THE SPANISH government has been negotiating a proposed housing law for months, if not years, and the deal that has been hammered out between parties was finally announced on Friday. The governing Socialist Party and its junior coalition partner Unidas Podemos have been seeking a way to control rising rents even before they formed a […]
Ibiza’s world renowned club, Amnesia, will be hosting a series of huge techno parties this summer. Running from June 11 through to October 8, the Pyramid will showcase some titans of the industry. Among the big names will be the queen of techno, Charlotte de Witte and housey Chaos in the CBD, as well as
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OIL company Cepsa has formed a joint venture to set up a large-scale biofuels plant in Andalucia. Cepsa and Bio-Oils, who process vegetable oils, have announced their agreement with an investment of up to €1 billion at Cepsa’s La Rabita Energy Park in Huelva. The facility is targeting the annual production of 500,000 tonnes per
SQUASH players from Gibraltar did themselves proud on home soil by tackling much larger nations at the excellent Europa Sports Park facilities. The men and women’s squads both faced tough opposition in their group matches of the European Team Championships Division Three at Europa Point’s high quality sports hall. Gibraltar Squash Association members helped organised
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THE shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast is bracing itself for a new storm on Sunday that could further break it up and cause more oil spills. The Captain of the Port met Friday with the government minister of the port Vijay Daryanani and the salvage contractors Koole to discuss the developing situation. Weather forecaster Gibmeteo tweeted:
THE National Court in Madrid has bailed an Ebro province man arrested in January for sending six letter bombs to political and military targets. Pompeyo Gonzalez Pascual, 74, from Miranda de Ebro must report to a court each week and has been ordered to surrender his passport. A judge ruled on Friday that the former
Five men accused of gang raping a women in the Catalan town of Rubi were sent to prison last Thursday 14. They are believed to have taken the victim to an abandoned industrial plant and then raped her last December. Police undertaking the investigation found a number of cigarette butts and a used condom at
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A MASSIVE Swedish-Spanish marijuana-trafficking gang that trucked hundreds of kilos of narcotics across Europe has been smashed. The gang organised huge shipments hidden among standard merchandise that started in Spain and rolled out across France and the Low Countries into major Swedish cities. A sizable 750kg of cannabis was seized during a number of shipments
A PAIR of wanted crypto tycoons face arrest warrants after failing to turn up in court. The two operators of failed crypto exchange, Globix, failed to show up at Gibraltar Supreme Court yesterday. Gibraltarian Damien Carreras and his associate, Russian Pavel Sidirov, did not respond to the court or even send legal representation for an
Foods that had their VAT slashed in January have had a price hike in March. At the start of the year the Government decided to reduce, and in some cases, eliminate VAT on certain basic food products in order to curb inflation. However following the fiscal move the majority of products affected have risen in
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