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VALENCIA Provincial Council has confirmed that former Spanish Government Special Commissioner for the October 29, flood reconstruction provided a bogus copy of a university degree to obtain a better paid job. Jose Maria Angel (68) is under investigation by Anti-Corruption Prosecutors over his University of Valencia Archival and Library Science degree which he used to gain promotions as a civil …

SPAIN’s most important national park finally gets the money it needs to replenish its water resources. Doñana National Park – one of Europe’s last great wetlands – will have money pumped in to save it from drying up. After years of empty promises and hand-wringing, the central government and Junta finally agreed to save the critically endangered aquifer under the …

Aemet’s state weather forecaster predicts very heavy and persistent rain throughout eastern Spain, including the Balearic Islands. This is expected to occur from Wednesday evening through Sunday. Alice is the name given to DANA, a weather phenomenon that was first named. Cuenca has an orange alert that goes into effect at 5pm. RUBEN DEL CAPO, AEMET Ruben DelCampo, spokesperson for …

The devastated girlfriend of an owner of a Swedish Restaurant who was killed in a brutal robbery, is now desperately raising funds to pay the wages for his staff. Christian Pikulak, 30 years old, died on Sunday after being dragged a few metres under a moving car by thieves who stole his phone from the center of Torrevieja in October. …

A BRITISH MAN who is accused of carrying out the Mafia assassination style killings of two Scottish underworld figures, has said that his rights would be violated by being imprisoned in Spain. On May 31, a masked assassin gunned down two notorious crime bosses outside a packed Fuengirola pub – moments after the pair of high-ranking Scottish gangsters had watched …

AN ALICANTE man has been accused of running a residency scam for his family which allowed his mother to get €9,000 of free public health treatment. The Policia Nacional has arrested the alleged perpetrator, a person of unknown nationality. He is accused of facilitating illegal immigration as well as social security fraud. Police got wind of him fraudulently using the …

A BRITISH arms dealer living in a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol plotted to ‘melt’ a rival’s face with acid before his arrest last year. Gangster Philip Waugh, 40, was a mysterious figure operating in the dark known to British police only as ‘Aceprospect’. The Liverpool native had previously been convicted of domestic assault on a spouse. He …

An 84 year old Marbella resident has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing her 83 year old wife in their home. A court placed him in pre-trial custody on Monday and ordered that he undergo a mental evaluation to determine his state of mind. Last Friday, an attack took place in their home in Elvira-Las Chapas in Marbella. READ …

RYANAIR increased its winter schedule from and to Malaga Airport after reducing services at some regional airports. The Irish airline has increased its flights from the end of October to March to some of its most popular airports throughout Spain after it cut smaller outlets because of a dispute over tax rates. The winter season will see the extension of …

MALAGA has finally moved to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages in the city with immediate effect – with the fate of the animals yet to be determined.  Animal rights activists have been campaigning for years to get this decision. They claim that it is animal abuse. The horses’ complaints center around the punishing temperatures of summer, the dangers they face when …