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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 people died in the sea, last year the toll was 61 and similar figures were recorded in 2019. As a […]

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 – as federal police swooped. All have been held for questioning. Officers discovered 1,304kg was stuffed inside 24 suitcases on board […]

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 Liga said its strategy for using the windfall will centre on global commercial growth, infrastructure, brand development, technology and digital […]

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 get to places like refugee camps that don’t have drinking water.” The technology is already delivering much-needed drinking water to […]

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 a heatwave that has followed months of exceptionally dry weather has helped fuel fires – according to the European Forest […]

Quirónsalud Alicante has employed the pioneering Rezum technique for treating benign prostate hyperplasia.  Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) — also called prostate gland enlargement — is a common condition as men get older. An enlarged prostate gland can cause uncomfortable urinary symptoms, such as blocking the flow of urine out of the bladder. It can also cause bladder, urinary tract or kidney problems. The Rezum technique is a minimally invasive, fast and […]

Unemployment in Spain fell by 197,841 in July, down 5.47% from the previous month. According to data provided by the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), this is the biggest drop in any month in history, and surpasses those of the months of May and June that also closed with record falls. By gender, unemployment in July fell more among women, with 104,891 unemployed less (-4.94%) than in the previous month, […]

A biker has lost an arm, severed by a guardrail, after suffering an accident this afternoon on the Les Marines road, near the Girona River. For unknown reasons, the victim, aged between 40 and 45, came off the road and struck the metal barrier. In addition, he has suffered other serious injuries and has been evacuated in an emergency helicopter, which landed in the middle of the road. After the […]

The intense traffic that the AP-7 registered this Saturday afternoon on arrival at the Marina confirms that, with the change of month, a new wave of tourism arrives. The queues at the exit of Ondara and the subsequent link to Denia, seem to augur a new full August despite the pandemic.