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Queen Letizia earns yet more applause for her carefree celebrations after Spain’s women won the World Cup

THE Queen of Spain enhanced her reputation by abandoning royal decorum when she joined in the moment of ecstasy with the victorious women’s football team

25 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Celebrity·Lead

Spanish cops make biggest EVER coke haul in Algeciras – NINE TONNES worth an unbelievable €3 BILLION

AUTHORITIES are still rubbing their eyes over the seizure of an incredible nine tonnes of cocaine en route to Algeciras, the largest bust ever made

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Woman's hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain's Costa Blanca

Women’s hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMEN’S hairdresser has been exposed as the lynchpin of a drug trafficking gang operating across the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca. The

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

More transparency and less bureaucracy: the keys to attract foreign companies to public administration tenders

Companies should overcome their fear of participating in these processes,” says Lara Campanario, lawyer and founding partner of DAUSS Abogados, insisting that “dismissing the public

25 Aug, 2023 @ 10:20

Business & Finance

Spain expected to record temperature highs for April to break 12-year record

After sweltering week in Spain, temperatures to fall at weekend thanks to arrival of cold air

AFTER A SWELTERING week in Spain, temperatures are due to drastically fall in some parts this weekend thanks to the arrival of a mass of

25 Aug, 2023 @ 08:31

Lead·Weather

First-ever case of deadly West Nile virus caused by mosquito bite reported in Spain's Valencia region

First-ever case of deadly West Nile virus spread by mosquito bites reported in Spain’s Valencia region

THE FIRST-EVER case of the deadly West Nile disease has been reported by the Ministry of Health in the Valencian Community. It involved a 72-year-old

24 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain's inflation rate goes up again due to petrol pump price hikes

Motorists feel the pinch as petrol pump prices soar to highest level for a year in Spain

PETROL PUMP prices have soared to their highest level in a year in Spain exceeding €1.70 a litre for unleaded fuel in parts of the

24 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Water shortages affecting majority of Spain

Residents forbidden to use drinking water to water plants or fill pools due to exceptional drought in Mallorca’s Esporles

THE city council of Esporles has announced urgent measures due to a serious drought that the municipality is experiencing. The measures include prohibiting the watering

24 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Mallorca

German tourist stabbed and robbed by group of six young 'North African' men outside Mallorca nightclub

German tourist ‘is stabbed and robbed’ by ‘six North African youths’ outside nightclub in Spain’s Mallorca

A MIDDLE-AGED German tourist was stabbed and robbed in the early hours of Wednesday by a group of six young ‘North African’ men in Playa

24 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

SOROLLA QUIZ: How much do you know about the renowned artist?

AUGUST 10, 2023 marked 100 years since Joaquin Sorolla passed away. The great impressionist painter is being remembered all over the world including major exhibitions

24 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Other News

National Police arrest 24 in bust of international gang exporting high-end vehicles from Spain

IN A JOINT operation with the authorities in Romania, the National Police have arrested 21 people and recovered 24 high end cars that had been

24 Aug, 2023 @ 11:43

Crime & Law·Lead

Buyers from the USA return to Sotogrande and Spain

AMERICANS are buying more properties in Spain and targeting areas like the Costa del Sol – either to retire there or to work as digital

24 Aug, 2023 @ 10:52

Andalucia·Property·Sponsored·Sponsored Article

Buying a home in Sotogrande with Open Frontiers

AS Open Frontiers Real Estate founders, we’re your companions on the journey to owning your dream property in Sotogrande. For first-time buyers, navigating Spanish real

24 Aug, 2023 @ 10:33

Property·Sponsored

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

British expat in his 60s ‘is tasered, tied up and gagged in brutal €12,000 robbery’ at his Costa del Sol home: Fears violent gang who received ‘tip off’ will strike again

A GANG of ‘Spanish youths’ are terrorising expats on the Costa del Sol by storming into their houses late at night and carrying out violent

24 Aug, 2023 @ 09:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Umbrellas at the ready as sudden end to heatwave heralds rain this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE FOURTH official heatwave of the year in the Valencian Community is set to end with a sudden temperature drop this Sunday accompanied by showers.

23 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

BREAKING: Irish tourist accused of drug dealing arrested in Spain’s partying hotspot Magaluf

ANOTHER Irish tourist accused of drug dealing has been arrested in Spain’s Balearic Islands, the second in less than a week. The Irishman, who is

23 Aug, 2023 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘I’ll shoot you’ – Drug driver who allegedly assaulted and made death threats to police officers arrested in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN enraged driver who allegedly assaulted a number of police agents after testing positive for drugs has been arrested in Elche. The 57-year-old man is

23 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Dates revealed for parliamentary votes to make Partido Popular's Alberto Nuñez Feijoo Spain's new prime minister

Dates revealed for parliamentary votes that could make Partido Popular’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo new prime minister of Spain

THE NEW Congress speaker, Francina Armengol, has announced September 26 and 27 as the dates of investiture debates and votes for the Partido Popular’s Alberto

23 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News·Politics

IN PICS: Cute twin baby porcupines belonging to world’s largest species get round-the-clock care at Bioparc Valencia in Spain

BIOPARC Valencia has two new members of its collection of South African porcupines- the largest porcupine species in the world. A female went into labour

23 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Animals·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXC: British expat, 80, ‘is run over FOUR times by neighbour’ when he tried to stop him from drink driving on Spain’s Costa del Sol, as fellow Brit faces attempted murder charge

A RETIRED Royal Navy commando has miraculously survived being allegedly run over FOUR times by a ‘neighbour from hell’ on the Costa del Sol. David

23 Aug, 2023 @ 14:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

NASA confirms last July was the hottest month ever registered on the planet

LAST July was the hottest month ever registered on Earth, according to NASA’s global temperature analysis. The U.S government agency has confirmed last month was

23 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Weather

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different areas of Spain

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different parts of Spain

A TRAVELLING gang of home robbers has been arrested after a joint operation between Policia Nacional units in Alicante and Antequera(Malaga). Three men- all of

23 Aug, 2023 @ 11:36

Alicante·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·National News

Three Costa del Sol municipalities among the five most expensive places to rent a home in Spain

THREE Costa del Sol municipalities have been ranked among the five most expensive towns and cities to rent a property in Spain. Benahavis, Marbella and

23 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Estepona·Lead·Marbella·Property

New website to support upcoming university students has launched today

A new website to provide support and resources to upcoming university students has launched today. Moving abroad for higher education can be a very challenging

22 Aug, 2023 @ 21:00

Education·Gibraltar

Jealous expat who slashed girlfriend' 15 times in drunk and drug-fuelled rage before dumping body gets his prison time cut on Spain's Costa Blanca

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her body

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:51