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Gibraltar future discussed in House of Lords

LORD Hoyle raised the question of continued Spanish incursions into United Kingdom waters and airspace in the House of Lords on Monday November 9 which resulted in a short seven minute debate which covered...Read More

Free app to report breakages or faults

IN an aim to help locals report problems on the streets such as broken benches, lamp posts that don’t work etc, Salobreña council has set up a Linea Verde (Green Line) mobile service.
Users can...Read More

Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of West Germany, dies at age 96

Helmut Schmidt, the West German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982, has died at the age of 96. Mr. Schmidt was a Social Democrat and one of the pivotal figures in the European Monetary System which is given...Read More

Portugal´s government falls after vote by left alliance

ELEVEN days into his second term conservative Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho´s policies have lost a parliament vote which resulted in an automatic end to his government on Tuesday November 10.
Portuguese...Read More

Twitter user handed 18 month prison sentence after posting comments mocking ETA victims

A twitter user who ridiculed the assassination of Spanish Prime Minister Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco in 1973 by ETA has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.
The High Court in Spain found Benat Lasa Fernandez...Read More

Government in Valencia defies law and continues giving cards to illegal immigrants

The health department in the province of Valencia continues to provide health cards for illegal immigrants, even though the constitutional court has temporarily suspended the Valencian law that guarantees...Read More

Sweden calls in army to help handle overwhelming refugee numbers

THE refugee crisis in Sweden has now reached the point where military intervention is necessary due to the sheer number of people arriving to the country.
On Monday November 9 officers from the Swedish...Read More

Explosion in Son Oms, Mallorca

ONE person has been seriously injured after an explosion at a Marine company in the industrial area of Son Oms in Mallorca on Tuesday November 10.
Fire fighters, Local and National Police and medical...Read More

Crime rate in the region has dropped this year

The crime rate in the region has been declining in recent years, as shown by the figures provided by the Interior Ministry.
Currently there are 80,000 fewer crimes recorded today than there were a...Read More

Over 1,000 new teachers set to be recruited

MORE teachers will gradually be returning to the classrooms in the Valencia Region. Around 5,000 teachers have been lost in recent years as a result of the cuts, but that trend will be reversed as the...Read More