Amnesty International report calls on Spanish government to ban rubber bullets
THE LATEST report from Amnesty International on Spain is calling for the government to ban the use by police of rubber bullets, which it considers
Franco-era general responsible for 45,000 executions quietly exhumed from basilica in Seville
THE REMAINS of a Franco-era general were removed from the Macarena basilica in Seville last night, an exhumation that was carried out as part of
BBC documentary about Spanish border tragedy prompts fresh calls from political parties for explanations
A DOCUMENTARY from the BBC about the tragic migrant deaths in June this year at the border between Morocco and the Spanish city of Melilla
Palma residents on Spain’s Mallorca slapped with hefty traffic fines blame delivery company for not handing over letters
HUNDREDS of residents of Palma face having to pay hefty traffic fines from previous years because, they claim, the company in charge of delivering them
Minor who was passing himself off as a doctor and making house calls arrested in Madrid
SPAIN’S National Police have arrested a minor in Madrid who was passing himself off as an emergency doctor and was actually making house calls. He
Thieves walk out of Michelin-starred restaurant in Madrid with 132 bottles of wine valued at €200,000
THIEVES in Spain have managed to pull off another wine heist, this time targeting the Michelin-starred restaurant Coque. On Sunday, the exclusive eatery was relieved
Clocks in Spain to go back an hour on Saturday night
AT 3am on Sunday morning, the clocks in Spain will go back one hour, to 2am, as daylight saving time ends. The change will also
Spain’s Socialist Party files amendments to planned ‘Trans Law’, risking delay to bill
SPAIN’S governing Socialist Party is planning to file 16 amendments to the draft “Trans Law”, despite having supported the new legislation since its inception nearly
Video footage prompts judges to rule that Catalan riot police officer invented assault by protestor
A POLICE officer from Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra regional force is facing an eight-year ban from duty after being found to have invented an assault by
Unemployment rate in Spain creeps up to 12.6% in third quarter of the year
SPAIN’S job market slowed in the third quarter of this year, with a small rise in the unemployment rate to 12.67% of the active population
Unusually high temperatures in Spain mean this October could be the warmest on record
NOVEMBER may be fast approaching, but Spain is still enjoying unusually warm temperatures for this time of year. Last night saw the thermometers as high
Spain’s government to strip Franco and nine other figures from the regime of medals
THE SPANISH government announced on Thursday that it is to strip former dictator Francisco Franco of the Medal of Merit in Labour, an award that
Spanish child with brain tumour flown to Barcelona for treatment thanks to anonymous donor
A SPANISH child with a brain tumour today arrived in Barcelona after an anonymous donor paid for a medical flight to transfer from Mexico. The
Three dead after man holes up in Ciudad Real country house and fires rifle at passers by
A MAN was shot dead by the Spanish Civil Guard on Wednesday after allegedly having fired a rifle at drivers and pedestrians in the province
Missing Spanish football fan trying to walk to Qatar may have been arrested in Iran
A SPANISH football fan who is trying to walk from Spain to Qatar to see the World Cup could be in an Iranian jail. That’s
Marbella mayor threatens press with legal action in wake of charges against husband, stepson
THE MAYOR of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, has threatened legal action against the Spanish press if they claim she is linked to the ongoing investigation into
Spain’s National Police detain one of UK’s most-wanted criminals in Marbella
ONE OF the UK’s most-wanted criminals has been arrested by Spain’s National Police in Marbella. Dean Garforth, aged 30, was arrested in the Malagan city
Four arrested in Spain over violent kidnap and torture of social network founder Zaryn Dentzel
SPAIN’S National Police have made four arrests over the violent attack in November 2021 on Zaryn Dentzel, the founder of Spanish social network Tuenti. The
Gibraltar not the source of delay to driving licence negotiations, says British ambassador
THE BRITISH ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, has categorically ruled out that the delay to reaching a post-Brexit deal on driving licence exchange has anything
British embassy warns of possible scams targeting residents of Spain holding UK driving licences
THE BRITISH embassy in Spain has issued a warning that scammers may be trying to take advantage of the driving licence debacle, with “offers of
Husband of Marbella mayor formally accused of belonging to a criminal organisation, money laundering
THE SPANISH High Court has formerly accused Lars Broberg, the husband of Marbella Mayor Ángeles Muñoz, of belonging to a criminal organisation and laundering the
‘Two outstanding points’ remain on UK driving licence issue, says British ambassador
THE BRITISH ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, has posted a new update on driving licence negotiations saying that there are “two outstanding points we are
Woman who stole baby from hospital in northern Spain spent all night taking selfies
MORE details have emerged of the nightmarish experience that the parents of a newborn boy went through in the Spanish city of Bilbao this week,
Analysis: Spain’s view of the UK’s political turmoil
LIKE MANY of their European counterparts, Spanish newspapers have recently been focusing on Brexit as the root of the current ills in the United Kingdom.
Missing Australian rugby player found dead in Spanish nightclub
An Australian rugby league player has been found dead in a nightclub in Barcelona, having fallen from a 10-metre height. The Catalan regional police, the
Authorities in Spain arrest drug gang after discovering 66 kilos of cocaine hidden inside heavy machinery
SPANISH authorities have made eight arrests and seized 66 kilograms of cocaine, after detecting a gang that imported drugs from Peru well hidden inside industrial