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Sunset Beach Club to host charity event to celebrate 30th anniversary

One of the biggest hotels on the coast, the Sunset Beach Club, in Benalmadena will be supporting DEBRA Spain, Barretstown Ireland and Make a Wish Spain

Muslim expat stones Virgen del Carmen shrine in act of religious hatred in Malaga

A Moroccan has caused thousands of euros worth of damage to a Rincon de la Victoria shrine

Cudeca president Joan Hunt honoured with Andalucia Day award

Andalucia Day takes place on Saturday 28

BREAKING: Spain’s Pedro Almodovar and Antonio Banderas BOTH nominated for Oscar for film Dolor y Gloria

PEDRO Almodovar and Antonio Banderas have both been nominated for an Oscar for the iconic director's film Dolor y Gloria. The film is nominated in...

Malaga’s ‘Banksy’ attracts world attention replicating masterpieces on the streets of Spain and Europe

A MALAGA artist is proving just how beautiful street art can be with his jaw-dropping replicas of some of the world’s most iconic works....

Entire Jaen village turned into miniature statues by 3D printer

All 318 people living in Torrequebradilla were given a mini-me the same day

TAX on cultural events slashed by 11% in Spain

Concerts, plays, dance shows, bullfights and more are included in the new tax decrease. However cinema goers will have to wait - the 21% rate still applies.

Writers from Gibraltar open up in series of talks, discussions before international literary festival

GIBRALTAR kicked off the local version of its literature celebration on Monday evening as a prelude to the international part of the festival on...

International Day of The Disabled commemorated this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca

COUNCIL BUILDINGS across Orihuela and Orihuela Costa will light up this Friday, December 3, to commemorate International Day of The Disabled. The Social Welfare Department,...

Dozens of Coldplay fans scammed with fake tickets in Barcelona 

Dozens of Brits attending the Coldplay concerts in Barcelona this week have been scammed with fake tickets.  Police are dismantling a complex network that has...

Johnny Depp blasts ‘cancel culture’ as he accepts top award amid protests at Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival

HOLLYWOOD star Johnny Depp warned that no-one was safe from ‘cancel culture’ as he collected San Sebastian’s Donostia Award in the face of criticism...

Malaga to rake in €120 million during Semana Santa as celebrations to bring 1.4 MILLION tourists

The event is hotly anticipated by both residents and visitors to the country every year

‘Blood-soaked’ protest calls for end of bullfighting in Spain ahead of Fallas celebrations

Younger generations are questioning the long-standing Spanish tradition

Ten things you definitely didn’t know about King Felipe VI

There's a lot more to King Felipe than meets the eye

18 things you didn’t know about Spain on World Statistics Day

WORLD Statistics Day today aims to show that good data and statistics are ‘indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society’. The United...

The Prodigy rocks the stage at Alrumbo Festival in Cadiz

The English band played classics mixed with new tunes

FALLAS ARE GO! Monuments begin arriving at their usual locations ready to be set up for the strangest festivities...

FINALLY, more than two years later, the Fallas have returned to Valencia city. By far the region’s most characteristic and world-famous festivity, last year’s cancellation...

‘Cursed’ book in Spain about Granada orphan thought lost for 400 YEARS published for the first time

A BOOK chronicling the adventures of a Granada orphan during Spain's Golden Age has been published for the first time.  Historia del Huerfano, or The...

All you need to know about this year’s Malaga Christmas lights

MALAGA'S Christmas lights are the highlight of the season and are probably the most instagrammed festive decoration on the coast. This year they will switched...

Despacito breaks host of records as a Spanish-speaking song

DESPACITO is the first Spanish song to top the US’s Billboard 100 in more than 20 years. The ‘song of the summer’ in dozens of...

Expected visitor numbers to Malaga Pompidou Centre fail to live up to reality

According to the city’s Culture Councillor, Gemma del Corral, data suggests 28% fewer people will have visited the landmark attraction by the end of this year than initially hoped for

Fisherman discovers 14th century sculpture on Spanish riverbed

AN angler in the Galician region of Santiago de Compostela has unwittingly uncovered a 700-year-old granite sculpture while out on a fishing trip. Fernando Brey...

Catholic church facing fine over neglect of ancient temple in Barbate

The diocese could be facing an administrative fine from the Ministry of Culture

A PUT-DOWN A DAY: New Spanish book praises ‘therapeutic’ quality of insulting

INSULTS have been branded ‘therapeutic’ in a new book by Catalonian author Sergio Parra. In Mecaguen!, published by Vox, Parra says that expletives are ‘necessary’...

Bull gores 60-year-old man to death during festival in Spain

His death is said to be the first in the local event's history

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