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Forget the Camino de Santiago: Spanish cousins go on 2,500km pilgrimage to DERBY to watch football team they fell in love with playing FIFA

A football-mad Spanish family went on a bonkers 2,500km voyage to watch a football club from a provincial English town after falling in love with

10 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·National News·Travel News

Mallorca landslide forces closure of popular cycling, tourist track

One of the most famous routes for cyclists and tourists in Mallorca has been closed after a landslide. A section of the Sa Calobra road

10 Feb, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Superyacht ‘Al Lusail’ returns to the Spanish port of Malaga

‘Hidden’ assets such as superyachts, mansions could be taxed in Balearic islands

The super rich trying to hide luxury assets such as superyachts and mansions in company shells could soon have a bumper tax bill in the

10 Feb, 2023 @ 10:30

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Spotlight on Mallorca properties amid major Swedish money laundering case

Properties in Palma have been linked to money laundering allegations that have dragged in the husband and stepson of Marbella Mayor Angeles Muñoz. Joakim Peter

9 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

After 13 years, Spain’s Constitutional Court finally strikes down legal challenge to abortion law

THIRTEEN years later, Spain’s Constitutional Court has finally rejected an appeal filed against the current abortion law by the conservative Popular Party. The legislation covering

9 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·National News

Why Netflix users in Spain will no longer be able to share their passwords with friends and family

THE DAYS of sharing your Netflix account with friends and family outside your own household are over in Spain. The streaming giant has just launched

9 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Human Trafficking Gang Planned Fleet Of Charter Boats For Dangerous Sea Trips To Spain's Murcia Coast

People smuggler jailed for taking Moroccans in UK who ‘didn’t like Britain’ back out

A man who tried to smuggle 15 Moroccan migrants back out of the UK to Spain because they ‘didn’t like Britain’ has been jailed. The

9 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Mallorca fans in Spain racially abuse Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr for the second time in 12 months

Real Mallorca fans shamefully subjected Real Madrid football player Vinicius Jr to racist abuse for the second time in a year during their 1-0 victory

9 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Mallorca·National News

Daytime TV show in Spain’s Andalusia under fire for debating photo of minister with nipples visible through shirt

A DAYTIME television debate show in Andalusia has drawn widespread criticism, even among its own staff, after it dedicated a segment on Tuesday to debating

8 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Far-right Vox party humiliated in no confidence vote against Pedro Sanchez government in Spain

Lawmaker from Spain’s Popular Party accused of aiming death threat at prime minister in Congress

A LAWMAKER from the conservative Popular Party has been accused by his Socialist colleagues of making a death threat against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during

8 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain: Concentration In Repulse Of Sexual Assaults

Poll: 22% of women in Spain say they have been sexually assaulted

NEARLY 22% of women in Spain say they have suffered some kind of sexual assault during their lives. That’s a total of 3.5 million female

8 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

Major data breach in Spain: Police probe ‘selling’ of information relating to millions of drivers following cyberattack of DGT traffic authority

Cybercrime accounts for 20% of reported offences in Spain

CYBERCRIME is now accounting for 20% of reported offences in Spain according to Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Speaking in Madrid on Wednesday, Grande-Marlaska said there

8 Feb, 2023 @ 17:33

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British embassy: driving licence agreement will be put before Spanish Cabinet ‘very soon’

THE BRITISH embassy in Spain has posted an update on driving licence negotiations, claiming that the agreement that will let UK licence holders legally get

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:12

Lead·National News

Rail bosses sacked after new train fleet was too tall for tunnels in northern Spain

TWO people who ordered 31 new trains for the Asturias to Cantabria commuter rail line have been sacked after the rolling stock were too high

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

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Police arrest six British contract killers after ‘Mr Flashy pal’ shot in Marbella

An ‘extremely violent’ British murder squad armed with ‘military grade weaponry’ have been arrested for the attempted hit on three Irishmen in Marbella, which included

8 Feb, 2023 @ 12:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

‘We are broken’: Family of missing Amy Fitzpatrick hope ‘new tactic’ will solve 15-year case

On the would-be birthday of missing Amy Fitzpatrick her ‘broken’ family have one wish. Instead of celebrating what would have been Amy’s 31st birthday today,

7 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read·National News

Pedro Sanchez announces windfall and temporary taxes on banks and energy companies in Spain

Spain’s Socialist Party bows to pressure and will propose changes to controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law

AFTER months of political pressure, the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has announced that it will present changes to the new ‘only yes means yes’ law.

7 Feb, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Concierto De Manuel Carrasco En El Starlite De Marbella

Police officers find nephew of Spain’s King Felipe VI in illegal after hours club in Madrid

WHEN officers from Madrid’s municipal police force busted an illegal after hours club in the Spanish capital on Sunday morning, they discovered minors, drugs including

7 Feb, 2023 @ 16:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

Mandatory mask wearing on public transport in Spain ends this Wednesday

SPAIN’S Council of Ministers has approved the end of mandatory mask wearing on public transport which is expected to be lifted on Wednesday. Spain was

7 Feb, 2023 @ 14:35

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Spain's Dia Supermarkets Hook Up With Just Eat For Home Grocery Delivery Service

Spain’s Dia supermarkets hook up with Just Eat for home grocery deliveries

SPAIN’S Dia supermarket chain has gone into partnership with Just Eat to deliver its grocery and convenience goods to homes. The initiative will initially see

7 Feb, 2023 @ 12:37

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·National News·Sevilla

Ex-Malaga footballer pulled out from rubble after horror Turkey earthquake

By Nadia McDonald Former Malaga, Chelsea and Newcastle footballer, Christian Atsu has been found alive amongst the rubble after Turkey’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The Ghanaian

7 Feb, 2023 @ 12:18

Lead·Malaga·National News·Sport

Up and coming footballer dies suddenly, collapses on football pitch in Spain

An up and coming footballer has died suddenly after he collapsed on a football pitch in Spain. Nigerian Hadi Ado Bala fell to the ground

6 Feb, 2023 @ 20:00

Lead·National News·Sport

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez says European Union should become more self-sufficient

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wants the European Union to end its reliance on importing energy, food and microchip technology. He says lessons need to

6 Feb, 2023 @ 19:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s supercentenarians: Deep dive into the lives of the oldest people in Spain

With Spain now home to the world’s oldest person the Olive Press takes a look at the lives of other Spanish supercentenarians Spain now has

6 Feb, 2023 @ 19:00

Health·Lead·National News

‘Terrible anguish’: Former Malaga CF footballer trapped under rubble after Turkey earthquake

Concerns are growing for a former Malaga footballer who is feared trapped under rubble at the scene of a horror 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey.

6 Feb, 2023 @ 17:33

Lead·Malaga·National News

Youngsters who distributed and downloaded child pornography arrested in Spain’s Madrid

THREE people including two underage teenagers have been arrested in the Madrid region for possessing and distributing child pornography. Two others in Murcia and Alcoy

6 Feb, 2023 @ 16:44

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·National News

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