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AUTHORITIES have smashed a drug-trafficking gang that hired ‘mules’ to collect cocaine shipments from Madrid airport. The criminals paid vulnerable people up €10,000 each and gave them a low-cost plane ticket to access the airport’s luggage area. The ‘mules’ would…
Spain lost a treasure on July 20, 2004, when Antonio Gades died of lung cancer. Gades was a flamenco dancer and choreographer. A native of Alicante, he dedicated his life to popularising some of Spain’s greatest works of art through…
SUPPORTERS of FC Barcelona will have to wait even longer to roar on their side at the Camp Nou after the club suspended its return just three weeks after announcing a new homecoming date. Last month, the Catalan giants said…
ANOTHER complaint has been filed against Mijas’ controversial donkey taxi operators after they were caught working them during an extreme heat warning. Animal rights group PACMA lodged the complaint with the Guardia Civil after witnessing the burro-taxis operating during a…
SPANISH police have found over a tonne of cocaine from a cargo ship sailing to Malaga, after intelligence revealed that drug traffickers had stowed away on board to retrieve the stash mid-voyage. The dramatic operation unfolded on Wednesday night, when…
‘BIENVENIDO tourists!’ say a group of Mallorca hoteliers who are hitting back against anti-tourism protests seen on the island. Thousands of residents took to Palma’s streets in June, urging tourists to stay home and not overwhelm the island they call…
RESERVOIR levels in Spain have fallen to their lowest level since mid-March but are still comfortably better than a year ago, with drought fears banished- at least for now. Figures released on Tuesday showed the national water level dipping below…
PLANS for 3,204 new homes linking Valencia’s Turia Gardens with the port were announced on Monday. Valencia mayor, Maria Jose Catala, said the Grao Park project consisting of three large skyscrapers will cost €156 million. It will be the city’s…
IN recent Spanish history, there have been a lot of assassinations. The date July 13 is associated with two of the most egregious of them.The collapse of a society doesn’t come out of the blue. It happens gradually, by small…
THE 2030 FIFA World Cup will no longer be coming to the Costa del Sol after Malaga withdrew its candidacy to be a host city for the tournament, jointly hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Mayor Francisco de la Torre…
