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Revealed: Where house prices are soaring by over 50% — and how expat hotspots in Spain’s Mediterranean arc are driving the surge

THE property market on parts of Spain’s Mediterranean coast is exploding at an eyewatering pace as house prices practically double in two years. Several expat-heavy

20 Nov, 2025 @ 13:28

Alicante·Lead·Murcia·Property

Burglars arrested after high-speed police chase catches crew who robbed 50 homes in Spain

THREE men have been arrested for robbing 50 homes in the Murcia region and on the Costa Blanca. In February, Guardia Civil investigators detected a

11 Nov, 2025 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Council starts clearing tons of rubbish built up over six years by hoarder in Murcia villa

Huge job for council to clear up home ‘filled with tonnes of garbage’ built up over six years by pathological hoarder as property prices plummet in Murcia town

PUERTO de Mazarron council in Murcia has started clearing up a villa and its grounds that had accumulated tonnes of rubbish over six years. They

22 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Murcia

Drinking water restored to 100,000 residents who endured 10 days without supplies on Spain’s Mar Menor

MOST of the Mar Menor’s 100,000 residents have had their drinking water supplies restored after 10 days. Health authorities passed tap water as fit for

21 Oct, 2025 @ 16:08

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor like the 'Third World' with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor look like ‘Third World’ with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

AN OPPOSITION politician says Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has put the Mar Menor area on a ‘par with the Third World’ as 100,000 residents enter

20 Oct, 2025 @ 15:11

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Body pulled out of the water at Murcia fishing port could be elderly British expat

Body pulled out of the water at Murcia fishing port believed to be elderly British expat

AUTHORITIES suspect that a body pulled out of the water at the fishing port of Aguilas in Murcia was that of a missing British man.

17 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Lead·Murcia

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz could pocket whopping €5m if he wins two ‘exhibition’ matches

THE world’s number one tennis player, Carlos Alcaraz, will be battling it out in Saudi Arabia this week to win the sport’s biggest financial prize-

14 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Murcia·Sport

Tons of biomass removed from shores of Mar Menor lagoon as DANA Alice clean up continues in Murcia

A MAJOR operation to remove accumulated biomass from Mar Menor beaches has seen 48 tons cleared up by Monday morning. The Murcian government says 135

13 Oct, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Tankers supply over 100,000 residents who cannot use tap water due to flood damage in Spain’s Murcia

FLOOD damage to a key water pipeline in the Campo de Cartagena area of Murcia has led to residents being told not to use tap

13 Oct, 2025 @ 10:59

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

WATCH: Firefighters called to school in southern Spain after malfunctioning speakers blast ‘Happy Birthday’ at full volume until 4am

THEY are normally called on to bravely fight away fierce flames or heroically save cats from lofty trees. But firefighters in the southern region of

12 Oct, 2025 @ 18:27

Education·Lead·Murcia

RED ALERT continues with heavy rain battering the Costa Blanca and Murcia causing some localised floods

RED ALERT continues with heavy rain battering the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

HEAVY rain has battered parts of Alicante Province and the Murcia region that are under an red alert for extreme weather until 11.59pm on Friday

10 Oct, 2025 @ 15:13

Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·Weather

RED ALERT extreme weather leads to flood alert and evacuation of homes and a campsite in Spain's Mar Menor area

Massive rainfall causes evacuation of Mar Menor homes and campsite in case of flooding

CARTAGENA council has ordered the precautionary evacuation of some Mar Menor area properties amidst fears of floods. The Villas Caravanning site by Paraiso beach comes

10 Oct, 2025 @ 13:10

Lead·Mar Menor·Weather

Police probe whether Italian mafia executed two men- including gang leader- in same area of Spain

THE Guardia Civil are investigating whether two killings in the same area of the Murcia region on Tuesday were linked to the Italian mafia. The

9 Oct, 2025 @ 11:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

British woman 'took her own life' due to uncertain future at campsite in Spain- having lived there for 36 years with her husband

British woman ‘took her own life’ due to uncertain future at campsite in Spain after living there for 36 years

AROUND 50 people protested outside a campsite in the Cartagena area of Murcia after a British resident allegedly took her life on Friday because she

6 Oct, 2025 @ 18:44

Lead·Murcia

Murcia gets its first five-star hotel with grand opening planned for Easter 2026

Murcia to get its first five-star hotel with opening planned for Easter 2026

A MURCIA City hotel will become the region’s only five-star rated establishment following extensive refurbishments. The old Hotel Arco de San Juan on Calle Correos

30 Sep, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·Murcia·Olive Press Travel

Princess Leonor of Spain begins final year of military training at Air Force academy

SHE’S marched with the Army, sailed the high seas with the Navy, and now Princess Leonor is about to take to the skies as she

1 Sep, 2025 @ 13:15

Celebrity·Lead·Murcia·National News·Other News

Three valuable champion racing pigeons worth €170k are stolen from their home in Spain

THREE racing pigeons valued at €170,000 and owned by a syndicate have been stolen from Fortuna in the Murcia region. The birds called Sordo, Gran

1 Sep, 2025 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Tourist hotel salmonella outbreak at Spain’s La Manga reaches 190 confirmed cases

