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Revealed: The Spanish locations that feature in the return of the BBC’s glamorous spy drama The Night Manager

STARRING British heartthrob Tom Hiddleston as former British soldier Jonathan Pine alongside an all-star cast including Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander and Elizabeth Debicki, The Night

13 Jan, 2026 @ 08:20

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

WATCH: Macabre ‘Black Axe’ cult is smashed in Spain: Police swoop on feared mafia group in Sevilla and Malaga

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 34 people in a nationwide operation against an international crime ring known as Black Axe. The detentions- carried out in

9 Jan, 2026 @ 18:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Sevilla

Pope Leo will make first trip to Spain as pontiff this year with three ‘recommended’ destinations revealed

BARCELONA, Madrid, and the Canary Islands have been suggested as possible parts of Spain that Pope Leo could visit later this year. There has been

9 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Canary Islands·Lead·Madrid·National News

Here’s a list of Spain’s most sought-after holiday spots over Christmas – and most of them are in Andalucia

DESTINATIONS in Andalucia were among Spain’s most sought-after holiday spots over the Christmas period, new data has shown. Figures from holiday rental platform Holidu revealed

31 Dec, 2025 @ 11:19

Andalucia·Lead·Property

These Malaga neighbourhoods are among Spain’s most expensive – as prices top €10,000 per square metre, according to new data

SOME of Malaga’s neighbourhoods now rank among the most expensive places to buy a home in Spain, new data shows. Figures from property portal Pisos.com

26 Dec, 2025 @ 15:47

Lead·Malaga·Property

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is nearing completion – but will it ever be truly finished?

FROM up there, the view is breathtaking. To the east, rolling waves lap a wind-swept expanse of marble-white sand; to the west, verdant hills loom

26 Dec, 2025 @ 12:36

Barcelona·Lead

Spain’s mystery swine fever outbreak declared a national emergency – as finger of blame points at high-security lab undergoing building works

A CATALUNYA laboratory that’s being expanded could be ground zero for the outbreak of swine fever affecting Spain. The country this week declared a state

10 Dec, 2025 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Health·Lead

Wild boars surprise beachgoers in Spain’s Marbella

Spain’s African swine fever outbreak ‘may have come from lab leak’, investigators say – after previously blaming half-eaten pork sandwich

INVESTIGATORS probing the cause of Spain’s African swine fever outbreak are examining whether the virus may have leaked from a nearby high-security laboratory. Previously, officials

8 Dec, 2025 @ 13:04

Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Homeowners are starting to sell up at an alarming rate in Spain amid fears of squatters and no-pay tenants

THE rental market in some of Spain’s biggest cities has been driven to the brink of collapse by a mix of government red tape and

5 Dec, 2025 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Other News·Property

Landmark figure reached for foreign residents in popular expat area of Spain

Spain ‘will need 140,000 more immigrants a year’ – after taking in as many as the next four EU countries combined in last three years

BUSINESSES in Catalunya have called on the government to let more foreign workers into Spain amid warnings the country would cease “to be competitive” without

5 Dec, 2025 @ 09:39

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Investigators find 50 dead wild boars in swine fever quarantine zone near Barcelona – as dozens of countries ban Spanish pork

AT least 50 wild boars have been found dead near Barcelona amid mounting fears that Spain’s swine flu outbreak could spread beyond the country’s borders.

4 Dec, 2025 @ 18:23

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Spain is ghettoising: New data shows how immigrant groups are hiving off into parallel societies

NON-EUROPEAN residents in Spain are gravitating towards some of the country’s poorest districts, new data has shown, amid concerns that the trend could lead to

1 Dec, 2025 @ 17:53

Lead·Property

Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New ‘masks’ scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll

A PROBE into dodgy Covid contracts in Andalucia has exploded into a full-blown corruption storm after investigators uncovered alleged links to a narco gang using

27 Nov, 2025 @ 14:57

Almeria·Andalucia·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Politics

Horror after ‘man throws his elderly mother to her death from apartment window’ near Barcelona

RESIDENTS in a Catalan neighbourhood have accused local authorities of ‘not giving a damn’ after a ‘violent’ man allegedly threw his mother out of an

23 Nov, 2025 @ 12:05

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Meet the 22-year-old ‘professional squatter’ who blackmails institutional owners to leave homes – and has never been to jail despite 31 arrests

On July 17 this year, a man shattered the glass of a first-floor balcony window in Cardedeu, a small town south-west of Barcelona, and slipped

23 Nov, 2025 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Lead·Property

British pilot jailed for chemsex murder of boyfriend in drug-fuelled stabbing frenzy near Barcelona

A BRITISH pilot who stabbed his Spanish lover to death during a drug-fuelled sex session has been jailed for 20 years. Aaron Rainbow, 50, was

21 Nov, 2025 @ 16:11

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Police find 'love hug' robbers hiding out in Barcelona after multiple thefts on the Costa Blanca

‘Love hug’ robbers arrested in Barcelona after multiple thefts from elderly people on the Costa Blanca

A MAN and a woman have been arrested in the Barcelona area after committing ‘love hug’ robberies on the Valencia region coast. The couple of

