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Egyptian navy ship in flames after IS group ‘rocket attack’

AN EGYPTIAN naval boat has reportedly been destroyed by a rocket launched by a group linked to Islamic State (IS) in events that saw the extremists taking their terror campaign out to sea.
The coastguard...Read More

Gibraltar denies Spanish minister’s ‘uncooperative’ claim

THE Chief Minister has written to Spain’s Treasury Minister, Cristobal Montoro, after the Spanish minister criticised Gibraltar in June for being uncooperative when it comes to exchanging tax information.
The...Read More

Woman killed by her former partner in Mollina

A WOMAN and a man were found dead yesterday night (Wednesday, July 15) in a property of Mollina (Malaga).
Police’s first suspected that the 58-year-old man could have stabbed the 60-year-old woman,...Read More

ETA-enthusiast in Sevilla will go to prison

THE National Court has sentenced a man to one year and a half in prison for praising terrorist group ETA on social platform Twitter.
In the sentences´ text, the judge explains that Francisco Sanchez...Read More

Arm and torso in the water

NATIONAL POLICE are investigating the discovery of a dismembered body in Alicante.
Believed to be of a man in his 40’s, the body was discovered by a group of young people bathing in the Lagunas...Read More

A woman died and two children nearly drowned in Malaga Province

EL CHORRO LAKE:  Where a 54-year-old woman drowned. TWO children are in Intensive Care and a woman has died in water-related accidents in Malaga Province.
The first accident to occur was on Wednesday, July 8, when a 12-year-old Norwegian girl almost drowned...Read More

Scam loss averted

GOVERNMENT sources revealed on Tuesday (July 14) that a scamming incident last year almost cost Gibraltar £700,000 when a government employee inadvertently authorised a payment. Fortunately, the...Read More

UK MPs to get 10% pay rise to £74,000 while public workers survive on 1%

DESPITE public workers’ pay rises being capped at one per cent, UK MPs have just been awarded a 10 per cent backdated pay rise, bringing them to £74,000. The Independent Parliamentary Standards...Read More

Beach bars come at a price for some owners

IN DISCUSSION:  Councillor Inez Plaza (second from left) meets beach-bar proprietors. THE €300,000 or more required for an Almeria City beach bar could be prohibitive for some concessionaries.
“They risk losing their chiringuito unless they can find this kind of money. The newstyle...Read More

The Dreamed-About Nights

VISITORS and residents of Archidona are in for a series of magical nights starting on July 17.
The Council’s Tourism Department has launched for the fourth year in a row, the “Archidona’s...Read More

Bad news for grape harvest

The grape harvest  at risk WINEGROWERS in the Vinalopó region are desperately battling voracious rabbits that are destroying the grape crop.
At night, there are hundreds of rabbits roaming the vineyards eating the vines and...Read More

Father arrested for child abduction

A TORREVIEJA man has been arrested, accused of a crime of child abduction after bringing his son to Spain from Italy where he lived with his mother, without her knowledge.
The couple used to live in Torrevieja...Read More

Boy dies in hospital

A FIVE-year-old boy has died in intensive care four days after being rescued from Els Poblets public swimming pool.
The young boy was pulled out of the water unconscious and taken first to Denia hospital...Read More

Immigrants to get health cards back

IMMIGRANTS will soon be provided with health cards once again, the President of the Balearic Government, Francina Armengol, has said.
A decree to overrule the State Decree of 2012 will be approved “imminently”...Read More

Second pedestrian hit by car in San Pedro

AS a second person was hit by a car just days after a pedestrian died in the San Pedro Boulevard area, residents and business owners have voiced their concern.
“Everyone that lives here has been...Read More

Island tourist numbers come under scrutiny

LIMITING the number of tourists visiting the Balearic Islands may be considered in the future. The Councillor for Innovation, Investigation and Tourism, Biel Barcelo, hasn’t ruled out ‘launching...Read More

Security stepped up for summer season

THREE HUNDRED National Police officers are ensuring that Almeria’s low crime rate stays that way this summer. Only Malaga Province’s tourist occupancy will be higher than Almeria’s and...Read More

1,000 take part in sports schools

SPECTATORS: Family  and fans cheered on the competitors. MORE than 1,000 athletes participated in this year ’s sports schools of Almuñecar and La Herradura.
In an event held at the municipal stadium Francisco Bonet, sports enthusiasts received...Read More

Mother of baby found in Madrid bin arrested

THE mother of the newborn baby who was rescued by the Guardia Civil from a city bin in Mejorada del Campo (Madrid) has been arrested.
According to the investigators, the mother originally denied ever...Read More

Police save young boy

POLICE came to the rescue of a 12-year-old boy who nearly drowned in a private pool in Torrevieja.
The two Local Police offices arrived at the complex in La Loma and found the child by the pool, unconscious...Read More

Moors and Christians returns to Javea

VIBRANT: One of  the ‘Moors’ in colourful costume. SATURDAY saw the return of the pageantry of the Moors and the Christians to Javea.
The event commemorates the days when Javea was under threat from Barbary pirates and was defended by Christian forces.
...Read More

Communities suffer as banks fail to pay fees

STANDING EMPTY:  Many communities cannot afford to fill up and maintain their swimming pools. COSTA property owners are missing out on services such as lifts and swimming pools due to a legal loophole banks are reported to be using after repossessing homes.
A new study on community fee debts in...Read More

World’s largest cruise ships visit Palma

TWO of the world’s largest cruise ships were docked in Palma Port at the same time at the weekend.
One was the Norwegian Epic, the fifth largest, which arrives in Palma every week, and the other,...Read More

Makeover for beaches

NERJA beaches have been left in a poor state by the former government, according to the new council team.
The town council has announced that after comprehensive analyses carried out by municipal experts,...Read More

Velez mayor bids farewell

SOCIALIST Mayor of Velez Rubio Domingo Crisol presented his resignation last week during a plenary session.
The Town Council will now be led by PP Conservative party leader, Miguel Martinez Carlon, as...Read More

Getaways to Sevilla

RENFE resumes the Alicante-Sevilla train service at the end of the month for the summer season.
From July 31 there will be a total of 8,000 seats available in both directions running three times a week...Read More

Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide

COCKROACHES in Oliva are in the sights of the Department of Public Health.
They have started a vigorous programme to eradicate the insects from the town and the beaches.
The treatment is using a new...Read More

Two migrants rescued from Ceuta border fence

Ceuta aereal  view. TWO sub-Saharan migrants who were left hanging hooked on the wire fence which separates Morocco and Spanish autonomous city Ceuta have been rescued by the fire brigade.
Police explained in a statement...Read More

Malaga airport registers its best ever figures

Following on from a good 2014, the number of visitors to Malaga and the Costa del Sol has once again broken records in the first half of this year.
New statistics reveal that Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport...Read More

New York University comes to Palma

Empirestate THE Empire State VI, a training ship from the State University of New York, was in Palma while cadets carried out sailing operations.
The troop ship of the United States Navy and training vessel of the...Read More

 
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