WATCH: Hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchors in Tenerife port as Spanish officials begin evacuating passengers

SPANISH officials have started to evacuate passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after the vessel arrived in Tenerife in the early hours of Sunday morning.

10 May, 2026 @ 11:38

Canary Islands·Health·Lead

Two disruptive passengers who forced Ryanair flight from London Stansted Airport to Ibiza to divert fined thousands

TWO unruly passengers who forced a Ryanair flight bound for Ibiza to divert to Toulouse have been fined. Ryanair confirmed that the Toulouse Criminal Court

9 May, 2026 @ 17:00

Lead·Travel News

Spain’s only nuclear manufacturer misses out on global boom due to crippling brain drain of Spanish engineering talent

SPAIN is struggling to hold on to its nuclear engineering talent just as the global atomic energy industry enters one of its biggest growth periods

9 May, 2026 @ 15:00

Lead·Northern Spain·Technology

Malaga city finally breaks 600,000 population milestone – after adding just 30,000 people in 10 years

MALAGA has surpassed the 600,000-resident mark for the first time. In January this year, the city recorded a population of around 603,000 following an annual

9 May, 2026 @ 13:00

Lead·Malaga

Rosalia takes Zendaya to the cleaners in HBO swear-off – but is Spanish really so superior to English when it comes to dishing out insults?

Disclaimer: This article contains language that some people may find offensive THEY are two of the brightest showbiz lights in Spain and the USA respectively,

9 May, 2026 @ 12:00

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

Spain’s most famous matador will return to the bullring in Andalucia this month – just weeks after brutal 10cm rectum goring left him in hospital

SPAIN’S most famous matador has confirmed his return to the bullring in Andalucia this month. Morante de la Puebla is making a comeback on May

9 May, 2026 @ 11:00

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead

Spanish footballer dropped by Premier League side over alleged private messages with 15-year-old girl

A LEADING Spanish footballer has been dropped by a top English side after an investigation was launched in relation to allegations made on social media.

9 May, 2026 @ 10:30

Lead·Sport

Runner hailed a hero after stopping to save life of 70-year-old man having a heart attack on Costa del Sol boardwalk

A DRAMATIC incident unfolded on Friday morning on the seafront promenade in Caleta de Velez, when an elderly man suddenly collapsed in the street. Witnesses

9 May, 2026 @ 09:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Alicante construction surges by 25% as region races to fix Spain’s massive 750,000 home shortage

NEW figures from the Official College of Technical Architecture of Alicante (COATA) have revealed that 3,418 homes began construction in the region during the first

9 May, 2026 @ 09:00

Alicante·Lead·Property

Urgent search for South African hantavirus cruise ship passenger who made ‘several day’ layover in Barcelona

SPANISH health authorities are urgently searching for a South African tourist who may have been exposed to the deadly hantavirus before spending a week in

8 May, 2026 @ 17:37

Barcelona·Health·Lead

Spanish music superstar Rosalia to give free concert in Sevilla this weekend

ROSALIA will headline Netflix’s major event in Sevilla and perform on a floating platform in the middle of the Guadalquivir this Saturday. Sevilla is hosting

8 May, 2026 @ 17:00

La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla

New raids on Benidorm 'English Zone' bars and clubs with one business lacking insurance

Fresh raids launched on Benidorm ‘English Zone’ bars and clubs – with one popular spot punished for improper insurance

FRESH police raids were executed in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ on Thursday with two premises visited in an ongoing push against drug trafficking and other infractions.

