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Top Blue Flag beach status kept for fifth year running in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA COSTA’S eleven beaches have kept their Blue Flag status for the fifth consecutive year. The stretch of coast includes beaches that are popular with

12 May, 2022 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

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Medics recognised in Spain for their work during pandemic on International Nurses Day

NURSES and other medics are being thanked for their hard work during the pandemic today, to coincide with International Nurses Day. Thousands of professionals worked

12 May, 2022 @ 10:30

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Glamping: Plans unveiled for new luxury campsite on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE Costa del Sol’s first luxury campsite is in the works, to be located between Mijas and Fuengirola just a few metres from the beach.

12 May, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

Ouigo, the French ‘low-cost’ AVE to link Spain’s Madrid and Andalucia with five daily frequencies

FRENCH train operator Ouigo wants its ‘low cost’ AVE to connect Madrid and Andalucia with five daily return trains, which would stop in Cordoba. The

12 May, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Travel News

LISTED: Spain’s Andalucia sees largest increase in Blue Flag beaches this year, with 122

ANDALUCIA is the Spanish region with the greatest increase of the iconic quality ‘Blue Flag’ awards. This summer, a total of 122 Blue Flags will

12 May, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Other News

Aromatiq Lounge: Treat yourself to goodness!

Aromatiq Lounge has fresh local food and premium signature cocktails

12 May, 2022 @ 08:00

Food & Drink

MAPPED: Spain breaks record with most blue flag beaches in the world

SPAIN has once again kept its position at the top as the nation with the highest number of blue flag beaches in the world. Valencia

11 May, 2022 @ 19:00

Lead·Malaga·National News·Olive Press Travel·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Spain’s Economy Minister walks away from photo shoot where she’s the only woman

SPAIN’S Economy Minister, Nadia Calviño, refused to pose for a photo at the Madrid Leaders Forum in protest at being the only woman in the

11 May, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Iconic Benidorm Beach On Spain's Costa Blanca Loses 'blue Flag' Status

Iconic Benidorm beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca loses its coveted ‘Blue Flag’

BENIDORM’S Poniente beach has been stripped of its ‘Blue Flag’ for 2022 following a test carried out in mid-June last year. The city’s other two

11 May, 2022 @ 18:32

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

E-cigarette shops to close in Spain within five years once new law comes in

E-cigarette shops to close in Spain within five years after new law comes into force

SPAIN’S government has approved a new draft law to regulate the sales of electronic cigarettes. It means that e-cigarette shops will disappear within five years

11 May, 2022 @ 17:15

Health·Lead

Catholic Church in Spain's government strikes deal with Catholic church to compensate sex abuse victims

Seven-year stretch for Catholic priest for grooming and sexually abusing boy in Spain’s Murcia area

A Catholic priest who sexually abused a boy has been sentenced to 7 years and 9 months in prison by the Murcia Provincial Court. Antonio

11 May, 2022 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

European Union abolishes mask-wearing on planes BUT it comes down to individual countries like Spain

European Union abolishes compulsory Covid-19 mask-wearing on planes BUT countries like Spain have ‘wiggle-room’ to continue

TWO European Union agencies have announced that mandatory mask wearing on planes and at airports will end on May 16. The EU Aviation Safety Agency

11 May, 2022 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Catastrophe averted as suspected arsonist arrested after two fires set in Malaga natural park

A PASSER-BY who spotted a man setting fire to scrubland saved a natural park from potential ‘catastrophe’. National police raced to the scene when a

11 May, 2022 @ 15:00

Lead

Benidorm police bust €1 million marijuana gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Policia Nacional in Benidorm have brought down a major marijuana growing and distribution criminal gang operating on the northern Costa Blanca. 4,200 marijuana plants

11 May, 2022 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Plain clothes policeman battered by drunk tourists after being mistaken for a robber in Barcelona

A POLICEMAN in Barcelona has been assaulted by drunk tourists who thought he was a robber. The mix-up left the officer, who was in plain

11 May, 2022 @ 13:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Mummified Body Of Man Lay On Costa Blanca Rooftop In Spain For Three Years

Urban explorer discovers mummified corpse that lay on Costa Blanca rooftop in Spain for three years

AN Alicante urban explorer called the police after spotting a mummified corpse on the roof of a semi-constructed building. The hobbyist, who visits abandoned premises

11 May, 2022 @ 13:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

1 bedroom Apartment for sale in Torviscas – € 195,000

Apartment Torviscas, Tenerife 1 beds 1 baths € 195,000 Apartment for sale in Torviscas Alto, Tenerife Spacious one bedroom apartment in the popular

11 May, 2022 @ 13:06

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Shootout between neighbours in row over loud music in Granada town in southern Spain

NINE people have been arrested in Granada after a shootout followed an argument over playing music too loud. One gunshot wound has left a victim

11 May, 2022 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Spain’s Malaga recieves 1.2 million tourists in first quarter of 2022—four times more than last year

MALAGA has led Andalucian tourism in the first quarter of 2022. The province of Malaga has received 1.2 million tourists in the first quarter of

11 May, 2022 @ 11:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

WATCH: Moment Police nab one of most wanted fugitive Brits on Spain’s Costa del Sol and seize guns and 12 kg of cocaine

THE Policia Nacional have released footage of the arrest of one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives in Coin on Spain’s Costa del Sol last Thursday.

11 May, 2022 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Blanca International: How can I get a 100% mortgage in Spain?

“How can I get a 100% Spanish mortgage” – it’s a question we’re used to. As a leading real estate agency in Javea and surrounding

11 May, 2022 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Property

Night-MARE! Galloping horse stuns drivers on motorway in Spain’s Malaga

MOTORISTS on the A-45 towards Malaga were forced to swerve to avoid runaway horse galloping up the motorway. According to the Casabermeja Polica Local, who

11 May, 2022 @ 09:30

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Radioactive clouds regularly form above Spain because of something France did 60 years ago, studies find

CARRY ON CALIMA: Sahara sand calima returns to Spain’s Andalucia

THE Saharan dust which turns everything orange returns to Andalucia as of today, Wednesday May 11. Just as the heat will persist throughout the region

11 May, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Weather

Costa Blanca hotels in Spain report excellent April occupancy- just 6% down on pre-pandemic numbers

HOTEL occupancy for April on the Costa Blanca was just 6% down on the pre-pandemic year of 2019. Figures from the Alicante Province Association of

10 May, 2022 @ 19:45