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Spain’s Renfe rail service launches ‘superprices’ campaign today, offering tickets from Madrid to this stunning northwestern region for just €18

SPAIN’S state railway service Renfe is celebrating the launch of the new high-speed Avril service between Madrid and Galicia, with what it is calling a ‘superprices’ campaign, with tickets on sale for

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:02

Galicia·Lead

Why Elon Musk’s social network X just suspended dozens of accounts in Spain belonging to scientific researchers and media outlets, only to later reinstate them

THE social network X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday night unexpectedly blocked dozens of accounts that belong to Spanish scientific researchers as well as media outlets, only to reinstate them some 24 hours

18 Apr, 2024 @ 12:44

Lead·Technology

The moment the Pakistani man was arrested

Pakistani national attacked McDonald’s in Spain’s Catalunya with an axe after ‘seeing a video where they were killing Palestinian children’. The suspected Jihadist said he hoped he would be killed by police

A PAKISTANI national who attacked a McDonald’s restaurant in Catalunya with an axe on March 27 said that he did so after having seen a video in which Palestinian children died. “Today

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:35

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Basque politician Imanol Pradales after being attacked with pepper spray

Candidate for upcoming elections in Spain’s Basque Country region attacked with pepper spray

ONE of the candidates running in the upcoming elections in Spain’s northern Pais Vasco (Basque Country) region was attacked last night by a man with pepper spray. Imanol Pradales, from the Basque

17 Apr, 2024 @ 11:52

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Tourists will face new water restrictions in this region of Spain due to ongoing drought

THE government in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalunya has introduced more water restrictions for tourists, as it struggles to cope with the effects of an ongoing drought. The region declared an

16 Apr, 2024 @ 15:22

Barcelona·Environment·Lead

High-speed train connecting Sevilla with Huelva is too expensive and ‘not worth it’, says Spain’s transport minister in huge blow for similar projects in Andalucia – including Cadiz

SPAIN’S high-speed rail network is the pride of many Spaniards, thanks to nearly 4,000 kilometres of track that connect dozens of cities across the Iberian peninsula, on trains that are fast, clean

16 Apr, 2024 @ 14:48

Cadiz·Huelva·Lead·Travel News

Kidnappers are arrested in Spain's Malaga

WATCH: Kidnappers are arrested after ‘abucting a Swedish tourist from Malaga airport and holding him captive for 23 DAYS as part of a €500k ransom plot’

A SWEDISH tourist has been rescued by the police after a terrifying kidnap and abduction that lasted for 23 days. His captors were demanding a €500,000 ransom in cryptocurrency from his family

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Double stabbing in Torremolinos: Two young men receive knife wounds to the buttocks and ribs in unprovoked attack in the street

POLICE in Torremolinos have launched an investigation after two young men were attacked and stabbed by a group of youngsters for no apparent reason. The victims, aged 19 and 26, ended up

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Far-right group in Spain attracts full house at Madrid meeting thanks to video blaming immigrants for turning the country ‘into a dunghill’

A FAR-RIGHT group called Nucleo Nacional released a video earlier this week, encouraging supporters to attend a meeting that took place earlier today, Sunday, in central Madrid. In the recording, a hooded

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:54

Lead·Madrid

Spain’s Housing Minister Isabel Rodriguez pledges to ‘limit’ impact of tourist accommodation with stricter regulations on room rentals

SPAIN’S Housing Minister Isabel Rodriguez has held her role for more than 100 days now, and to take stock of the Socialist Party-led government’s actions in the area, and to explain her

14 Apr, 2024 @ 13:39

Lead·Politics

Tourist is robbed of his Rolex while getting out of his car in Marbella: Two thieves swooped in on a moped

A MIDDLE-AGED man in Marbella has become the latest victim of watch-stealers, after a pair of thieves made off with his Rolex on Wednesday as he was getting out of his car.

12 Apr, 2024 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spain’s prime minister promises more affordable housing at meeting with sector representatives, but opposition accuses him of electioneering

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met with representatives from the housing sector on Thursday, and pledged that his government would work to address Spain’s chronic lack of affordable public housing.

