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Manifestacion De Ganaderos Y Agricultores En Madrid

IN PICS: Farmers take over Madrid streets to protest Spain’s agricultural policy

THE countryside came to Spain’s capital on Sunday when thousands of farmers marched through Madrid’s main thoroughfares in a protest against the government’s agricultural policy.

24 Jan, 2022 @ 12:05

Environment·Lead·Madrid·Politics

WATCH: 73-year-old man rescued by helicopter after suffering a stroke while hiking in Spain’s Mallorca

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil have released a video of the dramatic rescue of a man who suffered a stroke while hiking Mallorca’s famous Puig de Galatzo.

22 Jan, 2022 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Woman takes the role of Jarramplas for first time in Spain’s bizarre turnip throwing fiesta

SPAIN has a whole host of bizarre fiestas, from jumping over babies during El Colacho in Burgos province to the gigantic flour and egg battle

21 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead

‘He could be your neighbour’: Hunt for 12 most wanted British fugitives believed to be hiding out in Spain

AUTHORITIES have launched a new appeal to find 12 of the UK’s most wanted criminals thought to be hiding out in Spain. Among those on

19 Jan, 2022 @ 18:56

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·National News

Complaints about attacks on health workers rose by 26% in Spain during 2025.

COVID UPDATE: Has Spain reached its peak in omicron wave of infections?

SPAIN has been in the grip of the sixth wave of coronavirus infections with the number of cases soaring in the run up to Christmas

19 Jan, 2022 @ 18:55

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Lidl wins legal battle over its much cheaper version of Thermomix kitchen gadget

BUDGET supermarket Lidl has won a legal battle brought against it for selling its own cheap version of the kitchen appliance Thermomix. An appeals court

19 Jan, 2022 @ 18:00

Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Juicio Por El Caso Noos En Palma De Mallorca

Iñaki Urdangarin: Disgraced brother-in-law of Spanish king pictured holding hands with mystery woman

THE disgraced brother-in-law of Spain’s king is again making headlines but this time not over his dodgy financial dealings. Iñaki Urdangarin, who was jailed for

19 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Lead·National News

Spain introduces new rent benefit to encourage under-35s to leave home

THE Spanish government has given the green light to a new housing benefit to encourage young people to cut the apron strings and move out

19 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Politics·Property

Bless you! The day animals are welcomed at a Madrid church to celebrate San Anton

ONCE a year, on January 17, a strange crowd gathers on a street in Madrid’s fashionable Chueca district as Spain marks the feast day of

18 Jan, 2022 @ 12:32

Lead·Madrid

Los Tedax Acordonaron Un Radio De 1 000 Metros Para Detonar Sin Riegos Bomba De Aviacion De La Guerra Civil Hallada En Maella

Police detonate bomb dating from Spanish Civil War after neighbour remembers seeing it drop and fail to go off more than 80 years ago

POLICE in Spain revealed how they discovered an unexploded bomb more than 80 years after it was dropped by fascist bombers during the Spanish Civil

16 Jan, 2022 @ 18:47

Lead·National News

Ibiza Couple Laith Amini and Anita Kaushik

British couple offer reward for engagement ring stolen from car in Ibiza ahead of romantic proposal

A BRITISH couple have appealed for the return of an engagement ring stolen from a rental car by thieves in Ibiza just an hour before

10 Jan, 2022 @ 19:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Free IVF up to age 45: Madrid’s Isabel Ayuso unveils grand plans to encourage motherhood as birth rates fall across Spain

MADRID’S regional premier has unveiled ambitious new plans to encourage more women to have children in a bid to reverse Spain’s falling birth rates. Isabel

10 Jan, 2022 @ 16:45

Health·Lead·Madrid

How a wonky polar bear taking part in a Three Kings’ parade in southern Spain became an internet sensation

He has captured the nation’s heart and become the butt of a thousand internet jokes.

