July 2024

A FAMILY-LED gang that allegedly processed cocaine imported from Columbia at clandestine laboratories in Fuengirola and Ciudad Real has been busted by the police. Nine people have been arrested following a year-long joint operation between the Guardia Civil and the Policia Nacional. Seven simultaneous raids were carried out in the Madrid, Malaga, and Ciudad Real […]

EIGHT migrants have been rescued off the Alicante province coast after their boat capsized with three more still said to be missing. A merchant ship sighted the group in the water some 26 nautical miles east of Benidorm. The craft along with a Maritime Rescue vessel and a helicopter brought eight people to safety. READ

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

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