Pioneering brain implant developed by Spanish scientists helps blind woman see
A SCIENTIFIC breakthrough in Spain has led to a blind woman to gain back enough sight to perceive shapes and colours. Bernardeta Gomez became the
Art forgers in Spain’s Valencia tried online sale of a fake Goya painting for €900,000
POLICE have broken up a gang trying to sell forgeries of paintings by Spanish masters like Goya via the internet. The Valencian Historical Heritage police
Tapas Trails continue with four-day festival at popular expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SAN FULGENCIO, which includes the popular expat La Marina Urbanisation, is continuing Costa Blanca’s bounce back to a ‘new normal’ with a three-day Tapas festival.
Old man conned by female fraudster’s ‘love scam’ in Valencia area of Spain
AN elderly love-struck Valancian man was conned out of €67,000 by a female fraudster. The woman, 33, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in
Spain’s Benidorm features as one of seven Alicante locations in the Top 100 Greenest Places of Europe
BENIDORM and six other Alicante towns feature in a study that reveals the greenest places in Europe. Elda, Alicante, Elche, Torrevieja, Benidorm, Alcoy and San
Spain to give back fines to people who broke 2020 emergency lockdown rules
FINES imposed for breaking Spain’s 2020 ‘State of Alarm’ COVID-19 lockdown are to be refunded. The Ministry of Territorial Affairs said it will start giving
VIDEO: Underwater footage shows new lava shelf and marine life covered in ash on ocean bed from La Palma volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands
A SUBMARINE robot studying the impact of the volcanic eruption on marine life has sent back some extraordinary footage of the seabed. Lava flow from
Blooming brilliant: More than 49,000 people visit the autumn patios in Spain’s Cordoba
SOME 50,000 people have visited the Autumn Patios of Cordoba over the two weekend special autumn festival to mark 100 years since the patio contest
Sierra Bermeja forest fire FINALLY declared fully extinguished in hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE Sierra Bermeja forest fire, which started on September 8 and was declared ‘under control’ since September 14, has finally been completely extinguished by authorities.
Iceland has best pension system in the world but Spain fails to make the top 20
SPAIN has failed to make the top 20 places to retire in the world. Despite the popularity among retirees and foreign expats, Spain slipped this
This is the list of winners of the 2021 Princess of Asturias Awards
SPANISH swimmer Teresa Perales has been awarded the nation’s most prestigious sports prize, the Premio Principe de Asturias de los Deportes, at a glamourous award
Adventures in Brexitland: How a bid for Spanish nationality turned in a Kafka-esque nightmare
A bid for Spanish nationality leads to a Kafka-esque scenario involving inaccessible authorities and missing documents of an undefined nature, write Heather Galloway.
Making a splash: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra enjoys the delights of Benidorm and Spain’s Valencia
ACTOR Priyanka Chopra is making a bit of a splash during her recent trip to Spain’s Valencia region – quite literally. The Hollywood star –
Spaniard accused of murdering his 85-year-old mother in Spain’s Valencia
An 85-year-old woman died after being stabbed to death by her son on Friday afternoon. An unnamed 56-year-old Spaniard, who is thought to be the
EXCLUSIVE: The villa that serves as secret hideout for Princess Diana’s 1990s trips to Spain’s Costa del Sol in next season of The Crown
WITH a price tag of €15 million it is just the sort of holiday villa befitting a princess. In the hills near Benahavis, it boasts
IMAGES: First snow of the season falls in Sierra Nevada in southern Spain
The peaks of Spain’s Sierra Nevada received their first dusting of snow during the night on Friday, as the weather turned colder across the peninsula.
Princess of Asturias Awards: King Felipe sends touching message of support to La Palma
THE King of Spain used his speech at the Princess of Asturias Awards to honour the people who lost everything following the volcano eruption in
Spain’s Princess Leonor calls on young people to change the future in moving speech at Asturias Awards
PRINCESS Leonor of Spain has urged young people around the world to help build a better future. Speaking at the 2021 Princess of Asturias Awards
Aquaman star Jason Momoa to film reality TV show in Spain’s Mallorca
ACTOR Jason Momoa, star of Dune, Aquaman and Game of Thrones, will be filming a reality TV show about rock climbing on the island of
Horrific axe attack in Fuengirola on Spain’s Costa del Sol leaves woman with head injury
A WOMAN attacked with an axe in a domestic incident was rushed to hospital on the Costa del Sol with multiple injuries. The victim was
Convicted paedophile on US wanted list discovered teaching English to children in Spain’s Oviedo and Barcelona
A 64-year-old American who has been a fugitive from justice since 2010 was finally tracked down to Barcelona where he was working as an English
VIDEO: This is the moment notorious Kinahan cartel member is arrested at a pub on Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary Islands
SPANISH police officers swooped in on a fugitive member of a notorious Irish drug cartel as he drank in a pub on the Canary Island
Trafficking gang busted smuggling drugs among cauliflowers from Spain’s Costa del Sol
DRUG traffickers have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs underneath cauliflowers from Spain’s Costa del Sol to various countries across Europe. The Guardia Civil had
Nightclubs in Murcia area of Spain can return to full capacity this Saturday
MURCIA nightclubs and function rooms have been allowed by the regional Supreme Court to use EU COVID certificates in order to achieve 100% capacity. The
Two wings in Spanish prison go into lockdown due to major COVID-19 outbreak
TWO wings in a Spanish prison have gone into lockdown with dozens of inmates isolating due to a major coronavirus outbreak. There are currently 31
Fugitive Brit accused of murdering his own mother found dead in Spain
A SCOTTISH man who went on the run after being accused of murdering his own mother 19 years ago has been found dead in Spain,