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ESTEPONA is the Spanish horse that will represent Spain tomorrow at Royal Ascot when it lines up for a Group 1 race. Named after the popular Costa del Sol town, the three-year-old Mehmas colt is a 100/1 shot for the King Charles III Stakes, a five-furlong (1005-metre) sprint with a prize fund of over €820,000. He will be hoping to …

HAVE you ever heard the term, ‘guiris’? It is a slang expression that means us. Foreigners. The anglo-saxon kind of foreigner. Spanish people are very aware of our need. (Look around – apart from tourism, is there any other economic activity going on?) They have a (mildly pejorative) word for us. They call us guiris. A 40-year old Spanish woman …

SPANISH doctors downed tools today – the first nationwide strike in five years – as medics across the country protested what they describe as ‘precarious working conditions.’ Protesters in the Canary Islands carried banners reading ‘Exploited doctor, mistreated patient’ and ‘Deficient staffing, risk to patients.’ The government’s proposal to regulate working conditions for healthcare staff is at the core of …

GRANADA prepares to host its fifth 1001 Musicas CaixaBank festival. This year’s festival promises to be one of the most ambitious ever, featuring a new format in which top artists from around the world will perform at some of the most iconic venues. The 2025 line-up boasts an impressive array of talent, including Michel Camilo & Tomatito, Travis, Robert Plant, …

The British Embassy in Madrid suggested that SPAIN’s online national heat warning system be launched in English. The news comes as temperatures reach record June highs in parts of the country and a forecast of ‘above average’ values for the summer season. The Embassy met recently with the Ministry of Health’s climate advisor, and proposed an English-language version to reach …

Trent Alexander Alexander, a star of the English national team, showed off his Spanish fluency by speaking it without any notes during his Real Madrid debut on Thursday. British footballers are known for their poor language skills. Gareth Bale and David Beckham, for example, have been unable to learn the Spanish lingo after moving to Spain. But the latest group …

Experts in weather predict that the summer will be hotter than usual after the fifth wettest spring on record since 1961, boosted by heavy rains in March. Ruben delCampo, the spokesperson for Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), said that it is very likely that temperatures in the next three month will be higher than average. He also stated that there’s …

SHEIK Al-Thani faces 14 years of prison for being the former owner Malaga CF Football Club, who led them to an exciting run in the Champions League quarterfinals. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has asked for the lengthy  jail term for Al-Thani, and the same sentence for three of his sons – Nasser, Nayef, and Rakkan – on accusations of disloyal …

A CHINESE 19-year-old man was arrested for failing to help his friend drown in the river of Valencia. Wen Tao Chi, a 20-year old male also Chinese, fell into the Turia River at Manises in the early hours of Sunday. Before the accident, both men had been drinking beer in a park near their home. MORE VALENCIA NEWS: Z.H. After …

A SENIOR member of the PSOE Socialist Party has resigned due to a corruption investigation that could threaten the minority government led by the PSOE. According to a recently published report, Santos Cerdan is suspected of complicity in the alleged improper allocation of public contracts. The Supreme Court said a Guardia Civil report and an audio recording ‘reveals the existence …