Drat The Rats!

Molvízar has such a rat-infestation problem in the upper area of the village (Avenida de Ítrabo) that locals keep their doors and windows closed day and night in order to keep the blighters out.

Terra de Vents Crianza 2022

A wine region whose wines, and to great extent its culture, are shaped by the wind. Empordà is the last wine region of north-eastern Catalonia before the Pyrenees meet France and the Mediterranean. 

Open Sundays at One!

We spoke with Delphine and Leo this morning and they asked us to remind their customers and our readers in general that Restaurante Django in Nigüelas, now opens on Sunday for lunch starting at 13.00h.

Lift Accident Deaths

An incident involving a lift-mechanism failure took the lives of two eldely residents of a building in Vélez-Málaga and left four other people injured to varying degrees.

Costa Hotels Close for Winter

It’s strange that a coast that boasts over 300 days of sunshine a year with temperatures than never go below zero, more than half of its hotels close their doors at the end of the high season.

Floating Body Had Been Shot

In a recent article (published on the 13th) we reported on a body that was retrieved from the sea under the cliffs in Calahonda (Cala Zacatín) on Friday the 19th after being reported around 12.20h.

Making a New Life on the Costa Tropical

You can have the keys to a home on the Costa Tropical and still wonder when your new life will begin. The boxes are unpacked, the sea is nearby, yet you miss the ease of knowing whom to call or having a friend who drops by.

How The Romería Went

Salobreña City Council described the Romería del Sur as highly successful, pointing to a balance of tradition, new features, and high attendance.

Eels Perish in Dry Guadalfeo

Between Friday evening and Saturday morning, a section of about two kilometres or Río Guadalfeo between Lobres and Salobreña dried up completely, causing the death of thousands of fish, including specimens of two protected species.

Fatal Electric-Scooter Accident

A 17-year-old girl died riding an electric scooter in the city of Málaga after she lost control and hit her head, making the accident the first fatal incident involving this kind of vehicle in the metropolitan area of the city.

Beat a 3-Year Old

The Prosecutor’s Office  has recomended 27-years’ imprisonment for a man accused of threatening and raping his then-romantic partner (with whom he lived in a home in San Miguel de Salinas) and of beating her 3-year-old son.

Dark Thoughts Down on Burriana

A power cut is neither romantic nor cuts down on your electricity bill; you fall over trying to undress rapidly in the dark and so lose the will to live and you’ll still get charged for the utility service even when there isn’t one.