March 2024

Spain’s ski season saved: A total of 27 resorts are currently open across the country thanks to recent snowfall 

IMAGES of Spanish ski resorts with little to no snow have been widely shared on social media in recent months, with many blaming climate change for high alpine temperatures. But the snowfall has finally arrived in recent weeks, and this weekend a total of 27 resorts of the 32 that make up the Tourist Association […]

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Honesty and integrity are key to setting up a business – lessons learned in the RAF by expat business leader Jennifer Cunningham

WHEN setting up a business in Spain Jennifer Cunningham realised that the qualities she learned during her time in the Royal Air Force would stand her in good stead. There she learnt not to accept excuses or lies, as well as gaining an iron discipline, fearlessness, determination – and the overwhelming importance of honesty and

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More water restrictions to come after February rains barely refilled the Costa del Sol’s Conception reservoir

THE recent heavy rains have supplied just 13% of what was required to stave off swingeing water restrictions on the Costa del Sol. The Concepción reservoir which supplies most of the region is at a mere 25% of its required capacity and only filled up by a modest two million litres of water. But it

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Mason Greenwood set to stay in Spain as La Liga president admits he ‘doesn’t care’ about the Englishman’s past

JAVIER Tebas, the president of La Liga, has said he ‘does not care’ about Mason Greenwood’s controversial past, with Spanish club Getafe keen on extending the Manchester United forward’s loan spell beyond this season. Greenwood, 22, has scored seven goals and provided five assists for La Liga side Getafe since joining the club on loan

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Equal España: Where does Spain really rank in the EU for gender equality? 

EVERY year, the EU releases its ‘Gender Equality Index’, but where does Spain rank? In recent years Spanish women have filled the streets to protest sexism, feminicide and other injustices. Photo: Cordon Press 2023 was a big year for female equality in Spain.  In December, Spanish politicians approved an ‘Equal Representation’ Law designed to encourage

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Police arrested 115 people last year for violent assaults against doctors and nurses in Spain

THE Policia Nacional were called out over 9,000 times last year to deal with health worker safety concerns and carried out 115 arrests. 6,100 of the calls were surrounding home health care incidents and the rest were in medical centres. The profile of attack victims is 60% female and with an age range of between

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Gibraltar calls for special care for its Scops Owls, Bee-eaters, Crested Larks and other birds as nesting season begins

FROM Barbary Partridges to Zitting Cisticola by way of Scops Owls and Crested Larks, Gibraltar’s bird nesting season is officially underway from tomorrow.  Spanning March to June, the Department of Environment has advised that this is a crucial time for the peninsula’s birds. They have urged members of the public to take extra precaution to

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Gibraltar landscape artist sees off all comers to win Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 in London

A GIBRALTAR native has been crowned the winner of a prestigious art competition on UK television after seeing off two other finalists on Thursday. Monica Popham won the Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 competition and the £10,000-commission prize in a thrilling televised finale. She brushed aside competition from artists Kristina Chan and

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One hospitalised with gunshot wound to the leg in Fuengirola nightclub shooting

A 34-YEAR-OLD man was left with a bullet wound through his left thigh in a shooting outside a Fuengirola nightclub early Friday morning. Malaga Hoy reported Friday that the shooting occurred just before 4:00 on Friday outside a nightclub on the Rey de España promenade near the Malaga town of Fuengirola’s seafront.  The victim was

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WATCH: The Costa del Sol courts the German youth with ‘Shout My Name’ slogan at the Berlin International Travel Fair

THE Costa del Sol is aiming to entice the German ‘Gen-Z’ crowd to its shores this summer with a new slogan that has gone viral: Shout My Name. It comes accompanied by a trendy montage video of young people enjoying some of Malaga’s most iconic locations to an evocative track Queriendo Flojito (Loving Softly) by

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