DGT launches annual drink and drug driving campaign in Spain’s Andalucia
THE director general of the DGT (Spanish Traffic Authority) has launched its annual drink and drug driving campaign. As of today, Monday, December 6, the
HOURLY RATE: Spain fines 1,274 companies a total €1.5 billion over working hours violations
THE Spanish government has raked in more than €1.5 billion in fines on companies who failed to properly record their employees’ working hours. Since a
Doctor in Spain reunited with the baby he helped save 24 years ago — now she’s a nurse at the same Barcelona hospital
FATE came knocking when Dr Felix Castillo was reunited with a very special patient after over two decades. On December 4, 1997, a little girl
Prado in the streets: Madrid’s famous museum takes to the road in Spain
IF you can’t take people to the museum, take the museum to the people. Madrid’s world famous Prado museum has set up an exhibition featuring
Spain’s Seat uses railway to link Barcelona factory with Volkswagen plant in Portugal in effort to cut CO2 emissions
CAR manufacturers are not noted for their green credentials, despite their move towards an electric future. But now Spanish company Seat is taking a step
Champagne Charlie: Disgraced lawyer in Mallorca jailed after stealing 64 bottles of bubbly
A FORMER Palma lawyer has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for burglary after he stole 64 bottles of Champagne. In
Woman, 30, found stabbed to death in Spain’s Valencia hours after family reported her missing
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 30-year-old woman stabbed to death in Valencia. The woman was found dead at a property on Calle del Conde
SPANISH AUTHOR CARLOS ZAFON: The pen is mightier than the camera…
CARLOS Ruiz Zafon needs no introduction. Arguably the most recognised contemporary writer in Spain, he has an equally successful international reputation. Translated into over 50
A safe haven: As inflation rises and interest rates in Spain stay low, investors turn to new build property
HIGH inflation and low interest rates are pushing investors towards the real estate sector, which is once again becoming a safe haven asset. This is
Costa Blanca mayor faces COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping trial after judge in Spain throws out appeal
A Villajoyosa judge has rejected an appeal from a Costa Blanca mayor that there’s not enough evidence for him to be prosecuted for illegally getting
Man brutally beat his partner to death within hours of arriving on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A Hungarian man, 51, has been convicted by an Alicante jury for killing his partner in a brutal assault at their Costa Blanca home in
Young boy, 14, left with burst eardrum after vicious classmate attack in Spain’s Valencia
A TEEN has been left seriously injured after being attacked by a gang of thugs from his school in Valencia. The 14-year-old man was pounced
Man arrested after trying to sell items donated to victims of La Palma volcano
A TENERIFE thief snagged €15,000 worth of donations that had been collected for victims of the La Palma volcano – then tried to sell the
Gigi Hadid on break in Spain’s Mallorca
AMERICAN supermodel Jelena Hadid, better known as Gigi Hadid, has arrived in Mallorca. The daughter of property developer Mohammed Hadid and former Dutch model Yolanda
Kraftwerk and Arctic Monkeys set for La Cala de Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THEY are one of the most influential bands in the electronic music genre, and now Spanish fans will be able to see Kraftwerk life. The
Smuggler gets €8 million fine after yacht carrying drugs sank off the Costa Blanca in Spain
FOUR people have been jailed and given massive fines after a plan to sail into Torrevieja with 2.4 tons of hashish went badly wrong. The
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Spain’s Unicaja Banco reaches deal to cut 1,513 jobs and close hundreds of branches
SPAIN’S fifth-largest bank, Unicaja, has reached a deal to cut up to 1,513 jobs and close a quarter of its branches. The bank announced cost-cutting
Health chiefs say a new COVID-19 wave is hitting Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
THE Valencian Community is at the start of a sixth wave of the COVID pandemic according to a regional health ministry report. Rising COVID cases
Spain’s Axarquia receives water from Malaga city to battle ‘exceptional drought’
SINCE the beginning of this week, Malaga city has been supplying water for human consumption to the Axarquia region. The delicate situation of the La
AND sing it’s nearly Christmas and the snow is falling in the Sierra Nevada
THE golden slopes of Spain’s magical Sierra Nevada are open again… and it just keeps snowing! Two more days of snowfall guarantee skiing and snowboarding
Spain reports its first Omicron COVID-19 case caused by community transmission
THE first COVID-19 Omicron infection in Spain involving somebody who has not returned from a foreign trip has been confirmed in Madrid. A man, 62,
EU takes Spain to European Court for not stopping pollution of areas like the Mar Menor
SPAIN will have to answer to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg over not doing enough to combat nitrate pollution in areas like the
Clandestine cannabis club goes to pot on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THREE people who ran an illegal cannabis club in Denia have been arrested for selling drugs at their city centre headquarters. It’s the latest in
Rescued loggerhead turtles are taken back home off the Costa Blanca in Spain
TWO rescued loggerhead turtles have been released into the sea some 30 miles off the Costa Blanca shore. The two specimens were found off the
Spain’s Joan Manuel Serrat quits touring in shock retirement from the road
JOAN Manuel Serrat has announced he will say goodbye to the stage with his last ever world tour as he winds down his life on