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THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: Former Madrid regional president faces three years in prison over master’s forgery scandal

THE court case against former Madrid regional president Cristina Cifuentes over accusations that she forged her master’s degree has now entered its final stage. Cifuentes...

LISTED: The 27 municipalities opening their borders TODAY in Spain’s Andalucia after COVID-19 incidence rate drops below 500 cases...

DOZENS of municipalities in Andalucia have been permitted to lift their border closures today after reducing their 14-day COVID-19 incidence rate to below 500...

Spain records lowest number of tourists in FIVE DECADES

THE number of tourists visiting Spain last year was the lowest in FIVE DECADES, new figures have revealed. Spain’s tourism sector plummeted by nearly 80%...

Andalucia lost €9.6 BILLION in foreign tourist spending in 2020 as British visitor numbers to Spain plummeted by 82%

SPENDING by foreign tourists in Andalucia plummeted by at least €9.6 billion in 2020, new figures have revealed.  The most populous region, which includes the...

Spain’s Andalucia detects 4,999 COVID-19 cases Wednesday as hospitalisations fall for first time in over a month

ANDALUCIA has detected 4,999 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours in the highest daily tally so far this week. It comes after...

Budget airline Ryanair ordered to remove ‘irresponsible’ Jab and Go ad

AN advertising watchdog have ordered Ryanair to remove an ‘irresponsible’ advert that implied travel would be safe following the rollout of coronavirus vaccinations.  The footage...

CON ARTIST pretended to be daughter of Franco or King Juan Carlos in €4 million swindle on Spain’s Costa...

A woman pretended to be the illegitimate daughter of dictator General Franco or Emeritus King, Juan Carlos I, as part a €4 million Costa...

Sales for Spanish chessboard maker soar thanks to Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit

THE Spanish woodworking company that supplied chessboards for hit Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit has since seen its sales skyrocket.  Rechapados Ferrer, which was founded...

Spain restricts entry of flights from Brazil and South Africa due to new COVID-19 strains

THE Spanish government has restricted entry into the country from Brazil and South Africa in an attempt to halt the advance of COVID-19 variants. The...

3D printing saves boy in breakthrough lung cancer procedure on Spain’s Costa del Sol

STATE of the art 3D printing technology has been used for the first time in Malaga to treat a young boy suffering from an...

DEATH TOLL reaches new daily high in COVID-19 pandemic in Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 deaths reached a record daily high in the Valencian Community yesterday(February 2) with 106 fatalities. 59 of the deaths came in Alicante Province. It means...

100 mistreated or abandoned animals rescued by Guardia Civil in Spain’s Malaga during 2020

THE Guardia Civil in Spain’s Malaga have carried out more than 100 operations against animal abuse over the course of 2020, resulting in 27...

City on Spain’s Costa Blanca runs on 100% renewable energy sources for entire year

ORIHUELA, in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca South, has just announced that all of the Iberdrola electricity used throughout 2019 came...

Couple marry in intensive care unit of COVID-19 ward in Spain moments before being intubated

A COUPLE have been married in the intensive care unit of a COVID-19 ward in Catalunya. The pair, aged 54 and 58, decided to...

Man confesses to raping shop owner on three separate occasions in Spain’s Mallorca

The assailant, aged 20, was arrested by police yesterday for the triple rape of a shop owner in Felanitx

Plucky female Torrevieja shop owner kicks out knife-wielding robber onto street in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A female Torrevieja shop owner bravely took on a knife-wielding robber and threw him out onto the street. The Guardia Civil arrested the 45-year-old Spanish...

New laws proposed to crack down on doping in Spain ahead of Olympics

SPAIN’S Sports Minister has approved changes to anti-doping legislation in the hope of avoiding a ban on its athletes attending the 2024 Olympic Games...

BREAKING: Spain records 724 COVID-19 deaths in deadliest day of third wave

SPAIN has recorded its deadliest day of the third wave after losing 724 people to coronavirus in the past 24 hours. It comes after...

COVID-19 death brings numbers to 79 as Gibraltar cases fall again

COVID-19 claimed another life yesterday as the number of cases continued to fall in Gibraltar and vaccination continued.

BREAKING: Captain Sir Tom Moore dies after testing positive for COVID-19, Queen sends family personal message

CAPTAIN Sir Tom Moore has died after contracting COVID-19. The 100-year-old World War Two veteran was first diagnosed with pneumonia before testing positive for...

New Estepona Hospital opens early to receive COVID-19 patients from Marbella

THE new Estepona Hospital has opened ahead of schedule today in a bid to relieve the pressure of COVID-19 currently being felt throughout Malaga...

ITV backlog does not exempt drivers from being fined, say Spain’s DGT

THE Department of Traffic (DGT) has issued a warning to drivers currently waiting for an ITV inspection that they will still be fined if...

‘FORGET EASTER’ says Valencian President in message to Spanish tourists making Costa Blanca plans

VALENCIAN President, Ximo Puig, has poured cold water on suggestions that some form of domestic tourism could return in time for Easter. Spain's Tourist Minister,...

BREAKING: Deadliest day of pandemic in Spain’s Andalucia as 106 people lose their lives to COVID-19

106 PEOPLE have died from coronavirus in Andalucia between Monday and Tuesday in the deadliest 24-hour period of the entire pandemic. The previous blackest...

ANDALUCIA: ‘How many more COVID-19 deaths before we’re allowed to implement a total lockdown?’

THE Junta de Andalucia is continuing to demand extra powers from Madrid following a surge in coronavirus deaths.  The most populous region wants to implement...

Police chase six people after 290km taxi journey to beat Alicante curfew on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SIX people have been arrested in Alicante after travelling 290 kilometres from Almeria to try to break the city's weekend perimeter closure. Details of Saturday's...

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