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Corrupt ex-Costa Blanca mayor in Spain gets prison term over waste contract bungs

FORMER Calpe mayor, Francisco Javier Morato, and two ex-Partido Popular councillors have been convicted of receiving bribes over a waste contract awarded in 1998. Javier

25 Oct, 2022 @ 12:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Puerto Banus is the most expensive port to dock a yacht in Europe, according to new ranking

Guaranteed five-star service: Estate Agents Marbella is making dream homes a reality along one of Spain’s sunshine paradises

ESTATE Agents Marbella has been actively selling luxury properties along Spain’s Costa del Sol for more than two decades with the biggest success, and continues

25 Oct, 2022 @ 12:15

Other News·Property·Sponsored

Smart Photovoltaic Systems: Municipalities on Spain’s Costa del Sol subsidise the installation of PV systems with IBI discounts

MANY municipalities in Spain subsidise the installation of photovoltaic systems. Those who meet the relevant conditions can save up to 50% on property tax (IBI),

25 Oct, 2022 @ 12:04

Business & Finance·Other News·Property·Sponsored

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Sit back and enjoy the sunshine with a property in Spain

WHETHER you are looking to sell, buy, rent or let a house, villa or apartment, Property on the Med has you covered. The company offers

25 Oct, 2022 @ 11:56

Olive Press Travel·Other News·Property·Travel Andalucia

EVER HIGHER STANDARDS: Gibraltar’s new property developments are top of the range

DURING the last two years the world has faced drastic changes in the economy and demand for housing, which was widely interrupted by the world-wide

25 Oct, 2022 @ 11:45

Gibraltar·Other News·Property·Sponsored

Big cocaine shipments intercepted at port of Valencia in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has seized 620 kilos of cocaine in three raids within nine days at the port of Valencia. The drugs were smuggled in

25 Oct, 2022 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Telefonica’s move to accept crypto signals increase in Spanish interest

In the latest in a series of boosts for the cryptocurrency sector, Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica has announced it will start accepting cryptocurrency payments via

25 Oct, 2022 @ 10:29

Business & Finance

Italian gang arrested for stealing luxury watches from elderly foreign tourists in Spain's Balearic Islands

Possible drugs trafficking war behind recent shooting in Spain’s Mijas

THE 21-year-old man who was seriously injured last Saturday night after being gunned down in Mijas has a criminal record for drug trafficking. The young

25 Oct, 2022 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Record highs of up to 25C are forecast for Spain's Costa Blanca from THIS weekend

Month of October bids farewell in Spain’s Malaga with temperatures 5ºC higher than normal

SPAIN’S Met Office, AEMET, has said that Malaga will see temperatures 5ºC higher than normal for the end of October. It’s true that the weather

25 Oct, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Man, 20, Beats Elderly Male Lover To Death And Hides Body In Garden Planter At His Valencia Area Home In Spain

Man, 20, kills elderly male lover and hides body in garden planter at his Valencia area home in Spain

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Valencia Province over the violent death of his elderly lover in Albalat de la Ribera. Police detained Alex

24 Oct, 2022 @ 18:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man dies after being punched in early morning Costa Blanca nightclub fight in Spain

Man dies after early morning Costa Blanca nightclub fight in Spain

A 26-year-old El Campello man died on Saturday after an early morning brawl outside the Copity nightclub in San Juan de Alicante. His attacker, a

24 Oct, 2022 @ 15:59

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Husband of Marbella mayor formally accused of belonging to a criminal organisation, money laundering

THE SPANISH High Court has formerly accused Lars Broberg, the husband of Marbella Mayor Ángeles Muñoz, of belonging to a criminal organisation and laundering the

24 Oct, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Stag-do party fined after drunken antics on high speed Madrid-Malaga train service in Spain

Stag-do party pay penalty for drunken mayhem on high-speed Madrid-Malaga train in Spain

A Madrid court has fined 11 people nearly €700 each after a rowdy stag-do forced a delay to a high-speed train service between Madrid and

24 Oct, 2022 @ 13:08

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga

Costa Blanca Boy In Spain Lose Freedom For Just Six Years For Killing Parents And Brother

Costa Blanca boy in Spain who killed parents and brother gets six-year internment

AN Alicante court has imposed six years of internment for a teenage boy who shot dead his parents and younger brother at their Elche home

24 Oct, 2022 @ 11:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Young man in critical condition after being shot several times in Spain’s Mijas

A YOUNG man has been left fighting for his life after being shot four times in Mijas. According to official reports, the shooting took place

24 Oct, 2022 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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Spanish cancer association calls for smoke-free zones in Spain’s Malaga

SPAIN’S Asociación Española contra el Cáncer (Aecc) has called for a total ban on smoking in several various emblematic sites in the province as well

24 Oct, 2022 @ 08:45

Health·Lead·Malaga

Not all animals in Spain are equal

Spain's PSOE party is wanting to place hunting and working dogs into a loophole in the new animal rights law proposed to protect companion animals.

23 Oct, 2022 @ 14:49

Must Read·National News·Other News

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Fired Up: Medieval pottery workshop supplying Zara under threat of collapse in Spain’s Granada

ZARA isn’t the first place you’d think of for pottery handcrafted in an old tradition dating back to Al-Andalus. However, a collection of 2,200 pieces

23 Oct, 2022 @ 12:29

Granada·Other News·Property

Lower Paleolithic site found in Estepona with remains from 128,000 years ago

Lower Paleolithic site found in Spain’s Estepona with remains from 128,000 years ago

THE City Council of Estepona has discovered an important archaeological site with remains of prehistoric times, belonging to the Lower Paleolithic, the earliest subdivision of

23 Oct, 2022 @ 10:30

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Rich by design: The world’s wealthiest architects – from China to Spain and the USA to UK

ARCHITECTURE is an influential career. The most imaginative architects have a keen understanding of the power of their designs. From single homes to the grandest

22 Oct, 2022 @ 12:35

Lead·National News·Other News·Premium·Property

BAAA-D BOYS: Police arrest gang who stole 400 sheep and goats from farm in Spain’s Malaga

NATIONAL police have arrested three men and a woman for allegedly stealing over 400 goats and sheep from a farm in Malaga. Prosecutors charged three

22 Oct, 2022 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Greenpeace to give workshop in Spain’s Malaga early November to promote renewable energy

GREENPEACE has begun a tour of six Spanish municipalities with the aim of promoting renewable energies as part of a green recovery in Spain. The

22 Oct, 2022 @ 10:30

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Boss Resigns From Under Fire Torrevieja Hospital On Spain's Costa Blanca

Under-fire boss resigns from criticised Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE head of Torrevieja’s health department, Pilar Santos, has resigned just over a year after it returned to public management. Ribera Salud contract to run

22 Oct, 2022 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Driver caught zig-zagging down A-7 motorway at FIVE times alcohol limit in Spain’s Mijas Costa

POLICE have arrested a driver that was zig-zagging down the A-7 motorway with five times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood. Local police

21 Oct, 2022 @ 18:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Benidorm Mother Abandons Teenage Son In Pamplona Bar And Drives 150 Kilometres To Bilbao In Spain

Woman who stole baby from hospital in northern Spain spent all night taking selfies

MORE details have emerged of the nightmarish experience that the parents of a newborn boy went through in the Spanish city of Bilbao this week,

21 Oct, 2022 @ 16:42

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

WATCH: Careful who you rent to in Spain… It might just be the ‘Joker’ drugs gang from Paris

WHEN the owners of a four-bedroom country villa near Ronda heard a nice Northern European family was interested in renting their empty home, they jumped

21 Oct, 2022 @ 16:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

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