Five teenage boys accused of raping girl, 15, in Spain’s Alicante
FIVE teenage boys have been interned in juvenile centres after being arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in Dolores. The Guardia Civil arrested the
Novak Djokovic reveals why he loves Spain’s Costa del Sol as he brands Marbella ‘one of the most beautiful places in the world’
The world’s number-one ranked tennis player, Novak Djokovic, arrived in Spain this week ahead of the Davis Cup finals in Malaga. Speaking on Wednesday, he
Outrage as woman, 78, faces being kicked out of her home in Spain ‘over an €88 debt’: Landlord refuses offer from Brit pianist James Rhodes to pay her rent for two years
BRITISH pianist James Rhodes has offered to pay an elderly woman’s rent for two years after an €88 debt left her at risk of homelessness.
Water supply will be cut off for SIX hours each night in town on Spain’s Costa del Sol as drought takes hold
RESIDENTS in a Costa del Sol town will be subject to water cuts for six hours every night as drought continues to grip the area.
Cult leader who ‘fed his followers mercury’ to ‘revitalise’ them and lived in a ‘cave with multiple women’ is finally arrested in southern Spain
THE POLICIA NACIONAL has arrested the leader of a Murcia region cult who is accused of administering mercury to his followers. The Spaniard named as
Revealed: The most popular baby names in Spain – with new favourites for both boys and girls
SPAIN’S most popular baby names for 2022 have been revealed, with some new surprising frontrunners. Released this week by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE),
Amazon, TripAdvisor, and Booking are cleared by Spain’s competition authority after being accused of allowing ‘fake reviews’ which ‘harm businesses’
SPAIN’S anti-monopoly commission, the CNMC, has cleared Amazon, Booking Holdings and Tripadvisor of posting or facilitating fake reviews on their websites. A complaint had been
Travel chaos as Renfe cancels 1,500 train journeys in Spain due to strikes: These are the affected days
STATE TRAIN operator Renfe has cancelled 1,548 medium, long-distance and AVE trains plus 990 freight services due to strikes called throughout Spain on November 24
This region in Spain has virtually abolished inheritance tax
THE VALENCIAN parliament passed a law on Wednesday to slash inheritance tax to just 1% for most beneficiaries. It will apply retrospectively to inheritances and
Benidorm prepares to test its Low Emissions Zone: These will be the affected areas
TESTS of a new phone app to manage Benidorm’s new Low Emissions Zone(ZBE) will start in the New Year. The city- in keeping with other
How vaping ‘is just as damaging as smoking’: Scientists in Spain warn using e-cigarettes is like puffing on an aerosol
A NEW study has shown the effects of vaping could be just as harmful as traditional cigarettes. According to an investigation by the University of
Vueling Black Friday sale: Tickets to Europe from airports across Spain starting at just €10
VUELING is offering a huge Black Friday sale on flights with tickets starting from as little as €10.49. The budget airline will offer discounts on
Spain ramps up checks on British travellers at the Gibraltar border during Princess Anne’s visit to the Rock
LAND frontier police tightened controls to enter Spain from Gibraltar recently, as Anne, Princess Royal, visited Gibraltar for the Rock’s literature festival, the HuffPost reported.
WATCH: Expat is mesmerised by how a tapas bar in Spain’s Andalucia works out her bill
AN expat has shared her astonishment at how waiters work out the bill in southern Spain. The Ukrainian expat and TikTokker, known as Lara or
Polar ice blast to send temperatures plummeting across Spain this week
TEMPERATURES are set to plummet across Spain this week as a polar ice blast sweeps the country. The drop in temperature is down to an
This city on Spain’s Costa del Sol is the best in the world to live and work, according to a new expat poll
A NEW poll surveying 12,000 expats from all over the world has crowned an Andalucian city as the best place in the world to live
Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is busted in Alicante
FIVE members of a human and drug trafficking gang that operated between Spain and Algeria have been arrested in Alicante. Several homes and a warehouse
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls on ministers for ‘unity’ as turbulent term in office begins
SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a letter to his new Cabinet members calling on them for ‘coordination’ and ‘unity’ ahead of what is
Warning of severe water shortage on Spain’s Costa del Sol next summer – but what’s causing the drought?
OFFICIALS are already warning locals on the Costa del Sol of a water shortage next summer, but why is the area at such high risk?
Eighteen nights of protests in Madrid against government’s Catalan amnesty plan see more than 70 arrests
LAST NIGHT marked the 18th improvised protest to be held outside the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Madrid’s Ferraz street. The demonstrations were originally
British expat’s home is raided by BOMB squad and sniffer dogs in southern Spain after she is dragged into a terror probe over assassination attempt of far-right politician
A BRITISH expat caught up in a terror plot probe has had her home raided by bomb squad and sniffer dogs, it has emerged. The
EXCLUSIVE: British homeowners in Spain are ‘optimistic’ of rolling back 90-day Brexit rule following David Cameron’s return as Foreign Secretary
BRITISH homeowners in Spain are bolstering their campaign to change the 90-day rule following David Cameron’s appointment as foreign secretary. Campaigners are more ‘hopeful’ of bringing
Outrage as 2,200 homes WILL be built on unspoilt stretch of Spain’s Costa Blanca – despite so-called ‘Coast Law’ which has already ‘reclaimed’ homes from Brits and locals elsewhere
A FINAL bid to stop 2,200 homes being built on the unspoilt Cala Mosca on the Orihuela Costa has come to nothing at the Valencian
WATCH: Group of Spaniards are stunned by their bill after ordering three beers, olives and crisps in Italy’s Venice
A VIRAL video shows a group of Spaniards shocked to discover the hefty bill for beer and tapas in Venice, Italy. In a clip shared
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I bought a rundown farmhouse in southern Spain for €45k and transformed it into a lovely two-bed home – here’s how I did it’
A BRITISH retiree has transformed a rundown farm house in southern Spain into a stunning two-bedroom home. Michelle Garrod, 58, bought the centuries’ old building
Partido Popular leader Alberto Feijoo calls for fresh protests against Spain’s new government – after failing to secure his own majority at the general election
THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, is not letting up with his strategy of putting public pressure on the new government
