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The junta has stopped an illegal urbanisation in Barbate’s Ribera de la Oliva area, by suspending the use of 53 plots.  With the assistance of the Guardia Civil and Policia Local, the Inspection Service of the Ministry of Development carried out this inspection. The urban plots have been laid out in a protected area, close to the sea and within …

Police arrested the owner of a KEBAB shop for allegedly exploiting migrants. The 41 year-old Pakistani man had an outlet in Biar, Alicante with his main outlet being Yecla, Murcia. The businessman hired people from his own country, two of which were minors aged 15 and 17, who were illegally present in Spain. They were therefore vulnerable to being exploited. …

When you learn a new language in a fully immersive environment, your retention of the information is almost doubled. Aloha Vera is a welcoming, warm environment for learning Spanish. It’s located in Jarandilla de la Vera in Spain’s Extremadura Region, a rural community nestled between mountains, rivers and crystal clear waters. This is the ideal place to learn Spanish and …

A MALAGA woman has been arrested after allegedly being beheaded with an axe by her son. After residents in Los Prados reported seeing the 46-year old suspect in the street with the weapon, the suspect was arrested in Los Prados by the local Policia. The Policia Nacional investigates the death of the victim. READ MORE POLICIA NACIONAL STATION MALAGA On …

Marta Hermoso is a social media influencer who was arrested along with three other people in connection to a Madrid hotel burglary that took place last September. Hermoso from Sevilla counts a number of celebrities as friends including the ‘bad boy’ member of the Spanish royal family, Froilan, who is fourth in line to the throne. The 35-year-old was detained …

UP to 40 migrants were crammed into a Valencia region flat and charged around €100 per month to stay. Police arrested a man aged 24 in Xirivella. He has been charged with aiding illegal immigration. READ MORE The police discovered the abuse when they were helping to evict the apartment due to arrears in payment. The officers discovered that there …

A COURT clerk from Marbella has stolen €19 million in cryptocurrencies that were seized from scams and internet fraudsters. The crypto assets were confiscated by the Policia Nacional in September last year and made available to the Marbella court that investigated the case.  The wallets were empty when the Office of Asset Recovery and Management of the Ministry of Justice …

According to the registration data, HOUSE PRICES reached a new record in 2024. Second-hand homes were 6.3% more expensive compared to the previous year with average prices of €2,039 per m2 while new houses rose by 4.8%. Non-Spanish purchasers of property accounted 14.6% of all deals, which is just shy of the 15% record reported in 2023. READ MORE These …

Following a rescue mission of high stakes by Spanish authorities and marine protection groups, an orca that was caught in discarded fishing equipment in the Strait of Gibraltar has been released. A barrel, a buoy and several ropes were tightly entangled in the orca’s right pectoral. It was one of 11 whales that had been spotted near Cape Spartel hunting …

On Tuesday, a CYCLIST found dead in a ravine near Ronda in the municipality Montejaque.  The body was found in an area that is difficult to reach along the MA-80403 route, which links Malaga with Ronda and Sevilla. Los Caballeros dam – known locally as Montejaque’s ‘ghost reservoir’. The death toll in Malaga province has now reached three. One motorcyclist, …