Squatters run riot on Costa del Sol as organised gangs hand over keys to top properties
ORGANISED gangs are helping squatters get a foothold on the Costa del Sol, taking advantage of the surge of empty holiday homes in the wake
Over €1.7 million available to small businesses and self employed in Spain’s Mallorca to overcome COVID-19 crisis
Launched by the capital's Governing Board, the campaign aims to boost the Balearic economy
Jet2 extends suspension of flights to popular Costa airports in Spain until February 2021
JET2 has announced on their Twitter feed that it will be extending its flight restrictions to major costa airports until next year. The notice was
Sick Irish national arrested in Spain in connection with grooming kids on the Costa del Sol
An Irish pensioner has been arrested in Benalmádena for allegedly grooming five local kids into sending him intimate pics of themselves in exchange for phone
Spain’s Andalucia, among the EU regions hardest hit economically due to COVID-19
The most socially and economically hard-hit regions are those that were under strict lockdown measures for the longest period and not necessarily those with the
Hotel employee accused of drugging and raping woman in Spain’s Mallorca
Doctors confirmed that the victim had benzodiazepine in her blood system, a drug known to have sedative effects
Body recovered off beach after floating ‘for several days’ out at sea on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The lifeless body was called in at around 6:30pm when a swimmer first witnessed it floating some 50 metres from the shore on El Bajondillo
‘CHEMICAL BOMB’: Fertiliser company plans to bury its toxic pollution problem in Spain
By Laurence Crumbie AT first glance, you might think a sci-fi writer had dreamed up this polar scenery of ice-like foam sheets atop a dazzling
Spain adds 27,856 COVID-19 cases over weekend as six regions near ‘red zone’ incidence rate – but hospital pressure has not increased
The climb caused the incidence rate of the virus to increase by five points to 263 cases per 100,000 inhabitants
EXCLUSIVE: Russians in Spain could be linked to Madeleine snatch
By Olive Press Editor Jon Clarke A PAIR of Russian expats based in Spain have been linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The two
Controversy after police shut down private house party of 21 people after neighbours complain of lack of mask use in Spain’s Sevilla
The group had been celebrating the bank holiday weekend on a large terrace in Calle Alemanes on Sunday afternoon when neighbours called in police
Spain’s Andalucia registers 1,319 COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths Monday
It brings the total caseload in the region since the pandemic began to 80,304, while the death toll now stands at 2,039
Man arrested in Spain’s Mallorca after attempting to protect car from theft with axe
Policia Nacional officers had responded to the incident in Palma's Son Malferit neighbourhood after receiving multiple calls from concerned residents
King leads subdued celebrations to mark Spain’s National Day
SPAIN’S royal family have presided over a socially distanced ‘parade’ to celebrate the country’s National Day. Just 520 soldiers instead of the usual total of
New COVID-19 restrictions expected to be announced for Granada in Spain’s Andalucia tomorrow
The Partido Popular leader said the new rules will be particularly targeting 'the university residences and other spheres' related to students
Number of minors under 14 with COVID-19 in Spain’s Andalucia spikes twofold in just one month
The increase by 211.78% is more than double the increase recorded during the same period among adults between the ages of 45 and 64.
Brits escape prison time after shipping in ‘super drug’ into Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO BRITISH men will not go to prison for planning to distribute a synthetic drug up to 80 times stronger than cannabis. The unnamed duo
Brits in Spain named in Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours List
THE Queen has paid tribute to three British Nationals living in Spain in this year’s Birthday Honours List. The annual awards are part of the
WATCH: Violent eastern European drug traffickers who smuggled guns among COVID-19 medical supplies busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca with help from UK cops
A VICIOUS drug trafficking gang has been dramatically captured during a house raid in Alicante. The bust concluded an international investigation involving police forces from
Man faces up to two years in prison for baiting and killing neighbours’ pets in Spain’s Costa Blanca
DOGS, cats and other animals havedied over the past three years because of the actions of one 76-year-old in Alcoi, Alicante. Guardia Civil arrested him
DIARY OF A COUNCILLOR: Interesting times for Mijas’s first foreign elected representative
By Bill Anderson ON July 5, 2019, I became the first foreigner to hold the post of Town Councillor in Mijas. I wasn’t sure what
Plane crash kills one and seriously injures young German man on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A YOUNG man has died after crashing his light aircraft on the Costa del Sol. The 26-year-old, from Malaga, was piloting a motorsailer at the
CANARY ISLANDS: Migrant arrivals surge to more than 1,000 in 48 hours
MORE than 1,000 migrants have arrived in hundreds of small boats on the coats of Spain’s Canary Islands in just 48 hours. It is thought
Spanish rally co-driver killed in Portugal crash
A YOUNG woman rally co-driver has died after an accident in a Portuguese race. Laura Salvo, 21, died following a crash in the first stage
Racist bar owner charged over colour ban in Spain’s La Rioja region
BLACK LIVES did not apparently matter for a bar owner who brazenly admitted that he refused to serve ‘people with dark skin’. Police in Logroño,
‘Making do with tech as old as me’ – Giles takes a tip from the Wombles for his off-grid life in Spain
IF the last couple months of what we can euphemistically refer to as ‘This, that and the other’ have taught me one thing, it is