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Bottlers, led by a donkey, and Maguire: Spanish football fans weigh in on the ‘inhuman’ England football team’s chances at upcoming Euro 2024 in Germany – but some are optimistic

ONE would think a team featuring the European Golden Shoe winner, the La Liga Player of the Year and the Premier League Player of the

13 Jun, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Explosive allegations against gaming firm Mansion shake Gibraltar and raise questions about business links with former finance minister

A GIBRALTAR gaming firm whose name was emblazoned on various Premier League shirts has been accused of operating illegal online gambling in over a dozen

12 Jun, 2024 @ 19:47

Business & Finance·EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez wants to continue VAT cuts on food into the summer

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said that he wants to extend VAT reductions on basic foodstuffs beyond the end of June. The measure introduced

12 Jun, 2024 @ 18:15

Lead·National News

British community president on the Costa del Sol ‘gives himself €16,500 pay rise’ – and is now earning more than the PM of Spain

THE British president of a Costa del Sol community is now earning more than the prime minister of Spain after bumping up his own salary,

12 Jun, 2024 @ 15:21

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Weather alert for Spain: Hail, rain and storms to hit the Costa Blanca

THE unseasonal rain storms that have lashed the Balearics and sunk Palma Airport are set to continue battering Alicante and the Costa Blanca. Alicante province

12 Jun, 2024 @ 15:13

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

Benidorm shop owners arrested for selling fake items using well-known brand names to tourists

THREE Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit goods, with 3,529 items seized by the Policia Nacional. Police were tipped off by

12 Jun, 2024 @ 11:55

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Pedro Sanchez’s brother is investigated for influence peddling and embezzlement – just weeks after similar probe against his wife

THE brother of Pedro Sanchez is being investigated over the alleged embezzlement of public funds and influence peddling just weeks after a similar case was

12 Jun, 2024 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Security guard at Spain’s Olympic Committee arrested after CCTV exposes his nightly water bottle masturbation sessions: Female co-workers complained their drinks tasted funny

A SECURITY guard at the Spanish Olympic Committee in Madrid allegedly carried out a revenge campaign against two female colleagues by masturbating into their water

12 Jun, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Madrid·Other News

Exposed: Taxi drivers aTaxi driver sexually assaults British tourist and tells her 'that's how things are done in Spain'

Agitated Brit threatens to stab taxi driver and then gets locked in on a Mallorca bus before police arrest him

A BRITISH man threatened a Palma taxi driver before trying to escape on a bus, but got locked in as police arrived to arrest him.

11 Jun, 2024 @ 18:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Intoxicated-German-tourist-destroys-E350k-digger-during-drunk-quarry-drive-on-Spains-Mallorca.

Drunk German tourist destroys €350k digger after breaking into a quarry to take it for a drive on Spain’s Mallorca

A DRUNK German tourist stole a €350,000 digger from a Playa de Palma quarry and overturned it- with the unit written off as unrepairable. The

11 Jun, 2024 @ 17:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Revealed: The most popular locations for British property hunters on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE province and especially the Costa Blanca continues to be one of the most popular areas of Spain for foreign house buyers. The Registrars report

11 Jun, 2024 @ 14:01

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Former Kinahan mafia ‘financier’ Johnny ‘Cash’ Morrissey released from Spanish prison after paying €60,000 bail

A MANCHESTER-BORN expat considered to have been the money launderer for the international crime organisation led by Irish gangster Daniel Kinahan has been released from

11 Jun, 2024 @ 12:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Europe’s biggest-ever seizure of laughing gas cuts supply line to nightclubs and bars on Spain’s Costa del Sol

FIVE people have been arrested in Malaga province after the Guardia Civil seized 21,302 litres of nitrous oxide(laughing gas)- the biggest-such seizure in Europe. The

11 Jun, 2024 @ 11:58

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Ana Knezevich latest: Husband of missing US expat pleads not guilty to her kidnapping in Spain – after CCTV showed him buying duct tape in Madrid hardware store

THE estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, a Colombian native with US nationality who went missing in Madrid on February 2, pleaded not guilty on Monday

11 Jun, 2024 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Fresh weather warnings for Spain: Several regions are placed on alert for rain and storms

JUST as summer is finally getting into full swing, another stormfront comes along to leather parts of Spain. The Spanish weather agency Aemet has issued

10 Jun, 2024 @ 18:30

Lead·Weather

Benidorm police use famous Shakespeare line to discourage Brit tourists from buying drinks from illegal beach sellers

BENIDORM’S Policia Local are using a variation on one of Shakespeare’s most famous lines to warn beach goers about buying drinks and ice creams from

10 Jun, 2024 @ 15:06

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Three Valencia supporters who shouted racist abuse at Real Madrid’s Vinicius apologise before a court in Spain

THREE Valencia football fans have been given eight-month prison sentences and a two-year football stadium ban for shouting racist insults at Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr.

10 Jun, 2024 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Weather alert for southern Spain: AEMET warns strong winds will bring three-metre waves tomorrow – these are the affected areas

SPAIN’S state weather agency AEMET has issued an alert for parts of Malaga and Granada tomorrow. The forecasters have put a yellow warning in place

9 Jun, 2024 @ 17:32

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

How much do nuns earn in Spain? Woman of God and TikTok star Sister Marta explains

IN a video posted to her popular Youtube channel, 28-year-old Leonese nun Marta Gonzalez Cambronero explains that fixed salaries don’t exist for nuns performing religious

9 Jun, 2024 @ 12:08

La Cultura·Lead

Rising temperatures caused by climate change is behind an increase in suicides, claims scientific study

A BARCELONA study suggests that high spikes in temperature cause mental health problems, and have increased suicide cases by 5% over the last 250 years.

9 Jun, 2024 @ 11:30

Barcelona·Health·Lead

Property prices in Spain will increase more than previously expected this year, says Bankinter in latest report

SPANISH bank Bankinter has changed its mind about house prices this year, saying they will go up by 3% compared to a previous forecast of

8 Jun, 2024 @ 17:49

Lead·National News·Property

Mercadona reveals its summer hours: This is when Spain’s favourite supermarket will open until 10pm and on Sundays

MERCADONA, everyone’s favourite Spanish supermarket, has announced new summer hours that will expand access to visitors and locals alike. The Spanish grocery giant now under

8 Jun, 2024 @ 17:34

Food & Drink

Revealed: How military grade weapons sent as aid to Ukraine are ending up in the hands of drug and human trafficking mafias in southern Spain

MILITARY weapons sent from the West to Ukraine are increasingly ending up in the hands of drug mafias in southern Spain, it has emerged. It

8 Jun, 2024 @ 14:46

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

When does summer officially start in Spain and how hot will it be this year?

THE Spanish summer is fast approaching. With sweaty nights and endlessly sunny days stretching before us, here’s what meteorologists are saying about what to expect

8 Jun, 2024 @ 12:37

Andalucia·Asturias·Weather

This €6.40 ‘bocadillo’ is the best sandwich in Spain, according to a panel of food experts

A CATALUNYA village bar has come out top with its entry in the first-ever Spanish Sandwich Championships in Oviedo. Online voters numbering over 100,000 nominated

8 Jun, 2024 @ 10:00

Catalunya·Food & Drink·Lead

Cyber sex predator cons young children into sending pornographic videos in exchange for video game virtual currencies in Spain

Cyber sex predator cons young children to send him pornographic images in exchange for video game virtual currencies in Spain

A MAN has been arrested in Murcia for allegedly tricking underage girls into sending him pornographic material via a phone app. The 22-year-old Bolivian national

7 Jun, 2024 @ 16:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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