Thief buys a house after stealing a bag with a winning Christmas lottery ticket on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A thief claimed a €125,000 lottery prize from a ticket in a stolen handbag and bought a house with his surprise windfall. The 52-year-old man
NO CHOKE: Criminal chokes out Policia Local officer after car-jacking arrest on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A DARING thief has turned himself into the police after choking unconscious a police officer during his arrest. The Policia Local of Malaga revealed that
HORROR PLUNGE: Brit seriously hurt after fall from third floor balcony in Spain’s Marbella
A BRITISH man was seriously injured when he fell from a third floor flat in San Pedro de Alcantara (Marbella). The 31-year-old suffered multiple fractures
Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim
A notorious Costa Blanca blackspot, ten kilometres south of Alicante-Elche airport, has claimed another victim. A 58-year-old woman died yesterday(June 8) and two people were
Minimum age of PCR requirement to enter Spain raised from 6 to 12 years old
THE Ministry of Health has raised the minimum age of PCR requirement for minors to enter Spain. The modification comes following the recently published health
Near-perfect immunity response among the elderly to Covid vaccines in Spain’s Valencia region
NEARLY every single person among the elderly community in the Valencian region has shown immunity to Coronavirus three months after vaccination. And studies reveal that
Malaga airport welcomes easyJet to its new base on Spain’s Costa del Sol
MALAGA’s mayor and various councillors inaugurated British budget airline easyJet’s new base at the Costa del Sol airport yesterday in a ribbon cutting ceremony. Britain’s
Which cities in Spain have the best quality of life?
MALAGA, Valencia and Alicante beat Madrid and Barcelona for quality of life when it comes to the best cities to live in Spain. In a
FORGET COVID! House sales in Spain show early boom signs coupled with rising prices in holiday hotspots
HOUSE sales in April were higher than in the same month in 2019, according to figures from Spain’s College of Registrars. A separate survey shows
EXPLAINED: Spain’s new entry rules for vaccinated or COVID-19 immune travellers
Americans are among those who can now travel to Spain if they have had a vaccine.
These are the five most common traffic violations with hefty fines on roads in Spain
HARD braking around speed cameras leads to dangerous driving and can see fines of up to €200 handed out warns the Department of Traffic (DGT).
Latest COVID-19 cases and hospital figures from Costa Blanca area of Spain
PANDEMIC statistics are remaining very constant according to today’s(June 9) report from the Valencian Health Ministry. 167 new COVID-19 cases were reported today, which is
Madrid man on trial in Spain for murdering girlfriend and keeping dismembered body in freezer for more than a year
A MAN is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death before chopping her up and storing her body parts in a freezer in his bedroom
Costa Blanca mayors could go on trial for vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ in Spain
THREE Costa Blanca mayors have been denounced by the anti-corruption prosecutor for ‘queue-jumping’ at the start of the year to get the coronavirus vaccine. Files
Nightclubs WILL open across Spain’s Balearic Islands this summer as Ibiza’s Hard Rock Hotel set to host first pilot rave
Last week, the Balearic government announced that Hard Rock Hotel would invite 2,000 essential workers to their infamous Children of the 80's party on June
Jailed Catalan leader admits unilateral independence route ‘no longer viable’
THE jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras has said unilateral efforts to break away from Spain were no longer viable. Junqueras, who is serving a 13-year
WATCH THE METER: Spain’s new electricity bill sparks anger over 50% increase at peak times
SPAIN’S controversial new electricity bill came into effect on June 1, and the first official figures have just been published. According to statistics made public
Operation Overdose uncovers 8 tonnes of drugs as 6 arrested at narcotics factory in Spain’s Murcia
ONE of Spain’s first dedicated hashish factories has been dismantled in Murcia, with six arrests. The results of Operation Overdose were presented by the general
New holiday hotel operator in Spain hooks up with the big boys of Wyndham in expansion push
A small Spanish hotel operator founded in 2018 has linked up with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to develop 20 hotels across key holiday destinations. Mallorca-based
Protests mount against mega solar farm plans for Spain’s Costa del Sol
PROTESTS against proposed giant solar panel farms are gaining strength across the Costa del Sol with the latest demonstrations held in Coin, Castellar and Salinas,
Good and bad news for Spain’s top department store El Corte Ingles
MAJOR Spanish department store chain, El Corte Ingles, says that spending is beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels, after they took a big financial hit
Valencia’s municipality with the most – Orihuela collects 13 Blue Flags for its beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA COSTA collected its 13 Blue Flags from the Valencian government this week, making it the municipality with the most awards for its beaches in
REVEALED: The damage caused to bars and restaurants in 2020 on the Costa Blanca in Spain by COVID-19 restrictions
A survey claims that the coronavirus pandemic caused a €2.7 billion drop in revenue and 10,000 job losses in the Costa Blanca hospitality sector last
IN PICS: Cristiano Ronaldo’s new luxury hotel opens its doors in Spain’s Madrid
CRISTIANO Ronaldo’s luxury brand CR7 opened its new flagship hotel on Madrid’s Gran Via on Monday. The soft rollout of the third hotel bearing the
Andalucia will ‘make the effort’ to vaccinate domestic tourists this summer
ANDALUCIA has pledged to ‘make the effort’ to vaccinate holidaymakers from other autonomous communities who visit the region this summer. Speaking yesterday, the president of the
COVID-19: Record-breaking week with total of 5,237,383 vaccine doses given in Andalucia
The number of daily COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Andalucia has hit a record high. A combined total of 587,394 first or second doses were