Manhunt underway as drug gang opens fire on police before fleeing during Costa del Sol dawn raid
POLICE are hunting a gang of heavily armed drug traffickers who opened fire on officers during a dawn raid on the Costa del Sol early
Quick-thinking lifeguards hailed as heroes for saving the life of woman having a heart attack in a Torremolinos beach bar
QUICK-thinking lifeguards have been hailed as heroes for saving the life of a woman having a heart attack in a Torremolinos beach bar. The 60-year-old
New Andalucian townhouses development brings traditional charm to the heart of Estepona
A NEW development in the centre of Estepona is giving classic Andalucian homes a fresh modern update while keeping the character of the old town
EXCLUSIVE: The Costa del Sol talent that nearly made it to Eurovision with Spain – who then boycotted the event anyway
A MARBELLA-based expat reflects on her experience competing to represent San Marino at the world’s biggest TV music competition. Estonian singer Elisa Kolk, known professionally
WATCH: Watch thieves based in Barcelona are targeting tourist areas on Costa del Sol and Balearics, police warn
WATCH theft gangs based in Barcelona are operating across Spain’s most popular holiday destinations. Police have warned that tourists on the Costa del Sol and
Malaga’s reservoirs hold enough water to last almost four years after wettest winter in half a century
MONTHS of rain have transformed Malaga’s water situation, with the province’s reservoirs now close to full and holding enough reserves to cover years of consumption.
Far-right calls for crackdown on ‘fake’ residents claiming public services in Costa del Sol expat hub beloved by both Brits and Germans
THE far-right party Vox has called for tighter controls on padron registrations — Spain’s official municipal population register —in a Torrox. The move follows concerns
Manhunt for Mocro Maffia boss linked to record 45-tonne cocaine bust: One-time Puerto Banus resident ‘Jos el Gordito’ also wanted for Estepona torture-murder
DUTCH authorities are offering a €200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of drug trafficker Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, better known as ‘Bolle Jos’ or
Costa del Sol holds steady in this year’s Blue Flag awards – Puerto Banus loses a coveted award but Benalmadena gains one
THE Costa del Sol has retained its 45 Blue Flag beaches, holding steady despite Marbella losing one of its award-winning stretches. The coveted award has
Marbella launches 24-hour ‘street-wash blitz’ to scrub away city’s ‘dirty’ image ahead of summer rush
MARBELLA has launched a ‘street-wash blitz’ to clean up the city’s streets ahead of the summer season. Over 200 street cleaning teams will take to
Fresh protests in Mijas this weekend against notorious donkey taxis – all you need to know
ANIMAL activists are set to line the streets of Mijas this weekend as they demand ‘the end of the exploitation’ of the town’s famous donkeys.
Outrage as new beach picnic area in Marbella’s San Pedro is left covered in trash with bins ‘just metres away’
FURIOUS residents have slammed May Day revellers after a new beach picnic area in Marbella was left strewn with rubbish. Photos circulating on social media
‘I have cried so many times’: Medical staff at Marbella’s main hospital are forced to live in their cars due to ‘sky-high’ Costa del Sol rents
MEDICAL staff at Marbella’s Costa del Sol hospital are forced to live in their cars and camper vans due to ‘extortionate’ Costa del Sol rental
Tragedy on the Costa del Sol as motorcyclist, 54, dies in late-night crash on the A-7 motorway in Mijas
A MOTORCYCLIST has died in a late-night crash on the A-7 motorway in Mijas. The fatal incident occurred at approximately 10.45pm on Saturday night when
Take a peek at the remarkable towns along the Spanish coast where British expats make up nearly half the population
A STRIKING new map has revealed where British expats have clustered on Spain’s costas – including several towns where they make up about half of
Marbella hospital patients sent home from operating table as 175,000 doctors go on strike across Spain
TWO women were sent home from the operating table at a Costa del Sol hospital after their long-awaited surgeries were abruptly cancelled amid Spain’s ongoing
Shock as body of elderly Ukrainian woman is found near sports centre in Fuengirola
NEIGHBOURS on the Costa del Sol were left reeling on Thursday morning after the body of an elderly Ukrainian woman was discovered near a popular
Two arrests at protest against mega golf and tourism resort threatening to bulldoze one of few remaining plots of virgin land on the Costa del Sol
TWO protesters have been arrested for refusing to identify themselves as tensions flared over the destruction of protected farmland on the Costa del Sol. The
Popular Costa del Sol expat haven demands breakwaters to protect its dwindling beaches from being washed away – and Madrid to pay
URGENT action has been demanded by Mijas Town Hall to stop its dwindling beaches from rapidly disappearing into the sea. Mijas Town Hall fired off
Costa del Sol subsidised housing boom backlash as 100 ‘affordable’ homes near Duquesa ‘will require salary of €4,200 a month’
THE green light has been given for over 100 new subsidised homes to be built in an area of the Costa del Sol where prices
Woman who helped ‘save hundreds of lives’ on Costa del Sol road to be honoured in Estepona
A WOMAN credited with prompting a life-saving pedestrian bridge on one of the Costa del Sol’s busiest roads will be honoured this month in Estepona.
BREAKING: Irish ‘drug lord’ Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai over ‘links to international organised crime’
THE suspected leader of the feared Kinahan cartel has been snagged by police in Dubai over alleged serious organised crime offences. Irish national Daniel Kinahan,
Spain is trying to regulate its property market — but on the Costa del Sol the market isn’t listening
By Christofer Fogelberg of Smart Group SPAIN has a property problem — or at least, that’s what politicians would have you believe. From Madrid to
Ex-prisoner dies in horror Costa del Sol crash after stolen car runs out of fuel on A-7 motorway and a lorry smashes into him
AN ex-prisoner has died in a horror smash with a lorry on the Costa del Sol after a stolen car he was driving ran out
Armed robbers disguised as builders storm bank but are foiled by vault’s time-delay mechanism in Mijas
TWO robbers armed with a pistol attempted to steal cash from a store in La Noria by wearing reflective jackets, acting like builders. Arriving on
The inside story on how the Albanian mafia murdered one of their own on the Costa del Sol and tried to dump his body in a reservoir
THE story of how the Albanian mafia murdered one of their own on the Costa del Sol and tried to dump his body in a
