British Builder in Fraud Probe
A british builder has been arrested over his alleged role in a suspected £52million property fraud in Spain. Trevor Bourne, 50, was held after 300 illegally built villas costing up to £1.1million were sold to More...
Spanish jobless rate rises again
Spain´s unemployment rate hit 18.8 percent at the end of 2009, with more than a million jobs lost over the year as recession ravaged an economy that had once been one of Europe´s best performers, statistics showed More...
Earthquake – Balearic Islands
Summary: Magnitude ML 3.0 Region BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN Date time 2010-01-30 at 07:09:33.3 UTC Location 39.43 N ; 2.50 E Depth 40 km Distances 20 km SW Palma (pop 373,731 ; local time 08:09 2010-01-30) 16 km S More...
Euromillions Results – 29th January 2010
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...
Cargo ship runs aground near Algeciras
Spanish officials said the crew of a cargo ship refused repeated offers of assistance before it ran aground in strong winds near Algeciras on Wednesday [27.01.2010] night. Although there were no injuries or pollution, More...
Eurozone unemployment rate hits 10%
Countries that use the euro hit 10% in December for the first time since the single currency was introduced in 1999. It had been reported that the rate hit 10% in November, but this has subsequently been revised More...
Spain proposes boosting retirement age to 67
The Spanish government will propose a rise in the retirement age to 67 from the current 65 so that it can still afford to pay pensions as the population ages, the Labour Ministry said on Friday. The government wants More...
European Commission Approves Spanish Bank Recapitalization Scheme
The European Commission (EC) has approved a Spanish recapitalization scheme for banks aimed at enhancing the strength and solvency of credit institutions so that they are able to provide credit normally and that More...
Spain’s top judge comes under probe for alleged misconduct :
Spain´s Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to investigate the country´s “human rights judge” Baltasar Garzon for alleged professional misconduct, including accepting bribes, the court said. Two lawyers More...
Travellers get more for their money in Spain
The fourth annual Holiday Money Report from Post Office Travel Money says rocketing inflation has seen Turkey prices soar by 44 per cent in a year, leaving the cost of a basketful of standard items in Spain costing More...
The Guardia Civil removes the last legacy of Roland
The characteristic green colour remains, but is obscured. The patent leather tricorn will still be used for official law enforcement and institutional buildings as is done now. But Teresa disappear, the French-cap More...
Cinemas in Spain’s Catalonia to strike over dubbing law
Cinemas in Spain´s northeastern region of Catalonia will close for a day on Monday in protest against a new law requiring that 50 percent of all foreign films screened there be dubbed into Catalan. The region, More...
Polaris World clients urged to get immediate legal advice
The situation regarding the financial status of the popular building company Polaris World has featured quite heavily in the Spanish press recently, with the company filing for a 3 month “stay of execution”, More...
‘Best restaurant in the world’ to close for two years
El Bulli, the Spanish restaurant repeatedly crowned the world´s best, will temporarily close in 2012 and 2013, its famed avant-garde chef Ferran Adria announced on Tuesday. “No meals will be served in El More...
Violent gang Los BLOOD dismantled
The Guardia Civil has dismantled the violent gang know as Los Blood, a gang that began in South America and spread to Madrid, Valencia and Alicante, in an operation that has brought 39 young people, including ten More...
NUMBER OF MORTGAGES INCREASE
The number of home mortgages rose to 52,043 in November, 1.8% more than a year ago and the first increase registered in over two years, this according to statistics released today by mortgage National Statistics More...
Passenger tries to storm cockpit on plane from Cardiff
A man suffering a panic attack tried to force his way into the cockpit of a plane flying from Cardiff to the Canary Islands, say police in Spain. The Spanish national was overpowered and restrained by passengers More...
Basques start hunger strike
JAILED members of the Basque separatist group ETA say they launched a hunger strike Monday to protest Spain´s policy of keeping them isolated from each other. The so-called Basque Political Prisoners Group announced More...
Major car theft network dismantled in Alicante and Almeria
GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 11 Lithuanians and one Russian as part of an operation codenamed Olivar, carried out in Almeria and Alicante. The detainees were part of an established criminal organization which stole More...
600 KILOS OF CANNABIS INTERCEPTED OFF SANTA POLA
The Guardia Civil in Santa Pola has intercepted a cache of some 600 kilos of hashish. The small craft carrying the drug was making its way toward El Pinet Beach during the early hours of Sunday morning. It was intercepted More...
