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‘Racism’ row erupts in Spain after mayor of tiny tourist town brands arrival of 200 migrants ‘excessive’

‘Racism’ row erupts in Spain after mayor of tiny tourist town brands arrival of 200 migrants ‘excessive’

A SPANISH mayor has been branded as ‘far-right’ after criticising the decision to move hundreds of adult asylum seekers from the Canary Islands to his small seaside town this week. Marti Pujal, the mayor for Tossa de Mar, a coastal settlement of 6,000 residents on the Costa Brava popular with Brits, slammed the planned movement of migrants as ‘excessive’ and …

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Tourist town on Spain’s Costa Blanca bans new licences for Airbnb-style flats for two years

Popular holiday hotspot on the Costa Blanca suspends new tourist flat licenses for two years

L’ALFAS del Pi has joined neighbouring Costa Blanca towns like Altea and Polop in suspending new tourist accommodation licenses. The council agreed on a two-year suspension at a plenary meeting and to prepare measures to regularise unlicensed properties through a new local law. Government spokesperson, Toni Such, said: ”We will prosecute those owners of undeclared homes or those who do …

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‘Madrid Soccer Mom Tour 2024’: Reality star Kim Kardashian shows off snaps at Real stadium after making visit to Spain with son Saint West

Kim Kardashian and her son Saint at the Real Madrid stadium

REALITY star Kim Kardashian was in the Spanish capital last week, on what she described via her Instagram account as her ‘Madrid Soccer Mom Tour 2024’. The 43-year-old was accompanied on her visit by her eldest son, Saint West, who is eight years old and the son of her ex-husband, rapper Kanye West. Kardashian shared photos on the social network …

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Spain’s foreign minister to fly to London this month in last-ditch attempt to save post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.

SPANISH Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares will make a visit to London in the coming weeks as part of a last-ditch effort to save a post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar. That’s according to Spanish daily El Pais, which reports that Albares will be meeting with his new British counterpart, David Lammy, to try to hammer out the British Overseas Territory’s relationship …

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Tragedy in Spain’s Sotogrande: Trocadero beach club employee, 25, is found dead in the restaurant’s swimming pool

Tragedy in Spain’s Sotogrande: Trocadero beach club employee, 25, is found dead in the restaurant's swimming pool

POLICE have declared the death of a young man in the swimming pool of a swanky beach club a tragic accident. Emergency services were called to the Trocadero Sotogrande restaurant in San Roque in the early hours of Sunday morning. Officers from the Guardia Civil found a young employee of the beach club, around 25 years old, unconscious and bleeding …

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New hand baggage guidelines are formally in impact in Spain and the EU – here is what you need to know – CSN

New hand luggage rules are officially in effect in Spain and the EU – here's what you should know - CSN

JUST when passing by means of airport safety had acquired a little bit bit simpler, the outdated guidelines masking liquids have been introduced again in. Airports throughout the European Union, together with these in Spain, on Sunday reintroduced the 100ml restrict on liquids being carried in hand baggage.  The European Union took the choice to toughen up the foundations as …

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Police stop powerful boat being stolen from a Costa Blanca marina which was going to ferry drugs and migrants between Africa and Spain

Police stop powerful boat being stolen from a Costa Blanca marina which was going to transport drugs and migrants between Africa and Spain

POLICE stopped a boat theft in El Campello with the craft destined to transport drugs and people between North Africa and Spain. A sailor spotted two men at 1.30am on Sunday in the bottom floor of a restaurant terrace crouching by some bushes and running their eye over the moored boats at the Nautical Club. The El Campello Policia Local …

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Ukrainian ‘fraudster’ wanted by Russia is arrested at a hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Ukrainian ‘fraudster’ wanted by Russia is arrested at a hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A UKRAINIAN man wanted by Russia over a fraud amounting to €850 has been arrested on an international arrest warrant at an Alicante hotel. Russian authorities said the crime was committed at the end of 2021- before the invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. It’s not been revealed when the warrant was issued. The 31-year-old detainee allegedly collaborated with …

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Watch: Streets are changed into rapids in Spain after end-of-summer rain storms – with hail even seen in Malaga – CSN

Watch: Streets are turned into rapids in Spain after end-of-summer rain storms - with hail even seen in Malaga - CSN

THIS is the second streets have been changed into rapids in Spain following end-of-summer storms on Thursday. Movies shared on X confirmed vehicles being carried away in central and north-east areas after hours of rainfall fell throughout a lot of the nation. Dozens of provinces had been positioned on yellow and orange alerts by climate company Aemet, warning of storms, …

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Morocco ramps up its ‘cloud seeding’ programme amid fears it is going to have an effect on Spain’s local weather – CSN

Morocco ramps up its ‘cloud seeding’ programme amid fears it will affect Spain’s climate - CSN

SPAIN’S authorities has requested Morocco for extra details about its in depth plans for cloud seeding to create rain. There are issues that the initiative- a part of Morocco’s nationwide drought plan- would possibly trigger unhealthy climate in southern Spain. Spain believes the mission ought to come below a bilateral settlement between the international locations to make sure there aren’t …

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