It’s officially the most depressing day of the year: An expert offers some tips to lift the gloom on ‘Blue Monday’

HOW are you feeling today? In case you’re a little bummed, it’s worth noting that today is officially ‘Blue Monday’; the most depressing day of

15 Jan, 2024 @ 14:00

Health·Lead

Companies on Spain’s Costa del Sol ‘lack ambition or initiative’ and are ‘handicapped by poor English language skills’, claims CEO of investment fund

MALAGA entrepreneurs unwilling or able to communicate effectively in the language of Shakespeare are reportedly missing a trick in the business world where ‘the money

15 Jan, 2024 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Plastic crisis in Spain: Millions of pellets of potentially toxic microplastics are washing up on beaches and 'accumulating in fish and other seafood'

Plastic plague: An ecological disaster is unfolding on the shores of northern Spain – but could the pellets reach the beaches of the Costa del Sol?

THE millions of plastic pellets that have washed up on the shores of northern Spain and sparked an ecological disaster have now reached France and

14 Jan, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead

Olive oil crisis laid bare: These are the devastating factors behind a shock 50% fall in production of Spain’s ‘liquid gold’

IT is known as liquid gold among Spaniards. But the country’s olive oil industry has suffered a series of environmental calamities which have cut production

13 Jan, 2024 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Is Spain’s biggest art museum going TOO woke? Madrid’s El Prado is removing words like ‘dwarf’, ‘disabled’ and ‘deformation’ from descriptions of masterpieces to ‘avoid offence’

THE description of an artwork by a famous Spanish master in Madrid’s El Prado museum has been altered to remove mention of the subject’s ‘dwarfism.’

12 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Rent control arrives to Spain in February: This region will be the first to implement the measure amid record-high tenant costs

AS rental prices have been soaring prohibitively across Spain, Catalonia is set to be the first to step in and, from February, put controls on

12 Jan, 2024 @ 10:32

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Lead·Property

Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca

Hostage crisis in Mallorca: Police SWAT team tackle man who had barricaded himself in his home and threatened to kill his own MOTHER

A TENSE hostage situation was resolved this morning with one police officer shot with a crossbow after a man took his own mother hostage. A

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Lead·Mallorca

‘It’s time to pay up’: The mayor charging expats extortionate water bills in Spain’s Malaga moves in for the kill

THE mayor of a Malaga town that has sprung extortionate water bills on dozens of expats has refused his latest – and possibly last –

11 Jan, 2024 @ 11:46

Lead·Malaga·Must Read

‘State of emergency’ in Ecuador: Nationwide cartel violence directly fuelled by the mountains of cocaine passing through Spain’s ports each year

ECUADOR has declared a state of emergency after brutal violence erupted between drug cartels vying for control of lucrative cocaine trafficking routes into Spain and

10 Jan, 2024 @ 17:34

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Autistic boy, 11, who went missing on a school trip in Spain’s Mallorca is found just as hypothermia was setting in

THE authorities are breathing a sigh of relief after an enormous search for an 11-year-old autistic boy who went missing while on a school excursion

10 Jan, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Mallorca

‘Five to 10 grams a day’: Junta’s ‘cocaine chauffeur’ comes clean in latest trial over Andalucia’s unbelievable €1 billion ERE corruption scandal

‘I SPENT €1 million on cocaine, parties and gifts’ confessed the former driver to Andalucia’s Employment Minister. The so-called ‘cocaine chauffeur’ is finally on trial

10 Jan, 2024 @ 14:46

Andalucia·Lead·Must Read

Government official accused of ‘licking woman’s face and punching a policeman’ claims ‘alcoholic beverages impaired my decision-making abilities’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A BALEARICS government official who faces accusations he sexually abused a woman and attacked a policeman has blamed his actions on being ‘very drunk.’ Juan

10 Jan, 2024 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Jet2 suspends flights and holidays from UK to Spain until late June due to 'uncertainty' over British government travel proposals

