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
Revealed: The stretch of road that has the most accidents in Spain – and it’s not in Andalucia
THE stretch of road with the most accidents in Spain has been identified as being at kilometre point zero of the A77a motorway in Alicante.
Spain’s state broadcaster asks Eurovision Song Contest organisers to ‘talk’ about Israel’s participation with Basel event just weeks away
SPAIN’S state broadcaster, RTVE, has contacted Eurovision Song Contest organisers in a call for talks over whether Israel should be allowed to take part in
Dramatic testimony from sacked emergency chiefs in ‘blame game’ over late Valencia flood alert
THE former Valencian Emergencies Minister has said that president Carlos Mazon did not delay the sending of an emergency text flood warning on October 29.
‘Dangerous’ toilet and shower blocks plus 81 illegal homes ‘sealed off’ at unlicensed Mar Menor campsite
TOILET and shower blocks as well as 81 unlicensed pre-fab homes have been sealed off by authorities at a Mar Menor camp site. Cartagena City
E-scooter battery causes apartment block fire with five people injured on Costa Blanca
AN ELECTRIC scooter battery left on charge overnight sparked an apartment block blaze in Elche early Friday morning. The fire spread through the five-storey building
Millions of illegal cigarettes seized as police bust factories in Spain
A MASSIVE counterfeit cigarette racket has been busted in Alicante province. The gang had a network of factories and warehouses making and distributing the fake
Spain’s Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and Trump
SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said it was ‘important to continue making progress in building good economic relations between China, Spain, and the EU’.
Spain’s inflation tumbles to lowest rate in six months as electricity prices fall
LOWER electricity and fuel prices helped Spain’s inflation rate to go down to 2.3% in March. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) said on Friday that
‘Blood rain is coming to Spain’s Andalucia tomorrow’: Orange alerts for rain and strong winds to hit Cadiz and Malaga
BLOOD rain known as Calima coupled with strong winds are predicted for Andalucia on Friday, thanks to Storm Olivier. The first effects of the latest
American musician brutally stabbed to death inside abandoned building that became his home in Spain
THE BODY of an American musician has been discovered in an abandoned car workshop in Valencia province. The Guardia Civil said 39-year-old Djinn Maury had
Wild boars increasingly seen in Spain’s towns – and even shopping centres – carry ‘diarrhoea parasite that can transmit to humans’
WILD boars have appeared more and more in some of Spain’s urban areas in recent years- looking for food due to the drought destroying some
Teenager, 14, who stabbed his father to death during argument in Spain’s Murcia avoids jail
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who was convicted of stabbing his father to death to protect his mother during an argument, will not be imprisoned. Murcia’s Juvenile
