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Sotogrande community raises thousands in festive fundraising

The Sotogrande community came together in impressive style over the past two weekends to support the Saint George Charity’s Christmas “Feed a Child” campaign. Padel and party time On Saturday November 22, a Community Charity Padel Tournament raised more than €2,300, with players and spectators enjoying a day of sport, music and community. Held at Sotogrande Racket Centre, the event …

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Spain’s housing crisis is squeezing renters in Madrid to bursting point – can Pedro Sanchez’s government build their way out of it in time?

FAMILIES in Madrid’s lowest-income district are spending more than half of their annual earnings on rent, new data has shown – as experts renew warnings that property prices in Spain are spiralling out of control. Figures from Idealista and Idilico Realty showed that rents in Puente de Vallecas, in south-west Madrid, averaged nearly €18,000 a year in October. That amounts …

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Two nuns in Spain are arrested after stealing priceless artworks from their monastery

Shock in northern Spain as two nuns are arrested for flogging priceless works of art from their monastery

Two former nuns were arrested in Spain’s north after they found priceless artifacts from their rebellious monastery on sale in an antiques store. Last week, officers of the Guardia Civil arrested Laura Garcia de Viedma as part of a probe into the sale rare artifacts.  The dramatic detentions are the latest twist in the long-running saga of the so-called ‘rebel …

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