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Three strong earthquakes in Granada are felt in Malaga

IGNACIO LILLO / ÁNGEL DE LOS RÍOS

...last Saturday which left one person injured and damage to property.

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Magnitude 4.4 earthquake and a dozen aftershocks rumble the south of Spain

ROSSEL APARICIO

A strong earthquake with magnitude of 4.4 was registered on Saturday afternoon with its epicentre in the Granada town of Santa Fe leading to one person being injured and reports of material damage to property. The earthquake, according to data

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Wellness, at home and away

Andrew Forbes

...took me through a simple, short yet powerful routine combining meditation and stretching. At the V by V retreat, yoga is offered on the spectacular roof terrace with Vejer's old town at your feet, or deep under the property, in the ancient aljibe ... V, a restored historic old town property, with a triple-level roof terrace, charming courtyard, and guest rooms with underfloor heating. Packages are for a three-night weekend or a full week, and promise to invigorate and inspire a healthy, holistic

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Police break up Costa del Sol party which flouted coronavirus rules

The loud noise emanating from a property in Marbella alerted neighbours who suspected an illegal party breaking Covid-19 containment regulations was being held there. They called on the National Police who discovered more than 20 people holding a ... individuals escaped through a back door of the property on the Los Naranjos urbanisation. Police remind the public that during the first-phase of the easing of virus control restrictions, that continues until 17 December, there is a night time curfew from

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Spanish buyers show increased interest in the Costa del Sol's luxury property market

Héctor Barbotta

The lockdown last spring, the increase in home working and the latent threat of being locked down again is stimulating interest among Spanish buyers in luxury properties in the Marbella area, according to a study from Engels & Völkers estate agency i

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Private security guards arrested for armed robberies on Costa del Sol luxury homes

JUAN CANO / ALVARO FRÍAS

...and armed when they launched their attack on the security gate house, assaulting the on-duty security guard and immobilising him with their own handcuffs. The first property that the gang raided was uninhabited at the time, since its owners were ... credit cards. When police arrived on the scene they went through all the rooms of the second property one by one but could not find the couple. They had vanished. After a few minutes later they found them. The couple were hiding on a roof. They had

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Gardener accused of starting great Costa fire of 2012 faces seven years in jail

JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS

...order to pay millions of euros in compensation to those affected. The prosecutor also says the gardener's employer, the property owner, bears part of the blame and should pay some of the compensation. The fire caused damage to homes and facilities in ... for seven months. The property was owned by a Belgian but it was not his full-time home and he had given the gardener the job over the phone. On 30 August 2012, the gardener went to the property and is said to have lit a bonfire to burn plant and

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Police stop house party attended by more than 100 people in Benalmádena villa

juan cano / Álvaro Frías

...half were able to flee the luxury property where the event was being held. The around 50 partygoers who were identified were aged between 20 and 30. The vast majority were not wearing face masks. Alcohol was being consumed at the villa, and while

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Government introduces new measures that will make it easier for property owners to evict squatters quickly

CRISTINA VALLEJO

...introducing measures to help owners to evict people who are occupying their property illegally. The new measures will apply to main residences, holiday homes and vacant properties, although for the latter they differ depending on whether the owner is a ... person or a company. Breaking into and occupying a property which is somebody's home or holiday residence is considered more serious than that of a vacant property, because it violates the owner's privacy. In this case, courts will be able to order ... that squatters be evicted as a precautionary measure before the legal proceedings have been completed, where there are "solid indications" that somebody has broken into the property and is occupying it illegally, that there is evidence that the owner's

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Club La Costa goes into liquidation - Covid crisis and Brexit blamed

Ivan Gelibter

Spain and one in the United Kingdom. The administrator stressed that this liquidation does not affect the real estate property titles - the 'timeshare' business. Faced with the "avalanche" of calls, Robles has clarified that these will remain