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Police launch drones and helicopter search amid fears for missing pensioner, 79, in Spain’s Huelva

A MISSING pensioner who had been the target of a day-long search by authorities in Spain has still not been located. The 79-year-old went missing on Tuesday with his family fearing that

2 Feb, 2022 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead·Other News

Deer goes swimming in the sea before bounding around busy Costa Blanca road in Spain

A deer caused a commotion when it went for a seaside swim on the Costa Blanca before running away on a busy road. The roe’s exploits had a happy ending after it

2 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Nature

British man dead with wife seriously ill after gas cylinder leak at Mallorca finca in Spain

Elderly couple killed by odourless toxic gas fumes in Spain’s Murcia region

An elderly couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a butano gas cylinder in Rincon de Seca, Murcia. The odourless and colourless gas eliminates oxygen quickly in human bodies, leading to

2 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Lead·Murcia

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Errant owner who failed to pick up after her dog on Spain’s Costa del Sol tracked down to home 650km away

THE owner of a bull terrier in the Valencian town of Paterna received a nasty surprise when she received a fine of €500 for failing to pick up the poop dropped by

2 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga·National News·Valencian Community

Serial paedophile who posed as teenager to groom kids on social media in Spain faces ‘1,000 year jail sentence’.

ONE of the most prolific sexual predators in Spain is facing a ‘thousand year’ prison sentence over the abuse of at least 98 children. Prosecutors are calling for 1,324-year jail sentence for

2 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Tourism in Spain 'totally recovered' after pandemic, says industry study

Foreign tourism in Spain rebounds by over 64% in 2021 but visitor numbers show massive shortfall on pre-pandemic levels

THE number of foreign tourists visiting Spain went up by 64.4% last year compared to 2020 levels, but the total was still nearly 60% below the 2019 figure. The National Statistics Institute

2 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Travel News

YouTuber from Spain scoops €90K in competition inspired by Netflix series Squid Game

A SPANISH YouTuber has won almost €90,000 in a virtual competition inspired by Netflix’s Squid Game that has broken viewing records. The six day event involving 12 matches was organized by two

2 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Sport

IFather got daughter,14, pregnant after years of abuse in Alicante area of Spain

Father got daughter,14, pregnant after years of sexual abuse in Alicante area of Spain

A father has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of systematically sexually abusing his daughter for over a decade. The 53-year-old man from Monovar got his daughter pregnant in a

2 Feb, 2022 @ 11:58

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

COVID latest: Spain upholds compulsory face mask rule in outdoor public spaces

SPAIN’S parliament has voted to maintain the requirement to wear face masks even when outdoors in a decision that sparked immediate backlash. The vote on Tuesday means that mask wearing when outdoors

2 Feb, 2022 @ 11:54

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Demand for more services on popular 142 minute train route to Madrid from Spain’s Vega Baja

ORIHUELA train station has served almost 40,000 passengers in its first year of operation. On the anniversary of the route to Madrid via Alicante, the mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, took stock

2 Feb, 2022 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Affordable delays: Gibraltar announces new property developments to meet housing needs

A CONSTANT refrain from the people of Gibraltar has been the call for more affordable housing. In order to try to meet the need, several projects have been set up to build

2 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

EXPLAINED: Five things you need to know about Spain’s new Housing Law for 2022

SPAIN’S cabinet approved entrance of the Ley de Vivienda (Housing Law) into parliamentary debate with ministers hoping to make new measures permanent within months. Plans drafted up by the leftwing Unidas Podemos

2 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Must Read·National News·Premium·Property

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Road accident fatalities on roads in Spain record worst January in decade with 100 deaths

JANUARY 2022 has ended with a total of 87 fatal traffic accidents on Spanish roads, in which 100 people have died. The tally is 27 more than in the same month in

2 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·National News·Other News·Travel News

Yana Rose case: American wanted over wife’s brutal murder flies back to Spain to turn himself in to police

AN American man accused of killing his wife while the pair were on holiday in Cadiz, then driving her corpse across Spain to bury her in a shallow grave, has turned himself

1 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

Spain's Top Prosecutor Tries To Get Accurate Picture Of Child Sex Abuse Cases And Complaints Involving Catholic Church

Spain orders accurate tally of ongoing child sex abuse cases and complaints involving Catholic Church

Spain’s Attorney General, Dolores Delgado, has ordered 17 regional chief prosecutors to send details of current judicial probes into child sex abuse by the Catholic Church. The regions have been given until

1 Feb, 2022 @ 17:46

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Rafa Nadal Entrena En La Pista Central Para El Rolex Paris Masters 2019

Ten curious things you probably don’t know about Spain’s tennis hero Rafa Nadal

WHEN Spain’s Rafael Nadal won at the Australian Open final on Sunday it was his 21st Slam win and he swept into the record books as the player to have won the

1 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Expat community fundraise for Maria, a little girl with a rare form of epilepsy, in Manilva on Spain’s Costa del Sol

By Elena Gocmen and Tallulah Taylor

1 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Health·Lead·Malaga

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain report 'tourism disaster' in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel association in Spain brands 2021 as a ‘tourism disaster’

FIGURES for last year’s overnight hotel stays in Benidorm showed occupancy rates well down on the pre-pandemic year of 2019. The study compiled by the Hosbec hoteliers association says occupancy for 2021

1 Feb, 2022 @ 14:19

Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Last phase starting in key clinical trials for Spain's own COVID-19 vaccine

Go ahead for final phase clinical trials of Spain’s own COVID-19 vaccine

SPAIN’S first domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine produced by Hipra is to start its final phase of clinical trials. Approval was given by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products(AEMPS) on Tuesday. It

1 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Task force set up to tackle hate crime in the schools and streets of Spain’s Costa Blanca South

HATE CRIMES and discrimination are to be tackled head on in Orihuela with a special task force within the local police. The municipality covers many areas popular with expats such as Cabo

1 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Covid concern over China arrivals in Spain

TRAVEL LATEST: Spain tightens antigen test window to 24 hours for unvaccinated travellers entering Spain

SPAIN has reduced the validity of antigen tests from 48 hours to 24 hours required by those who don’t meet vaccination status requirements to enter Spain. The measure was brought in on

1 Feb, 2022 @ 12:36

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Shop cashiers threatened by distinctive knife during robbery spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A violent robber who used a large knife to threaten cashiers at Alicante area shops has been arrested in a joint Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional operation. The 26-year-old man struck ten

1 Feb, 2022 @ 12:29

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Amnesty International slams Spain over failure to investigate nursing home deaths during COVID pandemic

AMNESTY International slammed Spanish prosecutors for their failure to launch proper investigations into the deaths of tens of thousands of elderly residents in nursing homes as the coronavirus pandemic hit. The human

1 Feb, 2022 @ 11:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Rock solid: What’s next for Gibraltar’s property market?

SUNSHINE, Schengen and sovereignty. These three words are key to the Gibraltar property market. Throw in ease of border crossings and a friendly tax regime, and real estate investments look set for

1 Feb, 2022 @ 10:45

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

How Spain’s Modelo 720 will change in 2022 and can you claim back fines?

SPAIN’S Hacienda has announced plans to modify Modelo 720 rules for declaring foreign assets before the March 31 presentation deadline this year. Spain’s minister of the treasury (Hacienda) Maria Jesus Montero told

1 Feb, 2022 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Must Read·National News·Premium

Blood donors to receive free museum admission in Spain’s Malaga

THE Regional Transfusion Centre is running a ‘Donate blood, for the love of art’ campaign, where Blood donors during February 1 to 12 will receive free admissions to Malaga’s museums. The admissions

1 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Health·Lead·Malaga

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