8 May, 2026 @ 16:20

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

What are ‘narcolanchas’? The boats used by drug traffickers to carry tonnes of narcotics into Spain – after two Guardia Civil officers killed in pursuit

TWO Guardia Civil officers have been killed after a crash involving two vessels during a high-speed pursuit of a suspected drug-running speedboat off the coast

8 May, 2026 @ 15:53

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

First suspected hantavirus case detected in Spain as woman isolates with symptoms in Alicante hospital

A WOMAN is currently isolating in an Alicante hospital in Spain’s first suspected case of hantavirus, after the patient display symptoms following contact with a

8 May, 2026 @ 15:36

Alicante·Health·Lead

Benidorm is Europe’s first city to launch game on video platform used daily by 150 million players

BENIDORM has become the first European destination and only the third in the world- behind Singapore and Tokyo- to have its own dedicated video game

8 May, 2026 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

BREAKING: Two Guardia Civil officers killed in crash off Andalucia coast during pursuit of ‘narcolancha’ drug trafficking boat

TWO officers have died after two Guardia Civil vessels collided during a high-speed pursuit of a suspected drug-running speedboat off the coast of Andalusia. German

8 May, 2026 @ 14:42

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Spain summons Israel envoy over detention of ‘kidnapped’ Gaza flotilla activist

THE Spanish government has summoned Israel’s top envoy in Madrid to protest against the ‘unacceptable and intolerable’ detention of a Spanish national it said was

8 May, 2026 @ 14:38

International Affairs·Lead

WATCH: Inside the crime spree of a team of highly-skilled Ocean’s Eleven-style bank robbers who hit small town lenders across Spain

A SIX-strong gang of highly organised bank robbers has been brought down in Madrid after the group launched crime spree across Spain. The Guardia Civil

8 May, 2026 @ 14:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Video

US citizen, 34, makes unprecedented asylum bid to stay in Spain while on holiday in Mallorca to escape ‘political climate under Donald Trump’

AN AMERICAN tourist has launched an extraordinary bid for political asylum in Spain after claiming he fears returning to the US because of the country’s

8 May, 2026 @ 13:30

International Affairs·Lead·Mallorca

Dangerous ‘psychopath’ sex offender legally changes gender to ‘dodge’ prison sentence in Spain

A ‘highly dangerous psychopath’ who changed gender to dodge justice was arrested in Spain after a sprawling manhunt, police said. The accused sex offender posed

8 May, 2026 @ 13:14

Crime & Law·Lead

Malaga joins the shipping ‘Champions League’ as it becomes Europe’s main gateway for new direct route from China bypassing the Suez Canal

A MALAGA shipping company has declared ‘we’re in the Champions League’ after making the city the first port of call on a new direct route

8 May, 2026 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Spanish police use crane to remove European record 30 tonnes of cocaine from seized ship in the Atlantic

SPANISH police have seized more than 30 tonnes of cocaine from a cargo ship off the Canary Islands and detained all 23 crew members without

8 May, 2026 @ 13:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

New York or Catalunya? Secret Barcelona high-rise suburb used to film star-studded Adidas World Cup advert

OSCAR-NOMINATED actor Timothee Chalamet joins football rivals Lamine Yamal and Jude Bellingham in Adidas’ latest World Cup campaign shot on the streets of Barcelona. In

8 May, 2026 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Sport

Global hunt underway for the 29 passengers who left deadly hantavirus cruise ship heading for Spain’s Tenerife

HEALTH officials worldwide are scrambling to contain a deadly virus outbreak linked to a cruise liner now headed for the Canary Islands. MV Hondius operator

8 May, 2026 @ 11:16

Canary Islands·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Tenerife

Far-right calls for crackdown on ‘fake’ residents claiming public services in Costa del Sol expat hub beloved by both Brits and Germans

THE far-right party Vox has called for tighter controls on padron registrations — Spain’s official municipal population register —in a Torrox. The move follows concerns

8 May, 2026 @ 10:30

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Politics

Spanish regions funding bullfighting events in order to ‘combat depopulation’ have only gained four new residents in three years

A PROGRAM to repopulate isolated areas of Spain through funding bullfighting has not had the desired success. The regional government in Cantabria launched another round

8 May, 2026 @ 09:45

Lead·Northern Spain·Other News

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