The Lithuanian mafia emerges as the surprise player on Spain’s organised-crime-ridden Costa del Sol
One of the coast's most lucrative and most violent networks was Lithuanian, run from a Marbella mansion by a man who could not walk.
German tourists to outnumber Brits in Malaga province during an autumn which includes San Diego Comic-Con and golf open
Bookings for September, October and November show German travellers will make up 26.95% of the rural tourism market.
Israel denies role in Ceuta migrant crisis and warns Spain that shunning defence ties ‘has a cost’ for Spanish security
Israeli charge d'affaires Dana Elrich rejected allegations linking Jerusalem and Moscow to the influx of migrants into the North African enclave.
Summer to come back with a bang as mid-September heatwave brings 40C highs and tropical nights
The sudden heatwave will plunge the mainland and the Canary Islands back into mid-July weather conditions from Sunday until at least Wednesday.
Spain’s new ‘affordable’ housing portal launches with zero flats in Andalucia or Madrid
THE Spanish government’s new flagship national affordable housing portal has come under fire for offering zero homes across Andalucia or Madrid. The Casa 47 website
WATCH: Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez tells VOX leader ‘I may be a dog but, unlike you I have no master’ during Ceuta row
Sanchez was responding to accusations from Abascal that his government was being blackmailed by Morocco over alleged corruption involving his family.
VOX warns of ‘Costa del Crime’ after 16th shooting turns Malaga coast into ‘hell for residents and business owners’
Antonio Sevilla, the provincial president of VOX in Malaga, blamed Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska for the surge in violent crime across the province.
Dubai-based ‘narcobank’ financing cocaine into Spain is exposed with five top global drug lords at the helm
A DUBAI-BASED ‘narco bank’ funding cocaine trafficking into Spain and allegedly headed up by some of the world’s most notorious mafia kingpins has been exposed
Spain’s green northern coast becomes ‘cool-cation’ refuge as tourists flee scorching southern summers
Data from INE shows the number of summer travellers across the four northern regions jumped from 3.4 million in 2015 to over 4.7 million last
Costa Blanca and Catalunya brace for flash floods and even waterspouts as ‘off the charts’ storm builds over record-hot Mediterranean
AEMET has activated high-risk orange warnings across the Barcelona pre-Pyrenees, the Girona Pyrenees and the northern Alicante coast.
WATCH: Knife-wielding man causes chaos in heart of Barcelona’s tourist district – until heroic workers clobber him
The violent mid-afternoon rampage erupted at around 3pm on Monday near the intersection of Carrer de Ferran and Carrer d'Avinyo, in the city's Gotico district.
Spain smashes September heat records with 39.4C in Almeria and 35.5C in Barcelona – but autumn on the way
Data from AEMET confirmed the historic heatwave peaked September 5, with Pamplona airport recorded the highest national figure with a sweltering 40.8C.
Migrant ‘taxi’ boat drivers dumped passengers overboard by ‘threatening them with machetes’ on Murcia coast
The Guardia Civil detained four smugglers following two violent chases with high-speed vessels used to traffic people to the Spanish mainland.
Morocco’s military is rapidly ‘closing gap’ with Spain as new missiles put Andalucia within striking distance – but Madrid still rules the skies
Deeper inland, Sevilla, Cordoba and Granada sit within the 300km strike range envelope of ATACMS ballistic missiles - but would require US authorisation.
High alert in Ceuta as Moroccan social media campaign calls for fresh ‘march of anger’ on Spanish enclave
Online messages and posters in the Moroccan Arabic dialect began circulating in early September, urging a 'march of anger' against Spanish territories.
Spain’s minimum wage increases to €1,425 a month – a rise of just €43 that puts it in second tier of EU economies
The top tier all pay above €12 an hour, led by Luxembourg on €15.60; the middle group includes Spain at €8.40; and the bottom pay
Spain activates first-ever September red heat alert – temperatures soar past 45C in unprecedented late-summer scorcher
The 45.7C peak, recorded in El Granado, Huelva, ties the national September heat record previously set in Montoro, Cordoba, exactly a decade ago in 2016.
Mexico-style cartel wars rock the Netherlands after cocaine shipment linked to drug lord Bolle Jos is ‘stolen in Spain’
Over 30 armed men descended on a farmhouse in the Dutch village of Overasselt in the early hours of Tuesday over a missing cocaine shipment.
Disgraced Qatari royal wanted in Spain for wrecking Malaga CF gives away his location in London’s swanky Mayfair
Nasser Al-Thani, formerly Malaga CF's CEO, is wanted in Spain over allegations of misappropriated of funds and club mismanagement.
Spain records hottest summer since records began as Barcelona smashes both air and sea temperatures
AEMET, put the season around 2.5C above the seasonal average nationwide — beating the previous record, which had only been set the year before, in
Spain issues barbecue warning after family party is caught cooking with open flame during wildfire season in Catalan national park
It comes as Andalucia introduces a tough new law to allow fines of up to €1 million for the most serious wildfire offences.
Spanish house prices actually drop for the first time in nearly four years – but still up 12.5% on last year
SPANISH house prices have fallen month-on-month for the first time in nearly four years, ending a relentless 43-month streak of consecutive national increases. Average asking
Backlash grows in Catalunya after teenagers stab ‘much loved’ father-of-two to death
The outcry has forced the region's interior minister to deny the ‘misinformation’ that the alleged killers are migrants in the wake of the murder.
Orange alerts across Andalucia as September heat dome arrives – coastal areas to suffer humidity and Saharan dust
Yellow heat warnings are also in place across inland Cadiz, Huelva, and interior Granada, where the mercury is forecast to hit between 36C and 38C.
Spain will be the only major country in the EU not to shrink this century — and Pedro Sanchez says immigration is the reason why
Eurostat's latest projections put Spain's growth at just 1.3% between 2025 and 2100, from 49.1 million to 49.8 – the only to grow among Europe's
WATCH: Hairy moment Norwegian Airlines plane is forced to abort landing at Malaga airport
A business jet had landed just ahead of the Norwegian passenger plane and lingered on the tarmac, creating a hazard.
