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A SURVEY shows that there is overwhelming support for the extension of smoking bans in public areas, along with an increase in tobacco taxes. The study was done for the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC), which includes family doctors. According to the Ministry of Health, around 50,000 people in Spain die every year due to smoking tobacco. …

Myra Cecilia Azzopardi & CAB Many British citizens living in Spain, who arrived before January 1, 2021, will reach the five-year legal residency milestone by 2025. That means they’re now eligible to become permanent residents under the UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement. But there are many who face a real problem. “I cannot get an appointment for renewing or updating my TIE.  What …

Over half of the online listings for tourist rental homes in Alicante do not include license information as required by law. Mabrian, a tourist data analyst, has compiled the figures. It is reported that 56.8% do not provide a mandatory registration number for the Valencian Region. READ MORE TOURIST APARTMENT This is above the average national rate of 38%, but …

The Infanta Sofia of Spain’s Royal Family was beaming with pride as she graduated from an prestigious British Boarding School over the weekend. She is the youngest child of King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and the late King Juan Carlos. The queen and king of Spain were present at the Sofia’s International Baccalaureate Graduation Ceremony held by UWC Atlantic College. …

Two Irish tourists were playing golf on a Marbella course when their buggy plunged into a ravine. One man was airlifted by helicopter to the Carlos Hayal Hospital at Malaga. Diario Sur Reports indicate that the accident took place at Santa Clara Golf Club at approximately 4.30pm Sunday. READ MORE PICTURESQUE SANTA CLARA They called emergency services and were met …

Xabi Alonso, the Spaniard who signed a contract for three years on Sunday, has been announced as REAL Madrid’s new manager. The Spanish giants announced that “Xabi Alonso would be the Real Madrid Coach for the next three years, from June 1, 2020, to June 30, 2028.” Alonso (43), returns to the squad where he appeared 236 times from 2009-2014, …

Rural Spain is disappearing. As young people migrate to cities and northern European ‘snowbirds’ snap up second homes, villages are left teetering on the edge of extinction. Diego Yuste, who became mayor of Tragacete (a mountain town located in Cuenca) in 2019, saw the population steadily decline. Tragacete was like many rural towns in that it lacked essential facilities to …

Guardia Civil agents have busted a network of slaughterhouses without licenses in Avila and the surrounding areas. In Madrid and Fuenlabrada, 10 Asian restaurants received meat from animals mistreated. Of these four have now been closed. The products were sold either to diners on-site or via home delivery advertised through online platforms. READ MORE Gathering Evidence The Guardia’s appropriately named …

Rafa NADAL, the greatest tennis player in Spain, received a farewell special at Sunday’s French Open. This Grand Slam was an event he won 14 times. The Mallorcan superstar retired in November of last year, after a spectacular career. He took his bow on Court Philippe-Chatrier in front of a packed 15,000 crowd including Murcia’s Carlos Alcaraz who wore a …

A BRITISH couple was jailed for bringing 33 kilograms of marijuana into the airport in Valencia. The drugs were hidden inside two large suitcases. They told the authorities they were tourists when asked why they had come to Spain. The Brits claimed that they had arrived in Thailand, but actually flew from France. READ MORE SEIZED MARIJUANA Guardia Civil and …