June 2024

Spain announces it will form part of the genocide trial proceedings against Israel in the UN Court of Justice

SPAIN’S foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, announced on Thursday that his country will form part of the genocide trial proceedings that are underway against Israel in the United Nations’ Court of Justice.  Albares said that the Spanish government’s decision had been ‘pondered for weeks’, and that the objective was to ‘bring an end to the […]

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Michael Barrymore is moving to Spain: Controversial entertainer, 72, cites ‘better quality of life’ and ‘amazing culture’ as reasons behind relocation

MICHAEL Barrymore, the controversial former TV host turned TikTok star, has revealed he is moving to Spain this summer in search of a ‘better quality of life’. In a TikTok video posted to his 2.9million followers, Barrymore, 72, said he would be moving to Catalunya as soon as he found his perfect villa. The comedian,

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‘Blood rain’ and storms to hit Spain this weekend as DANA weather front rolls in: These are the affected areas

A MIDWEEK heatwave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees in parts of the country will break towards the end of week with the arrival of storms and ‘blood rain’. A cold Atlantic front will start approaching the Iberian Peninsula from Thursday but the weather will vary, with the brunt of the change set to be in

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WATCH: Moment two shirtless men are led away from Marbella’s Puerto Banus in handcuffs

THIS is the moment two shirtless men were led away by police from Puerto Banus this week. In a video shared on TikTok on Monday, the middle-aged men can be seen with their hands cuffed behind their back. Donning only a pair of shorts each and sandals, a female security guard can be seen pointing

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Battle plan for tiger mosquito plague is revealed in Spain’s Valencia: Experts will release 1.3 million sterile blood suckers into the population

VALENCIA City Council will release 1.3 million sterile tiger mosquitoes in a bid to reduce the tiger mosquito population. Sterile male specimens will released for 30 weeks, amounting to 45,000 mosquitoes weekly. It is the female tiger mosquito that bites people and this method is used to reduce the insect population on the simple basis

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Ryanair car hire warning: Expat loses €300 after policy is cancelled ‘without his knowledge’ over technicality that could affect many Brits in Spain 

AN expat is sounding the alarm after his car hire was cancelled due to a tiny technicality – losing him almost €300. British expat Derek claims he was not informed of the cancellation until he arrived at East Midlands Airport on April 23.  Originally from Leicester, the Monda-based expat had just flown in from Malaga

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British yacht washes up on a beach in Spain’s Valencia: Captain is investigated for potential negligence

A BRITISH yacht has run aground on a Valencia province beach and has been stranded there since Monday. The craft called ‘Nordic Lily’ went onto Pinedo beach around 12.00pm when it was en route to the Valencia Yacht Club. Authorities are investigating whether there was any negligence on the part of the captain, who had

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Entire family is wiped out in deadly car crash in Spain – including pregnant mother

AN entire family has been wiped out in a deadly car crash in Spain- including a pregnant woman.  The tragic crash happened last Sunday, June 2, as the family returned to Madrid from the Torresmenudas area.  Driving on the A-50 motorway, the 35-year-old father died instantly. Meanwhile, the 34-year-old pregnant mother and her two-year-old son

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Dramatic police chase of wanted Swedish gangster, 53, in Marbella ends with five officers injured

FIVE officers from the Policia Nacional force have been injured following a dramatic car chase through the streets of Marbella. The squad had to receive medical assistance following the hot pursuit of a wanted Swedish gangster. The 53-year-old suspect sparked a car chase when he refused to stop at a road checkpoint on Calle Alfonso

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Rising temperatures caused by climate change is behind an increase in suicides, claims scientific study

A BARCELONA study suggests that high spikes in temperature cause mental health problems, and have increased suicide cases by 5% over the last 250 years. A major crunch of data by the Hospital Clinic Barcelona and the city’s IDIBAPS biomedical research centre has reached the conclusion-published in the World Psychiatry magazine. Over 280 studies in

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