July 2024

Spain voted as having the world’s best water theme park for 10 years in a row

A TENERIFE water park has being voted the world’s best for 10 successive years, courtesy of the 2024 Traveller’s Choice Awards from the TripAdvisor online travel portal. The accolade goes to the Siam Park on the Costa Adeje- located in the south of Tenerife. Among the reasons given for travellers choosing Siam Park is its […]

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Wife of Spain’s prime minister threatened with arrest if she fails to attend court when witness in her influence peddling probe gives evidence

A MADRID judge has warned Begoña Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, that she could be arrested if she does not turn up in court next week when a witness in a judicial probe against her gives evidence. Magistrate Juan Carlos Peinado issued the warning in a writ of summons, making clear

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Father of missing Jay Slater calls for Interpol to take over the case as family continues their search in Tenerife for the 19-year-old bricklayer

THE father of missing Brit Jay Slater has called for Interpol to get involved in the case, more than three weeks after the 19-year-old bricklayer vanished without trace on the Canary Island of Tenerife.  “We need to, as a full family, do a proper press conference and ask the British authorities to help,” Warren Slater,

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3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Nueva Andalucia with pool – € 445,000

Apartment Nueva Andalucia, Málaga   3 beds   2 baths € 445,000 The best 3 bed/2 bathroom apartment for rent short term in Nueva Andalucia with excellent South/West orientation and with beautiful view to the garden, mountains and the pool ! Dama de Noche is one of the best known developments near to Puerto Banus,

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘I made it up’: British expat in Spain denies he misunderstood Camino de Santiago tradition after drinking beer from his shoe

IN a classic exercise of ‘fake news’, Spanish media outlets have enthusiastically seized on a story about Madrid-based British expat and influencer Tom Hopcroft, thanks to a video he posted of himself doing a ‘shoey’ at the end of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. Tom had been walking the route as the leader of a

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Spain vs France EURO 2024 semi-final preview: The unstoppable force meets the immovable object as two of Europe’s heavyweights clash head-on in Munich tonight

SPAIN the unstoppable force have blazed their way through Euro 2024 to set up a seismic struggle with the immovable object that is France in the semi-finals tonight. Les Bleus had been many people’s pre-tournament favourites, however their performances have been more than underwhelming. Meanwhile La Roja, who have flattered to deceive in recent tournaments,

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Consumers in Spain despair as supermarket Mercadona removes this popular product from its shelves indefinitely: ‘Stop playing with my emotions, I’m devastated’

SPANISH supermarket chain Mercadona has had to respond to concerned customers on social media, after they realised that one of their favourite products had disappeared off the shelves.  The item in question is a focaccia loaf of bread, made with olive oil, cheese, rosemary and thyme. In fact, such was the popularity of the product

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Motorhome and camper van thieves change chassis details and produce fake documents to sell vehicles to unsuspecting customers in Spain

AN ALICANTE province gang has been busted for stealing motorhomes and camper vans, which they sold on second-hand sites via social media platforms. The Policia Nacional recovered two vehicles that had their VIN chassis numbers altered and sold to unsuspecting customers in Murcia and Gijon. The vans had been stolen in France and Burgos, with

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Thieves use drone to follow high-value targets for street robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HI-TECH thieves used a drone to track people carrying large amounts of money on the streets of Alicante province. The five men are accused of 22 crimes- mainly in the region- but also in Almeria, Murcia, the Balearic Islands, and Tarragona. The Guardia Civil say they stole over €122,000- over half of which was €63,000

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Former Junta president who oversaw Andalucia’s massive €680 million ERE corruption scandal set to have his embezzlement conviction overturned

ONE of Andalucia’s most infamous public servants is set to have his embezzlement conviction overturned. Former Junta president and ex-PSOE leader Jose Antonio Griñan, who oversaw the notorious ERE corruption scheme between 2000 and 2009, was convicted in a Sevilla court in 2019. He was sentenced to six years in prison for embezzling €680 million

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