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2016's holiday bookings to Spain soar by 27%

BOOK now, or miss out, ABTA is warning British holidaymakers as they continue to shun longer haul destinations including Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey in favor of Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Spain.
Reports...Read More

Two earthquakes hit Moroccan coastal city

ANOTHER earthquake has hit Al Hoceima in Morocco, with its epicentre 67 kilometres from the coastal city.
The 5.4 magnitude quake happened at 3.46am local time (4.46am in Spain) on February 22 in the...Read More

Benidorm’s X-rated entertainment queen Sticky Vicky retires

SEXY magic show performer Sticky Vicky has been diagnosed with cancer, reports from February 22 confirm.
For 35 years, few tourists have passed through popular Spanish holiday resort Benidorm without...Read More

Spain must defy Brussels, Varoufakis tells anti-austerity campaigners

DURING an appearance at an anti-austerity gathering in Madrid on February 21, Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis told cheering protesters that their next leader must make a stand...Read More

Murcian tourists’ anger

THIRTY pensioners from Murcia refused to get off a bus in Ibiza after realising their hotel had been changed.
The holidaymakers were on the Imserso holiday scheme for pensioners and refused to get off...Read More

Former mayor of Barcelona and UN chief slates his Kenyan staff

'YOU'RE over-paid and bone idle', were the words used by Dr Joan Clos, head of the UN's Human Settlement programme, in relation to his Kenyan staff at the headquarters in Nairobi.
Spain's former minister...Read More

Two poachers caught in action in Javea

LOCAL POLICE officers caught two poachers red-handed as they took sea urchins near La Barraca.
They confiscated 321 of the shellfish as well as wetsuits and the banned implements the men were using to...Read More

Looky, Looky men arrested in Puerto Banus

DURING a routine check of vehicles by the Local Police near the municipal market in Puerto Banus, two individuals who are thought to be Senegalese were interviewed and were unable to provide documentation...Read More

Illegal animal exporters accused of disguising zebras as donkeys

THE Guardia Civil made several arrests in connection with an alleged exportation of two sick zebras to Dubai, a press release from February 22 details.
Those detained are accused of submitting the...Read More

Fabulous Fuengirola’s cultural calendar

TAKING a moment to congratulate his town on the remarkable array of culture festivities on display throughout the year, the culture councillor of Fuengirola revealed the terrific figures his department...Read More