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Wild boar causes delays at Madrid’s Barajas airport

The animal triggered security alarms after creating a hole in the fence and walking around just 100 metres from the nearest runway

Ex-boyfriend arrested for pouring glue in former lover’s vagina in Spain

The Guardia Civil arrested two people for abducting a 36-year-old woman before torturing her in a car

BREAKING: Only 5% of Spain has developed immunity from coronavirus

ONLY 5% of Spain has developed immunity from COVID-19.  According to health minister Salvador Illa, it means the country has yet to develop any significant...

Spain could limit number of students per classroom to 15 from September in bid to keep COVID-19 under control

The proposed schooling will combine on-site schooling with online classes, keeping classrooms to a maximum of 15 students.

Michael Gove’s Spanish-based brother in law is worried about his future after Brexit

Despite having a Spanish wife, the photographer fears he will no longer be able to work in Spain

Spain set to create four-tier system to decide on future COVID-19 lockdown measures for all 17 regions

The draft proposal, which has been sent to the autonomous communities for agreement, analyses each community on seven different criteria

Giant health care provider takes over Spain’s largest private hospital provider

The company will inherit 43 hospitals, 39 outpatient centres and 300 occupational risk prevention centres

Brit expats in Spain lose all BBC channels with ITV and C4 to follow soon

EXCLUSIVE by Tom Powell: No more Strictly, Eastenders or Corrie for Brits abroad in southern Spain. The ITV and Channel Four move to Astra 2E is likely to happen on the morning of Tuesday, 11 February

Spain’s oldest Christmas market Fira de Santa Llucia used to be where girls arranged marriages

Spain goes all out when it comes to fiestas, and the Christmas celebration is no different.  But it’s the lead up to Christmas day that...

Future Queen Leonor on royal duty in Spain to award front line COVID workers Princess of Asturia Award

PRINCESSES Leonor and Sofia have joined their parents on royal duty to meet and congratulate winners of the 2020 Princess of Asturias Awards. Named...

Russian businessman gives green light to €500 million rescue of Spain’s struggling Dia supermarket

It comes as Fridman also appeared to be cutting his ties with two Santander bankers

Heatwave hell: Spain sizzles in hottest temperatures ever recorded in June

HIGH temperatures continued across Spain in what has officially been declared a record-breaking heatwave for June. The mercury soared to over 40ºC in much of...

Wind record blown away

Spain's turbines set new record for electricity generated

African immigrants attempt Melilla charge

Around 600 attempt to force their way into the Spanish enclave in two waves

WATCH: What Brits living in Spain need to know about residency – Brexit message from British Ambassador Hugh Elliott

THE British Ambassador to Spain has delivered a key Brexit message to UK nationals living in the country. Hugh Elliott told British expats it was...

When can British tourists return to Spain? – the latest information

BRITISH and foreign tourists will most likely be able to return to Spain 'safely' in July.  That is the calculation of government minister Teresa Ribera,...

WATCH: “Hero” firefighters bring first wave of Ukraine refugees to safety on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AFTER a 6,000km round trip, a team of Alicante province firefighters have brought 27 Ukrainian refugees to the safety of Costa Blanca. Nine volunteers used...

LISTEN UP!: Definitive book on Madeleine McCann case now available as an audio book

SIT back and relax. The definitive book on the complicated Madeleine McCann case is now available as an audiobook. My Search for Madeleine by Olive...

Spain’s National Police force scraps minimum-height requirement in bid to attract more women

A lack of height will no longer be an obstacle to budding recruits for Spain’s National Police force.  In a bid to attract more women...

BREAKING: China’s killer Coronavirus arrives in Spain as first case confirmed

THE Coronavirus has officially arrived in Spain.  It comes after a German man tested positive for the killer virus in La Gomera, on the Canary...

Spain’s monkeypox cases linked to outbreak in gay sauna

HEALTH authorities in Spain believe a gay sauna in the capital is the source of the outbreak of rare monkeypox virus which has so...

Spain’s health minister warns that Xmas relaxations could be partially-reversed if new COVID-19 cases rise too quickly

SPAIN'S health minister, Salvador Illa, has issued a blunt warning that relaxations of curfew and travel rules for Christmas could be changed if coronavirus...

BREAKING: Spain shows first signs that second wave of COVID-19 is stabilising as weekend figures best in a month

SPAIN is finally showing signs that the second wave of the coronavirus is stabilising.  According to the Ministry of Health, the country detected 38,273 cases...

CRITICAL: Spain’s income inequality one of the worst in EU as 40% of young still unemployed

SPAIN'S income inequality is one of the worst in the EU.  A new report by the European Commission found that while the economy is improving,...

UPDATE: Animal rights protests in Madrid following destruction of dog

Animal rights groups protest in Madrid after the Spanish Ebola Nurse's dog was put down

ICUs in Spain nearing breaking point after surge in COVID-19 cases

INTENSIVE care units across Spain are once again at breaking point as the number of coronavirus cases has skyrocketed in the past two weeks. According...

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