12 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

RIP: Spain’s oldest woman Angelina Torres dies aged 112

ANGELINA Torres, the oldest person in Spain, has died in Barcelona aged 112. The supercentenarian became Spain’s oldest lady fourteen months ago following the deaths

12 Nov, 2025 @ 12:32

Health·Lead

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia becomes world’s tallest ever church

BARCELONA’S iconic Sagrada Familia has officially become the world’s tallest ever church – almost a century since the death of its master architect. Construction workers

31 Oct, 2025 @ 13:08

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead

1 bedroom Flat for sale in Barcelona city – € 449,000

Welcome to your new home in the heart of Barcelona’s most characterful district. This spacious 63 sqm apartment with one bedroom and one bathroom offers

31 Oct, 2025 @ 12:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

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Barcelona council votes to restrict number of tourists visiting popular attraction every year

LOCAL politicians in Barcelona have voted to lower a cap on the number of tourists allowed to visit one of the city’s most popular attractions.

23 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Lead

Spain’s La Liga U-turns on decision to host match in the US after fans and players launch protests

ANGRY football supporters in Spain have been vindicated after La Liga backtracked on controversial plans to host a league match in the United States. Villarreal

22 Oct, 2025 @ 08:35

Lead·Sport

Travel podcast includes Spanish city in its top five most overrated in the world for one very notorious problem

BRITISH influencer Craig Morton has used his ‘Behind the Screens’ podcast to name Barcelona as one of the world’s worst holiday destinations due to pickpockets.

15 Oct, 2025 @ 17:39

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Orange weather warning for the Balearic Islands as DANA Alice continues to drench Spain – with British ‘anticyclone’ to blame

AN orange weather warning has been issued for the Balearic Islands as DANA Alice continues to bring thunderstorms and torrential rain to Spain’s eastern coast.

14 Oct, 2025 @ 11:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Weather

4 bedroom Semi-detached Villa for sale in Sant Pere de Ribes with pool garage – € 550,000

This magnificent detached three-sided house with a private pool is located in one of the most sought-after areas of the Mas d’en Serra development in

9 Oct, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

REVEALED: The richest and poorest areas of Spain based on income tax returns

POZUELO de Alarcon in the Madrid region has kept its decade-long ranking as the wealthiest municipality in Spain- based on Tax Agency figures. The latest

1 Oct, 2025 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Revealed: The Spanish locations that feature in the return of the BBC’s glamorous spy drama The Night Manager

WATCH: Macabre ‘Black Axe’ cult is smashed in Spain: Police swoop on feared mafia group in Sevilla and Malaga

Pope Leo will make first trip to Spain as pontiff this year with three ‘recommended’ destinations revealed

Here’s a list of Spain’s most sought-after holiday spots over Christmas – and most of them are in Andalucia

These Malaga neighbourhoods are among Spain’s most expensive – as prices top €10,000 per square metre, according to new data

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is nearing completion – but will it ever be truly finished?

Spain’s mystery swine fever outbreak declared a national emergency – as finger of blame points at high-security lab undergoing building works

Spain’s African swine fever outbreak ‘may have come from lab leak’, investigators say – after previously blaming half-eaten pork sandwich

Homeowners are starting to sell up at an alarming rate in Spain amid fears of squatters and no-pay tenants

Spain ‘will need 140,000 more immigrants a year’ – after taking in as many as the next four EU countries combined in last three years

Investigators find 50 dead wild boars in swine fever quarantine zone near Barcelona – as dozens of countries ban Spanish pork

Spain is ghettoising: New data shows how immigrant groups are hiving off into parallel societies

Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New ‘masks’ scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll

Horror after ‘man throws his elderly mother to her death from apartment window’ near Barcelona

Meet the 22-year-old ‘professional squatter’ who blackmails institutional owners to leave homes – and has never been to jail despite 31 arrests

British pilot jailed for chemsex murder of boyfriend in drug-fuelled stabbing frenzy near Barcelona

‘Love hug’ robbers arrested in Barcelona after multiple thefts from elderly people on the Costa Blanca

RIP: Spain’s oldest woman Angelina Torres dies aged 112

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia becomes world’s tallest ever church

1 bedroom Flat for sale in Barcelona city – € 449,000

Barcelona council votes to restrict number of tourists visiting popular attraction every year

Spain’s La Liga U-turns on decision to host match in the US after fans and players launch protests

Travel podcast includes Spanish city in its top five most overrated in the world for one very notorious problem

Orange weather warning for the Balearic Islands as DANA Alice continues to drench Spain – with British ‘anticyclone’ to blame

4 bedroom Semi-detached Villa for sale in Sant Pere de Ribes with pool garage – € 550,000

REVEALED: The richest and poorest areas of Spain based on income tax returns

Revealed: The Spanish locations that feature in the return of the BBC’s glamorous spy drama The Night Manager

Good news for British retirees in Spain as state pension to increase nearly 5% – but there’s a catch

Spain’s housing crisis: Pedro Sanchez promises landlords 100% tax break if they freeze rents and slams seasonal lets as ‘speculation and greed’

Former Costa Blanca mayor and three ex-councillors convicted of ‘rigging’ refuse contract

The seizure of 10 tonnes of cocaine from a rust-bucket ship reveals how the cartels resurrect ‘ghost ships’ to smuggle drugs into Spain