10 Jan, 2022 @ 10:00

Cadiz·Lead·Other News

Boi–Taüll: This mountain resort in Spain has been named best in Europe for apres ski on a budget

A CATALAN ski resort in the Spanish Pyrenees has been named among the eight most affordable ski resorts in Europe by Lonely Planet. While the

10 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

Catalunya·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Eva Carneiro, the Chelsea medic who fell out with Mourinho in a very public spat, to share her story at Gibralatar event

GIBRALTAR’S Eva Carneiro quit her dream job as medic to the Chelsea team after a very public bust-up with then-manager Jose Mourinho. The ‘Special One’

9 Jan, 2022 @ 17:00

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

Cate Blanchett Pedro Almodovar cordon press

Spain’s Pedro Almodovar to make first feature film in English and with Cate Blanchett in lead role

Spain’s most acclaimed director has announced that he will make his first feature film in the English language and that Cate Blanchett will star in

9 Jan, 2022 @ 15:30

La Cultura·Lead

Caleta Palace Hotel In Catalan Bay Gibraltar

Gibraltar’s iconic Caleta Hotel closes after 60 years to make way for five-star Hilton

GIBRALTAR has moved one step closer to having a new five-star Hilton hotel as planning permission was filed for the site of the old Caleta

9 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Gibraltar·Lead

IN PICS: A year since Madrid’s epic snowfall saw people skiing and snowboarding through Spain’s capital in Storm Filomena

ONE year ago on January 9, 2021, Madrileños woke up to discover a city transformed by Storm Filomena. It was the biggest snowfall in more

9 Jan, 2022 @ 08:15

Lead·Madrid·Weather

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez receives booster as population urged to keep up with COVID-19 jabs

SPAIN’S Prime Minister released a photograph showing him receiving a booster dose of the vaccine which everyone over 40 years old is now eligible for.

8 Jan, 2022 @ 10:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Politics

Mystery over lower COVID-19 vaccinations in expat areas of southern Costa Blanca in Spain

READER’S QUESTION: When can I get a booster in Spain if I recently recovered from COVID?

SPAIN is rolling out a nationwide strategy to give a third dose of the vaccine to those already vaccinated in a bid to keep people

7 Jan, 2022 @ 11:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Flight delays warning in Spain: Airport operator Aena is caught up in global IT outage

LATEST: Spain extends COVID-19 travel ban for unvaccinated visitors from most non-EU countries until end of January

SPAIN has yet again extended the existing entry ban on non-essential travel by non-vaccinated travels from a long list of non-EU countries for another month.

7 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Tennis Roland Garros 2021 Grand Chelem 2021 Djokovic/nadal

Spain’s tennis ace Rafa Nadal on unvaccinated Djokovic being denied entry to Australia: ‘I feel sorry for him but it was his decision’

RAFAEL Nadal expressed sympathy for rival Novak Djokovic after the Serb was denied entry into Australia because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. However, he said

6 Jan, 2022 @ 11:15

Coronavirus·Lead·Sport

Google Maps clue leads police to mafia fugitive on the run for 20 years and living suburban life in Madrid

POLICE tracked down one of Italy’s most notorious mobsters who had been on Europol’s wanted list for 20 years after he was spotted on an

5 Jan, 2022 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Voyager A L Etranger Sous Conditions Sanitaires Ile Baleares

SPAIN TRAVEL UPDATE: UK scraps need for pre-departure COVID tests for fully vaccinated arrivals

FULLY vaccinated travellers will no longer have to take pre-departure COVID tests before arriving in England in a change in the rules that comes into

5 Jan, 2022 @ 18:59

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Police in Spain break up New Year’s Eve orgy involving 70 American guests at a villa outside Barcelona

POLICE broke up a New Year’s Eve sex party that involved around 70 guests, most of them from the USA, in a town outside Barcelona

3 Jan, 2022 @ 11:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·National News

Lloyd Milen and Pamela Sheila Twissell-Cross

Two Brits in Spain named in New Year Honours List

ONCE again Brits who have made their mark serving the British community resident in Spain have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. This

31 Dec, 2021 @ 23:30

Brexit·Lead·National News