Granada rocked by second earthquake in three days as 4.6-magnitude tremor felt across Andalucia
RESIDENTS in Granada have been rocked by a second powerful earthquake in less than a week after a fresh tremor shook the city on Tuesday
Italian tourist, 21, fighting for his life in coma after brutal gang attack outside Barcelona nightclub
AN Italian tourist has been left fighting for his life in an induced coma after a brutal gang attack outside a Barcelona nightclub.
Malaga closed six beaches for swimming after wet wipe blockages forced release of raw sewage into the sea
MALAGA'S town hall has confirmed sewage was deliberately released into the sea during Saturday's storm to stop it flooding people's homes.
Costa Blanca weather alert warning for 43C temperatures but end is in sight for the extreme heat
THE State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued a warning about 'very adverse' weather on Wednesday and Thursday in Alicante province.
Costa Blanca British expat, 91, tricked into changing her will by ‘manipulative’ British trio who totally controlled her life
THE Guardia Civil have arrested two men aged 64 and 67 years plus a 62-year-old woman.
Hundreds of migrants left in Ceuta after mass border crossing stage protest to demand asylum from Spain – ‘I don’t want to return!’
HUNDREDS of migrants still roaming the streets of Ceuta after last month’s unprecedented border crossing have staged a protest demanding the right to claim asylum
Critically endangered Iberian orca’s dorsal fin wounds ‘consistent with shotgun blast’
A CRITICALLY endangered orca has been found with what conservationists fear are shotgun pellet wounds after being spotted off the coast of Cadiz. The injuries
Teenage boy, 16, shot dead in Huelva family massacre was ‘innocent bystander with no link to narco clan feud’
A TEENAGE boy who was shot dead last night in Isla Cristina had no apparent links to the suspected narco feud behind it.
Malaga bans swimming at six beaches after E. coli bacteria found in the water
MALAGA has banned swimming at six beaches across the city after water samples revealed dangerous levels of E. coli bacteria.
Three Benalmadena beaches reopen after bathers hit by mystery skin reactions – but two remain shut
THREE beaches in Benalmadena have reopened to swimmers after a mystery skin reaction left around 20 bathers affected over the weekend, while two others stay
Heatwave breakthrough: Spanish scientists develop material that cools buildings by more than 10C without electricity
SPANISH researchers have created a new material capable of cooling buildings by more than 10C without electricity, potentially leading to huge cost and energy savings
Why this Barcelona international school is sending students to the world’s top universities
A leading Barcelona international school has opened admissions for the 2026–27 academic year after celebrating another strong set of exam results, with students securing places
Killers in Huelva massacre torch motorbike as narco fear grips once-sleepy coastal community
POLICE have launched a massive manhunt after masked gunmen who slaughtered three generations of one family in a suspected revenge hit torched their getaway motorbike
Spanish F-18s shoot down Russian drone over Romania territory after it entered NATO airspace
SPANISH fighter jets shot down a suspected Russian drone after it illegally entered Romanian airspace on Sunday. The two F-18s, which was patrolling Romanian skies
Demands to halt ‘reckless’ solar mega project being built by Austrian state company near Sierra de las Nieves National Park in Malaga
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for work on a major solar development in Malaga’s Guadalhorce Valley to be halted, warning it is destroying a ‘rich wildlife corridor’
Recently-arrived Colombian man arrested over fire in northern Spain that killed one forest fighter and threatened historic San Juan de la Peña monasteries
A COLOMBIAN national who arrived in Spain just one month ago has been arrested after allegedly deliberately starting a major wildfire that led to the
Six Dutch mafia members jailed on Costa del Sol for kidnap and torture plot over €3m in stolen cocaine
SIX men have been sentenced for kidnapping and torturing a young Dutch man in a Fuengirola forest after he arrived on a flight from the
From fake receipts to artificial insects – AI is making it easier for unscrupulous customers to do a runner in restaurants across Spain
DISHONEST customers across Spain are increasingly using AI to do a runner in restaurants. One of the cases was reported in 2025, when a couple
Family massacre in Andalucia as pregnant woman, her mother and teenage son are gunned down by ‘motorcycle hitmen’ in narco revenge attack
AT least three people have been killed in a popular Andalucia holiday resort after two masked men gunned down three generations of a family in
Chaos on first weekend of Malaga feria as worker is stabbed with a machete and reveller nearly dies after getting head stuck in a footrest
The incidents marred the opening of Malaga's historic Feria de Agosto, a week-long celebration held annually since 1491.
British tourist among slew of hotel guests robbed by crooked employee using room key cards in Spain’s Mallorca
A HOTEL maintenance worker in Porto Cristo, Mallorca, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing property from guest bedrooms.
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: El Cid triumphs, Lorca is murdered and Rafael Nadal wins gold in Beijing
WELCOME to the latest edition of This Week in Spanish History, written by Michael Coy. 14 AUGUST, 1084 – El Cid wins major battle In
British tourist attacks two taxi drivers outside Mallorca’s Palma airport
A BRITISH tourist has been arrested for assaulting a taxi driver outside Palma airport last Tuesday night. Another driver who rushed to help his colleague
Solar eclipse fever grips Spain again as Costa del Sol hotel prices skyrocket ahead of 2027 spectacle
SPAIN may have only just experienced its first total solar eclipse for more than a century – but millions are already looking ahead to the
The heroic last stand of ‘La Portuguesa’ – the female soldier who fought Franco’s fascists, now found buried in a mass grave in Malaga
HISTORIANS believe they have discovered the remains of celebrated female fighter hidden among six men in a Spanish Civil War mass grave in Malaga. The
EXPLAINER: Why does Andalucia get so many earthquakes – and should residents be worried after magnitude-5 tremor rocks Granada?
RESIDENTS in Granada were abruptly awoken in the early hours of Saturday after a powerful earthquake shook the city, sending terrified locals fleeing into the
