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SPAIN’S birth rate has gone up for the first time in a decade according to the National Institute of Statistics coupled with a rise in ‘older’ new mothers. In figures published on Wednesday, the INE said 321,164 babies were born…
FORMER head of Spain’s UDEF anti-money laundering unit helped a criminal network smuggle at least 58,000 kilos of cocaine into Spain, making more than €30 million in the process, police say. A new Internal Affairs report claims Oscar Sanchez Gil…
BRITONS heading to Spain will not have to apply for the soon-mandatory European travel authorisation for another year and a half, Brussels authorities have confirmed. The EU’s new European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is still set to roll…
BUDGET carrier Ryanair has paid nearly €5,000 to a passenger scalded by hot coffee during a flight to Mallorca. The out-of-court settlement went to Denise Elliott, 63, from Hampshire who was travelling with a group of friends from Bournemouth. En…
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced ‘urgent and decisive’ measures to address Spain’s deepening housing shortage. Landlords who extend long-term rental contracts without increasing rents will in future be granted a full 100% tax exemption on the related rental income.…
IMAGINE that you’re driving to Cadiz for a holiday from Madrid or Marbella, and you’ve decided to leave the main road, in order to take in some of the province’s delightful little villages. Midway between the evocatively named Alcala de…
IT’S one of the coldest, darkest weekends around Spain, where traditionally not much happens and nobody has any money or energy left. With the festivities finally behind us and Reyes, January 6, marking the official end of Spanish Christmas, most…
This article was first published 27 May, 2022 ANYONE who has a country property probably knows well the sticky footed lizards known as geckos. Happily living off bugs and flies, they spend their daytime in nooks and crannies waiting for…
HER name is Sheila Queralt. By training, she’s a linguist. But if you are thinking of committing crime in Barcelona, her home town, or anywhere in Spain – whether it be violence or fraud, be warned – Sheila will be…
Whom should we choose as our heroes? John Wayne? Cristiano Ronaldo? Nigel Farage? Should we have heroes at all? MICHAEL COY introduces us to one of his own favourites, George Santayana, and celebrates the 162nd anniversary of the great man’s…
