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WATCH: How Spain is central to EU’s €30 BILLION cocaine and narcotics market as new report warns of increasing violence from ruthless European gangs

Despite record seizures this year, trafficking inside containers destined for European ports is still the most common transport method

28 Nov, 2019 @ 13:05

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

CASTING CALL: British film set in World War II needs extras for filming on Spain’s Costa del Sol… APPLY HERE

A PRODUCTION company is seeking extras for a British film on the Costa del Sol. Modexpor is looking for men aged 20 and above to act as soldiers in the upcoming film

28 Nov, 2019 @ 11:36

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

MI CASA: Expats choose crystal Mediterranean waters and sunny shores as Alicante named province with most foreign house buyers in Spain

EXPAT homeowners are flocking to the crystal Mediterranean waters of Alicante as new figures reveal it as the province with the most foreign buyers. Spain’s College of Registrars announced a whopping 40.7%

28 Nov, 2019 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

WATCH: Level crossing barriers fail to close as car narrowly avoids train in shock Spanish dashcam video

LEVEL crossing barriers have failed to close in a shocking dashcam video in northern Spain. Point-of-view footage shows the driver stop suddenly as a train ploughs through the crossing near Cetina, in

28 Nov, 2019 @ 10:29

Lead

Spain’s Malaga swelters in winter heatwave (and it continues until Sunday)

The warm weather is predicted to hang around until Sunday when it will make way for cloud cover and drizzle

28 Nov, 2019 @ 08:43

Environment·Lead·Malaga

British dad found dead in marina of popular expat and tourist hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol

An autopsy showed that Andrew had sustained chest arm injuries, where he is thought to have tried to pull himself out of the water

27 Nov, 2019 @ 19:57

Lead·Malaga

Two arrested and one man on the run after police in Spain discover world’s first transatlantic drugs submarine

The boat was stopped on Sunday night in Galicia following its 4,778 mile journey from Columbia

27 Nov, 2019 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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90 km/h speed cameras branded ‘illegal’ after motoring association reveals law allowing cars to break speed limit when overtaking

SPAIN’S traffic regulator has come under fire after a motoring organisation claimed the country’s 90 km/h speed cameras are issuing ‘illegal’ fines. Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA) made the denouncement after unearthing laws

27 Nov, 2019 @ 15:16

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fake women’s magazine containing domestic violence advice so ‘abusive partners won’t find out’ saves 24 women in Denia

THE crimped skirts, green smoothies and exercise tips look like the pages of any glossy women’s magazine. But read closer, and all is not what it seems. Because the articles in the

27 Nov, 2019 @ 14:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

Tropical breeze lifts November temperatures up to 24º this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Costa Blanca will be warmed by a tropical breeze this week lifting temperatures up to 24º until Sunday. The warm gust is caused by an anticyclone in the Azores and will

27 Nov, 2019 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Lead

Thug breaks gay man’s nose, ‘corners him in club toilets’ and labels him a ‘fag’ at popular LGBT hotspot in Spain’s Andalucia

A local LGBT organisation has condemned the vile incident and called for the alleged attacker to be identified

27 Nov, 2019 @ 12:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Water levels at reservoirs in Spain’s Andalucia still down on last year despite downpours

The statistics showing the reduction in water levels come after the Olive Press revealed shocking photos showing the plummeting water height at Lake Istan last week

27 Nov, 2019 @ 11:45

Environment·Lead

Sniffer dog leads police to secret false floor in boot of car as two Brits arrested on drug charges in Benidorm

IT WAS like a Q Branch gadget from a James Bond film. But far from fighting evil villains, the false floor in a Benidorm vehicle yielded plastic bags filled with party pills,

26 Nov, 2019 @ 16:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa del sol’s Marenostrum Festival adds God Save the Queen and Bad Bunny to its lineup as festival expands for summer

Among the festival’s other exciting announcements is the creation of the Luna Sur indie music festival

26 Nov, 2019 @ 16:03

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

SIGN UP! Campaign to make Alicante the province with MOST HOLIDAYS in Europe as new petition demands December 4 be declared Dia de Santa Barbara

A PETITION is demanding a new holiday for the province of Alicante in honour of the city’s patron Saint Barbara. The Change.org campaign from organisation Alacant a Part aims to right a

26 Nov, 2019 @ 15:25

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News

Cruel owner who starved dog in sun for days on Spain’s Costa del Sol ordered to pay €8 a day fine for three months

A shocking snap from the Guardia Civil’s Seprona division shows a skinny dog tied to a tree on some waste ground

26 Nov, 2019 @ 14:28

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Spain slams ‘silent complicity’ of international leaders ahead of crisis climate change summit in Madrid

Many major countries are not on track to reduce their emissions as agreed during the 2016 Paris summit

26 Nov, 2019 @ 13:01

Environment·Lead·National News·Politics

NEW Peaky Blinders murder mystery event hits Spain’s Costa del Sol and Sevilla

In total over 100 teams will compete to stalk the streets, solve the clues, crack the case and catch the killer

26 Nov, 2019 @ 12:37

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

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Malaga city council selling off €8 million site to meet growing demand for offices

Councillor for land management, Raul Lopez, has said a dozen companies have already expressed interest in the land

26 Nov, 2019 @ 11:33

Lead·Malaga

Gang leader who trafficked more than 100 migrants into Britain last year in ‘deadly’ freezing-cold refrigerated lorries is JAILED in Spain

THE LEADER of a human trafficking gang that brought more than 100 migrants into the UK inside refrigerated lorries has been jailed for four years in Spain. Iraqi-born Shwana Rafiq put the lives

26 Nov, 2019 @ 10:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

NOT SO SLICK: Eight months prison for government mechanic who filched €1,800 using unauthorised fuel card on weekends in Alicante

A GOVERNMENT mechanic has been sentenced to eight months prison for filling up his car using an unauthorised fuel card in Alicante. The man took €1,800 using the official card between December

26 Nov, 2019 @ 09:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

¿QUE? New road marking reads SOTP instead of STOP at Costa Blanca T-junction

NEW road markings in a Costa Blanca town have come under fire after photographs surfaced of a T-junction reading ‘SOTP’ instead of ‘STOP’. The translation flop was spotted on Camí Montanya Llarga

26 Nov, 2019 @ 08:57

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante conquers eastern Spain with 16 STARS in the Michelin Guide Spain & Portugal 2020 – find a restaurant near you

ALICANTE has been crowned the gastronomy king of the Comunidad Valenciana with 16 Michelin stars. The province outshone Castellón and Valencia – which bagged two and nine stars respectively during last week’s

25 Nov, 2019 @ 18:08

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

Man in Spain arrested after stabbing wife to death on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women

It comes on November 25 — the day chosen by the United Nations (UN) to raise awareness of the violence women around the world are subjected to

25 Nov, 2019 @ 16:13

Crime & Law·Lead

Why residents of Gibraltar shouldn’t worry if they see more soldiers than usual this week

It's due to an annual event that sees British soldiers descend on the rock for war games

25 Nov, 2019 @ 14:54

Gibraltar·Lead

‘Hostel thief’ arrested in Marbella after allegedly robbing laptops and cash from backpackers on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Investigators claim the suspect ‘broke wardrobe and locker doors to seize the valuables he found inside’

25 Nov, 2019 @ 12:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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