A BOAT attempting to reach the Canary Islands from Africa capsized killing 42 migrants on board – including eight children and 30 women. The tragedy took place around 30 minutes after the vessel left Dakhla in Morocco, according to Caminando Fronteras, the Spanish NGO, there were 10 survivors, six women […]
A MAFIA chief once known as the ‘boss of bosses’ has been arrested in Spain after spending two years hidden away in Madrid and on the run as one of Italy’s ‘most wanted’. Domenico Paviglianiti is wanted in his homeland for a string of crimes and is believed to be […]
SPAIN remains open to fully-vaccinated UK travellers who escape the need to quarantine on their return – despite fears of tighter restrictions because of high coronavirus infection rates. The tourist sector breathed a sigh of relief as the British government announced it would not introduce stricter travel rules for one […]
LIFEGUARDS patrolling busy Spanish beaches will have a bird’s eye view of the coast using drones in a bid to save lives this summer. The regional government in Valencia has launched a pilot programme ‘StopDrowning’ in a bid to cut deaths by drowning – at the end of July 23 […]
A SPANISH citizen has been arrested in Brazil as the only passenger on a private jet heading for Europe with an illicit cargo of cocaine. The aircraft was stopped on the tarmac and the unnamed Spaniard was held along with four members of the crew – all Turkish nationals – […]
SPAIN is looking to vaccinate teenagers against Covid-19 in a bid to combat the risk of the Delta and other new variants of the disease. Experts warn the risk of more contagious forms of coronavirus mean 90% of the population will need to be fully vaccinate to achieve herd immunity […]
LUXEMBOURG-BASED CVC Capital Partners has invested €2.7 billion into La Liga; the Spanish football league which controls the Primera and Segunda divisions. It earns CVC a 10% stake in La Liga and provides a much-needed financial boost for Spanish clubs – with €100 million set to boost women’s football. La […]
SPANISH company Aquaer has devised a system to create safe and clean drinking water from thin air – and a lifeline to supplying people living in arid areas. Enrique Veiga, the 82-year-old engineer and company chief who invented the magic, said: “The goal is to help people…the goal is to […]
TOURISM chiefs in Spain fear any new travel restrictions could drive down visitor numbers after the first six months of 2021 were the worst on record. There were 5.4 million international visitors to Spain between January to June this year – around half the arrivals over the same period in […]
SPECIALIST firefighting teams from Spain have joined the international team battling to bring Turkish wildfires under control. Strong winds have swept flames close to Mediterranean and Aegean resorts, while a key coal-fired power station near Bodrum was also under threat from forest fires. With temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius and […]
Valencia has 105,000 doses ready MASS vaccination of 20 to 29-year-old people has started across the Valencia region, giving jabs to the vulnerable group most affected by the fifth wave of Covid-19. Health chiefs have reserved 105,000 shots – a third of the vaccines received this week – to immunise […]
Return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022 THE Spanish government believes economic growth will bounce back to pre-pandemic levels after a record fall of 11% in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis. It predicts the biggest period of expansion of all advanced nations based on the pace of recovery following the […]
