Three people have been arrested in the Alicante town of Torrevieja, suspected of conning foreigners through a scam involving real estate and documentation. The three people, two men aged 47 and 50, and a woman aged 34, were arrested by the Guardia Civil after the investigation revealed that the trio, two of whom were domestic …
The Mar Menor, translated to “Minor sea” or “Smaller Sea” in English, is a coastal salty lagoon located in the south-east of the autonomous region of Murcia, near the historic city of Cartagena. Four municipalities lie by the Mar Menor; Cartagena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Los Alcázares and San Javier. With a surface area of …
The property market in Spain is showing further signs of recovery, as statistics reveal this week that there have been increases in both the number of properties sold, and the price. In the Alicante province, the UK market is still Read More ...
Recovery of the property sales sector will not normalise until 2017, according to a report released this week, partly due to the absorption of stock from the boom times. The report, published by KPMG, still shows Spain as an “attractive” country for investment property, whereas seven out of ten industry executives believe that opportunistic funding […]
The Director General of Police in Spain, Ignacio Cosidó, has reported to the Senate Committee to detail crime and policing statistics for 2013. Over the past year, reported crimes and misdemeanours dealt with by the National Police have decline...
The weekend´s carnival parade in Mérida, the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, was delayed in its departure after the balcony of a property collapsed, falling onto spectators waiting in the street for the passage of the p...
From Monday the 3rd of March, children under four years of age must be in possession of a ticket in order to travel on mid and long distance trains in Spain. The ticket for travel will be free, as long as the child does not occupy a seat, and will be ...
Nine people have been killed in six fatal accidents on Spanish roads during the course of this weekend, between 15:00 on Friday and 20:00 on Sunday, according to the DGT traffic department. Saturday was the worst day of the weekend when y, when six pe...
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Elche 1 Celta Vigo 0 Phew! After 320 goalless minutes of frustration Elche's Carles Gil came off the bench to score a priceless goal five minutes from the end, pulling off a home win that was looking more and more unlikely as this close match p...
The Financial Times reported on Saturday that George Soros and John Paulson have both taken a 92 million euro ($127 million) stake in a brand new Spanish property investment vehicle called Hispania. Hispania was originally created by Spanish-based pri...
Councillor for the Environment in Torrevieja, Francisco Moreno, has announced the publication in the Official Gazette of the Province the details of the tender process for running the chiringuito beach bars in the city. From the moment of publication ...
