Archive for: October 2009

Alicante airport was the scene of an arrest of a British national last week.Three men who were wanted by the Serious Organised Crime Agency have been found and arrested in Spain.At Alicante a Glasgow born 28 year old was taken …

The court in Alicante has sentenced a British man to 13 years in prison for allegedly killing a 17 year old motorcyclist  in a very inhumane way.

The man allegedly ran over the teenager and then knowingly dragged him along beneath …

In Denia and Gandia the petition which is attempting to show governments,both regional and central that there is a real swell of local opinion in each town to have a rail link.There is no rail link between Valencia and Alicante …

The Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca was born near Granada in 1898.He was murdered by Nationalists at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War,also near Granada in 1937.His body was buried in a common grave and until now …

Spanish customs officials were truly on the ball last week at Barajas airport in Madrid.The flight in from Brazil had a very elderly wheelchair bound lady on board ,accompanied by a much younger Uruguyan woman.

The behaviour of the elderly lady …

Morella is a very prtty little town at the most northern tip of the Valencian region.It is a 1000 metres above sea level and to reach it you must travel through pine forests ,ravines,rocky streams and clear mountain pools.All of …

A Spanish fishing boat is being held by eleven Somali pirates .Some of the Somali’s pirates have been captured by the Spanish authorities and the eleven are saying that they will not fre the fishing boat until their comrades have …

There are 98 sites worldwide on the list for a need for preservation and six are Spanish.The World Monuments Fund issued its biennial review of endangered  architectural and cultural heritage sites  which are selected by an international panel of experts.Sevilla …