Tag Archives: news spain

The TM Real Estate Group announced that Benidorm’s TM Tower would surpass Intempo’s Intempo Building as the tallest residential building in Europe. Torrevieja developer says the new building will have 64 floors and 230 metres of height. The Intempo Skyscraper, which has 49 stories, is 28 metres shorter. READ MORE NEW TOWER BALCONIES with A View (Artist’s Impressions) A presentation …

SPAIN’S most eye-watering properties are clustered in just two areas – the Costa del Sol and the Balearics – according to new figures from property portal Idealista. The fifth-placed villa is located in La Zagaleta Benahavis. It’s one of Europe’s most exclusive gated community. The 2,200 sqm villa, which is set on an 8,020 sqm plot of land, boasts double …

The most expensive house on the Costa Blanca, and even the Valencian Community has not sold yet after a full year. It is important to note that the word “you” means “you”. Idealist real estate portal says the luxury villa plus multiple extras and self-contained apartments with an asking price of just under €10 million was first listed in August …

A GLAMOROUS charity auction in Marbella has raised over €80,000 for impoverished children in Africa. 360 generous expats and guests of the Puente Romano hotel paid the incredible sum for nine lots at the glittering World Vision Gala. The annual events, now in its 13th year, was hosted by the mayor of Marbella, Maria Angeles Muñoz, and hotel owner Daniel …

After being caught in Spain with a fake ID, a SERBIAN convicted drug dealer sentenced to 4 years in prison was arrested. He was imprisoned in Serbia in 2016, but escaped. He spent seven years hiding out on Lloret de Mar. He obtained a Foreigner ID Number by using a fake Slovakian passport. READ MORE POLICIA LOCAL, LLORET DE MAR …

A BRITISH man was extradited back to the UK after being charged with a number of drug and weapon charges in Spain. Craig Bennett, 41, from Uxbridge, London, had been on the run for three years in connection with the movement of £2 million worth of illegal substances – including cocaine and ketamine – along with a silenced handgun, 50 …

A WOMAN who cared after an elderly female client in Valencia helped herself to over €30,000- mainly after she died last September. The 43-year old carer made transfers into her 24-year son’s bank to receive the stolen funds. Fraud has led to the arrest of both mother and son by the Policia Nacional. READ MORE Police were called after a …

On Monday, a man was killed after he lunged at two Policia Nacional police officers in a Valencia apartment with a knife. The attacker was a 46 year old Chinese national who ran a bar. The officers fired in self-defense after they were called to handle a violent argument at an apartment building on Calle Godofredo Ros located in the …

SPAIN’s stock market, IBEX 35 has only crossed the 15,000 point barrier once in its history. The country’s benchmark share index closed on August 13 at 15,021 point, the same levels as the last time it was at that level nearly 18-years ago during the peak of 2007 property boom. The milestone was achieved in the midst of Spain’s notorious …

Two suspected jihadists were arrested in Catalunya after an 18-month investigation by the Policia Nacional. Men were arrested in Vallfogona de Balaguer (Lleida Province) on Thursday. They are accused by the police of the crimes self-indoctrination (active terrorist indoctrination), collaboration and active terrorist endoctrination. READ MORE Specialized anti-terrorism officers have detected an individual who is very active on the internet, …