2016: What a year!
A look back at one of the most dramatic years in memory
Andalucia budgets for 2017 yet to be approved despite year already beginning
Not one of the eight provincial cities has an approved spending plan
EXCLUSIVE: Expats defend right to fly back to UK for two-week stints as live-in carers
A report said Brits have been driven to the work by a crippling downturn in the Spanish economy
BREAKING: Costa del Sol on high alert after explosion in Marbella apartment block while bomb squad called to suspicious package in Puerto Banus
It comes after a similar package was found in Sevilla yesterday
British and Spanish revealed as top cocaine users in Europe
When it comes to partying the British and Spanish are neck and neck, or should that be nose to nose?
Madrid bans half of cars from its roads to tackle air pollution
Depending on pollution levels, the decision will be revised daily
Spain has second-highest life expectancy in the world, new figures show
Experts cite the country's healthy Mediterranean diet
One dead and two injured after shooting in Spain
Two are recovering in hospital
Anger erupts in UK as probe ‘reveals unqualified Malaga expats flying back to UK for highly paid two week placements’ looking after elderly
Pensioners are receiving the most intimate care from virtual strangers
Border officer loses an eye and dozens injured after more than 1,000 migrants storm Spanish border
None managed to make it over the fence
Queen’s New Year honours for two British residents in Spain
Two British expats have been awarded honours by Her Majesty The Queen in the New Year Honours List 2017 as published today, 30 December
Police strengthen New Year presence in face of terrorist threats
The Policia Nacional is working with local forces to bolster visible patrols in city centres such as Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla to deter any unexpected
King’s Christmas speech in Spain receives lowest viewer ratings in 18 years
Almost a million less people tuned in compared to last year
Hollywood’s Rob Schneider roasted by Spaniards for ‘epic Paella fail’
“This is not paella: this is rice with things.”
Expat blasts Spain for lethal painkiller that poisoned his bone marrow and left him for dead
Doctors had told him there was nothing more they could do
Tourists run for their lives as plane crash lands on packed Spanish beach
The plane had been travelling from Tenerife Norte to Morocco
Britain’s Brexit plans ‘potential threat’ to Spain’s economic progress
Bank of Spain is also concerned about upcomming European elections in France and Germany
Cars banned from Madrid streets in trial run for pedestrianised city
For nine days, all cars were banished from the city centre in a trial run to pedestrianise the capital
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias threatens to quit Spain’s anti-corruption party
Iglesias issued the ultimatum as rival Inigo Errejon prepared to address the party’s national conference
Socialist PSOE staff strike it lucky with huge El Gordo Christmas lottery win
Residents in Granada town with 29% unemployment also toast huge payout
Costa del Sol residents celebrate after scooping huge El Gordo lottery prize win
EXCLUSIVE: Sabinillas shop sells winning ticket worth €125,000 per person
Spain’s El Gordo is the world’s biggest lottery… and it was originally set up to fight Napoleon
Today half of the country will be tuned into the television and radio to hear the results of the national Christmas lottery
Trump dump festive figurine sales soar in Spain and US
Bizarre effigies of celebrities pooing are one of the best-selling items on the caganer website
Spain boosts security in ‘Christmas hotspots’ following Berlin attacks
Spain’s Commissioner for Public Security has now upped the police presence in busy areas
PIC EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s Most Wanted fugitive Mark Acklom strips off in Spain
Leaving a string of broken hearts and empty bank accounts across Europe, Acklom sent naked pictures of himself to targeted women
Prime Minister Theresa May vows to protect 1.2 million British expats living in Europe
The prime minister said she wants to guarantee the status of 1.2 million Brits living in the EU and 3.2 million EU citizens in the