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Spain's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas has now announced his intention to run for the presidency of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Casillas has not yet officially retired but said he had informed current side FC Porto of his decision and expressed his "deepest gratitude" to the club. The 38-year-old has not played for Porto since April 2019 after he had a heart attack during training.

New figures show waiting lists at two of the Costa Blanca’s largest hospitals are HALF the regional average. The University Hospital of Torrevieja and Hospital del Vinalopó in Elche have average waiting times for operations of just 39 and 45 days, respectively. This compares to the 86 day average in the Valencian community, according to figures released by the Department of Health.

EU competition regulators have widened their investigation into additional incentives granted by Spanish authorities to Ryanair and other airlines operating at two airports in Catalonia. The European Commission launched an investigation in 2013 into marketing schemes offered to airlines operating at the Girona-Costa Brava and Reus airports, about 120 km from Barcelona.

Jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders Carme Forcadell and Dolors Bassa have been temporarily released from prison. Forcadell, the former parliament speaker, was granted 3 days of leave each week for 9 hours each day in order to take care of her mother, as laid out in the Spanish constitution. Former minister Bassa was also given permission to take care of an elderly relative under the same rules.

A meeting between Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the head of the conservative Popular Party (PP), Pablo Casado, concluded yesterday with no agreements. The goverment said that “the PP has not changed its position on anything, despite its responsibility as the main opposition party, and is still adopting a strategy of deadlock.” Sánchez was voted back into power in January, the (PSOE) Socialist Party politician won both the April 2019 […]

National Police have arrested the parents of a 22-month-old baby girl on the Costa Blanca for child neglect after the toddler was admitted to hospital in serious condition for cannabis poisoning. The child had been taken to Villajoyosa Hospital by her parents after she fell unconscious at home. She was then transferred to the Pediatric ICU of Alicante Hospital.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the management company first contracted to build Corvera Airport, must repay €183 million of a government bank loan. Aeromur, who were awarded the contract as far back as 2007, must now repay the debt that had accumulated after years of delays in the construction of San Javier's airport replacement, despite being bankrupt. AENA took over the project in 2017, and the facility opened in […]