Popular tourist hotel owner on Spain’s Costa Blanca dies during alleged home invasion – News X
THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a 77-year-old hotel owner at her Guardamar del Segura home on Wednesday. Her son is claiming that she was the victim of a home invasion. Rita Ortiz was well known in the city as the proprietor of the family-run Hotel Guardamar, some 50 meters from the beach. […]
‘Trojan horse for feminism’: How Spain’s Trans Law is dividing the left – News X
A transgender rights bill to be voted on this week has sparked bitter divisions within Spain’s ruling left-wing coalition, pitting its powerful feminist lobby against LGBTQ equality campaigners.
Police officer working as bodyguard for Spain’s King Felipe takes his own life – News X
A 25-year-old Guardia Civil officer who worked as a bodyguard for King Felipe has taken his own life in the Madrid area. Neighbors heard a shot ring out from his home in Villanueva del Pardillo and called emergency services. Paramedics were unable to do anything to save him when they arrived at the property. The […]
Countdown to Spain’s famous El Gordo Christmas lottery draw in Madrid – News X
SPAIN will be holding its breath on Thursday morning as numbers are drawn for the festive lottery El Gordo (the Fat One). It’s the world’s second-longest continuously running lottery and takes place each year on December 22. It started in Cadiz in 1812 as a way of funding Spanish troops fighting Napoleon’s army. During the […]
Nougat: 11 things you didn’t know about Spain’s sweet Christmas treat – News X
Take a stroll through any Spanish supermarket during the festive season, and you’ll surely spotted the nougat aisle. Spaniards love it, and it’s everywhere at this time of year. But what is nougat, exactly? And why is it so popular at Christmas?
Spain’s Malaga to open gaming museum in January 2023 – News X
OXO Videogame Museum, the Malaga Provincial Council’s initiative to open up to the technological field and position the province as the first ‘gamer’ destination in Europe will open its doors to the public on January 27, a day after its official inauguration. The initiative forms part of a Diputacion strategy to consolidate the province as […]
Police patrols stepped up for holiday season in busy shopping areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca – News X
THE Policia Nacional has launched its annual Safe Trade Plan to cut crime in Alicante Province shopping areas over the busy Christmas and New Year period. 920 officers will be part of the initiative across the region- with over 350 allocated to Alicante City. The aim is to stop thefts from shops and customers and […]
More ski lifts, new hotels and even a ‘glamping’ site: What Spain’s Sierra Nevada has in store for the future – News X
FANS OF skiing, snowboarding and all things Alpine are in for a treat over the coming years, as Sierra Nevada in Spain’s Granada province will make changes aimed at turning it into one of the best resorts in the whole of Europe. The 20/30 strategic plan for the next 10 years was presented in Madrid […]
Spain’s first ‘non-roundabout’ to be built in Costa Blanca’s Alicante – News X
AN innovative ‘non-roundabout’ will be built in Alicante next year which will keep pedestrians and vehicles out of each other’s way. It will be the first ‘non-roundabout’ in Spain and will be built in the Las Atalayas area of the city. The €270,000 project will take five months to complete. Alicante’s development councilor, Mari Carmen, […]
Football coach accused of sexually abusing five boys in Spain’s Murcia region – News X
A 29-year-old Spaniard has been arrested for sexually assaulting five boys aged between 12 and 16 who he coached at a Murcia football club. He supervised youngsters at the EDMF Churra club and up to 2018 at Plus Ultra- a team from Llanos de Brujas. The man was fired from Plus Ultra for ‘inappropriate conduct’ […]