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The traffic fine in Spain that could cost you €20,000 – and most drivers don’t even know it exists

The traffic fine in Spain that could cost you €20,000 – and most drivers don’t even know it exists

Guardia Civil Traffic Control on a Spanish Road Credit : Joan Llado, Shutterstock If you live in Spain long enough, you start learning the rules of the road the same way you learn where to find ripe avocados at the supermarket – through trial, error, and the occasional shouted reminder from someone who has clearly been doing this longer than …

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British holidaymaker dies on Spain’s Costa del Sol after ‘passing out while cycling with friends’

British holidaymaker dies on Spain’s Costa del Sol after ‘passing out while cycling with friends’

The British holidaymaker who died after falling off his bicycle while cycling with friends on the Costa del Sol was a Briton. The unnamed 57-year-old tourist, so far identified only by his initials N.N., was on the N-340 road near Almuñecar on Thursday afternoon when tragedy struck. According to witnesses, the cyclist appeared to pass out before falling off his …

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Junta's head highlights effectiveness of Infoca in reducing 80% of wildfires this year to minor outbreaks

Junta's head highlights effectiveness of Infoca in reducing 80% of wildfires this year to minor outbreaks

Thursday, 6th November 2025 at 19:53 The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, highlighted earlier this week the high effectiveness of Plan Infoca, the region’s forest firefighting service, which reduced 80% of the wildfires that have broken out this year to small-scale outbreaks, therefore minimising the area affected by the flames in these incidents to less than one …

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