The USS John Basilone, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, arrives at the US and Spanish naval base at Rota

US steps up missile shield in southern Europe with sixth destroyer arriving in Cadiz despite tensions with Trump admin

THE US Navy has completed its planned expansion at Spain’s Rota naval base with the arrival of a sixth guided-missile destroyer. The USS John Basilone arrived at the naval base

Costa del Sol could become like Naples, top judge warns

Costa del Sol risks becoming ‘the next Acapulco or Naples’ – top judge is latest official to express mounting concerns

Former national court judge Manuel Garcia-Castellon slammed a 'significant neglect' by authorities in tackling organised crime in Andalucia.

Landlords pulling homes from rental market

Spain’s rental market faces a 30% collapse as Pedro Sanchez’s new housing decree sees landlords pull 4,235 homes in just 10 days

A survey of 600 estate agencies found that 78% have seen landlords change their behaviour since the housing decree was pushed through.

Dutch cyclist collapses and dies while climbing demanding Sa Creueta mountain pass on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Dutch cyclist died on Wednesday while he was on a testing six-kilometre climb in Alicante province.

Spain and Italy agree to end border checks following Ceuta crisis

Spain and Italy agree to end border checks after dispute over Ceuta migrant crisis

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, agreed to lift the restrictions during talks in Brussels on Thursday.

Latest

Valencia’s flood risk zone expands by nearly two thirds as ban on underground car parks for new homes considered

Malaga city centre hit by ‘pandemic of tourists, doctors and even police ordering cocaine via Whatsapp’

Mallorca cash machine technician is caught stashing wads of cash totalling nearly €150,000 in his tool box over 15 months

Costa del Sol torrential downpours weather alert

Costa del Sol braces for torrential rain as AEMET issues yellow warnings ahead of weekend deluge

Ibiza party boss named new Scottish mafia lieutenant after ‘hanging around in Marbella and getting to know the criminal expats there’

Demonstrators protest against Spain’s housing crisis and demand affordable homes.

Three quarters of Spaniards want the state to intervene in Spain’s housing market ‘as necessary’ to guarantee access to homes

Tragedy at Malaga care home as two residents die and four critically hurt after lift suddenly plunges 50ft to the ground at

US President Donald Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Spain’s exports to the US under threat after Washington proposes $200,000 penalty fee for Spanish ships docking in American ports

British expat living in Manilva is charged with embezzling €35k from Gibraltar employer

Election 2026

Vox's national priority plan under fire as Brussels warns it could breach EU law

Brussels warns Vox’s flagship ‘national priority’ may break EU rules ahead of Spanish elections

Property investors in Spain’s top cities now earn barely more than state bonds as Sanchez pushes through housing decree

Ceuta roars into the spotlight again after Pedro Sanchez admits Moroccan warships entered Spanish waters during July’s mass migrant crossing

The wife of former deputy PM Nick Clegg, has launched a new political party in Spain.

Wife of former British deputy PM Nick Clegg launches new centrist political party in Spain to contest next month’s snap election

Political round-up: Maricarmen’s death puts Spain’s housing crisis at the heart of election campaign

Travel

How an engineer reforested Murcia's Sierra Espuña with a shotgun

Bizarre tale of a Spanish engineer who reforested an entire Murcia mountain range by firing pine nuts from a shotgun

Ricardo Codorniu planted 4.3 million trees in the 1800s to stop deadly floods, using shotguns to fire seeds onto inaccessible Murcia slopes.

Spain cleans up at Green Cities award: Benidorm beats mass-tourism image to be crowned Europe’s greenest town

Renfe reveals its top destinations in Spain you should visit by train this October – with one rogue outlier

Why does the day of bad luck and misfortune fall on Tuesday 13 in Spain?

