BENIDORM Council is to table a motion to fine segway and other similar electronic device users up to €500 for using the pavement or roads. The plans would see hoverboards, electric unicycles and skates -among other things- banned in all areas except cycling lanes. It would also ban the use […]
The judge who quizzed three men including two Charlton players over an alleged Ibiza hotel rape on a 19-year-old British holidaymaker has described their version of events as ‘credible and coherent.’ Carmen Robles Zamora also admitted to ‘reasonable doubts’ a sex attack had taken place in a written explanation of […]
Spain says it has accepted an offer from France to take in some of the 630 migrants rescued by the Aquarius ship off Libya and turned away by Italy. The Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo said the French government would work together with Spain to handle the arrival of […]
Bathers were banned from entering the sea at Arenal d’en Castell beach, in Spain, after an eight-foot fish – a tintorera or blue shark – appeared in the water Local authorities hoisted up the red flag at the popular beach of Arenal d’en Castell, in Menorca, Spain, at around 1.30pm […]
Taxi drivers dropping off women in Bilbao are now required to ensure their customers are safely indoors before driving off, thanks to a new bye-law aimed at improving people’s safety on the streets. Cabbies are also obliged to wait for parents with small children, the elderly, and those with mobility […]
Gas Natural Fenosa, one of Spain’s largest energy companies, has renewed a deal to take natural gas from Algeria for another 12 years in what amounts to a €30bn agreement over the life of the contract, reported The Financial Times. The deal will see Gas Natural Fenosa buy gas from Algeria’s […]
Polica Nacional officers have been drafted in to support the security operation for Spanish football players at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Six officers who are experienced in sporting event security have been brought out with the team to assist with the Russian security operation. Spain’s World Cup kicks […]
Portugal have reported no injury concerns ahead of their clash with Spain but question marks remain over their starting line-up. Jose Fonte and Bruno Alves are vying to partner Pepe at centre-back, while either Andre Silva or Goncalo Guedes will join Cristiano Ronaldo in attack. Daniel Carvajal returned to training […]
Former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has asked Spanish authorities to stop the sale of a brand of dry-cured ham called “Pig Demont” whose logo is a pig with a hairstyle and glasses similar to his. The request is being studied by Spain’s patent office which has temporarily suspended the […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed it will end a huge programme to stimulate the eurozone economy in December. The ECB will stop its bond-buying scheme, worth €30bn a month, despite a recent slowdown in the bloc’s recovery. The move is a major step towards dismantling the policies brought […]
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild and Karlan Ahearne-Grant were led into a courthouse in Ibiza by police officers. Two Charlton Athletic footballers have appeared in court over an alleged sex assault on a British tourist at a hotel in Ibiza. Reeco Hackett-Fairchild and Karlan Ahearne-Grant were both pictured in handcuffs being led by […]
COMPANY representatives and unions have agreed on the new government’s proposed minimum wage increase just two days before a planned protest was due to take place across the country. The demonstration was called off earlier this week, even though the new salary requirements had not yet been confirmed, since president […]