THE salmonella outbreak at La Manga’s Hotel Cavanna has reached 190 confirmed cases as of Thursday, according to Murcia’s Ministry of Health. 19 people are

28 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

Health·Lead·Mar Menor

Over 100 people including a baby are poisoned in mass salmonella outbreak at tourist hotel in Spain

A MASS outbreak of food poisoning affected over 100 guests at La Manga’s Cavanna Hotel over the weekend. 47 people including eight children needed hospital

25 Aug, 2025 @ 14:15

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Controversy rumbles on in Spain as another town ‘cancels’ Islamic event to be held in public sports centre

ANOTHER Murcia region town has ignited controversy over Islamic festivals using municipal property. After the on-going row in Jumilla, a far-right Vox party councillor in

21 Aug, 2025 @ 12:54

Lead·Murcia

Two women create mayhem at Murcia health centre- assaulting staff and police as well as biting security guard

TWO women are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday after attacking health workers and police officers at a Murcia region health centre. Violence erupted

21 Aug, 2025 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Animal abuse horror after cat is thrown out of car and repeatedly run over in Spain

A MAN who threw a cat out of his car and repeatedly run it over has been arrested in Torrevieja. The Guardia Civil have charged

14 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Animals·Lead·Murcia

Government gives Spanish council one-month deadline to reverse Islamic prayer ban in municipal facilities

SPAIN’S government has given Jumilla City Council a month to rescind a ban on Muslims holding prayer festivals in municipal sports facilities or else it

12 Aug, 2025 @ 14:24

Lead·Murcia

Minister slams Jumilla council for “xenophobic” religious ban

SPAIN’S Inclusion, Social Security and Migration Minister, Elma Saiz, has criticised the town council of Jumilla (Murcia) after it passed a motion to stop religious

8 Aug, 2025 @ 12:58

Lead·Murcia

Spain steps up social media ‘hate speech’ monitoring after council bans Islamic festivals from its properties

SPAIN’S government has increased monitoring to track ‘hate speech’ on social media after a Murcia region council banned Islamic festivals from using municipal property and

7 Aug, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·Murcia·National News

New racism controversy in Spain as council bans Islamic festivals from using its properties and land

THERE’S fresh controversy over racism in the Murcia region after Jumilla council voted for the right to ban Islamic religious celebrations from municipal sports halls

6 Aug, 2025 @ 17:15

Lead·Murcia

Murcia- Page 3

Revealed: Where house prices are soaring by over 50% — and how expat hotspots in Spain’s Mediterranean arc are driving the surge

Burglars arrested after high-speed police chase catches crew who robbed 50 homes in Spain

Huge job for council to clear up home ‘filled with tonnes of garbage’ built up over six years by pathological hoarder as property prices plummet in Murcia town

Drinking water restored to 100,000 residents who endured 10 days without supplies on Spain’s Mar Menor

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor look like ‘Third World’ with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

Body pulled out of the water at Murcia fishing port believed to be elderly British expat

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz could pocket whopping €5m if he wins two ‘exhibition’ matches

Tons of biomass removed from shores of Mar Menor lagoon as DANA Alice clean up continues in Murcia

Tankers supply over 100,000 residents who cannot use tap water due to flood damage in Spain’s Murcia

WATCH: Firefighters called to school in southern Spain after malfunctioning speakers blast ‘Happy Birthday’ at full volume until 4am

RED ALERT continues with heavy rain battering the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

Massive rainfall causes evacuation of Mar Menor homes and campsite in case of flooding

Police probe whether Italian mafia executed two men- including gang leader- in same area of Spain

British woman ‘took her own life’ due to uncertain future at campsite in Spain after living there for 36 years

Murcia to get its first five-star hotel with opening planned for Easter 2026

Princess Leonor of Spain begins final year of military training at Air Force academy

Three valuable champion racing pigeons worth €170k are stolen from their home in Spain

Tourist hotel salmonella outbreak at Spain’s La Manga reaches 190 confirmed cases

Over 100 people including a baby are poisoned in mass salmonella outbreak at tourist hotel in Spain

Controversy rumbles on in Spain as another town ‘cancels’ Islamic event to be held in public sports centre

Two women create mayhem at Murcia health centre- assaulting staff and police as well as biting security guard

Animal abuse horror after cat is thrown out of car and repeatedly run over in Spain

Government gives Spanish council one-month deadline to reverse Islamic prayer ban in municipal facilities

Minister slams Jumilla council for “xenophobic” religious ban

New racism controversy in Spain as council bans Islamic festivals from using its properties and land

Man, 52, stabs his flatmate in the chest in upmarket Estepona golf urbanisation

Malaga reopens two beaches to swimmers as E. coli bacteria warning keeps four more shut during Feria week

Granada earthquake: Residents tell of terror as second powerful quake rocks city in four days

Tracing the legacy of Federico Garcia Lorca in Granada, 90 years after Spain’s most famous poet was murdered by Franco’s fascists

9 facts about Federico Garcia Lorca on the 90th anniversary of his death by firing squad in the Spanish Civil War

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