July 2024

THE United Kingdom’s new foreign minister reaffirmed that the new Labour government in London will defend Gibraltar’s sovereignty. David Lammy said that the UK would ‘double lock’ British sovereignty of Gibraltar in a phone call with Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. Lammy also agreed to restart the negotiations over a Brexit deal with Spain’s foreign minister, […]

THE province of Leon voted on June 26 to pass a motion demanding independence from Castilla y Leon, and called for the region’s courts to begin procedures to establish Leon as Spain’s 18th autonomous community. Proponents of Leonese autonomy like the Leonese People’s Union (UPL), which voted with the PSOE to approve the motion, cite

THE parents of a 22-year-old Alicante woman have been arrested for allegedly setting up an arranged marriage and accepting a €1,000 fee for it. The daughter ran off a day before the ceremony, but was found and forced to endure assaults which resulted in her having a tooth bashed out. The Moroccan family arranged the

THE Andalucia tourist rental sector is threatening legal action after being ‘unfairly scapegoated’ by various city councils. Malaga, Sevilla and Cadiz have all recently promised to crack down on Airbnbs and tourist accommodation in their cities after a summer of protests. Some of those have included Cadiz’s ban on holiday homes in the historic part

A BRITISH drugs fugitive has been arrested at a Murcia villa which contained a suitcase with 35 guns inside plus 750 bullets wrapped in towels- destined for Spanish criminal gangs. Anthony Patrick Finnigan, 37, from Liverpool was wanted for possessing 26 bags of amphetamines weighing 56 kilos and 88 cannabis plants- all discovered at his

Villa Pinoso, Alicante   3 beds   2 baths € 324,000 VILLA IN TYPICAL SPANISH VILLAGE Fantastic new Villa built on a plot of 500 m2 in Pinoso. The villa has a built area of 147.80m2, on one floor, with a porch of 31.80m2, a living-dining-kitchen of 35.95m2, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a gallery. Included

ROAD signs have appeared in Torrevieja warning about €200 fines on people buying from illegal street sellers. The yellow and black hoardings have been erected in areas which see the largest concentration of the so-called ‘looky looky’ men. Nevertheless they have had close to zero impact as buying and selling has continued as normal- close

FIESTA Marbella has announced that the Queen of Arab Pop Nancy Ajram will be flying over to Marbella to perform her first concert in mainland Spain, on Thursday 8th of August 2024. Nancy Ajram is a Lebanese singer, television personality, and businesswoman, and one of the best-selling artists in Arabic Pop history. She has been

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional has arrested a man in Malaga on accusations of trafficking so-called ‘blood diamonds’.  The suspect is alleged to have headed up a business network that was dedicated to the sale and ‘laundering’ of these illicit jewels, which were mined under conditions of slavery in Sierra Leone, at the hands of the Revolutionary

TEMPERATURES in Spain are nearing 40C today in parts of the country, meaning many will be headed to the beach or a pool to cool off and also to catch some rays. But sunbathing can age your skin and also harm it, with the level of damage more or less depending on the time of