May 2024

A MAJOR cyberattack on the database of Spain’s traffic authority- the DGT- may have resulted in the hacking of information about of millions of motorists hacked. The Guardia Civil is investigating the possible breach amidst claims that an online forum that specialises in selling material from hackers is offering a package involving 34.5 million drivers.

EXPATS across Spain enjoy watching their favourite UK channels, movies and sports through what’s known as an IPTV service – but are they breaking the law?  IPTV – or Internet Protocol TV – allows people to stream television channels and other types of content over the internet.  They pay a company a set annual or

FOUR people have been arrested for allegedly tricking a Romanian woman to work in Torrevieja as a cook, but forcing her instead into prostitution. The gang are all Romanians with a history of similar crimes in their home country. Three of them have been remanded into custody after being charged with human trafficking for the

HEAT warnings have been issued across parts of southern Spain today.  Friday looks set to be one of the hottest days of the year so far, with the mercury reaching up to 39C in parts of Andalucia.  Several provinces in the southernmost region have been placed on yellow alert by the state weather agency AEMET. 

THE body of a giant shark was found floating off Altea on the Costa Blanca this week. The female- 4.61 metres in length- was spotted by a local nautical company. Altea Policia Local, the Guardia Civil, Altea council, and the port authority pooled resources to get it out of the water onto dry land. READ

ISRAEL’S foreign minister has threatened to close the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate in the aftermath of Pedro Sanchez’s recognition of a Palestinian state. The stark warning is the latest chapter in a diplomatic spat that broke out after the Spanish Prime Minister announced on Tuesday that

A ROMA gypsy has been acquitted by a Ciudad Real court of raping a 12-year-old girl- who became pregnant with twins- as it was ‘normal’ behaviour within his community. The man, 20, began a relationship with the child two years ago ‘with the agreement’ of both families’, the court said. After his arrest, he told

STUDYING and reading are the winning themes in this year’s prestigious architecture awards. The two main prizes in the EU Mies award (formerly the Mies van der Rohe award) went to a university study facility in Germany and a city library in Spain. The Study Pavilion at the Technical University of Braunschweig is ‘joyous’ as

READING the news as a Briton over the past few days has been nothing short of embarrassing.  The summer season has not even begun and we have already witnessed shocking behaviour from British tourists.  These include a disgusting brawl that left a Spanish waiter and police injured and a drunken idiot trying to open the