 | A UNITED NATIONS motion which would have officially recognised the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, Bosnia, as a genocide has been vetoed by Russia.
Twenty years after the worst...Read More |
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 | THE Valencia Region sweltered in temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsisus on Tuesday (July 7).
The heatwave saw the town of Xativa reach 45.9 degrees, the highest value recorded in Spain since August 2012,...Read More |
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 | THE mayor of Granada is probably in for some stick after inadvertently telling a group of students that women look better half naked.
Mayor Jose Torres Hurtado made a rather controversial declaration at...Read More |
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 | A WOMAN has been admitted to hospital after her car was hit by a train in Orihuela on the Cercanias Alicante-Murcia line. The car was stationed at a level crossing in the district of Media Legua on Monday...Read More |
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 | THERE were Greece-inspired anti-austerity protests across the UK as Chancellor George Osborne delivered the first budget of a majority Conservative government in 19 years. It was a budget that delivered...Read More |
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 | DOZENS of months of falling unemployment numbers attest to the fact that the Balearic Islands are leading Spain into recovery.
The number of unemployed residents registered in June decreased by 3,324 people,...Read More |
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 | STRUGGLES for equality are starting to pay off for Costa women as for once unemployment reports have revealed virtually half of those who have found work in the province are female.
As unemployment levels...Read More |
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 | BRITISH TV series A Place in the Sun will feature Axarquia in an upcoming episode.
Beaches across Torre de Mar have been chosen as the setting for a new episode of A Place in the Sun, broadcast on Channel...Read More |
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 | A MAN of 60 has died in Sax after being hit by a van. The incident occurred on the CV-833 between Elda and Sax at about 1.25pm on Sunday July 5.
The man who died was riding a motorcycle toward Elda when...Read More |
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 | THE Alvarez de Sotomayor army base in Viator is one of eight participating in Nato’s Trident Juncture exercise.
More than 25,000 troops from 30 countries will join the major exercise in the waters...Read More |
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 | TORREMOLINOS has launched a new intensive cleaning campaign to meet popular demand and improve cleaning and rubbish collection services in the town.
The new project, which will be permanent, has meant...Read More |
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 | A SUDDEN storm claimed the lives of two hill-walkers and injured several others as they were struck by lightning while enjoying a day out in the Brecon Beacons.
One walker, a man in his 50s, died when...Read More |
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 | A WILDFIRE in Humanes, Guadalajara is now under control, although the area is still under a level two emergency threat. Hot, dry temperatures and strong Saharan winds are a potential threat as the fire,...Read More |
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 | SUMMER sales are in full swing and shop-owners expect takings to increase by at least five per cent.
Dozens of shops in Almeria Province, particularly the big fashion chains, started their reductions days...Read More |
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 | TWO lawyers accused of secretly filming the former Duchess of Palma Cristina de Borbon while she was testifying in the Noos corruption case will now have to stand trial. The incident occurred when the...Read More |
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 | SPAIN is officially a nation of cheerful people, with 84 per cent of Spaniards declaring themselves happy. The Centre for Sociology Studies (CIS) has published the June results of their regular survey...Read More |
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 | RESIDENTS and visitors are welcomed to bargain hunt through the night as Almuñecar celebrates this summer’s first ‘Shopping Night’ on Saturday (July 11).
The first of four nocturnal...Read More |
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 | TAXI drivers in the area of Son Sant Joan airport have spoken out over the ‘pirate’ taxis that they believe to be ‘unfair competition.’
The Taxi Drivers Association of Mallorca...Read More |
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 | THE National Lottery with a total prize haul of €140 million was drawn in Benidorm on Poniente Beach on Saturday July 4 by fiesta queens and their attendants, dressed in traditional costumes.
The...Read More |
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 | HILDEGARD GÖTZ has lived in La Nucia for 42 years. On Sunday July 5 Hildegard celebrated her 104th birthday at her apartment in the Montebello Residence in the town. She was visited by the councillor...Read More |
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 | ROADWORKS underway on Calle Santa Rosa in Los Boliches are progressing well, the council has reported.
Work started on June 22 on the busy street, which hadn’t been given a makeover for decades,...Read More |
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 | PRIMARY school teacher Hannah Bado has been crowned Miss Gibraltar 2015. She received the crown in the Rock’s beauty pageant at the Alameda Open Air Theatre, describing it as “a dream come...Read More |
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 | THREE people have lost their lives while swimming in Nijar and Pulpi.
The Nijar deaths occurred on the same morning in heavy seas whipped up by a treacherous Levante wind.
The lifeless body of a 40- year-old...Read More |
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 | A BARCELONA couple have been arrested on suspicion of physical abuse of their 28-day-old baby who has been admitted to hospital in a serious condition. Catalan police arrested them on Tuesday night after...Read More |
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 | A BRITISH couple have been arrested in Guardamar for allegedly faking a kidnapping.
It is said they devised a plot in which the woman pretended to have been kidnapped in order to extort a ransom of £5,000...Read More |
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 | SPANISH Police have arrested a woman suspected of recruiting for the terror group Islamic State (IS) in Arrecife on Lanzarote. According to the Interior Ministry, the woman, originally from Cadiz, recruited...Read More |
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 | TEMPERATURES in Spain are busting records as July’s heatwave tightens its grip on the country. The Valencian town of Jativa recorded a high just short of 46C on Tuesday (July 7), the hottest weather...Read More |
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 | A 29-YEAR-OLD beachgoer, an Argentinian resident of Daimús, suffered a fall on Sunday July 5 from the northern cliff at Moraig Beach in Poble Nou de Benitachell.
The man was climbing down the cliff...Read More |
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 | THE National Police force has broken up a group suspected of having provided a non-stop cocaine delivery service on the Costa del Sol.
Nine people were arrested and three properties in Fuengirola and Mijas...Read More |
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 | TRAFFIC authorities will keep an especially attentive eye during the summer campaign on 30 dangerous sections of roads across Alicante in an effort to reduce accidents.
The General Traffic Department (DGT)...Read More |
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