosecutor says increasing numbers of people are filing denuncias about ‘chemtrails’- the white trails left by planes in the sky due to condensation. Teresa Gisbert- the Valencian Community’s head prosecutor- said that some of the complainants attribute the ‘chemtrails’ to some kind of a conspiracy theory. Nevertheless, Gisbert’s office is duty-bound to investigate
Have you been affected by Nolotil? Email us: tips@theolivepress.es THE Olive Press has launched a petition to urge Spanish healthcare providers to stop giving Nolotil to northern european patients. READ MORE: ‘Kill the Drug’: Together we can prevent more British lives from being lost as the Olive Press relaunches its Nolotil campaign Also known as
FARMERS have entered their eighth day of protests across Spain by shutting down yet more major roads with their tractors. In Andalucia, the A-4 near Ecija, Sevilla and the A-92 near Lachar, Granada, were completely blocked off this morning. Further north in Catalunya, the tractors are blocking access to Mercabarna and the port of Tarragona,
IT’S no secret that Andalucia is one of the most expressive and culturally diverse regions in Spain. The mainland’s southernmost autonomous community is the home of flamenco and boasts thousands of years of history with Christian, Catholic and Moorish roots. This has gifted the Andalucian people with a melting pot of accents and expressions –
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THE heavy rain at the weekend has done little to recuperate reservoir levels in Malaga province, new figures show. Despite the heavens opening above the Costa del Sol between Friday and Sunday, less then a cubic hectometre of water was collected in the seven reservoirs spread across Malaga province. That’s the equivalent of one week’s
A LARGE number of UK travellers have helped take Alicante-Elche airport to a record January high with 958,088 passengers. That’s the best-ever start to a year and 20.5% more than 12 months earlier when there were 795,148 travellers. The comparison is even starker when looking at January 2019- over a year before the Covid pandemic
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PALM tree pruning has started on the Orihuela Costa after residents said that not enough maintenance for two years has allowed the deadly Red Palm Weevil to spread. Just one tree infected by the weevil can cause a swathe of palm tree losses in the surrounding area. The Cabo Roig and Lomas residents association(AVCRL) has
