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Poisoned Russian spy had links to Spain

Poisoned spy, Alexander Litvinenko, was working with the Spanish to uncover links with organised crime and the Russian Mafia in Spain

What you need to know about Spain’s plans for an Emergency Warning System with mobile phone alerts

WITHIN the last two years alone, Spain has been hit by the biggest snowfall in living memory (Storm Filomena), a volcanic eruption (La Palma),...

Sunny Spain is addicted to tanning salons

Jose Carlos Moreno from Spain’s dermatology academy (AEDV) believes it is an addiction

Spain to probe Paris gunman’s Madrid stay

The Paris gunman spent four days in Madrid before travelling to France

Homeowners in Spain facing mammoth hike in fuel bills for January

Homeowners are being warned by consumer associations

Keep on walking

Expat Andy Cameron continues his charity trek from Rome to Ronda

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia confirm attendance at King Charles III’s coronation

SPAIN’S King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have confirmed that they will be attending the coronation of King Charles III in London on May...

EXCLUSIVE: Former friend of Maddie suspect Christian B spent months with him in Spain’s Andalucia and believes he’s guilty

A DANGEROUS paedophile linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann spent long periods of time in southern Spain, the Olive Press can reveal. Convicted rapist...

Drink company’s new app saves Sevilla strawberry farmers billions of litres of water

Innocent began developing the app with farmers at Doñana National Park

Jose Mourinho convicted of tax fraud in Spain but won’t serve any of one-year prison sentence

It comes after fellow ex-Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was given a 23-month prison sentence and an €18.8m fine for tax evasion

Stargazing: When, where and how to see this year’s Perseid meteor shower in Spain

AN annual meteor shower known as the Perseids offers a spectacular cosmic light show that reaches its peak during the night of August 12....

Tommy Robinson, from zealot to zero: bankrupt ex-Marbella ‘resident’ told to pay £100k to teen libel victim and £500k...

STEPHEN YAXLEY-LENNON, aka Tommy Robinson, has been told to pay £100,000 damages to a schoolboy that he libelled in 2018, with an estimated £500,000...

Spain’s Renfe network set to challenge struggling Eurostar for tunnel route with possible link from Costa to London in...

RENFE, Spain’s state-owned rail operator, is having talks about operating a high-speed passenger service between London and Paris that would compete against Eurostar. Since its...

Spain’s first blue wine goes on sale

The aim was to create a wine that was not focussed on the tastes and preferences of so-called connoisseurs, but rather normal, creative and daring people

One in four flights cancelled by Ryanair affect a Spanish airport, airline to lose tens of millions in profits

A QUARTER of all flights cancelled by Ryanair will affect a Spanish airport.  It comes after the budget airline published a definitive list of flights...

Repsol oil company boss in Spain cleared over hiring security firm for illegal phone-tapping

THE National Court in Madrid has scrapped investigations into the president of the Repsol oil company, Antonio Brufau, over industrial spying going back a...

Far-right activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ banned from attending football matches GLOBALLY after violence in Portugal

FAR-RIGHT ex-convict and founder of the English Defence League Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has been banned from attending football matches around the world. The fraudster grabbed headlines...

COVID-19 statistics drop Spain’s annual life expectancy by up to 8 years in new study

A PAPER published yesterday by a leading Spanish medical journal has discovered that the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has caused the mortality rate in Spain...

The volcano lurking in the Canaries

A robot will be sent down today to find out more

Spain hires Germany as ‘Sherpa’

Spaniards to receive German-style on-the-job training to help them land well-paid positions

Zapatero asks UN to lead climate change battle

But can Spain meet Kyoto and EU emissions targets as PM promises? AS Spain struggles to keep its greenhouse gas emissions in check, the country’s...

725 complaints to Ombudsman for alleged medical negligence in Malaga

There were more than 700 reports of medical negligence in the Malaga province last year, new figures show.  According to a new report the Patient...

Banco Santander ordered to pay banker €68 million just months after big staff cuts and branch closures in Spain

A Madrid court has ordered Banco Santander to pay €68 million to Italian banker Andrea Orcel for reneging on an offer to make him...

Long-term expats will not be able to vote in EU referendum, high court rules

There are an estimated 700,000 British expats that are not eligible for the vote

WATCH: Moment ‘drunk’ Irish couple dragged off flight from southern Spain to Dublin

THIS is the moment a 'drunk' Irish couple were kicked off a flight from southern Spain to Dublin.  The FR7063 flight from Alicante to Dublin...

Women’s Day: How Spain became a pioneer in women’s rights but still has a long way to go

Spain has some of Europe’s most progressive gender laws and government-funded education campaigns discouraging domestic violence. But is it working? To mark International Women’s Day Jo Chipchase takes a look.

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