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Heavy rain forecast in Spain’s Andalucia during ´Puente de Diciembre´ with up to 200 litres per square metre expected

ANDALUCIA faces the two festive days this week, ‘The Constitution’ today Tuesday, December 6 and ‘The Immaculate Conception’ Thursday, December 8, with persistent and...

Poles coming up fast in foreign buyers of Spanish property table after being spooked by war in Ukraine

Poles have been in a buying frenzy for Spanish property this year in an overheating housing market, thought to be driven by a booming...

Gibraltar Museum holds university seminar with top Finnish nature snappers as special guests

GIBRALTAR’S national museum will host a one-day seminar focusing on its Unesco World Heritage Site and similar natural parks in the nearby area. Culture minister...

Attempt to ban stamp celebrating centenary of Spain’s Communist Party has unexpected effect

THE STREISAND effect is the name given to the phenomenon where an attempt to hide or censor something has the opposite result, instead drawing...
Andalucia's Sevilla victorious in becoming home to Spain's new Space Agency

Andalucia’s Sevilla victorious in becoming home to Spain’s new Space Agency

SEVILLA has been announced as the headquarters of the new Spanish Space Agency. It beat off 20 rivals to get the government nod which was...

Mini tornado sweeps through Marbella as violent storms smash Costa del Sol

A mini tornado has swept through Marbella with shocking footage showing uprooted trees moving through the air.  Fierce storms started in the Campo de Gibraltar...

British man arrested for killing wife who several times accused him of domestic abuse in Spain’s Murcia

A British man, 69, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in the Murcia region for allegedly killing his wife. The British couple lived on...

Artichoke farmers hire ‘superhero’ to fight threats to Spain’s second-biggest growing area on Costa Blanca

ARTICHOKE producers from the Vega Baja region of Alicante Province have hired a superhero in the form of AlcasilMan- a character created by local...

Police in Barcelona make two arrests after headless torso discovered in rubbish container 

TWO arrests have been made in Barcelona after a headless torso was discovered last week in a suitcase that had been left in a...

Malaga homes in Spain raided as international sex trafficking gang dismantled with eleven women rescued from slavery

The dramatic moment an international team of police officers storm a French home where vulnerable women were being exploited for sex slavery was captured...

Current Gibraltar government spending nearly FIVE times more on sewage work than rivals, Chief Minister says

GIBRALTAR’S government has invested nearly five times as much repairing the sewage system as the GSD before them, its Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said...

Boy, 11, dies injured after falling 16 metres from roof of Costa Blanca hotel in Spain

AN 11-year-old boy died in hospital after being seriously injured whilst practising the sport of parkour on the roof of an L'Alfas del Pi...
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Dozens arrested on Costa del Sol for trafficking weed inside ‘humanitarian aid’ packages for Ukraine

Dozens of people in Andalucia have been arrested for pretending to deliver ‘humanitarian aid’ to Ukraine as a way to sell cannabis across Europe.  Guardia...

Abusers of Spain’s free rail pass scheme will lose deposits and tickets from Wednesday onward

SPAIN’S state rail operator Renfe will be tightening up its conditions from Wednesday for anyone found to be abusing the government’s free tickets system....

Spain’s Sierra Nevada closes first weekend of winter season with more than 2,800 users

THE Sierra Nevada winter resort has closed the first weekend of the 2022/23 winter season with 2,830 users, of which 1,750 were skiers/snowboarders. An additional...

Robbers use convoy of rented vehicles in warehouse robberies across Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR men have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for robbing eight industrial warehouses in Alicante Province and three premises in the Valencia and...

Madrid hotel transforms gardens into ice skating rink for Christmas season

The gardens of a hotel in Madrid have been transformed into an ice skating rink to celebrate the festive season.  The Rosewood Villa Magna in...

Christmas drone show in Spain’s Malaga inaugurated this weekend

A NEW Christmas attraction has premiered this weekend in the capital of the Costa del Sol; a spectacular festive drone show. Following the inauguration of...

Yellow alert for heavy rain on Spain’s Costa del Sol this Monday

SPAIN’S Met Office, AEMET, has activated a yellow severe weather warning for rain in the province of Malaga, specifically on the western coast and...

Police investigators think that series of letterbombs sent to targets in Spain may have come from Valladolid province

INVESTIGATORS in Spain believe that a series of letterbombs sent to embassies and the prime minister last week may have come from Valladolid province.  So...

Rising Mallorcan Vicky Luengo nominated for Best Actress Goya for Catalan language film Suro

MALLORCAN actress Vicky Luengo has been nominated for a Goya award in her first major breakthrough role.  Basque-born Luengo is in the running for best...
Ronda

Ronda: The Spanish town that sits up high in the mountains and will stay long in your memory

Perched atop steeping mountains and 2,460 feet above sea level, Ronda is tricky to get to but worth the effort for a trip you...

Keep warm and save money in Spain this winter

TO the surprise of newcomers to “sunny” Spain, most houses aren’t designed for winter. Old properties lack insulation and have stone floors, single-glazed windows,...

Exhumations of Republican soldiers to restart at Spain’s Civil War ‘monument’ after legal appeals from right-wing groups flounder

A TEAM of forensic scientists that has been recruited by the Spanish central government will on Monday restart work to recover the bodies of...

Madrid’s essential Sol transport hub to close for 16 days to avoid Christmas crushes

THE MADRID regional government has taken the decision to close the essential Sol transport hub for a total of 16 days over the holiday...

Six random places to visit in Andalucia bucket-list

Looking for surf, textiles or utopia? You're in luck. If you find yourself in the region with nowhere particular to go, try these. Utopia:...

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