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Mayoral hopeful on Spain’s Tenerife struggles to shake off sex shop photo controversy

TIME WAS when politicians on the campaign trail would resort to ‘handshaking and baby kissing’ in order to garner public support and get themselves voted

25 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

As Spain’s La Palma Canary Island recovers from volcanic eruption, tourist board puts 8,000 tourism vouchers up for grabs

Stunning waterfalls and springs, natural parks and deserted beaches, well-preserved cultural heritage and local cuisine, and star-dotted night skies. Anyone who has visited the Canary

21 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Canary Islands·Lead·Travel News

Columbian Cafe Chain Opening 'flagship' Store In Madrid With More Outlets Coming To Spai

Colombian cafe chain opening ‘flagship’ store in Madrid with more outlets coming to Spain

COLOMBIAN cafe chain Juan Valdez will be opening a ‘flagship’ shop in Madrid as part of its plans to open over 100 outlets across Spain

11 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

Property sales in Spain soared by 20% in July, new figures show - while prices jumped by almost 3%

Foreign home buyers reach record levels in Spain

FOREIGN property buyers accounted for 88,858 home purchases in Spain last year- up by 45% on 2021 figures. The College of Registrars says deals struck

30 Mar, 2023 @ 11:20

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·Property·Valencian Community

Spain’s tourism sector looking forward to bumper Easter break

SPAIN’S tourism sector is expecting to do big business this Easter, with forecasts suggesting that visitor numbers and spending will break records of recent years.

23 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Lanzarote joins the Balearics in seeking to shut out Brit tourists in favour of Germans

Lanzarote has become the latest sun-soaked Spanish island to complain about low-spending Brit tourists and court the Germans instead. The Canary Island joins the Balearic

8 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Angry passenger head-butted and broke teeth of female Ryanair worker during excess luggage dispute at airport in Spain

Spain had more foreign tourists in January than three years earlier- just before Covid pandemic

SPAIN welcomed 4.1 million foreign tourists in January to slightly beat the total three years earlier- weeks before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The

3 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News

Ecologists and Local Councils reject plans for offshore wind farms

Spain’s government approves offshore wind farm plan for small designated sections

SPAIN’S government has given the green light to launch offshore wind farms after approving the first-ever Maritime Space Management Plan(POEM). The POEM is about mapping

28 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead

House sales in Spain dropped by 4.6% in the first half of 2024, new figures show

Home property sales in Spain rose by 14.7% in 2022- biggest figure since 2007

HOME property sales in Spain reached 650,000 in 2022, the biggest total recorded since 2007 when nearly 780,000 residences were sold. The National Institute of

17 Feb, 2023 @ 15:10

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·Property·Valencian Community

How much of my salary do I need to put aside for rent or mortgage costs in Spain? Figures reveal HUGE differences between the British expat hotspots|

Home property sales in Spain rose by over 6% in 2022, but market cooled later in the year

HOME property sales grew by 6.1% during 2022 to reach 719,680 units- the biggest figure in 15 years- according to the General Council of Notaries.

7 Feb, 2023 @ 11:11

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Property·Valencian Community

Man accused of killing wife and burning body on barbecue set to be bailed in Spain’s Canary Islands

A man who has been behind bars for four years awaiting trial for the murder of his wife in Lanzarote will be freed on bail

14 Jan, 2023 @ 08:15

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Man in Spain’s Tenerife arrested after killing ex-wife and injuring child who was defending her

A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on the Canary Island of Tenerife after allegedly stabbing to death his ex-wife, who was 44. One of the

9 Jan, 2023 @ 19:45

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Two UK nationals in Spain included in New Year’s Honours list

TWO UK nationals in Spain have been named in the New Year’s Honours list. Beverley Corbett, who is a volunteer at charity Noah’s Ark, has

30 Dec, 2022 @ 23:31

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Dozens Of Properties In Spain Worth €25 Million Seized And Member Of Russian Money Laundering Gang Arrested In Canary Islands

Dozens of properties in Spain seized with Russian money laundering gang member arrested in Canary Islands

A woman has been arrested in Tenerife as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the €219

14 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British mother and daughter struck by ‘hit and run’ van in Spain’s Canary Islands

POLICE are searching for a white van driver who ploughed into a British mother and daughter in Tenerife on Sunday. They were hit by the

13 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Family of four from Spain’s Canary Islands killed in car crash while in Romania

A FAMILY of four from the Canary Island of Gran Canaria has died in a car accident while on holiday in Romania. According to the

7 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

Canary Islands·Lead

Stowaways found on oil tanker rudder before docking in Spain’s Canary Islands

THREE stowaways risked their lives by travelling on the rudder of an oil tanker that docked in the Canary Islands after an 11-day trip from

29 Nov, 2022 @ 11:03

Canary Islands·Lead

British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit

€1.5 million pyramid scam in Spain sees arrests in Tenerife, Costa Blanca, and Murcia areas

A pyramid scheme that netted €1.5 million from unsuspecting investors has been brought down by the Guardia Civil. The two ring-leaders- an Italian national and

