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ON THIS DAY: Pep’s birthday, Julio Iglesias’ randy dad, a Spanish playwright was born and a Nobel laureate died

CALDERÓN PEDRO Calderón de la Barca was born in Madrid on 17 January, 1600. He died in the same city in 1681, having ...
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WATCH: Storm Francis wreaks havoc on the Costa del Sol as rivers burst and homes flood – with snow warnings now issued across Spain

THE Costa del Sol has been left reeling after Storm Francis wreaked havoc over the weekend, dumping up to 200mm of rain in ...
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Benidorm bankruptcy fears mount after court rejects bid to overturn €330m compensation ruling

BENIDORM City Council has suffered a fresh setback in its attempt to overturn a €283 million compensation award plus €47 million in interest. The total figure is roughly double the annual budget of ...
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Major €18m investment in Malaga’s road network planned: These are the routes set to be upgraded

MALAGA is set to pour a whopping €18 million into road upgrades in 2026, authorities have announced. Francisco Salado, head of Malaga’s provincial government, said on Tuesday nearly 20% of the ...
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Ryanair pays €5k to British tourist scalded by hot coffee put on ‘flimsy’ table during Mallorca flight

BUDGET carrier Ryanair has paid nearly €5,000 to a passenger scalded by hot coffee during a flight to Mallorca. The out-of-court settlement went to Denise Elliott, 63, from Hampshire who was ...
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WATCH: Sparkling candle causes blaze in trendy Madrid restaurant two weeks after Swiss new year tragedy that killed 40

A SPARKLING candle caused a blaze in a trendy Madrid restaurant just two weeks after the Swiss new year tragedy that killed 40. After diners had finished eating at Fanatico, they watched dancers ...
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Good news for British retirees in Spain as state pension to increase nearly 5% – but there’s a catch

BRITISH pensioners living in Spain will benefit from a generous increase of nearly five per cent to the state pension, with the rise set to come into effect later this year. From April, the state ...
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High-security lab NOT to blame for Spain’s African swine fever outbreak as infected wild boar numbers climb

INVESTIGATORS probing the cause of Spain’s African swine fever outbreak say the variant detected in wild boars in Catalunya ...
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Andalucia launches ‘one-stop’ breast cancer testing to fast-track diagnosis across the region

EMBARFGOED TO 1600 MONDAY FEBRUARY 24 File photo dated 15/06/06 of a consultant analyzing a mammogram. The number of women in the UK diagnosed with breast cancer and dying from the disease is set to ...
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REYES: The connections to Spain’s top composer and a now extinct rare mountain goat

THREE Kings Day - or ‘Reyes’ in Spanish - is known to Anglosaxons as ‘the Epiphany’. It falls on January 6, and while it’s no ...
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Real Madrid ‘sack’ coach Xabi Alonso and replace him with reserve team boss Alvaro Arbeloa

REAL Madrid have sacked Xabi Alonso as the club’s head coach with reserve team boss, Alvaro Arbeloa, replacing him. A statement was issued that expressed the decision as one of ‘mutual consent’ but ...
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LANDMARK ANNIVERSARY: Twenty Years of The Olive Press – Why Independent Journalism Still Matters

Yet over the past twenty years, The Olive Press has faced legal intimidation, sustained threats over its environmental reporting, and even a violent attack in our own office by two masked men. None of ...