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You are confident that you understand your abilities. café con leche You can also find out more about your cortado? You are in for an amazing treat. Spain has been named as one of the best countries in the world to enjoy a hearty brew – and four spots are ranked among the globe’s best. That’s according to the prestigious …

The Policia Nacional arrested four people, including a couple who run an Alicante-based real estate agency. They were all accused of scamming mostly foreign clients. Three men and one woman were accused of fraud, forgery of documents, coercion, and violation of employee rights in relation to the illegal employment by a non Spanish national. The Policia Nacional said that over …

EXPATS AND LOCALS alike were left in awe after a mysterious poem launched a bizarre marketing campaign Foreigners are being asked to leave Ronda is a town in Malaga.. A phantom joker calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’ has started hanging 17th-century style poems on statues around the town. The strange campaign coincides with the annual ‘Carnaval’ celebrations, a time …

THE Spanish Government has pledged to divulge all the secrets of one of most dramatic moments from the modern history. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed on Monday that his government will declassify all documents related to the failed coup d’état of February 1981 that threatened to hurl Spain back into the arms of dictatorship. In Spain, this incident is known …

A MAN has been ordered to pay €2,500 in compensation to a Costa Blanca canine proprietor after spraying acid at his pet as a result of he was irritated at its barking. A Villajoyosa courtroom additionally banned the offender with the initials W.B.W.(and nicknamed ‘Billy’) from having any contact with animals for 16 months. The offences date again to November …

OUTRAGE has engulfed Morocco after allegations that the country plans to cull thousands of stray animal ahead of 2030 Football World Cup. Animal rights groups have raised the alarm and warned that up to three million dogs may face execution, as Morocco purportedly moves to clean its streets ahead of co-hosting this tournament with Spain & Portugal. Although Moroccan authorities …

The booming Spanish property market continues to grow after reaching a record high in the number of sales last year. The National Statistics Institute (INE) released figures showing that more than 700 000 homes were sold for the first since 2007 when the peak sales of 775 300 homes occurred. In total, 714,237 property transactions took place last year – …

Expats are driving the increase in supermarket spending in Spain, as supermarket shelves reflect their tastes and culture. Recent research shows that foreigners in Spain spend more on groceries than locals. Spanish supermarkets are stocked with a wide variety of local food: salmorejo, tortillas ready to eat and olives in all shapes and sizes.  Their offerings have changed to better …

Greenpeace has surprised the mayor of Almeria with a cake that looks like the hotel. Video posted Wednesday showed activists handing the cake, complete with a sign reading ‘illegal hotel,’ to Carboneras mayor Salvador Hernandez, whom Greenpeace accused of stalling the demolition of the 411-room resort. On February 21, 2006, a court order had stopped construction on the Hotel Algarrobico. …

JOHN FULTON died on February 20th, 1998, aged 65. He left behind an impressive legacy of expats in Andalucia. His story began in Philadelphia, in 1932. He was born to a blue-collar working class family. Like millions of American boys, he read Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Death in the Afternoon’ and saw the Tyrone Power film ‘Blood and Sand’, becoming instantly fascinated …