Pictured: Narco drones used by ex-military gang to fly drugs from Morocco to southern Spain
THE Policia Nacional has busted a gang that used Ukrainian drones to fly hashish to Spain from Morocco. The crew was led by a Ukrainian
British expats and locals vote against plans for a child migrant centre in Mallorca
CALVIA Vila residents have voted overwhelmingly against a child migrant reception centre opening up in their area. Unaccompanied teenagers would be housed at the old
Bus strikes are taking place across Spain today: Check status of your journey before travelling
BUS services are being disrupted in Spain this Thursday and Friday in a dispute over early retirement. Two days of strikes have been called by
Toll road charges on Spain’s Costa del Sol will be reduced- but not for everyone
TOLL charges on the AP-7 motorway on the Costa del Sol are set to be reduced for regular users who are workers and students. The
This ‘city of 1,001 rices’ in eastern Spain is named the gastronomic capital for 2025
ALICANTE- nicknamed the ‘city of 1,001 rice dishes’- will be Spain’s gastronomic capital in 2025. The Costa Blanca city succeeds Oviedo which has had the
Explosion in Alicante kills at least three people: Many others are injured or missing
AN EXPLOSION at a polystyrene factory in Alicante province on Wednesday killed three people and injured seven- three very seriously. The seriously injured have been
Spain announces huge new aid package for flood-ravaged Valencia
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday announced €2.3 billion in extra aid to reconstruct flood-hit areas of Valencia province. Speaking to Congress, Sanchez also blamed
Michelin Guide Awards for 2025 gives three-stars to a family-run village restaurant in Spain
AN ASTURIAS region family restaurant has joined a select group of 16 Spanish establishments in getting a three-star Michelin Guide rating. The 2025 Michelin Guide
Spain launches crackdown on Chinese mafia: Police make 22 arrests in Catalunya
A MASSIVE police sting against a Chinese drug trafficking and money laundering gang based in Catalunya has so far resulted in 22 arrests. The swoops
Police corruption in Spain latest: Guardia Civil officer and his brother are accused of leading drug trafficking ring in Campo de Gibraltar
A GUARDIA Civil officer based in southern Spain supplied his brother with vital information which helped him run a big drug trafficking network. The officer
British school in Spain faces bullying lawsuit: Parents denounce €12,000-a-year college after student developed anorexia
A BRITISH school in Madrid is being sued for €35,000 for allegedly not doing enough to stop a pupil being bullied. The youngster- named as
Rise of the pigs! Wild boars in Spain have learned how to ransack streetside rubbish containers
WILD boars have been spotted rifling through garbage containers in the Javea area of the Costa Blanca and removing individual bags with their teeth. They’ve
Watch: Incredible moment 69-year-old kayaker is rescued off Spain’s Costa Blanca after being spotted by an off-duty cop
AN OFF-DUTY Guardia Civil officer who went fishing off the Alicante coast rescued a man, 69, whose kayak had overturned. The sergeant was returning to
Pictured: The Valencia locals still missing almost a month after the deadly DANA disaster
FIVE people are still officially reported as missing in the wake of the Valencia flood disaster which struck almost a month ago on October 29.
DANA death toll rises to 222 in Valencia as body of unidentified man is found almost a month after disaster
RESCUE teams including specialist sniffer dogs have found a new victim of the DANA floods in Valencia province, taking the death toll to 222. A
This city in Spain is the third best in the WORLD to live in, according to expat survey by Forbes
ALICANTE has been voted as the third best city in the world by foreigners who live and work there. The positive verdict comes in the
Wanted fugitive flees to Benidorm while on prison leave for committing vile crimes against his stepdaughter in Britain
A FUGITIVE convicted and jailed for raping his teenager stepdaughter in the UK between 1999 and 2001, has been arrested in Benidorm. The 56-year-old Belgian
Spain’s disgraced former King Juan Carlos faces fresh accusations of unpaid taxes
SPAIN’S former king Juan Carlos is being sued for alleged tax offences by a group of retired judges. Prosecutors closed three probes into his finances
More tragedy in Valencia as 51-year-old man is killed when DANA-damaged school collapses
A WORKER involved in cleaning up operations at a flood-damaged Valencia province school died on Sunday when a metal beam collapsed onto him. A colleague
Black Sunday for women in Spain: Girl, 15, has her throat slit in the street while a wife is blasted to death by a shotgun and a third is stabbed
A TEENAGE boy has been arrested after the fatal stabbing on Sunday of his former girlfriend, aged 15, on the Costa Blanca. It was a
Endangered Iberian wolves were kept illegally as pets in a fenced area on Murcia property
A MAN is being investigated by Murcia’s Guardia Civil for keeping four Iberian wolves as pets in a fenced area next to house in Lorca.
Cash is still king for majority of people in Spain when going out shopping or to a restaurant
CASH remains as the most widely used means of payment on a daily basis for 57% of the population in Spain. A Bank of Spain
Yoga instructor claimed he had ‘direct line’ to God before sexually assaulting female students in Spain
A YOGA instructor who claimed to ‘speak to God’ has been arrested for sexually assaulting five women who were ordered to strip naked at a
Revealed: The most expensive and cheapest areas to rent a property based on monthly income in Spain’s Costa Blanca
FINESTRAT on the Costa Blanca has been named as the most expensive municipality in Alicante province for rental properties based on monthly income A study
Surge in foreign tourists boosts Costa Blanca hotels to busiest October this century
COSTA Blanca hotels had their busiest October this century helped by increased numbers of foreign tourists and more businesses staying open in the low season.
Popular Costa Blanca port sets new record for cruise ship visits
THE port of Alicante will break cruise ship stopover records in 2024 with 100 vessels calling into the Costa Blanca with a passenger total of
