Action stepped up over a hundred ‘illegal’ open-air car parks near Alicante airport
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested a list of unauthorised sites following report into land use and pollution breaches.
British tourist, 42, dies suddenly while on holiday in Lanzarote as heartbroken husband pays moving tribute
Rachel Weston, 42, from Bury was staying in Puerto del Carmen and suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on October 3.
Costa Blanca doctors start indefinite strike over 24-hour shifts and ‘abusive’ minimum services
National strike action was due to start on Friday but was suspended due to the forthcoming general election on November 29.
Thousands of euros stolen from Belgian Prince Laurent and wife Claire ended up ‘being spent in a Marbella nightclub’
Part of the cash taken after Princess Claire clicked a fake text link was spent at a nightclub and a Fnac store in Marbella.
British expat claims impostor sold his two Estepona plots for €500,000 at a Malaga notary while he was in Dallas
The owner only found out when his urbanisation’s administrator told him the land had changed hands, and lawyers warn that foreigners’ second homes are a
End of the line for two-seater mobility scooters in Benidorm as council bans vehicle involved in ‘quarter of all accidents’
The scooters have become symbolic of Benidorm’s holiday scene, offering a popular way for older British tourists to get around the town.
Alicante and Murcia drinking water under threat as crucial Tajo-Segura pipeline repairs drag on
Farmers and experts want to borrow water from a reservoir in Cuenca before the deadline to use it runs out
Moroccans overtake Brits as biggest foreign home buyers in Spain – snapping up homes in Murcia and north east
Moroccan citizens have overtaken British nationals as Spain's biggest foreign property buyers
The eight ages of Picasso – how Malaga’s most famous son reinvented himself again and again over a 70-year career
To mark his birthday this week, we thought we’d look back at the eight phases that constitute Pablo Picasso's evolution as a master artist.
EXCLUSIVE: Why Brits are fleeing London’s falling house prices and ‘socialist’ taxes for Spain’s Costa del Sol
As taxes and falling house prices push British expats and high earners abroad, the Costa del Sol is reaping the benefits of London's property exodus.
Four arrests made in Alicante after North African man drinking coffee is shot at by gunman shouting ‘speak Spanish!’
The main male detainee is charged with attempted homicide, the illegal possession of weapons, a hate crime and causing damage.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham calls for ‘honest discussion’ on returning to EU freedom of movement
Andy Burnham wants an honest discussion about immigration and Britain's future relationship with the EU after Brexit
Drug traffickers peddling close to Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ are busted with gang boss jailed
The family gang used two properties to sell substances such as cocaine, hashish and marijuana.
Narco kingpin is arrested in Tangier after fleeing Madrid as Spanish police net 86 and seize nearly 11 tonnes of hash
Gang boss had been on the run since March when he fled his home on an upmarket estate in Madrid but was detained in Tangier
Outrage in Madrid as Woody Allen receives €3m in public money for new film with city in grip of housing crisis
The Woody Allen Madrid film will receive €3 million in public funding to promote the capital, raising questions over spending as residents face rising rents.
Trial begins for Brit, 72, accused of killing his wife in southern Spain as neighbour says she ‘said she’d fallen and hit her head’
Neighbours told the jury the accused was angry rather than distraught as his partner lay dead in the road.
Tragedy in Cadiz as two paragliders including US national die after ‘crashing into each other mid-air’
A Lebanese man and an American woman died in the Sierra de Cadiz after
Wife’s horror as husband who vanished during Malaga holiday is found in hospital following savage street robbery
The 46-year-old man was discovered unconscious in the street with severe head trauma in the La Trinidad neighbourhood mid-last week.
Dutch narco war spills over into Marbella as September shooting was teenage hitmen’s second attempt to kill ‘mocromafia’ crime boss
Hitmen have been hunting 'Nourdin B.Z.', as rival groups attempt to consolidate power in the region.
What is Blocus, the mysterious TikTok craze sparking French-style riots in Barcelona – with huge demonstrations planned for Halloween?
Anonymous accounts used a French student-protest slogan to lure teenagers into nearly four hours of looting, and more calls to take to the streets are
The world’s best-preserved Roman bridge and a theatre still putting on plays after 2,000 years await visitors to this ancient Roman capital
A 2,000-year-old theatre, Spain’s oldest Moorish fortress and a world-class Roman museum, all within walking distance
Must-visit: The sixth-century monastery in Spain converted into a stunning Parador hotel surrounded by picture-perfect forest
It is thought the monastery dates back to the 6th or 7th century, becoming one of the most important monastic centres in the region.
Bilbao erupts into chaos as masked rioters torch cars and clash with police, leaving 19 arrested
Hundreds took to the streets in Bilbao on Monday evening, turning the Basque city into a battleground as groups looted shops and set cars ablaze.
Visit the two Malaga province towns where you can still find ‘the real Spain’, according to The Times
Journalist James Stewart said Ronda was the most 'spectacular urban setting' in Europe and a postcard-perfect example of 'Old Spain'.
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: Tobacco is discovered, Luiz Fernandez Lopez dies and Princess Leonor is born
Michael Coy delves into the major events in Spanish history this week, including the birth of future monarch Princess Leonor in 2005.
Hard-pressed Spanish farmers call for one-fifth of olive oil to be hauled off the market as bumper harvest sends prices tumbling
The request comes as Spain prepares for another bumper harvest, with the government forecasting production of 1.6 million tonnes in the 2026/27 season.