This is the best city in Spain for an October getaway, according to The Times

Property

What you need to know about Pedro Sanchez’s housing decree and how it can affect homeowners, buyers and renters in Spain

Richard Gere is hunting for plot to build dream Spain holiday home in wealthy Galician coastal town he calls the ‘paradise of paradises’

Home sales rise in Costa Blanca hotspots

Upmarket Costa Blanca hotspots buck the Alicante trend to see double-digit growth as home sales slump across rest of province

Thousands of British homeowners in Spain reclaim millions over abusive mortgage clauses – Find out who may qualify

Andalucia launches digital portal for property hunters to find dream homes in deserted ghost towns and depopulated villages

HEALTH

Shocking murder of Marbella’s butt-lift king linked ‘to refusal to refund €20,000 advance payment for work that was never done’

EXCLUSIVE: Murdered Marbella butt-lift doctor made British woman sign NDA and waiver after botched op left her ‘bum sewn together’

Urgent health alert in Spain after more than a dozen people struck down with salmonella from contaminated eggs

Cancer patient dies after catching monkeypox at San Sebastian hospital

Cancer patient, 61, dies after reportedly catching mpox from roommate in San Sebastian hospital

FOOD & DRINK

King of wines: Portugal’s little-known Dão region is a ‘classic with a new soul’

Boutique hotel in Portugal that’s perfect for those who love nature, good food and an impeccable spa

Six Spanish pizzerias named among world’s 100 best, as a Madrid favourite holds on to its top 10 spot

Alarm bells ring in Mallorca as local restaurants report worst September takings ‘in living memory’

Business & Finance

Double deck blackjack what you need to know casinocom cmpcjx

Playing your cards right: how Americans can manage money in Spain

Petrol prices in Spain hit peak not seen since rampant Covid era as inflation hikes price by a third

Just moved to Spain? Your first-week connectivity checklist

The IMF bumps up Spain’s 2026 growth forecast to 2.5% above even the US in boost for Pedro Sanchez ahead of elections

ANDALUCIA

Turismo moj car 1 featured restaurant cover

15 Oct, 2026 @ 18:52

Disney-themed celebrations to light up Mojacar’s sky as the Almeria town embraces Christmas

15 Oct, 2026 @ 15:30

Ryanair launches six new direct winter routes from Malaga to Italy, Germany and eastern Europe

A Costa del Sol mayor has resigned amid mounting criticism over an unpopular rubbish collection tax.

15 Oct, 2026 @ 14:13

Mayor of Costa del Sol town announces shock resignation – as other local PP leaders cling to power

15 Oct, 2026 @ 14:00

Malaga scraps its Low Emission Zone after court ruling as fines already dished out subject to review – could you claim back?

15 Oct, 2026 @ 09:04

Boy, 16, stabbed in the back with scissors during horror road rage incident in Malaga

14 Oct, 2026 @ 18:15

Top police inspectors brand the Costa del Sol the ‘Champions League of organised crime’ while collecting medals at award ceremony

COSTA BLANCA

15 Oct, 2026 @ 15:00

Cannabis clubs in upmarket Costa Blanca towns are shut down for illegally selling drugs to tourists

14 Oct, 2026 @ 13:30

‘Unusual storm’ threatens Costa Blanca with sudden cold snap and October wash out

14 Oct, 2026 @ 08:58

Costa Blanca airport on course to smash passenger record with a month to spare thanks to British tourists

Supporters of the Orihuela Costa Independence Party with a background view of Orihuela Costa

12 Oct, 2026 @ 19:20

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Orihuela Costa independence movement led by expats bidding to break away from Costa Blanca town

12 Oct, 2026 @ 18:00

New compulsory helmet law puts escooter hire firms across Alicante in a quandary

9 Oct, 2026 @ 13:45

Bus passengers on the Alicante-Torrevieja line up in arms over poor service that Avanza insists is ‘optimal’

OLIVE PRESS TV

Red alert issued during peak Barcelona rush hour as another powerful storm traps commuters in their cars and floods coastal and inland areas

IN VIDS: Barcelona hit by sudden flash flood chaos as homes are breached and firefighters rescue woman and baby

WATCH: The secret gem just one hour from Madrid in the Spanish heartlands that you should visit because it’s ‘untouched by tourism’

WATCH: War zone in Sevilla as knife fight breaks out in broad daylight

BARCELONA

15 Oct, 2026 @ 10:53

Near-two week search near Barcelona for missing autistic boy, 12, ends in tragedy after body is found floating in the sea near Sitges

