LONG leisurely lunches are a favourite past time in the Costa del Sol

LONG leisurely lunches are a favourite past time in the Costa del Sol. Whether it is a friendly meeting, a leisurely weekend brunch, a family gathering or a romantic interlude, everyone loves a place where the cuisine is superb, the atmosphere relaxed and lunch is a pleasure that stretches on far into the afternoon.Those insearch of such a placehead to the Marbella Club’s legendary Beach Club, celebrating its 50th anniversary this July.This is a...

Marbella has all the sun, sea, sand and reality TV stars you could possibly handle at the moment

Marbella has all the sun, sea, sand and reality TV stars you could possibly handle at the moment as The Only Way is Essex crew, Kerry Katona and… Mel B's sister Danielle Brown… are living it up at the Spanish beach resort.Seeing that the TOWIE cast were there, Kerry obviously hopped on a plane to take advantage of the paparazzi following them, and maybe find out the secret to their BAFTA win… or perhaps it was a pre-booked holiday all along.She hung...

European Commission is pursuing legal action against 27 Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law.

In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against 27 Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law. These decisions cover many sectors. They aim at ensuring proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses. The Commission has taken today 320 decisions, including 6 complaints taking Member States before the European Union's Court of Justice....

The European Commission said Thursday it will take the Spanish and French governments to the European Court of Justice over tax issues

The European Commission said Thursday it will take the Spanish and French governments to the European Court of Justice over tax iss...

The number of British tourists to arrive on the Baleares between January and April this year is up 25% higher than last year according to the regional tourism and employment department.

The number of British tourists to arrive on the Baleares between January and April this year is up 25% higher than last year according to the regional tourism and employment department.The four months saw 245,850 British tourists arrive on the islands, with the increase on Ibiza particularly strong, up 37.4%.Data from the Spanish Airports Authority, AENA, shows that 214,035 British tourists arrived on Menorca, up 24.1%, and 8, 286 on Menorca, up...

Thousands of people are reported to be staying out of Rome for the next few days, over fears the city will be hit by a huge earthquake.

Thousands of people are reported to be staying out of Rome for the next few days, over fears the city will be hit by a huge earthquake.The panic was sparked by rumours that seismologist Raffaele Bendandi, who died in 1979, predicted the city would be devastated by a quake on 11 May.Officials have insisted quakes cannot be predicted and special programmes have run on state TV calling for calm.Experts also say there is no evidence Bendandi even made...

The earthquake in Spain has helped to grow the legend of Raffaele Bendandi, the self-taught Italian whose earthquake predictions are still causing panic today.

As the earthquake struck yesterday, there was a sigh of relief in Rome, whose residents had mounted a mass evacuation following claims of a 1915 prediction by Mr Bendandi that the “big one” would wipe out the Eternal City on May 11, 2011.Mr Bendandi, who died in 1979, never provided any scientific proof for his theory that the movements of the moon and sun, as well as other planets in the solar system, exert a gravitational influence on the movements...