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Opinion polls: Conservative Popular Party expected to win elections in Madrid, Valencia and Aragon regions

OPINION POLLS released at 8pm today, as the polls closed in the 2023 local and regional elections, suggest that tonight will see the conservative Popular

28 May, 2023 @ 20:21

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New exhibition tells the lives of Roman gladiators, with help from their tombstones

SLAVES, prisoners of war, condemned criminals or even free men who voluntarily chose the job… There was no one route to becoming a gladiator in

10 May, 2023 @ 20:30

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Raw or undercooked meat causes health scare with people suffering from trichinosis in Spain's Castilla y Leon region

Raw or undercooked meat causes trichinosis health scare in Spain’s Castilla y Leon region

AN OUTBREAK of Trichinella has affected at least 16 people in the Castilla y Leon region of Spain. Trichinosis is a notifiable disease in Spain

10 May, 2023 @ 18:00

Health·Lead

Politician from Spain’s Popular Party caught driving at 215km/h in official car

A POLITICIAN from the conservative Popular Party is facing prosecution after the Spanish Civil Guard caught him driving an official car at 215km/h on a

27 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

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Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Suspended Policia Nacional officer steals gun and is shot dead in petrol station showdown in northern Spain

A POLICE officer was shot dead by armed Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional agents at a petrol station in northern Spain on Wednesday morning. The

19 Apr, 2023 @ 10:23

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Regional premier of Spain’s Castilla y Leon region in hot water after alleged obscene gesture in parliament

THE REGIONAL premier of the Castilla y Leon region, Alfonso Fernandez Mañueco, found himself in hot water today after images emerged of him allegedly making

23 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

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REVEALED: Where UK businesses are investing the most in Spain

THE Madrid region was the most popular part of Spain for British investment during the first nine months of 2022 according to figures produced by

9 Mar, 2023 @ 11:15

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

Court in Spain gives man one-year jail term for slapping wife during live TikTok stream

A MAN who assaulted his wife during a live broadcast via the social network TikTok has been sentenced to a year in prison by a

27 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Pensioner who sent letter bombs to Pedro Sanchez and the Ukrainian embassy in Spain is jailed

Elderly ‘lone wolf’ arrested for sending letter bombs in Spain

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a former Vitoria City Council official for sending six letter bombs late last year. The 74-year-old Spaniard was detained on

25 Jan, 2023 @ 11:55

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Pedro Sanchez tells NATO that training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open next week

Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday to warn against allowing far-right political parties into

18 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

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Spain’s central government takes action after region promises anti-abortion measures

A BIZARRE row over abortion measures has sparked a crisis in the Castilla y Leon regional government, and has also dragged in the central administration

17 Jan, 2023 @ 17:42

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

Far-right Vox party announces new abortion measures for Spain’s Castilla y Leon region

THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party wants to restrict abortion rights in the Castilla y Leon region by putting in new optional measures for women such as

15 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

For sale: Abandoned village in Spain with more than 40 homes and stunning countryside views - after several failed attempts to turn it into a tourism hotspot

Empty village on Spain-Portugal border to get tourist lifeline after €300,000 sale

SALTO DE CRISTO, a deserted village on the Spain-Portugal border, has been sold for €300,000. The new owner is a Toledo businessman who intends to

22 Nov, 2022 @ 10:45

Lead·National News·Property

Hero of summer Zamora wildfire in Spain dies in hospital from his injuries

A man branded as a hero in July for digging a trench to stop his town being engulfed by a wildfire, has died in a

25 Oct, 2022 @ 14:49

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Taxi driver spots brown bear wandering the streets of Ponferrada in Castilla y León

A taxi driver in the city of Ponferrada managed to capture an unusual sight in the early hours of Tuesday morning: an adult brown bear

11 Oct, 2022 @ 16:23

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Alcampo supermarket chain buys 235 stores and warehouse from struggling DIA in Spain

FRENCH retailer Auchan says its Spanish subsidiary Alcampo will buy 235 supermarkets and a warehouse from the struggling DIA group Subject to clearances from competition

3 Aug, 2022 @ 13:23

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Police praise ‘noble’ young man for returning bag full of cash found in street in Spain’s Valladolid

THE temptation must have been enormous. But after finding a bag containing close to €14,000 in a bag in the street, one young man in

15 May, 2022 @ 15:00

National News·Other News

Man, 86, battered hospital room-mate, 80, to death with mobile phone in central Spain

AN octogenarian has been charged with battering a man, 80, to death with a mobile phone in a shared hospital room. The 86-year-old aggressor has

12 May, 2022 @ 17:34

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain's far-right Vox party faces corruption probe after receiving millions of euros from donations and Hungarian bank

Far-right Vox party gets first taste of regional government power in Spain

THE far-right Vox party has achieved its first foothold in running a regional government in Spain after it secured a coalition deal on Thursday with

10 Mar, 2022 @ 18:45

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Galicia's Alberto Nuñez Feijoo Wants To Become Leader Of Spain's Partido Popular

Galicia’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo announces Partido Popular leadership bid in Spain

GALICIA president, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has officially put himself forward as the next leader of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular. The Galician leader has been the

2 Mar, 2022 @ 14:23

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Police Arrest Hit And Run Driver Who Fled Andalucia's Sevilla To End Up On Spain's Costa Blanca

Police arrest hit-and-run driver who fled Andalucia’s Sevilla to hide on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A serial criminal has been arrested at Alicante bus station following a serious hit-and-run incident in Sevilla. The driver, 28, knocked over a moped rider

1 Mar, 2022 @ 17:06

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sevilla·Torrevieja

Pedro Sanchez claims 'more than 500 people' died during latest heatwave in Spain

Blow for Pedro Sanchez socialists as far-right Vox party gets big boost in regional elections in Spain’s Castilla y Leon

FAR-RIGHT party Vox won 13 seats in yesterday’s Castilla y Leon regional elections which will make it kingmaker in a Partido Popular-led coalition. The PSOE

14 Feb, 2022 @ 13:06

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British girl, 15, is in a serious condition after falling from a balcony in Spain’s Mallorca

Winter warning after mother and two children die from carbon monoxide poisoning in Spain

THREE members of the same family have tragically died from suspected gas poisoning while they were asleep in their home in Castilla y Leon. The

31 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

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IN PICS: Is this the tackiest hotel in Spain?

There are awards for the best boutique hotel, the most luxurious and the most elegantly designed, but if there was a gong for the most

5 Aug, 2021 @ 15:33

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Film fans: How Spain’s Castilla y Leon became the location for some of the greatest movies ever

FILM buffs should head to Castilla y Leon this summer for a series of talks about how the region became the chosen location for some

12 Jun, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Other News·Silver Screen Spain (on the road with Thelma)

Strict measures implemented in Castilla y Leon to last until May as region struggles to curb 3rd wave

CASTILLA Y LEON has announced the extension of perimeter closure for the duration of the state of alarm. The third wave of coronavirus sweeping through

8 Jan, 2021 @ 10:00

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