14 Oct, 2026 @ 15:15

Mother of autistic boy, 12, who fled his home near Barcelona during violent storms 10 days ago insists he has been kidnapped

An apartment fire in a Mediterraenean-style block in Barcelona

14 Oct, 2026 @ 09:21

Tragedy as 95-year-old man dies in Barcelona flat fire despite firefighters’ half-hour battle

Rami, aged 12, missing from Granollers in Barcelona province after heavy rainfall

9 Oct, 2026 @ 10:57

Hopes fade in search for missing autistic boy who was frightened out of his home near Barcelona by torrential thunder storm

8 Oct, 2026 @ 13:15

Spain’s long-term rental home listings plunge 44% since 2018 – and 83% in Barcelona

7 Oct, 2026 @ 15:46

Desperate search for missing autistic boy, 12, who vanished during torrential storms and flooding in Barcelona province

MADRID

13 Oct, 2026 @ 13:40

WATCH: Hundreds of passengers evacuated after high-speed train travelling from Madrid bursts into flames

8 Oct, 2026 @ 09:30

‘No more Maricarmens’: Tributes pour in after death of pensioner whose eviction sparked Spain housing protests

7 Oct, 2026 @ 16:49

WATCH: Huge explosion rips through Madrid flats – killing three dogs and forcing families from their homes

Pedro Sanchez revives defeated housing reform

6 Oct, 2026 @ 15:45

‘Not about ideology, but about humanity’: PM Sanchez revives rejected housing reforms just one day after calling snap election

5 Oct, 2026 @ 10:00

Man bludgeons his elderly parents to death with a dumbbell at their Madrid home

Huge protests in Madrid after Pedro Sanchez's housing reforms were voted down in Congress

3 Oct, 2026 @ 17:43

WATCH: Hundreds of thousands flood Madrid streets in general strike protest after Pedro Sanchez’s housing reforms blocked in Congress

OTHER NEWS

Spanish police files could be crucial in trial of Irish ‘cartel boss’ Daniel Kinahan as he seeks bail in Dublin

Crime & Law·Lead

14 Oct, 2026 @ 16:00

The defence is seeking full disclosure of files from two separate investigations in Spain and Dubai in which he said Kinahan was 'acquitted'.

Estepona mayor José María García Urbano and Algeciras mayor Landaluce

PP urged to ‘take similar action’ against Estepona mayor after centre-right party called on its own Algeciras leader to resign

Andalucia·Estepona·Lead·Politics

14 Oct, 2026 @ 14:32

PP called on Jose Ignacio Landaluce – their own mayor in Algeciras – to resign after two new allegations of sexual misconduct emerged.

Qatari sheikh's son jailed in Spain over Malaga CF's financial collapse

Spain jails Qatari sheikh’s son over collapse of Malaga CF – but father and two brothers remain on the run

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sport

14 Oct, 2026 @ 13:04

Rakan Al-Thani is accused of using club money for the family’s personal benefit, disguising the spending as legitimate business expenses.

Brit arrested as police boat fatally crashes into speedboat carrying 3.7 tonnes of cocaine near Portugal’s Algarve

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

14 Oct, 2026 @ 11:55

The speedboat’s pilot, a man from Algeciras, died after the boat collided with a pursuing vessel about 80 nautical miles off Faro

Nazi graffiti smeared on new Valencia memorial honouring victims of Franco’s fascist regime

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

14 Oct, 2026 @ 10:00

Quart de Poblet City Council is analysing security camera footage to discover the identity of the perpetrator or perpetrators.

Former Liverpool goalkeeper armed robbery Valencia

Former Liverpool goalkeeper held at gunpoint as masked robbers storm luxury Valencia home with wife and child inside

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport·Valencia

14 Oct, 2026 @ 08:59

Peter Gulacsi was forced to miss a Champions League clash after four intruders burst into his property around 1am on Tuesday.

Music legends come back to life as Nina Simone and David Bowie ‘sing’ to each other at Bilbao’s Guggenheim

La Cultura·Lead

14 Oct, 2026 @ 08:45

The Guggenheim sound installation by Steve McQueen brings Nina Simone and David Bowie together in an imagined conversation through two recordings of Wild Is