Lead·National News Spain’s inflation soars to highest rate since early 2023 due to rising fuel prices SPAIN'S inflation rate soared to 4.9% in September due to rising fuel prices- the highest figure since February 2023 when it reached 6%.
Brits are still flocking to Ibiza in ever greater numbers – but spending less and less An impressive 315,000 Brits visited Ibiza and Formentera in the first half of this year, up by 4,000 on 2025.
The Rest is Spain podcast celebrates huge 20-episode milestone – and we’re just getting started Over its 20-episode run, The Rest is Spain has grown steadily, racking up hundreds of thousands of views across Spotify, Apple, and YouTube.
Evicted Madrid pensioner can return to her home of 70 years after lawyer strikes deal with property owners A MADRID pensioner who was controversially evicted from her home of 70 years can return after a new rental deal was struck with the property owners.
The International Brigades at 90: Who were the 35,000 foreigners who came to fight and die in the Spanish Civil War? In the autumn of 1936, tens of thousands of international volunteers began arriving in Spain to fight fascism. Their story is still remembered today.
Tommy Robinson’s Andorra grift, racist flamenco in Madrid and hunting the UK’s most wanted in Spain – The Olive Press podcast turns 20
EXPLAINER: Protesters camp out in central Madrid as Maricarmen’s eviction triggers demonstrations over Spain’s housing crisis
Four passengers hospitalised after Boston-bound flight from Spain fills with smoke and makes emergency landing in Portugal
Autumn arrives in Spain as Catalunya faces torrential rain and hurricane-force winds and both Costa Blanca and Malaga under weather warnings
Man snatched off the streets of Marbella just the latest mafia-linked crime as police step up their presence in Malaga
Budget airline easyJet unveils new UK-Spain routes – including London and Liverpool flights to ‘hidden gem’ in Catalunya
Frida Kahlo comes to Santander as landmark new museum transforms city’s cultural scene The Faro Santander museum brings works by Frida Kahlo and other Mexican artists to the city’s waterfront, inside Banco Santander’s transformed former HQ. Read More
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Little Wooden House is a charming hidden gem nestled in inland Malaga – and offers the perfect autumn escape
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I visited the Basque Country to support my football team – and returned in awe of the kindness of its people’
Spain’s PM Sanchez promises new housing law as protestors rally in Madrid against eviction of 87-year-old woman
Expat buyers in Spain should watch this major new housing proposal gathering pace in Brussels, writes Mark Stucklin
British pensioner launches legal action against leading Spanish bank over expired mortgage cover after wife’s death
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Low-calorie Mediterranean diet can help drop the pounds and strengthen the bones – new report
Spain’s new anti-smoking law: All you need to know about where you can no longer light up – including bar terrace ban
Six Spanish pizzerias named among world’s 100 best, as a Madrid favourite holds on to its top 10 spot
Barcelona to more than quadruple tourist tax for cruise ship day-trippers making fleeting visits to the city
Workers in Spain could retire early with a full pension if they’ve paid in for 40 years – but do payments to UK National Insurance count?
Spain hits jackpot with rare and strategically important lithium and rubidium deposits discovered near Salamanca
28 Sep, 2026 @ 13:52 Malaga’s biggest homegrown tech company calls for EU code of conduct to tackle online scams
28 Sep, 2026 @ 10:46 Fast-moving wildfire near Costa del Sol finally stabilised after dozens of locals forced to evacuate
27 Sep, 2026 @ 15:00 A breeding ground for champions: Inside the small Sevilla town that produced three of Spain’s World Cup heroes
27 Sep, 2026 @ 11:30 OPINION: I’m no green warrior – but surely the eco-zealots can see why this mega solar project will do more harm than good, writes Charlie Mullins
27 Sep, 2026 @ 10:20 Emergency services rush to fringes of national park on the Costa del Sol after major wildfire breaks out overnight
26 Sep, 2026 @ 11:29 Three Brits arrested in Costa Blanca town over ‘gangland shooting’ of Lithuanian man 300 miles away in Estepona
28 Sep, 2026 @ 10:46 Man arrested in Benidorm after female partner is stabbed to death in horror late-night attack
24 Sep, 2026 @ 13:10 Foreigners still dominating the Costa Blanca property boom with nearly 19,000 homes purchased in a single year
23 Sep, 2026 @ 16:52 The 15 towns where foreigners outnumber the Spanish in Alicante, with Brits still number one – for now
22 Sep, 2026 @ 16:45 Appeal for UK’s 12 most wanted fugitives in Spain sees stunning success with four arrests so far – eight more to go
