Young families among bar customers threatened by man with fake gun on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 65-year-old man created a commotion in an Alicante bar after waving a fake gun around in the air. The Policia Nacional were called to
Spain makes it a crime for pro-lifers to harrass women outside abortion clinics
A new law came into force on Thursday which stops women going for an abortion being harassed by demonstrators outside clinics in Spain. The measure
‘Best chef in the world’ Dabiz Muñoz opens food truck in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE chef acclaimed as the ‘best in the world’ has just opened a new venture in Puerto Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol. Dabiz Muñoz
ANALYSIS: Octopus farms raise huge animal welfare concerns – and they’re unsustainable too
A proposed new large-scale octopus farm in Spain is a huge risk to the welfare of this sentient and intelligent animal.
Did you feel it? Earthquake rumbles Spain’s Sevilla
A MINOR 3.0 magnitude earthquake has been registered in the province of Sevilla this Thursday. The quake was felt yesterday, Thursday afternoon, in the Sierra
Secrets from a grave in Spain’s Huelva: The story of the audacious plan to trick Hitler retold in new film
A NEW film released this month tells the strange story behind a grave that lies in a forgotten corner of southwestern Spain that is credited
Police use drones to target street sellers in Benalmadena on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A POLICE raid in the Costa del Sol beachside town of Benalmadena saw the seizure of thousands of counterfeit goods in a clampdown on street
US govt Human Rights report slams both Vox and Podemos over press ‘harassment’
THE US State Department has slammed the political parties of Vox and Podemos over their ‘concerning’ treatment of the media in the annual human rights
Headless corpse found near Malaga in Spain is still unidentified
POLICE are still trying to identify a man whose headless and handless body was found near a sleepy rural town near Malaga. Investigators are keeping
Tonne of drugs retrieved after 26 bundles found floating off Spain’s Costa Blanca
OVER a tonne of hashish was spotted floating in waters some 40 miles off the Costa Blanca on April 9. Packed into 26 bundles, they
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAR?: Police in Mallorca want help in finding €250,000 Lamborghini stolen in Calvia
POLICE in Spain’s Mallorca are asking for help in their search for a €250,000 Lamborghini Huracan that was stolen from a Calvia home. The Guardia
Pensioner in Spain’s Malaga ‘made up’ knife attack for the insurance money
A PENSIONER who claimed she had been held up at knifepoint in broad daylight has been arrested after police realised it was the eighth time
SOMETHING TO CHEW ON: Sheep and goats brought in to help protect Collserola Natural Park in Spain’s Barcelona against fire
ARE the old ways the best? Barcelona’s city council is hoping to find out by bringing in a flock of sheep and goats to keep
Local mayor slammed as ‘grotesque’ following his support of Torrevieja skyscraper ‘aberration’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
PUBLIC PRESSURE groups and political parties are being invited by Sueña Torrevieja to join together in a bid to ban a building project by Torrevieja’s
British Embassy in Spain requests yet another extension as driving licence deadline of April 30 looms
THE British Embassy in Madrid has requested yet another extension to the deadline on the validity of British driving licences for expats in Spain insisting
Torrijas: This is the Easter treat to feast on in Spain during Semana Santa
SPAIN’S version of French toast or “eggy bread” is scrumptiously sweet, dangerously calorific and firmly associated with Easter in Spain in the same way that
Easter: When will supermarkets be open during Spain’s long weekend?
EASTER in Spain involves several days of public holidays and that means reduced hours and closures in supermarkets and shops. While you may find some
How one beachside community in Spain’s Valencia region has opened its arms and hearts to Ukrainian refugees
By Sue Wilson in Alcossebre
Malaga–Costa del Sol Airport leads in Spain’s recovery of air travel demand post Covid-19 Pandemic
MALAGA–Costa del Sol Airport is the best recovering airport in Spain post pandemic. Last month 9,677 planes landed and took off at Malaga airport, which
Man extradited from Ukraine to Spain to face attempted murder charge
WHILE the 110,00 Ukrainians who have found refuge in Spain will be relieved to be here, one man won’t after he was extradited from the
Spain lodges formal protest as US nuclear sub chooses stop off in Gibraltar over Rota
SPAIN lodged a formal complaint on Wednesday after it emerged a US naval nuclear submarine would be stopping off in Gibraltar rather than at the
Boy in Spain’s Alicante turns in own parents after they order him to sell drugs at school
A BOY aged 16 who was forced by his parents to sell drugs at his school tipped the police off. Now his mother and father
Police in Spain destroy what they claim was Europe’s ‘biggest crop of cannabis’
POLICE have raided what they describe as Europe’s biggest cannabis farm that covered 67 hectares and had 415,000 plants potentially worth €100 million. Guardia Civil
50,000 Ukrainian refugees granted temporary protection in Spain since March 10
SPAIN has granted more than 50,000 temporary ‘protection documents’ to Ukrainian refugees in just one month. The Ministry of the Interior reported that it processed
British pensioner found dead on waste tip in southern Spain three weeks after he went missing
POLICE in Almeria are investigating the death of a British man whose body was found on a waste tip more than two weeks after he
Thief steals €20,000 of brass ornaments from cemeteries but sells them for virtually nothing in Spain’s Alicante area
A man has been arrested for stealing 70 ornaments from cemeteries in Elda and Petrer. The metal items, which cost a total of €20,000 for
