SPAIN’S General Directorate of Traffic(DGT) has recently installed 59 surveillance cameras in Andalucia to monitor the use of seat belts- yielding some dramatic results. According to a DGT report, seven out of ten motorists fined in Andalucia for road transgressions are penalised for not wearing a seat belt or using one incorrectly. The DGT studied […]
THE SPANISH spouse of a former UK deputy Prime Minister has called for Spain to have a ‘code of ethics’ for politicians to avoid a repeat of the situation involving Pedro Sanchez and his wife, Begoña Gomez. In an article for the Financial Times, Miriam Gonzalez, who is married to ex-Liberal Democrat leader Sir Nick
TWO giant pandas have arrived in Spain on a flight from China, and will settle in to their new home- for the next few years- at Madrid Zoo. Coming in on a direct Air China service from Chengdu, Jin Xi and Zhu Yu, landed on Monday at the cargo terminal of Madrid Airport. After their
VALENCIA City Council has closed down 160 unlicensed tourist apartments in a bid to curb their uncontrolled rise. The Valencia Residents Federation recently held a meeting with council officials on the ‘need for inspections and a moratorium on new tourist apartments’. “It is urgent to stop the avalanche we are suffering,” they said. READ MORE:
PHOTOS show the stunning new Sublim Beach club four years after a catastrophic inferno at Laguna Village, Estepona. A post uploaded to Facebook group Estepona Info & Chat called the new venue ‘lovely’, ‘comfortable’ and ‘high quality’. It has reopened following a two year, €25 million redevelopment after the complex burnt down in 2020. Laguna
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A FARMER snapped and murdered his own mother and brother in an apparent ‘psychotic break’. The horrific attack occurred last Sunday in Mallorca but Miquel Binimelis Matemalas did not confess until late on Tuesday during a police interrogation in a psychiatric hospital. According to the police, Binimelis bashed his own family members’ heads using blunt
Is YOUR property or business affected by this story? Email [email protected] HOMES, bars and hotels across Spain face being expropriated by the government, it has emerged. Under a proposal, the Government would acquire the rights to homes, chiringuitos and other businesses in demarcated areas of the Spanish coastline. They would then let the owners live
THE family of a British expat who died after taking Nolotil have recalled their years’ long battle for justice. Yvonne Flowers had been living in Spain for some 23 years when she fell over, suffering two slipped discs and pinched nerves. She only spent a week in hospital but during that time, Hospital Clinica Benidorm
SPAIN is enjoying the Labour Day bank holiday on Wednesday- a May 1 celebration dating back to 1889 that was banned for decades under the Franco dictatorship. The Dia del Trabajador, or Primero de Mayo, is dedicated to workers and the vindication of workers rights in Spain. Reinstated in 1978- three years after General Franco’s
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