Inflation rises in Spain due to VAT rate going up on electricity bills
INFLATION in Spain crept up slightly in February to 3% up by 0.1% on the previous month down to rising electricity bills. The Consumer Price
Police arrest suspected killer of two British tourists struck by loose ‘narco boat’ on a busy road in Spain
POLICE have arrested a man over the death of two British tourists who were killed in November after an inflatable boat used to smuggle drugs
Man gets psychiatric treatment after sending bomb threats to schools in four Valencia towns to ‘kill as many people as possible’.
A MAN suffering with mental health problems has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for sending bomb warnings via email which claimed devices were going
Revealed: Ryanair announces string of new routes from Alicante on the Costa Blanca
RYANAIR has announced three new routes for this year’s high season with three cities getting links to Alicante-Elche airport for the first time. The trio
Motorists stick to older polluting diesel cars in Spain as electric vehicle sales flounder
CARS on Spain’s roads are getting older with an average age of 14.5 years reported in 2024 and almost 60% being polluting diesel models. Industrial
World famous photographer shows off striking new portraits of the King and Queen of Spain
RENOWNED photographer Annie Leibovitz visited the Royal Palace in Madrid on Wednesday to meet the King and Queen of Spain at the unveiling of their
Revealed: The three cheapest cities in Spain to live in – including Andalucia gem
JAEN and Huelva- both in Andalucia- along with Caceres in Extremadura have been rated as the cheapest Spanish provincial capitals to live in according to
Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll with many fatalities before emergency warning was issued
THE majority of the 224 deaths in last October’s Valencia floods were elderly people according to figures obtained by the El Pais newspaper. Almost half
Spain’s airport boss promises meeting with Ryanair’s Micheal O’Leary so long as he ‘calms down’ in war of words over taxes and fines
THE boss of Spain’s airport operator, Aena, says he’s happy to meet with his Ryanair counterpart so long as he ‘calms down’ over the current
Thieves buy cheap plane tickets just to steal tobacco and perfumes from duty free shops at Costa Blanca airport
A GANG specialising in stealing duty free goods from Alicante-Elche airport has been convicted of theft. Three men and two women- all of Romanian nationality-
Costa Blanca hotels record their best-ever start to a year boosted by foreign holidaymakers
THE number of visitors staying in Costa Blanca hotels set a new January record with 227,388 people according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Overnight
Radar speed traps destroyed in wave of vandalism costing €67,000 per roadside unit in Spain
SEVEN fixed speed radars have been vandalised across Spain in recent days with each unit costing up to €67,000 to replace, according to the DGT
Mercadona supermarket owner Juan Roig donates €1.5million to repair flood-damaged parks and squares in Valencia
JUAN Roig, the owner of the Valencia-based Mercadona supermarket chain, has donated €1.5 million to repair parks and squares damaged by last October’s floods. The
Spanish city honours two heroic illegal migrants who stopped brutal beating of gay man that sparked widespread protests
A GALICIA city has given a top honour to two illegal migrants who risked deportation to stop a vicious homophobic assault that made national headlines.
Assaults on health workers increased by nearly a third last year in Spain’s cities
PHYSICAL and verbal assaults on health staff in Spain’s cities rose by 29% in 2024- according to the Policia Nacional. The police said the big
Spain’s Karla Sofia Gascon will go to the Oscars after all- despite backlash over offensive social media posts
SPAIN’S Karla Sofia Gascon will go to the Oscars in Los Angeles on Sunday despite the row over offensive social media comments she had posted.
Spain to write off regional governments’ €83billion debt amid impressive economic growth
SPAIN’S government plans to write off €83 billion of debt from the country’s regional governments before the end of the year- enabled by high GDP
Spanish cops are hospitalised after ‘accidentally’ eating drug-laced sweets seized during raid of Costa del Sol cannabis club
THREE Policia Nacional officers ‘mistakenly’ ate jelly beans impregnated with a drug following a raid on a Fuengirola cannabis club. They were treated for poisoning
Benidorm police issue important warning about car tyre puncture trick after motorist is robbed of €4,800
A THIEF has been arrested in Benidorm after stealing a bag containing €4,800 in a distraction burglary at a supermarket car park. The Algerian national,
Donald Trump and Elon Musk voice support for Spain’s hard-right Vox party
US President Donald Trump and his billionaire supporter Elon Musk have backed Spain’s far-right political party Vox, with Musk going as far as predicting it
Sleepy Malaga town loved by Brits sees biggest population surge in Andalucia: Mayor faces ‘challenge’ to manage the growth
TORROX is literally Andalucia’s boom town with its population rising over by a third in just eight years. It numbers 100 different nationalities including British
Evil smugglers ‘throw migrant mother’s baby into the sea’ during terrifying journey to Spain – as more victims speak out
AUTHORITIES in the Canary Islands say that more boat migrants are slowly gaining in confidence to talk about abuses during journeys from Africa to the
‘Dangerous’ jihadi hairdresser is kicked out of Spain after ‘recruiting fighters for Islamic State’ from his salon in Barcelona
A MOROCCAN hairdresser based in the Barcelona area has been deported from Spain for indoctrinating and recruiting fighters for the Islamic State terror group at
Protestors fume over ‘obsolete’ controversial coastal law that threatens homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
OVER 200 people protested in Denia on Saturday against proposed coastline boundary changes that threaten properties that have been around for decades. The move first
Valencia’s world-famous Fallas celebrations start with spectacular fireworks display
VALENCIA’S Fallas celebrations started on Sunday with a show and fireworks display at the city’s Serranos Towers. The traditional grand opening saw thousands of people
Watch: Spain makes 48 arrests as it busts huge human trafficking ring across Alicante and Murcia
POLICE have arrested 48 people for being involved in a sex exploitation gang that lured more than 1,000 women from South America to Spain in