New study reveals that seven in 10 women in Spain suffer from period pain
A STUDY has revealed that 70.9% of women in Spain suffer from menstrual discomfort every month or nearly every month. Despite the high level of
War declared on illegal sellers hawking fake goods along beach promenades on Costa Blanca
CALPE has launched a major drive against illegal sellers peddling mainly counterfeit products to unsuspecting buyers on beach promenades. The town’s Policia Local has pooled
‘Jihadist neutralised’: Moroccan national with ‘solid evidence of terrorist activity’ was studying explosives in Spain
AN ALLEGED jihadist follower of terrorist groups including Daesh has been arrested in Murcia City. The Guardia Civil said he had been active in his
Spain’s tennis legend Rafa Nadal to be honoured at special ceremony at his most successful Grand Slam
MALLORCA’S Rafa Nadal will be honoured next month in a special ceremony at the French Open. The Spanish tennis ace, 38, retired last November after
‘I’ll blow your head off’: Heavily-armed British mobsters’ reign of terror against Costa Blanca cannabis clubs
TWO members of a British gang that terrorised cannabis clubs on the Costa Blanca have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. One of them is
Police uncover specially-built underground shooting range to test ‘weapons of war’ sold to narco gangs in Spain
THREE people have been arrested in the Granada area for selling ‘weapons of war’ to drug trafficking gangs. Assault rifles were priced at up to
Spain’s Economy Minister meets US counterpart: Cuerpo ‘convinced’ trade deal can be thrashed out
SPAIN’S Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo says he’s ‘convinced’ the US and EU would thrash out a fair trade deal in the wake of the Trump
Believe it or not: Spain’s pensioners are financially better off than their European neighbours
PENSIONERS in Spain are 6.4% better off than their EU counterparts according to figures compiled by Eurostat. That’s in contrast to the working population which
Smoking ban announced for all beaches at popular Costa Blanca resort
VILLAJOYOSA has banned smoking on all of its beaches with the city signing up to the Valencian Community’s Smoke-Free Beaches network. Last month, a ban
Migrants in Spain claim Barcelona is paying for their train tickets to Valencia as homelessness rises
MIGRANTS have been found sleeping rough in Valencia after arriving from Barcelona with their bus and train fares paid by the Catalan capital’s council. Valencia
Dates of Spain’s Easter bank holidays and what it means for supermarket opening hours
EASTER in Spain features several national and regional public holidays, and that means shop closures or reduced opening hours. Some businesses, especially in tourist areas,
Scandal as Moroccan investigators find the entrance to narco tunnel to Spain inside house belonging to ‘local military’
MOROCCAN authorities have found the entrance of a drug smuggling tunnel going into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. Somewhat embarrassingly it was inside a
Elderly man in Spain kidnapped by ‘carers’ who swindled him out of €83k and changed his will
A COUPLE have been accused of scamming an elderly Alicante man out of €83,000 and also getting him to change his will to make them
English Premier League club buys Spanish team seeking promotion to La Liga’s second tier
THE owner of English Premier League club, Brentford, has bought the Spanish third tier side, Merida AD. Matthew Benham’s holding company, Best Intentions Analytics, has
Must-see Semana Santa events in Spain’s Alicante: Where are they and when are they on?
ALICANTE is one of many cities in Spain where the Semana Santa (Holy Week) events are a ‘must see’ if you are in the area.
Baby dies in Spain after illegal ‘botched’ circumcision by man with ‘no medical background’
AN ALMERIA baby died on Sunday after a ‘botched’ home circumcision demanded by his parents. His mother and father- originally from Mali- and a third
UK tourists flood to Costa Blanca airport which breaks yet another record
MARCH passenger records were obliterated at Alicante-Elche airport with 1.47 million travellers using the facility. Over a third came from the United Kingdom and the
Earthquake with 2.8 magnitude shakes Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN EARTHQUAKE with a magnitude of 2.8 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of Torrevieja early on Tuesday morning. The tremor was recorded
Thousands of hotels still for sale in Spain despite booming tourism sector – here’s where to pick one up
IF YOU’VE ever fancied owning a hotel in Spain, there are plenty to options with the Idealista property portal saying it has over a thousand
Stunned Benidorm tourist sees bank app messages about nine transactions made minutes after his credit card was stolen
A FOREIGN tourist in Benidorm had his wallet stolen and got nine transaction notifications using his missing credit card within minutes. Nevertheless, the Policia Nacional
Costa del Sol has ‘100% chance of rain’ tomorrow as yellow alerts return to Spain’s Andalucia this week
OVER half of Spain’s 17 regions- including Andalucia- have yellow warnings issued for rain, storms, and waves for the rest of Monday with rain a
Exotic animal traffickers charged €60k for a panther with Mallorca couple running sales via social media
A RUSSIAN couple accused of trafficking exotic animals have been arrested in Mallorca. The man, 48, and woman, 46, sold protected species internationally via social
Spain’s economy minister travels to the White House: Trump trade war visit comes after Pedro Sanchez cosied up with China
SPAIN’S Economy Minister, Carlos Cuerpo, flies to Washington on Monday to meet with his counterpart, US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent. Tuesday’s talks come amidst the
WATCH: Police arrest love-hug robbery gang that struck in tourist areas of Spain and parcelled up stolen goods to Romania
A LOVE-HUG robbery gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional and their Romanian counterparts in an operation coordinated by Europol. 21 arrests have been
Tragedy in Spain: British man, 63, dies after falling off wall when taking selfie at popular tourist attraction
A BRITISH man died on Saturday after falling from a wall while taking photos at a popular tourist spot in Spain. The accident happened at
Ryanair makes new threat to cut flights in Spain over ‘excessive’ airport fees
RYANAIR has threatened to cut more services to smaller regional airports in Spain in its ongoing row over charges for using them. The warning has