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Mercadona supermarket chain in Spain announces staff wage rise in line with inflation

STAFF working for Mercadona supermarkets in Spain will get a 5.8% salary increase- in line with inflation- this January. Workers got a 6.5% inflation-matching rise

30 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Blackmailers on Spain’s Costa Blanca extort €200,000 from escort website users

A blackmail gang has been arrested in Alicante and Valencia after pocketing over €200,000 by threatening users of an escort website. Six people have been

30 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Sierra Nevada welcomes 45 children from the Ukrainian Ski Federation in face of Russian invasion

Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort hits 100% capacity for first time this season

THE southernmost ski resort in Europe, Sierra Nevada, has reached full capacity for the first time this season. This past Wednesday, December 28, the ski

30 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

Granada·Lead·Sport

Teenage 'Spiderman' thief scaled walls to rob from upmarket holiday homes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Teenage ‘Spiderman’ scaled walls to steal from upmarket holiday homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN elusive teenage thief who robbed 17 holiday apartments in Javea has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 19-year-old man showed loads of agility

30 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Bank in Gibraltar agrees to refund cash to customers hit by Christmas Day fraud attack

A BANK in Gibraltar has agreed to refund worried customers who lost up to £2,000 each during a Christmas Day fraud attack. Local residents were

30 Dec, 2022 @ 15:43

Gibraltar·Lead

Malaga wracked by cold and flu invasion as Spain prepares to celebrate the New Year

Colds and the flu are spreading like wildfire through Malaga as the citizens prepare to welcome in the new year. Primary healthcare and emergency care

30 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Health·Lead·Malaga

After 34 years of legal wrangling, a spinster’s multi-million inheritance is finally given to good causes in Spain

A SPINSTER who died in Spain’s Valencia region at the age of 100 on October 1, 1988 left behind no will, but a considerable inheritance.

30 Dec, 2022 @ 14:00

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

El Ayuntamiento De Málaga Ha Colocado En Calles Y Plazas Figuras Gigantes De Los Reyes Magos

Giant figures of the Three Wise Men installed in Spain’s Malaga

MALAGA City Council has placed in streets and squares of the city giant figures of the Three Wise Men. Since yesterday, Thursday December 29, giant-sized

30 Dec, 2022 @ 13:15

Lead·Malaga

Inflation rate shows marginal fall in December according to latest figures in Spain

Spain’s inflation rate tumbles to one-year low thanks to lower fuel prices

SPAIN’S inflation rate has fallen to a one-year low of 5.8% according to preliminary December figures published on Friday by the National Statistics Institute(INE). Inflation

30 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Christmas In Puerta Del Sol, In The City Of Madrid With Lighting

New Year’s celebrations in Madrid’s iconic Puerta del Sol to be limited due to building work

MADRID City Hall will be putting a strict limit on the number of people who will be permitted to enter the central Puerta del Sol

30 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid

Spain imposes Covid checks on air passengers from China

Spain to introduce Covid checks on air passengers from China

PEOPLE flying into Spain from China will have to produce a Covid vaccination certificate or show proof of a negative Covid test. Friday’s announcement from

30 Dec, 2022 @ 11:13

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Fugitive Tiktok Preacher Who 'cured' Covid 19 Patients Is Jailed After Fleeing Long Prison Term For Child Sex Abuse In Spain's Costa Blanca

Number of sex offenders whose sentences have been reduced thanks to new law in Spain hits 129

A TOTAL OF 129 convicted sex offenders have now benefitted from the Spanish government’s ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was aimed at putting consent

30 Dec, 2022 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Tap water had toxin levels up to 1,000 times over safety limit on Valencia industrial estate in Spain

Countryside town in Spain’s Malaga declares its water unfit for human consumption

WATER from a Malaga province countryside town is not fit for human consumption, its mayor said on Thursday. Humilladero mayor Miguel Asencio said the levels

30 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spain’s postal service ‘Correos’ raises domestic mail charges in New Year

SPAIN’S postal service Correos is putting up prices for domestic mail on January 1. The cost of sending a letter weighing up to 20 grams

30 Dec, 2022 @ 09:30

Lead·National News

Vat Scammers Selling Imported Cars Defraud Over €14 Million From Tax Authorities In Spain's Valencia

Scammers selling imported cars defraud €14 million from tax authorities in Spain’s Valencia

A Valencia-based tax scam involving cars imported from Germany defrauded over €14 million from Spain’s tax coffers. 23 people- Spanish and Romanian nationals- have been

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain's Cadiz but gets bail from local judge

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain’s Cadiz but local judge bails him

ALICANTE authorities are said to be astonished after a wanted kidnap gang leader turned himself in to police in Cadiz province, only for a judge

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:00

Alicante·Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm Moves To Phase Two Of Major Energy Efficient Street Light Switchover On Spain's Costa Blanca

Man arrested in Spain’s Benidorm after partner plunges to death from sixth-floor window

THE NATIONAL Police have detained a 22-year-old man in Benidorm after his partner fell to her death on Thursday from the window of a sixth-floor

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

20221229 Foto Papelinas Intervenidas En Un Falso Techo Ronda

Pair of alleged low-level Ronda crack houses selling cocaine and heroin to neighbours raided by police in Spain’s Malaga area

A pair of crack houses have been raided by police in Ronda where cocaine and heroin was sold to the neighbours. Police arrested two men

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Irish man jailed after glassing pedestrian outside Valencia bar in Spain

An Irish man has been arrested in Valencia for attempted homicide after allegedly attacking another man with a glass outside a bar on Christmas Day.

29 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Petition calls for ‘broke-neck bear’ to return to Spain’s Cadiz for Kings’ Day parade

IT WAS an image that not only prompted the laughter of the television commentators narrating the 2022 Kings’ Day parade in Cadiz, but also became

29 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

Cadiz·Lead

Reservoirs in Spain’s Malaga will end year with 17 hectometres more than in 2021 thanks to recent rains

THE seven reservoirs in Malaga end 2022 at 37% of their capacity, with a total of 228 cubic hectometres (Hm3), which is 17 hectometres more

29 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

January 2023 will continue with higher than normal temperatures across most of Spain—with Malaga seeing in the New Year with highs of 21ºC

THE year 2023 will commence with temperatures between 1 and 3ºC above average in practically all of Spain, except in specific inland areas. In regards

29 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Squatter-removal firm accused of violent assault on residents they had no right to evict in Spain's Murcia|

Series of domestic violence killings set to turn December into one of the worst months on record in Spain

A SERIES of domestic violence murders of women in Spain has turned December into the month with the highest number of such deaths this year,

29 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Lead·National News

Spain Increases Tax Breaks To Entice More International Tv And Movie Shoots

Spain bumps up tax breaks to entice more international film and TV productions

SPAIN has announced bigger tax breaks to woo more international TV and movie producers to the country. As of January 1, tax rebates on international

29 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

Parents in Spain’s Barcelona province file police report after sex video of underage daughter goes viral

A COUPLE in Barcelona province has filed a police report after a video of their underage daughter performing a sex act in a nightclub went

29 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Lead

Mallorca homeowners in Spain surprised by naked man who used their shower

A couple from Manacor in Mallorca heard noises coming from their kitchen on Saturday night and found a naked man helping himself to food and

29 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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