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Spain steps up security following Paris attack

Interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz increases country's anti-terrorist security following attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo

Spain’s Queen Letizia tests positive for Covid

Officials have confirmed to the Olive Press on behalf of the Spanish royal family that Queen Letizia has tested positive for Covid-19. Speaking exclusively to...

Secret Goya masterpiece discovered

X-rays reveal unfinished work by Spanish artist underneath the Portrait of Don Ramon Satue

Spain withdraws troops from Baghdad after Iranian missiles strike Iraqi bases housing US soldiers

SPANISH soldiers have been withdrawn from Iraq amid mounting tensions between the US and Iran.

Salud! What makes Spanish wine so special?

If you love wine, then Spain is most definitely the right country for you.

Expat ‘gang leader’  arrested in Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol after €250mn cocaine bust in mid Atlantic

THREE people have been arrested on the Costa del Sol after a massive haul of cocaine was found on a yacht in the Atlantic. A...

Spanish government to scrap list of dangerous dogs and increase punishment for mistreatment

A national register will be set up to ensure that owners convicted of animal mistreatment will be unable to inscribe any more pets under their name.

German judges cast doubt over second charge against former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont

German authorities have requested further information from the Spanish Supreme Court to decide if they can extradite Puigdemont on the charge of misuse of public funds

Hunters blamed after bullet-ridden corpse of endangered Iberian Lynx found in Spain

HUNTERS have been blamed after the bullet-ridden body of a rare Iberian Lynx was found by a police sniffer dog. Guardia Civil had launched a...

Spain sees deadliest COVID-19 day since end of lockdown

Despite the worrying numbers, health leaders, including Health Minister Salvador Illa, say the situation is 'stabilising'

Blogging for Spanish jobs

Spain’s lost generation - or ‘the New Poor’ - are launching a fightback

Yacht Brit arrested in UK linked to missing Lisa Brown case

According to reports, the man is wanted in connection with the disappearance of Lisa Brown

Waitress in Spain denounces sexism of potential employer who demanded photos of her cleavage

A WAITRESS in Spain has denounced a potential employer for demanding that she send him photos of her, including her cleavage, before considering her...

One Spaniard dead and another in coma after carbon monoxide poisoning at London hotel

A SPANIARD has died from carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a hotel in London. Marcos Severa, 34, from Mallorca, was poisoned after the toxic...

European Commission ‘ticks off’ Spain for allowing in non-EU visitors from countries like the UK without a negative COVID-19...

SPAIN has been told off today(June 4) by the European Commission for allowing non-EU visitors into the country without a negative COVID test. But the...

Spanish lawyers warn that human rights laws could scupper Theresa May’s plan for EU migrant cut-off date

Brexit could see a surge in European citizens using human rights laws to remain in the UK

Michelin-starred chef arrested

A leading female chef has been accused of selling toxic shellfishA FEMALE chef has been accused of selling shellfish from dangerously contaminated rivers. Toñi Vicente,...

Greece hopes to re-open to international tourists from July 1, potentially leaving Spain in the dust

FOR holiday destinations in the Mediterranean, one of the primary concerns in their battle against COVID-19 is how soon they can open back up...

18 things you didn’t know about Spain on World Statistics Day

WORLD Statistics Day today aims to show that good data and statistics are ‘indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society’. The United...

Spain’s government strips notorious police torturer of medals 

THE SPANISH government has ordered all of the medals and other decorations received by Franco-era police officers to be revised, including those of the...

Is your home at risk of flooding in Spain? Valencia and Sevilla in top three danger zones

While Spain is frequently wracked with fires and droughts that devastate the countryside, imperil homes and hammer agriculture, there is a third horseman of...

BREAKING: Spain records 10,222 new coronavirus cases Wednesday as infection rate continues to drop

SPAIN has detected 10,222 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as the infection rate continues to fall. It comes after the country detected more than...

Skeleton of a Spanish man goes undiscovered for 15 years

The man, found in the French city of Lille was still wearing his pyjamas in bed

BREAKING POINT: Andalucia struggling to cope with migrant overload as numbers TRIPLE in one year

ALMOST 15,000 migrants have been rescued off Andalucia's coasts so far this year. According to the maritime rescue service, the figure (14,577), is three times...

Four Spaniards killed after repatriation flight crashes

FOUR Spaniards have died in a plane crash while being repatriated from Bolivia amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Two soldiers were also killed when the flight...

LISTEN: Which singer in Spain made the ‘top 10’ list of songs in the first half of 2019?

The track by the genre-defying Catalan artist, 25, was described as a mashup of ‘dembow, hip-hop and flamenco’

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