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Spain's Emeritus King Juan Carlos asks London court to throw out damages claim from ex-lover

Revealed: How a British refugee charity ‘received more than €2million from a fund linked to exiled King Juan Carlos of Spain’

A BRITISH refugee charity received donations of more than €2million from a trust fund allegedly linked to King Juan Carlos of Spain, the disgraced and exiled former monarch. The British Refugee Council,

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:35

Lead·Politics

The moment the Pakistani man was arrested

Pakistani national attacked McDonald’s in Spain’s Catalunya with an axe after ‘seeing a video where they were killing Palestinian children’. The suspected Jihadist said he hoped he would be killed by police

A PAKISTANI national who attacked a McDonald’s restaurant in Catalunya with an axe on March 27 said that he did so after having seen a video in which Palestinian children died. “Today

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:35

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Teenage football fan is fined €7,000 in Spain for making racist gestures towards a black player

A YOUNG football fan has been fined €7,000 in Spain after making racist gestures towards a black footballer. Real Madrid was playing against RCD Mallorca on Saturday, April 13 in the Estadi

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:34

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

BBC to release a documentary on Ibiza: ‘Secrets of the Party Island’ will focus on the resort’s luxury offerings, crime and drug trafficking

‘SECRETS of the Party Island’, the BBC are to release a documentary on Ibiza’s luxury offerings, drug trafficking and crime. The four episode series will see influencer Zara McDermott explore the two

17 Apr, 2024 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

WATCH: Jasmine Harman is left ‘fuming’ after a man assaults her friend DURING their Zumba class on Spain’s Costa del Sol – as she asks fans ‘what would YOU have done?’

JASMINE Harman has revealed how her usually tranquil Zumba class was interrupted by an ‘aggressive’ man who berated the group for ‘taking up the whole promenade’. The A Place In The Sun

17 Apr, 2024 @ 12:29

Costa del Sol·Lead

Airbnbs are growing ‘out of control’ in Spain, experts warn: More than 60,000 tourist flats created so far this year – while locals struggle to pay rent

EXPERTS have warned Spain’s Airbnb market is growing ‘out of control’ while locals struggle to get by. Tourism business alliance, Exceltur, has pointed to the 60,000 accommodations that have sprung up in

17 Apr, 2024 @ 12:04

Lead·Travel News

Basque politician Imanol Pradales after being attacked with pepper spray

Candidate for upcoming elections in Spain’s Basque Country region attacked with pepper spray

ONE of the candidates running in the upcoming elections in Spain’s northern Pais Vasco (Basque Country) region was attacked last night by a man with pepper spray. Imanol Pradales, from the Basque

17 Apr, 2024 @ 11:52

Basque Country·Lead·Politics

Spain’s economy will grow at more than double the rate of other European countries this year, according to the IMF

SPAIN’S economic growth this year has been predicted to be better than its European neighbours according to the International Monetary Fund(IMF). The IMF has raised its 2024 Gross Domestic Product(GDP) growth forecast

17 Apr, 2024 @ 11:14

Economy·Lead·National News

BREAKING: Missing Singapore tourist is found dead after vanishing from Alicante: Police arrest alleged killer

Missing: Mystery over Singapore tourist, 39, who vanished from her hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca a week ago

A SINGAPORE tourist has been reported missing after she was last sighted leaving a Costa Blanca hotel on April 9. Audrey Fang, 39, had travelled on her own to Spain and was

17 Apr, 2024 @ 10:31

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

The McGrail inquiry grips Gibraltar and shines a light on the shadowy figures who make the Rock tick – as Chief Minister announces he’s ‘had his fill of this job’

GIBRALTAR’s Chief Minister has announced he will step down after his current term. Fabian Picardo told a popular podcast things had gotten ‘a little stickier’ and ‘I’ve had my fill of this

17 Apr, 2024 @ 07:51

Gibraltar·Lead

Outrage over €113 ‘daily rule’ for British tourists visiting Spain – but will it REALLY be enforced?

