Madrid judge awards joint custody of pet dog to separated couple in pioneering ruling for Spain
A MADRID court has issued a pioneering ruling awarding a separated couple joint custody of a pet. In a sentence issued by Madrid’s Juzgado de
What you need to know as Spain’s flu vaccine campaign officially gets underway
THE Health Ministry has officially launched this year’s flu vaccine campaign across Spain, but who is eligible? And how do you get a jab? Firstly
Missing 16 year-old found dead at abandoned building in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol
POLICE confirmed the grim discovery of the body of 16-year-old Jacobo Isidro Benedito at an abandoned building in Marbella a day after the teen was
Child dies during migrant boat rescue off Spain’s Canary Islands
AUTHORITIES in Spain have confirmed that a child who was among a boatful of migrants rescued off Gran Canaria on Sunday did not survive the
Double standards: Fully-vaxxed Brit expats arriving in UK from Spain discover they don’t have the same quarantine exemptions as those jabbed by NHS
AN Olive Press reader has slammed the “double standards” imposed by UK authorities after discovering a major pitfall of visiting the UK from Spain –
VIDEO: Watch the release of giant sunfish tangled in tuna fishing nets off Spain’s Ceuta
A gigantic sunfish was caught up in tuna fishing nets off the coast of Ceuta, one of Spain’s enclaves in north Africa. The fish, known
VIDEO: Underwater footage shows new lava shelf and marine life covered in ash on ocean bed from La Palma volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands
A SUBMARINE robot studying the impact of the volcanic eruption on marine life has sent back some extraordinary footage of the seabed. Lava flow from
COVID rules: Fully-vaxxed travellers from Spain to UK can now use cheaper lateral flow tests instead of PCR
NEW rules allowing fully-vaxxed travellers flying into England to take lateral flow tests instead of PCR tests come into force from Sunday. Fully-vaccinated people arriving
Trashumancia: Why flocks of sheep are filling the streets of Madrid today
EVERY year on a Sunday in late October the streets of central Madrid are transformed from a busy cosmopolitan metropolis to a pastoral scene from
IMAGES: First snow of the season falls in Sierra Nevada in southern Spain
The peaks of Spain’s Sierra Nevada received their first dusting of snow during the night on Friday, as the weather turned colder across the peninsula.
VIDEO: This is the moment notorious Kinahan cartel member is arrested at a pub on Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary Islands
SPANISH police officers swooped in on a fugitive member of a notorious Irish drug cartel as he drank in a pub on the Canary Island
Fugitive Brit accused of murdering his own mother found dead in Spain
A SCOTTISH man who went on the run after being accused of murdering his own mother 19 years ago has been found dead in Spain,
WATCH: Rafa Nadal sends surprise birthday message to 90-year-old stranger and everyone is in tears about it
SPANISH tennis champ Rafael Nadal has proved that not only is he one of the best sportsmen the world has ever seen, but he is
EXPLAINER: What we know about Spain’s plan to introduce national ID for pets
SPAIN’S government has unveiled plans for a national ID scheme for domestic animals as part of a far-reaching animal welfare reform bill. The new animal
End of summer: Balmy October temperatures come to an end across Spain
MUCH of south and central Spain has enjoyed an extended veranillo de San Miguel – balmy temperatures that last into September and October – but
King Juan Carlos was injected with hormones by Spain’s secret service to quell rampant libido claims ex-police chief
THE rampant sex drive of former King of Spain was considered such a state liability that he was injected with female hormones by the secret
Mysterious ‘A Team’ claims to have saved dogs trapped by lava on La Palma ahead of daring rescue planned by drone operators
MYSTERY surrounds the fate of three dogs apparently trapped in an area surrounded by lava flow on the island of La Palma. On Wednesday a
Chinese billionaire behind Alibaba group spotted cruising around Balearic Islands on luxury megayacht
CHINESE billionaire Jack Ma Yun, the founder of Alibaba group, has been spotted cruising around the Balearic Islands in his megayacht. The yacht, which is
Man electrocuted in tub after dropping charging mobile phone into bathwater in Madrid
A man in Madrid died from an electric shock while taking a bath after apparently dropping his mobile phone into the water while it was
WATCH: Soldier rescues cat engulfed by volcanic ash on La Palma by performing ‘mouth-to-mouth’
IT IS said that cats have nine lives, and this lucky feline on the island of La Palma certainly owes one of them to the
Spanish businessmen on trial over Valencia offshore gas project which caused series of mini earthquakes in 2013
TWO businessmen are on trial for their role in an offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off Spain’s eastern coast
Sucked dry: How water theft to irrigate farmland is draining Spain’s precious wetlands and causing irreversible ecological damage
Environmentalists have sounded a harsh warning over illegal water extraction that is threatening to drain Spain’s wetland reserves and cause irreversible ecological damage.
Spain’s PM slams sovereign immunity and calls on King Juan Carlos to give public explanation of financial dealings
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has slammed the sovereign immunity that affords Spain’s monarchs protection from prosecution as “outdated and unnecessary” and called on the emeritus
DGT attempts to solve the mystery of how to navigate a roundabout in Spain without causing an accident
SPAIN’S DGT have issued a new plea to drivers in Spain to learn how to navigate around roundabouts safely after it emerged one in ten
‘Onion days’: Spain has a perfect way to describe this typical autumn weather
IN Spain, discussing the weather is as much a national pastime as it is in northern European climes, although across most of central and southern
Adios Boris: PM returns home to crisis-hit Britain after relaxing autumn break in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol
BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his pregnant wife Carrie and their son Wilf were seen leaving a villa in the hills above Marbella to head