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Spain’s foreign tourist revival continues with bigger spending than in 2019
SPAIN welcomed 4.3 million foreign tourists in February, 35.9% more than in the same month last year.
Data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE)...
Foreign home buyers reach record levels in Spain
FOREIGN property buyers accounted for 88,858 home purchases in Spain last year- up by 45% on 2021 figures.
The College of Registrars says deals struck...
Canary Islands octopus farm sparks criticism among scientists
A proposal for an octopus farm in Spain’s Canary Islands has sparked criticism from scientists who fear for their welfare
According to reports by the...
Jet2 CEO questions Lanzarote’s president on tourism statements
The CEO of Jet2 Holidays, Steve Heapy has written to Lanzarote’s president, Maria Dolores Corujo, asking her to clarify whether or not she wants...
Spain had more foreign tourists in January than three years earlier- just before Covid pandemic
SPAIN welcomed 4.1 million foreign tourists in January to slightly beat the total three years earlier- weeks before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The...
Former deputy in ‘Mediator’ corruption case ‘went to brothel’ on day his Socialist Party denounced prostitution in Congress
THE FORMER Socialist Party deputy at the centre of a corruption scandal, Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, went to a brothel on the day that...
Home property sales in Spain rose by 14.7% in 2022- biggest figure since 2007
HOME property sales in Spain reached 650,000 in 2022, the biggest total recorded since 2007 when nearly 780,000 residences were sold.
The National Institute of...
Home property sales in Spain rose by over 6% in 2022, but market cooled later in the year
HOME property sales grew by 6.1% during 2022 to reach 719,680 units- the biggest figure in 15 years- according to the General Council of...
Man accused of killing wife and burning body on barbecue set to be bailed in Spain’s Canary Islands
A man who has been behind bars for four years awaiting trial for the murder of his wife in Lanzarote will be freed on...
Man in Spain’s Tenerife arrested after killing ex-wife and injuring child who was defending her
A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on the Canary Island of Tenerife after allegedly stabbing to death his ex-wife, who was 44. One of...
TOXIC EXPORT: Gang that sent electrical goods from Spain’s Gran Canaria to be illegally disposed of in Africa busted
SPANISH police have arrested 43 people who were smuggling toxic electrical waste from the Canary Islands to Africa.
Amongst the 5 tonnes of waste were...
Two UK nationals in Spain included in New Year’s Honours list
TWO UK nationals in Spain have been named in the New Year’s Honours list.
Beverley Corbett, who is a volunteer at charity Noah’s Ark, has...
Dozens of properties in Spain seized with Russian money laundering gang member arrested in Canary Islands
A woman has been arrested in Tenerife as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the...
British mother and daughter struck by ‘hit and run’ van in Spain’s Canary Islands
POLICE are searching for a white van driver who ploughed into a British mother and daughter in Tenerife on Sunday.
They were hit by the...
Family of four from Spain’s Canary Islands killed in car crash while in Romania
A FAMILY of four from the Canary Island of Gran Canaria has died in a car accident while on holiday in Romania.
According to the...
Stowaways found on oil tanker rudder before docking in Spain’s Canary Islands
THREE stowaways risked their lives by travelling on the rudder of an oil tanker that docked in the Canary Islands after an 11-day trip...
€1.5 million pyramid scam in Spain sees arrests in Tenerife, Costa Blanca, and Murcia areas
A pyramid scheme that netted €1.5 million from unsuspecting investors has been brought down by the Guardia Civil.
The two ring-leaders- an Italian national and...
Spain to spend €20m to assist transfer of unaccompanied minors from migration hotspots to peninsula
THE SPANISH government is planning to assign €20 million to the country’s regions to support the voluntary reception of unaccompanied migrant minors. The youngsters...
Mass gatherings in Spain linked to monkeypox, new research shows
Monkeypox patients reported attending two major public events in Spain before being struck down with symptoms of the painful disease.
A major mass gathering on...
Spain tempts Brits to book long-stay winter holidays to beat energy bill crisis
SPAIN is hoping to capitalise on cold winters and energy bills elsewhere in Europe, including the UK, by promoting its warmer weather as winter...
Canary Islands report more than a thousand migrant deaths in year so far
Spain’s Canary Islands have calculated that more than a thousand would-be migrants have either died or disappeared at sea while trying to reach land...
Woman in bogus kidnapping shoots dramatic video to extort €50,000 from mother on Spain’s Canary Islands
A woman in her thirties has been arrested in Tenerife for faking her own kidnapping and trying to extort €50,000 from her mother.
Four people...
Unemployment increases in August in Spain, but it is the best data for this month since 2008
SOME 40,428 people lost their jobs during August, which is 1,4% more than in July
The jobless total in Spain is 2.9 million, according to...
Does Spain really have a bed bug problem?
HEADLINES warning holidaymakers about a plague of bloodsucking bed bugs at hotels across Spain appeared this weekend in British tabloids.
The reports claimed that popular...
Iberia Express cancels 92 flights ahead of cabin crew strike in Spain
AIRLINE Iberia Express has cancelled 92 flights ahead of a ten-day crew strike that starts on Sunday.
Among the scrapped services are connections from Madrid...
Spain’s tourism rejoices with hotels filling up to 2019 levels
TOURISM in July returned to almost the same levels seen before the Covid pandemic in 2019.
Figures from the National Statistics Institute show overnight hotel...
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