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Spain’s right-wing make significant gains in local and regional elections

News Desk29th May 202329th May 2023

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LATEST: Pedro Sánchez announces General Election for Sunday 23 July. Spain’s People’s Party (PP), the main right-wing opposition group, made significant gains in Sunday’s local and regional

Wildfire, ‘intentionally started’ in Extremadura, forces hundreds to evacuate

News Desk19th May 202325th May 2023

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Firefighters supported by special units of soldiers continued to battle a wildfire in the region of Extremadura on Friday, that has already forced hundreds of

Couple jailed for 4 years in Spain over ‘meticulously planned’ €1.6m wine theft

News Desk7th March 202313th March 2023

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A court in Cáceres (Extremadura) on Monday jailed a couple for stealing 45 bottles of wine worth over €1.6 million from a hotel restaurant, in

After waiting for 20 years, Murcia finally has a high-speed train to Madrid

News Desk21st December 20229th January 2023

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A high-speed AVE train link has been inaugurated this week between the Spanish region of Murcia and Madrid, after waiting 19 years and four months for

The Jarramplas Festival: why in Cáceres it’s an honour to be pelted with turnips

Adam L. Maloney10th October 202217th October 2022

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Today is a day you’ve dreamt of for years. It’s a cold winter morning. Your neighbours are outside waiting, armed with turnips. It’s time for

Mexican beauty queen & partner arrested for theft of wine worth €1.6m from Spanish restaurant

News Desk22nd July 202227th July 2022

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A former Mexican beauty queen and her Dutch-Romanian boyfriend were arrested this week in Croatia for allegedly stealing over €1.6 million worth of wine from

Wildfires rage in Spain, with over 3,000 evacuated from homes in Andalusia

News Desk16th July 202219th July 2022

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Wildfires raged in Spain and south west France on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes as blistering summer temperatures put

Court orders demolition of Extremadura’s ‘rural Marbella’ luxury resort

Steph Osborn13th February 202214th February 2022

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A luxury resort on an island in a reservoir near Cáceres in the Extramadura region, known locally as ‘rural Marbella’, is to be demolished to

Leonardo DiCaprio, conflict-free diamonds, and a new factory in Extremadura

Steph Osborn7th September 202119th October 2022

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A Silicon Valley based lab-grown diamond company, that has Hollywood actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio amongst its investors, has confirmed its plans to build a

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Extremadura in English – weekly news round-up (26 July)

Adam L. Maloney26th July 202116th August 2021

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Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (29 July) Seven more municipalities to close their borders The governing council of the Junta de Extremadura has agreed to request

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