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According to a survey by the website, Bankinter. The rankings were reached on the basis of a 90 m2 flat inhabited by a one child couple and annual basic expenses of around €15,000. They reached their conclusions. Bankinter The analysis included not only the cost of housing (whether it was bought or rented), but also costs such as supplies, transportation, …

MARBELLA is soon to be home of a Rafael Nadal tennis centre as the star settles on the Costa del Sol.  Soon, the Hotel Don Carlos in Marbella is going to have a Rafael Nadal Tennis Centre.  This summer will see the opening of the Rafa Nadal Academy. It will consist of seven clay tennis courts, where all abilities and …

Estepona has arrested a German fugitive who had been hiding in the expat community since last year.  Guardia Civil de Estepona arrested a German man aged 36 who was wanted on a European arrest warrant.  The Home Secretary revealed today that he was part of a drug trafficking gang operating throughout Europe.  Ten people were arrested by police in October, …

AMERICANS have flooded into Spain to escape Donald Trump’s administration. But where are they staying?  Actor Richard Gere has become the figurehead of a new movement of Americans flocking to Spain to escape the ‘thug’ president, Donald Trump. Part of the ‘Trump refugees’, US citizens are coming to Spain for safer communities, work life balance and high cultural offerings.  The …

A GANG that specialised in stealing duty-free goods from the Alicante Elche airport was convicted of theft. Three men, two women and all of Romanian origin purchased cheap tickets for the airside of the facility. The Elche court sentenced each of them to a year in prison and for 40-months, they were prohibited from going within 500 metres or the …

THE Balearic Islands health agency ‘forgot’ to enroll over 4,000 women in the island’s Breast Cancer Prevention Programme, it has emerged.  In the period between 2021-2024, approximately 40% of women aged between 50 and54 were not covered by the system. They were therefore not invited to undergo routine mammograms, which are designed to detect early breast cancer signs.  If women …

SEVEN fixed speed radars have been vandalised across Spain in recent days with each unit costing up to €67,000 to replace, according to the DGT road authority. The DGT announced that in addition to a fine, the perpetrators may be sentenced to prison for up to 3 years. Guardia Civil received reports and has begun investigations to locate the perpetrators. …

The Policia Nacional reports that physical and verbal assaults against health workers will rise by 29% across Spain in 2024. Police said that the large increase in violence does not indicate an increase in aggression, but rather shows that the health community has become more aware of reporting violent incidents and is taking a zero-tolerance stance towards all forms of …

Karla Gascon from SPAIN will be attending the Oscars this Sunday in Los Angeles, despite the dispute over offensive social media posts she made. Gascon, a Madrid-based actress, has been nominated as Best Leading Actress in the Spanish Language Musical-Drama Emilia Perez for her performance. Netflix pulled her out of their pre-Oscars Campaign after her racist tweets and offensive comments …

A Syrian refugee slashed a SPANIARD in the neck on the Berlin Holocaust Memorial.  Last Friday, at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial, a 30-year old Spanish tourist was stabbed to death in the neck.  The man, from Biscay in northern Spain was seriously injured but is ‘recovering well’ in a Berlin hospital.   German authorities believe that the suspect, a Syrian refugee aged …