The smallest island in Spain will ban all new construction. Tabarca Island is located off the Costa Blanca, close to Alicante and Santa Pola. It has about 70 permanent residents. Alicante City Council, which administers the island, published on Monday their proposals for a Tabarca protection plan. READ MORE TABARCA PROPERTIES(Pixabay image) Plan will prohibit new buildings and ban the …
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THE 45-year-old woman who killed two people and injured at least ten more after crashing her car onto a busy seafront terrace in Fuengirola has told a court she ‘remembers nothing’ of the tragic Holy Thursday night. The woman, a national of Iran, who lives in Spain with husband and two kids, is accused by police of crashing her SUV …
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The Spanish Senate has rejected a motion to limit the sale to non-residents from the Balearics and Canary Islands. Votes from the right-wing Vox and PP blocked the measure that was pushed by La Gomera’s socialist party (Asociacion Socialista Gomera). Confederal was a left-wing group that had been supported by PSOE, Coalicion Canaria and other leftist parties. Read more: Mallorca …
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The first quarter of 2025 figures, released on Thursday, show that house prices have hit a record in Spain. Foreign buyers accounted for 14% of 181,625 transactions, with people from the UK leading the way. The figures come from the Association of Registrars which clocked average prices at €2,226 per m2 by the end of March. READ MORE House prices …
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The Spanish Minister of State has issued an order to the Guardia Civil (Police National) and the Policia Nacional that allows the consumption of drugs inside a parked car. The order has caused discomfort and confusion among the officers who have to deal with this kind of intervention every day in Spain. According to the ruling, consuming drugs in a …
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THE family with the ‘worst luck in the world’ has been saved by a In Spain, a pioneering treatment was developed. Ava Lagenhop and her siblings Olivia, Landon and Landon Lagenhop each carry a rare and deadly disease. This is a condition that affects only one person in a thousand. Alicia Lagenhop, and her husband, carry the gene that causes …
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A VIOLENT patient who attacked two ER doctors at Cartagena’s Santa Lucia Hospital has been given as 14 month prison sentence following a ‘speedy trial’. The Murcia College of Physicians has welcomed the verdict and punishment. They said it ‘sets a precedent in defending health workers’. READ MORE SANTA LUCIA HOSPITAL, CARTAGENA The male patient assaulted the ER staff in …
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The Ministry of Health in Andalucia has begun a surveillance of mosquitoes for West Nile virus-carrying insects. Inspections will begin one month sooner than last year and even two weeks earlier than 2023. The junta is concerned that the number of mosquitoes carrying the virus may increase due to the rain and heat. READ MORE Spain’s PM defends solar power …
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Jeremy Irons, the OSCAR-winning actor who won the Oscar in 2005, was welcomed warmly by the city of Sevilla on the first day of the Feria de Abril 2025. The British actor, renowned for his performances in The Lion King The Merchant of Venice. Reversal in Fortune. was welcomed at the municipal Caseta – ‘tent’ or ‘marquee’ in this context. …
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The all-female Spanish crew demonstrated that menstrual fluid could be used to grow food and green sprouts on Mars. The Hypatia 2 mission included seven Spanish scientists that spent two weeks at the Utah desert space research station between February 2 and 14. Marina Martínez, geologist and head of the mission’s Green Hub said the team had planted white bean …
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