Two British pensioners’ Mallorca holiday nightmare as they are put on the wrong plane despite FIVE ticket checks

TWO elderly Brits going on holiday to Mallorca suffered a nightmare when they were put on the wrong plane by Jet2 thanks to a ‘catalogue

9 Jan, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Mallorca

Reservoirs lose more water in Spain’s Andalucia and are now at just 20% capacity

ANDALUCIA’S reservoirs have hit an alarming low at the start of 2024, plunging to just 20% of their capacity. This minor yet significant drop of

9 Jan, 2024 @ 11:13

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

German and British tourists to Spain failed to match pre-pandemic figures despite a record-breaking year in 2023 – apart from this ONE region

SPAIN has disappointingly failed to return to its pre-pandemic visitor numbers from its key markets of the United Kingdom and Germany – apart from in

9 Jan, 2024 @ 08:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

UK tourists help Spain smash February foreign visitor record

Spanish expat is expelled from the UK after a 4-day break in Malaga: Vet-in-training is sent back to Spain despite having permission to work in Britain

A SPANISH woman who went home from the UK to Malaga for Christmas was refused entry upon her return and put on a plane back

8 Jan, 2024 @ 14:08

Brexit·Lead·Malaga

Price of cocaine falls by almost a HALF in Spain: Why the drug is cheaper despite ‘record’ seizures by police

THE tidal wave of cocaine engulfing Europe has seen its price nearly halve in Spain due to overproduction in Latin American countries. An enormous surge

8 Jan, 2024 @ 12:04

Barcelona·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Teenagers arrested over Estepona petrol station stick-up: Pair ‘wanted to spend the stolen money on a new electric scooter’

TWO teenagers have been arrested for a broad daylight armed robbery on a petrol station in Estepona last week. The pair had made off with

8 Jan, 2024 @ 10:58

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

The Dutch are coming: Tourists from the Netherlands already make up a quarter of tourist bookings in Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2024

THE 2024 tourist season in the Costa del Sol is set to be dominated by the Dutch, according to a new market analysis. The study

6 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Travel News

Terrorist cell ISIS calls for ‘lions of Islam’ to launch attacks on Jews and Christians in Europe: Call to arms follows dozens of Jihadist arrests in Spain last year

NOTORIOUS terror group the Islamic State has called for a fresh wave of jihadi attacks on Jews and Christians throughout Europe. In a chilling message

5 Jan, 2024 @ 17:27

Lead·National News

Tech howler: Orange internet goes down across Spain for hours after hackers guess the corporation’s ‘ridiculously weak’ password

IN a tale that sounds more like a grandmother’s tech error than a corporate oversight, one of Spain’s leading mobile operators suffered a shock outage

5 Jan, 2024 @ 14:38

Lead·Technology

Nurses in Malaga hospitals are now carrying PEPPER SPRAY after surge in attacks by patients high on cocaine and other drugs

NURSES in Malaga hospitals have taken to carrying pepper spray after a surge in assaults from patients and their families under the influence of cocaine

5 Jan, 2024 @ 13:30

Health·Lead·Malaga

Dani Alves’ mother doxes his alleged rape victim online in an extraordinary attack: Young woman is due to testify against the football star in Spain next month

THE mother of ex-Barcelona football star Dani Alves, awaiting trial next month on rape charges, may have landed him in further hot water after she

4 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Barcelona·Lead

‘It will only offend the fools of the PSOE’: Small town Vox mayor in southern Spain launches controversial Franco calendar

A SMALL-TOWN mayor from the south of Spain has released a new year calendar themed around former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco, 46 years after

4 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

Lead·Politics

British expat, 79, accused of historic sex crimes against young girls is arrested near Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH pensioner has been arrested in southern Spain near Marbella over alleged historic child sex offences in the United Kingdom. The 79-year-old, who had

4 Jan, 2024 @ 15:37

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Is being a bit overweight GOOD for you? British study suggests a few extra pounds can help ‘protect’ the health of elderly people

A NEW study from the UK is threatening to overturn conventional health wisdom after it suggested that being slightly overweight in your 70s and 80s

3 Jan, 2024 @ 18:50

Health·Lead

It’s officially the most depressing day of the year: An expert offers some tips to lift the gloom on ‘Blue Monday’

Companies on Spain’s Costa del Sol ‘lack ambition or initiative’ and are ‘handicapped by poor English language skills’, claims CEO of investment fund

Plastic plague: An ecological disaster is unfolding on the shores of northern Spain – but could the pellets reach the beaches of the Costa del Sol?

