CHRISTMAS IN SPAIN: A guide to what to expect in the festive season
Spain has a no shortage of festive traditions that differ regionally. Starting at the beginning of December and ending in January there are plenty of
Spain’s Olympic swimming star Ona Carbonell makes BBC’s 100 Women List
SPANISH swimmer Ona Carbonell has made it onto the BBC’s 2022 100 Women list, which highlights ‘inspiring and influential women from around the world’. She
Would-be migrants flee plane at Barcelona airport after fake medical emergency forces landing
TWENTY-EIGHT people fled an aeroplane travelling from Casablanca (Morocco) to Turkey on Wednesday morning, after an apparently faked medical emergency forced the aircraft to make
Spain’s bars and restaurants expecting bumper post-Covid Christmas
AROUND this time last year, the emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus dashed the hopes of Spain’s bars and restaurants of any kind
LEAVE THE CAR AT HOME: Anti drink drive campaign in Spain targets Christmas parties
WITH the double bank holiday week upon us, the DGT traffic department has launched an anti-drink driving campaign. The ‘puente’ week is popular amongst businesses
Spain’s ex-king Juan Carlos wins immunity ruling in civil case battle with former mistress
THREE judges at the Appeal Court in London have ruled that the former mistress of Spain’s ex-king Juan Carlos cannot sue him for harassment during
Spanish football hooligans unite to ‘defend Spain’ in fear of rioting Morocco fans around this afternoon’s World Cup match
Trouble could be brewing around this afternoon’s Spain – Morocco World Cup match as Spanish football gangs issue a call to ‘defend Spain’ against acts
Red Hot Chili Peppers to return to Spain in 2023 to headline Mad Cool festival in Madrid
RED Hot Chili Peppers will be returning to Spain in 2023, to headline the next edition of the Mad Cool festival. The Californian funk-rock legends
Poll: Splits in left could see PP, Vox take power at 2023 general elections in Spain
DIVISIONS among Spain’s leftist parties could see the right wing take power at the next general election, which is due to take place in late
Attempt to ban stamp celebrating centenary of Spain’s Communist Party has unexpected effect
THE STREISAND effect is the name given to the phenomenon where an attempt to hide or censor something has the opposite result, instead drawing more
Mini tornado sweeps through Marbella as violent storms smash Costa del Sol
A mini tornado has swept through Marbella with shocking footage showing uprooted trees moving through the air. Fierce storms started in the Campo de Gibraltar
Dozens arrested on Costa del Sol for trafficking weed inside ‘humanitarian aid’ packages for Ukraine
Dozens of people in Andalucia have been arrested for pretending to deliver ‘humanitarian aid’ to Ukraine as a way to sell cannabis across Europe. Guardia
Abusers of Spain’s free rail pass scheme will lose deposits and tickets from Wednesday onward
SPAIN’S state rail operator Renfe will be tightening up its conditions from Wednesday for anyone found to be abusing the government’s free tickets system. Violators
Madrid hotel transforms gardens into ice skating rink for Christmas season
The gardens of a hotel in Madrid have been transformed into an ice skating rink to celebrate the festive season. The Rosewood Villa Magna in
Police investigators think that series of letterbombs sent to targets in Spain may have come from Valladolid province
INVESTIGATORS in Spain believe that a series of letterbombs sent to embassies and the prime minister last week may have come from Valladolid province. So
Ronda: The Spanish town that sits up high in the mountains and will stay long in your memory
Perched atop steeping mountains and 2,460 feet above sea level, Ronda is tricky to get to but worth the effort for a trip you will
Exhumations of Republican soldiers to restart at Spain’s Civil War ‘monument’ after legal appeals from right-wing groups flounder
A TEAM of forensic scientists that has been recruited by the Spanish central government will on Monday restart work to recover the bodies of 110
Plan to relocate outdoor-only school from Ireland to sunny southern Spain
The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the importance of clean, fresh air. Yet our children continue to spend seven hours a day indoors at
‘Social security nightmare’: British expat’s pension application denied in Spain
A retired British expat who applied to get his pension on his 65th birthday from a social security office in Spain was denied, and instead
Embassy: UK licence holders will have to take ‘psychophysical aptitude test’ to exchange document for Spanish oneÂ
THE BRITISH embassy on Friday provided more information about how driving licence exchange will work once an agreement between Spain and the UK has finally
Migrant reaches Spanish soil from Morocco by flying over border in paraglider
WOULD-BE migrants trying to reach Spanish soil from North Africa will go to desperate measures to get across the borders at the exclave cities of
Spain’s traffic authority predicts 13.5 million car journeys in next week thanks to December national holidays
A WHOPPING 13.5 million car journeys are expected to be made over the next week, as much of Spain will grind to a halt thanks
Armed police in Spain cordon off Ukraine embassy in Madrid after it gets ‘bloody’ package of animal remains
ARMED Policia Nacional officers cordoned off the area surrounding the Ukraine embassy in Madrid on Friday afternoon following the delivery of a ‘bloody package’. It
Spain sends specialist police team to investigate war crimes in Ukraine
AN 11-strong Spanish police team has arrived in Ukraine to investigate possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. Interior
EXCLUSIVE: Mother of missing X-Factor star Levi Davis ‘in shock’ at grim twist in five-week search
The mother of missing X-Factor star Levi Davis who went missing in Barcelona is ‘in shock’ after police investigating her son’s disappearance found a body,
Spain’s November jobless total is lowest for the month since 2007
SPAIN’S unemployment total of 2.88 million for November is the lowest seen for the month since 2007. Figures from the Labour Ministry showed it was