A cut above: Spain’s ‘jamon slicers’ to be professionally certified
By Livia Cockerell
STUB IT OUT: Spaniards in favour of stricter smoking bans including on Spain’s bar and restaurant terraces
THE majority of Spaniards want to see stricter laws on smoking in public places. Some 85% of Spanish people want to see smoking bans extended,
Andalucia’s drive towards green energy with electric car charging points at Spanish ports
By Livia Cockerell THE regional government in Spain’s Andalucia has drafted a plan to install 12 charging points for electric cars at 12 ports of
Tubby kids: Four out of ten children in Spain are overweight
By Livia Cockerell PM Pedro Sanchez has announced an eight year plan to reduce childhood obesity after studies show that 40% of children in Spain
STILL VOLATILE: GBP/EUR exchange rates fluctuates on recession fears, ECB rate hike bets
THE Pound Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate continued to trade in a wide range through the second half of May as fears of a UK recession
Spain to grant more work visas as labour shortages worsen
SPANISH Minister of Social Security and Migration Jose Luis Escriva has announced plans to relax work permit rules for foreigners amid labour shortages in industries
Property of the week: Historic palace in northern Spain, which played host to royalty and inspired literature
AN historic palace built in the 19th Centuty by a Spanish adventurer who made his fortune in the colonies has gone on sale in Cantabria
LISTED: These are the beaches were smoking is banned on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE Junta’s ‘Smoke-free beaches’ initiative, launched in 2020 still runs strong in several beaches across Malaga province. The ‘Beaches without Smoke’ campaign was initiated to
WATCH: Heartwarming moment young deer is rescued from wildfire zone in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol
HUNDREDS of firefighters risked their lives battling to control the wildfire raging across the hills outside Benahavis above Spain’s Costa del Sol. Apocalyptic images of
New national suicide prevention hotline in Spain takes nearly 15,000 calls in first month
A new national suicide prevention hotline took almost 15,000 calls in its first month of operation in Spain. The government said the ‘024’ hotline attracted
Rare medieval codex turns up 84 years after vanishing during Civil War in Spain
A rare codex dating back to the 13th century has been recovered in Spain after it went missing in 1938. A soldier 84 years ago
One of UK’s ‘most wanted’ accused of £30 million fraud is arrested in Spain’s Murcia region
A 25-year-old British man on the run since 2020 for crimes of fraud and money laundering has been arrested in the Murcia area of Spain.
Spain approves monkeypox vaccines plus Covid-19 booster shots for elderly and vulnerable people
SPAIN’S Ministry of Health has approved a vaccination against monkeypox to be used in a very small number of cases where people have had close
Que Calor! Warnings of 40ºC as first official heatwave hits Spain
SPAIN’S Meteorological Agency has warned that the first official heatwave of 2022 is set to sweep across the peninsula and Balearic Islands this weekend sending
50 horses from Benahavis racecourse evacuated due to blazing fire in Spain’s Sierra Bermeja plus veterinary centre seeks foster families for pets of evacuated residents
FIFTY horses from the Benahavís racecourse have been evacuated from the area as a result of the fire that broke out this Wednesday, June 8,
Residents of Benahavis evacuated by raging wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol allowed to return home
RESIDENTS of Benahavis have been allowed to return home after being evacuated because of the Pujerra wildfire, authorities said. At around 11pm last night, Thursday
British holidaymakers forced to sleep in car as wildfire threatened villa on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BRITISH woman visiting friends in Benahavis has had her holiday turned upside down after being evacuated in the wake of a forest fire. Retired
Last stand: British expat refuses to leave her home despite risk as wildfire approaches town in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol
ONE British expat resident in Benahavis refuses to leave her home, defying orders to evacuate by authorities fearful of the risk from a wildfire raging
Drunk British tourist causes chaos on Spain’s Mallorca with hotel and police assaults, just hours into his holiday
A British man, 46, kicked off his Mallorca holiday with a night in the police cells and hospital, after a drunken rampage in his Camp
Tourist visiting Spain’s Barcelona has €800,000 gold watch ripped off him
A tourist had a Barcelona trip to forget after thieves tore off his €800,000 wrist watch in the street. The theft happened on Tuesday in
British yachting champ and green campaigner Ellen MacArthur scoops top Spanish prize
THE woman who sailed in to the record book with the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in a yacht in 2005 has been awarded
‘No news isn’t bad news’: Latest update from British Ambassador on driving licence exchange in Spain
THE British Ambassador in Madrid has insisted that negotiations ‘continue to progress well’ on a driving licence agreement with Spain although there was little more
Leader of Madrid-based gang jailed for stealing catalytic converters across Spain
A criminal gang who stole catalytic converters across Spain has been brought down by the Guardia Civil after thefts in Alicante Province. Five Romanian nationals
Number of abandoned hunting dogs in Spain’s Malaga on the rise
SPAIN is, unfortunately, the leading European country in animal abandonment; with 700 pets ditched every day. According to data from the new edition of the
Police recover over €12,000 of cash and items stolen from Ukrainian refugee in distraction theft on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Ukrainian refugee had money and personal effects worth around €12,000 stolen in an Alicante City distraction theft. Two men, both aged 37, have been
UK’s ‘Most Wanted’ woman loses extradition battle to stay in Spain
AFTER a decade on the run Sarah Panitzke will be flown home to Britain to face justice after losing a bid to serve her sentence