July 2024

Spain debuts the world’s first ever beach-cleaning robot: AI powered ‘PlatjaBot’ gets to work in popular seaside resort

THE world’s first beach–cleaning AI robot will be put through its paces on popular Valencia City beaches this summer. The first tests were carried out by ‘PlatjaBot’ on Las Arenas beach on Thursday. Valencia mayor, Maria Jose Catala, said: “We are the first Spanish city to have a law that allows technology to be tested […]

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Sun cream warning in Spain: These brands do not provide the protection they claim, say experts

THREE sunscreens claiming to offer factor 50 protection don’t come up to scratch according to a study compiled by Spain’s OCU consumer association. The group has passed on the results of its lab reports to the Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) and has asked it to carry out its own tests. The OCU

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Missing: Desperate search for Belgian national, 37, who vanished without a trace from Spain’s Costa del Sol

Have you seen Tim? Contact tips@theolivepress.es BELGIAN police have joined the search for a compatriot who vanished from the Costa del Sol more than three months ago. Tim Paelinck, 37, has not been seen since disappearing from Casares on March 23. His car was found abandoned in Granada a month later but Spanish police have

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Mallorca braces for Germany v Spain clash: Riot police and undercover cops ‘will be ready to act’ as thousands of German tourists pack out bars on Friday

MALLORCA authorities are preparing for the Euro 2024 quarter final between Spain and Germany tomorrow, it has emerged. The Policia Nacional has confirmed it will be deploying extra officers to the Playa de Palma area, which is very popular with German tourists and expats, and as such could be a hotspot for trouble with Spain

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British tourist, 20, is beaten unconscious in Spain’s Mallorca: Police hunt six-foot attacker

POLICE on the Balearic Island of Mallorca are seeking a man described as blond, six-foot tall and stocky after he allegedly doled out an extremely violent beating to a 20-year-old British tourist in the early hours of Wednesday morning.  The assault took place at 5.30am in the Punta Ballena area of Magaluf, and saw the

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Jay Slater went back to Airbnb of convicted drug dealer before disappearing in Tenerife: Fellow Brit says the missing teen ‘left the house alive’

THE Brit who rented the Airbnb missing teenager Jay Slater, 19, went to before he vanished in Tenerife has broken his silence. Ayub Qassim, 31, confirmed to MailOnline that Jay had stayed at his Airbnb rental, Casa Abuela Tina, near Masca, on the night of June 17 before his mysterious disappearance.  Qassim, who was sentenced

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Watch: British fugitive wanted for sex crimes is arrested while using outdoor gym on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment a wanted Brit was arrested while using an outdoor gym in Spain. The Scotsman, 55, is accused of sexually assaulting two women after meeting them on a dating app. Spain’s Guardia Civil said he fled the UK in 2022 after faking being abducted. [embedded content] The Brit was traced to Nerja

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British girl and her baby sister are found ‘abandoned in parked car’ in Spain’s Tenerife

THE alarm was raised on June 17, at around 6pm: two young girls had been left locked in a car outside a shopping mall in Los Cristianos, on the Canary Island of Tenerife, with the windows closed and the sun beating down. It was a Spaniard who lived nearby who noticed the youngsters, who told

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Hail and storms to hit parts of Spain this weekend in freak July weather – while the south will remain very hot

THE weather in Spain has been anything but predictable this summer so far. If earlier this week the forecasts were for the arrival of some serious heat, today the predictions are that hail and storms will return these coming days in the latest bout of freak weather.  Temperatures are due to exceed 40C in parts

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