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SOCIAL media giant X (formerly Twitter) has been hit with a hefty €5 million fine in Spain after breaking the law on advertising financial products, including cryptocurrencies. The Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) announced today that it imposed the massive €5.8 million penalty for ‘a very serious and ongoing violation’ of the country’s strict financial advertising rules. Quantum AI, …

OVER 30,000 people- mainly British expats and tourists- lined Benidorm’s streets on Thursday for the annual ‘Fancy Dress Party’. The event organised by hospitality associations in the Rincon de Loix ‘English Zone’ of the city and backed by the local council, has been going strong for over 30 years. Toni Perez attended the celebrations with other city officials and Benidorm …

A THREE YEAR OLD girl was killed in southern Spain Thursday after a fire ripped into her home. At 5.15pm, firefighters were dispatched to Las Gabias village in Granada after receiving reports that a building was on fire on Calle San Jose. A young couple and their three children (two, three, and four years old) live in a detached house. …

LUIS Rubiales, the disgraced former chief of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), was pelted with eggs at a book launch event in Madrid on Thursday night – by his own uncle. The 48-year old was talking about his new book. Matar a Rubiales (‘Killing Rubiales’) when an audience member launched three eggs towards the stage after shouting: “Don’t worry, nothing’s …

AVERAGE property prices in Marbella are now more than three times the Spanish national average, confirming its status as Europe’s ‘new ultra-luxury capital’. According to The Marbella Property Market Report, 2025, by Panorama Properties the city has reached a stage of structural maturity. It is characterised by record-breaking values, a chronic lack of supply and sustained demand driven by international …

A new alarming study shows that renting a home in Spain is more expensive than paying a mortgage. According to a study by property portal Idealista, the money required to rent a house in Spain has increased to 36% the total income of a typical family. That is significantly higher than the 25% required to buy a house – excluding …

Do you like to drink a few drinks in the evening? Copas You can buy a bottle or Vino? If you do, then you may be increasing your risk of suffering a debilitating and deadly stroke. Researchers in the US say that heavy drinking is associated with more severe and earlier brain bleeds, also known as intracerebral haemorrhages.  They found …

In the period July to September, foreign buyers made up 43.29% in Alicante’s province. Spain’s Association of Registrars reported that the percentage of non Spanish buyers who reached the average national of 13.6% was the highest in the nation. Malaga’s province has a percentage of 31.8%. Santa Cruz de Tenerife is next (29.6%), followed by the Balearic Islands at 29.4%. …

SPAIN has ordered that all poultry be locked down in the country, to prevent the spread of Avian Flu. The Ministry of Agriculture introduced restrictions last week, ordering poultry to be housed indoors in areas designated as high-risk. Around 1,200 municipalities were affected. READ MORE POULTRY RESTRAINTS IMPOSED This follows a recent rise in bird-flu outbreaks in Europe. 139 cases …

MEDICAL experts in Spain have warned that ‘superbugs’ could cause more deaths than cancer by 2025. The National Congress of Clinical Laboratory held in Valencia discussed the worrying threat of infections due to multi-resistant bacteria. The increase in ‘superbugs’ makes treatments much harder, increases mortality and raises hospital costs. MORE HEALTH NEWS: BACTERIA The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that …