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EXPATS are warned to be on the alert after a resident in Calahonda fell victim to an elaborate ‘flat tyre’ scam. What seemed to be an obliging roadside gesture to Inken T, a German ex-pat in Andalucia turned out to have been a well-staged theft. She was left without her handbag and cash as well as important documents. Inken warns …

SPAIN could be facing a wave thousands of evictions after the parliament rejected a new extension of housing protections introduced during pandemic. The purpose of the moratorium was to protect families who were vulnerable from being evicted from their homes if they could not pay their rent or mortgage during Covid. The measure allowed the judge to temporarily pause eviction …

BARCELONA has already seen the results of its new civic rules, which were introduced in February to combat anti-social behavior on the streets. Barcelona City Council released figures showing that 982 fines were issued by the municipal police during the first week following the adoption of the new ordinance. The updated law came into effect on February 15. It targets …

THE mysterious phantom poet terrorising the Malaga city of Ronda has struck once more, this time with the native mayor firmly in sights. Calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’, the nameless satirist has escalated his weird marketing campaign of hanging Seventeenth-century model poems on native monuments. Following his earlier assaults on the expat group, his newest goal is the conservative …

The Police National discovered a bunker with a tonnage of guns and drugs after suspects fired on them in the woods around Marbella.  The agents found the first ‘drug hideout’ in Marbella and made four arrests in this recent operation, according to information obtained by Marbella Directo. Describing the hideout as being ‘like a hidden cove’, Udyco (Unidad de Droga …

The Policia Nacional reported that they received 513 reports of verbal or physical assaults on health workers last year, up 26.35% from the total for 2024. More than 39% of all cases involved violence against staff. The Policia Nacional Chief Commissioner, Manuel Yanguas Menendez, said that the complaints are ‘nothing’ compared to the 20,000 incidents that happen annually. READ MORE …

A wooden footbridge that was running along the rocky cliff edge in northern Spain collapsed unexpectedly, killing at least four and leaving two people unaccounted for. At around 4.30pm Tuesday, seven people were on a walkway near the coastal region of El Bocal in Santander when it collapsed. The people on the bridge fell into the water and jagged rocks …

Since Shakespeare’s day, Jerez de la Frontera has been renowned for its sherries. Now, they are served alongside a food culture that has really come into its own. If Falstaff once regaled sherry as bringing good ‘humor’, today he would no doubt wax lyrical about the wonderful mix of Andaluz flavours meeting contemporary creativity in the city.  Read more: Spain’s …

A pensioner who was tortured for a drug debt hurled himself out of an apartment window. After a night filled with violence and captivity, the police claim that the 74-year-old man crashed into a car parked below on Friday, February 26. Officers from the Policía Nacional later arrested a 35-year-old woman accused of tying the pensioner to a chair, beating …

It is known as Europe’s driest landscape, with harsh sun, dust, and silence. But this week, photographer Beatriz Urrutia (@mandolinaes on X and Instagram) stumbled upon a fleeting ‘miracle’ in Almeria’s Cabo de Gata. The usually barren landscape around the famous Los Genoveses beaches exploded into a carpet of wildflowers after weeks of heavy rains during a seemingly never-ending series …