12 Apr, 2024 @ 12:59

Economy·Lead·Politics

Attack on Socialist politician Olegario Ramon

Far-right protesters attack left-wing politician in Spain: Video shows moment PSOE spokesperson is manhandled by member of a flag-waving mob

THE former mayor of Ponferrada and current Socialist Party (PSOE) spokesperson in the northwestern Spanish city, Olegario Ramon, was violently attacked on Thursday by a protestor who is reportedly linked to the

12 Apr, 2024 @ 12:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, Pedro Almodovar and Dua Lipa in Madrid

Dua Lipa gets to be an ‘Almodovar girl’ for a day, as she dines with the Oscar-winning Spanish director in an exclusive Madrid eatery

“I WOULD love it if Almodovar called me to do a movie. Pedro loves women.” Those were the quotes that Spanish newspaper El Español chose to headline its recent interview with English-Albanian

11 Apr, 2024 @ 16:14

Celebrity·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s Queen Sofia, 85, admitted into Madrid hospital to treat infection

SPAIN’S Queen Sofia, who is 85 years old, has been admitted into a Madrid hospital, the Royal Household reported. She is being treated for a urinary infection, but her condition is progressing

10 Apr, 2024 @ 12:23

Lead

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez denounces a ‘waterfall of mud’ and ‘Trump-style tactics’ from the opposition, and vows to see out his term

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used an appearance in Congress today to defend his government’s record, and attack what he called a ‘waterfall of sludge’ and ‘Trump-style’ techniques from the

10 Apr, 2024 @ 12:12

Lead·Politics

Guardia Civil investigating new case of AI pornography involving minors in Spain’s Mallorca

THE Guardia Civil is investigating a fresh case of the use of artificial intelligence to create pornographic images involving minors. That’s according to sources close to the case, who spoke to news

10 Apr, 2024 @ 10:49

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca·Other News

US tourist death latest: Husband will be investigated for ‘gender violence’ after wife died ‘during or after sex’ in a tourist flat in Spain’s Malaga

POLICE in Malaga will be investigating the death of a US tourist last week as a gender violence crime, despite original reports that the 43-year-old woman had died during a ‘risky sexual

9 Apr, 2024 @ 11:48

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

WATCH: MotoGP driver Aleix Espargaro shows off €20,000-a-day villa in Ibiza complete with private chef and massage therapists

WHILE many an Easter vacation was ruined in Spain this year thanks to widespread rain showers, there were some who still managed to have a pretty good time. Take Spanish MotoGP star

9 Apr, 2024 @ 10:41

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Sport

Weather in Spain: These are the regions that can expect ‘blood rain’ this weekend and summer heat

THIS weekend will see a major change in the weather across Spain, as summer temperatures arrive as well as what is known as calima, a cloud of Saharan dust that is forecast

6 Apr, 2024 @ 15:53

Lead·Other News·Weather

Three youngsters killed, two seriously injured, in horror car crash in Spain’s Madrid region

THREE men aged around 20 years old were killed in a horror car crash in the Madrid city of Leganes on Saturday morning, while the two other occupants of the vehicle, also

6 Apr, 2024 @ 15:18

Lead·Madrid

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez insists Spain will recognise Palestine ‘as a state in its own right’

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again insisted that his government will support the recognition of Palestine ‘as a state in its own right’. Speaking at a political rally in the

6 Apr, 2024 @ 14:31

Lead·Politics

Brit, 27, left in a serious condition in Spain’s Magaluf after falling from height of four metres

A 27-year-old British man has been left in a serious condition after falling from a height of four metres in the resort town of Magaluf, on the Balearic Island of Mallorca. According

6 Apr, 2024 @ 13:55

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Rafael Nadal pulls out of Monte Carlo tournament: His uncle Toni reveals why

SPANISH tennis superstar Rafael Nadal has been forced to pull out of the Montecarlo Masters 1000 tournament, as he continues to face problems making his comeback from injury. His uncle, Toni Nadal,

5 Apr, 2024 @ 11:53

Lead·Sport

Sahara dust cloud known as ‘calima’ to land in Alicante this weekend before temperatures reach 30ºC

UNSEASONABLY high temperatures are expected in Alicante province this weekend, as a Saharan dust cloud known in Spanish as a calima spreads its way across Spain. The thermometers in the eastern Mediterranean

5 Apr, 2024 @ 10:30

Alicante·Andalucia·Lead·Other News·Weather

Cruise ship stranded in Barcelona with passengers confined due to set sail for Venice today, after Spain begins deportation of 69 Bolivians on board

THERE may be worse places to be confined than a luxury ship, but that was small comfort for the 1,500 passengers on an MSC cruise who were not allowed to disembark this

4 Apr, 2024 @ 13:27

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead