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
SPAIN’S economy may have suffered some serious blows in recent years, from the pandemic to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, but these factors don’t seem to have had an effect on the country’s biggest earners, whose ranks have swollen. According to data from the Spanish Tax Agency, as reported by newspaper El Pais, 2022 saw the
HIGH temperatures reaching up to 38ºC in parts of central and southern Spain are expected from Wednesday. State forecaster Aemet says that the first summer heatwave will arrive after an unusually cool and rainy week due to an Isolated High Level Depression (DANA). Temperatures will start to rise rapidly over the next 24 hours, reaching
AN Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo was forced to make an emergency landing in north-eastern Brazil on Monday morning after the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was struck by ‘severe turbulence’. Some 40 passengers – from Spain, Uruguay, Israel, Germany, and Bolivia – were taken to hospitals in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, for medical
A BOAT migrant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a cleaner at a Guardamar hotel that is being used as an emergency reception centre. The Senegalese national has been bailed by a Torrevieja court but given a restraining order that keeps him from the alleged victim. He has been expelled from the four-star
EXPATS in the Spanish town of Rojales have told reporters that they will not vote in the upcoming UK elections, despite the recent law change that no longer excludes voters who have lived abroad for more than 16 years from casting their ballots. “I don’t do politics,” one British resident of Rojales, which is located
THE US naval base at Rota in Cadiz province has ramped up its terror alert level amidst fears that it could be targeted in a jihadist attack. The Digital Confidencial website says that precautions have been increased in case there is a response to the arrival of an Anti-Missile Shield at the base which would
THE latest report from Andalucia’s regional government has found that the waters off the Zahara de los Atunes beach in Barbate, Cadiz province, contain potentially harmful sewage. Meanwhile, analysis at the Presa de la Colada reservoir in Cordoba province found the presence of different types of cyanobacterias, which can produce toxins that are harmful to
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GRAN Canaria has been revealed as having one of Spain’s 11 host stadiums for the 2030 soccer World Cup to be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. No statement has been made about the list from the Spanish FA, but officials from the Cabildo de Gran Canaria have confirmed their name is on it. 20