Olive oil crisis laid bare: These are the devastating factors behind a shock 50% fall in production of Spain’s ‘liquid gold’

Is Spain’s biggest art museum going TOO woke? Madrid’s El Prado is removing words like ‘dwarf’, ‘disabled’ and ‘deformation’ from descriptions of masterpieces to ‘avoid offence’

Rent control arrives to Spain in February: This region will be the first to implement the measure amid record-high tenant costs

Hostage crisis in Mallorca: Police SWAT team tackle man who had barricaded himself in his home and threatened to kill his own MOTHER

‘It’s time to pay up’: The mayor charging expats extortionate water bills in Spain’s Malaga moves in for the kill

‘State of emergency’ in Ecuador: Nationwide cartel violence directly fuelled by the mountains of cocaine passing through Spain’s ports each year

Autistic boy, 11, who went missing on a school trip in Spain’s Mallorca is found just as hypothermia was setting in

‘Five to 10 grams a day’: Junta’s ‘cocaine chauffeur’ comes clean in latest trial over Andalucia’s unbelievable €1 billion ERE corruption scandal

Government official accused of ‘licking woman’s face and punching a policeman’ claims ‘alcoholic beverages impaired my decision-making abilities’ in Spain’s Mallorca

Two British pensioners’ Mallorca holiday nightmare as they are put on the wrong plane despite FIVE ticket checks

Reservoirs lose more water in Spain’s Andalucia and are now at just 20% capacity

German and British tourists to Spain failed to match pre-pandemic figures despite a record-breaking year in 2023 – apart from this ONE region

Spanish expat is expelled from the UK after a 4-day break in Malaga: Vet-in-training is sent back to Spain despite having permission to work in Britain

Price of cocaine falls by almost a HALF in Spain: Why the drug is cheaper despite ‘record’ seizures by police

Teenagers arrested over Estepona petrol station stick-up: Pair ‘wanted to spend the stolen money on a new electric scooter’

The Dutch are coming: Tourists from the Netherlands already make up a quarter of tourist bookings in Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2024

Terrorist cell ISIS calls for ‘lions of Islam’ to launch attacks on Jews and Christians in Europe: Call to arms follows dozens of Jihadist arrests in Spain last year

Tech howler: Orange internet goes down across Spain for hours after hackers guess the corporation’s ‘ridiculously weak’ password

Nurses in Malaga hospitals are now carrying PEPPER SPRAY after surge in attacks by patients high on cocaine and other drugs

Dani Alves’ mother doxes his alleged rape victim online in an extraordinary attack: Young woman is due to testify against the football star in Spain next month

‘It will only offend the fools of the PSOE’: Small town Vox mayor in southern Spain launches controversial Franco calendar

British expat, 79, accused of historic sex crimes against young girls is arrested near Spain’s Costa del Sol

Is being a bit overweight GOOD for you? British study suggests a few extra pounds can help ‘protect’ the health of elderly people

Albanian shot dead at Costa Blanca padel club was target in ‘family feud’ and was jailed in Italy for drug trafficking

Housing shortage is now so severe in Valencia that estate agents are paying ordinary people to tip them off about homes to sell

Andalucian left-wing party wants rents capped by law at a fifth of local family income

Estepona mayor to stand trial over ‘plant pot job for lover’ as calls grow for PP to suspend him

WATCH: Taxi driver survives horrifying crash after lorry overturns and flattens his cab inside Malaga tunnel

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