24 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Spain to spend €20m to assist transfer of unaccompanied minors from migration hotspots to peninsula

THE SPANISH government is planning to assign €20 million to the country’s regions to support the voluntary reception of unaccompanied migrant minors. The youngsters will

5 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Canary Islands·Lead

Mass gatherings in Spain linked to monkeypox, new research shows

Monkeypox patients reported attending two major public events in Spain before being struck down with symptoms of the painful disease. A major mass gathering on

12 Oct, 2022 @ 15:45

Canary Islands·Health·Lead·National News

Spain breaks all-time tourism record in the first quarter of 2024

Spain tempts Brits to book long-stay winter holidays to beat energy bill crisis

SPAIN is hoping to capitalise on cold winters and energy bills elsewhere in Europe, including the UK, by promoting its warmer weather as winter approaches.

11 Oct, 2022 @ 14:15

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

Rescatan Una Patera Con 51 Inmigrantes A Bordo En La Playa De Los Cristianos En Tenerife

Canary Islands report more than a thousand migrant deaths in year so far

Spain’s Canary Islands have calculated that more than a thousand would-be migrants have either died or disappeared at sea while trying to reach land in

8 Sep, 2022 @ 15:23

Canary Islands·Lead

Woman Fakes Kidnapping Including Dramatic Video To Extort €50,000 From Mother On Spain's Canary Islands

Woman in bogus kidnapping shoots dramatic video to extort €50,000 from mother on Spain’s Canary Islands

A woman in her thirties has been arrested in Tenerife for faking her own kidnapping and trying to extort €50,000 from her mother. Four people

5 Sep, 2022 @ 16:20

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Unemployment increases in August in Spain, but it is the best data for this month since 2008

SOME 40,428 people lost their jobs during August, which is 1,4% more than in July The jobless total in Spain is 2.9 million, according to

3 Sep, 2022 @ 10:00

Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Valencia

Police arrest woman on Madrid airport plane after stealing coat at security control

Iberia Express cancels 92 flights ahead of cabin crew strike in Spain

AIRLINE Iberia Express has cancelled 92 flights ahead of a ten-day crew strike that starts on Sunday. Among the scrapped services are connections from Madrid

26 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca·National News·Sevilla

Tourism injected €187 BILLION into Spain’s economy last year, new figures show

Spain’s tourism rejoices with hotels filling up to 2019 levels

TOURISM in July returned to almost the same levels seen before the Covid pandemic in 2019. Figures from the National Statistics Institute show overnight hotel

24 Aug, 2022 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Valencian Community

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Mayoral hopeful on Spain’s Tenerife struggles to shake off sex shop photo controversy

As Spain’s La Palma Canary Island recovers from volcanic eruption, tourist board puts 8,000 tourism vouchers up for grabs

Colombian cafe chain opening ‘flagship’ store in Madrid with more outlets coming to Spain

Foreign home buyers reach record levels in Spain

Spain’s tourism sector looking forward to bumper Easter break

Lanzarote joins the Balearics in seeking to shut out Brit tourists in favour of Germans

Spain had more foreign tourists in January than three years earlier- just before Covid pandemic

Spain’s government approves offshore wind farm plan for small designated sections

Home property sales in Spain rose by 14.7% in 2022- biggest figure since 2007

Home property sales in Spain rose by over 6% in 2022, but market cooled later in the year

Man accused of killing wife and burning body on barbecue set to be bailed in Spain’s Canary Islands

Man in Spain’s Tenerife arrested after killing ex-wife and injuring child who was defending her

Two UK nationals in Spain included in New Year’s Honours list

Dozens of properties in Spain seized with Russian money laundering gang member arrested in Canary Islands

British mother and daughter struck by ‘hit and run’ van in Spain’s Canary Islands

Family of four from Spain’s Canary Islands killed in car crash while in Romania

Stowaways found on oil tanker rudder before docking in Spain’s Canary Islands

€1.5 million pyramid scam in Spain sees arrests in Tenerife, Costa Blanca, and Murcia areas

Spain to spend €20m to assist transfer of unaccompanied minors from migration hotspots to peninsula

Mass gatherings in Spain linked to monkeypox, new research shows

Spain tempts Brits to book long-stay winter holidays to beat energy bill crisis

Canary Islands report more than a thousand migrant deaths in year so far

Woman in bogus kidnapping shoots dramatic video to extort €50,000 from mother on Spain’s Canary Islands

Unemployment increases in August in Spain, but it is the best data for this month since 2008

Iberia Express cancels 92 flights ahead of cabin crew strike in Spain

Spain’s tourism rejoices with hotels filling up to 2019 levels

Orange weather alert in Malaga as province braces for 40C heatwave to peak this weekend

Costa Blanca airport ‘illegal’ off-site car parks are being purged with three sites closed so far

IN PICS: Inside the Ceuta migrant crisis as almost 50,000 breach border to enter Spain in just 24 hours – as some begin to head back to Morocco

Holiday chaos fears as Barcelona airport staff call indefinite strike before August getaway rush

Calls for ambulances to have police escort when entering Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ after paramedic is punched in the face by man she is treating

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