At least seven dead on small boat packed with 140 migrants on way to the Canary Islands after ‘violence erupts’
The vessel was rescued early on Monday morning around 150km north-east of Lanzarote with 132 survivors and two bodies on board.
Malaga villages offer parents up to €1,000 per newborn baby as birth rates plunge
Six towns in the Axarquia region are offering cash to families for having children, in a last-ditch effort to combat depopulation in the area.
Malaga opens world’s first co-working space where you can work alongside 20 rescued cats
Paws for a Moment lets you answer emails with 20 rescue cats for company, including a former ‘soldier’ from the frontline in Ukraine.
Horror in Murcia as homeless woman is stabbed to death in broad daylight
National Police officers in Murcia's La Fama neighbourhood.
Sanchez suffers fresh polling blow as PP and Vox forecast to win landslide majority in wake of Toledo train disaster
The PP and Vox would win a comfortable majority on November 29, according to the Sigma Dos survey.
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If you fancy a weekend getaway this autumn, these short hops from the Spanish capital are for you.
Princess Leonor turns 21: how a Welsh castle gave Spain’s future queen her first taste of freedom
Spain's crown princess turned 21 this weekend, and says that it was her time at a Welsh boarding school that made her who she
Spanish cinema’s weight problem: Overweight characters are rarely seen on screen and often defined by food, illness or death
A new study finds overweight characters remain rare in Spanish films and TV series, often reduced to stereotypes, supporting roles or denied even a
Spain’s spooky Celtic secret: How Galicia’s ancient Samhain festival gave the world Halloween
Though most souls associate Halloween with glowing jack o’ lanterns and slasher films, the true origins of this haunting holiday are actually rooted in
At 77, legendary Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar writes his first novel – but are other people’s secrets his to tell?
Almodovar’s first novel follows a writer who uses other people’s ideas, exploring shared memories, creative ownership and the role of personal experience in telling
How the north-south divide fuels the myth of the lazy Andalucian – and why the siesta is really centuries of hard-won wisdom
Michael Coy examines Spain's north-south divide – and asks whether the Andalucian stereotype of bone-idleness is merited, or a stroke of genius.
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: All Saints’ Day, Cortes enters Mexico City and the mysterious death of newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell
Michael Coy combs through the major events to have taken place in Spanish history this week, including the mysterious death of Robert Maxwell.
Police smash Costa del Sol drug gang using stolen luxury cars to smuggle tonnes of hashish and cocaine to France
The crew got the drugs in Portugal and used locations in Marbella, Torremolinos, and Cullera(Valencia) to load up their cargo for onward transit.
Moroccans overtake Brits as biggest foreign home buyers in Spain – snapping up homes in Murcia and north east
Moroccan citizens have overtaken British nationals as Spain's biggest foreign property buyers
