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Orihuela Costa’s beaches will soon have a far greater police presence, for the first time since 2013. Bathers’ security will be improved by the introduction of a new ‘beach surveillance and proximity unit’. As well as preventing thefts, the additional uniform presence will police the illegal sale of clothing, food and drink and massage services.

The latest survey on employment in Spain, published by the National Statistics Institute, the INE showed that by the end of 2019 unemployment had dropped to 13.78 per cent, the lowest annual figure since 2008. With the creation of 402,300, the total number unemployed in Spain is now 3,191,900 but the 2019 new jobs total is the lowest since 2014 and a large amount still encompasses temporary jobs based on […]

Catalonia’s separatist president, Quim Torra, has announced he will call an early regional election amid growing divisions and deteriorating relations between the two pro-independence parties in his coalition government. In an address that laid bare the splits between his centre-right Together for Catalonia party and the Catalan Republican Left (ERC), Torra said: “No government can work without unity and without a shared, common strategy and loyalty between partners.” He said […]

Hundreds of volunteers all along the Mediterranean coast have been flocking to their nearest beach to help clean up the mess left by Hurricane Gloria. Local helpers in Catalunya and in Alicante province, have amassed tonnes of plastic and other waste which was washed up by giant waves, torrential rain and winds of up to 115 kilometres per hour. In Catalunya alone, around 500 coastal towns have suffered damage and, […]

Catalonia’s former leader Carles Puigdemont has asked pro-independence supporters to donate money after Spanish authorities ordered him and 19 others to pay back 4.1 million euros of public money spent on a banned independence referendum. On Oct. 1, 2017, the region organised a secession vote declared illegal by Spanish courts. Its leaders then made a short-lived declaration of independence. Puigdemont later fled to Belgium, while other top separatists were jailed. […]

The Maritime Rescue say body of a man recovered from the waters of Tarifa in Andalusia is thought to be one of the crew members of the Rua Mar fishing boat from Cadiz. The vessel disappeared in the early hours of last Thursday. The body, which had a life jacket on, was found far from where the ship’s search operations are being carried out.

Government spokesperson María Jesús Montero says the 20 or so Spaniards who are trapped in the Chinese city of Wuhan due to the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus are due to be repatriated. It's likely they will leave on the same planes that are being prepared by the French authorities to transfer the 500 or so of their compatriots. France is planning to charter its first plane tomorrow, and it […]