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Spain’s Popular Party makes offer of two-year term in office to Socialists in bid to break political deadlock

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Wednesday made an offer to caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist

30 Aug, 2023 @ 12:47

Lead·Politics

WATCH: The mother of Luis Rubiales speaks amid her ongoing hunger strike

THE mother of Luis Rubiales finally made an appearance last night shortly before 8pm on Tuesday as her hunger strike enters its third day. Dozens

30 Aug, 2023 @ 12:20

Granada·Lead·Sport

Fuel prices pump up inflation rate to 2.6% in Spain

AUGUST’S inflation rate in Spain reported an annual rise of 2.6%, according to preliminary figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) published on Wednesday. The

30 Aug, 2023 @ 12:09

Lead·National News

Olive oil in Spain soars to new record wholesale price

THE WHOLESALE price of Spanish extra virgin olive oil soared to a new all-time high on Tuesday of above €8,200 per metric ton. This came

30 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Food & Drink·Lead

Spain will give young people €250 per month help pay for rapidly rising rents - but move divides opinion

EXPLAINER: Why one in five homes are lying empty during housing shortage on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER 209,000 properties are lying empty in Alicante province according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE)- around a fifth of all homes in the region.

30 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Spain’s ‘infanta’ Sofia arrives in Wales to begin Baccalaureate studies

THE YOUNGEST daughter of Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, the infanta Sofia, arrived in Wales on Tuesday, where she will begin her Baccalaureate

30 Aug, 2023 @ 10:09

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Spain's foreign tourist revival continues with bigger spending than in 2019

Spain’s tourism sector closes record summer season with average occupation of 93%

AFTER several years that were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Spain’s tourism sector has just closed a record summer season, with an average occupation

30 Aug, 2023 @ 09:32

Lead·Travel News

Spanish customs official accused of illegally boarding UK vessel in British waters off Gibraltar

Spain presents diplomatic protest to British embassy over ‘serious incidents’ this August in Gibraltar

THE SPANISH Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a diplomatic protest to the British Embassy in Madrid over what it described as ‘three serious incidents’ over

30 Aug, 2023 @ 09:08

Gibraltar·Lead

REVEALED: The luxury villa overlooking Spain’s Costa Tropical where Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales allegedly held sordid sex parties

By Laurence Dollimore in Motril and Walter Finch THIS stunning villa on the Costa Tropical of Granada boasts breathtaking sea and mountain views, an infinity

29 Aug, 2023 @ 19:31

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Must Read·National News·Sport

Police investigate the death of a man found dead just outside Sevilla’s main bus station

A DEAD man has been found just outside Sevilla’s Plaza de Armas bus station, right in the city centre. Police have confirmed that the deceased

29 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

Reservoir levels in Spain’s Andalucia continue to fall and are now at 20.6% of their capacity

RESERVOIR levels in Andalucia continue to fall as the region is suffering from the worst drought in the last 30 years. They sit at 20.6%

29 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

British tourist arrested over sex assault on UK holidaymaker at party-resort Magaluf hotel on Spain's Mallorca

PRICES SLASHED: Which of Spain’s most desirable holiday destinations cuts prices the most over the autumn?

WHILE those in northern Europe greet the end of summer with tears of sadness, the people of Spain rejoice at the arrival of bearable temperatures

29 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Benidorm blitz on electric scooter law-breakers results in five seizures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE ELECTRIC scooters have been removed off Benidorm streets so far this August for not complying with municipal laws. Benidorm’s Policia Local have been carrying

29 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Prostitutes run protection racket and beat up woman who wanted to work on same road in Spain's Costa Blanca

Prostitute turf war as women extort and beat up rivals wanting to work on same Costa Blanca street in Spain

TWO BRAZILIAN women have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for assaulting another prostitute that wanted to ‘work’ on the same Alicante street. The assailants

29 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

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

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Police arrest paedo who allegedly filmed over 50 naked kids on a Costa del Sol beach

A PAEDO who allegedly filmed dozens of naked kids at a beach on the Costa del Sol has been arrested after being caught in the

29 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Estepona·Lead·Malaga

Car thieves took orders from overseas clients to steal luxury vehicles throughout Spain

FOUR PEOPLE have been arrested in the Gandia area of Valencia province for stealing luxury cars that were specially ordered by overseas clients. Three vehicles

29 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hottest start to June since modern records began with 'sticky nights' affecting Spain's Costa Blanca

DEADLY SUMMER: Worrying figures reveal a total of 90 people have died from heat stroke in Malaga this summer

A TOTAL of 90 people have died of a heat stroke in Malaga province this summer, the worst figures in the last nine years. While

29 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga

Covid and flu vaccination campaigns to start this autumn in Spain with children up to five years able to get flu jab for first time

ALL CHILDREN in Spain aged between six months and five years will be eligible to get a flu vaccine this autumn. Previous policy has been

29 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Irish tourist, 34, found dead in hotel from suspected drug overdose in party resort of Sant Antoni on Spain’s Ibiza

AN IRISH national, 34, has died from a suspected drug overdose in a Sant Antoni hotel on Ibiza, according to the Guardia Civil. He was

29 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Four ‘pro-independence’ supporters released in Catalunya after reportedly planning to sabotage Vuelta a España cycle race

FOUR men were granted provisional release from custody in Catalunya on Monday, after their arrest on suspicion that they were planning on sabotaging the Vuelta

29 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Catalunya·Lead

Expat community rallies round family of missing paddle surfers: Thousands raised to fly out relatives of Maxi, 29, and Emmanuel, 34, a WEEK after they vanished off Spain's Costa del Sol

Paddle surf board located floating off coast of Malaga, as search for missing Argentines continues

A PADDLE surf board has been located 15 miles off the coast of Malaga, as the search for its owners, Maxi Ludvik, 29, and Emmanuel

29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:07

Lead·Malaga

Pedal power as cyclists demand why eco-friendly cycle routes are being removed across Costa Blanca city in Spain

Pedal power as cyclists protest over cycle routes being removed in Costa Blanca city in Spain

DOZENS of cyclists temporarily blocked the removal of a second cycle lane in Elche ordered by the new Partido Popular-Vox council. Workers were preparing to

29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Falling birth rates means Spain's kindergartens and primary schools have over 300,000 fewer children since 2018

Falling birth rate means Spain’s kindergartens and primary schools have over 300,000 fewer children in them compared to five years ago

FALLING birth rates are said to be having a ‘profound’ impact on Spain’s public education system with over 304,000 fewer children in kindergartens and primary

29 Aug, 2023 @ 09:15

Education·Lead·National News

Protests and counter protests across Spain as Luis Rubiales sexism controversy rumbles on

MONDAY night saw protests and counter-protests across Spain, as the controversy over Football Federation chairman Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss of female player Jenni Hermoso rumbled

29 Aug, 2023 @ 09:05

Lead·Sport

A CHEESE TO DIE FOR: Spanish queso from Asturia sets new world record selling for €30,000

A SPANISH cheese once again holds the crown as the world’s most expensive after winning the Cabrales Cheese Content – 2.2 kilos of it sold

29 Aug, 2023 @ 08:45

Asturias·Food & Drink·Lead

Embattled 'kisser' Luis Rubiales could face sex assault charges as top prosecutors in Spain open probe

Finally: Spain’s Football Federation calls on under-fire chairman Luis Rubiales to quit

SPAIN’S regional football chiefs on Monday night unanimously called on the beleaguered Football Federation chairman Luis Rubiales to resign, as the controversy over the forcible

29 Aug, 2023 @ 08:34

Lead·Sport

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