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The search has been halted for the elderly British man that fell from a cruise ship only for adults, near the Canary Islands. He is still unaccounted for. On Thursday morning, the alarm was sounded after a 76-year-old tourist, who has not been named, plunged into Atlantic Ocean from the Marella Explorer 2 – a 14 deck vessel operated by …

ELON Musk’s car brand Tesla has been handed a significant boost after the government approved tests of its self-driving vehicles on Spanish roads – without a human onboard. Spain will now be the main European test ground for Tesla’s Total Driving Automation System, also known as FSD.  Over a dozen Teslas will now start nationwide testing under real conditions. No …

SPAIN’S foreign office has published fresh advice for those wanting to visit the UK from next year – with big changes to how visas work looming on the horizon. Spanish nationals, who don’t have a UK residence permit or visa and want to visit the UK in February next year, will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation. READ MORE: Brussels triples …

THE UK is unveiling a brand new passport – including enhanced security and a different coat of arms. The changes, which will be implemented from December 1, will mark the first major change to the British passport in 2020 since the dark blue cover replaced the old burgundy one after Brexit. Brits renewing passports will soon notice a change in …

The search for an elderly British passenger, who fell overboard from a cruise ship reserved exclusively for adults, is intensifying near the Canary Islands. On Thursday morning, the alarm was sounded after the unidentified 76 year old tourist plunged in the Atlantic Ocean from the Marella Explorer 2 a 14 deck vessel run by TUI. At the time of the …

Torremolinos, Costa del Sol. Credit: Chris Dorney – Shutterstock We don’t define language ourselves. We use it to communicate. “The sky is blue”, for example, is universally considered the truth (at least on the Costa del Sol).  We need to use these general terms we all understand in order to be understood in any conversation. “The sky is purple”, for …

SPAIN’S airport company has been hit with a €10 million fine for installing facial recognition cameras intended to speed up boarding.  These cameras took pictures of passengers’ faces before they stepped foot onto planes – they formed part of a biometric boarding process implemented by airport company Aena.  The Agencia Española de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) has now hit Aena …

WELL, it’s official. Wetherspoon is the UK’s most loved (?) haven of cheap pints and dodgy carpets, is taking over the world – and it’s starting at Alicante Airport. Your prayers have been answered if you ever imagined drinking a beer in the airport lounge while waiting to board your Ryanair flight at Stansted, after a long and tiring vacation. …

EES continues to cause chaos at Spanish airports. At Tenerife South Airport, scenes of chaos have been spotted. As the testing of the EU’s new Entry/Exit System for non-European Union travelers continues, there were long queues on Friday. The long lines of passengers in the arrival areas frustrated passengers, who had to wait for hours to complete the biometric passport …

It feels like the home to an Incan deity, while its arrival reminded of a scene in Eyes Wide Shut. Cortijo del Canto was designed by an Argentinian Architect, but Stanley Kubrick no doubt would have approved of this world of the rich. It is a combination of an Andalucian Cortijo and a South American Estancia. This is the best …