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
10,000 key buildings including schools, nursing homes and hospitals are in danger from severe floods in Spain
SPAIN has 10,197 infrastructures that could be affected by severe floods with a recurrence period of 500 years. That’s the conclusion of a report published
Police discover yet another cluster of illegal mobile homes on protected land in Costa Blanca area
THE Guardia Civil are investigating 29 people over the illegal use of land to erect mobile homes in the Baiona Alta area of Mutxamel. This
50,000 protest in Valencia- demanding Carlos Mazon’s resignation over October 29 floods- as dramatic poll shows 75% of residents want him to quit
THOUSANDS took to Valencia City’s streets on Saturday to demand the resignation of president Carlos Mazon for his handling of the October 29 floods when
Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer
ANDALUCIA is the region with the highest cardiovascular disease mortality rate according a major study from the Spanish Society of Cardiology(SEC). Cardiovascular issues like a
The clocks go backwards in Spain this weekend – but will it be for the last time?
CLOCKS in Spain will revert to winter time this weekend but the hour switchback may be the last if the government has its way. Prime
Sufferers of agonising ‘Butterfly Skin’ in Spain denied access to revolutionary new gene therapy – after it’s made available in France, Italy, and GermanyÂ
CAMPAIGNERS in Spain are trying to get a treatment that treats the painful condition known as Butterfly Skin made available in the country. A gene
Tourist checking into Valencia hotel gets backpack snatched with €9k of cash and items inside it
A TOURIST checking into a Valencia city centre hotel had his backpack containing cash and items worth €9,000 snatched by two opportunistic thieves. Two men
Steel company bosses in Spain to be investigated by court for supplying material to Israel to make weapons
A NATIONAL Court judge has launched a probe into the president of Spanish steelmaker Sidenor and other company bosses over the alleged illegal export of
WATCH: Police arrest jihadist suspect in Spain who said he would ‘blow himself up in Palestine’
A MAN suspected of fermenting jihadist terorrism and even pledging to become a suicide bomber, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Huesca. Officers