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Andalucia could source its own vaccine supplies to combat rollout delays

THE south of Spain will consider sourcing its own vaccines if supplies from the central government don’t improve, said the head of the Junta...

Spain’s Rosalia wins first ever Grammy

ROSALIA has won Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the Grammys.

Tragedy as dog falls to its death from a seventh floor in Spain’s Madrid petrified by loud bang of...

A DOG has died in Alcorcón after hurtling himself from a seventh-floor window petrified by the loud explosion of a firecracker. The incident occurred on...

Spain´s Eurovision entry will sing in English for the first time, upsetting many

English is the most successful language in the competition´s history

Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and...

Italian gang arrested for stealing luxury watches from elderly foreign tourists in Spain’s Balearic Islands

THE Policia Nacional, in association with their Italian counterparts, have busted a Naples-based gang who made special summer trips to Mallorca and Ibiza to...

HUNDREDS of workers sent home on Spain’s Costa del Sol due to possible coronavirus exposure

MORE than 200 workers have been sent home from the Ericsson offices in Malaga due to possible coronavirus exposure.  It comes after an employee at...

Sedition charges dropped by Spain’s Supreme Court against ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont

SPAIN'S Supreme Court has dropped a sedition charge against the exiled former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont, but a new move will be made to...

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s Rosa Pich, a mum of 18 children, has THIS advice on International Women’s Day

“The future of young women now looks very bright,“ she told the Olive Press

Becoming a mother can halt career progression, new study shows

The study shows mothers are less willing to travel overseas

Record high numbers of people waiting for public hospital operations in Spain

WAITING lists for a non-emergency public hospital operation in Spain reached 793,521 last December 31- the highest figure on record. The Ministry of Health said...

Jasmine Harman says her ‘very special’ friend Jonnie Irwin is ‘on her mind a lot’ following the A Place...

JASMINE Harman has revealed her ongoing heartache following the death of her 'very special' friend Jonnie Irwin. The A Place In The Sun star,...

Flu EPIDEMIC that killed 12 hits Andalucia but peak will be less than previous years

Malaga is below the Andalucian average of 264 cases per 100,000

Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca gets EU boost to develop sustainable tourism

BENIDORM will get over €6 million of EU money to pay for a major sustainable tourism initiative. The city had bid for €8 million but...

Health warning in Spain: Lidl ice cream is found to contain metal fragments

A LIDL ice cream has been taken off the shelves after being found to contain metal fragments. The Spanish Food Safety Agency (AESAN) issued an...

Tourist arrested in Spain’s Malaga for fake jewellery theft claim to pay for Costa del Sol holiday

AIRPORT POLICE have arrested a Swedish tourist at Malaga airport border control as she was about to catch a flight home. The 32-year-old woman has...

Spanish singer Maria Isabel reveals she is quitting music to focus on mental health

MARIA Isabel has announced that she has quit music to focus on her mental health.  The singer who won the Eurojunior festival in 2004 announced that...

ALIVE AND KICKING: Trio of British rock legends wow the festival crowds at Lisbon’s Nos Alive

Now well established in its 13th year, Nos Alive manages to combine enough big name acts, with good up-and-coming groups to justify 20% of its 55,000 daily punters coming from the UK

WORTH IT? First findings emerge after Benidorm Mirador destroyed in search of ruins that ‘might not exist’

IT was the backdrop of proposals. Tourists from across the globe flocked to Benidorm’s Mirador del Castillo to walk among its chalk-white balustrades and...

Luxury SUV recovered in Motril

The BMW was stolen in Italy back in 2009 and the Guardia Civil has arrested its driver, a Moroccan man, for handling a stolen vehicle and forged documentation

Employment in Spain’s tourism sector hits record high in June

THE NUMBER of workers from the tourism sector signed up to the Social Security system hit a record high in June, in line with...

Man with black BMW attempts kidnap of two children outside school in Spain’s Mallorca

On Monday, two children from the IES Josep Sureda i Blanes school in Palma's Son Gotleu district reported being targeted by a man driving a black BMW

Spain is favourite destination for Europe’s Erasmus students

France was the top sending country

Duncan James’ Spanish blues

Pop star representing UK in Eurovision Song Contest hit with 25,000 euro lawsuit

Estepona Town Hall pledges to clean up disease-riddled rivers

Estepona Town Hall has pledged to eliminate waste water from beaches and rivers

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