July 2024

SPAIN has reported the lowest unemployment figure for June since 2008, with 2,561,067 people registered as being out of work. Registrations with social security grew by 71,000 since May to reach 21,392,889- the highest total since records began. The hospitality sector is largely behind the improvements with June seeing the start of the main tourist

PLANS for a luxury Four Seasons hotel in Marbella are being delayed by a 60-strong group of squatters, it has emerged. Dozens of men, women and children, mostly from Morocco, have taken over an abandoned campsite that is just 30 metres from the exclusive beachfront. Speaking to El Mundo, Malaga native Angel Fernandez, who acts

MARBELLA residents are set to benefit from a hefty investment to install noise reduction panels along the motorway running through the town. The €13.1 million project involves the installation of 28 acoustic screens starting in the AP75 toll road to the west of the city and running all the way down to the exit road.

SPANISH police have launched an investigation after an Irish tourist was found dead in the middle of a street in Spain. Michael Grant, 45, collapsed near the infamous Punta Ballena strip in Magaluf, Mallorca, at around 4.30am on Monday morning. The physiotherapist and father-of-four, from Waterford, was on holiday with his family and friends. READ

FOR nearly four decades now, the residents of the Sierra de Callosa mountain range in the Valencia region have been faced with an unusual problem: around 200 domestic goats that are invading residential areas in search of food and water.  The animals were either released on purpose or they escaped into the mountains around 37

Villa San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia   3 beds   3 baths € 344,900 NEW BUILD VILLAS IN SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR New Build villas in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia. This exclusive project of 4 independent villas with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, open plan kitchen with spacious living room, fitted wardrobes, including private

A TOTAL of 46 police officers who had been charged for their excessive use of force on civilians at the October 2017 illegal referendum on Catalan independence have been absolved under a new amnesty law recently passed by the Spanish government.  A court in Barcelona let off the Policia Nacional officers, who were accused of

THE Spanish government is seeking to introduce a ‘digital card’ that will limit the number of times someone can access porn websites each month. The online card will require users to identify themselves each time they visit a porn website, and limit their use to 30 times within a period of 30 days. On top