FOUR Dutch nationals were arrested after the National Police raided a cannabis club in Alicante City. The four men are aged between 44 and 56, and live in Alfaz del Pi and Alicante. Police seized more than 100 kilograms of cannabis, 550 cannabis plants, a firearm and a large sum of money. The men have been charged with drug trafficking, membership of a criminal organization, fraud, and the illegal...
A TREASURE trove of 15 thousand-year-old carvings, depicting dozens of animals, has been found in a cave in Tarragona province in north-east Spain. Around 100 carvings of animals including horses, oxen and deer, as well as mysterious abstract symbols, were discovered in a cave in the village of L'Espluga de Francolí. The ancient artworks, said to be amongst the oldest in the Mediterranean region, were...
TORREVIEJA Hospital´s Internal Medicine Service has received a top award for the quality of care that it provides to patients. The Spanish Society of Internal Medicine(SEMI) has given its SEMI Excellence award to the facility, based on a whole series of measurements. Areas analysed included training, research and management, as well as acute patient care in the hospital. Dr. Julio César Blázquez, the...
VINCENT Lambert was badly injured in a traffic accident in his native France 11 years ago while on the way to his work as a male nurse. He is now in a vegetative state in a Paris hospital bed, something doctors say he will never recover from. In a case that could have implication across Europe, his wife has appealed to the EU Human Rights Court to allow him to die by removing the food and hydration that...