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Female patient, 70, hurls xenophobic abuse at ‘foreign’ doctor trying to treat her in southern Spain

A FEMALE doctor was verbally abused by an elderly patient at a Sevilla province health centre on the grounds that she wasn’t Spanish. The incident

3 May, 2024 @ 16:10

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Malaga to New York flights take off this weekend: United Airlines starts direct route a month earlier due to popular demand

TRANSATLANTIC flights between Malaga and New York-Newark airport resume this Saturday with operator United Airlines starting a month earlier than last year. The direct United

3 May, 2024 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Revealed: The highest and lowest-rated regions for public health services in Spain

‘I’m a prisoner in my own body’: Man, 52, who will be euthanised in Spain today explains his reasons in final social media post

A SEVILLA province man has taken to social media to explain why is he is being euthanised this Friday. The Castilblanco de los Arroyos resident,

3 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Sevilla

Act Of Inaguration Of Juanma Moreno As New President Of Andalusia

President of Andalucia rules out ‘enforcing’ a tourist tax after left wing party said the region risks becoming a ‘beach club for the guiris’ without one

THE president of Andalucia, Juanma Moreno, has once again ruled out a tourist tax for the region. Speaking on Thursday in the regional parliament, he

3 May, 2024 @ 11:55

Andalucia·Lead

Spain's government examines different options to bring in national toll road charges in 2024

Portugal is set to remove tolls on roads that enter Spain via Andalucia, Galicia and elsewhere

THE national parliament in Portugal on Thursday approved a draft law from the Socialist Party that will see tolls on a number of roads scrapped.

3 May, 2024 @ 11:18

Andalucia·Galicia·Lead

US tourists are left stranded in Spain’s Andalucia after their bus back to the cruise ship was delayed: Couple made crucial error that saw the boat leave without them

AN AMERICAN couple had a cruise stopover in Andalucia they won’t forget in a hurry, as their ship left without them after they returned late

2 May, 2024 @ 18:22

Andalucia·Lead

‘Anti-tourism’ movement in Spain spreads to Granada: Locals blast ‘invasion’ of visitors making the city ‘unliveable’ – while more graffiti emerges

THE ‘anti-tourism’ movement in Spain appears to be growing by the day following the historic demonstrations in the Canary Islands last month. Granada is the

1 May, 2024 @ 19:59

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Travel News

Warning: Dozens of new cameras than can detect people not wearing seatbelts are installed on THESE roads across Spain's Andalucia

Warning: Dozens of new cameras that can detect people not wearing seatbelts are installed on THESE roads across Spain’s Andalucia

SPAIN’S General Directorate of Traffic(DGT) has recently installed 59 surveillance cameras in Andalucia to monitor the use of seat belts- yielding some dramatic results. According

1 May, 2024 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Lead

Feijoo Popular Party Rally In Malaga, Spain 19 Mar 2022

Right-wing PP party would comfortably hold onto Andalucia if an election were held today, new poll shows

THE Andalusian branch of the conservative Partido Popular (PP-A) would comfortably hold onto power in the southern region were a new election to be held

30 Apr, 2024 @ 16:23

Andalucia·Lead·Politics

Summer is coming: Temperatures to soar by 8C in southern Spain this weekend following cold snap

A COLD and wet end to April in Andalucia will transform into an eight degree temperature rise from Thursday- a day after the May Day

29 Apr, 2024 @ 18:18

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Costco is coming to the Costa del Sol: Wholesale supermarket brand expands in Spain after opening in Sevilla and Madrid

THE US discount shopping giant Costco is set to open in Malaga in 2026 as part of a big revamp of the Malaga Nostrum shopping

29 Apr, 2024 @ 16:22

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Manu Chao is coming to the Costa del Sol: ‘Me Gustas Tu’ singer will perform in Fuengirola this summer

MANU Chao, 62, will perform a rare concert in Fuengirola’s open air theatre on July 25. The ‘Me Gustas Tu’ singer will make a rare

27 Apr, 2024 @ 10:30

La Cultura·Malaga

British gang charged over mass food poisoning scam involving hotels on Spain's Mallorca

‘Food poisoning’ outbreak at school on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Dozens of teachers and students are struck down with diarrhoea and fever symptoms

SOME 83 students and teachers from a secondary school in Malaga were struck down with food poisoning this week, after eating food at the canteen.

