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A LOST tradition of sending Seville oranges to the British monarch to makemarmalade is making a comeback after more than a century. A crate of the bitter citrus fruit will be transformed into the breakfast treat in Madrid and delivered to Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. The fruit will be picked from trees in the gardens of the Real Alcázar of Seville – Europe’s oldest functioning royal residence – and […]

Ondara shopping center Portal de la Marina turned 13 last month and will celebrate their anniversary throughout the year by turning 13 into your lucky number. Every week on 13th of the month, 13 gift cards worth 20€ each will be up for grabs. To participate, you will need to go to their Information Point, become a member of the Disfrutones Club and present one or more purchase receipts worth […]

EUROPEAN funding is vital to kickstart SEAT production lines and building electric cars in Spain, company chiefs said. SEAT’s parent company Volkswagen wants a firm financial commitment from the EU to help bankroll Spain’s first factory for electric car batteries.Madrid has announced it wants backing from Brussels to create a public-private initiative with SEAT and power giant Iberdrola – the car maker said last year it was considering producing a […]

WEAPONS seized from Basque separatist group ETA were destroyed in a symbolic Madrid ceremony were destroyed in a historic ceremony. Watched by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, representatives of terror victimassociations and law enforcement agencies, a steamroller slowly flattened three rows of arms - more than 1,000 guns and other weapons seized over the years. At a Guardia Civil barracks in the south of the capital, the premier said: “We have […]

AN alligator rescued from an Alicante farm is starting a new life in a zoo after being touted for sale on the internet. Officers of the Guardia Civil’s specialised animal welfare unit and vets traced the 1.6 metre reptile to Sax after adverts were spotted offering it for sale for €2,000. The police carried out an inspection of the facilities used to house the alligator, caiman crocodilus, and a Harris […]

A MASSIVE clampdown on international drugs trafficking is ongoing across Spain today as 350 Guardia civil officers raid addresses in Huelva, Cadiz and Seville. The operation against the hashish trade began early this morning with 25 locations as police swooped to make ‘dozens’ of arrests and seize property. Spain has become central to the importation of the drug and its onward journey into Europe. The authorities launched an operation to […]

The Government has admitted that the adaptation and cleaning of the plot of the villa of the former Francoist minister Mariano Navarro Rubio in Xàbia suffers delays and, worse, will continue to suffer. To a question presented by Senator Carles Mulet, the Executive blames this situation on the concessionaires, that is, the family of the minister himself: the latter have submitted a draft of the action plan which is deficient […]

The number of unemployed has increased in February by 44,436 people according to data published by the State Public Employment Service as a result of the strict restrictions imposed to try to stop the third wave of coronavirus. Spain overcomes the 4,000,000 million unemployed in the month of February (4,008,789), a barrier that has not been overcome since April 2016. The unemployment data recorded during the second month of the […]

THE emergency services were flooded with calls over fears of an explosion when an aircraft broke the sound barrier north of the city of Valencia. The alarm was sounded on Thursday afternoon in the Camp de Turia area and firefighters and police patrols were directed to investigate as a precaution. However, the emergency services were quickly told to stand down after it became clear reports of an explosion was actually […]