A firefighter was found dead in the province of Malaga on Sunday, the fire service said, after heavy overnight rain swept through streets and forced thousands of people from their homes. Almost 400 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours in the town of Ardales, according to the regional government’s […]
A migrant has died and 19 others were hurt after around 200 people scaled a fence to enter Spain’s Melilla enclave from northern Morocco yesterday. Spanish police say the man was among a group who climbed over two barbed wire fences, and appeared to have died of a heart attack. […]
NURSES are now permitted to prescribe medication ‘under clinical guidelines’ and in line with requirements set by their individual regional health authorities. Until now, only doctors, podologists and odontologists have been allowed to prescribe medication, and nurses only permitted to administer drugs under the instructions of one of these. A […]
Spanish judges have acquitted 17 Russians over alleged large-scale money-laundering for the Russian mafia. A Russian MP, Vladislav Reznik, was among those acquitted. Nine other suspects remain at large, including alleged gang boss Gennady Petrov. The National Criminal Court found insufficient proof that the Russians’ investments in Spain involved the […]
A sacked Supreme Court judge on the run as he faces trial for corruption in Peru was arrested in Spain on Friday, the South American country’s president, Martin Vizcarra said. “Today at dawn, ex-supreme judge Cesar Hinostroza was captured by Spanish police and Interpol Peru,” Vizcarra said on twitter. Spanish […]
Shares in Spanish banks rebounded on Friday after the Supreme Court said it would review the impact of a ruling on mortgage stamp duty after initially saying on Thursday that banks would have to pay the tax. The court said that, as the ruling was a “radical change” in […]
Despite the weather Clare and Yanina did the fruit and Veg shop and delivery to the children 💖 Carrefour came up trumps and gifted us 138 cartons of milk. We are so grateful. Thank you so very much Yanina for your vegan cakes, Clare for attempting the journey and Carrefour (Moraira) […]
* Spanish bank shares severely hit by court ruling * Domestic lenders Unicaja and Bankia fall 10 pct and 8 pct * Analysts say compensation costs could reach billions of euros * Consumer association says 8 million clients could be affected Spanish bank shares fell sharply on Thursday after the […]
Spanish police have arrested a former Venezuelan official and an exiled opposition leader’s relative and seized more than 115 properties in a money-laundering investigation into a ring that allegedly bought real estate in Spain with illicit funds from Venezuela. Antonio Ledezma, the exiled mayor of Caracas, confirmed that his son-in-law, […]
Pedro Sánchez and Theresa May discussed a special protocol and bilateral memorandums involving the British Overseas Territory Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Britain’s Theresa May on Thursday expressed confidence that progress will be made on Brexit and on the situation of Gibraltar once the UK leaves the European Union. […]
King Felipe VI caused a stir today (Wednesday) when he appeared out of the blue on the Madrid metro – a rare trip to mark the 100th anniversary of the underground train network in the capital. Commuters missed him, as he caught the metro in the central Sol station at 11.30, […]
Practically the whole of Spain is on the qui vive after warnings from the Met office of the most severe storms in a decade hitting the mainland. After catching the tail end of Hurricane Leslie – which had reduced to an ‘ordinary’ gale-force wind by the time it struck Portugal, Galicia and […]
