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Exposed: How a gang paid Spanish women to marry foreign expats in bid to gain them residency

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 32 people in Andalucia for their involvement in a ‘marriage of convenience’ scam that enabled foreigners to get Spanish residency.

7 Dec, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga

Must visit: 5 palace hotels in Spain’s Andalucia that will make the perfect cosy trip this winter

SPAIN is full of historic palace hotels perfect for a winter getaway and here are our top five picks. When the summer months start to

7 Dec, 2023 @ 14:26

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Two spies are kicked out of Spain’s intelligence service for ‘passing information to the US’: Revelations risk further strain on Madrid-Washington relations

MADRID-Washington relations are at risk of worsening after two spies were exposed for ‘passing information to the US’. The Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles,

7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:59

Lead

Luis Rubiales is now accused of kissing and touching two ENGLISH female players: Spain’s ousted football boss brands claims ‘astonishing’ and ‘disgusting’

SPAIN´S booted football boss, Luis Rubiales, has been accused of kissing and touching two ENGLISH female footballers. The incidents are believed to have occurred at

7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:44

Lead

Imam and Arabic teacher who ‘tried to turn children into jihadists’ is arrested in Spain

AN IMAM who worked as an Arabic language teacher at a Madrid mosque has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for trying to radicalise minors.

7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Love The 90s festival to return to Spain’s Costa del Sol: Whigfield, 2 Unlimited, member of Ace of Base and more to head up popular Marbella event

A MUSIC festival dedicated to the best of the 1990s will return to the Costa del Sol in 2024. Love The 90s will take place

7 Dec, 2023 @ 10:53

La Cultura·Lead·Marbella

Hilton to open new airport hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Accommodation will be the closest available to Alicante-Elche

THE FIRST stone has been laid for the construction of the closest hotel to Alicante-Elche airport with a January 2025 opening date pencilled in. The

7 Dec, 2023 @ 07:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Fraudsters enjoy high class beauty clinic treatments by using stolen IDs on Spain's Costa Blanca

Hair salon of horror: Sheep placenta and cancer-causing cosmetics are discovered by police in Spain during raids on beauty clinics

A SERIES of hair salons were discovered to be using banned cosmetics made from sheep placenta and other cancer-causing products. Police inspections of the salons

6 Dec, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·Madrid

How new tech will help an endangered lagoon in southern Spain control its nutrient levels from space

SCIENTISTS are creating a special algorithm for the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia so that chlorophyll pollution can be better analysed through satellite images. Staff

6 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Drug cartel members who used cocaine profits to buy hundreds of El Gordo lottery tickets are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities.

6 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain has the worst child poverty record in the EU – but fares better than the UK

SPAIN continues to have one of the highest rates of child poverty in the European Union(EU) and amongst the members of the Organisation for Economic

6 Dec, 2023 @ 16:59

Lead·National News

Spain welcomed record number of foreign tourists in 2024

These regions in Spain have seen the biggest surges in tourists this year – as figures confirm a record-breaking 2023

THE Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, and Andalucia have beaten tourist numbers from 2019 over the first ten months of 2023 with all regions recording

6 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Israel WILL take part in Eurovision 2024: Fans in Spain call for BOYCOTT of song contest following deaths of 15,000 Palestinians in the ongoing war against Hamas

ISRAEL is set to take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, it has emerged. Doubts had been raised over whether the country would participate

6 Dec, 2023 @ 15:30

Lead

Barack Obama’s ambassador to Spain faces local bureaucracy headache after his ambitious renovation plans for a famous finca in Mallorca are blocked

BARACK Obama’s former ambassador to Spain has purchased a sprawling finca in Mallorca. But he will have to brush off his diplomacy skills if he

6 Dec, 2023 @ 15:03

Lead·Mallorca

These two towns in Malaga province have been added to Spain’s ‘Magical Pueblos’ list

MALAGA will add two new towns to Spain’s ‘Magical Pueblos’ list in 2024. A tourism initiative which gives towns across Spain the sought after title

6 Dec, 2023 @ 14:06

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

Can I play in Spain’s famous Christmas Lottery and how much can I win? All you need to know about the ‘El Gordo’ this year

CHRISTMAS in Spain means one thing, ‘El Gordo’, but why is everyone obsessed with this lottery and how much can you really win? Over 70%

6 Dec, 2023 @ 12:48

Lead·Must Read

Why is there a ‘high risk’ of terror attacks in the EU this Christmas? Warning from Brussels follows a series of Jihadist arrests in Spain

OFFICIALS in Brussels have warned there is a ‘high risk’ of terror attacks across Europe this Christmas. European Commissioner Ylva Johansson issued the warning this

6 Dec, 2023 @ 11:56

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain's leading supermarket Mercadona continues to win more customers leaving its rivals floundering|

‘Finally!’: Mercadona fans in Spain are very excited by the supermarket’s latest gluten-free products

MERCADONA has set social media alight with its latest food offering. It comes after the supermarket giant announced this week that it is expanding its

6 Dec, 2023 @ 11:45

Food & Drink·Lead

These are the drastic anti-drought measures set to cost Spain’s Andalucia €71million in 2024 – including having water delivered by ships

AS Andalucia waits for rain that never comes, the Junta is set to launch a raft of increasingly extreme measures to counter the most prolonged

6 Dec, 2023 @ 11:34

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Enormous cocaine bust in Galicia: Police warehouse raid finds 7.2 TONNES stashed among frozen fish

A FRESH mega cocaine bust has seen authorities confiscate a staggering 7.2 tonnes of the white stuff from a warehouse in Galicia. The seizure was

6 Dec, 2023 @ 10:52

Crime & Law·Lead

Why December 6 Is A Very Important Holiday In Spain

EXPLAINER: Why December 6 is a very important holiday for Spain

CONSTITUTION Day is a bank holiday across Spain every December 6 and marks the anniversary of the referendum which approved a new constitution for the

6 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Four teenagers who ‘threw rocks on cars travelling on the A-7 motorway in Spain’s Marbella’ are quizzed by police

A GROUP of teenagers caused chaos in Marbella on Monday morning by throwing rocks from an overpass at cars driving along the motorway. The gang,

5 Dec, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Airport on Spain’s Costa Blanca to break all-time arrivals record this year as Valencia president calls for second runway

VALENCIAN president Carlos Mazon has predicted that Alicante-Elche airport will close 2023 with a record number of 10 million foreign tourists. The Valencian leader said

5 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community