Which is the Cheapest Supermarket where You Live? A consumer association, the Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios, or OCU, has released its annual study that looks at the prices of everyday products sold in supermarkets and hypermarkets across Spain. The aim of the report is to compare prices, partly to show an unfair balance towards the consumer, but more importantly perhaps for us, … Read More
Dangerous Monkey Search Launched The Guardia Civil is asking for assistance in locating 42 monkeys, which may be located in the Alicante province, having been illegally smuggled into the country last year. However, the search is now far more serious than first thought, as not only were the monkeys smuggled into the country illegally, tests have proven that one Read More
Search Launched to Locate Infected Monkeys The Guardia Civil is asking for assistance in locating 42 monkeys, which may be located in the Alicante province, having been illegally smuggled into the country last year. However, the search is now far more serious than first thought, as not only were the monkeys smuggled into the country illegally, tests have proven that one […] Read More
La Guardia Civil desarticula una banda itinerante que cometía robos en centros escolares Los ahora detenidos habrían obtenido un botín aproximado de 30.000 euros tras asaltar 36 centros educativos de las provincias de Alicante, Valencia, Castellón, Albacete, Pontevedra y A Coruña Read More
Help for Nepal Spanish mega company Inditex, the firm behind such high street brands as Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius and Oysho, will donate 1.2 million euro towards humanitarian aid to assist those affected by the Nepalese earthquake which has Read More ... Read More
AENA REFUSING TO CLOSE QUIET AIRPORTS Spanish airport authority AENA has stated that they will not close down some of their least profitable airports in Spain, despite the demands of the European Union. Auditors from the EU reported that there are nine airports which should be closed dow... Read More
CYCLISTS DONATE WINNINGS TO BIKER COP WIDOW Spanish cyclists in the tour of Spain are donating their prize winnings to the widow of a Guardia Civil biker who died after crashing his bike whilst escorting them through Asturias. Eusebio García Flores, aged 41 and stationed in Albacete, cr... Read More
SPAIN TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW SAR HELICOPTER Spain has taken delivery of the first of a new breed of search and rescue helicopters, the EC255, which was delivered to the Airbus facility in Albacete. Destined to be used by the state maritime rescue section, SASEMAR, the first helicopter will be b... Read More
18TH ANNUAL RUGBY SAN JUAN BEACH 7’S This coming weekend, 2 August we have the 18th annual San Juan beach rugby 7's tournament with teams from all over the region and a lot further afield taking part. The tournament kicks off at 10.00 and lasts well into the early evening. The teams inc... Read More
GREEN LIGHT FOR HIGH SPEED TRAIN PRIVATISATION The Spanish Government has given the green light to the privatisation of the high speed train service between Madrid and the east coast, allowing for one more private operator to run on the line, thus providing competition for national train operator R... Read More
HIGHER SPEED TRAINS TO MADRID Railway infrastructure company, ADIF, have embarked on the final stage of completing the necessary documentation to allow high speed trains between Alicante and Albacete to travel at up to 300 kilometres per hour. It is expected that the approval will... Read More