CABBIE WARS: Ronda puts last taxi licence up for grabs
IT’S the end of the road for taxi numbers in Ronda – with the town hall flogging off one final licence to hit the city’s
Boost for Pedro Sanchez as Spain’s GDP grows 0.8% in second quarter of 2025Â
SPAIN’S economy continues to buck the worldwide trend after posting a GDP growth figure of 0.8% for the quarter of 2025 – a percentage point
‘Ghost Town Grab?’: Jagger and Co accused of pandemic plagiarism by Madrid musician
THE Rolling Stones are being dragged into a rock ‘n’ roll legal row after a Spanish singer claimed the legendary band stole two of his
Mallorca madness: drink-driver nabbed after dragging car 14km on two wheels!
A WOMAN in Mallorca is under investigation after being caught tearing down a motorway for 14 kilometres without the left-side wheels of her car –
Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!
SUNSEEKERS on one of Mallorca’s most popular beaches are being rinsed for cash, with deckchair bosses demanding up to €70 a day for so-called ‘premium’
Man locks himself in women’s toilet at Spain’s Palma airport – then threats fly at police
CHAOS erupted at Palma airport after a 36?year?old man locked himself inside a women’s washroom in the departures area and started shouting threats at police
BIG WIN: Olive Press awarded as Best English newspaper in Spain at key awards ceremony
THE Olive Press has been described as the ‘best English newspaper in Spain ‘for its honest, incisive reporting and professionality’. It came as the newspaper
Freebie frenzy in Malaga! Museum madness hits the city for World Tourism Day
CALLING all culture vultures, history buffs and freebie hunters — Malaga is rolling out the red carpet TOMORROW (Saturday, Sept 27) for World Tourism Day,
Baby brilliance! Bronchiolitis hospitalisations plummet by 90% in Malaga after ‘wonder jab’ rollout
MALAGA’S tiniest residents are breathing easier – and so is the local NHS. Hospitalisations for baby bronchiolitis have plunged by an astonishing 90% over just
POWER SURGE: Spain to Pump €200 Million into Second Menorca-Mallorca Electric Cable by 2030
SPAIN’S government is powering up plans to lay a second undersea electric cable between Menorca and Mallorca – with the high-voltage project set to spark
WARSHIPS vs DRONES: Italy & Spain send in the big guns to protect Gaza flotilla from ‘ABBA attack’!
EUROP is steaming into the Med as Spain and Italy dispatch warships to protect a controversial aid flotilla heading for Gaza after it came under
Spain’s Balearics up the ante against invasive snakes with €2.5m spend and 2,600 traps
THE Balearic Government is going all?in on stopping slithery invaders, unleashing €2.5 million and deploying over 2,600 traps to shield the islands’ delicate ecosystems. In
Leaving a legacy for nature: Why foreign residents in Spain are choosing WWF in their wills
FOR many people who have made Spain their home – whether full-time or part-time – the country’s natural wealth becomes an inseparable part of life
Spain’s property boom continues to break records with over 64,000 properties sold in July
SPAIN’S property market continues to go from strength-to-strength with a record 64,730 home sales in the month of July, the highest figure registered since records
Body of ‘woman in pink’ found dead in Spain 20 years ago finally identified after Interpol campaign
A WOMAN whose body was discovered in Barcelona more than 20 years ago has finally been identified after an international campaign spearheaded by Interpol. On
Could Oasis return to Spain? Rumours swirl after Atletico Madrid president hints at deal for gig next summer
COULD it all be part of The Masterplan? Rumours are swirling that British rock superstars Oasis could return to Spain for the first time in
Hooligan football firm holds wild Nazi-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol
A NAZI-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol was one of the last moments of freedom for a notorious drug-trafficking football hooligan firm. The
SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store
A SHAMELESS shoplifting gang has been busted in Palma after allegedly using children as decoys in a string of thefts that saw them swipe over
Primavera Sound Barcelona announces its 2026 line-up: Here’s what partygoers can expect from Spain’s biggest music festival
HUNDREDS of thousands of partygoers – including tens of thousands of Brits – make the pilgrimage every summer to Barcelona to attend Primavera Sound, widely
Back-to-school bill bites – but Balearics still cheaper than rest of Spain
FAMILIES in the Balearics are forking out an average of €1,293 per pupil for education – still a sting, but well below the Spanish national
Military jet carrying Spanish defence minister ‘suffers GPS interference’ near Russian territory – days after NATO airspace violations
A MILITARY aircraft carrying Spain’s defence minister suffered a ‘GPS disturbance’ near a Russian enclave just days after a spate of incursions into NATO airspace,
Spanish youths now live at home till 30: Stay-home kids mask a structural problem that is ‘one of the four greatest threats to Spain’
YOUNG Spaniards now leave their parents’ home at the age of 30 on average, according to the latest Eurostat data – the fifth-latest in Europe.
WATCH: Police swoop on British killer on the run as he leaves luxury apartment complex in Alicante
A BRITISH murderer who stabbed a Liverpool man to death in Portugal has been arrested in Spain after 17 months on the run. William Hunter,
WATCH: Fire breaks out at Acerinox steel plant in Spain’s ‘toxic town’ across from Gibraltar
A FIRE ripped through part of the Acerinox stainless steel plant across the bay from Gibraltar early on Thursday morning. The blaze began at around
Idealista pulls out of takeover of property portal Kyero – favoured by Brits looking for a ‘place in the sun’ – after clash with Spain’s competition watchdog
SPANISH property portal Idealista has pulled out of its planned acquisition of Kyero amid claims that Spain’s competition authority (CNMC) nixed the deal. The takeover
Squalid rent scam exposed: 11 illegal slum homes found on Spain’s Mallorca
SPANISH police have busted an illegal housing racket in Manacor, where 11 makeshift slum homes were being rented out for cash, despite having no sanitation,
