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BRITS are facing a clamp down on access to their second homes in Spain when the EU’s new digital border system starts next week. From this coming Sunday, October 12, Brussels will begin rolling out its new Entry/Exit System (EES),…
AROUND 50 people protested outside a campsite in the Cartagena area of Murcia after a British resident allegedly took her life on Friday because she was worried about her future there. Sunday’s demonstration involved members of the Cala Morena Association.…
THE victim of a grisly shooting that shook Marbella this weekend has been identified as a Swedish rapper with a violent past and suspected links to Stockholm’s organised crime. Authorities revealed that 25-year-old Hamza Karimi, known by his stage name…
EVERYONE knows the story of Christopher Columbus – the man who sailed west and opened the door to the New World. But fewer know the darker twists of his life. This week marks 525 years since the world’s most famous…
A YOUNG man was brutally shot to death in broad daylight as he strolled through well-heeled Puerto Banus while chatting on the phone. The 25-year-old victim was casually walking past an empty terrace, cigarette in hand, when a gunman approached…
A FORMER mayor of Lliber, Jose Mas, has been convicted of fraud over licences granted to the building of 290 illegal villas. The properties were marketed at between €300,000 to €500,000 to United Kingdom and European buyers. Construction took place…
BENIDORM is clamping down on shop window and street displays featuring items with obscene messages in English and Spanish. T-shirts are among the main offenders and the council now wants businesses to clean up their act. Slogans of mainly a…
DO you feel safe in Spain? The answer you give will probably depend on where you live – and fresh crime data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) has shone a light on a startling disparity between the country’s cities.…
ONE of Spain’s most picturesque medieval towns is pleading with tourists to return after catastrophic wildfires decimated the surrounding countryside and sent visitor numbers plummeting. Puebla de Sanabria, a charming walled village in Castilla y Leon dominated by a spectacular…
VALENCIA’s Civil Protection service has issued a red weather alert for the region as the remains of ex-Hurricane Gabrielle sweep across the Mediterranean coast, bringing torrential rains, flash flood risks and widespread closures. The official AEMET bulletin said very heavy…