26 Apr, 2024 @ 14:53

Health·Lead·Malaga

Tourist drops dead at Malaga Airport: 64-year-old suffers heart attack in the arrivals area

A 64-year-old tourist has died after suffering a heart attack in the arrivals area of Malaga airport. The incident took place this Wednesday in the

25 Apr, 2024 @ 17:18

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Warning: Town on Spain’s Costa del Sol will cut off water and issue fines of up to €600,000 to people who disobey drought measures

BENALMADENA City Council has provisionally approved fines of up to €600,000 for people flouting drought measures if they are imposed in a serious situation. Supplies

25 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead

Tap water warning in Spain: Supplies are 'not fit for human consumption' in these areas on the Costa Blanca

Drinking water supplies ‘are guaranteed for the next five years’ in Spain’s Andalucia – following series of downpours in March

DRINKING water supplies have been ‘guaranteed’ for ‘four or five years’ for Andalucian water networks linked to the Guadalquivir Basin The pledge has come from

25 Apr, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Lead

Swimming pools latest: These towns in Malaga province suggest using water not fit for human consumption as ‘it will be cleaned by chlorine’

THESE towns in Malaga province have suggested using water not fit for human consumption to fill swimming pools this summer. The Community Municipality of Axarquia

24 Apr, 2024 @ 11:16

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Poles, Brits and other foreigners are reserving 90% of new homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol, study suggests

A STUDY has suggested nine out of ten new homes on the Costa del Sol are being reserved by foreign buyers. The data has come

23 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Property

Woman, 82, is killed after being run over by a sightseeing train for tourists on Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN 82-YEAR-old woman has been killed after a tourist sightseeing train ran her over in this Costa del Sol hotspot. The incident took place this

22 Apr, 2024 @ 11:47

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Where do people work the most and least hours in Spain? Eye-opening figures disprove the stereotype of ‘lazy’ Andalucians

ANDALUCIA is among the hardest-working regions in Spain, based on hours spent at work according to BBVA Research which analysed figures from 2022. It shows

21 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Lead

Tap water in town near Marbella is deemed ‘not fit for consumption’ – affecting 5,000 residents

5,000 residents cannot drink tap water in THIS Marbella town after it is deemed ‘not fit for consumption’. The Junta health department has declared water

19 Apr, 2024 @ 11:48

National News

Young boy catches West Nile virus in Spain’s Andalucia – with a second ‘probable’ case in a teenager in Sevilla

ANDALUCIA sees two cases of West Nile virus after a young boy is infected and another suspected case is detected in Sevilla. The Junta de

19 Apr, 2024 @ 11:05

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Horror in Fuengirola: Man, 34, ‘stabs his landlord to death before slashing girlfriend, 19, during knife rampage’ – as his partner claims he murdered ANOTHER man last weekend

A FUENGIROLA man has been arrested following a fatal stabbing on Wednesday night and he’s also been accused of bludgeoning a man to death last

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Drought latest: Town halls are given the power to lift the ban on filling private swimming pools in Spain’s Andalucia

INDIVIDUAL town halls in Andalucia will decide whether private swimming pools can be filled with water during the current drought. The Andalucian government has delegated

17 Apr, 2024 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Lead

Marbella mayor calls for national and local police to work together more following surge in gangland shootings

MARBELLA’S mayor, Angeles Muñoz, wants more information sharing between the Policia Nacional and the city’s Policia Local to counter a wave of increased shooting in

16 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Marbella shooting latest: Victim, 33, is from Albania and received multiple wounds in yet another gangland incident in Guadalmina

GUADALMINA has become the latest site of a Marbella shooting after a 33-year-old Albanian man received multiple wounds this Saturday. The man was allegedly shot

15 Apr, 2024 @ 14:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

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