Euromillions Results – 30th October 2009
This weeks Euromillions numbers are: If you´re luck enough to get 3 numbers or more then you´ve won something. The prize breakdown is below: More...
Fake viagra gang arrested in Alicante
Police have dealt a significant blow to the illegal networks of marketing of pharmaceuticals, in this case viagra without any sanitary control. The officers have been involved in Calpe (north of Alicante coastline) More...
Filming at Terra Natura
Elsa Pataky at a time of filming at Terra Natura / Intermundo The differing landscapes of nature and animals at the Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm, became the set of the movie Di Di Hollywood last Friday, More...
Cocentaina and its Fira de Tots Sants
Thanks to King Peter IV, also known as Peter the Ceremonious, for over 600 years Cocentaina has been celebrating its traditional Fira de Tots Sants. Every year, thousands of people wander around its streets searching More...
British tourist raped repeatedly in Benidorm
The young woman, from Birmingham, met a man on a night out in the seaside resort and returned to his home in the countryside ten miles away, police said. “The victim was attacked in a country house in Villajoyosa, More...
Prosecutor asks for 31 years prison for each of the 4 Brits charged with murder in Benidorm
The prosecutor has requested 31 years in prison for each of the four British suspects, charged with the brutal murder of a man Benidorm. The crime occurred in August 1996 and, according to the classification of More...
Spanish bishops warn against ‘anti-Christian’ Halloween
The Spanish Bishops’ Episcopal Conference slammed the growing popularity of Halloween blaming it on Hollywood movies and said it threatened to overshadow the Christian festival of All Saints’ Day. Father More...
Passenger smuggles live dog on flight
When airport security staff at the Dublin airport saw the outline of an animal show up in an X-ray image for a bag, they first assumed it was a stuffed toy. The hold-all belonged to a Bulgarian passenger who had More...
Nato ditches 4WDs for mules in the Balkans
The German army has identified mules from the Murcia region of Spain as the perfect answer to their problems on peacekeeping missions in areas where even tracked vehicles cannot go. They bought several mules to More...
URGENT: Bulls Tortured by Fire in Sadistic Spanish Festival!
Every year on the weekend closest to November 13, a bizarre and nightmarish festival known as “Toro Jubilo” is held in Soria, Spain. During this unspeakably horrific event, residents affix balls of flammable More...
The Spanish government is launching an action plan to foster the use of the electronic ID card
Advertising campaigns, training sessions, promotion and demonstration, free distribution of 800,000 electronic ID card readers and 4 million information leaflets, a dedicated website aimed at promoting its use More...
Las Palmas announces open days for British residents
The British Consulate in Las Palmas and the Pension, Benefit and Healthcare Team are holding three open events in Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, presenting advice on some of the issues that matter most More...
Traffic cop sacked for stealing credit card from dead crash victim
The Guardia Civil has sacked a traffic officer from Pontevedra, accused of using a credit card of a dead man in a road accident after going to the scene which occurred in 2002. The decision to sack the officer occurred More...
Notary shot and killed in Torrevieja
A notary has shot dead by two robbers who entered his office in Torrevieja, situated on calle Ramón Gallut near to calle Marisa Parodi in the town of Torrevieja, Alicante. First reports suggest that the victim More...
The Resident Population in Spain
In recent years the resident population in Spain has begun an unexpected recovery. At the beginning of the 1990s, demographers and other experts announced that the population showed a tendency to decline and that More...
A (H1N1) vaccination to begin on November 16th
At-risk groups include adults and children older than 6 months with chronic disease, pregnant women, health workers, and public service workers. Adults aged 18 to 60 in at-risk groups will get only one shot. Antiviral More...
The number of unemployed fell by 14,100 in the third quarter of 2009 and the jobless rate remains steady at 17.9%
The number of employed fell 0.39% to 18,870,200 The working population has fallen below 23 million According to data from the Survey on Working Population made available today, unemployment fell in the third quarter More...
Gas explosion on Mallorca
Four people have were killed on Sunday night by a building collapse in Palma de Mallorca. The three story building on the corner of Calle Rodríguez Arias and Calle Alós, came down after midnight on Sunday night, More...
Poland to sign CO2 deal with Spain, Ireland
Poland will soon sign a deal to sell a total 40 million euros ($60 million) of surplus greenhouse gas emission rights to Spain and Ireland, the country’s first such government-to-government deal under the More...
Iberia to cancel 440 flights due to 2-day cabin crew strike
Spain’s Iberia airlines is canceling some 440 flights because of a two-day strike by cabin crews in support of wage demands. A statement on the Iberia Web site says the 48-hour stoppage starting midnight Sunday More...
