Tag Archives: Andalucia

DISPATCH: A heavy silence fills the air… even as Spain’s king and queen arrive to pay their respects to at least 41 dead in Cordoba

DISPATCH: A heavy silence fills the air… even as Spain’s king and queen arrive to pay their respects to at least 41 dead in Cordoba

A train carriage was lying on its side, tilted to the tracks. Its windows were cracked and it had a split in its belly. Nearby, dozens of blood bags and bandages that rescuers used to treat the injured passengers were scattered. The aftermath of the collision between two high-speed train on Sunday night. It killed 41 confirmed people and injured …

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Hepatitis A cases in Spain have increased six-fold, prompting calls for children to be immunised against the disease.

Calls for children in Spain to be vaccinated against hepatitis A after cases surge six-fold

A growing number of Spanish parents are calling for their children to be immunized against hepatitis A, following an alarming increase in the confirmed cases. Malaga’s province has seen a six-fold increase in the number of confirmed cases of hepatitis A among children aged under 15 in the last five years. Data from the regional ministry of health show that …

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The Andalucia President’s blackface stunt at Three Kings was wrong and insensitive – JOY E GLENN, a black mother in Spain, explains why

The Andalucia President’s blackface stunt at Three Kings was wrong and insensitive – JOY E GLENN, a black mother in Spain, explains why

By Joy E. Glenn JANUARY, in Spain, is magical for kids. Cabalgata is a very popular event. The Three Kings are expected to arrive in the city. Children’s faces will be lit up with excitement. Candy is flying through the streets. It is a joy for my children, as it is for most kids. It’s a joy. Tradition is what …

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Brits make up one in 5 of Spain’s guests, new knowledge exhibits – this is their favorite spots

Brits make up one in five of Spain’s visitors, new data shows - here's their favourite spots

NEARLY one in 5 travellers to Spain got here from the UK final month, new knowledge has proven, because the nation continues to consolidate as one in every of Europe’s foremost vacationer magnets. A whopping 1.3 million Brits flew into Spain in November alone, in keeping with knowledge from the Ministry of Business and Tourism, making up 18% of all …

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Police busts narcogang using helicopters from Morocco to smuggle drugs in Spain

Police bust narco-gang that used helicopters to smuggle drugs into Spain from Morocco

The Guardia Civil has smashed an gang which used helicopters to smuggle Moroccan hashish in Spain. The helicopters that could carry up to 900 kilograms each flew from the Mediterranean to the south of Spain where hashish would be transported to other parts in Europe by road. The operation involved Moroccan, Belgian, and Swedish law enforcement agencies. READ MORE WAREHOUSE …

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‘She was happy and never bullied’: Father calls ‘suicides’ of two teens found hanging from trees in Andalucia ‘the perfect murder’

Two teenage girls found dead in a park in southern Spain ‘took their own lives after a campaign of bullying’

THE father of one of two teenage girls found dead in a suspected double suicide in Andalucia has cast doubt over the official hypothesis, instead suggesting that the deaths would be ‘the perfect murder’. Rosmed and Sharit were hanging from a tree at Concordia Park in Jaen, in the early morning hours of Saturday after their families raised the alarm. …

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Two teenage girls found dead in a park in southern Spain ‘took their own lives after a campaign of bullying’

Two teenage girls found dead in a park in southern Spain ‘took their own lives after a campaign of bullying’

Friends of the two girls have expressed their grief over the deaths. They believe that the bullying they experienced at school led to the suicides. Family members raised the alarm after finding the bodies of Rosmed, 16, and Sharif, 15, in Concordia Park. According to pals, at least one of the girls – who both attended IES San Juan Bosco …

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Watch: Two Italian Mafia Mobsters Wanted for Extortion, Murder, and Kidnapping Are Arrested in Spain

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

Policia Nacional arrested two notorious Italian mafia members in Spain. The fugitives had been wanted for a range of serious offences, including murder, extortion and kidnapping. These men were arrested on European arrest warrants in Almeria & Tenerife, and they belonged to the Neapolitan Camorra gang. READ MORE Both men could face a combined prison sentence of 60 years. Late …

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Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New ‘masks’ scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll

Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New ‘masks’ scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll

After investigators discovered alleged links with a narco group that used corrupt police to smuggle illegal drugs into Spain, a probe into dodgy Covid contract in Andalucia turned into a full-blown storm of corruption.  The mayor of Fines Rodrigo Sanchez and Javier Aureliano Garcia of the Almeria Provincial Council, as well as its vice-president Fernando Gimenez, were arrested last week …

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A suspected gas leak in Costa del Sol has killed a family of four.

Family of four die in Costa del Sol town after suspected gas leak

A FAMILY OF FOUR DIERED in their Torrox house from a suspected natural gas leak. The bodies of two teenaged children and a married couple were discovered Tuesday around 3:20pm. They died overnight after a butano stove was left on, which released deadly carbon monoxide fumes. READ MORE TUEDAY CALLE PONTILS CENE Said Rabah (53), and his wife Saadia (38), …

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