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Torremolinos – sports city – Number one on Costa del Sol for sports tourism

Torremolinos – sports city – Number one on Costa del Sol for sports tourism

Torremolinos has the best sports facilities on the coast. Credit: Ayuntamiento de Torremolinos Torremolinos is the top destination for sport tourism in the Costa del Sol. It has broken new records and shown explosive growth of athletic visitors attracted by the top-notch facilities and the region’s mild climate in comparison to most of Europe. The year before last, town The …

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Former Costa Blanca mayor and three ex-councillors convicted of ‘rigging’ refuse contract

Angel Fenoll

Former Orihuela mayor Monica Lorente has been sentenced to a four-month prison term, and is disqualified from holding any public office for a period of 20 months, over the awarding of an illegal refuse contract in 2007. Lorente served as mayor of the municipality from 2007 to 2011. She won’t go to jail because this was her first offense with …

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A high-seas drugs bust and a rust-bucket ‘burner’ ship reveal yet another way that narcos are smuggling tonnes of cocaine into Spain

A high-seas drugs bust and a rust-bucket ‘burner’ ship reveal yet another way that narcos are smuggling tonnes of cocaine into Spain

United S, an old vessel that looks as if it should belong in a junkyard, is sitting on the dock of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In fact, the investigation is worth several million euros. Since the elite Spanish police officers discovered a record-breaking ten tonnes of cocaine hidden within its hold, the aging cargo ship is under intense police scrutiny. …

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