EQUINE DREAM: Finca La Donaira is Andalucia’s luxury eco-retreat with its own studfarm
La Donaira’s natural horsemanship classes with 90 Lusitano horses is the perfect escape for riding fanatic Fiona Govan
Chef Jose Andres scoops Spain’s top humanitarian award
CELEBRATED chef Jose Andres has scooped Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for his humanitarian work in feeding those in the midst of crisis and
British sex offenders could have danger warnings stamped on passports to prevent travel abroad
The British government is being asked to place danger warnings on the passports and driving licences of convicted sex offenders to close the loop hole
Spain approves pioneering transgender bill that puts it at forefront of LGTBI rights
SPAIN has approved a draft bill on LGBTI rights that will allow transgender people over 14 to change their legal gender without medical diagnosis or
Gibraltar Chief Minister calls for ‘unity’ on the Rock after divisive vote on abortion
FABIAN Picardo welcomed the result of the referendum which saw voters in Gibraltar choose to relax its draconian anti-abortion law and acknowledged that it was
Spain tightens rules on all UK travellers (including to Balearic Islands): PCR tests or double vaccination proof now needed
SPAIN has changed the requirements for travellers arriving from the UK and will now demand a negative COVID-19 test or proof of double vaccination. Prime
#Orgullo: How Gay Pride is being celebrated across Spain
CELEBRATIONS for Gay Pride are taking place across Spain this year, although events will be on a smaller scale to allow for coronavirus restrictions on
Everything you need to know about Spain’s new face mask rules
SPAIN’S government has brought in a decree law that outlines the new rules for face mask wearing in public spaces that comes into force from
Expat Dad discovers his vintage Petrus (wine worth €3,000) was used to make sangria by daughter’s friends at house party in Spain
PETE Jones is one hell of an understanding father. When he woke up last Saturday morning to discover that his daughter and her friends had
Gibraltar votes YES to relax abortion laws in referendum on the Rock
GIBRALTAR has overwhelmingly voted to relax its draconian anti-abortion law in a referendum held on Thursday. Voters on the Rock backed said ‘yes’ to end
Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee found dead in Barcelona prison hours after Spain authorised extradition to US for tax evasion
THE tech entrepreneur was found hanging in his cell late on Wednesday just hours after a Spanish court authorised his extradition to the USA to
Pardoned Catalan separatist leaders walk out of jail… and immediately demand independence from Spain
THE nine Catalan separatist leaders who walked free from prison on Wednesday after a controversial pardon by the Spanish government appeared not to have lost
BREXIT: Spain extends validity of UK driving licences until October 31
SPAIN has extended the deadline requiring British drivers living in Spain to have a Spanish licence from June 30 to October 31. The last minute
Malaga authorities demand ‘urgent moratorium’ to halt avalanche of solar farm projects across Spain’s Andalucia
Malaga’s provincial council has approved a motion to demand that the Junta de Andalucia and the Spanish government delay approval for dozens of photovoltaic projects
Coronavirus Delta variant to become dominant in Spain by mid-July
HEALTH officials in Spain have warned that the Delta variant of coronavirus, first identified in India, will become the dominant strain across Spain within a
Lucia and Hugo: The most popular baby names in Spain
THE most recent data from new births registered in 2020 reveals Spain’s most popular baby names. Hugo is the favourite name for boys, while Lucia
Spain’s mortality rate hits record high and birth rate falls as nation faces biggest demographic crisis since Spanish Civil War
MORE people died in Spain during 2020 than in any year since records began in 1941. The mortality rate across Spain hit its highest annual
CANNIBAL JAILED: Madrid man who killed his mother, chopped her into pieces and stored her in tupperware, sentenced to 15 years
A SPANIARD who murdered his mother, chopped her into little pieces and stored her in plastic containers which he ate from and fed to his
Gibraltar: Referendum on The Rock set to overturn abortion law that threatens women with life in jail
With just over one week to go until the Rock goes to the polls to vote on whether or not to update abortion, the Olive
Residents vow to stop mega solar park that will ruin environment and spoil views in most desirable corner of southern Spain
The celebrated green valleys and whitewashed village route around Andalucia are being lined up for a giant industrial makeover, writes Fiona Govan in Gaucin
CONGRATS! Queen honours campaigners who fought Brexit and provide support to Brits in Spain
FOUR Britons behind leading citizens’ rights campaigns in Spain have been awarded MBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year. The British Embassy in
Nudist hippies at free love Rainbow gathering in Spain’s La Rioja fall foul of the law
POLICE have issued dozens of fines to a group of naked hippies who have gathered from across Europe to set up camp in a remote
EXPLAINED: Spain’s new entry rules for vaccinated or COVID-19 immune travellers
Americans are among those who can now travel to Spain if they have had a vaccine.
Madrid man on trial in Spain for murdering girlfriend and keeping dismembered body in freezer for more than a year
A MAN is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death before chopping her up and storing her body parts in a freezer in his bedroom
British woman found dead beside Spanish pilot ex-husband in suspected murder-suicide in Madrid suburb
POLICE are investigating the death of a British woman and her Spanish husband after the couple were found dead lying next to each other at
Zara to open its biggest ever shop in Madrid’s Plaza de España
THE clothes chain Zara has announced plans for a flagship store that promises to be the world’s biggest in the newly renovated Edificio España on