March 2024

Snap election called in Spain’s Catalunya region after parliament rejects budget proposal

VOTERS in Spain’s Catalunya region will be going to the polls on May 12, after regional premier Pere Aragones yesterday called a snap election. The decision to bring forward the vote from February 2025, when the current legislative term was due to end, came after the Catalan parliament rejected the government’s budget proposal.  Aragones, of […]

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WARNING: Man survives being stabbed in the head while walking his dog on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Teenager said nothing as he plunged the knife in

A MAN was stabbed in the head in an unprovoked attack while out walking his dog in a popular resort on the Costa del Sol. Antonio Pozo, 45, was suddenly attacked by a hooded youth in an LA Lakers sweatshirt, who came up to him and without saying a word plunged a knife into the

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British woman arrested for reckless homicide after not calling ambulance for THREE days after elderly mother fell and then died on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO British people have been arrested for reckless homicide after an elderly woman- also British- died in Rojales. The 76-year-old victim suffered a fall while the trio were inside a property over the weekend on Calle Orihuela. Her daughter, 38, and a British man, 73, did not call emergency services despite what happened. According to

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Laboratory cooking up powerful marijuana-based drug is shut down by police in Spain’s Murcia

A clandestine laboratory concocting a cannabis extract drug called rosin has been busted by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. 17 people of various nationalities have been arrested in the Murcia, Alicante and Barcelona areas. Rosin is far stronger than other forms of cannabis and is made by putting pressure and heat on marijuana

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Landlord in Marbella is arrested for sexually assaulting his female tenant: Police fear victim was drugged

A MARBELLA landlord has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for an alleged sex assault on his tenant. The police are trying to clarify whether the man doped her with a chemical ahead of the assault. The incident happened inside a property on March 11 and the woman contacted a friend to tell her that

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Family of missing man, 64, are in shock after being told by a hospital on Spain’s Costa del Sol that he died weeks prior and was buried

A RELATIVE of a missing Malaga man discovered by sheer chance on Tuesday that he had died and been buried. The 64-year-old disappeared on February 26 and when a family member went to a Malaga City health centre a fortnight later to see if they’d heard from him, a computer check revealed news of his

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Is charging a ‘premium’ for tables in the sun – or shade – legal in Spain? All you need to know as new trend sparks outrage in Sevilla

THE latest method for extracting another buck from residents and visitors to Sevilla alike has been to charge extra for tables in the sun – a practice some have labelled as ‘price gouging’. One particular restaurant has been offering three ‘premium’ tables that guarantee prime views of the Guadalquivir River, more sunlight, and added services

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Queen Camilla’s secret holiday to Spain: How the British monarch enjoyed a luxury finca as she took a break from the media frenzy back home

CAMILLA, the Queen consort, enjoyed a well-earned break in a luxury Spanish finca as crisis continues to engulf the UK’s Royal Family, it has emerged. King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis and Kate Middleton’s prolonged absence from public duties have provoked a royal crisis as speculation swirls over the health of the UK’s royals. With her

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Rafael Nadal, 37, buys brand new €4million luxury apartment in Spain’s Madrid

TENNIS star Rafa Nadal has bought a €4 million luxury Madrid apartment in the city’s Colon y Serrano district. The property is one of 11 luxury homes in the Villa de Paris residential block that he built with businessmen Abel Matutes Prats and Manuel Campos Guallar several years ago. The trio constructed the building that

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‘It’s their black winter’: Commentators in Spain react to series of events that have ‘damaged’ the UK Royal Family’s ‘brand’ – including Princess Kate’s ‘photogate’

COMMENTATORS in Spain have had their say on the intense speculation surrounding the UK’s Royal Family following a series of events that have caused a ‘royal crisis’ – including ‘photogate’. Barcelona-based daily La Vanguardia have labelled the turbulent period as the Royal Family’s ‘black winter’ and ‘their toughest moment for a long time’. The comments

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