A NUMBER of British tourists have threatened to ‘boycott’ Spain after learning of a recently introduced travel rule. Following the UK’s departure from the EU, a number of new regulations have been

16 Apr, 2024 @ 18:33

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Great ham swindle nets €17 million for a Madrid area gang who used fake labels to fool customers

POLICE have busted a giant swindle involving ham exports with bogus health seals that netted a company over €17 million in five years. Six people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional

16 Apr, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Brexit talks have revealed Gibraltar cancelled ‘hostile’ Red Arrows display after pressure from Spain

BREXIT negotiations have revealed the UK cancelled a display by the Red Arrows last year after Spain warned it would be a ‘hostile act’. In leaked diplomatic cables reported by the Telegraph,

16 Apr, 2024 @ 18:06

Gibraltar·Lead

Public hospital operation waiting lists reach new high- only beaten once during Covid pandemic in Spain

Waiting list shame in Spain: 850,000 people are awaiting vital surgery in the public health system – the worst figure since records began

OPERATION waiting lists in Spain’s public hospital system have reached a record high of 849,535 as of December 31, 2023. Twice-yearly figures are released by the Ministry of Health, and show a

16 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Health·Lead·National News

Police dismantle BIGGEST network of narcos in the Gibraltar Strait, seizing 627 kilos of cocaine and four TONNES of hashish

The Gibraltar Strait’s largest network of ‘narco transporters’, behind the last 4000 kilos of hashish and 627 kilos of cocaine seized in the area, has been dismantled. Known as ‘operacion Grajuela’, the

16 Apr, 2024 @ 17:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella mayor calls for national and local police to work together more following surge in gangland shootings

MARBELLA’S mayor, Angeles Muñoz, wants more information sharing between the Policia Nacional and the city’s Policia Local to counter a wave of increased shooting in the area. Muñoz will formalise the request

16 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Italian expat, 20, is arrested ‘after raping a British tourist on a beach’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A WAITER has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for raping a British tourist in Palmanova on Mallorca. The 20-year-old Italian national met the woman last week at a restaurant that he

16 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Tourists will face new water restrictions in this region of Spain due to ongoing drought

THE government in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalunya has introduced more water restrictions for tourists, as it struggles to cope with the effects of an ongoing drought. The region declared an

16 Apr, 2024 @ 15:22

Barcelona·Environment·Lead

Travel chaos at the Feria de Abril in Sevilla: €150 for 11-minute Ubers, mammoth queues for buses and metro services overwhelmed as daily visitor numbers soar by 20,000

VISITORS to the Feria de Abril in Sevilla have vented their frustrations at this year’s travel chaos. Video footage shared online shows snaking queues for buses and overwhelmed metro stations, while taxi

16 Apr, 2024 @ 15:12

Lead·Sevilla

High-speed train connecting Sevilla with Huelva is too expensive and ‘not worth it’, says Spain’s transport minister in huge blow for similar projects in Andalucia – including Cadiz

SPAIN’S high-speed rail network is the pride of many Spaniards, thanks to nearly 4,000 kilometres of track that connect dozens of cities across the Iberian peninsula, on trains that are fast, clean

16 Apr, 2024 @ 14:48

Cadiz·Huelva·Lead·Travel News

Kidnappers are arrested in Spain's Malaga

WATCH: Kidnappers are arrested after ‘abucting a Swedish tourist from Malaga airport and holding him captive for 23 DAYS as part of a €500k ransom plot’

A SWEDISH tourist has been rescued by the police after a terrifying kidnap and abduction that lasted for 23 days. His captors were demanding a €500,000 ransom in cryptocurrency from his family

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Double stabbing in Torremolinos: Two young men receive knife wounds to the buttocks and ribs in unprovoked attack in the street

POLICE in Torremolinos have launched an investigation after two young men were attacked and stabbed by a group of youngsters for no apparent reason. The victims, aged 19 and 26, ended up

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain will have THREE solar eclipses in three years – this is where you will see them

THREE solar eclipses are due to grace Spain over next three years and here’s where they can be spotted. Last week’s solar eclipse had everyone talking but there’s a lot more where

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:20

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Woman Arrested For Skipping 500 Taxi Fare To Spain S Costa Blanca From Madrid

Four Irish tourists are arrested in Spain after ‘beating up a taxi driver’: Group were caught moments before catching a flight home from Barcelona

FOUR Irish tourists were arrested in Catalunya in the early hours of Monday morning after a bitter dispute with a local taxi driver turned violent. The group of friends were caught by

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:07

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

New five-star hotel and luxury apartments are coming to Spain’s Estepona: €150m project is being backed by an Emirati fund

ESTEPONA will see a new five-star hotel and luxury apartments after Emirati funds backed the €150m project. An Emirati investment fund, Unicorn Royal Emirates has acquired the Santa Marta hotel company for

16 Apr, 2024 @ 12:55

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

WATCH: Two women pull at each other’s hair during vicious fight on Easyjet plane destined for Spain’s Ibiza

READ MORE: Flight-mare: Passenger ‘punches and pulls hair of cabin crew’ in frenzied attack that forces plane to abort landing at Spain’s Malaga airport AN Easyjet flight from Naples to Ibiza was

16 Apr, 2024 @ 12:48

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

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