21 Sep, 2026 @ 13:56 Thousands flood Spain’s streets in fresh anti-tourism protests – Barcelona and Balearics rally against airport plans as locals liken tourism to ‘terrorism’
WATCH: The secret gem just one hour from Madrid in the Spanish heartlands that you should visit because it’s ‘untouched by tourism’
WATCH: Firefighters cut woman out of car after dramatic crossroads smash up involving police car and taxi in Madrid
WATCH: Inside the crime spree of a team of highly-skilled Ocean’s Eleven-style bank robbers who hit small town lenders across Spain
28 Sep, 2026 @ 11:45 Four masked men snatch driver and force him into 4×4 boot in latest broad daylight kidnapping in Barcelona
24 Sep, 2026 @ 17:59 Barcelona wife and daughter lived with husband’s dead body ‘covered by a sheet’ for over two years
22 Sep, 2026 @ 13:15 Marbella and Estepona launch new daily one-ticket trip to Barcelona – but journey takes a gruelling 10 hours
21 Sep, 2026 @ 10:56 WATCH: Horrifying moment fake police gang drag man out of car on Barcelona motorway
19 Sep, 2026 @ 11:34 Barcelona and Palma brace for major airport protests this weekend as locals voice anger at planned expansions
18 Sep, 2026 @ 18:29 Barcelona’s statues, sculptures and even benches are taken over by new protest movement – ‘Tax the Rich’
24 Sep, 2026 @ 17:37 EXCLUSIVE: Famous Madrid flamenco bar engulfed in racism scandal after Black American woman is abused and kicked out
24 Sep, 2026 @ 12:01 WATCH: Violent clashes erupt in Madrid after 87-year-old disabled woman is forcefully evicted from her flat by investment firm
19 Sep, 2026 @ 18:45 Horror in Madrid as former Guardia Civil officer ‘strangles former daughter-in-law to death with belt’ in eviction row
19 Sep, 2026 @ 18:20 Spain v England in Madrid this November: Everything you need to know about tickets and travel
16 Sep, 2026 @ 16:23 Sprawling cocaine trafficking investigation sparked by Spain’s corrupt Breaking Bad narco cop extends to Dubai financier dubbed ‘el Gestor’
16 Sep, 2026 @ 12:03 WATCH: Trucker’s shock as bandits use ‘Mexican method’ to box in and raid lorry on Madrid highway in broad daylight
‘Dream come true’: Gibraltar finally begins work on sewage treatment plant after decades of pumping waste into the sea Environment·Gibraltar·Lead 28 Sep, 2026 @ 12:46 The plant has been a Gibraltar government manifesto pledge since 2011, but two previous attempts to build a plant both collapsed. Read More
‘Nothing to report’: The extraordinary story of the Siege of Toledo, a colonel who refused to surrender and his doomed son La Cultura·Lead 28 Sep, 2026 @ 11:00 The Siege of the Alcazar in Toledo was a highly symbolic victory for Franco's Nationalists at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Read More
208 reptiles rescued from traffickers during two police raids in Spain Animals·Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community 28 Sep, 2026 @ 10:12 OVER 200 illegally-kept reptiles have been seized in two Valencia region raids executed by the Guardia Civil. Read More
Political round-up: Ceuta migrant crisis and family corruption cases haunt Pedro Sanchez in New York as Madrid mobilises for Maricarmen Lead·National News·Politics 26 Sep, 2026 @ 16:07 BARRY Tabrizi looks over this week's developments in Spanish politics, including PM Pedro Sanchez's visit to New York for the UN General Assembly. Read More
‘Stay calm doctor’: The final words of the legendary matador Paquirri who stepped into the ring one time too many La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain 26 Sep, 2026 @ 14:00 FRANCISCO Rivera Perez, or 'Paquirri' as he was known, was just 36 years of age when he was fatally gored by a bull during Read More
Terrified holidaymakers forced to evacuate Jet2 plane at Tenerife Airport after ‘passenger makes bomb threat’ Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife·Travel News 26 Sep, 2026 @ 12:00 The flight was due to take off from the popular holiday destination at 11:20am local time to London Stansted but was delayed by more Read More
Inside Tommy Robinson’s empire of dodgy fundraising and questionable crypto schemes that fund his luxury lifestyle in Spain Lead·Other News 25 Sep, 2026 @ 17:00 HE’S one of Britain’s most controversial figures and a borderline enemy of the state. A firebrand who claims he’s going to stoke a revolution. Read More
A deep dive into the history of the Spanish Grand Prix as Madrid prepares to host its first Formula 1 race in 45 years
Madrid travel warning: These are the roads closing this weekend for the city’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix in 45 years
Jewel of Persia: A Persian-inspired luxury villa near Marbella blends ancient architecture with sweeping Costa del Sol views HAD Scheherazade lived on the Costa del Sol, she might well have told her tales to King Shahryar in this extraordinary villa. And had Read More