Drugged driver rescued but friend drowns after car plunges 20 metres into Port of Gandia in Spain
A MOTORIST has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after her car plunged into the water at the Port of Gandia on Thursday- with her
High-speed train link between Spain and Portugal’s capitals confirmed- but it could take up to nine years to launch
SPAIN, Portugal, and the European Commission (EC) have struck a deal for a high-speed train link between Madrid and Lisbon to launch by 2034 with a
Hollywood star Johnny Depp donates €56k to help rebuild Valencia music centre destroyed in floods
FILM star and musician Johnny Depp has donated 65,000 US dollars (€56,282) to the Massanassa Music Centre in Valencia which was destroyed in last year’s
IN PICS: Spain’s most expensive house for sale is priced at €29.5m with an indoor swimming pool, cinema, and its own vineyard
THE most expensive property listing in Spain has been revealed as a €29.5 million house on Mallorca. The rural home is in Puigpunyent and real
Man arrested in Spain for supplying payments to French tennis players to fix matches
A MAN has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Spain for being part of a Europe-wide gang that fixed tennis matches to benefit players
Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city
A PEDESTRIAN was knocked over and parked cars damaged in Torrevieja during a high-speed Guardia Civil pursuit of two drug traffickers. Two men, aged 25
Despicable cafe owner in Spain cheated elderly customer out of €22k over two years by overcharging him for breakfast
A HEARTLESS Granada cafe owner ripped off an elderly customer to the tune of €22,000 by over-charging him for breakfast between 2023 and 2025. The
WATCH: Amateur wildlife photographer captures first-ever images of white Iberian Lynx in Spain
AN AMATEUR wildlife photographer has captured the first-ever image of a white Iberian Lynx. Angel Hidalgo, 29, from Jaen has been taking wildlife photos across
Renting a home in Spain uses up 11% more of household income compared to buying a property
THE average cost of a rental home eats up 11% more of a family income in Spain compared to purchasing a property. A survey from
Spain’s inflation rate hits highest level since June 2024 due to costlier electricity
INFLATION in Spain has reached its highest level in 16 months due to hikes in electricity prices. The provisional October figure released by the National
Ex-Marbella councillor who fled Spain in 2006 over infamous Malaya corruption case is arrested at Madrid airport
A FORMER Marbella councillor who fled Spain 19 years ago to avoid being indicted in an infamous corruption case has been arrested at Madrid airport
Spanish overtaken by Hindi as world’s second most-used native language
SPANISH is no longer the world’s second native language after being overtaken by Hindi, with Mandarin Chinese remaining on top. The Cervantes Institute in its
Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for death threats against left-wing Podemos leader and threatening mass theft of personal data
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested in the Vinalopo region after making online death threats to the leader of the left-wing political party Podemos. He
Valencia president Carlos Mazon admits ‘things should have worked better’ in handling of deadly October 29 floods that killed 229
VALENCIAN president Carlos Mazon has acknowledged that ‘things should have worked better’ during a speech on the first anniversary of the October 29 floods. 229
Spain’s Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, says he gave the ‘people democracy, it is my legacy’
EXILED Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, has said that democracy is the ‘legacy he left to Spain’ in his memoir to be published in France next
State memorial service takes place today in Valencia- exactly a year after October 29 flood disaster
VALENCIA will hold a state memorial service this Wednesday commemorate the victims of last year’s October 29 flood disaster. Besides the 229 people that lost
Ex-porn star faces four years in prison over toad venom fatally administered to house guest in Valencia
THE Valencia Public Prosecutor wants ex-porn star Nacho Vidal jailed for four years if he’s convicted for killing a photographer in a toad venom drinking
Swede moves to the Costa del Sol and immediately thinks about selling up because ‘there’s too many tourists’
TOO many tourists almost forced a Swedish expat on the Costa del Sol to sell up and return home. Eva made her admission on COPE
Dates for your diary as Spain confirms national bank holidays for 2026
SPAIN’S government has officially declared the list of bank holidays in the country for next year. The calendar was published on Tuesday in the Official
62 people set to be prosecuted after hundreds of animals are poisoned or illegally hunted in rural Spain
THE Guardia Civil’s annual ‘Atrax’ campaign to combat the illegal killing of animals in mainly rural Spain has led to 62 people being either arrested
‘Most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm to be found in years is raided in Alicante with entry via ‘secret’ door
THE Guardia Civil have dismantled one ‘of the most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farms to be discovered in Alicante province in recent years. Two warehouses in
Horror in Alicante: Boyfriend ‘kills partner and stashes her corpse on couch in her Costa Blanca home while he makes off with her inheritance windfall’
A WOMAN was stabbed to death and her decomposing corpse kept on her Alicante home couch as her boyfriend stole part of a recent €250,000
Flights to and from UK thrown into chaos after drone sighting shuts down busy Costa Blanca airport
FLIGHTS to and from Alicante-Elche airport were disrupted for two hours on Monday night after a drone flew over protected airspace. The Policia Nacional and
Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa
A LARGE griffon vulture flew into a Torrevieja home last Thursday at around 9.30pm and made itself comfortable on top of a sofa. The homeowner
Almost a quarter of children have trouble sleeping and a third are scared of rain – a year after Valencia flood disaster
A REPORT into the effects on children of the October 29 Valencia floods says that over 30% of them admit- a year later- to still
British man suffers punctured lung after being stabbed by passer-by for not giving him a cigarette in Valencia
A BRITISH man was rushed with a punctured lung to hospital in Valencia after refusing to give a cigarette to a passer-by. The victim- identified