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Civil Guard busts gang stealing footballers' phones

Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang who stole from football players while they were training

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has arrested four people on suspicion of stealing at least 123 cellphones for a value of €60,000 from an unusual target: football

27 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish Cabinet extends raft of measures put in place to help ease cost-of-living crisis

THE SPANISH Cabinet on Tuesday approved an extension to a raft of measures that were put in place to help combat the cost-of-living crisis caused

27 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Electric vehicle sales rose by 49% in Spain in 2023 but continue to lag way behind European average

Spain to offer tax breaks to people who buy an electric car

SPAIN will pay back up to 15% of income tax to people who buy an electric vehicle before the end of the year in a

27 Jun, 2023 @ 15:35

Environment·Lead·National News·Politics

Costa Blanca city cries foul over losing an ambulance every summer in Spain

ELCHE council wants their two SAMU ambulances to be based all year in the city rather than one of them going to Santa Pola between

27 Jun, 2023 @ 14:33

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Popular bathing area at Costa Blanca beach in Spain cleared due to pollution scare

A COSTA BLANCA beach has been closed to bathers for the second time in less than a year after tests showed the water had been

27 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain to launch department to study effects of heatwaves on health

Spain to launch department to study effects of climate change on health

WHILE SPAIN swelters in its first summer heatwave of the year- expected to run until Thursday- the government has announced plans for a a new

27 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Environment·Health·Lead·Madrid·National News·Weather

Pickpocket gang pinch wallets and phones in busy areas of Spain’s Valencia

FOUR members of an organised pickpocket gang have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing valuables from public transport passengers and pedestrians in Valencia.

27 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Treasure Trove Of Illegally Kept Archaeological Relics Discovered In Spain's Andalucia

Priceless illegally-kept archaeological relics dating back to Roman times discovered in Spain’s Andalucia

A COUPLE from Baena, Cordoba province have been arrested for illegally hoarding 119 pieces of great archaeological value in a store room. The man and

27 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

Expat stabs himself with a knife to get his wife arrested for attempted murder at their home in Spain's Mallorca

British fugitive wanted for conspiracy to murder arrested in Spain’s Marbella

A BRITISH fugitive wanted on suspicion of conspiring to murder a fellow Brit has been arrested in Marbella. The 32-year-old man, who had an international

27 Jun, 2023 @ 09:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

Heatwaves in June have tripled in Spain over the last 12 years

HEATWAVES in June have tripled in the last twelve years, according to weather experts. As indicated by Ruben del Campo, spokesperson for Spain’s Met Office,

27 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Weather

New extreme heat alerts issued as even higher temperatures are expected this weekend in Spain's Valencia

Heatwave in Spain claims first victim

A 47-year-old farmer has become Spain’s first heat wave-related victim. The man, who had previous pathologies, died after going to plough on an agricultural farm

27 Jun, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Marco Gaio Romeo Murderer Of Two Womwen In Torremolinos Photo Public Domain

Murderer of two women in Torremolinos could be linked to more killings

ITALIAN and Spanish authorities are investigating if the man who murdered two women in Torremolinos is responsible for other killings. Marco Gaio Romeo, of Nettuno

26 Jun, 2023 @ 20:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Social media calls to overthrow Spain's government over slow response to Valencia flood disaster came from Chinese state-led group

British hacker arrested in Spain for taking control of Obama’s Twitter account given five years by a New York court

A BRITISH hacker who was arrested in Spain’s Estepona in July 2021 after he managed to take control of high-profile Twitter accounts, including that of

26 Jun, 2023 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

This November was one of the hottest and driest on record in Spain, stark figures show

Spain’s June heatwave to last until at least Thursday, with 44ºC temperatures likely

THIS WEEKEND saw Spain officially enter a heatwave, the eighth since the year 2011 to fall within the month of June. The extreme weather is

26 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·Weather

Police in Spain’s Murcia open probe after inspector stops Gay Pride concert at the moment singer showed her breasts

THE LOCAL police in Murcia have opened an internal investigation after an inspector forced a Gay Pride show to be stopped because singer Rocio Saiz

26 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Daughter arrested in Spain for faking her own kidnapping to demand ransom from her mother

A YOUNG woman was arrested for faking her own kidnapping to demand a €2,139 ransom from her mother in Ciudad Lineal (Madrid). The 24-year-old allegedly

26 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Madrid·Other News

Face masks are no longer mandatory in this region of Spain from tomorrow|

Compulsory face mask wearing to end in health centres, pharmacies, and hospitals in Spain

THE COMPULSORY wearing of face masks could be abolished this week in Spain’s health centres, dentists, pharmacies and hospitals. Masks will still have to worn

26 Jun, 2023 @ 15:01

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Drunk British passengers consume airport booze and perform sex acts in front on children on Ryanair flight to Spain's Canary Islands

Air traffic controllers claim 30 drunk Brits fought on board Ryanair flight to Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have detained two disruptive and drunk passengers flying with Ryanair from Bristol to Alicante-Elche airport on Saturday. The air traffic controllers association

26 Jun, 2023 @ 13:04

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Automóvil De La Policía Nacional Española En Valencia (1)

Mom arrested for assaulting her daughter’s school headmistress in Malaga

THE mother of a high school student has been arrested for assaulting the school headmistress in Malaga. The 37-year-old woman allegedly attended the school in

26 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Serious accident as Metro train in Spain’s Malaga collides with car leaving four injured

SEVERAL people have been injured in Malaga city— two seriously — after a Metro train collided with a car yesterday afternoon, Sunday June 25. As

26 Jun, 2023 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Yolanda Diaz Participates In A Rally In Malaga, Spain 22 May 2023

Spain’s prime ministerial hopeful Yolanda Diaz proposes cutting work week from 40 to 32 hours

SPAIN’S deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Diaz, has proposed lowering the country’s work week from 40 to 37.5 hours a week in 2024

25 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Cargo ship searched by drug police in Cadiz

Cocaine cowboys: Three day search of animal cargo ship fails to find drugs

A THREE-DAY search by the Spanish authorities of a ship carrying 16,000 cows was called off after officers failed to find the five tonnes of

25 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

REVEALED: The most unfaithful cities in Spain

AN online dating and social network platform has recently published a report revealing which are the most unfaithful cities in Spain. The network, which goes

25 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Other News

Moroccan bricklayer wrongly convicted for rape in Spain may finally see justice

A MOROCCAN bricklayer wrongly convicted for rape more than 30 years ago may finally be about to see justice in Spain, after the Supreme Court

25 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Poem by Virgil engraved in a Roman amphora found in Spain’s Cordoba

A POEM by Virgil has been found in an oil amphora made 1,800 years ago. The fragment of an oil amphora that barely measured 6

25 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead

Dutch captain speaks of ‘scary moment’ when orcas attack yacht in Straits of Gibraltar off Spain’s coast

A DUTCH captain described the ‘scary moment’ when a pod of orcas started to bite at the rudder of his yacht in the Straits of

25 Jun, 2023 @ 09:06

Andalucia·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

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