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A MAFIA chief once known as the ‘boss of bosses’ has been arrested in Spain after spending two years hidden away in Madrid and on the run as one of Italy’s ‘most wanted’. Domenico Paviglianiti is wanted in his homeland for a string of crimes and is believed to be the instigator of nearly 130 murders. The 60-year-old was held on Tuesday in a joint operation between Spain’s National Police […]

LIFEGUARDS patrolling busy Spanish beaches will have a bird’s eye view of the coast using drones in a bid to save lives this summer. The regional government in Valencia has launched a pilot programme ‘StopDrowning’ in a bid to cut deaths by drowning – at the end of July 23 people died in the sea, last year the toll was 61 and similar figures were recorded in 2019. As a […]

A SPANISH citizen has been arrested in Brazil as the only passenger on a private jet heading for Europe with an illicit cargo of cocaine. The aircraft was stopped on the tarmac and the unnamed Spaniard was held along with four members of the crew - all Turkish nationals – as federal police swooped. All have been held for questioning. Officers discovered 1,304kg was stuffed inside 24 suitcases on board […]

LUXEMBOURG-BASED CVC Capital Partners has invested €2.7 billion into La Liga; the Spanish football league which controls the Primera and Segunda divisions. It earns CVC a 10% stake in La Liga and provides a much-needed financial boost for Spanish clubs – with €100 million set to boost women’s football. La Liga said its strategy for using the windfall will centre on global commercial growth, infrastructure, brand development, technology and digital […]

SPANISH company Aquaer has devised a system to create safe and clean drinking water from thin air – and a lifeline to supplying people living in arid areas. Enrique Veiga, the 82-year-old engineer and company chief who invented the magic, said: “The goal is to help people…the goal is to get to places like refugee camps that don’t have drinking water.” The technology is already delivering much-needed drinking water to […]

SPECIALIST firefighting teams from Spain have joined the international team battling to bring Turkish wildfires under control. Strong winds have swept flames close to Mediterranean and Aegean resorts, while a key coal-fired power station near Bodrum was also under threat from forest fires. With temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius and a heatwave that has followed months of exceptionally dry weather has helped fuel fires – according to the European Forest […]