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King Felipe VI and Sumar leader Yolanda Diaz

Spain’s caretaker prime minister assures king he has the support needed to be voted back into office

DURING A meeting with Spain’s King Felipe VI today, caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez assured the monarch that he will count on the necessary support

22 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Must Read·Politics

Jealous expat who slashed girlfriend' 15 times in drunk and drug-fuelled rage before dumping body gets his prison time cut on Spain's Costa Blanca

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her body

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spanish fisherman charged for fishing near the Rock says he’s been ‘harassed’ by the Royal Gibraltar Police

A SPANISH fisherman who claims he is being ‘harassed’ by Gibraltar Police has been charged for fishing in the waters close to the Rock last

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Pedro Sanchez says apologies are ‘insufficient’ over Spanish FA chief kissing World Cup winning player Jenni Hermoso on lips

SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has branded an apology for an inappropriate kiss by a top football official as ‘insufficient’. The chairman of Spain’s

22 Aug, 2023 @ 16:08

Lead·National News·Politics·Sport

Angry patient throws computer at female doctor who would not sign him off work in latest medical assault in Spain’s Murcia

A MURCIA GP was hit by a computer thrown by a patient that she refused to sign-off work. The attack happened at the Molina de

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia

Life-threatening ‘balconing’ foreign tourists fined €36,000 each and thrown out of Magaluf hotels on Spain’s Mallorca

FIVE FOREIGN tourists have been fined €180,000 for the dangerous practice of ‘balconing’ at Magaluf hotels so far this summer. The Calvia Policia Local has

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Boat Captain allegedly responsible for recent large oil spill in Gibraltar charged

THE boat Captain who is said to be responsible for the spill of heavy fuel oil in the Bay of Gibraltar earlier this month has

22 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Axe-wielding jilted husband, 40, kidnaps wife’s lover, 28, before forcing him to undress while taking ‘degrading’ photos on his phone on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VILLAJOYOSA court is investigating the kidnapping of a man, 28, who was forced to pose for degrading naked photos at the behest of a

22 Aug, 2023 @ 12:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Monkeypox outbreak declared in Spain as six cases registered in Barcelona

A MONKEYPOX outbreak has been declared in Spain’s Barcelona after half a dozen cases have been detected in the city in the last month. A

22 Aug, 2023 @ 11:40

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Businessmen cleared of fraud after charging €6m commission for Covid-19 PPE deal in Spain

Face masks are made mandatory at two hospitals in Spain’s Valencia amid a surge in COVID cases

WITH a recent rise in new Covid-19 cases, two Valencia hospitals have reintroduced mandatory masks wearing in parts of their buildings. All this comes with

21 Aug, 2023 @ 21:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is busted by police dog: German Shepherd named Ahzarus alerts cops to cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana ‘hidden inside suspect’s suitcase’ at Ibiza Airport

AN Irishman has been arrested after being caught carrying various drugs within his luggage at Ibiza Airport. Officers allegedly found 28 g of cocaine, 15

21 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Angela Rayner enjoys ’12-hour vodka-fuelled rave’ sessions during holiday to Spain – and reveals recipe for her ‘lethal’ signature cocktail

The deputy leader of the Labour Party, 43, said she just returned from the country last week

21 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead

EXPLAINER: The role of Spain's King Felipe in forming country's new government as he meets next week with all political parties

Spain’s King Felipe VI begins talks with political parties in bid to find a prime ministerial candidate

SPAIN’S king, Felipe VI, is meeting with the country’s political parties over the coming days in an effort to decide on a possible candidate for

21 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Politics

Spanish footballer, 23, finds out her father died before seeing her score the winning goal against England in Sunday’s World Cup final

SPAIN’S World Cup hero was brought crashing down to earth with the news that her father had passed away before the final and did not

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:37

Lead·Sport

Spain faces more extreme heat with highs of 44C forecast - these are the at-risk areas

Temperatures to plummet by up to 10C across Andalucia this weekend as FOURTH heatwave of the summer finally comes to an end

ANDALUCIA’S current heatwave will last until this Saturday, but temperatures could fall by 10 C on Sunday, according to the Spanish Weather Agency (Aemet). This

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:35

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Must Read·Weather

‘Highly toxic’ Asian hornet found in garden in Spain’s Andalucia: Health officials launch hunt for its ‘primary nest’ while warning residents to avoid invasive species

A ‘HIGHLY toxic’ Asian hornet has been found in a homeowner’s garden in Andalucia. Health officials have sounded the alarm after the invasive species, officially

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:20

Andalucia·Jaen·Lead

‘Shark’ sighting off Spain’s Valencia coast forces beach to close – before experts discover it was just a big fish

A BEACH in the Valencia region was closed on Monday after a shark was thought to have been spotted in the waters. The decision was

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

Chairman of Spain’s Football Federation forced to apologise after forcibly kissing female player on the lips

THE CHAIRMAN of Spain’s Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, has been forced to apologise after he forcibly kissed one of the country’s female players on the

21 Aug, 2023 @ 16:35

Lead·Sport

Expat father-of-three, 53, dies after falling from ladder while installing air conditioning unit on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Dario Guerrero was airlifted by helicopter from Nerja to Malaga’s Regional Hospital on Sunday, but did not survive his injuries

21 Aug, 2023 @ 14:17

Lead·Malaga

Identity of the Brit arrested in the UK after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend in Spain revealed

THE identity of the British man who was arrested in the UK after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend on Spain’s Costa del Sol has been revealed.

21 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

WHISKEY GALORE as thief steals lorry crammed with 14,000 bottles of the 'hard stuff' from car park in Spain's Murcia

Scotch ya! Thief arrested after stealing a lorry carrying 14,000 bottles of whiskey in Spain’s Murcia

A spirit-loving thief stole a lorry containing over 14,000 bottles of whiskey that was parked up in Molina de Segura, Murcia. The robber was said

21 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

National Police arrest man in Benahavis over suspected role in Liverpool shooting

SPAIN’S National Police force have nabbed a dangerous fugitive who is wanted in the United Kingdom in relation to a murder that took place last

21 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Arsonists blamed for starting devastating Tenerife wildfires on Spain's Canary Islands as 12,000 evacuees could return home this Monday

Arsonists blamed for devastating Tenerife wildfires in Spain as 12,000 evacuees could return home this Monday

POLICE have confirmed that the Tenerife wildfire on the north of the island was deliberately started, according to Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo. Clavijo said

21 Aug, 2023 @ 12:09

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead