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News from Spain
Holidaymakers warned of scammers demanding tourist tax cash
British holidaymakers in Mallorca are being warned about conmen who are calling on villas or luxury apartments to demand up-front cash for the islands’ tourist tax. Tourism leaders say their claims are false and are giving the Balearics a bad image. They warn Brits shouldn’t hand any money over to unexpected callers as owners would already have paid the ...Full Article
Road traffic accounts for a quarter of greenhouse gas in Spain
The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition has published a Preview of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Inventory for 2018, the gases mostly closely related to climate change. These ...Full Article
Police alert over “coat hook desk challenge”
A school suspended around 20 students who were caught practising a “new and dangerous” classroom prank dubbed “the desk challenge”. Teenagers are being dared to hang a chair on ...Full Article
Take-aways warned to clean up left-overs, empty containers and vomit
Take-away restaurants in Magaluf have been warn-ed to clean up their act by clearing up left-overs, plastic containers, vomit and grease outside their premises every day or face a ...Full Article
Cars had hidden compartments for drugs and cash
National Police have dismantled a criminal network of drug traffickers operating in several Spanish provinces. In the operation, 17 people were arrested and 12 house searches carried out in ...Full Article
Police arrest three more gangs of graffiti artists
National Police agents have dismantled three groups of graffiti artists who painted on trains and wagons in different locations in northern Spain. They have arrested eight people in A ...Full Article
Three tourists confirmed with chikungunya after Alicante holiday
Health chiefs in Spain have confirmed three tourists who holidayed in Alicante became ill with the chikungunya virus, a disease transmitted by the bite of an infected tiger mosquito. ...Full Article
Actor Michael Douglas tries his hand at a touch of estate agency!
Hollywood superstar Michael Douglas has turned his acting skills to a touch of estate agency in a bid to find a new owner for his 25 million luxury home ...Full Article
Costa del Sol town councils asked to create “beaches without smoke”
Beaches across southern Spain, including the Costa del Sol and Costa de la Luz, are being encouraged to ban smoking. The Andalusian government is asking all town councils to ...Full Article
Mallorca’s capital reinforces rules against drunken tourism
Police in Palma,the party capital of Mallorca, have already fined 60 pubs and clubs for breaching tough new rules which are aiming to stamp out drunken tourism. The authorities ...Full Article
