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Quiet down! Spain’s ombudsman calls on major cities to do something about excessive noise levels
SPAIN’S ombudsman has called on the country’s local councils – in particular those in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid – to do something about the...
Woman tries to extort money from her mother in bogus kidnap plot on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested along with two men after trying to extort money out of her Alicante mother by lying about a...
Spain’s Dia supermarkets hook up with Just Eat for home grocery deliveries
SPAIN'S Dia supermarket chain has gone into partnership with Just Eat to deliver its grocery and convenience goods to homes.
The initiative will initially see...
Series of domestic violence killings set to turn December into one of the worst months on record in Spain
A SERIES of domestic violence murders of women in Spain has turned December into the month with the highest number of such deaths this...
Veteran rockers Iron Maiden playing three dates in Spain in 2023 including ‘most-important’ concert ever held in Murcia
ROCK legends Iron Maiden will play a gig in Murcia next summer- one of only three concerts by the band in Spain.
The group, fronted...
Woman who stole baby from hospital in northern Spain spent all night taking selfies
MORE details have emerged of the nightmarish experience that the parents of a newborn boy went through in the Spanish city of Bilbao this...
Too close for comfort after plane crashes next to busy Costa Blanca road in Spain
TWO men escaped with minor injuries after their small plane crashed in the Mutxamel area of Alicante Province on Wednesday afternoon.
Their two-seater craft ended...
Lettuce lorry carrying marijuana worth €3.7 million pulled over in Spain’s Bilbao before boarding Ireland-bound ferry
OVER half a ton of marijuana has been seized from a lorry officially taking lettuce to Ireland.
The truck had travelled from southern Spain to...
TV football pirates hit by police raids to stop illegal screenings of La Liga matches in Spain
THE Policia Nacional have arrested 166 people in a big push against illegal football match screenings in hospitality establishments across Spain.
Those detained were business...
Archaeologists uncover 120,000 year-old Neanderthal camp site in Spain’s Alicante area
AN archaeological team has discovered an open air Neanderthal camp site in Alicante Province dating back around 120,000 years.
Researchers from Alicante and Valencia universities...
Fugitive TikTok healer who ‘cures’ Covid-19 patients is jailed after fleeing long prison term for child sex abuse in...
A self-styled preacher who posted TikTok videos claiming he could cure people of Covid-19 has been arrested in the Basque Country after skipping a...
Eco-ferry begins new route from Portsmouth to Bilbao in Spain
THE UK’s first liquified natural gas-powered ferry has made its inaugural voyage as it sailed from Portsmouth to Bilbao.
Brittany Ferries’ Salamanca departed at 9.30pm...
Costa Blanca shoemaker famous for coloured trainers opens its own shops in Spain
ELCHE footwear manufacturer, Hoff, has opened its second branded store in Spain in Palma de Mallorca.
Since it started in 2016, Hoff has sold over...
Spain’s iconic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao gears up to celebrate its 25th anniversary
ONLY a select few buildings stand out as icons of the cities that raised them.
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and Big Ben...
Police in Spain bring down Chinese prostitution network that pocketed €5 million
A Bilbao-based Chinese prostitution gang that banked an estimated €5 million has been smashed by the Policia Nacional.
63 people have been arrested- 61 of...
Lorries transported marijuana hidden in lettuce crates from Murcia area of Spain to Ireland
A Murcia drugs gang has been arrested for exporting marijuana to Ireland hidden in crates of lettuce.
A Fortuna-based transport company was linked to a...
Man arrested after firing shots at windows at university campus in northern Spain
PANIC spread at a university campus in Spain’s Basque Country on Wednesday afternoon after a man fired shots at the window of a building...
High electricity prices force major steelmaker in Spain to suspend production for 20 days
A leading Spanish steelmaker has slashed production at one of its factories due to the big hike in electricity prices.
They say that power costs...
Unsettling statue of ‘drowning girl’ disturbs onlookers in the north of Spain
ALMOST imperceptible against the glassy waters of Bilbao's River Nervion, an eerie human face stares out from the tide.
But the unsettling lifelike body -...
Campaign to get Spanish legal status for hero migrant who saved pensioner from drowning
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for officials to regularise the immigration status of a Senegalese man who saved the life of a pensioner who fell into...
THERE’S WALLY!: Walrus spotted in Spain, 2,000 miles from his Arctic homeland
A WALRUS called Wally has been spotted swimming off the Spanish shore 2,000 miles from his home in the chillier climes of Greenland.
He is...
Indian COVID-19 variant creeps into Spain but cases remain contained
THE Indian variant of COVID-19 currently causing devastation across India has been detected in Spain for the first time, but government officials insist there...
Life’s a picnic: The Olive Press tests Bilbao’s famous Azurmendi restaurant
As Spain’s top chef Eneko Atxa opens in London, Jon Clarke checks out the green and wacky world of his Basque restaurant
IN PICS: Assault rifles and submachine guns among ‘weapons of war’ seized as 7 arrested in Spain’s Valencia and...
A LETHAL cache of illegal firearms has been seized as trafficking operations in Valencia and Bilbao were busted by Spain’s Guardia Civil.
Weapons included cannons,...
Benidorm mother abandons teenage son at northern Spain bar and drives 150 kilometres to Bilbao
A MOTHER has been charged with child abandonment after leaving her teenage son in a Pamplona bar, while she travelled 150 kilometres to Bilbao.
The...
Bartolome ‘Bermejo’ de Cardenas – Spain’s 15th century Gothic artist who almost nobody has heard of
Bermejo’s works can be seen at the National Gallery in London until September 29 or at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao
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