Greenpeace slams Spanish coastal law reform plan
GREENPEACE has threatened to take legal action and stage major protests if the Spanish government pushes through plans to relax coastal planning regulations. The environmental group is angry following comments by More...
Clampdown on foreign cars in Spain
They don’t pay the fines for parking too long in the restricted blue parking zones, nor the fines for speeding; they pay no road tax; their vehicles are not taken for ITV tests…… Foreign residents More...
Spain takes legal action against Spanair
Spain’s government has launched legal action against the now-defunct airline Spanair for allegedly violating the country’s aviation regulations by suddenly ceasing operations. An estimated 22,000 passengers More...
OPERATION SNOW
As the cold winter weather took hold this week, the city council of Almería put their winter action plan into place, ordering five snowploughs to start work in keeping major routes open and spreading over 5,000 More...
Jet2.com expects Spain to remain popular this year
British travellers’ love affair with Spain will be as passionate as ever in 2012, according to Jet2.com and package trip provider Jet2holidays. In a report predicting key trends for the coming year based on More...
The Magi return to Alcoy
About 6:00 pm on 5th January, the Epiphany Parade starts in Alcoy, a spectacular parade that has among its characters, pages, dancers, men with torches, musicians, shepherds and of course their majesties Melchior, More...
More Paradores Hotels to Open in Spain
Spain’s popular Paradores hotels, a government-sponsored initiative that goes back to 1928, are looking to expand in 2012, and there will be 100 properties by the end of the year. Five new establishments are More...
`Orange juice served in Spanish bars contaminated`
Forty-three percent of orange juice samples in Spain`s bars and restaurants were found to have more bugs than acceptable levels, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers from the University More...
Record Industry Loses P2P Case in Spain
The developer of file-sharing applications was found innocent of copyright infringement and unfair competition by a Spanish court on Monday. Pablo Soto and his companies were sued for 13 million euros by the four More...
Barcelona striker David Villa to miss rest of season
One of the surgeons who operated on David Villa’s broken leg says he has only a “slim” chance of playing again this season. The Barcelona striker, who was injured at the Club World Cup on Thursday, More...
Julio Iglesias Honoured As Spain’s Most Successful Star
Veteran singer Julio Iglesias was overcome with emotion as he received a historic award in his native Spain on Friday (16Dec11). Tennis star Rafael Nadal was on hand to present the honour to Iglesias for being Spain’s More...
Spain’s Incoming President Announces Plans To Stabilize Spain
Spanish President-elect Mariano Rajoy is speaking in Madrid today, outlining his plans to resolve Spain’s debt problems and bring down soaring unemployment. The center-right politician is expected to formally More...
Spain ‘a Top Choice Among Buy-to-let Investors’
Spain is one of the most popular property markets for people looking for holiday let opportunities, it has been revealed. According to the Holiday Lettings’ Insight Report for 2011, the nation was the second More...
IBERDROLA COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION OF ITS FIRST WIND FARM IN ASTURIAS
IBERDROLA has started to build what will be its first wind farm in the Principality of Asturias, the El Candal facility, with an installed capacity of 38 megawatts (MW). This new project marks IBERDROLA’s More...
Spanish Smurf village to stay blue
Juzcar, inland from Malaga, was transformed six months ago when it was chosen as the set for The Smurfs 3D, becoming the world’s first official Smurf Village. Sony, which made the film, had promised to return More...
Cheetah relocated to Spain park successfully
Tyson, a one year and eleven month old hand-reared male Cheetah, completed his relocation from Dubai to the Natura Parc in Mallorca, Spain last month. Shaikha Fatima Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is very fond More...
Millions of birds migrating to Spain face painful deaths
Up to four million migrating birds will be killed by illegal Spanish hunters this year, with many dying a slow, sticky death in traps that literally glue the animals to the ground, according to campaigners. Thrushes More...
7th World Strawberry Congress will be in China
The minister applauds the initiative by the consortium of Spanish companies who took the exhibiting space awarded to the European Union. The leader of MARM kept a working meeting with businessmen from the agricultural More...
EasyJet to open a base in Lisbon
EasyJet confirmed that it will open its 23rd base in Lisbon, with destinations appealing to both to business and leisure passengers. The initial operations will commence with five new services, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, More...
You deserve the best and we know how you can get it
As the summer draws to a close, the cold, dark nights starts to role in. The thought of wrapping up warm, slippers and house coat, snuggling in front of a chilly radiator might be all that you imagine lies ahead; More...
