PROTESTORS rallied to promote animal welfare, and call on local and federal authorities to permanently ban bullfighting. They argued that the practice violated basic ethical principles and animal welfare. On Saturday, 14th June, Animals in Marbella Sanctuary (AIM), a charity run by expats in Marbella, protested alongside members of PACMA.Partido Animalista Con el Medio AmbienteSpain’s leading animal-welfare political party gathers …

A JOINT Guardia Civil-Police Nacional operation in Eastern Spain has demolished a gang which trafficked and exploited South American women. Apartments and buildings were used for brothels in Murcia and the surrounding areas of Valencia, Alicante and Malaga. Officers freed a ‘large’ but undisclosed number of victims in addition to making a dozen arrests. READ MORE The ringleaders – a …

Get the Editor’s Digest free In this weekly newsletter, Roula Khalaf, Editor at the Financial Times, chooses her favorite stories. Kyara, the “postmodern bar” in Barcelona’s new SLS hotel, is that it smells good: as soon as I step from the lift I’m wreathed in an exotic mix of labdanum, cedarwood, Mexican copal, white musk, neroli and oud. The theme is …